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Remote People vs Hire with Columbus
Where Remote People and Hire with Columbus can employ
On our coverage data, Remote People runs an EOR in 149 countries and Hire with Columbus in 193. They overlap in 139, so for 68% of the 203 countries either one covers, you can pick on price and service rather than reach. The difference sits in 10 countries only Remote People covers and 54 countries only Hire with Columbus covers. If your next hire is in one of them, that decides it.
Only Remote People 10 countries
- Americas
- Bahamas, Martinique, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Asia
- Kuwait, Macau, Mongolia, Oman, Sri Lanka
- Oceania
- Fiji, Nauru
Only Hire with Columbus 54 countries
- Americas
- Anguilla, Caribbean Netherlands, Cayman Islands, Curaçao, Dominica, French Guiana, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Kitts and Nevis, United States Virgin Islands
- Europe
- Åland Islands, Andorra, Belarus, Faroe Islands, Gibraltar, Guernsey, Isle of Man, Jersey, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Vatican City
- Africa
- Angola, Botswana, British Indian Ocean Territory, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, DR Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Libya, Mali, Mayotte, Niger, Republic of the Congo, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, São Tomé and Príncipe, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Western Sahara, Zimbabwe
- Asia
- Afghanistan, Brunei, Maldives, Palestine
What the fee difference adds up to
Hire with Columbus's published EOR fee is $20 lower per employee per month. That is $240 a year for one hire and $2,400 a year for a team of ten, before any volume discount either provider negotiates.
| Employees | Remote People | Hire with Columbus |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | $2,388 | $2,148 |
| 5 | $11,940 | $10,740 |
| 10 | $23,880 | $21,480 |
| 25 | $59,700 | $53,700 |
| 50 | $119,400 | $107,400 |
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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Remote People vs Hire with Columbus on Reddit
On Reddit, Hire with Columbus sits at 0% negative across 10 approved mentions. We screen real community mentions for relevance, then label sentiment, separate from our Select Score.
| Provider | Mentions | First-hand | Positive | Neutral | Negative | Sentiment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Remote People | Too few Reddit mentions to score yet | |||||
| Hire with Columbus | 10 | 10 | 100% | 0% | 0% | Mostly positive |
Most-discussed topics: Hire with Columbus — pricing
Widest coverage in this comparison (193 countries).
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Remote People vs Hire with Columbus: your questions
Which is better, Remote People or Hire with Columbus?
On our normalized dataset, Remote People has the highest Select Score (74/100). The right pick still depends on your priorities, which the matrix above breaks down row by row.
Which is cheapest?
Hire with Columbus has the lowest starting price in this comparison. Pricing is normalized to a per-employee monthly figure.
How is the Select Score calculated?
Every provider runs the same weighted model across coverage, pricing, compliance, platform and support. See the methodology page for the full formula.