In a Nutshell
pros
- Hire and pay workers from anywhere in the world
- Onboard employees or contractors in minutes
- Fair Price Guarantee—no gotchas or hidden fees
cons
- Limited services for in-house employees
- Offers fewer payout options for contractors than some competitors
Remote at a Glance
Automatic Tax Filing
HR Features
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Customer Service
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Remote at a Glance
Best for: Businesses with distributed teams
Price range: $599/employee/month or $29/contractor/month
Benefits & HR: Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, 401(k) plans, pensions, paid holidays
Automatic tax filing: Yes
Apps: Yes, iOS and Android
Features and Add-ons
Remote enables you to hire and pay remote employees and contractors scattered across the world. Remote currently supports workers in 160+ countries. In each country, you have access to HR and legal experts for additional local hiring and compliance guidance.
Remote can help you hire contractors, part-time employees, and full-time employees in any of the countries where it operates. Employment contracts are country-specific so that they comply with local employment laws. In addition, Remote helps you tailor your company’s benefits package so that it’s relevant to employees in each country and competitive with packages offered by local companies.
One of the key benefits of Remote is that it enables you to run payroll for employees in multiple countries. Details for all of your remote employees are found in your Remote dashboard, making it easy to enter hours and approve payments for employees regardless of what country they’re in. All payments are made in employees’ local currencies with no foreign transaction fees.
Remote also handles the protection of your intellectual property (IP) which can sometimes be at risk when employees work from different countries. Remote has its own legal entities in every country where it operates, ensuring your IP is never transferred to local partners without your knowledge. In addition, Remote writes IP protection into your employment contracts and helps you update your contracts when IP laws change.
To scale your business, Remote offers integrations with popular applicant tracking software, human resource information system software, and payroll software. The platform also has an API for businesses that want to create their own custom integrations. All Remote integrations are free to use.
- Hire international contractors and employees in 160+ countries
- Pay contractors and employees in their local currencies with no fees
- Access to local HR and legal experts in countries where you have employees
- Benefits packages tailored to each country
- Protect intellectual property outside your home country
- Free applicant tracking, HR, and payroll integrations
Tax Compliance
One of the advantages of using Remote is that it automatically handles tax compliance in all the jurisdictions where you have remote employees. This is important because payroll tax laws and requirements are different in every country, and it can be difficult to know what forms you need to file, how much you need to pay, or when you need to pay.
Remote automatically remits all employees and employers taxes to the relevant local tax authorities, sends you the re quired documents, and can help your employees enroll in special tax breaks where available.
Payment Options
Remote enables you to automate payroll as well as contractor invoices. The platform supports one-time and recurring non-payroll payments such as bonuses, commissions, travel allowances, and more.
Your business can pay invoices by bank wire, Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) bank transfer, Automated Clearing House (ACH) bank transfer, credit card, or debit card. Credit card payments incur a 3% processing fee, but all other payment methods are free with Remote.
Employees are automatically paid in their local currency. Remote doesn’t charge any fees for currency exchange.
Pricing/Costs & Fees
Remote offers pricing plans which are based on the number of contractors and employees you retain. Contractor management is $29 per contractor per month, enabling you to onboard and manage independent contractors in any country where Remote operates. You can approve and pay invoices with no foreign exchange fees, and Remote will automatically generate required tax forms for your contractors (such as 1099 forms in the US).
The Employer of Record plan enables you to hire part-time and full-time employees. It offers support for payroll, benefits management, and taxes and gives you access to country-specific HR and legal experts when needed. This plan costs $699 per employee per month or $ 7,188 per employee per year.
The Global Payroll and Remote Enterprise plans are priced by quote only. Both plans are designed for companies that have entities in multiple countries and want a centralized payroll solution.
The Global Payroll plan enables you to break down payroll reports by country and automatically keeps your contracts up to date as local employment laws change. The Remote Enterprise plan offers dedicated support for onboarding multiple remote employees at once. It also includes free legal consultations and customized reporting.
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Usability
The Remote platform is fairly easy to use despite the inherent complexity in managing payroll for employees across different countries, currency, and regulatory frameworks.
You can easily see all of the remote employees your company has connected to Remote, and the dashboard notifies you if you need to approve timesheets or pay contractors’ invoices. If you have a large team, you can filter employees by country, salary, payroll date, role, and more. A run payroll tab simplifies the process of processing payments for a large number of employees at once.
The dashboard has separate tabs for bonus payments and time off. This is helpful since these are two of the most commonly accessed features besides those used for payroll tracking. Tax and contract documents are also relatively accessible, although they’re not as neatly laid out as payroll data.
Remote has mobile apps for iOS and Android, which enable employees to manage expenses, view payslips, and perform other tasks on the go.
Conclusion
Remote is a uni que payroll and HR platform designed for businesses that want to hire contractors and employees worldwide. With Remote, you can board, manage, and pay people wherever they live, set up country-specific benefits packages, and manage compliance and tax obligations. Remote offers pricing to suit your company's needs, starting at $29 per month per international contractor.
