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Outsource Software Development Calculator.

See exactly what your team would cost if you outsourced to India. Input team size, stack, experience — get the savings vs. fully-loaded US salary, projected over 1, 2 and 3 years.

Experience band
USFully-loaded annual cost
$345,000/yr
$115,000 /dev · base + benefits + taxes
INWitarist annual cost
$62,460/yr
$1,735/mo /dev · contract, no markup
Annual savings
$282,540
82%
3-year total saved
$847,620
India costAnnual savings

India side: P50 median monthly rate × 12 from Witarist's live catalog. US side: national-median base salary × 1.25 (benefits + employer taxes). Contracts billed in USD; conversion to displayed currency uses live FX rates refreshed daily. Savings reflect operational cost only — recruitment fees, equity dilution, and US-market salary inflation are excluded (which means actual savings tend to run higher).

How the numbers come together

Real catalog rates. No marketing math.

India side — our actual catalog

Monthly rates aggregated from 1,200+ vetted developers on Witarist. Bucketed by canonical role and experience band, outliers dropped, P50 median used as the headline number. What you'd actually invoice — no platform fees, no add-ons.

US side — fully-loaded salary

Annual cost includes base salary (Glassdoor / Indeed national medians for US-based remote IC developers, June 2026) plus benefits + employer payroll taxes — typically 1.25× base. This is what a CFO sees on the P&L, not just the gross offer letter number.

Why 80%+ savings is the typical range

India's cost-of-living is roughly 1/4 of comparable US metros, and the tax structure for contract work is meaningfully lighter than W-2 employment. The skill ceiling is the same — Witarist developers ship into US production codebases every day.

What we don't include

Recruitment fees you'd pay a US agency (typically 15-25% of first-year salary), severance costs, equity dilution, the salary inflation of US tech hiring. The calculator's US number is conservative — your real US cost is higher than what it shows.

Common questions.

How much do you save by outsourcing software development to India?
Roughly 78–84% on annual fully-loaded cost. A senior React developer in the US runs about $150,000/year all-in; the India equivalent through Witarist is around $25,000/year. The calculator shows the exact savings for your team composition.
Is outsourcing to India quality-safe?
When sourced through a vetted channel, yes. The cost gap reflects India's lower cost of living, not lower skill. The risk is in unvetted Upwork-style sourcing — Witarist's 1,200+ developers are pre-vetted with verified work history and references.
What about timezone overlap and communication?
Most India contractors work an evening shift to overlap 4–6 hours with US Pacific or full-day with EU. Async workflows close the rest. Communication is C1-equivalent English; verify on the linked profile pages.
Are these rates contract or full-time?
Contract. Month-to-month, no platform fees, no markup. The calculator number is what you'd invoice. The US side is fully-loaded W-2 salary — base + benefits + taxes — which is the apples-to-apples comparison.
Can I hire just one developer, or do I need a team?
Either. The calculator handles 1–15 developers. Most engagements start with 1–3 (staff augmentation), grow into 5–8 (dedicated pod). Scale up or down with 14 days' notice.