Deel vs Remote

Deel is a global HR and payroll platform founded in San Francisco in 2019 by Alex Bouaziz and Shuo Wang. It lets companies hire contractors and full-time employees in more than 150 countries, either through Deel's own employer of record (EOR) entities, where Deel legally employs the worker on your behalf, or through payroll for entities you already own.

The product is modular. Contractor management handles localized contracts, invoices and payouts in many currencies; EOR covers employment contracts, benefits, taxes and statutory filings; Global Payroll consolidates payroll for your own entities; and Deel HR is an HRIS with org charts, time off and documents. Add-ons cover immigration and visa support, equipment provisioning, IT management and engagement tools. Contractor, EOR, payroll and HR modules are each priced per worker per month.

Deel suits remote-first startups and scale-ups hiring across many countries, including Turkey, where it can employ staff without a local company. EOR is expensive per employee, so companies often open their own entity once headcount in one country grows. Support quality varies by country, and the breadth of modules adds complexity. Remote.com and Oyster are direct EOR rivals, Rippling is stronger when US payroll and IT are central, and Gusto is simpler for US-only teams.

Remote is a global employment platform founded in 2019 by Job van der Voort, formerly of GitLab, and Marcelo Lebre. It helps companies hire, pay and manage people in other countries without setting up local legal entities.

The core product is employer of record (EOR): Remote employs the worker on your behalf through its local entity, runs payroll, withholds taxes, provides statutory and supplementary benefits and handles employment contracts. Remote emphasizes that it owns its entities in most countries it covers rather than relying on third-party partners, which it argues improves compliance, data security and intellectual property protection. Other products include contractor management with compliant contracts and payments, global payroll for companies that already have entities, a free HRIS for managing employees in one place, support for equity incentives and a talent marketplace. EOR is priced per employee per month, with a discount on annual billing; contractor management is a lower monthly fee per contractor.

Remote fits startups and mid-size companies hiring their first employees abroad or managing distributed teams. EOR remains expensive compared with running your own entity once headcount in a country grows, and features differ by country. Deel is the most direct competitor with a broader set of add-ons, Oyster and Rippling offer similar services, and Turkish companies hiring abroad, or foreign companies hiring in Turkey, should compare country-specific quotes from several providers.

Remote has continued to add AI-assisted HR tools and expand payroll coverage.