RemoFirst review 2026: pricing, verdict & alternatives
RemoFirst is the best-value EOR we have reviewed, from $199 per employee per month across the 193 countries and territories we have verified; skip it if you need owned entities in every market.
Robbin Schuchmann
Co-founder, Employ Borderless
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What is RemoFirst?
RemoFirst is an employer of record (EOR) that hires and pays employees on your behalf in the 193 countries and territories we have verified, from $199 per employee per month with no setup fee published. That is one of the lowest published EOR prices we track, and it is the reason most teams look at RemoFirst first.
This RemoFirst review answers the questions a buyer actually has. What the $199 covers and what one hire costs in full. Which teams it suits and which it does not. How it scores on the Employ Borderless Standard, where we rate it 4.7 out of 5, the highest of the 27 providers we have reviewed. And the situations where we would send you to Remote, Deel or Multiplier instead, because RemoFirst falls short on reporting, integrations and owned entities, not on compliance.
RemoFirst was founded in 2021 by Nurasyl Serik and Volodymyr Fedoriv, is headquartered in San Francisco, has raised $39 million and employs between 201 and 500 people. It sells two things: employer of record services for hiring employees abroad without a local entity, and contractor management for paying freelancers compliantly.
Your contract is with RemoFirst. In most countries the legal employer of your hire is an in-country partner that RemoFirst manages; we have confirmed that model in 34 countries and have no owned entities on file. RemoFirst issues the employment contract, runs payroll, files taxes and statutory contributions and administers benefits. You manage the work. For a first hire abroad that replaces the three to six months it takes to set up your own entity.
Beyond EOR and contractors it offers RemoHealth, one health insurance program across countries, RemoTech equipment provisioning, and visa and work-permit support in 85+ countries.
- Founded
- 2021
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, US
- CEO
- Nurasyl Serik
- Employees
- 201-500
- Total funding
- $39M
Our sister brand, EOR Overview, created a short video walkthrough that covers the core points.
How much does RemoFirst cost?
RemoFirst pricing starts from $199 per employee/month for employer of record and $25 per employee/month for contractors. That fee is the smallest part of what a team costs. At the starting fee, a team of 5 in Germany at $60,000 each costs about $374,534 in the first year through RemoFirst: $300,000 in salaries, $62,594 in Germany statutory employer contributions and $11,940 in RemoFirst fees. Another country produces a different total, because the statutory employer costs are set locally.
| Service | Price |
|---|---|
| Employer of record | $199per employee/month |
| Contractors | $25per employee/month |
Pricing sourced from RemoFirst's pricing page · verified Sep 2026
What a team of 5 in 🇩🇪 Germany, at $60,000 each, costs through RemoFirst
The headline fee is the smallest line. Here is the estimated first-year total for the team.
| Base salaries5 × $60,000 | $300,000 |
| Statutory employer contributionsGermany employer rate, ~20.9% | $62,594 |
| RemoFirst EOR feestarting fee $199/mo × 5 × 12 | $11,940 |
| Estimated all-in annual cost | $374,534 |
Estimate only. Statutory rates are Germany employer contributions (2025 data) on gross salary; caps, benefits, 13th-month pay and provider quotes vary. RemoFirst's published fee is a starting price and the fee for Germanycan be higher, so ask for that country's quote. Run your own numbers before budgeting.
Before you sign, ask RemoFirst to confirm in writing
Undocumented fees only bind the provider once they are on paper. Where we have found a published figure it is named below; where we have not, ask for the number.
- In writing: whether a security deposit is required, how many months, and when it is refunded. We found no figure for it on RemoFirst's own pages when we last looked in September 2026.
- In writing: the FX markup applied when payroll is funded in your currency. We found no figure for it on RemoFirst's own pages when we last looked in September 2026.
- The offboarding fee: RemoFirst publicly states it does not charge one. Have that written into your contract, because a web page can change and a signed term cannot. source
- The setup fee: RemoFirst publicly states it does not charge one. Have that written into your contract, because a web page can change and a signed term cannot. source
- The minimum term: RemoFirst publicly states it does not impose one. Have that written into your contract, because a web page can change and a signed term cannot. source
What this means for you
RemoFirstpublishes a starting fee, and the fee for a given country can be higher, so ask for that country's quote. What changes most country by country is everything around it: the $62,594 of statutory contributions for this team in Germany is set by Germany, not by RemoFirst, and you pay it whichever employer of record you choose. Compare providers on the fee and on what the fee includes, then run the total again for each country you hire in.
