Gusto offers an EOR product but it's a bolt-on to its core US payroll business. Gusto Global EOR runs on Remote's infrastructure, covering roughly 12 countries, with Remote as the legal employer of record. Convenient for US-first companies with occasional international needs; limited for serious multi-country hiring.

Does Gusto support employees outside the United States?

Yes, with limits. Gusto Global EOR covers around 12 countries via Remote's infrastructure. International contractor payments reach 120+ countries. Outside those countries Gusto isn't an EOR option. Teamed covers 187+ countries for employment through owned entities plus vetted partners.

How do Teamed and Gusto compare on cost?

Different products, priced differently. Teamed is $599 flat with FX at zero markup and every line itemised. Gusto Global EOR is reported around $699 standard (a promotional $599 ended in March 2026; India and the Philippines are lower). The real difference is transparency: Teamed shows the applied rate against mid-market and sets out deposit and exit terms; Gusto bakes FX into the rate with no published margin.

Can I use Gusto for US payroll and Teamed for international EOR?

Yes. Many companies run Gusto for US payroll and Teamed for international EOR. Teamed connects to your existing HR platforms rather than replacing them, so the US setup stays in place.

What is Gusto Global EOR powered by?

Gusto Global EOR runs on Remote's infrastructure. Remote is the legal employer of record in all supported countries and provides the underlying entities; Gusto provides the interface. Confirmed on Remote's partnership page.

Ted is Teamed's AI layer inside the platform. It handles the routine, learns from patterns across customers, and flags law changes and the crossover point early. People approve every outcome, and you can always reach a person directly.

When should I choose Teamed over Gusto for international hiring?

Choose Teamed when international hiring is serious and ongoing: multi-country coverage, cost shown in full, direct legal expertise, and an entity path via GEMO. Choose Gusto when international hiring is occasional and your team is mostly US-based in the markets it covers.

Teamed vs Gusto

Teamed vs Gusto, scored on ten dimensions

They are different products. Gusto is a US payroll, benefits and HR platform for SMBs, and it leads on that home turf. Its global EOR is a bolt-on that runs on Remote's entities across roughly 12 countries. Teamed is the dedicated global EOR: 187+ countries through its own entities plus vetted partners, real HR and legal experts on every plan, cost shown in full, and advice on the right model wherever you start. Choose on whether your international hiring is occasional or central.

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1,000+ companies advised

$599
Teamed flat fee per employee per month. Every line on the invoice is itemised.: 24-48h
Teamed time to first payroll in straightforward markets.: 4.8
Teamed G2 rating.

Last reviewed 22 July 2026By Tom Price-Daniel, Co-founder, Teamed

Disclosure

Teamed produced this comparison and is one of the two providers in it. We score what a buyer actually weighs. We name where Gusto leads: US payroll, benefits and HR, and self-serve platform depth. We don't claim to be the cheapest, and we don't claim to win every column.

Teamed vs Gusto: which one should you choose in 2026?

The short version

These are two different products. Gusto is a US payroll, benefits and HR platform for SMBs. Teamed is a dedicated global EOR. Match the tool to whether international hiring is occasional or central.
Coverage is the first test. Gusto Global EOR covers roughly 12 countries on Remote's entities. Teamed covers 187+ through its own entities plus vetted partners. If your market falls outside Gusto's set, the comparison ends there.
You reach a real HR or legal expert when it matters, on every plan. Not a two-layer support chain, not a bot wall.
Whatever you start with, contractor, EOR or an entity, Teamed advises you on the model that fits, and tells you when to change.

At a glance

Teamed

Rated 4.8 on G2

Best for: fast-growing companies with a real international footprint that want a dedicated global EOR, real HR and legal experts they can reach on every plan, cost they can see in full, and advice on the right model wherever they start.

Gusto

Rated 4.6 on G2

Best for: US-first businesses that run most of their team on US payroll and benefits, want the deepest self-serve HR platform, and only occasionally hire a small number of people internationally in the markets Gusto covers.

