Website Development - Offshore vs. US-Based
Outsourcing software development to India, Pakistan and Ukraine has become more and more popular over the last few years, with more US businesses looking offshore to save costs on software and website development.
A client recently asked me "If I can pay 5 times less in India and get the website done within the same time, why should I bother dealing with US companies?" Puzzeled for a minute, I promised to think about it and come up with the pros and cons of "shoring" vs.
working with a local company.
Here are the top two I came up with - Benefits of offshore website development: * Cost - often five times less * Time to market - Time zone differences combined with the longer hours invested by offshore companies, means you usually get the finished product sooner Objections to Outsourcing offshore: * Cultural differences and communication challenges, often lead to hidden costs, frustration and an uncertain completion date.
* Lack of privacy & security.
Source code developed for your company is likely to be embedded into other projects.
(Read about government data leak) -- If you feel the pros of offshoring outweigh the cons, make sure you use a "middle-man" in the form of an online market place.
It's a great way to mitigate the risk.
These online market places help ensuring you are buying from a legitimate provider, by listing past performance, feedback and earning's history as well as serving as an escrow holding payment until you are fully satisfied with the work.
I've put together a list of the top online market places to buy software development, webdesign and graphic design online - Project SpringIT Moonlighter Hire Bidder Freelance Web Projects Image Lance Web Developers Index ScriptLance Got Projects Outsource Today Freelance Auctions Freelance Spot Select Designer City IT Jobs Freelance Web Programming Freelance Direct Freelance Central Elance Max Lance The Centrall Mall Quovix Japher Free Agent Projects Pool CodeLance
A client recently asked me "If I can pay 5 times less in India and get the website done within the same time, why should I bother dealing with US companies?" Puzzeled for a minute, I promised to think about it and come up with the pros and cons of "shoring" vs.
working with a local company.
Here are the top two I came up with - Benefits of offshore website development: * Cost - often five times less * Time to market - Time zone differences combined with the longer hours invested by offshore companies, means you usually get the finished product sooner Objections to Outsourcing offshore: * Cultural differences and communication challenges, often lead to hidden costs, frustration and an uncertain completion date.
* Lack of privacy & security.
Source code developed for your company is likely to be embedded into other projects.
(Read about government data leak) -- If you feel the pros of offshoring outweigh the cons, make sure you use a "middle-man" in the form of an online market place.
It's a great way to mitigate the risk.
These online market places help ensuring you are buying from a legitimate provider, by listing past performance, feedback and earning's history as well as serving as an escrow holding payment until you are fully satisfied with the work.
I've put together a list of the top online market places to buy software development, webdesign and graphic design online - Project SpringIT Moonlighter Hire Bidder Freelance Web Projects Image Lance Web Developers Index ScriptLance Got Projects Outsource Today Freelance Auctions Freelance Spot Select Designer City IT Jobs Freelance Web Programming Freelance Direct Freelance Central Elance Max Lance The Centrall Mall Quovix Japher Free Agent Projects Pool CodeLance
