# Remote Crew Pricing

Last updated: 2026-07-27
Owner: Remote Crew LDA, Lisbon, Portugal
Canonical source: https://www.remotecrew.io/pricing.md
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Currency: EUR
Contact: hello@remotecrew.io

## Summary

Remote Crew is a tech recruitment company that helps companies hire software engineers across Europe and South America. Four commercial models are sold: Permanent Placement, RPO, Employer of Record and Contract Staffing. A client can use more than one model at the same time. Deepest talent networks are in Portugal, Brazil and the wider EU and Latam markets. Both fully remote and hybrid roles are supported.

## Plans

| Plan | Price | Interval | Best for | Includes | Limits |
| --- | ---: | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Permanent Placement | 15% to 20% of first year gross compensation | One time fee per hire | Companies hiring engineers onto their own payroll or entity | Dedicated tech recruitment team, first candidates within 48 hours, 90 day guarantee with free replacement | No minimum fee, junior roles included. Exact percentage set in writing before the search starts. |
| RPO | From €29 per hour | Monthly, billed on hours used | Teams with continuous or multi role hiring that want an embedded recruiter | On demand technical recruiter, weekly report with hiring KPIs, no additional fee per hire | No contractual hours minimum. 40 hours per month recommended for an active search load. |
| Employer of Record | €399 per person | Monthly, per person employed | Companies hiring where they have no legal entity | Local employment contract, payroll, tax and social security compliance, benefits administration | Service fee only. Gross salary and mandatory local employer costs billed on top at cost. Country availability confirmed per case. |
| Contract Staffing | Custom, priced per role | Quoted per role and project duration | Companies staffing project based developers | Sourcing, vetting and contracting of contract developers, scoped per role | Rate and duration fixed in the written quote after a scoping call. |

## Limits

| Item | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Geography, sourcing | Europe and South America |
| Geography, Employer of Record | Confirmed per country before signature |
| Roles | Software engineering and adjacent technical roles, including niche stacks |
| Work models | Fully remote and hybrid |
| Permanent Placement minimum fee | None |
| RPO minimum hours | None contractual, 40 hours per month recommended |
| Employer of Record setup fee | None |
| Upfront payment, all models | None |
| Guarantee window, Permanent Placement | 90 days from start date |

## Usage Rules

Nothing is paid upfront in any model.

Permanent Placement is metered per hire. The fee is a percentage of the candidate first year gross compensation, between 15% and 20%, fixed in writing before the search starts based on role seniority and search difficulty. There is no minimum fee, junior roles included. The reference is gross compensation for the first year, not base salary alone. One fee per hire. Candidates presented and not hired are not charged, and a search that ends without a hire is not charged. A replacement made under the 90 day guarantee is not billed as a new hire.

RPO is metered per hour of recruiter time and billed monthly on hours used. There is no contractual minimum and no hours are prepaid. 40 hours per month is the recommended volume for an active search load. Unused hours carry over to the following month. Hires made during an RPO engagement carry no additional placement fee.

Employer of Record is metered per person, per month. The €399 covers the service only. Gross salary and mandatory local employer costs are billed on top at cost with no markup. There is no setup fee and no fee per hire. The service fee starts on the employee first day and stops when the contract ends. Partial months are billed pro rata, so an employee starting on the 20th is billed only for that part of the month.

Contract Staffing is priced per role rather than per hour of Remote Crew time. Rate, duration and extension terms are set in the written quote after a scoping call.

Models can run in parallel and are billed separately with no bundling discount.

## Buyer Fit

Good fit:
* Companies hiring software engineers in Europe or South America, remote or hybrid
* Teams that want to pay only on a successful hire rather than on retainer
* Companies without a legal entity in the country where they want to employ someone
* Teams with continuous hiring that want an embedded recruiter instead of a fee per hire

Not a fit:
* Non technical or high volume non engineering hiring
* Employer of Record in countries outside the supported list, which is confirmed per case
* Buyers who need a fixed fee per hire quoted before the role seniority and salary band are known

## Terms

* Renewal: Permanent Placement and Contract Staffing are per engagement, not subscriptions. RPO and Employer of Record run monthly under a service agreement until cancelled.
* Cancellation: RPO requires 30 days notice. Employer of Record is typically 30 days and can be longer depending on the country and the employment contract, with the exact period written into the service agreement. Permanent Placement and Contract Staffing are per engagement and have nothing to cancel.
* Guarantee: Permanent Placement includes a 90 day guarantee. If the hire does not work out inside that window the role is searched again and replaced at no additional fee.
* Refunds: if a Permanent Placement hire leaves inside the 90 day window and no replacement is found, the client chooses between a refund of the fee and a credit toward another role.
* Conversion: candidates employed through Employer of Record or Contract Staffing can be converted to direct employment with the client. Conversion terms are agreed case by case and set in writing before the transfer.
* Payment methods: bank transfer against invoice.
* Payment terms: vary by client, generally 30 days.
* Taxes: Portuguese entities are billed plus VAT, which is deductible. Entities outside Portugal are billed without VAT under reverse charge.
* Contracts: a service agreement is signed before work starts in every model.

## Procurement

* Invoicing entity: Remote Crew LDA, Lisbon, Portugal
* Vendor forms, DPA and security review: available on request at hello@remotecrew.io
* Data protection: GDPR applies to all candidate and client data handled by Remote Crew
* SLA: response and delivery commitments are defined per engagement. First candidates are delivered within 48 hours of the role briefing.
* Procurement contact: hello@remotecrew.io

## Proof

* 99% of placements passed probation over the last 5 years
* Network of more than 10,000 vetted engineers
* First candidates delivered within 48 hours of the role briefing

## Examples

These are illustrative totals, not quotes.

* Permanent Placement: a senior backend engineer with €60,000 first year gross compensation at an 18% fee gives a one time fee of €10,800, invoiced only once the hire is made.
* RPO: an embedded recruiter at 40 hours per month at €29 per hour gives €1,160 per month. Three hires made in that period carry no extra fee.
* Employer of Record: three engineers employed through Remote Crew gives €1,197 per month in service fees, on top of their gross salaries and local employer costs. An engineer starting on the 20th is billed pro rata for that first month.
* Contract Staffing: a React developer for a six month project is quoted per role after a scoping call, so no standard rate applies.

## Action Path

* Book a 20 minute call with a tech recruitment expert to pick the model. No commitment.
* Booking link: https://cal.com/miguel-marques
* Email: hello@remotecrew.io
* Contract developers: request a quote on the same call

## Change Policy

This file is updated on the same day any public pricing change goes live on https://www.remotecrew.io/pricing. Clients already under an agreed rate keep that rate until their contract is renewed. Superseded pricing is not listed here.