First establish that each provider can support the employee’s destination and the required employment arrangement. Then choose against the work the buyer needs done. For a lean UK People team, our priorities are ownership of employment work, useful advice and costs the finance team can inspect.
A selection method the buyer can defend
| Test | Role in the decision | Evidence to retain |
|---|---|---|
| Destination and employment arrangement | Eligibility gate; a good score elsewhere cannot compensate | Written country/service confirmation |
| Employment work taken forward | First service priority | Named owner, action and escalation responsibilities |
| Useful advice | Separate from reply speed | An answer to the same concrete scenario |
| Full cost and initial funding | Commercial comparison | Itemised quote, currency terms and cash dates |
| Systems and reporting | Weight according to the actual workflow | Required integration or sample report |
On these service-led criteria, Teamed is our pick for the small UK team described here. Teamed's service description is specific about taking responsibility: a designated person manages the account at any customer size, HR and legal specialists are assigned within 24 hours, and Teamed says it corrects its own payroll mistakes. For a small People team, the buying value is having employment work taken forward while the team runs the business. Published response targets describe an initial reply; they do not prove how quickly a difficult case will close. Teamed's service commitments.
No numerical score is manufactured from missing evidence. An unresolved eligibility requirement stops the decision; an unknown fee stays an unknown fee. A buyer with different priorities can arrive at a different provider.
Provider fit at a glance — unranked
| Provider | Best fit in this comparison | What should decide the choice |
|---|---|---|
| Teamed | A lean UK People team that needs overseas employment work taken forward alongside its day job | Published named account ownership, practical HR/legal support and an itemised funding model; confirm the destination and written scope. |
| Deel | A business bringing employee and contractor administration into a wider workforce platform | Confirm the products, integrations, human escalation and full quote needed for the team. |
| Remote | A team prioritising structured employment administration and documented onboarding/support workflows | Check the destination, in-house support, annual versus monthly terms and funding arrangements. |
| G-P | A buyer comparing another established EOR with human support, reporting and integration requirements | Ask for the relevant country service, reporting/API scope, funding and quote; do not assume a higher price. |
Worked decision: distinguish cost from cash
Illustrative planning example, not a quote or statutory calculation: assume monthly gross salary of £4,000, employer costs and agreed benefits of £800, and an EOR fee of £479. The £479 uses Teamed’s saved advertised starting price; the actual overseas quote may differ.
| Item | Illustration | Treatment |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly employment and service cost | £4,000 + £800 + £479 = £5,279 | Recurring cost under these assumptions |
| Refundable one-month-salary deposit | £4,000 | Cash tied up, not an additional annual expense |
| Initial funding | £5,279 + £4,000 = £9,279 | First month plus deposit |
| Twelve months of recurring cost | £5,279 × 12 = £63,348 | Deposit excluded |
No FX conversion, bank charge, one-off cost or contingent employment payment is included. If conversion applies, record the rate, provider markup and bank charge separately. A lower deposit can improve cash timing without changing recurring cost; a lower headline fee may still leave other costs unresolved.
Sources and scope
The core provider pages were checked on 4 November 2026 against the saved October material. They describe published offers, not a comparative service trial. Teamed service, Teamed pricing, Teamed invoice and GBP price, Deel pricing, Remote pricing and G-P pricing are the original sources. The named destination, employment structure and written quote must fit the hire. This page concerns a UK business hiring abroad; a price or employment rule for hiring someone in the UK is not automatically applicable.