Which teams should choose RemoFirst?
Tell us four things about your team and we will tell you what we would do in that situation. The answer comes from the same seven situations we put every provider through, so this review and the next one are judged the same way.
Cheapest compliant option
From $199 per employee per month with no setup fee published, which is among the lowest we track but not the lowest. Hire with Columbus publishes $179 per employee per month across the same 193 countries and territories we have verified.
For this situation we would look at Hire with Columbus first. That is a better fit for what you described, not a better provider.
Should you choose RemoFirst?
Our call for seven common situations, from the same documented criteria we apply to every provider. Where a competitor fits better, we link our review of it.
| Your situation | Our call | Why | Better for this situation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Remote-first, hiring employees in 5+ countries | Choose it | From $199 per employee per month across the 193 countries and territories we have verified, among the lowest published EOR pricing we track. | Visit RemoFirst |
| Contractors only, no employees | Choose it | Free to manage contractors and $25 per contractor per month to process payments. | Visit RemoFirst |
| Cheapest compliant option | Consider | From $199 per employee per month with no setup fee published, which is among the lowest we track but not the lowest. Hire with Columbus publishes $179 per employee per month across the same 193 countries and territories we have verified. | Hire with Columbus review |
| Mid-market, around 250 employees | Choose it | From $199 per employee per month, pricing scales predictably and support is a strength; plan around lighter reporting and integrations than the enterprise platforms. | Visit RemoFirst |
| US-only startup, under 50 people | Consider | An EOR is the wrong construct for US-only hiring; a domestic payroll product costs a fraction. | Remote reviewDeel review |
| Enterprise, 1,000+ employees | Look elsewhere | Partner-based model and a young platform; enterprise procurement usually needs owned entities and deeper reporting. | Remote reviewMultiplier reviewDeel review |
| Regulated industry, compliance first | Consider | Ask for the employing entity in each of your countries in writing before signing; the legal employer is usually an in-country partner. | Visit RemoFirst |
When not to use RemoFirst
You need owned entities in every market.
RemoFirst runs a partner network: your contract is with RemoFirst, while the legal employer in most countries is an independent in-country partner. If your risk team requires the provider itself to be the legal employer, look at Remote or Deel.
You are 1,000+ employees with procurement requirements.
The platform is built for speed and cost, not enterprise workflows; reporting is the most common limitation named in third-party reviews. At that scale we would point you to Multiplier or Deel.
Not sure which of these you are?
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How does RemoFirst score?
4.7 out of 5 on the Employ Borderless Standard · 9 of 10 pillars rated · 1 of 26 reviewed
Each pillar is scored out of 5 in half steps, from our research, customer evidenceand the provider’s published data. The terracotta mark on each row is the average of the 26 EOR providers we rate, so a row that runs past it is above the field.
field average
Measured
- Pricingprice list, verified 1 September 2026
- Country coverage193 coverage rows
- Compliancecontract and policy review
- Integrationspublished list
Judged, from research and customer evidence
- Customer supporttested response times
- User experiencehands-on demo
- Featureshands-on demo
- Securitypolicy review
- Analytics and reportinghands-on demo
- Mobile appNot verified
Not verified means we have not checked whether RemoFirst offers it; it is left out of the average.
Why 4.7
- Strongest
- Pricing. RemoFirst's EOR fee starts at $199 per employee per month and, according to its pricing page, may vary with local country requirements.
- Also strong
- Country coverage and compliance. With EOR services in 193 countries and visa support in 85+, RemoFirst matches the geographic reach of top-tier providers.
- Loses points
- Integrations. RemoFirst scores 4.4 out of 5 here because it supports fewer third-party integrations than the established competitors.
- Others say
- 4.5 out of 5 across G2, Trustpilot, Capterra and Glassdoor.
- Not verified
- Mobile app. We have not checked whether RemoFirst offers it, so it is left out of the average.
