Outsourcing vendors keep the team. Agencies charge per head. Freelance platforms sell hours. None of them are built to hand you an engineering team you permanently own. IGA builds your local presence in Southeast Europe, operates it, then transfers full ownership to you.
Every model on the market optimizes for something other than your ownership. That creates a structural conflict of interest that gets worse over time.
Outsourcing vendors optimize for their recurring contract. The team is their asset, not yours. If you try to bring engineers in-house, they lose their client. The conflict is not incidental. It is the business model.
Average hiring cycle: 90 to 120 days. Fees: 15–25% of annual salary per head. No retention guarantee after 90 days. You pay repeatedly for the same role. The compounding cost shows up at exit.
Local compliance, entity setup, employer branding, HR infrastructure, hardware provisioning. All before the first sprint. By the time the team is operational, the roadmap has moved.
Three stages. One outcome: a dedicated engineering team on your balance sheet, not on a vendor contract.
Dedicated engineers matched to your stack, culture, and roadmap. IGA handles sourcing, vetting, hardware, and onboarding. You set the standards.
IGA handles HR, payroll, compliance, and office operations. You control the roadmap, sprint cycles, and team culture. No shared resources. No outsourcing manager between you and the engineers.
Full transfer to entity created for you locally, your payroll and books. The team, the culture, the institutional knowledge: all yours. Transfer terms are set on day one. No renegotiation at month 11.
Different starting points. Same destination: an engineering team you own.
Most outsourcing models are permanent recurring spend with no upside. BOT converts vendor cost into an owned asset.
After transfer, the team is on your books. Not a vendor contract that expires. This changes the profit picture, the EBITDA story, and the valuation narrative. Every month post-transfer, margins improve.
Salaries, ops overhead, and management fee are listed separately. No hidden margins. No costs bundled into one rate. You see exactly what you pay for and exactly what transfers to you. Contractual, not verbal.
The terms of the transfer are set on day one. No renegotiation at month 11. No surprise costs when it is time to take ownership. The exit clause is not a feature. It is the entire architecture.
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| Outsourcing | Agencies | DIY Remote | IGA (BOT) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team ownership | Vendor's asset | Your payroll (slowly) | Yours (eventually) | Yours at month 12 |
| Cost visibility | Hidden margins | Fee + salary | Visible but high | Every cost visible, day 1 |
| Conflict of interest | Structural | Partial | None | None. Built to exit. |
| Time to first engineer | Days (shared pool) | 90–120 days | 3–6 months | 72 hours (dedicated) |
| Survives due diligence | Liability | Neutral | Asset (if done right) | Asset. On balance sheet. |
| Post-transfer EBITDA | No transfer possible | N/A | Already on books | Margin improves monthly |
The transfer is the goal but not the only option. Some clients extend the operate phase. Others do a partial transfer. The contract sets terms at day one so there are no surprises either way.
Strong English proficiency, EU timezone overlap, and senior engineers who stay. Western Balkans markets have highly capable engineers underrepresented in global hiring. IGA has spent years building that talent pipeline.
First vetted profiles shared within 72 hours of kickoff. Not job postings going live. Actual candidates matched to your stack, reviewed by IGA before they reach you.
A transparent management fee on top of actual costs. Salaries, overhead, and fee are listed separately from day one. No hidden margins. No costs bundled into one rate. Contractual, not a verbal promise.
Yes. A significant share of engagements start as a parallel track alongside an existing vendor. IGA builds the replacement team while the current vendor continues.
Full-stack, backend, frontend, mobile, DevOps, data, and QA. Matched to your stack requirements from day one. Not a pre-built bench of generic profiles.
Dedicated engineers, full cost visibility, complete ownership at month 12. Book an intro call and we will scope your team in 30 minutes.