If you searched “Virtudesk pricing,” you’re probably not looking for a sales pitch — you want real numbers before you get on a call. I’m Nick Canfield, and at Global Hola we talk to founders every week who are comparing virtual assistant providers and trying to understand what they’ll actually pay and what they’re committing to. Here’s what the published pricing shows, what it means for a small business budget, and how our own approach at Global Hola compares.
The Quick Answer
Virtudesk lists hourly rates by role on its pricing page: roughly $9.55/hr for administrative or marketing support, around $10.60/hr for prospecting and customer service, about $11.00/hr for transaction management, and around $12.35/hr for executive virtual assistants. Separately, its packaged plans run from $11.00/hr to $13.30/hr depending on weekly hours. Every package appears to carry a setup fee at signing and a 3-month minimum commitment. That structure can work well if you already know exactly what role you need and you’re comfortable committing for a full quarter upfront. If you’d rather start smaller, test the fit, and adjust without a lock-in, that’s where the comparison to Global Hola gets more interesting — and I’ll walk through both below.
What Virtudesk Publishes About Pricing
Virtudesk is a Bellevue, Washington-based company founded in 2016 that sources virtual assistants from the Philippines, with a strong emphasis on real estate work alongside general admin, marketing, customer service, and sales roles. According to its pricing page, rates are broken out by role type rather than a single flat number, which gives buyers some sense of what a given task category costs before they talk to sales.
Role-Based Hourly Rates
| Role Type | Rate |
|---|---|
| Administrative or Marketing | $9.55/hr |
| Prospecting and Customer Service | ~$10.60/hr |
| Transaction Management | ~$11.00/hr |
| Executive Virtual Assistant | ~$12.35/hr |
Package Tiers
Virtudesk also structures plans around weekly hour commitments rather than just role type:
| Package | Weekly Hours | Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Full-Time | 40 hrs/week | $11.00/hr |
| Part-Time | 20 hrs/week | $12.30/hr |
| Virtudesk Lite | 10 hrs/week | $13.30/hr |
Notice the pattern: the fewer hours you commit to per week, the higher the effective hourly rate. That’s a common structure in the VA industry, but it’s worth doing the math on your actual monthly cost rather than just comparing the headline hourly figure.
The Setup Fee and Lock-In Period
Based on Virtudesk’s pricing page and third-party sources summarizing it, every package requires a setup fee at initial signing — most sources cite $450, though one source references $350, which likely reflects different points in time rather than a live discrepancy today. On top of that fee, all packages reportedly require a 3-month minimum lock-in period before you can cancel or restructure the engagement.
For a small business, that combination matters more than the hourly rate itself. A setup fee plus a quarter-long commitment means you’re making a meaningful financial decision before you’ve had much chance to evaluate the working relationship day to day.
What This Pricing Model Actually Means for SMB Buyers
None of this makes Virtudesk’s pricing hidden or unfair — it’s published, role-based, and reasonably easy to find. The real question isn’t whether the pricing is transparent; it’s whether the structure fits how a small business actually wants to hire.
A 3-month minimum plus an upfront setup fee is a real commitment. It can make sense for a company that has already hired VAs before, knows precisely which role and hour tier they need, and wants the process standardized. But if you’re hiring your first remote employee, or you’re not yet sure whether you need 10, 20, or 40 hours a week, locking into a quarter before you’ve worked with the person day to day is a real risk to plan around.
How Global Hola’s Engagement Model Differs
At Global Hola, we built our model specifically for founders and SMBs who don’t want to guess right the first time. Rather than committing to a fixed weekly-hour tier and a multi-month lock-in before you’ve worked with your hire, we focus on flexible contracts that let you adjust hours, roles, or scope as your business actually needs — not as a package tier dictates.
That flexibility is intentional. Global Hola is a boutique outsourcing partner, not a large BPO managing thousands of accounts across every industry. That means when you have a question about your contract, your candidate, or your invoice, you’re talking to people who know your account — not routed through a support queue. For a business owner juggling ten priorities at once, that kind of direct access is often worth more than a slightly lower per-hour rate.
You can see how our current plans and engagement options are structured on our pricing page, or talk through your specific hiring need with our team via our contact page — no setup fee conversation required before you even understand the fit.
Where Virtudesk’s Model Genuinely Makes Sense
To be fair, Virtudesk’s structure isn’t wrong for everyone. If you run a real estate brokerage or team and know you need a transaction coordinator or prospecting VA at a defined hour level for the foreseeable future, a role-based rate card and a standardized package can simplify the decision. Its emphasis on real estate-specific roles, along with proprietary tools like time-tracking software and a VoIP dialer bundled into the service, may appeal to teams that want that infrastructure built in rather than assembled themselves.
That’s genuinely useful for a buyer who already has a defined, recurring need and wants a longer-term, standardized arrangement. It’s a different starting point than most first-time outsourcing buyers are in.
Side-by-Side: What to Weigh
| Consideration | Virtudesk | Global Hola |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing structure | Published hourly rates by role and by weekly-hour package | Custom-fit engagement discussed directly — see our pricing page |
| Minimum commitment | 3-month lock-in on all packages | Flexible contract terms built around your actual needs |
| Setup cost | Setup fee required at signing | No standardized package fee structure to navigate |
| Industry focus | Strong real estate specialization, plus general admin/marketing/sales | Broad SMB focus across industries, matched to your specific role needs |
| Service style | Larger, standardized BPO with proprietary tooling included | Boutique, high-touch partnership with direct access to your account team |
Final Verdict
Virtudesk’s pricing is clear about what you’ll pay per role and per package, and that’s worth crediting. But clear pricing and flexible pricing aren’t the same thing. A setup fee and a 3-month lock-in ask you to commit before you’ve fully tested the relationship — and for a lot of small businesses hiring their first or second remote team member, that’s a bigger ask than the hourly rate suggests.
At Global Hola, we designed our model around the opposite instinct: start with what you actually need, stay flexible as that need changes, and keep a real person on the other end of every conversation. If you want to talk through what a flexible engagement could look like for your business, reach out to our team or check current options on our pricing page — no quarter-long commitment required just to find out if we’re the right fit.
