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Outsourcing projects from the USA to India, structured to survive.

Most US-to-India project failures are structural, not cultural: no overlap hours, an IP chain with gaps, and nobody employed to care past the invoice. We structure it differently for American companies: a dedicated team recruited for you, employed on our Bengaluru entity at $149 a month per head, working hours that meet your morning, and IP assigned to you from the first commit.

US-to-India projects fail on structure: overlap, IP, ownership. We fix all three with a dedicated employed team meeting your morning hours.

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G2 4.8 / 5 on G2, from companies employing teams in India through us.

Teams building in India. First hire to full team.

The offshore project, thrown over the wall versus structured.

The same project can be a costly rewrite or a working delivery pipeline. The difference is in six structural choices.

Over-the-wall vendor

Versatile structured team

Working hours
India daytime only; you get email lag
Overlap window covering US mornings
The people
Vendor-assigned, unknown to you
Interviewed by you, dedicated to you
IP chain
Vendor to you, if the contract is right
Employee to our entity to you, airtight
Continuity
Roster changes at vendor discretion
Same team from kickoff to launch
Data handling
Vendor policy, your risk
Your security spec, enforced in contracts
After the project
Team dissolves, knowledge with it
Team rolls onto the next project, yours

Over-the-wall vendor
Working hours India daytime only; you get email lag
The people Vendor-assigned, unknown to you
IP chain Vendor to you, if the contract is right
Continuity Roster changes at vendor discretion
Data handling Vendor policy, your risk
After the project Team dissolves, knowledge with it

Versatile structured team
Working hours Overlap window covering US mornings
The people Interviewed by you, dedicated to you
IP chain Employee to our entity to you, airtight
Continuity Same team from kickoff to launch
Data handling Your security spec, enforced in contracts
After the project Team rolls onto the next project, yours
Day 1
Project scoped into roles, hours and milestones
Day 9
Shortlists arrive, screened for overlap comfort
Day 16
Your US team interviews over the overlap window
Day 21
Hires employed, IP and NDA chain signed
Week 4
Project running with daily US-morning standups
Launch
Team stays, redeploys or transfers; you choose

The price of an offshore project that has to be redone.

The expensive offshore failure is not the invoice, it is the rewrite: months of vendor output that your US team rebuilds because nobody with context stayed to maintain it.

A structured, employed team makes the rewrite scenario rare. The people who built it are still employed on it after launch, and their knowledge stays inside your walls.

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Illustrative cost of one failed project cycle, US buyer Cumulative spend on vendor work later rewritten in-house
$120,000 Vendor phase
$150,000 Diagnosis
$255,000 Rewrite
$300,000 Opportunity cost
Illustration of a mid-size project delivered by a vendor and rebuilt in-house. Actual failure costs vary; the pattern of paying twice does not.
Who carries the rework in each structure
Over-the-wall delivery Your US team rebuilds it
Structured employed team Builders stay and maintain

American buyers lose offshore projects in the gaps: the hours nobody overlaps, the clause nobody wrote, the handover nobody owned. Structure closes gaps. Price a structured project team against a vendor bid with the EOR versus entity calculator before your next statement of work.

Running a US-India project on this structure.

Your project management stays in America. The Indian employment, compliance and payroll live with us in Bengaluru.

You run

  • Product decisions and sprint priorities
  • Architecture and review standards
  • The overlap-hours cadence that suits your zone

We handle

  • Recruiting engineers who want US-hours work
  • Employment, contracts and the IP chain
  • Payroll in INR with every filing
  • Laptops, access and security onboarding

You run
  • Own the backlog
  • Review the work
  • Set the cadence
  • Ship the launch

We handle
  • Recruit for overlap
  • Employ and insure
  • Sign the IP chain
  • Run INR payroll
  • File statutory
  • Equip securely

When something happens in India, it is ours.
Project scope and acceptance Your US leadership
Employment and Indian compliance Foo Falcon Technologies
Code, designs and every deliverable Assigned to you in writing

A named compliance manager owns your account. Not a queue, not a chatbot, one person who already knows your headcount and your last filing.

Account managerMedian first reply 4 to 6 hours
Recruitment coordinatorBrief to shortlist 9 days
Finance associateFilings on time 8 / 8

Overlap is recruited, not requested

We screen specifically for engineers who prefer shifted hours, so a 7 pm IST standup meets your 9:30 am Eastern without resentment. Vendors promise overlap; we hire for it.

An IP chain with no vendor link

Each employee signs assignment and confidentiality terms into our entity, and our agreement with you passes everything through. US counsel can review both documents before you start; there is no third firm in the chain.

