- Deel
- $7,188
- Remote
- $8,388
- Published fee difference
- $1,200
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Deel vs Remote: EOR fees and country-quote questions
Deel currently publishes EOR pricing from $599 per employee per month. Remote publishes a $699 standard price. That establishes a public service-fee gap; it does not establish your final invoice, country execution or exit cost.
The reviewed monthly starting fee is lower for Deel. Coverage counts are older catalogue snapshots; confirm the actual target country before shortlisting. Remote publishes baseline statements about no employee minimum, no EOR platform/onboarding/setup fee and no upfront deposit by default. Remote may require reserves in rare, high-risk cases. These are shortlist facts, not a final winner.
Official public information, put on one basis
“Not assessed” does not mean “not available.” It means we did not find an equivalent statement in the official sources checked for this comparison.
| Comparison item | Deel | Remote |
|---|---|---|
| Published EOR service fee | $599 from / employee / month | $699 standard / employee / month |
| Provider-stated EOR coverage | 130+ countries (provider-stated EOR coverage) | 90+ countries (provider-stated EOR coverage) |
| Contractor management | $49 per contractor/month | $29 per contractor/month |
| Contractor of Record | Contractor of Record $325/month | Contractor of Record from $325/month |
| Public baseline commercial terms | Month-to-month flexibility; site says no long-term commitment, while local employment law still applies | No employee minimum; no EOR platform, onboarding or setup fee; no upfront deposit by default; rare, high-risk cases may require reserves |
| Public FX statement | Says it offers competitive exchange rates; quote still needs markup and timing stated | Items outside the preferred billing currency use the Remote FX rate |
Turn the public monthly fees into an annual service-fee snapshot
This is arithmetic, assuming unchanged headcount for twelve months at the current published monthly fees. It excludes salary, employer charges, benefits, FX and negotiated discounts, and is not an actual budget.
- Deel
- $35,940
- Remote
- $41,940
- Published fee difference
- $6,000
- Deel
- $71,880
- Remote
- $83,880
- Published fee difference
- $12,000
Remote published fee minus Deel published starting fee
Four things that can actually reverse the decision
- 01
The employing chain in the target country
Who is the contractual employer, are partners involved, and who handles payroll, HR and escalation? A global country count cannot answer the operating question for your one country.
- 02
Equivalent benefits and employer costs
Give both providers the same salary, start date and benefit tier, then require statutory and optional costs separately. Do not treat the service-fee difference as the invoice difference.
- 03
Funding currency, FX and cutoff
A multi-currency payroll can make the $100 headline gap secondary. Ask both providers to replay a sample invoice using the currency you will actually fund.
- 04
Offboarding or moving to your entity
Confirm notice, termination, deposit release, data export and contract transfer. One difficult exit can cost more than several months of platform-fee difference.
RFP / RFQ
Send this like-for-like quote sheet to both providers
Ask each provider to fill every line instead of returning one estimated total. Unknown amounts should stay marked as unknown; a verbal sales promise should not fill a contract blank.
- Legal name of the local contractual employer and every subcontracted operator
- Service fee by month/year, commitment, discount and price-change clause
- Salary, statutory employer contributions and mandatory benefits
- Optional benefits: employer/employee share, waiting periods and continuation
- Deposit, prefunding, payroll cutoff and consequences of late funding
- Billing currency, FX-rate source, markup and conversion timestamp
- Onboarding timeline, work-authorisation boundary and delay ownership
- Payroll-error correction SLA, escalation path and liability cap
- All termination, offboarding, data-export and entity-transition costs
Official sources used on this page
Prices and product scope change. Service fees and the reserve exception were reviewed on 2026-10-04. Other product and coverage fields retain their 2026-08-30 snapshot; confirm current country terms before buying.
Deel
- Deel pricing ↗2026-08-30
- Deel EOR explainer ↗2026-08-30
Remote
- Remote pricing ↗2026-08-30
- Remote EOR management-fee help article ↗2026-08-30
Questions before deciding
Which has the lower published EOR service fee?
The pricing pages checked on 4 October 2026 display $599 per employee/month for Deel and $699 for Remote. These are service-fee figures, not complete country quotes.
Is the difference always $100 per employee/month?
That is the difference between the published figures checked here. Discounts, commitments, country scope and other quote items can change the comparison.
Which has better payroll or support outcomes?
This page has not independently tested production service. Request comparable demonstrations and written procedures instead of treating provider claims as measured outcomes.