Comparison
EasyEOR vs RemoFirst for Hiring in Poland
“From $199” a Month Buys You a Partner, Not a Direct Employer
RemoFirst’s price is real, and so is the trade-off behind it. They built their model deliberately around local partners instead of owned entities, in every country they operate in, Poland included. That’s a legitimate business choice.
It’s also the reason certain things aren’t available through them, and worth knowing which, before the price is the only thing that decides it.
Where RemoFirst is genuinely strong
RemoFirst’s pricing is straightforward and genuinely low, $199 a month per employee, flat, with no deposit, no setup fee and no minimum headcount advertised, and that figure is consistent across their published materials rather than a teaser rate that changes once you ask for a quote. They cover well over 100 countries. For a company hiring its first few people internationally on a tight budget, that headline offer is genuinely hard to match.
The trade-off is built into the same decision that makes the price possible. RemoFirst chose not to build owned legal entities market by market, and built a lean platform on a network of local partners instead. That’s a real, deliberate strategy, not a shortcut, but it does mean the relationship between you, RemoFirst and the actual legal employer of your team member in Poland has an extra layer in it that a directly-owned-entity provider doesn’t.
The “no deposit” promise isn’t universal
RemoFirst markets flat pricing with no deposits and no minimum commitments, consistently, across its materials. That promise doesn’t hold evenly across every market it operates in. In stricter European jurisdictions, Germany’s AUG worker-leasing licence regime, France, Spain, RemoFirst’s own risk assessment process evaluates a client’s company age, funding status and country of origin during onboarding, and where that assessment flags meaningful risk, a one to two month security deposit gets applied, quietly, overriding the general “no deposit” marketing position, in order to stay compliant with local requirements.
This pattern is documented for other European markets, we haven’t confirmed it applies to Poland specifically, so don’t state that as fact without checking. What it does show is that RemoFirst’s flat, no-deposit pricing is a starting position, not a guarantee, the actual terms you’re offered can depend on an internal risk assessment you won’t see the outcome of until partway through onboarding. Worth asking for in writing before assuming the headline price is what you’ll pay.
For comparison, EasyEOR isn’t a no-deposit provider either, a deposit is standard, 3 months of total cost for permanent contracts, 1.5 months for temporary ones. The difference isn’t whether a deposit applies, it’s that ours is disclosed upfront as policy, the same for every client, not something that surfaces partway through onboarding depending on an assessment you can’t see.
The structural difference that matters most, who is actually the legal employer
Multiple independent sources, including at least one focused specifically on the Polish market, report that RemoFirst does not operate its own entity in Poland, employment is handled through a local partner instead. One review put it plainly, “no own entity in Poland, operates through in-country partner that can cause delay and miscommunication.”
This matters for two separate reasons.
First, the practical one. When the entity actually employing your team member sits behind a partner relationship rather than being the company you signed with, questions and issues route through an extra layer. That’s the delay and miscommunication risk the review above points to directly, it’s not a hypothetical.
Second, the legal one, and it’s the same point raised on the other comparison pages. A standard EOR arrangement in Poland is structured as an outsourcing of services contract, the legal employer directs the work indirectly through the service agreement. Poland has a separate legal framework, temporary work agency employment, that allows a client to be formally named as the user employer with the legal right to directly manage the employee day to day. That requires the entity actually employing the worker to hold a specific licence, KRAZ. If the entity employing your team member in Poland is a local partner rather than RemoFirst itself, that licence, and the ability to offer you that structure, sits with a company you don’t have a direct relationship with, not with the provider you’re actually paying.
EasyEOR Sp. z o.o. holds its own temporary work agency licence, issued directly to EasyEOR, the entity you’d actually be contracting with. If day-to-day management by your team is something you need, this is worth asking any partner-network provider about directly, who exactly holds the licence, and what your actual contractual relationship is with them, not just with the platform you signed up through.
If you’re currently paying a Poland-based worker as a contractor rather than an employee at all, that’s a related but different question, see our guide on B2B contract reclassification in Poland.
Where the RemoFirst-proposition gets weaker for a Poland-only hire
The advertised price may not be the price you’re actually offered. As covered above, RemoFirst’s risk assessment process can add a deposit requirement that isn’t part of the headline marketing, depending on factors about your company you may not know are being evaluated. That’s a meaningful gap between what’s advertised and what you might sign.
The price gap is real, and it’s buying you something specific. €349 versus $199 is a genuine difference. What it buys is a direct relationship with the entity actually employing your team member, access to a licensed temporary work agency structure if you need it, and a provider whose entire business is this one country and nothing else, rather than a platform spread across 100+ markets through local partners.
What it actually costs to hire one person in Poland
Flat fee, €349 a month per employee, on top of gross salary and the roughly 20.48% employer ZUS contribution. No setup fee, no minimum headcount, no sales call needed to find out the number.
Side by side
| RemoFirst | EasyEOR | |
|---|---|---|
| Country coverage | 100+ countries | Poland only |
| Poland entity | Local partner, not owned by RemoFirst | Own entity |
| Contract structure | Outsourcing via partner, licensing status of the partner not disclosed to clients by default | Own licensed Temporary Work Agency (KRAZ), tripartite model available |
| Client can directly manage the employee day to day, as user employer | Not the default structure, and depends on a partner you have no direct relationship with | Yes, via the temporary work agency model |
| Pricing model | Flat $199/month advertised, deposit can apply after internal risk review | Flat €349/month, deposit disclosed upfront as standard policy (3 months permanent, 1.5 months temporary) |
| Best suited for | Straightforward, low-complexity hires on a tight budget | Any Poland hire, including edge cases, work permits and direct management setups |
When RemoFirst is genuinely the better choice
If you’re hiring your first one or two people internationally, the role is straightforward, and budget is the deciding factor, RemoFirst’s price and country breadth are a real advantage, and for a simple hire with no complications, the partner-entity structure may never actually cause a problem. This page isn’t arguing RemoFirst is a bad choice for that situation, it’s arguing that the moment your Poland hire needs anything beyond the basics, direct management, a work permit, a non-standard structure, the trade-off behind that $199 price starts to matter.
FAQ
Does RemoFirst actually own its Polish entity?
Independent reviews, including at least one focused specifically on Poland, report that RemoFirst operates there through a local partner rather than its own entity. Confirm this directly with RemoFirst before relying on it, entity arrangements can change.
What’s the difference between an outsourcing-of-services EOR contract and a temporary work agency contract?
Under an outsourcing arrangement, the EOR is the legal employer and directs the work indirectly through the service agreement, the client manages the outcome, not the employee day to day, in the strict legal sense. Under a temporary work agency contract, the client is formally named as the user employer and has the legal right to directly manage the employee’s daily work. EasyEOR holds its own temporary work agency licence and can offer either structure.
Is EasyEOR’s price really worth it over RemoFirst’s $199?
Depends what you need. For a simple, low-complexity hire, the price gap is real and RemoFirst’s advertised rate may do the job fine, worth confirming in writing that no deposit applies to your specific case before assuming so. For anything involving direct day-to-day management, a work permit, or a situation that isn’t entirely standard, the direct entity relationship and licensing behind EasyEOR’s fee is what the extra cost is actually buying, and our own deposit terms are disclosed upfront rather than determined by an internal risk assessment.
Can we start with RemoFirst and move to EasyEOR later if we need to?
Yes, moving a Poland-based employee’s legal employer of record is a standard process, we handle the transition so the employee’s day to day role and pay continuity aren’t disrupted.
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