Shared by both: international contractor payments across 120+ countries · an EOR product with compliance handled by the provider · self-serve hiring flows initiated in-app

Where it matters	Who leads	Why
Global EOR coverage	Teamed	Teamed covers 187+ countries through its own entities plus vetted partners. Gusto Global EOR covers roughly 12 via Remote. If any of your target markets fall outside that set, Gusto cannot deliver the employment, and the comparison ends there.
Cost and FX clarity	Teamed	Teamed is $599 flat, with every line itemised, FX absorbed at zero markup and shown against the mid-market reference, and the deposit and exit terms set out before you sign. Gusto's EOR is billed through its monthly invoicing with FX baked into the exchange rate and no published margin. The point isn't the sticker. It's that you see the whole number.
Support and escalation	Teamed	Teamed gives direct access to real HR and legal experts on every plan. Gusto's global support runs through a two-layer chain, the Gusto interface with Remote compliance behind, and no dedicated global account team is promised at standard tiers.
Employment intelligence	Teamed	Teamed runs Ted, an AI layer inside the platform. It handles the routine so you're seen fast, learns from patterns across customers, and flags law changes and the crossover point early. Real people approve every outcome. Gusto doesn't frame this as a capability.
US payroll, benefits and HR	Gusto	Gusto is a category leader for US payroll, benefits administration and HR for SMBs. Teamed is a dedicated global EOR and not a US HRIS replacement. On the domestic product, Gusto wins clearly.
Self-serve platform depth	Gusto	Gusto has deep self-serve tooling for US payroll, onboarding, benefits and time tracking, and it initiates EOR hiring in-app too. Teamed is advisory-led and connects to the HRIS you already run rather than replacing it.
Compliance and in-country coverage	Teamed	Teamed delivers compliance in layers and publishes how: its own entities in 57 countries, DLA Piper as global counsel for cross-border consistency, and the best in-country partners on top where a jurisdiction needs them. Gusto's EOR compliance sits with Remote, one vendor removed, and the structure behind each country isn't published.
Security and certifications	Gusto	Gusto holds security certifications today. Teamed's controls and processes are in place, with the audit underway, so the certificate isn't issued yet. If your review needs the badge in hand, ask both for current reports and dates.
International contractor payments	Draw	Both support international contractor payments. Gusto reaches 120+ countries with strong US 1099 tooling. Teamed adds Guard and Protect misclassification cover alongside EOR on the same system. Which fits depends on where your workforce sits.
Path to your own entity	Teamed	Teamed advises you on the right model wherever you start, and can set up and run your own entity via Global Entity & Employment Operations (GEMO) in 100+ countries, on the same system, with no re-onboarding. Gusto has no published entity transition path.

Teamed on G2

Who Teamed is for

Teamed is built for fast-growing companies with a serious international footprint: teams hiring across multiple countries where coverage depth, in-country compliance and cost you can see in full actually matter. Gusto is the right choice for US-first businesses that run almost all of their team on US payroll and benefits and only occasionally need to pay a small number of people internationally. When international employment is central to how you operate, you want a dedicated provider.

Not the right fit if

Teams that run mostly on US payroll and want the deepest self-serve HR suite. Gusto is a category leader for US payroll, benefits and HR. If the domestic product is the priority and international hiring is occasional, its bolt-on EOR is convenient at that scale.
Teams hiring one or two people in a single market Gusto already covers. If your target country is in the roughly 12 Gusto supports and you already run Gusto, the single-platform convenience can beat adding a vendor. Read the deposit and exit terms first.
1,000-plus seat enterprises. G-P or Papaya Global carry the widest owned-entity footprint and enterprise governance at scale. Teamed earns its keep in the fast-growing middle rather than at that size.

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If you are…	Start with	Why
US-first, mostly domestic, with 1 to 5 international hires in markets Gusto covers	Gusto Global EOR	It's a convenient bolt-on inside a platform you're already running for US payroll. The two-layer support and limited coverage aren't a constraint at that scale.
Hiring across more than a handful of countries, or in markets outside Gusto's ~12	Teamed	Teamed covers 187+ countries through its own entities plus vetted partners, prices at $599 flat with FX shown at zero markup, and gives real HR and legal experts on every plan.
Growing international team with plans for your own entity	Teamed	GEMO sets up and runs your own entity in 100+ countries on the same platform, with no re-onboarding. Gusto has no entity transition path.
1,000-plus seat enterprise	G-P or Papaya Global	Widest owned-entity footprint and enterprise governance at scale.

What is the Teamed vs Gusto comparison for international hiring?

