Hire contractors wherever they are
Remote acts as the contractor’s legal counterparty, putting in place locally required agreements.
Contractor of Record backed by in-house experts.
Hire and pay contractors across the globe. Remote engages, administers, and pays contractors on your behalf using fully owned and operated infrastructure.
- Contractor payments worldwide in 190+ countries
- Protection against misclassification with uncapped indemnity*
- Contractor engagement, administration and IP ownership transfer
The entire world is your talent pool.
Remote acts as the legal engager for your contractors, taking on contracts and payments so you can access global talent simply and in compliance.
Hand over admin work, start to finish
Let our team handle contracts, onboarding, invoicing, payments and offboarding on your behalf.
Reduce risk and safeguard your business
Remote provides uncapped indemnity*, cutting the financial exposure from contractor misclassification.
Pay workers in 70+ currencies
Give contractors fast, reliable payments across countries, currencies and payout methods.
A single system for contractor administration and compliance.
Remote replaces scattered invoices, spreadsheets and payment tools with a single platform, saving time and improving the contractor experience.
- SOC 2 Type II
- ISO 27001
- GDPR
- Audit-ready reporting
- Regulated payments institution
- 27
27 Hours saved each month handling 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 ways to manage contractors globally.
Choose the contractor management approach that suits your business, from basic engagement to fully managed Contractor of Record agreements.
Contractor Management: Manage global contractor agreements, invoices and payouts in one 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: Let us manage contractors on your behalf, with uncapped misclassification indemnity*.
Best for: High volume or high 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 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, while we act as the contracting party
Starting at
$325
Contractor per month
Companies worldwide maintain compliance 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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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.
- Rated 4.5
Over 4 900 reviews - No. 1Market leader in global employment platforms
- Momentum leaderG2 grid report – 2026
Hire contractors without the risk.
Frequently asked questions
A Contractor of Record is a third party that becomes the legal counterparty to an independent contractor — taking responsibility for contracts, compliance, invoicing and payments — instead of you contracting with them directly. When Remote is your COR, we accept the classification risk* and manage the administration, so your team need not become specialists in local contractor legislation.
An Employer of Record (EOR) is intended for workers who should legally be employees. Remote hires them on your behalf, handling payroll, benefits and full employment protections. A Contractor of Record suits genuine independent contractor arrangements. Remote becomes the contractor’s legal engager, 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.
Use Contractor of Record where you lack an entity in the contractor’s country; when your contractor programme is growing faster than internal compliance can handle; when the engagement entails genuine classification risk; or when investors or auditors require contractors be engaged via a compliance-first third party.
Contractor of Record is often appropriate for AI data work, where teams hire large pools of annotators, reviewers and domain specialists across multiple countries, frequently for short or variable projects. Remote becomes the legal engager for each contractor, manages local agreements and payments, and assumes the misclassification risk* that accompanies high-volume, task-based engagements. 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 the associated compliance risk.
Our team is happy to help!