IT Outstaffing Services
Be one step ahead of your competitors — choose advanced IT outstaffing for your product development. With Alcor, you’ll get:
- 30+ elite engineers in 3 months, 100+ in a year
- Up to 40% cost savings
- No-entity 100% compliant employment
- Fully managed back-office: payroll, benefits and more
- No buy-out costs or hidden fees
- Your direct management and corporate culture
Mexico
Colombia
Argentina
Chile
Poland
Romania
Ukraine
BulgariaAlcor is Your Trusted Scaling Partner
Can an Outstaffing Partner Guarantee You?
2.5 years
average tenure of developers
Cultural alignment
with your company values
Pricing transparency
no hidden or buy-out fees
Legal & compliance
and other needed operational support
Exceptional dedication
it’s literally your own team
Long-term partnership
shared responsibility & commitmentSoftware R&D Center vs IT Outstaffing
Own R&D Center
- Silicon Valley-caliber talent We recruit 30+ elite senior developers in 3 months. All decisions regarding the team are up to you.
- Transparent pricing Detailed invoices help you be in control of your finances. Plus, your tech R&D team is x2 more affordable than an external one.
- Your team & branding You get a tech team with shared values for innovation and growth—90% retention rate & an average tenure of 2.5 years.
- No setup & buy-out fees No setup fee is needed to start building your software R&D team. Plus, there is no buy-out process—your team now, free insourcing after.
- Intellectual property under control With direct agreements, you fully own your product and its source code, keeping unique expertise in-house.
IT Outstaffing
- Junior/middle-level talent You can’t control the quality of talent. Plus, with planned moves to new customers after 1 year, your A-players will be snatched away.
- High markups Some providers charge up to 50% of talent compensation to earn more without the client knowing about it.
- Not your brand & practices Developers work under your provider’s brand. Thus, there’s no room for your corporate culture, policies, and direct oversight.
- High setup & buy-out fees Most vendors require contractual & financial obligations first. Then, you pay 20% of a developer’s annual compensation in buy-out fees.
- Intellectual property risks IP rights over your product initially belong to developers of your provider. You get minimum security and a tedious transfer process.
Industries we hire for
Advanced Alternative to an IT Outstaffing with Alcor
Turnkey IT outstaffing is one of the three core services of the software R&D center solution, based on full-cycle tech recruitment for fast and high-quality team scaling. Additionally, you’ll:
- Get Employer of Record service — no need to set up your legal entity
- Grow your team from 0 to 100 software developers in one key talent pool
- Establish your corporate culture with your own team. No intermediary
- Benefit from no buy-out or other hidden fees
Companies Scaling with Alcor
Alcor is a reliable partner that meets our hiring needs. We finally hired experienced software engineers in Eastern Europe with strong tech skills and business acumen. Account Managers are awesome!
With Alcor’s all-in-one solution, we got a software R&D office with 15 senior PHP devs and a compliant operational coverage. I really appreciated their transparent pricing structure and deep expertise.
We interviewed a lot of EoR platforms and companies, but Alcor was the only one that provides a combo package of EoR and Recruting offerings. Alcor helped us build a full stack team in 1.5 month.
We wanted to switch from our outsourcing provider, and Alcor has become really game-changing for us. Within a mere 6 months, we got a fully-fledged team of 30 engineers in our own R&D office.
Alcor’s R&D solution eclipses full-cycle recruitment, EOR service, and operational support for our offshore team. Their ‘all-in-one place’ approach is far more cost-effective than I could’ve imagined.
I value their commitment to going the extra mile. We evolved from an outstaff project into an independent company, and Alcor’s support was crucial. They hired and ondoarded 15+ professionals for us.
Thanks to Alcor, we hired four engineers and a designer that strengthened our team. Beside stellar recruitment, Alcor flawlessly handled our payroll. Their approach was seamless and swift.
Alcor closed our 4 QA positions in a month and more than doubled the team in a year! We chose Alcor because of their communication style, cost, scope of services, and ideas to help us be successful.
