Hire contractors wherever they are
Remote becomes the contractor’s legal counterparty, handling locally appropriate agreements.
Contractor of Record with in-house experts.
Hire and pay contractors worldwide. Remote engages, manages, and pays contractors for you with fully owned and operated infrastructure.
- Global contractor payments in 190+ countries
- Misclassification protection with uncapped indemnity*
- Contractor engagement, admin, and IP ownership transfer
The world is your talent pool.
Remote becomes the legal engager for your contractors, managing contracts and payments so you can easily and compliantly access global talent.
Hand off 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*, reducing the financial exposure of contractor misclassification issues.
Pay workers in 70+ currencies
Give contractors fast, reliable payments across countries, currencies, and payout methods.
One system for contractor admin and compliance.
Remote replaces scattered invoices, spreadsheets, and payment tools with a single platform to save time and give contractors a better 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, with 91% processed within a day
Remote Contractor of Record in action.
Three ways to manage contractors globally.
Choose the right contractor management setup for your business, from simple 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 you manage directly.
Contractor Management Plus: Add stronger misclassification protection, with coverage up to $100K per contractor.
Best for: Growing programs 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 labeling 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 hold the contract
Starting at
$325
contractor per month
Companies around the world 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+
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Your platform
Embed payroll, EOR & contractors with Remote's API, webhooks, and SDKs.
Rated #1 Global Employment Platform.
Remote is a G2 category leader in EOR, Payroll, and PEO.
- 4.5
4,900+ reviews - #1Leader in Global Employment Platforms
- 4.6
Trustpilot · Excellent - Momentum Leader2026 · G2 Grid Report
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 — handling the contract, compliance, invoicing, and payments — instead of you engaging them directly. With Remote as your COR, we take on the classification risk* and the admin, so your team doesn't have to become experts in local contractor law.
An employer of record (EOR) is for people who should legally be employees. Remote hires them on your behalf, with 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's no payroll or benefits, just compliant engagement, payments, and protection against misclassification.
Remote 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.
Consider using contractor of record when you don't have an entity in the contractor's country, when your contractor program is scaling faster than your internal compliance team can keep up with, when the engagement carries real classification risk, or when investors or auditors expect contractors engaged through a compliance-first third party.
Contractor of record is a common fit for AI data work, where teams engage large pools of annotators, reviewers, and domain specialists across many countries, often for short or variable projects. Remote becomes the legal engager for each contractor, handles the local agreements and payments, and takes on 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're not managing that transition or the compliance risk that comes with it.
Our team's happy to help!