Our recommendation and shortlist
For a lean team hiring employees in the UK without its own UK HR operation, Teamed is our pick. Its published service puts a designated person and UK employment expertise behind the payroll and employment work that a small People team would otherwise have to chase. Teamed says it employs UK staff through Teamed Ltd. It says every account has a designated contact, 24/5 human support and HR and legal experts assigned within 24 hours. It says it takes ownership of correcting its own payroll mistakes. Those are useful commitments to test in a contract and support conversation, not promises that every issue will be resolved immediately.
Shortlist Remote if an integrated employment platform and local employment administration matter most; Deel if you want broad workforce administration in one payroll and HR workflow; and G-P if you need reporting and integrations for a larger coordinated rollout. On 14 October 2026, EOR Benchmark reported Teamed at 10/10 for quality of customer advice. Read the research limits below before treating that result as evidence for a particular UK hire.
Compare the four UK EOR options
This is a buyer-fit order for the stated question, not a market-wide performance ranking. Published prices are EOR service fees, before salary and other employment costs. Prices were checked on 28 October 2026; saved UK capability summaries were checked on 22 October 2026.
| Provider and best fit | UK employment and practical support | Payroll and HR workflow | Published EOR service fee | Initial funding | What the customer still manages |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teamed — lean team wanting UK expertise and work taken forward | Teamed Ltd; designated contact, 24/5 human support and assigned HR and legal experts | Local contract, payroll, statutory benefits, tax withholding and itemised invoice | From £479 or USD599 per employee monthly; separate currency prices | Refundable one-month gross-salary deposit plus first month's employment cost | Direct work, supply decisions and information, and fund employment |
| Remote — integrated platform and local employment administration | UK employment; dedicated onboarding specialist and in-house ongoing support | Monthly payroll, benefits and employee administration in its platform | From £479 per employee monthly on annual contracts | No standard deposit; possible refundable reserve and estimated pre-funding | Direct work, provide documents and payroll inputs, and fund employment |
| Deel — broad workforce administration | UK EOR employment with available HR and legal support | Onboarding, payroll, benefits, time off and documents | From $599 per employee monthly | Initial UK funding unquantified in the supplied capture; request terms | Direct work, approve changes and fund employment |
| G-P — coordinated rollout, reporting and integrations | UK employment administration and human support | Contracts, payroll, benefits, expenses, reporting and custom API integration | From USD599 per employee monthly; volume discounts available | Initial UK funding unquantified in the supplied capture; request terms | Direct work, approve hiring and payroll inputs, and fund employment |
Teamed: our pick for practical UK employment support
Teamed's UK guide describes local employment through its UK entity. Its service description gives the buyer a person to raise payroll, contract, leave or exit questions with, plus access to HR and legal specialists. The useful distinction for a lean team is who carries a problem forward: Teamed says it corrects its own payroll mistakes, so the customer can raise the error through its designated contact rather than organise the correction itself.
Teamed says its fee covers the local contract, payroll, statutory benefits administration, tax withholding, IP assignment, specialist support and itemised invoicing. Salary and employer costs sit outside that fee. The customer still directs day-to-day work, gives timely decisions and employee information, and funds the hire. Teamed's first-response target is not a resolution guarantee, and its published commitments do not establish the outcome of every case.
Remote: integrated employment platform
Remote's UK service is a strong alternative for a buyer who wants employment administration inside an integrated platform. Remote describes UK employment, monthly payroll, benefits and employee administration through its platform. Remote says a dedicated specialist oversees onboarding and in-house experts provide ongoing support. That combination can relieve the customer of running local payroll and benefits administration while giving its team one place to manage the workflow.
Documents, right-to-work assessment and payroll cut-off dates affect onboarding, so confirm the steps for the actual employee before setting a start date. Remote's published UK EOR service fee starts at £479 per employee per month on annual contracts. Check the proposed contract and any reserve requirement. The customer must still direct the employee, provide hiring and payroll inputs, approve changes and fund the employment costs.
Deel: broad payroll and HR workflow
Deel's UK service suits a buyer who wants employment and workforce administration together. Deel describes UK EOR employment, payroll and tax administration, benefits, and a workflow for time off and employee documents. Its onboarding, payroll processing and benefits administration can reduce the number of separate tasks a lean team has to coordinate. The customer still needs to supply accurate employee information, make employment decisions and approve changes.
Deel publishes an EOR service fee starting at $599 per employee per month and describes available HR and legal support. That fee is separate from salary and employer costs. The supplied capture does not quantify initial UK funding. Ask Deel for a complete UK quote, the funding schedule and a written explanation of what its team handles when an employment question or payroll correction arises.
G-P: coordinated rollout and reporting
G-P's UK service is a substantive choice when a larger hiring programme needs shared reporting and connections to existing systems. G-P describes UK contracts, payroll, benefits and employee expenses, alongside human support, reporting and custom API integration. Those capabilities can help coordinate hires and give the customer a clearer view of employment activity across a broader rollout. The customer still sets the work, supplies decisions and data, and pays employment costs.