Expanding our engineering team outside the US with Alcor was a game-changer! They found 15 talented developers and provided seamless EOR & operational support. Great responsiveness to our needs!
Alcor’s flexible model helped us scale from 0 to 30 devs in a year first, and then to 50! No buy-out fees, seamless hiring, and top-tier talent. A hassle-free way to grow without setting up a subsidiary!
FAQ
1) What is the difference between IT outstaffing, IT outsourcing, and a tech R&D center?
IT outstaffing provides businesses with external software developers or full teams to work on projects for a definite period of time. While these programmers integrate into the client’s in-house tech team, they still remain official employees of the outstaffing agency, which handles HR functions, pays salaries, and buys needed hardware.
IT outsourcing is a similar collaboration model but with a critical difference: clients delegate the entire project to the vendor, giving up on team management and development process supervision. Meanwhile, IT outsourcing and outstaffing share the same risks associated with possible IP theft, team indifference, and cloudy pricing.
The software R&D center solution, on the other hand, is free of these pitfalls. It allows tech companies to build their development teams, keeping all the decision-making and saving up to 40% on expenses.
2) What is the hiring process like within Alcor’s IT outstaffing approach?
Alcor’s 40 headhunters manage the entire IT recruitment of Valley-caliber senior developers in LATAM and EE. Our full-cycle hiring process includes crafting the ideal candidate profile and EVP, sourcing and pre-screening applicants, conducting HR interviews to check candidates’ skills and expertise, and working with offers/counteroffers. We are dedicated to providing our clients with their first CVs in 5 days, and it usually takes us 2-6 weeks to close an open position.
Alcor’s IT outstaffing service is part of a turnkey R&D center solution encompassing Employer of Record and operational support—everything for your development team to run smoothly and compliantly.
3) How do I choose an IT outstaffing location for my project?
If you seek nearshoring opportunities for your product development, consider Latin American tech hubs like Mexico, Colombia, Chile, and Argentina and an emerging market like Uruguay. Collectively, these locations boast about 1.75 million tech professionals with a tech stack including JavaScript, Python, SQL, Java, PHP, and NLP, offer up to 55% lower salaries than in the US, developed infrastructure, and time zone alignment.
If you are into exploring offshoring opportunities, consider opting for Eastern Europe. Such tech powerhouses like Poland, Ukraine, Romania, and Bulgaria offer access to over 1.5 million Valley-caliber tech gems, 45% lower developer rates, a business-friendly environment, and ripe infrastructure.
4) What are the risks of software development outstaffing?
One of the main risks of software outstaffing is possible IP exposure. Since the extended team is not your in-house developers, your code and product information are more vulnerable. Plus, the IT staffing team relies on their internal cybersecurity tools, which may not fully protect from threats.
Additionally, the vendor’s team perceives you as their “secondary” employer, leading to low loyalty and engagement, which may affect software quality.
Overspending is another risk. Keeping the outstaffing software development team means hefty buy-out fees, reaching hundreds of thousand dollars per developer. This becomes mandatory if you seek investment, as only companies with in-house development can secure funding.
5) How do I pick an IT outstaffing service provider?
Firstly, assess their expertise in recruiting tech talent. A dedicated recruiting team and solid portfolio of case studies are vivid signs of outstaffing partner’s professionalism. For instance, Alcor has 40 tech recruiters who specialize in hiring senior software developers for tech companies like People.ai, BigCommerce, ThredUP, Sift, etc.
Next, view their pricing structure. Consider outstaffing companies with predictable pricing and detailed invoices to avoid hidden fees. With Alcor, you’ll enjoy the pay-as-you-go approach, with a flat 10% administrative fee and zero setup and buy-out costs.
Finally, consider their guarantees, which demonstrate the IT outstaffing agency’s reliability. Alcor, on its side, guarantees to close an open tech position in 2-6 weeks and set up an R&D center with 20 LATAM or EE developers in just 3 months.