Remote alternatives
At one employee hired in Germany, Remote costs $699 a month. 2 global employment platforms cost less, from $400 (Multiplier). The closest match, Deel, covers 95% of what Remote does. Each one shows how much of it it covers, capability by capability, next to the price.
What Remote does
Core: Employer of record hiring, International vendor payments.
Important: Payroll on your own entities, Payroll with tax filing, Electronic signatures, Employee health benefits, Compliance and misclassification checks (partly), Local-currency payouts (partly), New-hire onboarding (partly), Employee records (HRIS), Native mobile apps, Public API & integrations.
Also has: International equity administration, Laptop & equipment procurement, Expense reimbursement, AI assistant (partly).
Alternatives to Remote at one employee hired in Germany, best match first
- Deel: $599/mo Excludes a $5 bank-transfer funding fee (unverified) (Hire employees (EOR): one employee at $599 per month, monthly billing). It covers 95% of Remote; missing or partial: Payroll with tax filing (partly), Expense reimbursement (partly). Free plan: none. Last price hike: Mar 2026.
- Multiplier: $400/mo Third-party figure; new Core/Growth tiers Aug 2026 (EOR service, one employee at the flat per-employee fee (tier not named in sources)). It covers 53% of Remote; missing or partial: Payroll on your own entities (partly), Payroll with tax filing, Electronic signatures (partly), Employee health benefits (partly), Employee records (HRIS) (partly). Free plan: none.
Other kinds of products that cover part of Remote
- Gusto (Payroll & HR): covers 30% of Remote; missing or partial: Employer of record hiring (partly), International vendor payments, Payroll on your own entities, Electronic signatures, Compliance and misclassification checks
Prices at every size
- Remote: one employee hired in Germany $699/mo, a 10-contractor remote team $290/mo (Monthly rate; annual billing is $599 per employee)
- Deel: one employee hired in Germany $599/mo, a 10-contractor remote team $490/mo (Excludes a $5 bank-transfer funding fee (unverified))
- Multiplier: one employee hired in Germany $400/mo, a 10-contractor remote team $400/mo (Third-party figure; new Core/Growth tiers Aug 2026)
Prices are USD per month on monthly billing (annual-only plans divided by 12): the recurring employer-of-record fee for one employee in Germany, and the recurring fee to pay ten contractors abroad, with any percentage fee applied to a USD 5,000 monthly salary or USD 40,000 of monthly payments. Salaries, employer taxes, benefits, setup fees and card surcharges are left out, so the figures are platform costs rather than total cost of employment.
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