Head-to-head
Hayaiti vs. In-house hire
Hiring a full-time senior engineer is the right answer for any product you'll own and iterate on for years. The all-in cost is high and time-to-first-commit is months, but compounding returns are unmatched.
Quick verdict
If you're choosing between us and In-house hire…
Pick Hayaiti if
You know what you need (landing page, MVP, internal tool, audit), you want to see numbers before you talk to anyone, and you want it shipped in days not quarters.
Pick In-house hire if
You have a product you'll iterate on for years and the runway to hire well.
Side by side
Capability
Hayaiti
usIn-house hire
What In-house hire does well
- Full ownership of context and roadmap
- Compounds value over years
- Cultural alignment, deep product knowledge
- Best ROI for products you'll iterate forever
Where In-house hire struggles
- Hiring takes 2–4 months in the best case
- All-in cost (salary + benefits + equity + tools) is steep
- One person can't span web + iOS + security
- Wrong hire is painful and slow to unwind
Honest take
When In-house hire is the better choice
You have a product you'll iterate on for years and the runway to hire well.
We're not the right answer for everything. If your situation fits the line above, In-house hirewill likely give you a better outcome than we will. We'd rather you know that now.
Our take
When Hayaiti is the better choice
You know what you need (landing page, MVP, internal tool, audit), you want to see numbers before you talk to anyone, and you want it shipped in days not quarters.
You're also not paying for slack. Every SKU is fixed price, fixed timeline, source code in your repo from day one. If we miss the deadline, we refund 25% — that risk lives with us, not you.
Pricing breakdown
Hayaiti
$2,495
Fixed-price SKUs · optional monthly subscription
Published on the pricing page. No proposal cycle.
In-house hire
$180k+/yr all-in
Salary + benefits
Pricing varies by engagement.
Worked example
If you needed ongoing product engineering
Through In-house hire: you'd write a JD, run a 60–120 day search, hire, onboard, and start shipping. Annual all-in cost is six figures. Nothing else compounds product knowledge like this.
Through Hayaiti: you'd pick the matching SKU on our pricing page, see the price and timeline before any call, pay 50% to start, and have working code in your repo on day one. We refund 25% if we miss the published deadline.
Both approaches work. Pick based on which trade-offs match how you want to operate.
Still weighing the options?
See our published pricing — or grab a free 15-minute audit and we'll tell you straight up if we're the right fit.