Remote People

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Remote People platform overview

Summary

Remote People (formerly Horizons) is the cheapest EOR provider you can actually name in a procurement meeting. At $299/mo per employee, it undercuts Deel by $300/mo per head and Payoneer WFM by $100/mo. For a 15-person distributed team, that’s $54,000/year less than Deel and $18,000/year less than Payoneer WFM. The 50+ country coverage is the broadest in the industry, and the provider has genuine depth in markets most competitors treat as afterthoughts — Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Georgia, and several Sub-Saharan African countries where Horizons built out relationships years before the rebrand.

The catch: you’re paying $299/mo prices for a $299/mo experience. Support response times regularly stretch past 24 hours. The platform UI feels like it’s still mid-migration from the Horizons brand. Partner entity quality swings wildly — the Central Asian and Eastern European partners are strong, while some Western European and Latin American partners add more friction than they solve. The Horizons-to-Remote People rebrand has created real confusion: old contracts reference Horizons, the website still has inconsistent branding in places, and Google reviews are split across both names. If your top priority is saving money and your hiring map includes emerging markets, Remote People earns a serious look. If you need polished support, a clean platform, and compliance confidence in Germany or France, spend the extra $300/mo on Deel or Remote.

Pick Remote People if

• Your priority is the $299/mo price and hiring in emerging markets across Central Asia or Eastern Europe.
• You need very broad 185+ country coverage and can accept a partner-heavy model.

Skip Remote People if

• You need fast support, polished UX, and stronger compliance depth in Western Europe.
• Your legal team requires a cleaner owned-entity liability chain.

Remote People: Key Facts

A cleaner buying workflow is to pair this Remote People review with vendor comparisons, EOR pricing analysis, and market-level hiring demand before procurement approval.

What Remote People Does Well

The lowest published EOR price on the market

$299/mo per employee. That’s not a promotional rate or a “from” number buried behind a sales call — it’s the published list price. Every other mainstream EOR charges more. Payoneer WFM at $399/mo is the next cheapest. Multiplier charges $400/mo. Deel is at $599/mo. For a 10-person international team, the annual fee difference versus Deel is $36,000. Versus Payoneer WFM, $12,000.

How do they hold this price? Geneva headquarters keeps the brand Swiss-adjacent (helpful for credibility), but the operational team runs lean across lower-cost locations. The partner-heavy entity model — partners in roughly 165 of 50+ countries — avoids the massive overhead of maintaining owned legal entities everywhere. And unlike Deel or Remote, the platform investment is minimal, which cuts engineering costs. Those are deliberate choices. You’re getting a budget service, but the budget is honest: no hidden per-country surcharges, no mandatory annual lock-in at the base tier.

For seed-stage startups or bootstrapped companies hiring their first 3–5 international employees, $36,000/year in savings versus Deel isn’t trivial. That’s a full-time contractor’s annual cost in many markets.

Broadest country coverage in the category

50+ countries. That’s more than Deel (160+), more than Oyster HR (180+), and more than G-P (180+). Remote People covers markets that don’t appear on most competitors’ coverage maps: Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, several Pacific Island nations, and a swathe of Francophone West Africa.

For companies hiring across frontier markets — a mining company staffing in Central Asia, an NGO with workers across Sub-Saharan Africa, a crypto firm hiring developers in Georgia or Armenia — this coverage eliminates the need to stitch together multiple local providers. One contract, one invoice, one dashboard. That simplicity has real value, even if the per-country depth doesn’t match what a Deel or G-P delivers in their core markets.

Genuine strength in emerging markets

This is where Remote People’s Horizons heritage pays off. The original Horizons team built early relationships in Central Asia, the CIS region, and Eastern Europe before most EOR providers even listed those countries on their websites. Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Georgia, Armenia, and Poland aren’t partner-entity afterthoughts — they’re markets where Remote People has operational playbooks, established local contacts, and actual hiring volume.

In Kazakhstan, for example, Remote People handles the social tax calculations, mandatory pension contributions, and the nuances of the Labor Code’s termination provisions with more confidence than Deel or Multiplier, neither of whom have meaningful volume in that market. Same pattern in Poland: ZUS contributions, PPK pension scheme enrollment, and Polish labor court procedures are handled by a partner that Horizons vetted and worked with since 2021.

If your hiring map includes post-Soviet states, Central Asia, or the Caucasus, Remote People is the default starting point. Nobody else has the same operational depth in these geographies.