An Employer of Record legally employs your people in a country through its own entity or a vetted local partner. It issues the contract, runs payroll, remits income tax and statutory contributions, and carries the obligations of the local employer while you direct the day-to-day work. It lets you hire compliantly in a market before you have set up a legal entity there.

Teamed and Gusto are built for different buyers, and their models are structurally different, so the usual 'every EOR blends owned entities and partners' framing doesn't apply cleanly here. Gusto is a US payroll, benefits and HR platform built for American businesses, and that is where it leads. Its global EOR is a bolt-on that runs on Remote's entity network, covering roughly 12 countries, so Gusto itself owns no employment entities abroad and the legal-employer relationship sits one vendor removed. Teamed is a dedicated global EOR. It owns its legal entities in 57 countries and reaches 187+ in total through those owned entities plus vetted local partners, and it publishes which countries fall on each side of that split.

Teamed delivers compliance in layers and shows how: its own entities, DLA Piper as global counsel for a consistent standard across borders, and the best in-country partners on top where a jurisdiction needs local depth. It charges $599 flat, with FX absorbed at zero markup and shown against the mid-market reference on every invoice, and the deposit and exit terms set out before you sign.

The two solve different problems. For a US-first company that rarely hires internationally and wants the deepest self-serve HR platform for its domestic team, the Gusto bolt-on is convenient and Gusto's home product wins. For a company with a growing international team across multiple markets, coverage, who your legal employer actually is, cost you can see in full, and advice on the right model wherever you start are where the two diverge.

Country coverage, does Gusto operate where you need to hire?

Coverage is the first test for any EOR, and the gap here is stark. Gusto Global EOR covers roughly 12 countries through Remote's entity network. Teamed covers 187+ through a mix of its own 57 legal entities and vetted in-country partners. If you need to hire in Japan, Poland, Sweden, the United Arab Emirates, South Africa, or almost anywhere outside a handful of major economies, Gusto isn't currently an EOR option. International contractor payments from Gusto reach 120+ countries, but that's a separate product and a different legal arrangement.

Detail	Teamed	Gusto
EOR coverage	187+ countries via a mix of 57 owned entities and vetted in-country partners, with the split published per country.	Around 12 countries via Remote's entity network, among them the United Kingdom, Canada, India, the Netherlands, Spain, Australia, Ireland, Mexico, Brazil, Portugal and the Philippines. Expanding through 2025-2026.
Owned entities	Teamed owns legal entities in 57 countries. Employees in those countries are employed directly through Teamed.	No owned EOR entities. Remote is the legal employer of record across all supported countries.
Contractor payments	Contractor management on the same system as EOR, with Guard and Protect misclassification cover.	120+ countries for international contractor payments. Strong US 1099 contractor tooling.

The practical test

Before comparing pricing or support, confirm the provider can legally employ your people in the specific countries where you need to hire. Gusto's roughly 12-country EOR footprint covers a London engineer and a Toronto product manager. It won't cover a team spread across Japan, Poland, the United Arab Emirates and South Africa.

Cost and FX, the all-in number and how it is shown

Gusto Global EOR is reported around $699 per employee per month at the standard rate, with a promotional $599 that ran until March 2026 and a lower rate in India and the Philippines. Teamed is $599 flat. Because these are different products, and the numbers move with promotions and geography, the sticker isn't where the two diverge. What differs is whether you can see the whole cost. Teamed itemises every line, absorbs FX at zero markup and shows the applied rate against the mid-market reference on every invoice, and sets out the deposit and exit terms before you sign. Gusto bills EOR through its monthly invoicing with the conversion baked into the exchange rate and no published margin.

Detail	Teamed	Gusto
EOR fee	$599 USD / £479 GBP per employee per month, flat. No annual commitment required.	Reported around $699 per employee per month at standard, with a promotional $599 that ran until March 2026 and $399 in India and the Philippines. Medium confidence from secondary sources; re-verify before signing.
FX on salary conversions	Zero markup. Applied rate shown against the mid-market reference on every invoice.	Baked into the exchange rate. No published markup figure.
What sits around the fee	Every line itemised. A refundable one-month-salary deposit to start. No onboarding or offboarding fees. An early-exit fee may apply if you leave within three months, set out in the contract.	Billed through Gusto's monthly invoicing. Deposit terms and additional fees weren't found on primary sources; re-verify before signing.

