FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
CodeBranch
Nearshore outsourcing involves working with teams in neighboring or nearby countries, offering closer time zones, cultural similarities, and faster collaboration. Offshore outsourcing often deals with countries farther away, creating challenges in time zones and communication.
Nearshore teams provide overlapping working hours, reducing delays. Cultural similarities improve communication, and physical proximity makes occasional in-person meetings feasible.
Nearshore companies offer cost savings similar to offshore models but with added benefits like smoother communication, faster response times, and easier alignment with U.S. business practices.
Our team has extensive experience in multiple technologies. We have worked on web, mobile and desktop development projects (including different operating systems and industries). Here you can see some examples of the most common technologies our partners ask us to work on:
https://www.codebranch.co/about/technologies
We work with startups building their first MVP, growing companies that need to scale quickly, and larger organizations looking for flexible development support.
We have successfully delivered projects in industries such as consumer electronics, IoT, audio, Music, Finance, marketing, Construction, healthcare, e-commerce, fintech, connected devices, cryptocurrency, video games and logistics among others.
https://www.codebranch.co/industries
We can share relevant case studies tailored to your domain.
Unlike generic outsourcing firms, we recruit developers tailored to each project, scale teams up or down as needed, and bring domain expertise in creative and emerging tech.
We have a rigorous technical assessment process during the recruitment phase, which consists of 3 steps: Automated Testing, Home Assignment, and Live Coding Interview. In addition, we encourage our partners to implement quality assurance practices in their development teams, such as automated code reviews, unit testing, besides setting up a well structured QA process.
Our nearshore services are around 50%+ cheaper than in-house development.
We charge a monthly fee per developer, which varies depending on their seniority and the candidate's expectations.
We also have a monthly management fee of US$2200. For this fee, we provide a management service that includes Technical guidance and mentorship, product software architecture, and project management.
This fee is for teams of up to 6 members, from the 7th member, there is a proportional increase.
We don't have hidden costs as you will pay for the exact team that will be woerking on your project. Although we don't work under a scope-based approach, we estimate all the software development projects we work on.
To accurately estimate the projects, we use a Story Point (SP) methodology, which allows us to have a solid idea of the initial project duration and budget.
With this methodology there is a time margin of error that you need to be aware of.
Our dedicated teams are located in Colombia, this means we are able to work on the USA time zones.
We accommodate the project management software used by our partners, but if they don't have a standard one, we can use ours, which is based on Coda and Slack.
Our team members do daily reports instead of daily stand-ups to be more effective, but we can set the daily stand-ups if needed.
We present a weekly plan and report and have a weekly meeting to evaluate the team's performance and set the roadmap for the next week.
Yes, we offer flexibility to scale your team based on project demands, ensuring you only pay for the resources you need.
We primarily use Agile and Scrum (storypoints) methodologies to ensure iterative delivery and flexibility, but we can adapt to other frameworks if required.
We emphasize detailed planning and project structuring. We deliver project estimates based on Story points. Additionally we implement constant monitoring during execution, and proactive risk management to ensure projects are delivered on schedule and within budget.
However, due to the uncertain nature of software development projects (added scope, missed scope, etc.), we cannot guarantee that we will adhere to an exact budget.
We don't work under a scope based project, we build and manage your dedicated team based on the needs of the project and they are completely flexible to changes in the project.
Changes in scope are structured in the project management platform and estimated to understand the impact of those before starting work on them.
We use robust security measures, including encryption, secure protocols, and adherence to global standards like GDPR and ISO 27001.
We sign NDAs and intellectual property agreements with clients and all of our team members, ensuring your IP rights remain fully protected.
All our management team members are fully fluent in English, ensuring clear and effective communication.
We can provide developers who are completely fluent in English if our partners require it, and for those partners who are flexible with language requirements, we guarantee developers who are at least completely fluent in written English.
In Colombia we have a very strong cultural affinity with the USA, because of our geographic proximity and demographic mix we share many values and ways of working, you will love working with Colombians.
We are happy to connect you with current and previous partners that can give you information about their experience working with our dedicated teams.
In our web page we have a lot of case studies that you can check for references.
Many of our clients have worked with us for years due to our reliable delivery and consistent quality.
We maintain open communication, resolve issues promptly, and follow a structured conflict resolution process to ensure a positive outcome.