Remote

What Remote does

Remote is a global employment operating system, founded in 2019 in Portugal by Job van der Voort and Marcelo Lebre, that helps companies compliantly hire, pay, and manage workforces across more than 100 countries. Its product surface is anchored on five core offerings — Employer of Record (EOR), Global Payroll, Contractor of Record (COR), Contractor Management, and US-focused PEO — backed by owned local legal entities and in-house legal, payroll, and compliance teams in every market it operates in, distinguishing it from competitor partner-network models. Layered on top of this core are Remote HRIS and Remote Perform (2025), Remote Embedded (an API distributed through Workday, BambooHR, Personio, HiBob, Gusto, and Xero), Remote MCP (a Model Context Protocol interface for AI agents, launched 2026), and recently acquired modules — Easop (global equity compliance, 2024), Atlas (AI-native expense management and corporate cards, 2026), and Bravas (identity and device management, 2026). The platform is built API-first on AWS, with SOC 2 Type 2 and ISO 27001 certifications and a 99.5% monthly uptime SLA.

Revenue is generated primarily through recurring per-employee subscription fees for EOR, Global Payroll, COR, HRIS, and PEO services, supplemented by transaction-fee and FX-margin economics from payments routed through Stripe, Wise, and Nium; professional services such as Ask an Expert, Compliance Watchtower, Entity Setup, Mobility & Relocation, Background Checks, and Device Management; and licensing/royalty-style revenue from Remote Embedded integrations inside partner HR platforms. Go-to-market is hybrid: enterprise field sales driven by a "Book a demo" primary CTA and led by a newly appointed Chief Business Officer, mid-market and startup inside sales with tiered landing pages, a self-serve signup flow for smaller customers, and a deep embedded channel via HRIS partners. Remote serves tens of thousands of customers across three primary segments — Startups, Mid-market, and Enterprise — with named enterprise logos including Heineken, KFC, BYD, Mizuho, Datadog, GitLab, Anthropic, Box, and Miro. As of mid-2026 the company reports $300M+ in annual recurring revenue, cash-flow positivity, 300%+ year-over-year growth in its core payroll business, and a roughly 2,000-person global workforce.

Name

Remote

Legal name

Remote Technology, Inc.

Website

https://remote.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Remote is a global employment operating system that lets companies compliantly hire, pay, and manage distributed teams across 100+ countries via Employer of Record, Global Payroll, HRIS, contractor management, and AI-native tools, serving tens of thousands of enterprise, mid-market, and startup customers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Global Employment & Payroll Platform

NAICS

Office Machinery and Equipment Rental and Leasing (53242), Temporary Help Services (561320)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361), Services-Equipment Rental & Leasing, Nec (7359)

akta.pro primary industry

Equity Compensation & Global Share Plan Administration (BPACAHAI)

akta.pro secondary industry

Remote & Global/Multilingual Direct Hire (BPACAFAO)

Keywords

• Global employment platform
• Employer of record services
• Global payroll management
• Contractor compliance management
• International HR infrastructure

Headquarters

HQ city

San Francisco

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Employer of Record (EOR) subscriptions: Recurring per-employee monthly fees for hiring international employees through Remote as the legal employer of record, including contracts, taxes, benefits, and compliance — onboarded in hours rather than months.
2. Global Payroll subscriptions: Recurring fees for compliant, in-house-run global payroll operated by Remote's own payroll specialists (no partner network), billed per employee or per payroll run across countries.
3. Contractor of Record (COR) and Contractor Management subscriptions: Recurring fees for engaging and managing international contractors compliantly, including contracts, payments, and risk mitigation, with options to convert contractors to FTEs before misclassification risk arises.
4. Professional Employer Organization (PEO) subscriptions (US): Recurring US-focused PEO service covering payroll, taxes, and benefits for domestic hires without admin burden on the client.
5. HRIS subscriptions: Recurring per-employee fees for Remote's purpose-built HRIS for global teams, covering onboarding, PTO, time tracking, and compliance within a single system.
6. Remote Embedded / API (OEM / white-label): Revenue from HR and SaaS platforms (Workday, BambooHR, Personio, HiBob, Gusto, Xero, etc.) embedding Remote's global employment infrastructure into their own products via API.
7. Professional services (Ask an Expert, Entity Setup, Mobility & Relocation, Background Checks, Device Management, Compliance Watchtower): Fee-based consulting and managed services supporting global employment setup, compliance monitoring, background screening, device provisioning, and entity establishment.
8. Atlas financial operations (cards, expense management, perks, insurance): Revenue from cross-border financial operations including global employee Visa cards, perks points system, multi-market health insurance, and expense management tools.
9. Payment services (FX and cross-border payment margins): Margins on payment flows routed through Stripe (contractors), Wise (cross-border), and Nium (payroll for non-US customers), enabling Remote to act as a payment collection agent and earn FX/payment economics.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion5 records