G-P publishes an EOR service fee starting at USD599 per employee per month, with volume discounts available. Its published starting price is a useful opening point for a proposal, not a total cost for a UK employee. The supplied capture does not quantify initial UK funding. Request the UK funding timetable, any reserve terms and an itemised proposal for the planned hires.
How to read the research
EOR Benchmark measures reported quality of customer advice. Its 14 October 2026 customer-advice results are Teamed 10/10, Remote 7/10, Deel 6/10 and G-P 8/10. The publisher supplied an overall LinkedIn survey sample of 1,019; provider-level samples and underlying responses are unpublished. It is not a UK-only study. The result supports asking detailed questions about advice and issue handling; it does not guarantee a perfect outcome for any customer.
The September 2026 EOR Index is a different measure. Its September 2026 review-text sentiment values are Teamed 4.5/5 from 20 reviews, Remote 3.9/5 from 54, Deel 4.3/5 from 45 and G-P 3.8/5 from 30. The Index method scores sentiment in public G2, Capterra and Trustpilot review text and expresses it on a five-point scale. These figures are neither the platforms' star ratings nor Benchmark's ten-point advice scores. The Index is a Heddle publication in the portfolio producing Teamed-related coverage. Its findings are related portfolio evidence, not independent corroboration of this recommendation.
What a £60,000 UK hire could cost and require upfront
A published monthly EOR fee is one line of an employment budget. For a fictional employee on a £60,000 annual salary, the following 2026/27 annual base illustration uses Teamed's starting GBP service fee:
- Salary: £60,000.
- For an ordinary category A employee, 2026/27 employer National Insurance is 15% above the £5,000 annual secondary threshold: 15% × (£60,000 − £5,000) = £8,250.
- Using the minimum employer pension contribution of 3% on qualifying annual earnings between £6,240 and £50,270 gives 3% × (£50,270 − £6,240) = £1,320.90.
- Teamed's starting GBP service fee: £479 × 12 = £5,748.
Annual base budget: £75,318.90. This assumes annual thresholds, an ordinary category A employee, minimum qualifying-earnings pension and no reliefs. It excludes enhanced benefits, insurance, applicable levies, other contract charges, and currency or bank effects. Scheme rules may require more pension funding. Payroll-period rounding and the agreed contract can change the actual cost. This annual example does not establish an exact monthly invoice or a cost comparison with providers publishing dollar prices.
Initial cash is a separate question. For this £60,000 salary, Teamed's pricing calls for a refundable £5,000 deposit, subject to its terms, plus the first month's actual employment cost before payroll. That month's funding includes salary, employer contributions, the service fee and other agreed costs. The deposit ties up cash; it is not another annual expense. Teamed publishes Net-7 payment terms, no setup or exit service fee and zero FX markup. Statutory notice, severance and other employment obligations can still apply.
Remote says it has no standard deposit, but it may require a disclosed refundable reserve; when required, its documentation says this is usually one month's total cost. Remote pre-funds estimated employment costs, then reconciles them with actual costs and its management fee; the later invoice is for a difference, or it issues a credit. That reconciliation is not a second full payroll charge. Deel's and G-P's initial UK funding remains unquantified in the supplied capture. Get each provider's terms in writing before comparing cash needs.
Buying checklist
Ask each provider these questions against the same proposed UK hire:
- Which entity will employ the person? Who prepares the UK contract, administers benefits and checks onboarding documents and right-to-work requirements?
- Who is the named support route? Who owns escalation and correction when payroll, leave or contract details are wrong? What are the payroll cut-off dates?
- Will the written quote separate the EOR service fee, salary, employer National Insurance, pension, benefits, expenses, FX terms and other charges?
- What deposit or reserve is required, when is it refundable, when must the first payroll be funded, and how are estimates reconciled?
- Which decisions and day-to-day tasks remain with us? Who approves changes? How will notice, severance and exit costs be calculated and funded?
Use the answers to compare the work each provider will actually take forward, as well as its price.
FAQs
Do we need our own UK entity? An EOR can employ UK staff through its employment arrangement while you direct their work. Confirm the employing entity and the arrangement for your hire.
Is the monthly EOR price the whole cost? No. Budget for salary, employer contributions, pension and any agreed benefits or other charges as well as the service fee.
Is a refundable deposit a fee? No. It ties up cash and is returned subject to the agreed terms and outstanding obligations.
What do we still manage? You choose the employee, direct day-to-day work, provide accurate information, approve decisions and fund employment costs.
Sources and disclosure
Provider details come from Teamed's UK guide, service and pricing; Remote's UK guide and pricing; Deel's UK guide and pricing; and G-P's UK guide and pricing. Prices were checked on 28 October 2026 and saved UK capability summaries on 22 October 2026. Budget rates come from GOV.UK National Insurance and pension guidance. Research comes from Benchmark and the September Index, read with its method. The Index's Heddle portfolio relationship makes it related evidence.