For startups making their first hire abroad
You found the right person and they live in another country. Columbus becomes their legal employer, runs payroll and benefits, and you pay one flat rate from $179 a month.
One flat monthly rate per employee, no setup fee, no contract minimums
Your hire gets a real employment contract under local law, with the benefits that law requires
15 minutes on your country, your role and the right setup for your case
No commitment · No credit card · No sales pitch
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An employer of record (EOR) is a company that already has a legal entity in the country where your hire lives. It employs the person on paper, so they get a local contract, local payroll and the benefits local law requires. You direct their work day to day, exactly like any other employee.
For a first hire this matters because the alternative is opening your own entity in that country: registering a company, a bank account, a payroll provider and an accountant, before the person can start. An EOR removes all of that. You sign one agreement, the hire signs a local contract, and payroll runs from the first month.
Columbus charges from $179 per employee per month, with no setup fee, no contract minimums and the option to cancel anytime. The industry average is $599 and up, so a single hire saves you up to 70% for the same payroll, compliance and benefits.
Your journey
Most teams go from first call to a fully compliant hire inside a week.
Bring your own candidates or tap our global pool. No geographical limits, just great people.
Local contracts, payroll, benefits and labor law. The legal headaches are ours, not yours.
Hires onboarded and paid in days, not months. You get one flat invoice each month.
Pricing comparison
We combine RemoFirst's cost-efficient EOR infrastructure with our partner-level pricing, so you get the same service at a lower margin, not a lower standard.
We partner directly with established EOR infrastructure instead of building from scratch, cutting out layers of overhead and middlemen. Lower costs for us means lower costs for you.
Automated payroll, compliance, and onboarding reduce operational overhead - savings are passed directly to you.
Transparent, flat monthly pricing with no hidden fees or minimums, while maintaining full compliance coverage in 193 countries.