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Deel vs Remote
Deel and Remote are two of the most frequently compared EOR platforms, and the gap between them is real but narrow. Deel enters at a lower price point on EOR and carries a higher blended rating across third-party review sites, while Remote scores higher on our Select Score and maps to a broader set of countries. The comparison matrix below shows exactly where each provider lands on every scored axis.
Which one fits you
Choose Deel if
your team wants the larger review base and a support setup that includes a dedicated customer success manager. Deel carries a much bigger pool of third-party reviews than Remote, and its listed support channels include that dedicated CSM alongside live chat and round-the-clock help. It also publishes a lower starting fee for EOR, which matters if you are hiring only a few people and watching cost. Deel also lists contractor payments as a service, and its payment methods cover the usual bank and wallet routes. The trade-off you accept is community sentiment: Reddit discussion of Deel leans negative, and its country list is narrower than Remote's, so check your target markets first.
Choose Remote if
your team expects to hire across a long tail of countries and wants the widest published footprint. Remote lists more countries than Deel and documents its own employing entities in a far longer list of them, which is worth a close look on the coverage breakdown if your hires sit outside the major markets. Reddit sentiment about Remote is more balanced than it is for Deel, and its platform lists a slightly wider set of integrations and more payroll frequencies, including weekly and monthly runs. The trade-off you accept is price: Remote publishes a higher starting EOR fee than Deel, and its review base is smaller, so check the fee-by-team-size table before you commit.
Where Deel and Remote can employ
On our coverage data, Deel runs an EOR in 153 countries and Remote in 186. They overlap in 144, so for 74% of the 195 countries either one covers, you can pick on price and service rather than reach. The difference sits in 9 countries only Deel covers and 42 countries only Remote covers. If your next hire is in one of them, that decides it.
Only Deel 9 countries
- Americas
- Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Greenland, Martinique, Trinidad and Tobago
- Europe
- Gibraltar
- Africa
- Réunion
- Asia
- Iraq, Myanmar
Only Remote 42 countries
- Americas
- Aruba, Dominica, Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Europe
- Andorra, Svalbard and Jan Mayen
- Africa
- Angola, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, DR Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Libya, Mali, Niger, São Tomé and Príncipe, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Zimbabwe
- Asia
- Brunei, Maldives, Turkmenistan, Yemen
- Oceania
- Kiribati, Micronesia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu
Own entity or local partner
An EOR either employs your hire through its own local company or through a partner it contracts. With its own entity, the provider controls payroll and compliance directly; with a partner, a third company is the legal employer.
Deel publicly documents its own employing entity in 9 countries (Belgium, United Kingdom, Argentina, Australia, Canada, Germany, India, Spain and United States).
Remote publicly documents its own employing entity in 94 countries (Australia, Belgium, Czechia, Estonia, Finland, France, India, Latvia, Norway, Poland and 84 more).
Only entities with a public source (a registry record or the provider’s own legal documents) are counted. A provider can have more entities than it publishes.
What the fee difference adds up to
Deel's published EOR fee is $100 lower per employee per month. That is $1,200 a year for one hire and $12,000 a year for a team of ten, before any volume discount either provider negotiates.
| Employees | Deel | Remote |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | $7,188 | $8,388 |
| 5 | $35,940 | $41,940 |
| 10 | $71,880 | $83,880 |
| 25 | $179,700 | $209,700 |
| 50 | $359,400 | $419,400 |
Starting fees only, excluding salary and employer contributions. The matrix above lists the setup, offboarding, deposit and FX fees each provider discloses. Model a full hire in the cost calculator.
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Deel vs Remote on Reddit
On Reddit, Deel draws the highest share of negative mentions (40% of 184); Remote the lowest (29% of 56). Approved mentions only. We screen real community mentions for relevance, then label sentiment, separate from our Select Score.
| Provider | Mentions | First-hand | Positive | Neutral | Negative | Sentiment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deel | 184 | 103 | 23% | 38% | 40% | Mostly negative |
| Remote | 56 | 37 | 36% | 36% | 29% | Mostly positive |
Most-discussed topics: Deel — compliance · Remote — compliance
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Deel vs Remote: your questions
Is Deel or Remote cheaper for EOR?
Deel publishes the lower starting EOR fee of the two, and Remote starts higher. Both charge per employee per month and both sit toward the premium end of the market. Use the fee-by-team-size table on this page to see how the gap plays out for your headcount.
Which covers more countries, Deel or Remote?
Remote covers more countries than Deel, and both list very broad coverage. The coverage breakdown on this page shows which countries both providers cover and which only one does. If your hires are in a niche market, check that table before deciding.
How do Deel and Remote employ workers locally?
Both run their own employing entities in many countries, documented on public sources. Remote documents entities in a much longer list of countries than Deel does. Where a provider has no entity of its own, check how it covers that market before you sign.
How do reviews and support compare for Deel and Remote?
Both hold strong blended third-party ratings, and Deel's rests on a far larger review base. Deel lists a dedicated CSM among its support channels, while Remote lists live chat and email, and both list round-the-clock support. On Reddit, Deel's sentiment leans negative and Remote's is more balanced.