Read the pillar notes
Pricing
RemoFirst's EOR fee starts at $199 per employee per month and, according to its pricing page, may vary with local country requirements. The same page states there are no setup, onboarding or termination fees, no annual contracts and no minimums. It scores 4.9 out of 5 because that represents exceptional value, with only a minor deduction for the $55 monthly add-on cost for health benefits.
Country coverage
With EOR services in 193 countries and visa support in 85+, RemoFirst matches the geographic reach of top-tier providers. That coverage puts the platform in the second-highest tier as per our rating system and earns them a high 4.8 out of 5.
Compliance
RemoFirst earns 4.7 out of 5 for handling local employment regulations, tax filings and statutory requirements across all supported countries, with compliance expertise on demand. We held the score below the top because its compliance support is lighter than the enterprise providers' and leaves more oversight with you.
Customer support
With 24/7 support across phone, email and chat, plus dedicated account managers and quick resolution times, RemoFirst offers solid support coverage.
Features
RemoFirst scores 4.7 out of 5 because it covers all the essential EOR functions, including payroll, compliance, HR support and contract creation, plus useful add-ons like equipment provisioning and visa services. The score stops short of the top because the feature set is narrower than the enterprise competitors'.
Security
Security scores 4.6 out of 5 because RemoFirst includes IP protection services and states SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 certification and GDPR compliance on its site. We have not inspected the audit reports, which kept the platform from a higher score.
User experience
RemoFirst uses a simple, minimal design that requires little training for HR staff to navigate core EOR functions. Overall, this earns a strong 4.5 out of 5 rating.
Analytics and reporting
RemoFirst provides basic reporting that covers payroll summaries, headcount tracking, and compliance status. The 4.5 out of 5 rating reflects solid fundamentals for standard reporting needs.
Integrations
RemoFirst scores 4.4 out of 5 here because it supports fewer third-party integrations than the established competitors. As a newer platform it is still building out its integration network next to providers like Deel or Remote.
Customer support, read with care. Some Reddit reviewers report a rough sales-to-onboarding handoff and roughly two-week time-to-offer in slower cases.
Why you can trust our reviews
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What RemoFirst does well
One of the lowest published EOR prices
From $199 per employee per month across the 193 countries and territories we have verified. Deel lists from $599 and Remote from $699 for the same service.
You hire without setting up an entity
The limit is document turnaround and local registration rather than company formation. Setting up your own entity takes months.
Compliance handled end to end
Contracts, payroll taxes, statutory contributions and filings in every country covered, with RemoFirst taking legal responsibility as the employer of record.
Free contractor management
Compliant contractor agreements free to manage, and local-currency payments at $25 per contractor per month, in the same platform as your employees.
No setup fee, deposit or minimum term published
The price page lists the per-employee fee and nothing else. Confirm the unpublished items in writing; the cost section says which.
One health insurance program
RemoHealth covers employees across countries from one plan, with dental and vision as options, so you do not manage a local insurer per country.
A platform HR staff learn in a session
Employee management, payroll and compliance tracking in a clean interface with little to configure.
Where RemoFirst falls short
Basic reporting
Payroll summaries and headcount only. No custom dashboards, so workforce analysis happens in another tool.
Few integrations
BambooHR, Workday, ADP Workforce Now and GoCardless, plus payroll exports. No public API.
A young platform
Founded in 2021, RemoFirst is still adding features that older providers have, such as multi-country payroll consolidation.
Limited contract customisation
Fewer localisation options for employment contracts and policies, which matters for specialised roles and regulated industries.
What are the features of RemoFirst?
4.7 out of 5field average 4.3RemoFirst scores 4.7 out of 5 on features. It covers the core of an employer of record with useful add-ons, and stops short of the automation and reporting of the enterprise platforms.
You get everything it takes to employ someone abroad: a compliant local contract, payroll with the right withholdings, tax filings, statutory contributions and basic HR support, in the 193 countries and territories we have verified. Contractors run in the same platform, free to manage and $25 per contractor per month to process payments. On top of that sit RemoHealth, one health insurance plan across countries from $55 per person per month, RemoTech for shipping laptops, and visa and work-permit support in 85+ countries.