See the all-in number

Model both on the same basis. The two are different products, so the sticker isn't where they diverge. What differs is whether you can see the whole cost: an undisclosed conversion margin on salary is invisible on the invoice, and a deposit or exit term you find after signing is a cost you didn't plan for. Ask both for the full contract, not the pricing page.

Who is your legal employer, and how compliance is delivered

For EOR, the legal structure matters. With Teamed, Teamed is the legal employer in every country it covers, and its in-house HR and legal experts handle the employment-law side directly. Compliance is delivered in three layers, and Teamed publishes how: its own entities, DLA Piper as global counsel for a consistent standard across borders, and the best in-country partners on top where a jurisdiction needs them. With Gusto Global EOR, Remote is the legal employer of record across all supported countries and Gusto provides the interface. The employment-law expertise sits one vendor removed. That two-layer structure is fine for a straightforward hire, but it becomes a constraint when something complex happens.

Detail	Teamed	Gusto
Legal employer	Teamed is the legal employer in every country it covers.	Remote is the legal employer of record across all Gusto Global EOR countries. Gusto provides the interface. Confirmed on Remote's partnership page.
How compliance is delivered	Own entities in 57 countries, DLA Piper as global counsel for cross-border consistency, and the best in-country partners on top where a jurisdiction needs them. The structure is published.	Delivered through Remote's entity network. Gusto owns no employment entities, and the owned-versus-partner structure behind each country isn't published.
Who handles a hard case	Real HR and legal experts, in-house, on every plan. Direct access, no bot wall.	Employment-law expertise sits with Remote. Support runs through a two-layer chain: Gusto interface, Remote compliance behind.

What two layers means in practice

When something goes wrong, you want to reach people with employment-law expertise fast. In a two-layer structure you contact Gusto, Gusto contacts Remote, Remote responds. For a straightforward hire that's rarely a problem. For a contested termination or a tax-authority query, every layer adds time. For each country you hire in, ask whether the employer is an entity the provider owns or an in-country partner, and who stands behind a difficult case.

Human support, who picks up when it goes wrong?

Gusto's support depth scales with your domestic plan tier, and EOR support runs through Remote behind the scenes. No dedicated global account team is publicly promised at standard tiers. Teamed gives direct access to real HR and legal experts on every plan, with no bot wall and a real escalation contact who knows your account. Behind the people sits Ted, Teamed's AI layer. It handles the routine so you're seen fast, and flags law changes and the crossover point early, with a real person approving every outcome. For international employment, where a contested termination or a tax-authority question needs real employment-law expertise, the access model matters as much as the capability.

Detail	Teamed	Gusto
Reaching a person	Real HR and legal experts on all plans. No bot wall, no tiered queue.	Self-serve led. Priority support and HR adviser access gated to higher domestic tiers. EOR support mediated through Remote.
What the system does for you	Ted handles the routine so you're seen fast, and flags law changes and the crossover point early. People approve every outcome.	Responsive within its tiers, but reactive by design, and EOR support sits one vendor removed.
Service rating	Rated 4.8 on G2 for service.	Rated 4.6 on G2, reflecting the full US payroll and HR product rather than EOR specifically.

The test question

Ask before you sign: if one of my international employees faces a contested termination, who specifically handles it, what is their employment-law background, how do I reach them, and is that access on my current plan?

US payroll and HR, where Gusto genuinely wins

Gusto is a genuine category leader for US payroll, benefits and HR. It runs payroll, benefits administration, onboarding, time tracking and HR tools in one self-serve platform for US SMBs, with a broad integration marketplace and a 4.6 G2 rating. Its self-serve depth is real, and EOR hiring is initiated in-app too. Teamed is a dedicated global EOR: it connects to the HRIS you already run rather than replacing your stack. If you run Gusto for your US team, you can add Teamed for the international side without tearing out the domestic system.

Detail	Teamed	Gusto
US payroll, benefits and HR	Not a US HRIS. Teamed connects to the US payroll and HR platform you already run.	Category leader: payroll, benefits, time tracking, onboarding and HR tools in one platform for US SMBs.
Self-serve depth	Advisory-led for international hires. Built to support your global team, not to replace your tools.	Deep self-serve for US payroll and HR, and EOR hiring is initiated self-serve in-app.
Stack posture	Connects to the major HRIS and payroll platforms. No rip-and-replace.	A full HRIS and system of record for US teams, with a broad integration marketplace.

