Remote Strengths, Domain Expertise, and Key Differentiators
Remote is a global HR and payroll platform that helps businesses find, hire, pay, and manage employees and contractors in over 200 countries and regions without needing local entities. Its cloud-based SaaS integrates payroll, benefits, compliance, and contractor management, making it easy for companies to handle international workforces.
The company is a provider in Employer of Record (EOR) services, simplifying legal and tax compliance worldwide. Recent innovations, including AI-driven payroll and equity management through acquisition, have strengthened its offerings.
Remote Recent Developments
In January 2025, Remote launched a Contractor of Record service to simplify global contractor management. This service handles compliance, payments, and administration for businesses hiring international freelancers, reducing risks associated with cross-border engagements.
In March 2025, Remote introduced Recruit, an AI-powered solution that streamlines sourcing, screening, and hiring of top global talent. This platform aims to simplify the recruitment process for distributed teams. Additionally, the company expanded its proprietary AI-driven payroll system to over 100 countries. This enhancement delivers increased accuracy, speed, and compliance in global payroll processing.
In May 2025, Remote announced a major expansion of its proprietary AI-powered payroll infrastructure, now supporting more than 100 countries. Unlike traditional providers that rely on fragmented third-party systems, Remote built its payroll engine in-house. The system is already live in key markets like Canada and the UK, and enables instant processing, greater local adaptability, and improved compliance. It supports both salaried and hourly employees, integrates with Remote’s global HR tools, and includes features such as bulk data uploads and embedded multi-country benefits. This advancement gives businesses more control, speed, and accuracy in managing global payroll
In June 2025, Remote launched its new Human Resources Information System (HRIS) to support the full employee lifecycle across distributed teams. Integrated with Remote’s payroll and compliance tools, the HRIS includes onboarding, time-off management, document storage, organizational planning, workflow automation, and people analytics. It enables People teams to streamline operations, reduce system fragmentation, and deliver a consistent experience to employees around the world.
Also in June 2025, Remote launched its U.S. Professional Employer Organization (PEO) to help startups and scaling companies manage HR, payroll, and benefits across the United States. The solution is designed to relieve companies of the burden of day-to-day HR administration, benefits management, and compliance, while providing access to Remote’s deep in-house expertise and tightly integrated service model.
Remote Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) Activities
In January 2025, Remote launched a Contractor of Record service to simplify global contractor management. This service handles compliance, payments, and administration for businesses hiring international freelancers, reducing risks associated with cross-border engagements.
In March 2025, Remote introduced Recruit, an AI-powered solution that streamlines sourcing, screening, and hiring of top global talent. This platform aims to simplify the recruitment process for distributed teams. Additionally, the company expanded its proprietary AI-driven payroll system to over 100 countries. This enhancement delivers increased accuracy, speed, and compliance in global payroll processing.
In May 2025, Remote announced a major expansion of its proprietary AI-powered payroll infrastructure, now supporting more than 100 countries. Unlike traditional providers that rely on fragmented third-party systems, Remote built its payroll engine in-house. The system is already live in key markets like Canada and the UK, and enables instant processing, greater local adaptability, and improved compliance. It supports both salaried and hourly employees, integrates with Remote’s global HR tools, and includes features such as bulk data uploads and embedded multi-country benefits. This advancement gives businesses more control, speed, and accuracy in managing global payroll
In June 2025, Remote launched its new Human Resources Information System (HRIS) to support the full employee lifecycle across distributed teams. Integrated with Remote’s payroll and compliance tools, the HRIS includes onboarding, time-off management, document storage, organizational planning, workflow automation, and people analytics. It enables People teams to streamline operations, reduce system fragmentation, and deliver a consistent experience to employees around the world.
Also in June 2025, Remote launched its U.S. Professional Employer Organization (PEO) to help startups and scaling companies manage HR, payroll, and benefits across the United States. The solution is designed to relieve companies of the burden of day-to-day HR administration, benefits management, and compliance, while providing access to Remote’s deep in-house expertise and tightly integrated service model.
Remote Customers in ARTW Customer Database
Leveraging a rigorous data-centric research methodology, APPS RUN THE WORLD asks the simple question: Who’s buying Remote applications and why? And we provide the answers – supported by decades of research – to our clients around the world. Our Customer database has over 100 data fields that detail company usage of Remote and other enterprise apps by function, customer size, industry, location, implementation status, partner involvement, Line of Business Key Stakeholders and IT decision makers contact details. List of Verified Remote HRIS customers.
