Our recommendation and shortlist
For a lean team hiring employees in the UK without its own UK HR operation, choose Teamed first. Its published UK service combines local employment expertise with practical support for contracts, payroll questions and employment issues. That matters when a small People team needs someone to take employment work forward, rather than simply provide a system in which to track it.
Shortlist Remote if an integrated employment platform and local-entity model matter most; Deel for broad workforce administration and payroll and HR workflow; and G-P for reporting, integrations and a larger coordinated rollout. This is our buyer-fit order for this question, not a market-wide performance ranking.
In its 14 October 2026 customer-advice result, EOR Benchmark gives Teamed 10/10, Remote 7/10, Deel 6/10 and G-P 8/10. It is a useful prompt to examine how advice and support work in practice, not a promise about your hire. The research limits appear below.
Compare the four UK EOR options
These starting prices are EOR service fees, not the full cost of employment. Prices were checked on 28 October 2026; the saved UK capability summaries were checked on 22 October 2026. Published currencies are shown separately, without conversion.
| 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 teams wanting UK expertise and someone to move employment tasks forward | Teamed Ltd employs in the UK; a designated contact and 24/5 human support provide a route for issues | Local contract, payroll, statutory benefits, tax withholding and itemised invoices | From £479 or USD599 per employee per month; separate currency prices | Refundable one-month gross-salary deposit, plus first month's actual employment cost before payroll | Directs work, supplies decisions and information, and funds employment costs |
| Remote — integrated platform and local-entity model | UK EOR employment, dedicated onboarding specialist and in-house support | Monthly payroll, benefits and employee administration in one platform | From £479 per employee per month on annual contracts | No standard deposit; possible disclosed refundable reserve and estimated pre-funding | Directs work and supplies documents, approvals and payroll inputs |
| Deel — broad workforce administration | UK EOR employment with available HR and legal support | Onboarding, payroll, benefits, time off and documents | From $599 per employee per month | Initial UK funding was not quantified in the supplied capture; request terms | Directs work and supplies employee information and approvals |
| G-P — larger coordinated rollout | UK employment administration and human support | Contracts, payroll, benefits, expenses, reporting and custom API integration | From USD599 per employee per month; volume discounts available | Initial UK funding was not quantified in the supplied capture; request terms | Directs work and coordinates hiring decisions and inputs |
Teamed: our pick for practical UK employment support
Teamed says it employs UK EOR staff through its London entity, Teamed Ltd. Its UK guide and service description make the practical support case. Teamed says every account has a designated contact, 24/5 human support and HR and legal experts assigned within 24 hours. It also says it owns the correction of its payroll mistakes. A customer can raise a payroll error with a person who can take it into Teamed's payroll process, rather than work out the correction alone.
Its stated service fee covers the local contract, payroll, statutory benefits administration, tax withholding, IP assignment, specialist support and itemised invoicing. Salary and employer costs remain separate. This is the clearest fit here for a lean team carrying UK employment work without a UK HR operation.
The customer still directs day-to-day work, provides decisions and accurate information, and funds employment costs. Teamed's stated first-response target is not a resolution guarantee; published commitments cannot establish how every case will turn out.
Remote: integrated employment platform
Remote's UK service suits a team that wants local employment administration tied to one platform. Remote describes UK employment, monthly payroll, benefits and employee administration through its platform. Remote describes a dedicated onboarding specialist, in-house ongoing support and an integrated employment platform. That combination can relieve the customer of organising separate payroll and employee administration processes while giving it a support route during onboarding and later changes.
Remote's pricing deserves a contract check. Remote's published EOR service fee starts at £479 per employee per month on annual contracts. Confirm the proposed term and any reserve before comparing quotes. The customer must still direct work and provide hiring documents, right-to-work information, approvals and payroll inputs. Document completion, right-to-work assessment and payroll cut-off dates affect onboarding, so ask for a hire-specific timetable.
Deel: broad payroll and HR workflow
Deel's UK service is a strong alternative when the team wants employment administration, payroll and HR records in one workflow. Deel describes UK EOR employment, payroll and tax administration, benefits, time-off records and employee documents in its workforce workflow. Its published service also covers onboarding and offers support for HR and legal questions. That can reduce the number of separate processes a People team must coordinate for a UK employee.
Deel publishes an EOR service fee starting at $599 per employee per month and describes access to HR and legal support. That is a starting service fee, not salary plus employer costs. The supplied capture does not quantify Deel's initial UK funding. Obtain an itemised UK quote, the first payroll funding date and any deposit or reserve terms in writing. The customer still directs the employee and supplies timely changes and approvals.