What you do not get is workflow automation, custom approval flows or deep reporting. Deel and Remote have those, and they start at roughly three times the fee.
What this means for you
You get the parts of an employer of record that every team needs, and not much beyond them. If your HR team has built its process around approval flows and custom reporting, you will be rebuilding that process here rather than importing it.
Key features
- Employer of record in 193 countries and territories
- RemoFirst issues the compliant employment contract, registers the employee with local authorities and handles tax withholdings and social contributions, from $199 per employee per month; its pricing page notes the fee may vary with local requirements.
- Multi-currency payroll
- Payroll in 100+ currencies with local withholdings and mandatory deductions, on monthly, bi-weekly or weekly cycles depending on the country.
- Global contractor management
- Compliant contractor agreements free to manage; invoicing and local-currency payments at $25 per contractor per month, in a dashboard that mirrors the employee workflow.
- Benefits administration
- RemoHealth health insurance across countries with optional dental and vision, plus laptop and equipment provisioning through RemoTech.
- Compliance management
- Tax filings, paid time off, parental leave, termination rules and other country-specific requirements, handled by RemoFirst and its in-country partners.
- Time off management
- Employees request leave in the platform, entitlements are calculated from local labour law, managers approve in the same place and a calendar shows who is out.
What are the benefits of RemoFirst?
What you get out of it once the contracts are signed, and what you stop having to run yourself.
- Lower fees at scale
- A ten-person international team costs from $1,990 a month at RemoFirst against from $5,990 at Deel, before salaries and statutory costs. The fee difference grows with every hire.
- No foreign entity to set up or run
- You skip incorporation, local registrations and the ongoing accounting and filings of a subsidiary, and you can leave a country as easily as you entered it.
- You can hire the candidate you found
- You are not waiting on company formation before someone can start, so the timeline turns on documents and local registration instead.
- Compliance risk moves to the employer of record
- RemoFirst and its in-country partners carry the statutory obligations of the employer, which is the point of using an EOR in a country you do not know.
- Payroll in one place
- One invoice, in USD, EUR, GBP, CAD, AUD, NZD, SGD or ILS, for employees paid in their own currency across every country.
- Scale up and down freely
- No minimum commitment is published, so you can add a hire for a project and let them go at the end of it without a contract penalty.
- Benefits without local insurers
- RemoHealth gives every employee the same health plan, which is easier to recruit with and simpler to run than a policy per country.
What is the geographic coverage of RemoFirst?
4.8 out of 5field average 4.1RemoFirst scores 4.8 out of 5 on country coverage. It can employ for you in the 193 countries and territories we have verified, through in-country partners.
In practice that means almost any country on your hiring list is covered, with visa and work-permit support in 85+ of them and payroll in more than 100 currencies. The 193 is a number we checked row by row, not the provider's marketing figure.
The thing to understand is who employs your hire. Your contract is with RemoFirst; the legal employer is a local partner that RemoFirst manages. RemoFirst owns no entities of its own, and we have confirmed the partner arrangement in 34 of the 193 countries so far.
What this means for you
Ask who signs the employment contract in your countries. RemoFirst employs through local partners everywhere and owns no entities of its own. Day to day that is invisible, and it is the first thing a risk team asks about, so get the partner named for each of your countries in writing.
RemoFirst covers 193 countries across Africa, Europe, Americas, and more. Search below to check if your target country is supported.
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Armenia
- Barbados
- Belize
- Bolivia
- Kazakhstan
- Israel
- Myanmar
- Nepal
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Ukraine
- Uzbekistan
RemoFirst pricing
4.9 out of 5field average 4.3RemoFirst scores 4.9 out of 5 on pricing, its strongest pillar. Employer of record from $199 per employee per month and contractor management free, with payments at $25 per contractor per month, with no setup fee published.
The fee covers the contract, payroll, tax filings, compliance and HR support. It does not include salary, statutory employer costs or RemoHealth, which is an optional $55 per person per month. Ten employees abroad cost from $1,990 a month in fees at RemoFirst against from $5,990 at Deel, and the gap grows with every hire. We checked the price on remofirst.com/pricing on 1 September 2026.
