People per hour Alternatives And Competitors

CloudDevs is a tech talent platform offering pre-vetted freelance developers and designers for hire. It boasts a 8000+ talent pool of elite senior developers and designers from Europe and Latin America. Unlike Toptal, their highly vetted senior talent is matched to the client’s needs and the recruitment procedure is completed within 24 hours.

CloudDevs conducts its whole business remotely, allowing it to keep its overheads low and deliver the best possible pricing to its clients.

Pricing:

CloudDevs charges a flat rate of only $40 per hour and is the only top-ranked Toptal alternative to provide this pricing without compromising on quality.

Fiverr is an Israeli online marketplace for freelance services. It hosts low cost providers from across the globe. It is the platform that propagated the concept of hiring freelancers based on orders.

It offers a wide pool of freelance developers. Almost anyone can create a Fiverr seller profile and offer themselves as a freelancer. There’s no verification process to filter out the candidates, so there’s no guarantee of the quality of work.

Fiverr is best suited for small tasks, while the long-term projects are rather dealt with by Toptal.

Pricing:

You always know what you’ll pay upfront and there aren’t any hourly rates, just project-based pricing. Your payment isn’t released until you approve of the work being produced. Typically the prices range from $5 to $995.

Gigster uses AI to help you hire the best tech team for your project. It has a pool of top-quality developers and project managers. Its expert teams are able to assemble teams in 3-14 days. While there aren’t any restrictions on Toptal, Gigster only takes projects worth over a certain amount. 

You can get expert advice from any pro in the network, whether it’s an architect, UX designer or machine-learning master. You are given complete ownership and licensing for the software being built, so you’ll be able to use it and commercialise it according to your requirements.

Pricing:

Unlike Toptal, Gigster charges a per-project fee and their lowest cost per project is $52,000 per licence.

Gun.io is an invitee only network, dedicated solely to the recruitment of elite software developers. The vetting process consists of in-depth interviews to assess the abilities of the candidate. Based on customised recommendation, it matches developers with clients through a quick matching procedure. 

Gun.io offers a refund guarantee if you’re unsatisfied with their work. However, the only hitch is that its entire workforce consists of only software developers. 

Pricing:

Its hourly rates range from $75-$150 per hour.

Hubstaff is a relatively new company offering a completely free service. It is free for both sets of users- clients and freelancers. It is best suited for companies looking to hire independent freelancers and agencies.

It operates more as a database of freelancers who sign up on the platform, as there isn’t a manual vetting process to assess the quality of these developers. You can browse developer profiles and get in touch with them directly.

Pricing:

It doesn’t charge any fees, markups or sign-up fee compared to what Toptal charges.

Pangara is a free-to-use freelance platform. Despite being founded by Swedish entrepreneurs, they exclusively hire Vietnamese coders. They are all hired based on a four step qualifying procedure—application screening, psychometric exams, technical tests and a structured interview. This ensures the candidate’s linguistic abilities, motivation and work ethics align with Pangara’s norms.

Support and software maintenance is provided to ensure the smooth flow of work. You can cancel your project by giving the other party 10 business days’ written notice.

Pricing:

You need to contact them directly to get a quote.