Hire and pay anyone, no matter where they are
Onboard employees and contractors wherever they are, and run payroll on schedule in the currency they use.
Remote for startups
HR for startups: designed for speed and scale
Remote’s HR platform for startups lets you hire anyone, complete onboarding in minutes, and run global payroll reliably — all from a single platform. Grow your team, remain compliant, and move quickly.
HR and payroll for startups, combined in a single platform
Remote helps early-stage teams oversee their global workforce from a single location. Whether you’re hiring full-time employees, expanding your contractor base, or implementing HR systems for the first time, we simplify the first steps and make scaling straightforward.
Built-in compliance and protections
Reduce due diligence exposure and safeguard your IP from day one.
A complete HR stack for startups
Automate onboarding, time-off, document management, and performance appraisals.
Scale your startup through global HR and payroll
Remote serves as the HR and payroll engine for expanding teams. You receive a single comprehensive platform that simplifies onboarding, payroll, and compliance.
Employer of Record (EOR)
Hire full-time employees without establishing local legal entities. Remote manages local contracts, compliance, benefits, and payroll.
Contractor Management
Onboard and pay global contractors in minutes. Automate contracts, tax forms, invoicing, and secure payments.
Payroll
Manage multi-country payroll from a single location. Remote takes care of calculations, tax filings, local compliance, and payslips.
HRIS software
Manage time off, documents, performance reviews, and HR workflows within a single platform, complete with employee profiles and organisation-wide visibility.
U.S. PEO
Manage payroll, benefits, and HR for employees in the US. Remain compliant while saving time and lowering administrative burden.
Recruit
Quickly find qualified candidates using AI-powered sourcing and gain access to a global talent pool. Post job listings, review matched profiles, and streamline your hiring process.
Equity
Manage share options for global employees with localised guidance on tax, withholding, and compliance.
Mobility and relocation
Support international relocations with visa, immigration, and relocation services managed by our in-house experts.
On-demand HR, legal, and tax support
Get expert guidance on HR, employment law, equity, benefits, and compliance directly within Remote.
A note from our customers
Join the customers who rely on Remote to transform their businesses.
“We regard Remote as a foremost and dependable partner in this field. Their specialist help with local payroll, tax compliance, and HR operations has simplified our workflows and unlocked further opportunities for growth and success worldwide.”
“If we had to manage and coordinate everything in-house, it would cost us well over $500,000 more each year. Remote removes that financial strain and lifts the operational load from our team, allowing us to prioritise growing our business with confidence and greater efficiency.”
“We manage monthly, semi-monthly and hourly payroll across several currencies around the world, and our Finance Manager has complete visibility in a single platform. Remote makes that possible.”
“We partner with 460+ Contractors around the world. Without Remote, I would need to hire five or six full-time employees to manage compliance, administration and payroll. Remote has certainly saved us both time and money.”
“We regard Remote as a foremost and dependable partner in this field. Their specialist help with local payroll, tax compliance, and HR operations has simplified our workflows and unlocked further opportunities for growth and success worldwide.”
“If we had to manage and coordinate everything in-house, it would cost us well over $500,000 more each year. Remote removes that financial strain and lifts the operational load from our team, allowing us to prioritise growing our business with confidence and greater efficiency.”
“We manage monthly, semi-monthly and hourly payroll across several currencies around the world, and our Finance Manager has complete visibility in a single platform. Remote makes that possible.”
“We partner with 460+ Contractors around the world. Without Remote, I would need to hire five or six full-time employees to manage compliance, administration and payroll. Remote has certainly saved us both time and money.”
“We regard Remote as a foremost and dependable partner in this field. Their specialist help with local payroll, tax compliance, and HR operations has simplified our workflows and unlocked further opportunities for growth and success worldwide.”
“If we had to manage and coordinate everything in-house, it would cost us well over $500,000 more each year. Remote removes that financial strain and lifts the operational load from our team, allowing us to prioritise growing our business with confidence and greater efficiency.”
“We manage monthly, semi-monthly and hourly payroll across several currencies around the world, and our Finance Manager has complete visibility in a single platform. Remote makes that possible.”
“We partner with 460+ Contractors around the world. Without Remote, I would need to hire five or six full-time employees to manage compliance, administration and payroll. Remote has certainly saved us both time and money.”
Global firms grow with Remote
Transparent pricing, no guesswork
- No hidden fees: just clear, upfront pricing
- Pay for what you use: simple, predictable costs
- Built for global teams: scales as your business grows
Frequently asked questions
Choosing the right provider for HR, payroll, and global employment is one of the most important decisions a startup can make. Look for a platform that simplifies complexity, supports your global goals, and protects your business from risk. Ask:
Does the provider offer both HR and payroll in one system?
Can they support employees and contractors across multiple countries?
Do they own their own legal entities (or rely on third parties)?
What protections do they offer for IP and invention rights?
Is the platform compliant with global labor laws and tax regulations?
How easy is it to onboard, pay, and manage your team?
Is equity, benefits, or relocation support included?
Do they offer pricing, support, and tools that are startup-friendly?
A good partner should grow with you — from your first international hire to your next fundraise and beyond.
In short: because not outsourcing HR services is more expensive for startups. Small, quickly growing companies cannot spare the resources or the time necessary to manage every HR function in house. This is not to say startups should not have HR teams — on the contrary, great HR leaders are invaluable for startups looking to scale past a certain point. However, building an entire HR team to handle payroll, benefits, taxes, compliance, and stock options does not make financial or operational sense, especially when services exist to handle all of these tasks for startups specifically.
Even the largest enterprises outsource many of their HR services. Want to hire someone in a new country? An employer of record is a type of outsourced HR that can help. Need to run a compensation review? There are companies and resources for that, too. For startups, where every resource is best dedicated toward the company’s central mission, outsourcing HR services is the most sensible course of action.
Outsourcing payroll allows startups to save time, conserve budget for more mission-critical uses, and ensure that everyone who works for the company has a great experience. Nothing can kill a team’s momentum like a round of missed payroll or benefits that don’t actually work. As much as startup employees want to build something great, they also want to be paid on time, access their health insurance, save for retirement, and take time off. Keeping these functions in house not only takes up valuable time for startup leaders, but can even create animosity between team members and the leadership team if something goes wrong.
By outsourcing payroll, startups can offload a time-consuming and sensitive process while greatly reducing the number of errors and frustrations employees experience. Which is more likely to succeed: a team of people who are constantly battling to get their pay payments corrected, or a team of people who can rely on regular deposits and are free to focus on the startup’s core goals?
Of course, every company and situation is unique. That’s why it’s important for startups to consider all the reasons to outsource payroll before deciding on a course of action or specific provider.
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