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A remote staffing agency for India that shows you the margin.

Traditional staffing agencies quote you an hourly rate and keep the difference between it and the salary hidden. We split the model open: a 12% recruitment fee when we find the person, $149 a month to employ them on our Bengaluru entity, and the salary itself passes through untouched. Your staff, our paperwork, no spread.

Recruitment at 12% of CTC, employment on our entity at $149 a month, salary passed through with nothing added. The staffing agency model without the hidden margin.

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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.

Hourly-rate staffing versus recruit-plus-employ.

The body-shop quote looks simple: one hourly rate per head. What it hides is how much of that rate reaches the person doing the work. Here is the same engagement priced both ways.

Hourly body shop

Versatile recruit + employ

What you pay
A blended hourly rate, margin undisclosed
Salary at cost, plus 12% once and $149 monthly
What the person earns
Whatever is left after the agency's cut
The full salary you approved, visible on the payslip
Who they work for
The agency, loaned to you
You in practice, our entity on paper
Retention lever
None. Raises widen the agency's quote
Raise the salary and it reaches the person whole
Switching cost
Contract buyout clauses and replacement fees
People convert to your own entity whenever you open one
Visibility
One line item, no breakdown
Salary, statutory cost and our fee itemised monthly

Hourly body shop
What you pay A blended hourly rate, margin undisclosed
What the person earns Whatever is left after the agency's cut
Who they work for The agency, loaned to you
Retention lever None. Raises widen the agency's quote
Switching cost Contract buyout clauses and replacement fees
Visibility One line item, no breakdown

Versatile recruit + employ
What you pay Salary at cost, plus 12% once and $149 monthly
What the person earns The full salary you approved, visible on the payslip
Who they work for You in practice, our entity on paper
Retention lever Raise the salary and it reaches the person whole
Switching cost People convert to your own entity whenever you open one
Visibility Salary, statutory cost and our fee itemised monthly
Day 1
You brief the roles, budgets and must-haves
Day 9
Screened shortlist with market pay data lands
Day 14
Interviews done, offers out through our entity
Day 19
Onboarding complete inside the 5-day window
Month 1
First payroll runs, salary itemised at cost
Day 90
Recruitment invoice raised, only for hires who stayed

The markup you never see compounds every month.

On a typical staffed engagement the gap between the hourly rate you pay and the salary the person receives runs 30% to 50%. Over a year, per person, that is a serious sum flowing to a middleman for payroll admin worth a fraction of it.

Our whole charge is the flat monthly fee plus a one-time recruitment fee. Everything else reaches the person, which is also why staffed-through-us engineers stay longer.

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Illustrative agency margin paid over time, one senior engineer Gap between billed rate and salary at a 40% blended markup
$4,800 Month 3
$9,600 Month 6
$14,400 Month 9
$19,200 Month 12
Illustration for one senior engineer billed at a 40% blended markup over salary. Actual spreads vary by vendor, role and rate card.
Where the money goes in each model
Hourly body shop, margin undisclosed The agency keeps the gap
Recruit + employ through Versatile The person gets the salary

Ask any staffing vendor one question: what does the developer actually take home? The pause tells you where the margin lives. Price a real role both ways with the EOR versus entity calculator and compare the totals against any hourly quote you have.

The division of labour on a staffed team.

You direct the work as if the team sat in your office. We carry the employment, the filings and the payroll so no Indian entity is needed on your side.

You run

  • Day-to-day direction and standups
  • Performance goals and reviews
  • Compensation decisions, passed through whole

We handle

  • Sourcing and the nine-day shortlist
  • Employment on our Bengaluru entity
  • Payroll with every statutory filing
  • Replacements when a hire does not stick

You run
  • Run the standups
  • Set the goals
  • Review performance
  • Decide the raises

We handle
  • Source and screen
  • Employ on our entity
  • Run monthly payroll
  • File PF, ESIC and TDS
  • Insure through group cover
  • Replace early leavers

When something happens in India, it is ours.
Candidate sourcing and screening Versatile runs the search
Employment contract and statutory cover Versatile's entity holds it
Team direction and output Yours from day one

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

The rate card is public

12% of annual CTC for junior and mid hires, 15% for senior, leadership scoped individually, $149 a month per employed head. Any staffing quote you receive can be checked against those four numbers in a minute.

Paid only for hires that stick

The recruitment invoice is raised on day 90, not on the offer date. A hire who leaves inside the first quarter costs you nothing on the search, and the replacement search starts without a new fee.

Staff who know who employs them

Everyone we staff is a real employee of Foo Falcon Technologies with PF, gratuity accrual, group health cover and a payslip that matches the salary you approved. That is why they treat the role as a career, not a bench posting.

An exit that is designed in

Open your own Indian entity later and the team transfers to it with tenure intact. There is no buyout clause and no replacement penalty, because the people were never our leverage.

The rate card is public

12% of annual CTC for junior and mid hires, 15% for senior, leadership scoped individually, $149 a month per employed head. Any staffing quote you receive can be checked against those four numbers in a minute.

Opaque quotes do not survive an itemised comparison.

Paid only for hires that stick

The recruitment invoice is raised on day 90, not on the offer date. A hire who leaves inside the first quarter costs you nothing on the search, and the replacement search starts without a new fee.

Our incentive is the retained hire, not the placement.

Staff who know who employs them

Everyone we staff is a real employee of Foo Falcon Technologies with PF, gratuity accrual, group health cover and a payslip that matches the salary you approved. That is why they treat the role as a career, not a bench posting.

