Offshore Software Development Rates

This is a useful breakdown, especially for teams trying to understand how much leverage geography still creates in engineering cost structures.

What stands out is that offshore rates are no longer just about “cheap vs expensive” — they’re increasingly tied to specialization, communication overhead, time zone overlap, and seniority distribution, not just location.

In practice, the real decision factor usually becomes:
• speed of iteration vs cost savings
• coordination overhead vs output quality
• long-term ownership vs short-term staffing

A rate table is a good starting point, but the hidden cost of alignment often matters more than the hourly difference.

Would be interesting to also see comparisons by role (frontend, backend, DevOps, AI/ML) since averages hide a lot of variance in real hiring decisions.

Solid reference for anyone planning distributed teams. 🌍

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