What is IT staff augmentation?
Adding external IT engineers to your team for a period, working under your direction, instead of hiring them as employees.
How much does a dedicated development team cost?
Each engineer is billed per hour worked at the published rate: Lead or Architect USD 55–60, Senior 45–50, Mid 35–40, Junior 30. A team costs the sum of its engineers' hours, and a Senior at 160 hours is USD 7,200–8,000 a month. The minimum term for an hourly team is 6 months.
How many engineers do you have?
A small senior team, with Mat leading every project. Today we have access to more than 100 different profiles, available in under two weeks. That is a pool to choose from, not 100 employees. We present candidates within 1 week and you interview the engineer who will do the work.
How fast do you present candidates?
We reply to your request within 1 business day and present candidates within 1 week. You interview them before anyone starts.
Will the engineer I interview be the one who works?
Yes. You interview the engineer who will do the work, and that engineer joins your team.
Who directs the engineers, my team or Clouditive?
You choose. Your own team can direct them day to day, in your process. Or Clouditive directs them, with Mat Caniglia leading the project. Either way you interview each engineer first, and you keep the roadmap, the code and the accounts.
What if the engineer leaves or doesn't fit?
We replace them and cover the handover at no cost to you.
Is there a minimum term?
For hourly teams, yes: 6 months, billed per hour worked at the published band for the engineer's seniority. Fixed-price packages have no minimum term.
Do I need a 6-month contract to act on a cost review, an AI pilot or Discovery?
No. We implement what a Cloud Cost Review, an AI Agent Pilot or Discovery finds with 2-week fixed-price packages, with no minimum term. The 6-month minimum applies only to hourly teams.
What is staff augmentation vs. consulting?
A consultant advises. An augmented engineer builds inside your team. We sell both: engineers by the hour, and Architect consulting at USD 4,480 a month for 20 hours a week.
Which roles can augmented engineers cover?
Backend, frontend and full-stack, mobile, product and design, AI, platform, DevOps, SRE and QA, manual and automated. For any other role, we tell you on the first call whether we can staff it.
What language do the engineers work in?
English or Spanish, 100% in whichever your team uses.
How should I compare staff augmentation companies?
On what you can check before signing: published rates, whether you interview the engineer who works, what happens if that engineer leaves, the minimum term, and real cases. Ours are all on this site.
Ask each provider the same five questions and compare the written answers. Is the hourly rate published by seniority? Do you interview the engineer who will actually work? What happens if that engineer leaves? What is the minimum term and the notice period? Who owns the code and the accounts? Our answers are on this page and the pricing page, so you can check them before a call.
How much does staff augmentation cost?
Clouditive's staff augmentation rates are published in US dollars per hour, by seniority: Lead or Architect USD 55–60, Senior USD 45–50, Mid USD 35–40 and Junior USD 30. A Senior working 160 hours comes to USD 7,200–8,000 a month. Billing is per hour worked, with a 6-month minimum for hourly teams. For a defined outcome instead, fixed-price packages start at USD 2,500 for 1 week and have no minimum.
The same bands apply to every role we staff, from backend and mobile to DevOps and QA.
What is staff augmentation vs. outsourcing?
In staff augmentation you add engineers to your own team, your people or ours direct their work as you choose, and you own the plan and the result. In outsourcing you hand a defined piece of work to a vendor, who manages the team and delivers the outcome. Clouditive sells both: engineers by the hour at published rates, and fixed-scope packages with a published price, duration and scope, such as Discovery or CI/CD & IaC.
Staff augmentation vs. consulting follows the same line: a consultant advises, an augmented engineer builds inside your team. Architect consulting, 20 hours a week for USD 4,480 a month, sits in between.
Nearshore staff augmentation in LATAM
Nearshore staff augmentation adds engineers from nearby time zones to your own team, directed by your team or by us, billed by the hour. Ours are in LATAM and work between UTC−3 and UTC−5, at least 4 hours of overlap with US Eastern time, in English or Spanish. A Senior is USD 45–50 an hour with a 6-month minimum for hourly teams, and you interview the engineer who will do the work.