Project economics without project margin

You pay salaries at cost, statutory add-ons at actuals and $149 per head monthly. A typical US-to-India project bid carries 40% or more above those numbers for the same people.

A team that outlives the milestone

When the project ships, nothing dissolves. The team takes the next phase, moves to another workstream, or transfers to your future entity with tenure intact.

Overlap is recruited, not requested

We screen specifically for engineers who prefer shifted hours, so a 7 pm IST standup meets your 9:30 am Eastern without resentment. Vendors promise overlap; we hire for it.

Time zones are a screening criterion, not a hope.

An IP chain with no vendor link

Each employee signs assignment and confidentiality terms into our entity, and our agreement with you passes everything through. US counsel can review both documents before you start; there is no third firm in the chain.

Two documents, inspectable, cover the whole chain.

Project economics without project margin

You pay salaries at cost, statutory add-ons at actuals and $149 per head monthly. A typical US-to-India project bid carries 40% or more above those numbers for the same people.

The margin you skip funds the senior engineer you wanted.

Moving someone across

After the project: three doors, all open.

Launch is a decision point, not a cliff. Keep the team on maintenance and phase two, redeploy them onto new work, or take them onto your own Indian entity.

Codebase context Kept
Team composition Kept
Employment compliance Continuous
Gap between phases 0 days

No US client has had to re-staff a shipped project from zero.

Supporting evidence

Due diligence for US buyers, made easy.

Your project team would be employed by Foo Falcon Technologies Pvt Ltd, Bengaluru, MCA-registered since 2022 with a public record your counsel can pull independently. Statutory proof comes with the first conversation, not the last.

  • Incorporation
  • GST
  • EPFO code
  • ESIC
  • Shops and Establishments
  • PAN and TAN
  • Udyam MSME
What we verify
  • Incorporation Ministry of Corporate Affairs
  • GST Goods and Services Tax
  • EPFO code Employees Provident Fund Organisation
  • ESIC Ministry of Labour and Employment
  • Shops and Establishments Government of Karnataka
  • PAN and TAN Income Tax Department
  • Udyam MSME Government of India

IP chain documents and filings shared before kickoff.

200

people onboarded to our entity in one project ramp

33

client payrolls executed from Bengaluru each month

5 days

to employ and equip each project team member

G2 4.8 / 5 on G2, from companies employing teams in India through us.

G2 4.8 / 5 on G2, from companies employing through us.

US companies that shipped from India this way.

American founders and engineering leaders on projects that survived the ocean because the structure did.

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Bharath Rasoi KS Rajeshwari Founder, Bharath Rasoi
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Open Theatre Anand Raj Founder, Open Theatre
Abid Hassan Verified client
Sensibull
“They moved fast and took the whole compliance side off my plate. For a founder making an early India hire, that is exactly what you want.”
Abid Hassan Founder and CEO, Sensibull
Via G2
Moonshot
“Every option was either 'set up your own entity' or a platform that quotes a great price then hits you with add-ons. Versatile was the one that actually made it simple. First payroll ran on time. No scramble.”
Angad S. Co-Founder, Moonshot
Via G2
Digital Marketing Agency
“Contracts, PF, ESI, TDS and payroll all in one place. Invoicing in USD meant zero exchange rate surprises. The compliance rigour is genuinely reassuring.”
Vedant T. Founder, Digital Marketing Agency
Via G2
Design Studio
“Setting up in a new country can get messy fast, but their India EOR made onboarding feel easy. The team is responsive, clear, and great to work with.”
Setu C. Studio Owner, Design Studio
Via G2
US Startup
“We used Versatile to hire our first employee in India after months of putting it off because the compliance side seemed like a mess. They walked us through it and now we don't think about it.”
Verified US Founder First-time Founder, US Startup
Via G2
Mid-Market Tech Co.
“Versatile consistently delivered work that was both strategically sharp and execution-ready. Their turnaround times are impressive, and they think about problems the way an in-house team would.”
Shivani K. Senior Manager, Tech TA
Via G2
Growth-stage Startup
“Their team was highly responsive, professional, and easy to work with. They made a complex process feel simple.”
Mukul S. Core Team, Growth-stage Startup

Case studies.

Largest food delivery app in India, decacorn View case study The world's largest professional network, part of Microsoft View case study Legacy US software company, publishing platforms View case study

Project team pricing for US buyers.

No day rates, no blended margin. Salaries at cost plus two flat fees, in numbers your CFO can model in minutes.