Recruitment services bundled into the offering

Most EOR providers stop at employment. Remote People also offers recruitment — they’ll source, screen, and present candidates in markets where your own talent acquisition team lacks local networks. For a US startup trying to hire a senior developer in Tbilisi or a finance manager in Almaty, that bundled recruitment removes a layer of complexity. You don’t need a separate staffing agency for the search and a separate EOR for the employment.

The recruitment quality varies by market and role seniority, but the convenience of one provider handling both the find and the employ is a genuine differentiator at this price point.

Where Remote People Falls Short

The rebrand has created real confusion

Horizons rebranded to Remote People recently, and the transition hasn’t been clean. Google searches for “Horizons EOR” still surface the old brand. G2 and Capterra reviews are split across both names, making it hard to gauge the full review volume. Some customer contracts still reference Horizons as the legal entity. The website has inconsistent branding — some pages say Remote People, others still carry Horizons copy or logos.

For buyers running procurement, this matters. When your legal team Googles the provider and finds two names, two websites, and reviews scattered across both, it raises questions. Is this the same company? Did they rebrand to escape bad reviews? Is the legal entity changing? The answers are benign (same company, same team, strategic rebrand), but the optics create friction in the buying process that Deel or Remote never trigger.

If you’re evaluating Remote People, ask your account rep for a clear paper trail: the legal entity name on your contract, the relationship between Horizons and Remote People entities, and confirmation that existing compliance certifications carry over.

Inconsistent partner entity quality

Remote People owns entities in roughly 20 countries. The other 165+ are partners. That’s the most partner-dependent ratio in the mainstream EOR category — even more than Payoneer WFM’s ~155 partner markets. The problem isn’t the partner model itself; it’s the inconsistency.

The Central Asian and Eastern European partners are good. They were vetted early by the Horizons team and have years of working history. But in Western Europe, the partners feel less embedded. A German partner that handles employment for only a handful of Remote People clients won’t have the institutional knowledge of Deel’s owned German GmbH or Remote’s in-house Frankfurt team. In Latin America, the partner quality drops further — onboarding timelines stretch, payroll documentation arrives late, and compliance questions bounce between Remote People’s core team and the local partner before resolution.

For high-compliance markets like Germany, France, or Brazil, the partner-entity gamble is harder to justify. A labor dispute in France that gets mishandled by an under-resourced partner costs far more than the $300/mo you saved versus Deel.

Basic platform and UX

The Remote People dashboard is functional. It handles contracts, payroll, and employee records. But it feels like a first-generation product — closer to a glorified admin portal than a modern workforce management platform. There’s no self-serve contract generation comparable to Deel’s. Limited integrations with HRIS and accounting tools. No mobile app. Reporting is bare-bones: headcount, payroll totals, and contract status. No analytics, no custom dashboards, no API ecosystem worth mentioning.

For a 5-person startup managing 10 international employees, this is fine. You log in, check payslips, and move on. For a 30-person People team managing 100+ employees across 15 countries, the platform becomes a bottleneck. You’ll end up exporting CSV files and building reports in spreadsheets — exactly the kind of manual work that a modern EOR platform should eliminate.

Deel, Rippling, and even Multiplier are materially ahead on platform depth. If your operations team cares about tooling, the $299/mo price tag won’t offset the time your team wastes on workarounds.

Support response times that test your patience

Remote People’s support operates primarily during European business hours (Geneva HQ). Chat responses for non-urgent queries regularly take 12–24 hours. Complex compliance questions — termination procedures, severance calculations, benefit enrollment issues — can take 2–3 business days to resolve. There’s no dedicated CSM at the base tier. Escalation paths are unclear.

For comparison, Deel’s chat support typically responds within 30 minutes during US/EU hours. Remote’s support team is responsive within 4–8 hours. Even Payoneer WFM, also a budget provider, averages 8–16 hours.

If you’re in a time-sensitive situation — a mandatory termination in Brazil with a 30-day notice clock running, or a work permit issue in Singapore that needs immediate attention — waiting 24 hours for a first response is operationally dangerous. Budget buyers need to factor in the cost of their own team’s time spent following up, re-escalating, and working around slow support.

Pricing Breakdown

Cost comparison — 10 employees for one year:

What’s included in the base fee: Employment contract generation, local payroll processing, statutory benefits administration, tax withholding and filing, basic support via chat/email, and compliance documentation.

What’s not included: Work permit/visa processing, enhanced benefits above statutory minimums, dedicated CSM, recruitment services, hardware procurement, and background checks.

The $299/mo price holds across standard markets. Some complex jurisdictions (Brazil, Saudi Arabia, China) may carry a per-country surcharge — confirm with your account manager before signing.