Distribution channels7 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

Remote is an API-first global employment operating system that lets companies hire, pay, and manage employees and contractors in 100+ countries without setting up local legal entities. Its owned end-to-end infrastructure—built on in-house legal, payroll, and compliance teams in every market—delivers Employer of Record (EOR), Global Payroll, Contractor of Record (COR), Contractor Management, US PEO, HRIS, performance management, and equity administration as integrated platform modules, plus an API/MCP interface for partner embedding and AI agent access.

Product overview

Remote is a single integrated global employment operating system delivered as a platform-plus-modules architecture, anchored by five core global-employment products — Employer of Record (EOR), Global Payroll, Contractor of Record (COR), Contractor Management, and PEO — all backed by Remote's owned end-to-end infrastructure (in-house legal, payroll, and compliance teams in every market). Sitting on top of this core, the Remote Platform (HR Core) provides built-in HR functions and the recently launched Remote HRIS, with Remote Perform as its performance-management module. The Remote Embedded API and the new Remote MCP interface expose this infrastructure to strategic technology partners and AI agents respectively, while Remote Build delivers integrations and AI automations consulting. Adjacent services extend the platform into device management (Bravas), equity compensation (Remote Equity, from the Easop acquisition), expense management and global employee cards (Atlas acquisition), background checks, Compliance Watchtower, entity setup, mobility/relocation, benefits, and the Remote Recruit talent marketplace with Freelancer Hub for contractors. Acquisitions of Easop (2024), Atlas (2026), and Bravas (2026) have been integrated as native modules, while partnerships with Workday, HiBob, BambooHR, and Personio let those HR platforms power global employment offerings through Remote's API.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Remote Talent: Global remote job marketplace and recruitment community (also referenced as Remote Recruit / Remote Jobs) for connecting candidates with remote opportunities.
• Remote MCP
• Remote Build
• Remote Perform
• Remote Embedded
• Remote PEO
• Remote Equity
• Freelancer Hub

Products and services

• Employer of Record (EOR) Enables companies to hire full-time employees in countries where they do not have a legal entity; Remote acts as the legal employer, managing employment contracts, payroll, taxes, benefits, and local compliance using owned legal/payroll/compliance teams in each market.
• Global Payroll Compliant payroll processing across multiple countries operated directly by Remote's in-house payroll teams, supporting monthly, semi-monthly, and hourly payroll in multiple currencies with Finance Manager visibility in a single platform.
• Contractor of Record (COR) Engages international contractors compliantly through Remote as the contractor of record; Remote manages contracts, payments, and misclassification risk on behalf of clients.
• Contractor Management Onboards and manages contractors globally on behalf of clients, with the ability to convert contractors to full-time employees before misclassification risk becomes a legal problem.
• Professional Employer Organization (PEO) US hiring without the admin burden; Remote handles payroll, taxes, and benefits through a co-employment model for US-based teams.
• Remote Embedded API-first infrastructure product that lets strategic technology partners embed global HR, payroll, and employment into their own platforms via Remote's REST API, webhooks, and CLI, used by Workday, BambooHR, Personio, HiBob, Gusto, and Xero.
• Remote Platform (HR Core) Built-in core HR functions providing a single system of record for employment contracts, compliance documents, and payroll, with AI-driven automations.

Quantifiable outcome

• $300M+ annual recurring revenue, cash-flow positive
• +8 more outcomes

Named customers23 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration7 records

AI capability12 records

Feature9 records

Partnerships

14 partnerships are on record, tiered core, flagship and minor.

• BravascoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 9 April 2026Remote acquired Bravas in April 2026, a French software company specializing in identity and device management. The acquisition integrates employment, payroll, compliance, and IT management into one system for international companies managing global teams.
• AtlasflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 20 January 2026Remote acquired Atlas in January 2026, an AI-native expense management and corporate card platform for distributed workforces. Atlas's tools (global employee cards, configurable spending rules, points system, multi-market health insurance) integrated into Remote's employment operating system. Co-founders Karen Serfaty and Gianina Rossi joined Remote.
• WorkdayflagshipTechnology or Integration · 25 November 2025Workday launched GO Global Payroll through an expanded partnership with Remote, enabling Workday GO customers to pay teams globally directly within their existing Workday workflows. Leverages Remote's AI-native technology and compliance-first infrastructure to deliver global payroll as a fully integrated experience rather than an add-on.
• EasopcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 2 April 2024Remote completed the acquisition of Easop in April 2024 to strengthen its global HR platform with Easop's expertise in simplifying global equity compensation. The acquisition automates compliance tasks for distributed companies and expands resources for global talent management.
• BambooHRflagshipTechnology or IntegrationBambooHR integrated Remote's global employment infrastructure to power its own global employment offering; referenced as a major HR platform partner. Featured at BambooHR Connect 2025 (October 2025) where BambooHR showcased global hiring capabilities and compliance solutions.
• PersonioflagshipTechnology or IntegrationPersonio integrated Remote's global employment infrastructure to power global employment offerings to its customers. Listed as a major HR platform that runs payroll and compliance natively with Remote.
• HiBobcoreTechnology or IntegrationHiBob integrated with Remote to run global payroll and compliance underneath its HRIS. Listed among Remote's natively integrated HR platforms.
• GustocoreTechnology or IntegrationGusto integrated with Remote for global employment; mentioned in product release notes announcing Gusto and Xero integrations alongside Remote Contractor Management Plus.
• XerocoreTechnology or IntegrationXero integrated with Remote; announced alongside Gusto integration in Remote product release notes.
• StripecoreTechnology or IntegrationStripe powers payment services for Remote's contractors under contractual licensing; license terms referenced via Stripe's terms.
• WisecoreTechnology or IntegrationWise powers payment services for Remote's contractors (cross-border); licensed per Wise's coverage and licenses.
• NiumcoreTechnology or IntegrationNium powers payment services for Remote's Payroll product (customers outside the US). For UK payments, Nium Fintech Limited (FCA-authorized EMI, FRN 901024) provides electronic money accounts. For EU payments, UAB Nium EU (Lithuania, Bank of Lithuania license No. 14) provides electronic money accounts. Customers accept Nium's T&Cs during onboarding.
• Amazon Web Services (AWS)flagshipTechnology or IntegrationAWS is Remote's trusted cloud provider, compliant with SOC I/II/III, ISO 27001/27017/27018, PCI-DSS. All Personal Data and product infrastructure is hosted on AWS with encryption in transit/at rest, network isolation through private networks, fully auditable access, and daily backups.
• Roamr for FriendsminorGTM or Marketing PartnerRemote uses Roamr for Friends' corporate travel platform to enable employees to stay with friends/colleagues during work trips, reducing travel expenses and improving employee experience. Booking, payment, security, insurance, and payroll integration are part of the service.

Scale indicators17 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Emerging players

• Rippling: Rippling bundles HRIS, payroll, IT, and spend management — increasingly extending into global payroll and EOR — competing with Remote on HRIS and payroll overlap, particularly in mid-market.
• Multiplier: Multiplier is a fast-growing EOR and global payroll provider competing with Remote primarily in the startup and mid-market segments, often on price.
• Rivermate: Rivermate is a smaller EOR and global payroll provider identified alongside Remote in EOR market coverage, targeting similar SMB and mid-market international hiring use cases.

Direct peers

• Deel: Deel is the most direct competitor to Remote in global EOR, contractor management, and global payroll, with overlapping customer segments, near-identical product surface, and similar API-first GTM. It is consistently named alongside Remote as a top-tier EOR provider.
• Papaya Global: Papaya Global offers global payroll, EOR, and contractor management with a SaaS-led enterprise GTM — directly competing with Remote in mid-market and enterprise deals and consistently cited in the same EOR market reports.
• Globalization Partners: Globalization Partners is an established EOR player with owned-entity infrastructure in many countries, often positioned against Remote in enterprise and mid-market global employment deals.
• Velocity Global: Velocity Global is a long-standing EOR and global payroll provider with a similar product set (EOR, contractor, immigration) and enterprise orientation, competing head-to-head with Remote in RFPs.

Broad incumbents

• ADP: ADP is the dominant US payroll incumbent (RUN, Vantage HCM, ADP Global Payroll) with overlapping enterprise and mid-market customers; increasingly competing with Remote on global payroll for large enterprises.
• Workday: Workday is both a flagship distribution partner for Remote (via Workday GO Global Payroll) and a broader incumbent in HR, payroll, and talent — overlapping with Remote on enterprise payroll while also potentially competing for native global payroll capabilities.

Regional players

• Gusto: Gusto is a leading US SMB payroll and HR platform that partners with Remote for international hiring — complementary in the US SMB segment but a direct competitor on US payroll and HRIS for smaller customers.

Market position

Strengths1 record

Weaknesses1 record

Competitive moat7 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/remote

Compliance7 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds5 records

Investors20 records

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M&A3 records

Investments

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