It is one of the lowest published EOR prices we track, not the lowest: Hire with Columbus lists from $179. What the price page does not state, the deposit, the FX markup, the offboarding fee and the minimum term, you confirm in writing before comparing quotes. The cost section above lists the questions.
What this means for you
Compare the fee, not the total, because salary and statutory costs are the same whoever employs your hire. At $199 RemoFirst is among the lowest published, though not the lowest, since Hire with Columbus publishes $179. Before you compare quotes, get the deposit, FX markup and offboarding terms in writing.
What is the user experience of RemoFirst like?
4.5 out of 5field average 4.2RemoFirst scores 4.5 out of 5 on user experience. The platform is clean and quick to learn, and there is little in it to configure.
Employees see payslips, request leave and update their details in one portal, and leave entitlements are worked out from local labour law. Admins issue contracts from localised templates and let tax filings and statutory processing run on their own. You receive one invoice, in USD, EUR, GBP, CAD, AUD, NZD, SGD or ILS, while each employee is paid in their own currency. How quickly someone starts depends on the country and on how fast their documents come back, because the limit is local registration rather than company formation.
There is little to configure and no dashboard to build. That is what makes it quick to learn and what will frustrate a team that wants its own process.
What this means for you
Nobody will need training to run this. The flip side is that you configure almost nothing, so where your process does not match theirs, you change your process.
How is the customer support at RemoFirst?
4.6 out of 5field average 4.3RemoFirst scores 4.6 out of 5 on customer support: 24/7 by phone, email and live chat, with a dedicated account manager.
A dedicated account manager comes with the service, which counts for more with an employer of record than with ordinary software, because the questions are about local compliance and payroll rather than about the product. Help documentation covers the basics.
Some Reddit reviewers describe a rough handoff from sales to onboarding.
What this means for you
Support runs 24/7 alongside a dedicated account manager, so an urgent payroll problem can be raised whatever your time zone.
What integrations does RemoFirst offer?
4.4 out of 5field average 4.0RemoFirst scores 4.4 out of 5 on integrations, its lowest pillar. Four named connections and payroll exports, where the enterprise platforms list far more.
RemoFirst connects to BambooHR, Workday, ADP Workforce Now and GoCardless. We have not checked what each one moves, so confirm it covers your process before you count on it. Everything else goes by payroll export into your accounting platform, which is manual work every cycle.
There is no public API, so anything beyond the four named connections moves by export.
What this means for you
RemoFirst connects to BambooHR, Workday, ADP Workforce Now and GoCardless. If your stack is not one of those, someone on your team exports a payroll file by hand each month, and that is the cost to weigh against Deel at $599.
What about RemoFirst's mobile app?
not ratedRemoFirst has no dedicated mobile app. Employees and managers use the web platform in a mobile browser. We do not rate this pillar.
Payslips, leave requests and personal details all work on a phone through the browser. There is nothing to install and no push notifications.
What this means for you
Everything an employee needs works in a phone browser. This matters only if a native app is something you would hold out for.
What analytics and reporting features does RemoFirst include?
4.5 out of 5field average 4.0RemoFirst scores 4.5 out of 5 on analytics and reporting. Standard payroll summaries and headcount tracking, with no custom dashboards.
You get what you need to run payroll and stay compliant: payroll summaries, headcount by country, compliance and payroll tracking, and exports to spreadsheets or accounting tools. You do not get dashboards, visualisation or cost forecasting.
Anything beyond those numbers leaves the platform as a spreadsheet.
What this means for you
You will export to a spreadsheet for anything past payroll summaries and headcount. That is fine when a spreadsheet is where workforce questions get answered anyway. If someone on your team needs a dashboard, budget for the tool that gives them one.
How secure is RemoFirst?
4.6 out of 5field average 4.2RemoFirst scores 4.6 out of 5 on security. RemoFirst states SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 certification and GDPR compliance on its own site, and we have not seen the reports.
Those three are what RemoFirst states, not what we have inspected. Ask for the SOC 2 Type II report and the ISO 27001 certificate themselves; a security team will want the documents rather than the badges.
Because the legal employer in most countries is an in-country partner, employee data passes through RemoFirst and that partner, so there are more touchpoints than with a provider running its own entities.