Using both

Many growing companies run Gusto for their US team and add a dedicated EOR for international hires. Teamed connects to the platforms you already run, so you can add it without disrupting your domestic setup.

Path to your own entity when EOR is no longer the right model

EOR is a stage, not the destination. As you scale headcount in a country, the cumulative per-seat EOR fee approaches the fixed cost of running your own entity. Teamed advises you on the right model wherever you start, models when you reach that crossover per country, and can set up your own entity via Global Entity & Employment Operations (GEMO) in 100+ countries, then keep running it on the same system with no re-onboarding. Gusto has no published entity transition path; because it owns no EOR entities, any such capability would sit with Remote.

Detail	Teamed	Gusto
Crossover modelling	Teamed models when your own entity becomes the better structure, per country, and tells you when to move.	Not a published Gusto offering.
Entity setup and management	GEMO sets up your entity in 100+ countries and keeps running it on the same system. No re-onboarding.	Not a published Gusto offering. Any entity capability would sit with Remote.
Advice posture	Teamed advises you on the right model wherever you start, contractor, EOR or your own entity, and supports the move in either direction.	Global EOR is positioned as an add-on. No published crossover service.

Ask before you sign

Ask your provider whether they will tell you when your own entity beats EOR, and whether they can build it on the same system without re-onboarding your employees. Advice you get before you need it beats a guide you find afterward.

Why the comparison matters

Behind every line item is a real person, in a real place.

The fee, the FX and the support model are not abstractions. They decide whether the person you hired in Barcelona or Rome is paid right, on time, by someone who knows their employment law. That is the comparison worth running.

What each stakeholder evaluates

Criterion	Legal	Finance	People Ops	Security
Country coverage and compliance	Confirm the provider can legally employ your people in the specific countries where you hire before comparing anything else. Gusto's EOR covers roughly 12 countries via Remote. Teamed covers 187+ through owned entities plus vetted partners, and for each country you can ask whether delivery is via an owned entity or a partner, and who stands behind a contested case.	Coverage constraints are a hard cost. If Gusto cannot operate in your target market, you need a second provider, which means two contracts, two invoices and two support relationships. Model the total before assuming a bolt-on is the simpler option.	Your international employees need compliant contracts, local payroll and statutory benefits from day one. Confirm coverage and compliance depth for each country before the hire.	In a two-layer EOR model, confirm where your employee data sits, under which jurisdiction, and under whose data-processing agreement. With Gusto and Remote, the data-controller relationship involves both vendors.
FX and cost transparency	Ask for the FX policy in writing before signing. Teamed shows the applied rate against the mid-market reference at zero markup on every invoice. Gusto bakes FX into the exchange rate with no published margin.	An undisclosed conversion margin on international salaries is invisible on the invoice, so it is a variable you cannot forecast unless it is shown. Add the deposit and any exit terms to the model on both sides before you decide.	A transparent FX line means a clean record of what each employee was paid and why, with no surprise reconciliation at year-end.	A timestamped applied rate against a public reference is an auditable record. An undisclosed spread in the exchange rate is not.
Path to your own entity	EOR is a transitional model. Ask whether the provider will tell you when your own entity becomes the better structure, and whether it can set it up without re-onboarding your employees. Teamed offers this; Gusto does not.	Teamed models the crossover per country and flags it, and advises on the right model wherever you start rather than assuming EOR is the answer. Ask whether your provider will do the same.	A managed transition via Global Entity & Employment Operations (GEMO) means your employees keep their contracts and employment history. No re-onboarding, no gap in coverage.	Your own entity gives you full data residency and employment-contract control in that country. GEMO sets it up in 100+ countries on the same platform you already use.

How to add Teamed alongside or instead of Gusto Global EOR

Many growing companies run Gusto for their US team and move their international hires to a dedicated EOR for broader coverage and cost they can see in full. Others switch from Gusto Global EOR entirely as their international footprint grows. Either way, Teamed maps the plan.

Step 1
Map your international footprint
Share which countries you hire in now and where you plan to scale. Teamed confirms coverage per country, whether delivery is via an owned entity or a vetted partner, and where the compliance depth sits.
Step 2
Model the true cost
Teamed unbundles your current EOR invoicing: management fee, statutory costs at cost, FX on salary conversions, any additional charges. You see the like-for-like comparison before you commit.
Step 3
Issue new contracts
New compliant employment contracts issue under Teamed per country. Your US team can stay on Gusto; Teamed handles the international layer.
Step 4
Stay on one system as you scale
When a country reaches the crossover point, Teamed models it and can set up and manage your own entity via Global Entity & Employment Operations (GEMO), on the same platform with no re-onboarding.

