CodeMiners vs Software Agency | Dedicated Teams at 65% Lower Cost
Traditional software agencies charge $150–$350/hour and add 30–50% overhead on top of their engineers' salaries. With CodeMiners, you hire the engineers directly | same quality, a fraction of the cost.
65%
Cost Savings vs Agency
$2,200
vs $15K+ at agencies
48 hrs
Start time
Why Agency Pricing Is So High
You're not just paying for engineers | you're paying for the agency:
30–50% agency markup
Every agency bills their engineers out at 2–3x the engineer's actual cost. That premium funds their sales, marketing, and management teams.
Dev rotation
Agencies staff projects with whoever is available, not whoever is best. Your most experienced developers get pulled onto new client acquisitions.
Filtered communication
Your questions go through a project manager, then a team lead, then the developer. Context is lost at every handoff.
Scope as leverage
Change requests mean new proposals, new estimates, new delays. Agencies have financial incentives to keep scope locked.
Hidden costs
Discovery phases, design sprints, QA cycles, and deployment work are often billed separately | the headline rate is just the start.
No continuity guarantee
The developer who built your feature 6 months ago has likely moved to another project. You start over explaining context.
Head-to-Head Comparison
| Feature | CodeMiners | Traditional Agency |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly Cost (1 dev) | From $2,200/month | $15,000–$40,000/month |
| Who builds your product | Named, dedicated engineers you know | Whoever the agency assigns internally |
| Developer continuity | Same developer, full engagement | Often rotated mid-project |
| Team transparency | Direct daily communication | Filtered through project manager |
| Control over priorities | Direct | you set the sprint | Mediated through account manager |
| Scalability | Add/remove devs in 48 hours | Slow | requires new proposals |
| IP & code ownership | Full IP assignment, your repo | Usually included, but verify terms |
| Overhead & profit margin | Lean structure, low overhead | 30–50% agency margin built in |
| Full-service project ownership | You manage the team directly | Agency manages end-to-end |
| Discovery & design sprints | Available but you direct it | Structured agency-led process |
Skip the Agency Markup
Same vetted senior engineers, no agency overhead. From $2,200/month | start in 48 hours.
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