Payroll · head to head
Hastee vs RemoFirst
Hastee
Payroll
United Kingdom earned wage access, now part of the Zellis group
- From
- On request
- Rated
- -
RemoFirst
Payroll
Low-cost employer of record and contractor payments across a very wide country list built largely on partner entities
- From
- On request
- Rated
- -
The short version
- Each has a real cost: Hastee beyond the free £100 monthly allowance the employee pays 2.5 per cent per withdrawal, so a worker drawing weekly funds the benefit themselves unless the employer opts to subsidise it.; RemoFirst coverage in most countries runs through partner entities rather than entities RemoFirst owns, which lengthens the liability chain and means a disputed termination is handled by a company you have no direct contract with.
- They diverge on capability: Hastee covers Earned wage withdrawals, RemoFirst covers Employer of record.
- Prices and features above were last checked on 1 September 2026.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Hastee and RemoFirst actually diverge.
Identical on both: starting price (On request), pricing model (quote), free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Payroll).
What each one covers
Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.
Only in Hastee
- Earned wage withdrawals
- Free monthly allowance
- Payroll and time integration
- Employer policy controls
- Financial wellbeing content
- Employer subsidy option
- Employer reporting
- Code of practice alignment
Only in RemoFirst
- Employer of record
- Contractor management
- Global benefits
- Visa and work permit support
- Equipment provisioning
- Multi-currency payments
- Expense management
- Time off tracking
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Hastee
- A care provider offering shift workers early access to pay to reduce reliance on high cost creditnot RemoFirst
- A hospitality employer using early pay access as a recruitment and retention claimnot RemoFirst
- A Zellis or Moorepay payroll customer adding wage access without a separate payroll integration projectnot RemoFirst
- An employer replacing ad hoc manual salary advances processed by finance each monthnot RemoFirst
RemoFirst
- A startup hiring two or three people each in several countries where opening entities makes no sensenot Hastee
- A company paying an established vendor a high per-contractor fee for administration it could buy far cheapernot Hastee
- An employer that needs a country outside the coverage of the major EOR providersnot Hastee
- A team that wants equipment procured and shipped to remote hires without setting up local logisticsnot Hastee
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
Hastee
- Beyond the free £100 monthly allowance the employee pays 2.5 per cent per withdrawal, so a worker drawing weekly funds the benefit themselves unless the employer opts to subsidise it.
- A 2.5 per cent charge on money the employee has already earned is expensive when annualised over frequent small withdrawals, which undercuts the financial wellbeing framing used to sell it internally.
- Earned wage access is not directly regulated as consumer credit in the UK, so protections rest on a voluntary code of practice rather than FCA rules, and employees have weaker recourse than with a regulated credit product.
- Zellis acquired Hastee in June 2025, so employers on non Zellis payroll systems face roadmap uncertainty about how long standalone integrations remain a priority.
- Accrual accuracy depends on payroll and time data quality, so employers with monthly batch payroll or weak attendance capture get conservative limits that disappoint the staff the benefit was sold to.
RemoFirst
- Coverage in most countries runs through partner entities rather than entities RemoFirst owns, which lengthens the liability chain and means a disputed termination is handled by a company you have no direct contract with.
- Statutory deposits, typically one or more months of salary and employer contributions held in advance, are quoted separately from the per employee fee and materially change the cash cost of the first year.
- Currency conversion on payroll runs carries a spread that is not in the headline price, and on a large multi-country payroll that spread can exceed the platform fee itself.
- Benefits quality varies sharply by country because it is sourced through local partners, so two employees on the same contract in different countries can receive very different cover.
- The company is young and holds client payroll funds in transit, which is a counterparty risk that larger competitors with longer trading histories and audited entity networks present less of.
Pricing, plan by plan
Hastee
On request- Hastee for employers$undefined/year
- Free for the employer to offer in the standard model
- Employee gets one free withdrawal per month up to £100
- Further withdrawals charged to the employee at 2.5 per cent of the amount
RemoFirst
On request- Employer of Record$undefined/year
- Priced per employee per month
- Statutory deposit held separately from the platform fee
- Currency conversion spread applied on each payroll run
- Contractor Management$undefined/year
- Priced per contractor per month
- Compliant contract templates by country
- Multi-currency payments
Which should you pick?
Choose Hastee if
- You need earned wage withdrawals.
- You work on Web, iOS, Android.
- You also want free monthly allowance.
Questions people ask
- Is Hastee or RemoFirst better?
- Neither clearly leads. Hastee starts at On request and RemoFirst at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Hastee or RemoFirst?
- Hastee starts at On request and RemoFirst at On request.
- Does Hastee or RemoFirst run on more platforms?
- Hastee runs on Web, iOS, Android. RemoFirst runs on Web.
- What is Hastee best used for?
- Hastee is most often used for a care provider offering shift workers early access to pay to reduce reliance on high cost credit, a hospitality employer using early pay access as a recruitment and retention claim, a zellis or moorepay payroll customer adding wage access without a separate payroll integration project, an employer replacing ad hoc manual salary advances processed by finance each month. Of those, a care provider offering shift workers early access to pay to reduce reliance on high cost credit and a hospitality employer using early pay access as a recruitment and retention claim are not what RemoFirst is typically brought in for.
- What can Hastee do that RemoFirst cannot?
- Hastee covers Earned wage withdrawals, Free monthly allowance, Payroll and time integration, Employer policy controls. RemoFirst covers Employer of record, Contractor management, Global benefits, Visa and work permit support.
Answered from the vendors’ own pages
Hastee: Does the employee pay?
Yes. One withdrawal per month up to £100 is free; after that the employee pays 2.5 per cent of the amount withdrawn.
RemoFirst: Does RemoFirst own entities in every country it lists?
No. It owns entities in a minority of its coverage and uses in-country partners elsewhere. Ask per country, because the answer determines who the legal employer is.
Hastee: Can the employer make it genuinely free for staff?
Yes. Hastee offers employer paid terms where the company absorbs the transaction fee, but this is a negotiated option rather than the default.
RemoFirst: What does the headline per employee price exclude?
Statutory deposits, currency conversion spread on payroll runs, and country-specific charges such as mandatory insurance or entity fees.
Hastee: Who owns Hastee now?
Zellis, the UK payroll group that also owns Moorepay and Benefex, acquired Hastee in June 2025.
RemoFirst: Is it cheaper than Deel or Remote?
On the headline rate, substantially. Once deposits and FX are included the gap narrows, but it usually remains cheaper.
RemoFirst: Can it convert a contractor into an employee?
Yes, in countries it supports for EOR. This is a common reason buyers start with the contractor product and move up.
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