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Pricing

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Senior engineers from about $20/hour. No quote wall, no surprises — you'll know what you're paying before you ever get on a call. Switch currency in the header.

How we compare

Senior craft, without the Silicon Valley invoice.

A senior engineer here starts at about $20/hour. The same person in London or San Francisco bills $100$250. Same code, same care, same ownership — you just skip the overhead.

A typical US / UK agency

  • $100$250 / hour for a senior engineer
  • "Request a quote" — price hidden until a call
  • Hand-offs between juniors, PMs and account managers
  • Long retainers and lock-in
  • You find out who you actually got, later

The Contrast

  • From about $20 / hour for a senior engineer
  • Rates on the page — no quote wall
  • One accountable team, first call to long after launch
  • Paid weekly — cancel anytime
  • You talk to the actual engineers building it

Ways to work with us

Pick the model that fits — change it anytime.

Pay as you go

from $20/hr

A senior engineer's time, billed for what you use. Best for ongoing work and flexible scope.

  • Paid weekly · cancel anytime
  • Talk to the engineer directly

Dedicated engineer

from $3,200/mo

A senior engineer, full-time and embedded in your team (~160 hrs/month). You manage them directly.

  • Fluent English · your timezone
  • Scale up or down anytime

Dedicated team

from $9,600/mo

A small senior team (≈3) — design, build and ship a product end to end, owned from first call to launch.

  • One accountable team, no hand-offs
  • Weekly demos · transparent progress

Monthly figures are indicative, derived from the $20/hour rate (≈160 hrs/engineer/month). Your exact number comes from a 15-minute call.

Estimate it yourself

Move the sliders — no quote wall.

1,440 hours · at $20/hour

A US/UK agency ~$150/hr $216,000
Your savings 87% less −$187,200
You, with The Contrast $28,800

A rough, transparent estimate in your currency — paid weekly as you go. The precise number (and what we'd cut to ship faster) comes from a 15-minute call.

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Questions

Pricing, answered.

Is $20/hour really the price?

Yes — that's the starting rate for a senior engineer, stated plainly. It's the India cost base, not a quality cut: no Western salaries, no agency middlemen, no expensive offices. You pay for the work, not the overhead.

What does a typical project cost?

Use the calculator above for a rough number in your currency. A small MVP is often a 2–3 person team over 6–12 weeks; a precise estimate takes one 15-minute call.

How do you bill?

Weekly, for the work done — and you can cancel anytime. No long retainers, no lock-in. You see the work before you commit further.

What's included in the rate?

A senior engineer's time and end-to-end ownership — you talk to the people building it, not an account manager. Design, PM and QA are scoped in per project.

Fixed price or hourly?

Either. Hourly/dedicated for evolving scope; fixed-scope for a well-defined build. We'll recommend the one that's cheaper for you, honestly.

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