Recruitment

Staffing the project roles
12% of annual CTC

12% junior and mid, 15% senior, leads scoped individually. Invoiced at day 90, so a bad fit never bills.

Scope my project
  • Project-to-roles breakdown help
  • Nine-day shortlist turnaround
  • Overlap-hours screening
  • US-morning interview slots
  • Offer handling in INR terms
  • Day-90 invoice protection
  • Free replacement search
  • Five-day onboarding entry
  • Project-to-roles breakdown help
  • Nine-day shortlist turnaround
  • Overlap-hours screening
  • US-morning interview slots
Plus four more inclusions
  • Offer handling in INR terms
  • Day-90 invoice protection
  • Free replacement search
  • Five-day onboarding entry

US-hours preference screened into every shortlist.

Employer of Record

Employing the project team
$149 /employee/mo

$129 per head past twenty. Salary and statutory pass through at actuals; invoices arrive itemised in USD.

Model the budget
  • Indian employment contracts
  • IP assignment and NDA chain
  • Monthly INR payroll
  • PF, ESIC, PT and TDS filings
  • Group health insurance
  • Gratuity accrual
  • Security and device onboarding
  • Post-project transfer options
  • Indian employment contracts
  • IP assignment and NDA chain
  • Monthly INR payroll
  • PF, ESIC, PT and TDS filings
Plus four more inclusions
  • Group health insurance
  • Gratuity accrual
  • Security and device onboarding
  • Post-project transfer options

The employment structure US counsel can actually review.

Project teams past twenty heads

$149 $129 /employee/mo

Bigger builds price at $129 from head twenty-one. Recruitment percentages are identical at any scale.

Inside the monthly fee

  • Payroll and payslips
  • Statutory compliance
  • Insurance admin
  • Employment documentation
  • Leave tracking
  • Reimbursements
  • Filing calendar
  • Named account manager

Volume pricing

$149 $129 /employee/mo

Past twenty heads the fee is $129 each.

Inside the monthly fee

  • Payroll and payslips
  • Statutory compliance
  • Insurance admin
  • Employment documentation
  • Leave tracking
  • Reimbursements
  • Filing calendar
  • Named account manager

Statutory employer costs add about 13% to 17% over salary, billed at actuals. To compare a full project team against any US vendor bid, load the EOR versus entity calculator with the roles on your plan.

US-to-India project outsourcing, asked from America.

The questions US buyers raise before moving a project across eleven and a half time zones.

How do the time zones actually work day to day?

India is nine and a half to twelve and a half hours ahead of the US. We recruit engineers who prefer shifted schedules, giving you a two-to-four-hour daily overlap window that covers US mornings on the East Coast or evenings on the West. Standups, reviews and pairing happen live inside that window; deep work happens in the rest of the Indian day.

Is our IP actually safe with an India team?

Yes, when the chain is built properly. Each team member signs IP assignment and confidentiality obligations as an employee of our Indian entity, and our agreement with you assigns all work product through to your company. Indian contract law enforces these terms, and your counsel can review every document in the chain before work begins.

Why not just hire a US-based dev shop with an India office?

You can, but you will pay US-agency margin on Indian salaries and still not know the people. This structure removes the intermediary economics: you interview and choose the team, salaries pass through at cost, and the only overhead is $149 per person per month plus a one-time recruitment fee.

What size project makes sense to move to India?

Anything that keeps two or more people busy for six months or longer models well; the structure's advantages compound with duration. One-off gigs of a few weeks fit freelance platforms better, and we will tell you so rather than staff them.

How do payments work from a US company?

You receive one monthly USD invoice itemising each person's salary, statutory employer costs and our fee. We handle INR payroll, withholdings and filings in India. No Indian bank account, entity or FX management is needed on your side.

What if the project scales up mid-way?

Additional roles go through the same nine-day shortlist cycle, and new hires onboard in five days. Past twenty employed heads the monthly fee steps down to $129, which project ramps regularly trigger.

What happens to the team when the project ends?

You decide: continue into maintenance and the next phase, redeploy them to other work, wind roles down with proper notice and settlements, or transfer everyone to your own Indian entity with continuity of service. Nothing about the structure forces the dissolution a vendor model defaults to.

Longer reading: Outsourcing projects from the USA to India, the guide · Industries moving US work to India · Outsourcing work to India, the hub

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What the first call covers

30 minutes

A cost comparison for your headcount, on your numbers, both routes.

  • A written cost breakdown
  • Entity documents before the call
  • PF, ESI, TDS, termination law
  • No follow-up sequence
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