Dyke Yaxley · UK chartered accountancy

100% audit capacity added. Zero entity setup.

Audit capacity in 2024: +100%
Compliance issues across the engagement: 0
South Africa hires, both retained: 2
Entity setup required: None

Challenge

Dyke Yaxley, a UK chartered accountancy with over a century of history, was turning down audit work in 2024. Local UK talent supply for qualified auditors had not kept pace with client demand. Cross-border hiring felt legally involved for a firm whose brand sits on compliance discipline.

Approach

Dyke Yaxley partnered with Teamed to hire two qualified audit professionals in South Africa via EOR. Teamed handled the South African employment-law side end-to-end: compliant contract, local payroll, statutory tax obligations and onboarding logistics. No entity setup, no South African legal counsel on retainer, no permanent-establishment exposure.

Result

Both hires exceeded expectations on technical work, client satisfaction and cultural fit. Audit capacity doubled in 2024. Zero compliance issues across the engagement. The firm went from declining new audit work to confidently taking on additional clients.

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Interactive tool

Model the real cost of your international hires

Enter your headcount and salary mix. The unbundling calculator separates the management fee, statutory costs at cost and the currency conversion, so you can see the all-in number on the same basis rather than the headline.

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Decision checklist

Choose Teamed if you hire in more than a handful of countries. Teamed covers 187+ through owned entities plus vetted partners; Gusto Global EOR covers roughly 12.
Choose Teamed for cost you can see in full: every line itemised, FX absorbed at zero markup and shown against the mid-market reference, deposit and exit terms set out before you sign.
Choose Teamed to reach real HR and legal experts directly on every plan, rather than routing through a two-layer support chain.
Choose Teamed for a path to your own entity. Teamed advises you on the right model wherever you start, models the crossover, and runs GEMO in 100+ countries on the same system, with no re-onboarding.
Choose Gusto if you are US-first and want the deepest self-serve US payroll, benefits and HR platform, with only occasional international hires in the markets it covers.
Look elsewhere if you are a large enterprise: G-P or Papaya Global for the widest owned-entity footprint and enterprise governance at scale.

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Honest take

When Gusto is the better choice

Choose Gusto if you are a US-first business that runs almost all of your team on US payroll and benefits, and only occasionally hires a small number of international people in the markets it covers. For US operations, Gusto is a category leader.
Choose Gusto if you want the deepest self-serve HR platform, with payroll, benefits, onboarding and time tracking in one system, and you are happy for global hiring to be a convenient bolt-on.
Choose Gusto if you already run it for your US team and need to add one or two international hires quickly in a market it supports. The convenience of a single platform beats switching costs at small scale.
Choose Gusto for international contractor payments to 120+ countries, especially if you are already a Gusto payroll customer and want to pay contractors without adding a vendor.

Teamed leads on global coverage, cost you can see in full, in-country compliance you can see, and the path to your own entity. Gusto leads on US payroll, benefits and HR and on self-serve platform depth. They solve different problems. A US-centric company with minimal international hiring gets real value from the Gusto bolt-on; a company hiring seriously across multiple international markets needs a dedicated global EOR. We would rather say that than win a deal that is wrong for both sides.

Questions to ask any EOR before you sign

1Does your EOR cover the specific countries where I need to hire, and in each one am I employed through an owned entity or a vetted partner?
2If Gusto's EOR runs on Remote's infrastructure, who is my primary contact when something goes wrong, and how many layers sit between me and a decision?
3Will you show me the applied currency-conversion rate on every salary invoice, against the mid-market reference, in writing?
4What deposit, setup, offboarding or minimum-term fees are in the contract? Read it line by line before you sign.
5Is my international employment support routed through a dedicated team, or through the same queue as domestic US payroll questions?
6When my own entity becomes the better structure, will you tell me, and can you set it up on the same system without re-onboarding my employees?
7Which of my existing HR and payroll platforms do you connect to?