What this means for you
RemoFirst states SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001 and GDPR on its site, and we have not seen the reports. If your company runs a security review, ask for the reports themselves and for the in-country partners who will hold employee data, because in most countries the partner is the one processing it.
What compliance standards does RemoFirst meet?
4.7 out of 5field average 4.3RemoFirst scores 4.7 out of 5 on compliance. It takes legal responsibility as the employer of record and handles contracts, tax filings and statutory requirements through local partners in 193 countries and territories.
For each hire you get a localised employment agreement with IP protection, payroll taxes and social contributions filed on time, and a local compliance specialist when a question comes up. The statutory obligations of the employer sit with RemoFirst and its partner, not with you.
The question to ask is which entity employs your hire in each country, in writing, before you sign. RemoFirst owns no entities of its own, so in every country the answer is a partner.
What this means for you
The statutory obligations sit with RemoFirst and its partner, which is the reason to use an employer of record at all. In a regulated industry, ask which entity is the employer on paper in each of your countries before you sign, because in most of them it is a partner rather than RemoFirst.
I have not yet run a hands-on demo of RemoFirst. This review is based on independent research: verified pricing pages, product documentation, aggregated user feedback from G2, Capterra, and Trustpilot, and community reports from Reddit and industry forums. When we complete a hands-on test-drive, this section will be updated with the full results.
What do RemoFirst customers say?
RemoFirst is rated on 3 independent review platforms that we neither run nor can edit. We read them as the record of what living with RemoFirst is actually like, which is a different question from the one our own score answers. Read the review counts with some care: providers can ask their happiest customers for a review, and some run incentives to get them.
| Platform | Rating | Reviews | Who is rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| G2 | 4.5 / 5 | 409 | Customers |
| Trustpilot | 4.1 / 5 | 73 | Customers |
| Capterra | 4.0 / 5 | 4 | Customers |
| Glassdoor | 3.8 / 5 | 36 | RemoFirst's own employees, not customers |
Across 486 customer reviews, the weighted average is 4.5 out of 5. This is separate from our score and comes straight from each platform.
What this means for you
G2, Trustpilot, Capterra rate RemoFirst 4.5 out of 5 across 486 reviews. We do not run those sites and we cannot edit them. We score it 4.7. Customers rate what they live with, like whether payroll runs on time and whether support picks up. We also score what they never deal with, like whether the price is published and how many countries we checked ourselves. If the two are far apart, that is your question for the sales call.
What do RemoFirst users say on Reddit?
Review platforms collect star ratings; Reddit is where people describe what actually happened. We screened 33 community mentions of RemoFirst for relevance, set aside 10 from accounts that read as promotional, and kept 23. Of those, 10 are first-hand accounts from people who used RemoFirst themselves.
Positive 4 · 17%Neutral 15 · 65%Negative 4 · 17%
“I chose RemoFirst and am having issues like the health insurance costs and payroll timing aren't what was represented. The sales guy was great but the hand off has been a bit rough with the onboarding.”
“Ended up with Remofirst after that research. For the cultural/timezone thing, we started blocking two overlap windows a week instead of daily standups. It's way less exhausting.”
“Hi! Just saw your post, we actually use Remofirst and really like it! We scoped out a few and felt like Remofirst had the best price and we get our own account manager which has been really helpful since we’re using them in a few different countries.”
Reddit is anonymous, so no single comment is a verdict. We verify that each mention is genuinely about RemoFirst and exclude accounts that look promotional, but we cannot verify individual claims. Newest mention from April 2026.
What this means for you
Most of what people post is neither a recommendation nor a warning: 65% of the 23 mentions we kept are neutral, against 17% positive and 17% negative. Take these as the questions to put to RemoFirst in writing, not as a verdict. Reddit is anonymous and we cannot verify any individual account.
How does RemoFirst compare with its competitors?
