Hire contractors wherever they are.
Remote acts as the contractor’s legal counterparty, putting in place locally appropriate agreements.
Contractor of Record supported by in-house experts.
Hire and pay contractors worldwide. Remote engages, manages and pays contractors on your behalf using wholly owned and operated infrastructure.
- Global contractor payments in 190+ countries
- Misclassification protection with uncapped indemnity*
- Contractor engagement, administration and IP ownership transfer
The world becomes your talent pool.
Remote becomes the legal engager for your contractors, handling contracts and payments so you can access global talent easily and in compliance.
Hand over admin work, start to finish
Let our team manage contracts, onboarding, invoicing, payments and offboarding for you.
Eliminate risk and protect your business
Remote provides uncapped indemnity*, lowering the financial exposure from contractor misclassification.
Pay workers in 70+ currencies
Provide contractors with fast, reliable payments across countries, currencies and payout methods.
A single system for contractor admin and compliance.
Remote replaces dispersed invoices, spreadsheets and payment tools with a single platform to save time and improve the contractor experience.
- SOC 2 Type II
- ISO 27001
- GDPR
- Audit-ready reporting
- Regulated payments institution
- 27
27 hours saved per month managing contractor invoices
- 48%
48% improvement in contractor loyalty
- 2
2 weeks faster average start for contractors on Remote
- 70%
70% of payments are instant, with 91% processed within a day
Remote Contractor of Record in action.
Three approaches to managing contractors globally.
Choose the contractor management model that suits your business, from basic engagements to fully managed Contractor of Record agreements.
Contractor management: Manage global contractor agreements, invoices and payouts from a single, simple system.
Best for: Small, stable contractor pools that you manage directly.
Contractor Management Plus: Add stronger misclassification protection, with coverage up to $100K per contractor.
Best for: Growing programmes where you keep the relationship but want coverage.
Contractor of Record: Allow us to manage contractors on your behalf, with uncapped misclassification indemnity*.
Best for: High-volume or high-risk engagements, including AI data labelling and annotation teams.
Transparent pricing, no hidden fees.
Remote prices everything upfront, so the number you're quoted is the number you pay.
Remote contracts with and pays the contractor directly
Uncapped indemnity*, with misclassification and local compliance
Same invoicing, payments and bulk admin as Contractor Management
IP transfer handled in the contract with Remote IP Guard
Remote platform included
Trusted by 30,000+ companies · ★ 4.8 G2
Contractor of Record
You direct the work; we retain the contract
Starting at
$325
Contractor per month
Companies across the globe remain compliant with Remote.
“We work with 460+ Contractors globally. I’d need to employ 5 or 6 people full time to keep on top of compliance, administration and payroll. Remote has definitely been a time and money saver for us.”
Over 460
“If we had to manage and coordinate everything in-house, it would cost us well over $500,000 more each year. Remote not only eliminates that financial strain but also takes the operational burden off our plate, allowing us to focus on growing our business with confidence and efficiency.”
$500K+
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Your platform
Embed payroll, EOR and contractors using Remote's API, webhooks and SDKs.
Rated #1 global employment platform.
Remote is a G2 category leader in EOR, Payroll and PEO.
- Rating 4.5
Over 4,900 reviews - Ranked No. 1Market leader in global employment platforms
- Market momentum leaderG2 grid report – 2026
Hire contractors without the risk.
Frequently asked questions
A Contractor of Record is a third party that takes on the legal counterparty role for an independent contractor, managing contracts, compliance, invoicing and payments in place of direct engagement. When Remote acts as your COR, we assume the classification risk* and handle the administrative tasks, so your team need not become specialists in local contractor legislation.
An Employer of Record (EOR) applies to workers who should legally be employees: Remote hires them for you, handling payroll, benefits and full employment protections. By contrast, a Contractor of Record covers genuine independent contractor arrangements. Remote becomes the contractor’s legal engager rather than their employer, so there is no payroll or benefits – only compliant engagement, payments and protection against misclassification.
Contractor of Record starts at $325 per contractor per month, which includes direct engagement, background checks, and uncapped indemnity against misclassification*. A 15% of invoice rate is also available depending on your setup.
Use Contractor of Record if you lack an entity in the contractor's country, if your contractor programme is growing faster than your internal compliance team can manage, if the engagement carries significant classification risk, or if investors or auditors expect contractors to be engaged via a compliance-first third party.
Contractor of Record is often suitable for AI data projects where teams engage large pools of annotators, reviewers and subject-matter specialists across multiple countries for short or variable assignments. Remote becomes the legal engager for each contractor, manages local agreements and payments, and assumes the misclassification risk* associated with high-volume, task-based engagement. IP ownership transfers to you.
Yes. If the relationship should become employment, Remote can convert it to an Employer of Record engagement, so you do not need to manage the transition or the associated compliance risk.
Our team is happy to help!