Frequently asked questions

Is Gusto an EOR?
Gusto offers an EOR product, but it's not Gusto's primary business. Gusto is a US payroll, benefits and HR platform for American businesses. Its Gusto Global EOR product runs on Remote's infrastructure, covering roughly 12 countries, with Remote as the legal employer of record across those markets. Gusto provides the interface on top. For US-first companies with occasional international needs in those markets, it's a convenient bolt-on. For companies hiring seriously across multiple international markets, the coverage and the two-layer structure are real constraints.
Does Gusto support employees outside the United States?
Yes, with limitations. Gusto Global EOR covers roughly 12 countries for full employment, running on Remote's infrastructure (among them the United Kingdom, Canada, India, the Netherlands, Spain, Australia, Ireland, Mexico, Brazil, Portugal and the Philippines). International contractor payments reach 120+ countries. Outside those EOR markets, Gusto isn't an employment option. Teamed covers 187+ countries for employment through owned entities plus vetted partners.
How do Teamed and Gusto compare on cost?
They are priced as different products. Teamed is $599 flat per employee per month, with FX absorbed at zero markup and every line itemised. Gusto Global EOR is reported around $699 at the standard rate, with a promotional $599 that ended in March 2026 and a lower rate in India and the Philippines. We don't rest the case on the sticker, because these are different products and the numbers move with promotions and geography. What differs is what you can see: Teamed shows the applied conversion rate against the mid-market reference on every invoice and sets out the deposit and exit terms before you sign, while Gusto bakes FX into the exchange rate with no published margin. Model both on the same basis, including conversion and any deposit, before you decide.
Can I use Gusto for US payroll and Teamed for international EOR?
Yes, and many growing companies do exactly this. Gusto is a strong US payroll and HR platform; Teamed is a dedicated global EOR. Teamed connects to the HR platforms you already run rather than replacing them, so your US team stays on Gusto and your international hires run through Teamed. You get specialist depth for international employment without disrupting the domestic setup.
What is Gusto Global EOR powered by?
Gusto Global EOR runs on Remote's infrastructure. Remote is the legal employer of record across all supported countries and provides the underlying entities; Gusto provides the interface and US payroll layer on top. This is confirmed on Remote's partnership page. It means the employment-law expertise and the legal-employer relationship sit one vendor removed from the product you buy from Gusto.
What is Ted?
Ted is Teamed's AI layer, built into the platform rather than bolted onto the front of it. It handles the routine, so you're seen fast. It learns from patterns across customers, so a problem solved once doesn't have to be solved again. It flags law changes and the crossover point before they reach you. Real people approve every outcome. The intent is that AI gets you to the right expert faster and catches issues while they're small, rather than standing between you and a human. You can always reach a person directly.
When should I choose Teamed over Gusto for international hiring?
Choose Teamed when international hiring is a serious, ongoing part of how you operate: you hire in more than a handful of countries, you want the applied FX shown on every salary invoice at zero markup, you want real HR and legal experts on every plan without a two-layer support chain, and you want a path to your own entity as you scale. Choose the Gusto bolt-on when international hiring is an occasional edge case, your team is mostly US-based, and your target markets are in the roughly 12 countries Gusto already covers.

Common questions

Teamed vs Gusto for international hiring, which is better?
They serve different buyers. Gusto is the right choice for US-first businesses that run most of their team on US payroll and benefits and only occasionally hire a small number of international people in the roughly 12 countries it covers via Remote. It leads on US payroll, benefits and HR and on self-serve platform depth. Teamed is the right choice where international employment is a serious, ongoing need: 187+ countries via owned entities plus vetted partners, in-country compliance delivered through its own entities, DLA Piper as global counsel and the best in-country partners, real HR and legal experts on every plan, cost shown in full with FX at zero markup, and a path to your own entity via Global Entity & Employment Operations (GEMO). Coverage is the first test: if you need to hire in a country Gusto doesn't cover, the comparison ends there.
Is Gusto good for hiring internationally?
Gusto Global EOR is a convenient option if you're already a Gusto customer, hire only occasionally internationally, and your target countries are in the roughly 12 it covers via Remote. It's not built for companies hiring seriously across multiple international markets: the country count is limited, the legal-employer relationship sits with Remote one step removed, the currency conversion is baked into the exchange rate with no published margin, and there's no path to your own entity. For those needs, a dedicated global EOR like Teamed, which owns entities in 57 countries and reaches 187+ through owned entities plus vetted partners, is a stronger fit.

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