Fees are each provider's own published starting price and the scores are ours, both at our last check. A cheaper provider is not automatically the right one for you, so read the last column before the price column. The providers we would send you to come first.
| Provider | EOR from | Countries | G2 | Our score | Better fit when |
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| RemoFirst | $199/mo | 193 | 4.5 (409) | 4.7 out of 5 | This review |
| Where we would send you instead of RemoFirst | |||||
| Hire with Columbus | $179/mo | 193 | 5.0 (16) | 4.5 out of 5 |
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| Remote | $699/mo | 186 | 4.5 (5,069) | 4.5 out of 5 |
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| Deel | $599/mo | 153 | 4.7 (7,002) | 4.5 out of 5 |
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| Multiplier | $459/mo | 171 | 4.7 (1,484) | 4.5 out of 5 |
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| Also compared | |||||
| Employ Latam | $349/mo | 18 | — | 3.7 out of 5 | — |
| Atlas HXM | $599/mo | 147 | 4.2 (94) | 4.3 out of 5 | — |
A dash in the last column means we have not assessed that provider against these seven situations yet, not that we rejected it. G2 ratings carry their review count, because a 5.0 from a few dozen reviews and a 4.7 from several thousand are not the same evidence. Country counts are the ones we have verified, so a provider built for one region shows a low number by design rather than as a weakness.
Latest updates from RemoFirst
RemoFirst now connects with Workday, so worker data flows one-way from Workday into RemoFirst every 30 minutes (or on-demand via Sync Now). If you're already running Workday as your HR system of record, this cuts down on manual re-entry for onboarding, offboarding, profile updates, and time-off syncing for payroll.
Read the full announcementRemoFirst has rebuilt its platform around AI, launching RemoAI — a conversational AI tool and a suite of intelligent agents designed to answer global employment questions and automate tasks across the hiring and HR lifecycle. The company says this follows a year-long rebuild, positioning itself as the first AI-native EOR. If you're evaluating RemoFirst, it's worth taking a demo to see how much of this translates into real time savings versus marketing positioning.
Read the full announcementRemoFirst now syncs employee data, job updates, and PTO directly between BambooHR and its EOR platform on an hourly basis, cutting down manual data entry for HR teams managing international staff. If your company already runs BambooHR, this means you can hire in 185+ countries through RemoFirst without switching between disconnected tools. Worth noting if you're evaluating RemoFirst: pricing starts at $199 per employee per month.
Read the full announcementRemoFirst's December 2025 update lets clients save bank account details once and reuse them during offboarding deposit refunds, with country-specific fields for the UK, US, EU, and other regions. PTO request emails now show the total days requested upfront, so managers can approve or decline without logging into the platform first. Both changes are small quality-of-life fixes, but they cut down on manual re-entry and back-and-forth during time-sensitive processes like offboarding.
Read the full announcementFrequently asked questions about RemoFirst
Is RemoFirst legit?
Yes. RemoFirst is a San Francisco company founded in 2021 with $39 million in disclosed funding, a public review footprint (4.5 on G2 from 407 reviews, 4.1 on Trustpilot from 73, 4.0 on Capterra from 4) and published security standards. Those are the checks we use for legitimacy. Treat the scores with only a handful of reviews as noise; the verdict at the top of this review is what we think of the service itself.
How long does onboarding take with RemoFirst?
It depends on the country and on how quickly the employee returns their documents, because the work is local registration and payroll setup rather than company formation. The steps are contract generation, document collection, registration with the local authorities and payroll setup. We have not found a published timeline, and some Reddit reviewers report a slower sales-to-onboarding handoff, so agree the start date in writing before you sign.
How does RemoFirst handle terminations and offboarding?
RemoFirst runs the termination to the rules of the country: notice period, severance and final settlement, with the documentation and filings that go with them. Because the legal employer is usually an in-country partner, ask RemoFirst for the offboarding process and any offboarding fee for each of your countries before you sign, and plan on giving notice about 30 days ahead.
Can RemoFirst help with work permits and visas?
RemoFirst offers visa and work-permit support in 85+ countries as an add-on, handled with its in-country partners; it is not part of the $199 fee. Where a hire needs new work authorisation, ask for the countries, the timeline and the cost in writing, and compare it with an immigration specialist.
The facts in one line
Employ Borderless review: RemoFirst, from $199 per employee per month, 193 countries and territories, partner-network entity model, overall 4.7 out of 5, evaluated August 2026.
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