Remote People: Region-by-Region

Deep dive: For detailed compliance analysis of Remote People in Asia, see our eor.asia review. For Africa-specific coverage, see our eor.africa review.

Pros and Cons

How Remote People Compares

Real User Feedback

What users praise:

• Price point — multiple reviewers cite the $299/mo rate as the primary reason they chose the provider
• Coverage in markets where other EOR providers said “we don’t operate there”
• Onboarding speed in Central Asia and Eastern Europe (5–7 business days consistently)
• Willingness to handle unusual employment structures and non-standard contracts
• Recruitment services that saved the cost of a separate staffing agency in emerging markets

What users complain about:

• Branding confusion after the Horizons → Remote People switch — contracts, invoices, and portals showed both names simultaneously
• Support tickets sitting 24+ hours without a first response, especially outside European business hours
• Platform feels dated compared to Deel or Multiplier, with manual processes that should be automated
• Partner entity quality in Western Europe doesn’t match the standard set in Eastern European markets
• Payroll documentation and payslip delivery sometimes delayed by 2–3 business days past payroll date

Our Final Verdict

Use Remote People if: You’re a cost-conscious company hiring across emerging markets — Central Asia, Eastern Europe, CIS countries, or parts of Africa — where Remote People has operational depth that pricier competitors lack. The $299/mo price point makes EOR accessible for seed-stage startups and bootstrapped companies that would otherwise pay contractors and accept the misclassification risk. Also worth considering if your hiring map spans 15+ countries and you need one provider that covers obscure jurisdictions without stitching together multiple local firms.

Skip Remote People if: Your hiring is concentrated in major Western markets (US, UK, Germany, France) where Deel, Remote, and G-P have deeper compliance teams and owned entities. Your People team values platform UX, fast support, and self-serve tooling — the $300/mo savings versus Deel evaporates quickly when your team spends extra hours on manual workarounds and slow support queues. Your legal team wants clean entity ownership and straightforward liability chains — Remote People’s partner-heavy model is the opposite of that.

Bottom line: Remote People is the lowest-cost credible EOR with unusually broad country coverage and real strength in Central Asia/Eastern Europe. The trade-off is a basic platform, slower support, and inconsistent partner quality outside those core markets. If budget and frontier-market coverage drive your decision, $299/mo is hard to beat. If you need reliability in mature markets, pay more for Deel or Multiplier.

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does Remote People cost?

$299/mo per employee. Cheapest credible option after Remofirst ($199). Saves $18k/year on a 5-person team versus Deel ($599). Partner-entity model and lean platform keep costs down. You trade polish and speed for price — support is slow, platform is basic.

Is Remote People the same as Horizons?

Yes. Horizons rebranded to Remote People. Same team, Geneva HQ, same infrastructure. Contracts remain valid; rebrand is commercial, not structural. Check both names when reading G2/Capterra reviews. Ask your account manager which entity name appears on employment contracts in your target countries.

Does Remote People use owned or partner entities?

Mixed. Owned in ~20 countries (Europe, parts of Asia). Remaining 165+ via partners. Request country-by-country breakdown before signing. Partner-heavy model — if your legal team wants owned entities in major markets, Remote or Deel is a better fit.

How fast is Remote People’s onboarding?

5–7 days in Central Asia and Eastern Europe (strength markets). Slower in Western markets. Deel does 2–5 days. For competitive offers where speed matters, Remote People’s savings may not justify the delay.

Is Remote People better than Deel for emerging markets?

For Kazakhstan, Georgia, Poland, CIS countries, parts of Africa — Remote People has operational depth Deel lacks. For US, UK, Germany, France — Deel wins on onboarding, platform, support, owned entities. Mixed map: $300/mo savings adds up; match the provider to your countries.

Who should skip Remote People?

Hiring concentrated in major Western markets — Deel, Remote, G-P have deeper compliance and owned entities. Teams valuing platform UX and fast support — savings evaporate when you spend hours on manual workarounds. Legal teams requiring clean entity ownership — Remote People is partner-heavy.

For market-level context beyond vendor features, see EOR pricing hidden costs and browse remote jobs by country to understand demand patterns.

Further Reading

• Best EOR Providers 2026: Full Comparison
• Remofirst EOR Review: Budget Alternative at $199/mo
• Playroll EOR Review: Africa/MEA Competitor
• Deel EOR Review 2026
• Multiplier EOR Review 2026

Anchal Katyal · Founder, eorHQ

Anchal has spent over a decade in product strategy and market expansion across Asia and the Middle East. She evaluates EOR providers on compliance depth, entity ownership, payroll accuracy, and in-country support quality.

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