Hire contractors wherever they are
Remote acts as the contractor’s legal counterparty, managing locally compliant agreements.
Contractor of Record supported by in-house experts.
Engage and pay contractors across the globe. Remote engages, manages and pays contractors on your behalf using fully owned and operated infrastructure.
- Contractor payments across 190+ countries
- Protection against misclassification with uncapped indemnity*
- Contractor engagement, admin, and IP ownership transfer
Access talent from anywhere in the world.
Remote acts as the legal engager for your contractors, taking care of contracts and payments so you can access global talent easily and in compliance.
Hand off admin work from start to finish
Let our team handle contracts, onboarding, invoicing, payments and offboarding on your behalf.
Eliminate risk and protect your business
Remote provides uncapped indemnity*, lowering your financial exposure to contractor misclassification matters.
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 scattered invoices, spreadsheets and payment tools with one platform, saving time and delivering a better experience for contractors.
- 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, and 91% are processed within one day
Remote Contractor of Record in action.
Three approaches to managing contractors globally.
Select the contractor management approach that suits your business, from basic engagement to fully managed Contractor of Record agreements.
Contractor management: Administer global contractor agreements, invoices and payouts from a single, easy system.
Best for: Small, stable contractor groups that you manage directly.
Contractor Management Plus: Add enhanced misclassification protection, with coverage up to $100K per contractor.
Best for: Growing programmes where you retain the relationship but require coverage.
Contractor of Record: Let us manage contractors on your behalf, backed by uncapped misclassification indemnity*.
Best for: High-volume or high-risk engagements, including AI data labelling and annotation teams.
Transparent pricing with 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*, covering misclassification and local compliance
Same invoicing, payments and bulk admin as Contractor Management
IP transfer is handled in the contract via Remote IP Guard
Remote platform included
Trusted by 30,000+ companies · ★ 4.8 G2
Contractor of Record
You oversee the work, while we administer the contract
Starting at
$325
contractor per month
Companies worldwide 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.”
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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Run accurate, compliant payroll in every country where you operate.
The global employment infrastructure on which HR leaders build.
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Your platform
Embed payroll, EOR & contractors using Remote's API, webhooks, and SDKs.
Rated #1 global employment platform.
Remote is a G2 category leader in EOR, Payroll and PEO.
- 4.5
Over 4,900 reviews - No. 1Recognised leader for Global Employment Platforms
- Acknowledged momentum leaderG2 Grid report · 2026
Hire contractors without the risk.
Frequently asked questions
A Contractor of Record is a third party that assumes the legal counterparty role for an independent contractor — it manages the contract, compliance, invoicing and payments — rather than you contracting with them directly. When Remote acts as your COR, we accept the classification risk* and handle the administration, so your team is not required to be specialists in local contractor law.
An Employer of Record (EOR) is for people who should legally be employees. Remote hires them on your behalf, providing payroll, benefits and full employment protections. A Contractor of Record is for genuine independent contractor work. Remote becomes the legal engager of the contractor, not 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.
Please consider Contractor of Record when you do not have an entity in the contractor's country, when your contractor programme is scaling faster than your internal compliance team can manage, when the engagement carries significant classification risk, or when investors or auditors expect contractors to be engaged through a compliance-first third party.
Contractor of Record commonly fits AI data projects, where teams engage large pools of annotators, reviewers and domain specialists across many countries, often for short or variable assignments. Remote becomes the legal engager for each contractor, handles the 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 have to manage that transition or its compliance risk.
Our team is happy to help!