Horizons Pricing

Horizons publishes $299/employee/month for EOR. That was the number through late 2025.

Following the February 2026 rebrand to Remote People (the new name for Horizons itself, not to be confused with the separate provider Remote.com), the published starting price dropped to $199/employee/month, making it the second-cheapest EOR among the providers compared, after Remofirst.

The flat-rate number is straightforward.

What is not straightforward is what sits outside it: employer statutory contributions that vary by country, FX spreads that Horizons does not publish, and a hybrid entity model where your actual employing entity may be a local partner rather than Horizons itself.

The $199 is the platform fee. Your Finance team will reconcile a significantly larger number.

We broke down every published cost component, modelled a real hiring scenario, and compared Horizons against the six other providers compared.

This page gives you the numbers you need to build a business case that survives scrutiny from procurement and Finance.

What does Horizons charge?

Starting price

Horizons offers four core products, all published as flat monthly fees with no setup or onboarding charges. The EOR fee starts at $199/employee/month following the February 2026 pricing update.

Contractor management starts at $29/contractor/month, and the newer Contractor of Record product costs $199/contractor/month. No offboarding fees are published.

Pricing model

Source: Horizons/Remote People pricing page and third-party analyses, verified April 2026. Prices subject to change.

What affects the total cost

The “from” qualifier on the EOR price matters. Whether the $199 rate is universally available or varies by country is not confirmed. Some third-party sources still reference the older $299 rate.

Ask for country-specific pricing during your sales conversation, not after.

What does the Horizons fee include?

Core features

The EOR fee covers legal employment through a local entity, compliant bilingual contracts, payroll processing with multi-currency support, statutory benefits administration, tax withholding, onboarding, offboarding, expense reimbursements, bonus processing, and leave management.

You also get 24/5 support from legal, payroll, and HR specialists.

At $199/month, you are getting broadly the same service scope as providers charging $400-599/month. The gap is in platform maturity and entity ownership, not in what the fee nominally covers.

In-house legal support

Horizons also bundles access to 130+ in-house legal experts, which is a genuine differentiator at this price tier. Most providers at the $199-299 range outsource legal advice.

Whether the in-house team translates to faster, better guidance depends on your country mix and the complexity of your questions.

What costs sit on top of Horizons?

Every EOR buyer hits the same reality: the platform fee is the smallest line item on your invoice. The costs below are where budget surprises live.

Employer taxes and social contributions

Employer taxes and social contributions. These are pass-through costs, not Horizons charges, but they are the largest variable. In Germany, employer contributions add roughly 40% on top of gross salary.

In Brazil, expect 60-70%. In the UK, employer NICs add approximately 13.8%. In India, closer to 15%.

If you are comparing Horizons at $199/month to Deel at $599/month, the platform fee difference is $400/month. The employer contributions are identical regardless of provider.

Your total cost comparison should focus on the platform fee difference and the FX impact, not the pass-through costs.

FX spreads

FX spreads. Horizons does not publish its FX spread. No documentation of the markup applied when your funding currency differs from the local payout currency is available.

This is a gap you need to close during procurement.

For context, Deel does not publish its FX margin either, and Remote.com publishes no spread on funded accounts. If Horizons applies even 1% on a $200,000 monthly payroll across 20 employees, that is $24,000 per year in undisclosed cost.

Ask for the FX rate methodology in writing before you sign.

Deposit requirements

Deposit requirements. Remote People markets a capped security deposit, so your exposure stays predictable even on higher-salary hires, but it does not publish the cap or the multiple, so request the figure for your countries explicitly.

This matters because deposit policy varies widely: Deel quotes a deposit by country, while Remote requires none at all.

If your treasury team needs to know the working capital impact, request this information explicitly during your evaluation. Do not assume zero deposit just because nothing is published.

Visa and immigration

Visa and immigration. Starting at $199/month per case, plus government fees. These are optional but can add materially if you are relocating employees.

Company incorporation

Company incorporation. If you are considering establishing your own entity rather than using EOR long-term, Horizons offers incorporation from $6,900 one-time plus $2,500 setup and $199/month ongoing compliance.

This is worth benchmarking against the break-even point where own-entity payroll becomes cheaper than EOR.

How does Horizons compare on price?

Headline price versus the market

At $199/month, Horizons sits near the bottom of the EOR market on headline price, matched only by Remofirst.

It undercuts Deel and Remote.com by $400/month per employee, Oyster by $400-500/month, and Multiplier by roughly $200/month.

For a 20-person team, the annual platform fee saving versus Deel is $96,000. That is a number your procurement team will notice.

Source: Provider pricing pages and third-party analyses, verified April 2026. All prices exclude employer taxes, salary, and FX costs.

Trade-offs to weigh

The savings are real, but they come with trade-offs your evaluation team should weigh explicitly.

Platform maturity is the primary gap. Deel and Remote have more polished platforms, deeper integration ecosystems, and more mature reporting.

If your People Ops team needs advanced analytics or your IT team needs deep HRIS integrations, the $400/month saving may not compensate for the operational overhead.

Entity ownership is the compliance gap. Remote operates 100% owned entities. Horizons uses a hybrid model with owned entities in some markets and partners in others.

If your Legal team requires certainty about who actually employs your people in each country, you need to verify the entity model for every target market before signing.

Rebrand risk is the strategic gap. The February 2026 rebrand from Horizons to Remote People (its own new brand, distinct from the competitor Remote.com) signals a company in strategic transition. For a 12-month EOR contract, that may not matter.

For a 3-year relationship, it is worth understanding where the company is heading.

Is Horizons worth the cost?

When Horizons fits

Horizons is worth the cost when price is your primary evaluation criterion and your needs fit within a standard EOR scope.

If you are hiring in 5-15 countries, need compliant employment contracts and payroll processing, and do not require enterprise-grade reporting or deep platform integrations, the $199/month fee delivers the same core service as providers charging three times as much.

For a 20-person international team, the platform fee saving versus Deel is $96,000/year.

That is a tangible budget line item, not a marginal saving.

When it does not fit

Horizons is not worth the cost when platform maturity or entity certainty matters more than price.

If your People Ops team needs polished self-service workflows, your IT team needs extensive API integrations, or your Legal team requires 100% owned entities in every country, you are trading those capabilities for a lower monthly fee.

That trade-off may be perfectly acceptable for your organisation.

It should be explicit, not accidental.

The question for your Finance team is specific: does the $4,800-6,000 per employee per year in platform fee savings justify the trade-offs in platform maturity, entity transparency, and provider scale? For cost-conscious mid-market teams, the answer is often yes.

For compliance-first enterprises, it is usually no.

For the full platform review, see our Horizons. For alternative providers at different price points, see our EOR comparison.

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How we verified Horizons pricing

Whichapp is an independent comparison site. We do not sell EOR, payroll, or contractor services.

We may earn a commission from provider links. This does not affect our editorial judgement.

We reviewed Horizons’ public pricing page (joinhorizons.com), Remote People documentation following the February 2026 rebrand, third-party pricing analyses from multiple sources, and user reviews on G2 (229+ reviews) and Capterra (2025-2026).

We modelled cost scenarios using published rates and estimated pass-through costs based on country-specific employer tax data.

Horizons was not tested as a live product. The FX spread and deposit terms could not be independently verified from published sources.

Cost estimates are based on published information and may differ from negotiated pricing.

Whichapp may earn a commission from links on this page. This does not affect our editorial independence or the accuracy of our pricing data.

Last reviewed: April 2026