COMPARE / CLOUDTASK VS DIRECT HIRING
How to hire remote employees: on your own or with CloudTask
Hiring directly means your team writes the post, reads the applications, runs the interviews and sets up payroll. With CloudTask you start from 3 to 5 screened matches in 48 hours and keep the final choice.
TRUSTED BY TEAMS WHOSE CLOUDTASK HIRES HAVE STAYED 5 TO 8 YEARS
THE SHORT ANSWER
How to hire remote employees, in plain terms
There are two ways to fill a remote role. You run the whole search yourself, or a partner runs it and you make the final call.
Hiring on your own
Write the job description, post it on job boards, read the applications, screen the best ones, run interviews, make the offer and set up payroll. Your team owns every step, and every step takes hours from someone who also has another job.
Hiring someone outside the US yourself
If the person lives in another country, add contracts, local labor rules, payments in another currency and tax questions. Many companies start with independent contractor agreements, which come with their own rules to get right.
Hiring with CloudTask
You tell us the role. We search, screen each candidate on a live call and send 3 to 5 matches in 48 hours. You interview and choose. Then you hire on Direct Hire, where the person joins your payroll, or on Managed Staffing, where we handle payroll and compliance.
The question that decides it
Does your team have the time and the process to run the search? If strong applicants already find you and someone can screen them, hiring directly can work. If the role is urgent, or the hire is in another country, a matched shortlist takes the search off your team.
SIDE BY SIDE
CloudTask vs hiring on your own
The same remote role, filled three ways.
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| On your own, in the US | On your own, abroad | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Who runs the search | Our team, then you choose | Your team | Your team |
| First shortlist | 3 to 5 matches in 48 hours | Depends on your pipeline | Depends on your pipeline |
| First screening | Live call with our team | Your team | Your team |
| Payroll and compliance | Handled on Managed Staffing | Your payroll, US rules | Yours, under local rules |
| Works US business hours | Depends on the country | ||
| Cost vs a US hire | 40 to 60% lower | Full US cost | Varies by country |
| Replacement guarantee | 24 months on Managed Staffing, 6 months on Direct Hire |
WHERE HIRING ON YOUR OWN GETS HARD
What changes when the search is not on your team
Hiring directly works when you have the time. These are the places it usually costs more than it looks.
Hiring on your own
A job post fills an inbox, and someone on your team has to read every application.
With CloudTask
You start with 3 to 5 people who already passed a live screening call.
Hiring on your own
Every open role pulls managers away from their own work for first interviews.
With CloudTask
Your time goes to the final interviews, not the first filter.
Hiring on your own
Hiring abroad means contracts, payments and local rules your team has to learn.
With CloudTask
On Managed Staffing, we handle payroll and compliance across 12 countries.
WHEN EACH OPTION WINS
Choose by your team and the role
Hiring directly is the right call more often than a partner would like to admit. This is how to tell.
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Strong pipeline already: hire directly
If good applicants find you and your team has time to screen them, running the search yourself can cost less than any partner.
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On-site in a US city: hire directly
Roles that need a person in your office, or a US address, belong in your own process or with a local recruiter.
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You need the hire soon: CloudTask
3 to 5 matches in 48 hours, each screened on a live call, so your team only runs the final interviews.
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Latin America without the setup: CloudTask
Managed Staffing covers payroll and compliance, so you hire across 12 countries without setting it up yourself.
WHY CLOUDTASK
Remote hiring with numbers behind it
10,000+
hires placed
since 2016
85%
still in seat
past 90 days
40 to 60%
lower cost
than an equivalent US hire
12
countries
across Latin America and the Caribbean
HOW IT WORKS
From open role to remote hire in four steps
You keep the final decision. We do the search.
Tell us the role
Share what the job needs. $299 starts the search.
Get 3 to 5 matches in 48 hours
Our team searches, screens on a live call and sends a shortlist matched to the role.
Interview and choose
You meet the people you like and pick your hire.
Start with a guarantee
Every hire carries a replacement guarantee: 24 months on Managed Staffing, 6 months on Direct Hire.
Which model
Two models. Open to every role.
The process does not change. What changes is who employs your hire and how you pay.
Direct Hire
You employ them. One fee, once.
- $299 to start your search, one time
- One-time fee when your candidate accepts
- Your hire joins your payroll
- 6-month replacement guarantee
Managed Staffing
We handle payroll. One monthly rate.
- $299 to start your search, one time
- No placement fee
- Compliance, contracts and payroll handled
- 24-month replacement guarantee
Testimonials
Teams that hired remote with CloudTask
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At first we were an SF-based team only. Then I met Amir Reiter back in 2018. After visiting Medellín, I knew LATAM would be key to our growth and success.
Tim Zheng CEO, Apollo.io -
After meeting my CX and CS team in Medellín, we immediately loved the culture and the work ethic. As a European-HQ company, we found LATAM to be perfect to service our American clients.
Carl Carell CRO and Co-founder, GetAccept -
LATAM has been a gold mine for talent. Our CloudTask hires understand our company culture and mission, and they connect with our customers in a way that drives high NPS and CX scores.
David Barrett CEO, Expensify
FAQ
Hiring remote employees: questions
How do I hire remote employees?
Can a U.S. company hire a foreign employee?
Is it cheaper to hire directly?
Is direct hiring the same as CloudTask Direct Hire?
Which remote roles can I hire with CloudTask?
Hire remote without running the search
Tell us the role and get 3 to 5 matches in 48 hours.