Hire contractors no matter where they are
Remote acts as the contractor’s legal counterparty, arranging agreements that meet local requirements.
Contractor of Record supported by in-house experts.
Hire and pay contractors around the globe. Remote handles engagement, management and payments on your behalf using wholly owned and operated infrastructure.
- Global contractor payments across 190+ countries
- Protection against misclassification with uncapped indemnity*
- Contractor engagement, administration and transfer of IP ownership
The whole world is your talent pool.
Remote acts as the legal engager for your contractors, taking care of contracts and payments so you can compliantly and easily access global talent.
Hand over administrative tasks, start to finish
Let our team take care of contracts, onboarding, invoicing, payments, and offboarding on your behalf.
Reduce risk and safeguard your business
Remote supplies uncapped indemnity*, cutting your financial exposure to contractor misclassification.
Pay workers in 70+ currencies
Provide contractors with fast, dependable payments across countries, currencies, and payout methods.
One system for contractor administration and compliance.
Remote consolidates invoices, spreadsheets, and payment tools into 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 on 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, and 91% are processed within a day
Remote Contractor of Record in action.
Three approaches to managing contractors worldwide.
Select the contractor management arrangement that suits your business, from basic engagement through to a fully managed Contractor of Record agreement.
Contractor management: Manage global contractor agreements, invoices, and payouts in a single, straightforward 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 retain the relationship but want coverage.
Contractor of Record: Allow us to handle contractors on your behalf, with uncapped misclassification indemnity*.
Best for: Suited to high-volume or higher-risk engagement, 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 administration as Contractor Management
IP transfer is handled contractually via Remote IP Guard
Remote platform included
Trusted by 30,000+ companies · ★ 4.8 G2
Contractor of Record
You oversee the work while we retain the contract
Starting at
€299
contractor per month
Companies worldwide are staying 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.”
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+
Additional ways to employ your global workforce.
Employer of Record
Hire, onboard and pay employees in new markets without having an entity of your own.
PEO (US)
Consolidate payroll, benefits, tax administration, and compliant HR support across all 50 US states.
Global Payroll
Run accurate, compliant payroll in every country in which you operate.
The global employment infrastructure that HR leaders rely on.
Enterprises process global payroll natively within Workday.
Get EU & global employment compliance directly in Personio.
Companies hire global teams without leaving BambooHR.
Your platform
Embed payroll, EOR & contractors via Remote's API, webhooks and SDKs.
Rated #1 global employment platform.
Remote is a G2 category leader in EOR, Payroll, and PEO.
- Rated 4.5
Over 4,900 reviews - Ranked #1Recognised leader in global employment platforms
- 4.6
Trustpilot · Excellent - Momentum leaderG2 grid report · 2026
Hire contractors without taking on the risk.
Frequently asked questions
A Contractor of Record is a third party that becomes the legal counterparty for an independent contractor — taking responsibility for the contract, compliance, invoicing, and payments — rather than you engaging them directly. With Remote acting as your COR, we accept the classification risk* and handle the administrative tasks, so your team need not become specialists in local contractor law.
An Employer of Record (EOR) is intended for individuals who should legally be employees. Remote hires them on your behalf, providing payroll, benefits, and full employment protections. By contrast, a Contractor of Record is for genuine independent contractor roles. Remote becomes the contractor's legal engager, not their employer, so there is no payroll or benefits — only compliant engagement, payments, and protection from misclassification.
Contractor of Record starts at €299 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 when you don’t have an entity in the contractor’s country, when your contractor programme is scaling faster than your in-house compliance team can manage, when the engagement carries real classification risk, or when investors or auditors expect contractors to be engaged through a compliance-first third party.
Contractor of Record often suits AI data work, where teams engage large pools of annotators, reviewers, and domain specialists across many countries, frequently for short or variable projects. Remote becomes the legal engager for each contractor, handles the local agreements and payments, and assumes the misclassification risk* that comes with high-volume, task-based engagement. IP ownership transfers to you.
Yes. If the relationship needs to become employment, Remote can convert it to an Employer of Record engagement, so you do not have to manage that transition or the compliance risk that comes with it.
Our team is happy to help!