How Zeratus Makes Elite Product Teams Affordable
All prices in EUR, cancel or scale anytime.
| Your Goal | Hire Locally | Traditional Outsourcing | Zeratus Team-as-a-Service |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time to first working sprint | 8-12 weeks (recruit & onboard) | 4-6 weeks (vendor ramp-up) | 5 business days – pod is pre-assembled |
| Talent seniority | Mixed; you pay market premium | Mixed; billed as "Sr." but off-shored | 100% senior & lead-level engineers/design/QA |
| AI productivity tooling | Rare / DIY | Often forbidden by vendor policy | Built-in: GPT-4, Claude 3, Copilot, custom LangChain agents |
| Cost transparency | Salary + tax + benefits + tools (~€18-25k p/m for 4 people in EU) | Hourly burn + change-orders | Flat monthly, pause any time, zero change-order fees |
| Knowledge retention | Walks out with staff | Walks out with vendor rotation | Pod stays intact – retention clause baked in |
Choose the pod that matches your project stage and team needs.
Gap-fill for existing team
Green-field MVPs & POCs
Scaling product & feature velocity
Multi-stream roadmaps & heavy compliance
Billed month-to-month, pause or downgrade with 7-day notice • Dedicated near-shore talent (GMT ±2) • All AI tooling, test infra & licenses included
prompt libraries, test-case generators & pair-programming bots cut delivery time by 30-40%
no recruitment fees, no payroll tax, no hardware or SaaS seats – you just pay the pod
roadmap grooming, sprint demos & KPI reviews as if we were employees
NDA + SOC-ready pipelines, option for isolated VPC
spike support week-ends, dial down during planning weeks
Yes. Transition in < 48h because every pod sits on the same Git, Slack & CI conventions.
100%. IP assignment is in the MSA; repos live in your GitHub org from day 1.
We'll swap talent or refund that sprint – your call.
Zeratus delivers elite, AI-enabled squads for 40-60% less cash burn than assembling the same calibre team yourself—without the vendor lock-in or hourly-rate creep of old-school outsourcing.