Employer of record services for companies hiring home-based employees in countries where they have no entity, compared on monthly fees, equipment shipping and onboarding for the first few hires.
Remote teams often reach EOR with one or two candidates abroad who will work from home. The EOR becomes the legal employer, drafts a local contract, runs payroll and enrolls the hire in benefits, while the company directs the daily work. For a first handful of hires, fees and the new employee's onboarding experience matter most.
Deel publishes EOR at $599 per employee per month, and Remote at $699 on monthly billing. Deel adds a free HRIS and equipment provisioning, covering laptop procurement, shipping and asset tracking for home-based employees. Remote relies on owned entities across its 80-plus countries rather than local partners, which gives a clear answer on who legally employs each person.
Budget-minded remote teams have cheaper options. Remofirst starts at $199 per employee per month and suits a first one to ten hires in well-established markets such as the UK, Spain or India. Skuad starts at $249, and Multiplier at $459 billed annually ($499 monthly). Oyster, at $699 on monthly billing, adds country-specific hiring guides for HR teams with no international experience.
Published price means the vendor shows a figure; quote only means it does not. The best-fit and tradeoff lines are each tool's own.
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| Tool | Published price | Best for | Main tradeoff |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deel | $599/EOR employee/mo; $49/contractor/mo | Deel is best for companies hiring internationally, from 10-person startups to 5,000-employee enterprises, that need Employer of Record services, contractor management, or global payroll without setting up local entities in every country. | Deel EOR at $599 per employee per month is expensive at scale |
| Remote | $699/EOR employee/mo; $29/contractor/mo | Remote is best for companies that want the highest-confidence EOR relationship available: owned entities, transparent pricing, and direct compliance management without intermediary partners. | Remote EOR coverage in 80+ countries is narrower than Deel's 150+ countries |
| Oyster HR | $699/EOR employee/mo; $29/contractor/mo | Oyster HR is best for mid-market companies (50 to 500 employees domestically) that are hiring their first 5 to 20 international employees and do not have an experienced global HR team in-house. | Oyster EOR costs $699 per month, more than Deel, and the annual discount is unpublished |
| Papaya Global | From $499/EOR employee/mo; $5/contractor | Papaya Global is best for enterprise companies with 500+ employees, existing local entities in 10+ countries, and complex multi-country payroll requirements that demand a sophisticated payroll engine with real-time processing and consolidated reporting. | Papaya Global EOR quotes often run well above its $499 list price |
| Globalization Partners | From $599/EOR emp/mo; $39/contractor | Globalization Partners is best for large enterprises (Fortune 500 companies, multinational corporations, and organizations with 1,000+ employees) that need EOR in complex or high-risk markets and demand dedicated account management with enterprise SLAs. | G-P's $599 starting price can rise with country-level quotes |
| Velocity Global | $399/EOR employee/mo | Velocity Global suits mid-market and enterprise companies where a large share of international hires involve relocation, visa sponsorship, or cross-border employee mobility. The integrated immigration-plus-EOR model eliminates the vendor coordination that companies face when using separate EOR and immigration providers. | Velocity Global publishes only its EOR rate, and add-ons require a quote |
| Multiplier | $459/EOR emp/mo (annual); $40/contractor | Multiplier is best for cost-conscious companies hiring five to fifty international employees who need reliable EOR and contractor management without paying premium platform fees. | Multiplier has no free HRIS tier to match Deel HR |
| Skuad | From $249/employee/mo | Skuad is best for startups and SMBs hiring one to twenty international employees that need affordable, compliant EOR and contractor management without premium platform fees. | Skuad platform maturity trails Deel and Remote in interface polish and feature depth |
| Omnipresent | From $499/employee/mo | Omnipresent is best for companies with significant European workforce populations that need GDPR-compliant employee data handling, deep European labor law expertise, and a platform designed with data privacy as a foundational principle rather than an add-on. | Omnipresent non-European market depth is weaker than globally optimized competitors |
| Remofirst | From $199/EOR emp/mo; $25/contractor | Remofirst is best for bootstrapped startups and small companies hiring their first one to ten international employees in markets where EOR processes are well-established. It fits founders who need compliant international hiring without burning $599/month per employee on a premium provider's broader ecosystem. | Remofirst compliance depth in complex markets is harder to validate than premium providers |
| RipplingSponsored | ~$8/employee/mo + $35-$40/mo (est.) | Rippling is best for technology-forward companies with 50 to 2,000 employees that want to manage HR, IT, and finance operations from a single platform. It fits teams with a technical operations mindset: the kind of company where the head of people operations thinks in systems and workflows rather than forms and approvals. | Rippling setup complexity requires significant implementation investment |
| Atlas | quote only | Atlas is best for mid-market companies with twenty or more international employees that need Employer of Record services with guaranteed direct entity ownership in every market. | Atlas custom pricing requires a sales conversation and lacks transparency |
| Safeguard Global | quote only | Safeguard Global is best for enterprise organizations with 50 or more international employees across multiple countries that need deep compliance expertise, managed global payroll, and a consultative approach to international workforce management. | Safeguard Global publishes no pricing, making comparison shopping extremely difficult |
| Borderless AI | From $499/employee/mo | Borderless AI is best for companies that want fast, AI-driven EOR setup in 170+ countries with a lower price point than the market leaders. It fits tech-forward startups, mid-size companies scaling international teams, and organizations that value automation over established brand reputation. | Borderless AI is a newer entrant with less track record than Deel or Remote |
| Lano | From $550/employee/mo | Lano is best for European-headquartered companies expanding across the EU and into global markets. It fits businesses that need an EOR provider with native understanding of European employment law complexity: works councils, collective bargaining, GDPR and the country-specific statutory requirements that make hiring across Europe hard. | Lano brand recognition is lower than Deel and Remote in the global EOR market |
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Not at Deel, where employer contributions such as social security and pension are billed on top of the $599 fee and vary by country. Deel also requires salaries to be funded in advance, which affects cash flow for small teams.
