If you’re researching outsourced staffing and trying to figure out what Virtual Assists actually costs, you’re not alone. Pricing pages matter more than most marketing pages because they tell you how a company structures its business, not just what it says about itself. I’m Nick Canfield, and at Global Hola we spend a lot of time looking at how other staffing providers price their services, because our clients ask us to compare options before they commit.
Here’s the short version: Virtual Assists publishes four named monthly plans on its site, ranging from $952 to $2,750, plus an advertised hourly equivalent. That’s useful information for a buyer. But the structure behind those numbers matters just as much as the numbers themselves, and that’s what this article walks through.
What Virtual Assists Charges
According to the plans page on virtual-assists.com, the company lists four fixed monthly tiers:
| Plan Name | Monthly Price | Description (as published) |
|---|---|---|
| Low-Cost Remote Support & Staffing | $952.00/mo | Entry-level staffing tier; advertised hourly equivalent of $5.95/hr for 160 hours |
| Essentials Remote Support & Staffing (“Smart Admin Support”) | $1,099.00/mo | Part-time admin support — inbox, schedule, and daily admin tasks |
| Full-Time Managed Remote Staff (“Full-Time Staffing”) | $1,699.00/mo | A dedicated, pre-trained professional working as part of the client’s team |
| Executive Business Support (“Executive Advantage”) | $2,750.00/mo | High-level strategic support with systems and scale built in |
The page also states plainly: “No long-term contracts. No HR. No payroll.” That’s a clear, confident claim, and it’s consistent with how the company positions itself elsewhere on its site as a full employer of record rather than a contractor marketplace.
How the Pricing Model Is Structured
What stands out about this pricing page isn’t just the dollar figures — it’s the structure. These are four named packages, not a flexible rate card built around individual roles or hours. If your staffing need fits neatly into one of those four boxes, the pricing is easy to understand upfront. If it doesn’t — say you need 25 hours a week instead of a tier built around 160 hours, or a role that sits between “Smart Admin Support” and “Full-Time Staffing” — you’re choosing the closest plan rather than a rate built around your actual need.
That’s not a flaw so much as a tradeoff. Fixed, named tiers are simple to market and simple to buy. They’re just less granular than a model built around hiring a specific person for a specific number of hours.
What’s Actually Included
Virtual Assists describes itself as hiring, onboarding, and managing the remote professionals it places — the “employer of record” structure referenced throughout its site and terms of service. Clients reportedly don’t employ or directly contract with the individual remote professional; the company manages that relationship. Roles span administration, operations, customer support, marketing, finance, and specialized functions like legal assistant and compliance admin, according to the plans page. The company also says it supports seasonal, temporary, and permanent staffing arrangements depending on client needs.
For a buyer who specifically wants to outsource the employment relationship — not just the task — that combination of named pricing and managed employment is a genuine selling point. It’s a real reason some businesses choose this structure.
Who This Pricing Model Actually Works For
Fixed-tier, employer-of-record pricing tends to make the most sense for a business that wants a turnkey, hands-off staffing relationship: you pick a tier, a person is placed, and the provider handles the employment paperwork in the background. If that’s genuinely what you want — minimal involvement in the hiring and management process — Virtual Assists’ structure is built for that.
But most of the small business owners we talk to at Global Hola want something slightly different. They want to see who they’re hiring. They want a say in the match. They want to add or reduce hours without moving to an entirely different named plan. And they want pricing and scope flexible enough to match a role that doesn’t fit a pre-built box — a part-time bookkeeper three days a week, a customer support rep during specific hours, an ops assistant whose responsibilities shift as the business grows.
How Global Hola’s Approach Differs
At Global Hola, we built our model around flexibility rather than fixed packages. That means part-time or full-time arrangements, contracts that aren’t locked into rigid long-term terms, and a staffing approach shaped around the specific role you’re trying to fill — not the plan tier it most closely resembles. You work directly with us to define the role, and we help you find and onboard talent, primarily from the Philippines, matched to that specific need.
We also put a strong emphasis on direct communication. When you have a question about a role, a schedule change, or a performance concern, you’re talking to people who know your account — not navigating a generic support layer. For a small business, that kind of direct access often matters more than having a named plan tier to point to.
You can see our current pricing approach at globalhola.com/pricing, and if you want to talk through what a role would actually cost for your specific situation, our team is easy to reach at globalhola.com/contact.
Comparing the Two Models
| Factor | Virtual Assists | Global Hola |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing structure | Four named fixed monthly tiers ($952–$2,750) plus a published hourly equivalent | Flexible pricing matched to role, hours, and scope |
| Engagement model | Employer of record — company hires and manages the remote professional | Boutique staffing partnership with direct client involvement in hiring |
| Contract terms | No long-term contracts; supports seasonal, temporary, permanent arrangements | Flexible contract terms built around the client’s actual timeline |
| Hours/scope flexibility | Four pre-set tiers to choose between | Part-time or full-time, scoped to the specific role |
| Role coverage | Admin, ops, support, marketing, finance, legal/compliance, executive | Wide range of SMB roles matched individually |
Where Virtual Assists’ Model Makes Sense
To be fair to Virtual Assists: if you genuinely want a provider to act as a full employer of record, with clean named pricing you can point to internally, and you’re comfortable with one of the four tiers matching your need closely enough, that’s a legitimate way to buy staffing. It removes some administrative questions for the client, and the published pricing gives you an immediate budget anchor before you ever get on a call.
The Bottom Line
Virtual Assists’ pricing is clear and published, which makes it easy to evaluate at a glance. The tradeoff is that you’re choosing from four fixed packages rather than shaping pricing and scope around your specific role. If your business needs something more tailored — a specific set of hours, a particular skill set, or a role that doesn’t fit neatly into a pre-built tier — that’s exactly the kind of flexibility we built Global Hola to provide.
If you’d like to talk through what a flexible, right-sized staffing arrangement would look like for your business, reach out to our team or take a look at our current pricing. We’d be glad to walk you through it.
