How much does Remote cost?

Remote publishes 7 tiers, from $29/month per employee for Global Payroll up to $699/month per employee for Employer of Record (EOR). The cheapest paid tier is $29/month per employee.

Does Remote have a free plan?

Not on the record we hold: Remote is listed as subscription. Whether a free trial is offered is not something this record captures, so check the vendor's site.

What is the difference between Global Payroll and Contractor Management - Basic on Remote?

Contractor Management - Basic costs $29/month per contractor against $29/month per employee, and adds contract creation and signing, invoice approval, transparent payments.

Is the Employer of Record (EOR) plan on Remote worth it?

That depends entirely on whether you need what it adds, which on the published record is hire in 90+ countries without local entity, dedicated onboarding specialist, local payroll handling, compliance protections. It costs $699/month per employee against $29/month per employee for Global Payroll. Softwr has not used either tier, so this page can tell you what changes, not whether it is worth the difference to you.

Which payroll tools can I use without paying?

1 of the 8 payroll tools listed alongside Remote have a free tier: Payactiv.

Does Remote charge per user?

The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 7 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.

Are these Remote prices current?

They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.

What should I compare Remote against before paying?

The closest payroll tools in this directory are Rain Instant Pay, Clair, Openwage, Refyne. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Remote covering price, platforms and features.

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Remote pricing

Remote publishes 7 tiers. Below is each one, what it adds over the tier beneath it, and where the ladder stops being worth climbing for most people.

As of 30 August 2026, Remote pricing is $29/month per employee across 7 published tiers. Figures are the vendor's list prices as recorded on this page's last check; the vendor's site is the final word.

Entry price: $29/month per employee
Model: Subscription
Tiers: 7
Free tier: Not on record

Remote plans, side by side

Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.

Remote pricing tiers
Plan	Price	Features listed	Step up from the tier below
Global Payroll	$29/month per employee	6	Entry tier
Contractor Management - Basic	$29/month per contractor	4	+$0/month per contractor, 3 more features
Equity	$39/month	5	+$10/month, 5 more features
Contractor Management - Plus	$99/month per contractor	2	+$60/month per contractor, 2 more features
Professional Employer Organization (PEO)	$99/month per employee	7	+$0/month per employee, 7 more features
Contractor of Record	$325/month per contractor	5	+$226/month per contractor, 5 more features
Employer of Record (EOR)	$699/month per employee	7	+$374/month per employee, 7 more features

What each tier adds

The set difference between each tier's feature list and the one beneath it. Where a tier lists nothing new, the vendor has either stopped repeating the inherited list or the tier raises limits rather than adding capability, the record does not distinguish the two, so this page does not either.

Global Payroll

$29/month per employee

The entry tier. It covers international payroll infrastructure, self-service platform, specialist support, local regulatory compliance, integrated benefits, hr core included.

Contractor Management - Basic

$29/month per contractor

Over Global Payroll, this tier adds:

Contract creation and signing
Invoice approval
Transparent payments

Equity

$39/month

Over Contractor Management - Basic, this tier adds:

Equity processes and management
Tax handling assistance
Legal documentation
Compliance for employees, EOR, and contractors
Delaware C-Corps only

Contractor Management - Plus

$99/month per contractor

Over Equity, this tier adds:

All Basic features
Indemnity protection up to $100,000 per contractor

Professional Employer Organization (PEO)

$99/month per employee

Over Contractor Management - Plus, this tier adds:

U.S.-wide hiring across all states
Fast onboarding
Accurate payroll processing
Federal, state, and local compliance
Large-group benefits
Dedicated experts
U.S. bank account required

Contractor of Record

$325/month per contractor

Over Professional Employer Organization (PEO), this tier adds:

Direct engagement and payment by Remote
Uncapped indemnity
AI misclassification tools
IP Guard
HR Core included

Employer of Record (EOR)

$699/month per employee

Over Contractor of Record, this tier adds:

Hire in 90+ countries without local entity
Dedicated onboarding specialist
Local payroll handling
Compliance protections
Localized benefits
In-house expert support
HR Essentials included

What the product covers

The full Remote feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.

Other

Global Payroll
EOR Services
Contractor Management
Compliance
Benefits
Equity Management
HRIS

Integrations

BambooHR
Greenhouse
Lever
QuickBooks
Xero
Slack

Platform

Web support
Ios support
Android support

People bring Remote in for global hiring and payroll across 90+ countries without establishing local subsidiaries, contractor and freelancer management with compliance protection, u.s. multi-state payroll and benefits administration, equity management for startups and growth-stage companies. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Remote are worth a look before you commit to a tier.

How that compares in Payroll

Too few payroll tools in this directory publish a starting price to quote a meaningful median, so the table below is a like-for-like list rather than a ranking.

Remote entry price against other Payroll tools
Tool	Entry price	Model	Rated	Head to head
Remote (this page)	$29/month per employee	subscription	-
Rain Instant Pay	On request	quote	-	vs Remote
Clair	On request	quote	-	vs Remote
Openwage	On request	Per-transfer fee, paid by the employee	-	vs Remote
Refyne	On request	quote	-	vs Remote
Hastee	On request	quote	-	vs Remote
Wagestream	On request	quote	-	vs Remote

Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the Remote badges page.

Before you pay for Remote

Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.

What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: 7 tiers between $29/month per employee and $699/month per employee, with the jump itemised above. With no free tier on record, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to compare Remote against the tools that do have one before committing.

Remote runs on web, ios, android, and is published by Remote Technology Inc of San Francisco, California. The full record is on the Remote review, and the rest of the category is under best payroll tools.

Remote pricing on the vendor's own site

Remote pricing questions

How much does Remote cost?: Remote publishes 7 tiers, from $29/month per employee for Global Payroll up to $699/month per employee for Employer of Record (EOR). The cheapest paid tier is $29/month per employee.
Does Remote have a free plan?: Not on the record we hold: Remote is listed as subscription. Whether a free trial is offered is not something this record captures, so check the vendor's site.
What is the difference between Global Payroll and Contractor Management - Basic on Remote?: Contractor Management - Basic costs $29/month per contractor against $29/month per employee, and adds contract creation and signing, invoice approval, transparent payments.
Is the Employer of Record (EOR) plan on Remote worth it?: That depends entirely on whether you need what it adds, which on the published record is hire in 90+ countries without local entity, dedicated onboarding specialist, local payroll handling, compliance protections. It costs $699/month per employee against $29/month per employee for Global Payroll. Softwr has not used either tier, so this page can tell you what changes, not whether it is worth the difference to you.
Which payroll tools can I use without paying?: 1 of the 8 payroll tools listed alongside Remote have a free tier: Payactiv.
What am I actually paying for with Remote?: The record lists 16 features across 3 areas: other, integrations, platform. In practice it is brought in for global hiring and payroll across 90+ countries without establishing local subsidiaries, contractor and freelancer management with compliance protection, u.s. multi-state payroll and benefits administration.
Does Remote charge per user?: The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 7 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
Are these Remote prices current?: They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
What should I compare Remote against before paying?: The closest payroll tools in this directory are Rain Instant Pay, Clair, Openwage, Refyne. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Remote covering price, platforms and features.