Remote Overview
Ownership: - x
Number of Employees: 1800
Functional Market: Absence Management, Time and Attendance, Core HR, Payroll, Benefits Administration, Sourcing, Onboarding, Recruiting, Compensation Management,
Key Verticals: Automotive, Banking and Financial Services, Communication, CPG, Insurance, Life Sciences, Manufacturing, Non Profit, Professional Services, Transportation,
Remote Key Cloud and HCM Applications
Remote HRIS
Remote HCM and Cloud HCM Applications Revenues, $M:
| Type/Year | 2023 | 2024 | YoY Growth, % |
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| Total Revenues, $M | Subscribe | Subscribe | Subscribe |
| HCM Applications Revenues, $M | Subscribe | Subscribe | Subscribe |
* HCM Applications Revenues = License + Support & Maintenance + SaaS ( Hardware and Prof. Services are Excluded )
** All revenue figures are estimates based on public records, Cloud and Non-Cloud business models in Apps Run The World's vendor database, and annual survey results including vendor feedback.
Remote Revenue Breakdown by Type:
Remote HCM Applications Revenues By Sub-Functional Markets, $M:
Split by Sub-Functional Markets | % of HCM Revenue in the HR Segment | 2024 HCM Revenues, By HR Segment, $M | |
Remote HCM Applications Revenues By Verticals, $M:
Remote Total and HCM Applications Revenues by Region:
| Region | % of Total Revenues | 2024 Total Revenues, $M | 2024 HCM Applications Revenues, $M |
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| Americas | Subscribe | Subscribe | Subscribe |
| EMEA | Subscribe | Subscribe | Subscribe |
| APAC | Subscribe | Subscribe | Subscribe |
| Total | Subscribe | Subscribe | Subscribe |
Remote Direct vs Indirect sales
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| Type % | Subscribe | Subscribe | Subscribe |
| Revenues, $M | Subscribe | Subscribe | Subscribe |
Remote Customers - Breakdown by Geo, Size, Vertical and Product
List of Verified Remote Customers
No. of Remote Customers: x
No. of Remote HCM Applications Customers: x
No. of Remote Cloud HCM Customers: x
No. of Remote Cloud HCM Subscribers: x
Remote serves a diverse range of clients, from startups to large enterprises, across various industries. Notable customers include GitLab, DoorDash, Loom, and Paystack. These companies utilize Remote's platform for global payroll, compliance, and HR solutions, enabling them to manage distributed teams effectively.
In addition to these prominent clients, Remote's customer base encompasses organizations of varying sizes and sectors. For instance, companies like Weights & Biases, Smart Pension Ltd, DocPlanner Group, and dbt Labs also leverage Remote's services to streamline their global HR operations.
Remote Market Opportunities, M&A and Geo Expansions
In 2024, Remote expanded its presence in the U.S. market by rolling out a comprehensive “US expansion package,” consolidating a wider array of products tailored to this customer base, including professional services and compliance tools.
Furthermore, Remote's collaboration with Kota in November 2024 introduced Remote Global Benefits, enabling companies to manage multi-country health insurance and comply with local regulations seamlessly. This partnership enhances Remote's ability to offer comprehensive benefits solutions to its clients.
Remote Risks and Challenges
Operating across more than 200 countries and regions, it must navigate complex and constantly changing international labor laws, tax regulations, and compliance requirements, which can expose it to legal and financial liabilities if not managed carefully. The competitive landscape is intense, with well-funded rivals like Deel, Papaya Global, and Rippling vying for market share, putting pressure on Remote to continuously innovate and maintain high service quality.
Additionally, as a cloud-based SaaS provider handling sensitive employee and payroll data, Remote must ensure robust cybersecurity measures to prevent data breaches, which could damage its reputation and result in regulatory penalties. Economic downturns or geopolitical instability in key markets could also impact Remote’s growth by affecting client budgets or disrupting operations.
Remote Ecosystem, Partners, Resellers and SI
Remote has built a partner ecosystem to extend its global HR platform. It offers referral partnerships, integration partnerships with tech companies, and a partner marketplace for complementary service providers. The platform supports over 5,000 integrations with HR, accounting, and productivity tools, allowing businesses to streamline workforce management.
Additionally, through Remote Embedded, Remote is available in platforms like Gusto and Personio, providing users of those platforms easy access to global hiring through Remote. Remote also can be integrated with other HR tools such as Applicant Tracking Systems like Greenhouse, and HRIS systems like BambooHR and HiBob. Remote also recently launched an integration with Zapier to enable customers to automate workflows between their favorite tools and Remote by creating “zaps”.
Strategic collaborations, such as with Kota for global benefits and the acquisition of Easop for equity compensation, have expanded Remote’s service offerings. Overall, the partner ecosystem helps enhance the platform’s functionality and provides clients with additional resources to manage distributed teams.
Research Methodology
Data used in research reports are derived from publicly available documents, continuous surveys of applications vendors, customers, resellers, Independent Software Vendors, systems integrators and other verifiable sources.
Vendor shares and market forecast results are based on a combination of existing databases as well as demand side and supply side research conducted throughout the year with validation from vendors, customers, channel partners and documentations such as earnings releases and 10Q and 10K filings, vertical industry studies, regional and country-level statistics from public and private institutions(i.e. colleges, universities, government agencies and trade associations).
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