Attrition follows the payslip.

Moving someone across

When you eventually want the team in-house.

Staffing through us is not a lock-in. The day your own entity is live, employment transfers across, and continuity of service protects gratuity and leave balances.

Team and reporting lines Kept
Salaries and benefits Kept
Statutory coverage Continuous
Hiring freeze during transfer 0 days

Several clients have made this move; none needed to re-hire anyone.

Supporting evidence

Check the employer before you staff through it.

Staffed employees sit on Foo Falcon Technologies Pvt Ltd, a private limited company in Bengaluru on the MCA register since 2022. Pull the filings yourself or ask us for the extracts.

  • 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

Every statutory challan for your team is available on request.

200

hires shifted onto our payroll in one migration wave

33

client payrolls processed out of Bengaluru every month

5 days

from signed offer to onboarded on our entity

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.

Teams staffed from India through us.

What founders say once the hourly-rate model is behind them and the payslip matches the budget.

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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

Staffing priced as two visible numbers.

A one-time recruitment fee when we source, a flat monthly employment fee per head, and salaries at cost. Nothing blended, nothing hidden.

Recruitment

We build the shortlist
12% of annual CTC

Junior and mid roles at 12%, senior at 15%, leadership quoted by scope. Invoiced on day 90, so early leavers cost nothing.

Brief us a role
  • Nine-day screened shortlist
  • Market pay benchmarks per role
  • Communication and culture screen
  • Interview coordination end to end
  • Offer negotiation support
  • Day-90 invoicing
  • Free replacement search
  • Direct handoff into EOR onboarding
  • Nine-day screened shortlist
  • Market pay benchmarks per role
  • Communication and culture screen
  • Interview coordination end to end
Plus four more inclusions
  • Offer negotiation support
  • Day-90 invoicing
  • Free replacement search
  • Direct handoff into EOR onboarding

Candidates you source yourself carry no recruitment fee.

Employer of Record

We employ your staffed team
$149 /employee/mo

Drops to $129 per head past twenty employees. Salary and statutory costs pass through at actuals.

Price my team
  • Employment on our Bengaluru entity
  • Monthly payroll with payslips
  • PF, ESIC, PT and TDS filings
  • Group health insurance access
  • Gratuity accrued from day one
  • Leave and attendance tracking
  • Exit and full-and-final handling
  • Transfer-out to your entity anytime
  • Employment on our Bengaluru entity
  • Monthly payroll with payslips
  • PF, ESIC, PT and TDS filings
  • Group health insurance access
Plus four more inclusions
  • Gratuity accrued from day one
  • Leave and attendance tracking
  • Exit and full-and-final handling
  • Transfer-out to your entity anytime

The employment layer under every staffed seat.

Past twenty staffed heads

$149 $129 /employee/mo

The employment fee steps down at twenty-one heads. The recruitment percentages never change with volume.

Inside the monthly fee

  • Payroll processing and payslips
  • All statutory filings and challans
  • Group health cover access
  • HR documentation and letters
  • Leave management
  • Expense reimbursements
  • Compliance calendar ownership
  • Named account manager

Volume pricing

$149 $129 /employee/mo

$129 per head once your staffed team passes twenty.

Inside the monthly fee

  • Payroll processing and payslips
  • All statutory filings and challans
  • Group health cover access
  • HR documentation and letters
  • Leave management
  • Expense reimbursements
  • Compliance calendar ownership
  • Named account manager

Salaries and employer statutory contributions are billed at actuals with no markup. To see a full engagement priced next to an hourly staffing quote, run the EOR versus entity calculator with your real numbers.

Remote staffing from India, asked plainly.

What buyers comparing staffing agencies ask us before switching models.

How is this different from a normal staffing agency?

A conventional agency employs the worker and bills you an hourly rate with its margin folded inside. We charge a visible 12% recruitment fee once and $149 per month for employment, and the salary passes through at cost. You always know what the person earns and what we make.

Do the staffed employees work exclusively for us?

Yes. Each person is recruited against your brief, employed on our Bengaluru entity, and works only on your team under your direction. There is no bench and no rotation; we are the employer of record, not a consultancy reselling hours.

What happens if a staffed hire underperforms?

You manage performance exactly as you would in-house, and we execute whatever you decide, from a performance plan to an exit with full and final settlement. If someone leaves within 90 days of joining, the recruitment fee was never invoiced and the replacement search is free.

Can we take the team in-house later?

That path is built in. When your own Indian entity is ready, employment transfers with continuity of service, so gratuity and leave carry over. No buyout, no penalty, no re-papering of the working relationship.

What does a staffed engineer cost in total?

Salary at market rate, statutory employer costs of roughly 13% to 17% on top, our $149 monthly fee, and the one-time 12% recruitment fee spread over the tenure. For most roles the total lands well under a blended hourly quote for the same seniority.

How fast can a staffed team be running?

The shortlist arrives within nine days of the brief. Interviews and offers usually take another week, and onboarding onto our entity completes in five days. A first pod of three to five people is typically productive inside a month.

Is there a minimum team size?

No. Plenty of clients start with a single staffed hire and grow from there. The $149 fee applies from the first head, and the volume step-down to $129 opens past twenty.

Longer reading: Evaluating remote staffing companies · Recruiting in India, the full service · EOR India, the full playbook

Tell us where you are on the decision.

A role you want to hire, a team you want moved, or just the two routes to compare. A named person replies in 4 to 6 hours.

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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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