How the rate is built

Everything that stands behind the capacity.

The assigned specialist is one part of the monthly rate. The rest is the organisation that keeps them delivering well over years: management, development, quality, workplace and administration. Here is what sits inside the middle of that equation.

Assigned
capacity.
The software specialist assigned to your project
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The service around the specialist
Delivery management
Service delivery managerWeekly delivery scoringBi-weekly 1:1 with youMonthly capacity reportingTime tracking and insightEscalation path
Talent success
Academy training tracksIndividual development plansTechnical mentoringSkill tests and certificationEnglish and communication coachingRecurring performance reviews
Quality and specialist network
Discipline leads and tech leadsQuality assurance functionCode and delivery standardsInternal research and toolingPeer review across teamsContinuity and cover
Workplace, IT and security
Office space and facilitiesHardware and software licencesIT support and device policyAccess control and VPNPower and connectivity redundancyPhysical and data security
Employment and compliance
Employment administrationPayroll, tax and social securityBenefits, insurance and leaveLocal labour complianceContracts, IP and confidentialitySpecialist assessment and certification
What it adds up to

Each layer exists because delivery depends on it over a three-year horizon, not a three-month one. Together they are what allow a service delivery manager to answer for the work, and what keeps capacity steady when people take leave, change or need to grow.

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Total
monthly
rate.
One invoice, one agreement
What the rate really buys

A small team with the reach of a large one.

Two software specialists working alone in a foreign office is a fragile arrangement. Two specialists inside an organisation of engineers, tech leads, quality assurance, trainers, mentors and researchers is something else entirely. When your team hits a problem outside its own experience, the answer is usually two desks away.

That surrounding network is included in the monthly rate. You are not paying for the people in the outer ring, but your team draws on them every week — and it is the reason a team of three here behaves like a much larger one.

Your team.
Mentor
Service delivery
Quality assurance
Tech lead
Researcher
Training
Mobile team
Cloud and DevOps
Data and AI
QA team
Design team
Other software teams
Inner ring: your support

A service delivery manager, a tech lead, quality assurance, a mentor, trainers and researchers attached to your delivery — none of them billed separately.

Outer ring: the other teams

Dozens of software specialists across other disciplines and partner projects, available to spar with, review code and answer the question your team has never met before.

What it produces

Faster unblocking, fewer dead ends, and specialists who keep getting better instead of plateauing alone in an isolated seat.

What moves the number

Four things decide your monthly rate.

01
Discipline

A frontend software engineer and an MLOps engineer are not the same market. Scarcer disciplines cost more, and we say which is which up front.

02
Seniority

Mid-level, senior or lead. We will tell you honestly when a mid-level specialist with good mentoring is the better value for the work you described.

03
Committed capacity

The minimum monthly hours in the agreement. Specialists work at full capacity on one project, so this scales with team size rather than with attention split.

04
Team size and horizon

Larger teams share delivery management more efficiently, and longer agreements let us invest more in training. Both show up in the rate.

Included in the rate
Service delivery management and reportingTraining, mentoring and development plansQuality assurance and discipline leadsOffice, equipment, licences and IT supportSecurity, access control and continuityAll employment obligations and complianceSpecialist assessment and certificationReplacing a specialist if we need to
Never charged separately
Setup or assessment feesManagement or coordination surchargeHardware, desk or facility costsTraining and certification costsReplacement or ramp-up of a new specialistReporting, meetings or account management
Your side of the cost

Your own product ownership, cloud and tooling licences for your systems, and the management time it takes to set priorities and accept work — roughly what you already spend on any team member.

You need no legal entity in Thailand, no local contracts and no payroll setup. One agreement, one invoice.

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Questions

About pricing

Why are the rates not published on this page?

Because a number without the discipline, seniority and capacity behind it is meaningless, and we would rather not put a figure in front of you that changes in the first conversation. Send a few lines below and you get a real rate in writing, usually within one working day.

How does this compare to building the team locally?

The monthly rate is usually lower, but the more useful comparison is total cost. Building the same capability locally carries search time, management load, equipment, training budget, absence and the risk of a seat standing empty for months; all of that is inside our rate. We are not a shortcut to cost reduction — if price is the only criterion, someone will always come in under us.

What happens if we need less capacity?

Capacity is reviewed on a monthly cycle and can move up or down with the notice period in the agreement. Long term is our intention, not a lock-in — but specialists always work at full capacity on one project, so reductions happen by changing the team, not by splitting someone's attention.

Do we pay for overtime or extra hours?

The agreement sets a minimum monthly capacity in hours and the rate covers it. Hours are tracked in our own system and reported monthly, so you can see delivered against committed. If you consistently need more, we raise the committed capacity rather than invoicing surprises.

What exactly are we paying for each month?

A defined scope, a committed monthly capacity in hours, and a service delivery manager accountable for what is delivered against it. Behind that sit the five layers above: delivery management, talent success, quality and the specialist network, workplace and IT, and all administration and compliance. The specialists work from our offices on our equipment, and we train, review and develop them throughout the agreement.