Why would I pay a management fee on top of an engineer's salary?

Because the management fee buys you sourcing, technical vetting, retention, performance loops, replacement guarantees, and a senior partner who actually owns the relationship. Remote bills you per employee for legal infra; that is a smaller scope of work and a different price point.

Does Remote do recruiting?

Remote launched a Talent service that helps with sourcing in some markets, but it is not the core product and the depth varies by country. Talzy is recruiting-first by design — every engagement starts with a structured intake and a vetted shortlist.

Can I run Talzy and Remote side by side?

Yes. A common shape: Talzy handles a CEE-based engineering team, Remote handles distributed contractors or non-engineering hires elsewhere. The two products do not collide.

What about engagement length and lock-in?

Remote is monthly and flexible — you can offboard quickly. Talzy is 12-month minimum because building a real team is not a 90-day project. Past 12 months we do not lock you in: notice and exit terms are explicit in the contract.

Apples and oranges. Remote's per-employee fee is lower than Talzy's management fee because Remote does not source, vet, manage, or retain. For a 5-person CEE engineering team, total cost with Talzy is usually below the cost of Remote + a separate recruiter + an engineering manager. Use our pricing calculator on /pricing to compare.

Honest comparison

Talzy vs Remote

Remote is a global Employer-of-Record platform — a self-serve SaaS for paying employees and contractors legally in 70+ countries. Talzy is the opposite shape: a high-touch partner that builds and operates dedicated engineering teams in three CEE countries with the legal layer baked in.

They look similar from the outside (both offer EOR in Europe). They are not the same product. Remote sells infrastructure. Talzy sells a team.

Last fact-checked April 29, 2026

When Remote is the right call

You want a self-serve platform with minimal handholding
Your team is already distributed across many countries — you need consolidated payroll
You hire for any function (not just engineering) and need flexible legal infra
You already have hiring expertise in-house

When Talzy is the right call

Engineering hiring specifically — sourcing, vetting, culture match included
You want one partner end-to-end (not a SaaS plus a recruiter plus a manager)
You want senior accountability, not a chat support queue
You value a managed retention loop (DISC, 1:1s, performance) over compliance-only
You prefer CEE concentration over global breadth

Side-by-side

	Talzy	Remote
Product type	Managed dedicated-team service with a platform layer	Self-serve SaaS for global EOR + payroll
Hiring included	Yes — sourcing, technical screening, culture match, shortlist	No — bring your own candidate
Geographic scope	Latvia, Lithuania, Poland	70+ countries
Pricing	From €900/mo management fee (down to €500 at 25+ engineers) + €300 workspace + engineer salary at-cost	Per-employee SaaS fee, varies by country
Management & retention	Included — 1:1s, DISC, document workflow, structured pipeline	Not included
Probation replacement	Free in the first ~3 months	EOR-standard offboarding terms
Engagement length	12-month minimum, no lock-in past that	Flexible, monthly
Where it wins	Building an engineering team you would otherwise have to recruit, employ, and manage yourself	Adding legal/payroll infrastructure to a team you already run

Frequently asked

Only when your need is a dedicated engineering team in Latvia, Lithuania, or Poland. Remote is a global self-serve EOR; Talzy is a managed-team partner. If you have already hired and just need legal infra anywhere outside CEE, Remote is the right tool.

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