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If you need to scale up a 5-to-50-engineer pod for a multi-quarter modernization with full enterprise procurement, pick BairesDev. If you need bounded outcomes shipped on a date with no procurement loop and no team-size minimum, pick Hayaiti.
We won't oversell. If BairesDevis the right answer for your situation, we'd rather you know that now — even if it costs us the lead.
If you're still comparing vendors, start with the full comparison matrix . If you're already using BairesDev, the switching guide below shows how to transition.
Frequently asked
Real questions we get from teams comparing the two. If yours isn't here, we'll answer it on the 15-minute call.
Where Hayaiti wins
Specific, not generic. Each one of these maps to a structural difference in how the two models are built — not a marketing adjective.
BairesDev engagements typically include a 4–8 week onboarding cycle to assemble the right pod, sign MSAs, and ramp engineers on your codebase. Hayaiti SKUs have published start dates — we begin within days of the deposit clearing.
BairesDev quotes are bespoke, derived from team composition and timeline. Hayaiti SKU prices are published on the pricing page. You can compare options without an intro call.
Staff aug at BairesDev's scale is built around assembling a pod (often 3+ engineers minimum). Our SKU is shipped by whatever team size is right for the deliverable — typically 1–3 engineers, which is fine because the SKU is bounded.
BairesDev's contracts cover engineer replacement and uptime of the pod. Our 25% missed-deadline refund covers the outcome of the SKU. Different unit of accountability.
BairesDev is a marketplace at scale — quality varies by pod and engineer. Every Hayaiti SKU ships through the same in-house team, so quality variance project-to-project is essentially zero.
BairesDev's strength is LatAm timezone overlap with US, but you still own day-to-day project management of the pod. Our SKUs are a single deliverable with one point of contact — no daily PM cost on your side.
Where BairesDev wins
We're not going to pretend they don't win some shapes of problem. If your situation matches one of these, pick them — we mean it.
BairesDev can staff 5, 50, or 500 engineers on your codebase. If your scope genuinely needs that — a multi-quarter modernization, a parallel multi-product build, an enterprise migration — we are simply the wrong shape of vendor.
BairesDev fits enterprise procurement out of the box: MSAs, SOC 2 reporting, dedicated account management, formal SOWs. If you're a Fortune 500 with a procurement gauntlet, that maturity is real.
BairesDev's LatAm bench gives you near-realtime overlap with US business hours, which is structurally easier than fully-remote async with EU or Asia teams. For embedded daily collaboration that matters.
Need a COBOL maintainer, a SAP consultant, an Oracle DBA, and a React Native developer all on the same engagement? BairesDev's bench can cover that. Ours is focused on modern web, software, iOS, and security.
If any of the above describes your project, the honest move is to evaluate BairesDevfirst. We'd rather you find the right fit than buy the wrong tool from us.
Migration path
Most of the time you don't need to fully switch — you peel off the SKU-shaped slice and keep what already works. Here's the honest playbook.
If you're already using BairesDev, look inside the pod's quarterly plan for discrete deliverables — a marketing site rebuild, an admin tool, a mobile companion app, a security audit. Those are SKU-shaped and can be peeled off without disrupting the program. If you're still pre-decision and weighing BairesDev's $50K+ minimum, the same SKU-vs-staff-aug split helps you decide.
We're not trying to displace a multi-engineer pod doing real ongoing product work. The right move is usually parallel: BairesDev runs the program, we ship the bounded slice, both work in the same repo.
For SKUs under $25K we don't need a full MSA paper trail. Standard mutual NDA + SOW is enough to ship and integrates cleanly with your existing BairesDev contract structure.
We document the deliverable so the BairesDev pod can maintain it post-launch with no onboarding cost. Branch merged, docs updated, no rope hanging from the ceiling.
Decision time
Grab a free 15-minute call. We'll look at your scope and tell you straight up which one fits — even if the answer is BairesDev.
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