For our MyNewResolutions Facebook applications (See this blog post for more information about it) we were trying to understand the possibility of outsourcing the coding.
In my quest for Indian programmers, here is a quick study of the best outsourcing web sites.
Outsourcing website with Alexa ranking:
elance.com - 433
oDesk - 639
GetAFreelancer.com - 1200
rentacoder.com - 1800
guru.com - 1900
http://scriptlance.com - 3000
http://www.mturk.com - 7700
TopCoder - 35000
www.globalworkforce.com - enormous in US
And some review from various web sites:
www.elance.com – Generally a bit more expensive than other web sites, but still much cheaper than hiring someone locally in the USA. Providers on Elance are often of a higher quality than other web sites.
www.guru.com – Another possibility with freelancers in many different fields such as engineering, sales, legal – this site doesn’t focus only on programming.
www.odesk.com – Odesk is a bit different from other freelance websites in that it is more geared towards hiring people on an hourly basis and hiring teams of people. This is more effective for long term projects.
www.rentacoder.com – Very good for programming projects done at a fixed price. It works by escrowing the money for the project to give the provider some security, but you don’t need to release it until the project is completed.
www.globalworkforce.com – A provider of full time employees from multiple different countries (the Philippines, India etc).
Summary
I used elance and odesk to get quotes but finally as we were in a rush we had to build the application ourselves.
I got 4 propositions for the full facebook application: $250, $500, $500, $460
This was for a simpler version of MyNewResolutions. In our opinion to do the full MyNewResolutions Facebook application, it would require at least 5-10 times this.
15 propositions with hourly rates. From $6 to $20 per hour. Those prices are dependant of the number of referral (with $6, the engineer has no referral). The average is around $9-$12.
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