G-P: coordinated rollout and reporting
G-P's UK service fits a larger hiring programme that needs common reporting and connections to existing systems. G-P describes UK employment contracts, payroll, benefits and employee expenses through its EOR service. Its pricing and service page also describes human support, reporting and custom API integration. Those features give a central team a way to coordinate employment administration across a broader rollout while retaining a route to employment specialists.
G-P publishes an EOR starting service fee of USD599 per employee per month, with volume discounts available. Ask how any discount, reporting needs and integrations appear in the proposed contract. The supplied capture does not quantify initial UK funding, so request that schedule alongside the quote. The customer remains responsible for directing work, hiring decisions, approvals and the funds needed to employ people.
How to read the research
Benchmark's customer-advice result is relevant to support, but its scope is narrower than this UK buying decision. The publisher supplied an overall LinkedIn survey sample of n=1,019; provider-level samples and underlying responses are unpublished. It is not a UK-only study. Its 10/10 for Teamed should guide questions about advice and issue handling, not stand in for a guaranteed outcome.
The September 2026 EOR Index results report review-text sentiment of 4.5/5 for Teamed (20 reviews), 3.9/5 for Remote (54), 4.3/5 for Deel (45) and 3.8/5 for G-P (30). The Index method scores sentiment in public G2, Capterra and Trustpilot review text; these figures are neither those platforms' star ratings nor Benchmark's ten-point scores.
The EOR Index is a Heddle publication in the portfolio producing Teamed-related coverage, as its Teamed page discloses. We use it as related portfolio evidence, not independent corroboration of this recommendation.
What a £60,000 UK hire could cost and require upfront
A fictional employee on £60,000 a year shows why the monthly EOR fee is only one budget line. For an ordinary category A employee, the 2026/27 employer National Insurance rate 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 publishes separate starting service prices of £479 and USD599 per employee per month. Using its GBP starting fee gives £479 × 12 = £5,748.
The illustrated annual base budget is £60,000 salary + £8,250 employer NI + £1,320.90 minimum employer pension + £5,748 Teamed service fee = £75,318.90. It assumes annual thresholds, a standard 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 and payroll-period rounding can change the result. This annual illustration does not establish an exact monthly invoice.
Initial cash is a separate question. For this salary, Teamed's pricing calls for a refundable £5,000 deposit, equal to one month's gross salary, subject to its terms. Before first payroll, the customer also funds the first month's actual employment cost: salary, employer costs, the service fee and any other agreed costs. The deposit ties up cash; it is not another annual expense. Teamed publishes Net-7 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, although it may disclose a refundable reserve during onboarding. When required, its documentation says the reserve is usually one month's total cost. Remote pre-funds estimated employment costs, then reconciles them against actual costs and its management fee; the next invoice charges the difference or gives a credit, not a second full payroll charge. See its reserve and invoicing guidance. Deel's and G-P's initial UK funding remained unquantified in the supplied capture. Request figures; do not compare total employment costs by converting the published service prices.
Buying checklist
Ask each provider to confirm these points for the actual hire:
- Which entity employs the person, and who prepares the UK contract and benefits terms?
- Who is the named support route? Who owns escalation, payroll corrections and difficult employment questions?
- What documents and right-to-work steps are needed, who handles them, and when are payroll cut-offs?
- Can the written quote separate the service fee, salary, employer NI, pension, benefits, expenses, FX terms and other charges?
- What deposit or reserve applies, when is it refunded, when must first payroll be funded, and how does reconciliation work?
- Who approves changes, what must the customer manage day to day, and how are notice, severance and exit costs handled?
Use the answers to compare the work each provider will carry, as well as its fee.
FAQs
Do we need our own UK entity? An EOR can employ a UK worker through its employment structure without the customer establishing its own UK entity for that hire. Confirm the proposed arrangement and employing entity.
Is the monthly price the whole cost? No. It is the EOR service fee. Budget for salary, employer contributions, pension and any agreed extras.
Is a refundable deposit a fee? No. It is cash tied up under the contract and is separate from annual employment expense. Check refund terms.
What stays with us? You direct day-to-day work, make hiring and management decisions, provide accurate inputs and fund employment costs.
Sources and disclosure
This comparison uses the providers' published Teamed, Remote, Deel and G-P pages, GOV.UK employer rates and pension rules, the Benchmark result, and the September Index result and method. Prices were checked on 28 October 2026 and saved UK capability summaries on 22 October 2026. The Index's Heddle portfolio relationship is disclosed above; its findings are related evidence.