Our recommendation: start with RemotePeople for a small team
We would begin with RemotePeople when you need a few employees in new countries, want deposit money back quickly and may need help finding the people. It sells recruitment and EOR together or separately, and both EOR plans include a named account manager.
Multiplier publishes clear plan prices, which makes it a useful benchmark, and both providers advertise EOR in more than 150 countries. Core covers employment, payroll, leave and standard insights; Growth adds integrations, custom reports and open APIs. The trade-off is commitment. Under Multiplier’s standard EOR terms, committed seats are non-refundable, and early cancellation can make the remaining term fees due unless your quotation or order form says otherwise.
Multiplier leads in two cases covered below: EOR combined with payroll for your own entity, and integrations through Growth. Our Multiplier review has the full plan detail.
RemotePeople vs Multiplier at a glance
Our provider ratings reflect our recommendation order for providers overall.
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RemotePeople
Multiplier
Our rating
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Advertised EOR entry fee
RemotePeople
Global from USD 499; Select from USD 199 for selected countries and qualifying salary ranges; per employee/month, with the rate set in your quote.
Multiplier
Core $499 billed monthly or $459 annually; Growth $559 or $519; per employee/month, with currency and any implementation fee to confirm.
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Deposit and refund
RemotePeople
One month of the employee’s gross salary, due before the contract goes out; unused balance refunded within 5 days of the final payment.
Multiplier
Interest-free deposit before the contract is signed, sized to employment costs, notice and credit standing; refunded within 60 days of the last working day.
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If you need candidates
RemotePeople
In-house recruitment at 20% of annual salary alone, or 24% spread over 12 months with EOR.
Multiplier
Talent Marketplace partner agencies, each setting its own scope and fees.
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What must be confirmed
RemotePeople / Multiplier
Check before signing: confirm country price, Select eligibility or plan tier, currency, commitment and early-exit fees, named employer, deposit amount and release, recruitment scope and support terms in writing.
Multiplier adjusts its rates in roughly 11% of supported countries and can add compliance-mandated add-ons. Its FAQ lists no setup fees while its plan cards allow an implementation fee, so get any such charge itemized in the order form. RemotePeople confirms its final rate, billing commitment and any minimums in the country quote.
Compare RemotePeople’s Global and Select plans with Multiplier’s Core and Growth prices on the same billing basis. RemotePeople quotes in US dollars, while Multiplier shows a dollar symbol without naming the currency. Add salary and employer costs separately.
If you already have the candidate
Ask RemotePeople whether the hire qualifies for EOR Select. If not, use EOR Global from USD 499 as the benchmark and request Multiplier Core on the same terms. Compare monthly with monthly first. Multiplier’s $459 rate needs annual billing, and committed seats are non-refundable even if unused.
The deposit terms differ more than the fees. RemotePeople’s deposit starts from one month of the employee’s gross salary and is due before the employee receives the contract. The unused balance comes back within 5 days of the final payment, once payroll and termination invoices are settled. Multiplier’s EOR terms require an interest-free deposit before the contract is signed and refund it within 60 days of the employee’s last working day, once all outstanding payments are received. If the employee raises a claim, Multiplier can hold the deposit until it is settled.
Both providers give you a named contact. RemotePeople’s account managers are backed by HR and legal specialists and work to published human response targets, such as two business days to resolve a payroll question. Multiplier includes a named customer success manager on every tier; ask it for response and resolution commitments in writing.
If the quote confirms the plan and fee for your country, RemotePeople has a strong case here. Check its proposal for any billing commitment or minimum headcount as well.
If you still need to find the employee
This is where the two differ most. RemotePeople runs recruitment in-house and can move the chosen candidate into EOR employment. Recruit + EOR costs 2% of annual salary each month for 12 months, 24% in total, on top of EOR fees and employment costs. Global Recruitment bought alone is 20% of annual salary, payable on the hire’s first day.
Multiplier’s Talent Marketplace connects you with outside recruitment agencies. Each partner sets its own scope, fees and any discount, so the search sits with a separate supplier.
One provider for both steps saves a small company the work of briefing two suppliers and managing the handover between them. Ask RemotePeople for the salary base behind the fee, the replacement terms and the treatment of an early departure, and put the same questions to any Multiplier partner. Keep recruitment and EOR as separate lines when you compare totals.
When Multiplier could justify its plan
Multiplier suits teams that need EOR for employees in one country and payroll for their own entity in another. Its Global Payroll for your own entities starts at $20 per employee/month billed annually, below RemotePeople’s $25 starting rate. Ask both for the volume terms at your headcount.
Growth is the reason to pick Multiplier when systems matter. At $559 monthly or $519 billed annually, it adds HR and finance integrations, custom reports and open APIs. Multiplier publishes HR integrations with Workday, BambooHR, Personio and HiBob. Check the direction of each connection, since the HiBob link runs from Multiplier to HiBob.
Annual billing also lowers Core to $459 for a stable team that will keep its seats filled. Before signing, read the order form for early cancellation and seat transfers, and plan for the 30 days of processing Multiplier needs on top of local notice when an employee leaves.
Two situations where RemotePeople deserves priority
Hypothetical example: a founder hiring a first employee abroad without a recruiter. Start with RemotePeople’s Recruit + EOR proposal and ask for a named recruiter, a shortlist date and the full fee schedule. Then compare Multiplier Core plus the cost of a Talent Marketplace partner for the same search.
Hypothetical example: a company adding three hires this year whose headcount may change next year. It has the candidates but cannot promise stable seats. Compare RemotePeople’s quote with Multiplier’s monthly Core rate rather than the annual one, and check the commitment in both. If both meet the employment needs, RemotePeople’s 5-day deposit refund should return cash sooner after a departure.
Reverse the order if your team needs EOR in one country and payroll for its own entity in another, or relies on the integrations in Multiplier’s Growth plan. Start with Multiplier there, and give RemotePeople the same brief.
If neither fits, use the EOR comparison directory, or read Deel vs Multiplier for another view of Multiplier’s plans.
Basis for the recommendation
Our comparison draws on our hands-on tests of both providers, set out in our RemotePeople review and Multiplier review. We checked the linked official pages on 8 November 2026. Our preference for RemotePeople applies to the small-team and recruitment situations above and rests on its published pricing, deposit terms and service scope. The examples are hypothetical. A country quote for your hire sets the final fee, deposit and contract terms.