Dedicated development team pricing in 2026
Most providers quote dedicated-team pricing only after a sales call. Typical market pricing for senior engineers runs $80–150/hr through US agencies and $40–100/hr through global providers. Match.dev publishes the rate up front: $50–80/hr per engineer — the same vetted pool and the same published rate as our staff augmentation engagements, whether you take one engineer or a full squad. For context, the only other platform in this market that publishes a client-facing rate is Lemon.io, at $55–95/hr (shown on its startups page; verified July 2026).
| Team size | Example composition | Monthly cost at $50–80/hr, full-time |
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| 2 engineers | Backend + frontend | $16,000–25,600 |
| 3 engineers | Backend, frontend, DevOps | $24,000–38,400 |
| 5 engineers | 2 backend, 2 frontend, QA automation | $40,000–64,000 |
Rates last verified: July 2026. Monthly figures are simple arithmetic on the published $50–80/hr at 160 hours per engineer — you pay for tracked hours, on one invoice for the whole team.
A dedicated development team is not outsourcing, and it is not one borrowed engineer. You get a stable squad — typically 2–5 engineers — reserved for your product long-term: they join your standups, work in your repository, and follow your product direction. Compared with staff augmentation, where individual engineers embed into a team you already run, a dedicated team gives you a complete engineering unit at once — and it stays yours from sprint to sprint. Every member comes from the same pool: senior engineers with 5+ years of experience who passed a 10-hour paid assessment on a real project before entering it.
When should you hire a dedicated development team rather than fill seats one at a time? Three signals show up over and over: the roadmap runs past a quarter or two, there is more than one workstream (say, an API rebuild and a mobile app in parallel), and you have someone to own product direction but no bandwidth for a months-long hiring pipeline. If any of those is missing, a single augmented engineer is usually the cheaper call — and if you would rather hand over the project along with its management, that is outsourcing, which is a different trade.
Dedicated development team services also differ in what the fee actually buys. Some providers are matchmakers: they introduce candidates and step away. Others — Match.dev included — run the full back office as part of the service: sourcing, technical vetting, contracts, payroll, time tracking on one platform, and a free replacement when someone isn't the right fit. Pin that scope down before comparing hourly rates; a cheaper rate with no replacement guarantee tends to cost more the first time mid-project attrition hits.
How it works: you describe the product and the seats you need, we hand-pick candidates for each seat, and you get first profiles within 48 hours. You interview and approve every engineer, so the team is typically up and running within days — not the months an agency build-out takes. If the roadmap shifts, swap a role or resize the squad; if anyone underperforms, we replace them for free without disrupting the rest of the team. No fees until you hire, and a $150 credit just for attending the intro call. Request a team.
Related reading: Staff augmentation vs outsourcing · Staff augmentation services · Hire remote developers.
