Rippling vs. Remote

Pricing

Remote magically simplifies global employment with fully transparent pricing. Hire an employee in any country we support for just $599 per month when billed annually. You don't need to think about the other compliance, taxes, benefits, and payroll issues. Paying contractors through Remote is just $29 per contractor per month - and you'll only pay for contractors you're actively working with each month. No hidden charges, and 24/7 customer service, makes Remote the smart choice.

Rippling doesn't publish pricing, making it difficult to compare your options. Customers report pricing at between $500-600 per employee per month. Their platform requires you to opt-in to different services, each adding additional costs to your bill and preventing you from scaling efficiently. Rippling's service doesn't include support and advice - meaning you'll pay additional costs for legal counsel, HR advice, and more.

Pricing comparison information

Employer of record capabilities

Remote operates legal entities in every country where we conduct business. This ensures a seamless and unified experience for your international employees in terms of payroll, benefits, and support. Our advanced technology and dedicated HR professionals handle all aspects, allowing you to concentrate on expanding your team.

Rippling, as a new Employer of Record provider, also operates its own entities. However it's reported to offer EOR services in only six countries with a slow expansion plan. This severely limits your hiring pool, making it difficult to hire the best talent around the world wherever they're based. In practice, you would use multiple providers - making it difficult to streamline your operations via one platform. They also do not offer ancillary support and advice on topics like visa and immigration support or equity planning.

Contractor management

Remote's contractor management platform includes invoice management and payments for just $29 per contractor per month in over 170 countries. Our platform allows contractors to easily submit invoices for approval and receive payment in their local currency, with no additional currency exchange fees.

Rippling offers contractor payroll as part of its HR product. This drives up costs, especially as you may not use the full feature set for your international contractors.

Global payroll

Remote's global payroll service provides a hassle-free solution for paying international employees. With transparent and straightforward pricing, an intuitive self-serve platform, and knowledgeable support, businesses can confidently manage their global payroll in just minutes.

Rippling also offers multi-country payroll services, but doesn't share the number of countries supported, pricing, or other features on its website. This makes it difficult to compare providers and choose the right provider for your needs. Rippling's product is primarily self-service, which makes it difficult to ensure you're following the correct processes and meeting compliance regulations without on-hand payroll support. You may also find your team are quickly overwhelmed with making manual declarations to government, labor, and tax authorities.

Intellectual property protections

Remote includes unparalleled protection for your intellectual property rights by default. As a global employment solution that never relies on third-party providers, our exclusive three-step IP transfer process - Remote IP Guard - ensures your IP is safeguarded by the full extent of the law in every country we operate in. When you're hiring employees and contractors all over the world and they're accessing importnat company information, you need clarity and confidence.

Rippling doesn't mention the importance of intellectual property transfer as part of their service. This may mean you're not protected to the maximum extent of local laws, leaving you open to IP theft, unauthorised use, and more.

Data security

Remote is fully compliant with European GDPR rules, has achieved the rigorous SOC 2 certification to keep your data safe, and is ISO20071 certified.

Rippling is compliant with GDPR and SOC 2 certification, but isn't ISO20071 certified.

Software and platform

Remote makes it simple to hire, onboard, manage, and pay employees and contractors around the world. You can go from offer accepted to contract signed in as little as two days. The whole process is managed in our modern, beautiful platform - no need for long email chains. You're guided through the whole process with smart tips and information at each step to demystify the international hiring journey.

Rippling offers a modern user interface to manage people, payments, benefits, and compliance but, designed as a HR and finance platform, may be confusing for companies that are just getting started - and not enough for companies that are scaling their international hiring strategy.

Customer support

Remote’s team deliver expert support for all your global employment needs. Our worldwide support is available through email and chat to ensure prompt and knowledgeable assistance. From relocation to permanent establishment and more, our in-house experts have the experience to handle all aspects of onboarding, management, and offboarding without relying on any third-party providers.

Rippling offers a help center, but lacks the indepth expert support required to operate global hiring at scale. This means you may not get the answers you need, driving up costs and time as you seek outside advice.

* Competitive data on this page was collected as of November 21st, 2022 and is subject to change or update. Remote does not make any representations as to the completeness or accuracy of the information on this page.