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For SMBs and scaleups: an India function on a business budget.

You do not have venture money to burn or a people-ops department to spare. What you have is a growing order book and roles you cannot fill affordably at home. We stand up a small India function for businesses like yours: real employees recruited against your brief, employed on our Bengaluru entity, run properly for $149 a month each.

No venture budget needed. We recruit and employ a small India function for your business at $149 per person per month, run properly.

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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.

Stretching the local budget versus adding an India function.

The comparison that matters for an SMB is not India versus home. It is the roles you can afford to fill versus the ones staying open.

Local-only hiring

India function via Versatile

The open role
Unfilled for two quarters and counting
Shortlisted in nine days
Fully loaded cost
A senior local salary plus benefits
Often 40% to 60% lower all-in
Admin burden
Owner or office manager absorbs it
Payroll and compliance done for you
Commitment
Permanent local overhead
Month-to-month infrastructure
Quality of candidates
Thin local pool for the budget
Deep market at the same budget
Risk if it fails
Severance and a hole in the team
Lawful exit, arrangement just ends

Local-only hiring
The open role Unfilled for two quarters and counting
Fully loaded cost A senior local salary plus benefits
Admin burden Owner or office manager absorbs it
Commitment Permanent local overhead
Quality of candidates Thin local pool for the budget
Risk if it fails Severance and a hole in the team

India function via Versatile
The open role Shortlisted in nine days
Fully loaded cost Often 40% to 60% lower all-in
Admin burden Payroll and compliance done for you
Commitment Month-to-month infrastructure
Quality of candidates Deep market at the same budget
Risk if it fails Lawful exit, arrangement just ends
Day 1
One call about the roles you cannot fill
Day 9
Shortlists arrive priced within budget
Week 3
Interviews done around your workday
Week 4
First employee live on our entity
Month 2
Payroll humming, second role opened
Year 1
A stable function, not an experiment

What an unfilled role quietly costs a small business.

Every month a key role sits open, the cost lands somewhere: overtime for the existing team, delayed projects, owners doing line work at executive prices. It rarely appears on a report, which is why it persists.

Filling the role from India converts that hidden bleed into a visible, smaller number: salary at actuals, statutory add-ons, and $149 a month of infrastructure.

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Illustrative cost of one key role left unfilled Cumulative output and overtime impact across a year
$11,000 Quarter 1
$23,000 Quarter 2
$36,000 Quarter 3
$49,000 Quarter 4
Illustration combining overtime, delay and coverage costs for one mid-level role. Actual impact varies with the role and the business.
Where the money goes either way
Role stays unfilled Hidden costs pile up
Filled from India Visible, smaller line

SMBs do not need offshore transformation programmes. They need two or three good people at a cost the P&L can carry. That is a solvable problem. Cost your open roles both ways with the EOR versus entity calculator and see what the budget really buys.

What stays on your desk, and what leaves it.

You run the people the way you run the rest of the business. The Indian employment plumbing never reaches your desk.

You run

  • Day-to-day work and priorities
  • Who gets hired and what they earn
  • The standards the work is held to

We handle

  • Finding candidates worth your time
  • Employing them under Indian law
  • Paying them correctly every month
  • Insurance, leave and any exits

You run
  • Assign the work
  • Choose the people
  • Set the pay
  • Keep the bar

We handle
  • Source the talent
  • Paper the employment
  • Run the payroll
  • Handle the filings
  • Sort the insurance
  • Manage departures

When something happens in India, it is ours.
The business and its customers Yours, obviously
Employer duties in India Foo Falcon Technologies
The team's output Yours by contract

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

Sized for small teams

No minimum headcount, no enterprise onboarding, no platform to learn. Businesses start with one role, see a clean payroll cycle, and add the second when the first pays for itself.

Prices a P&L can hold

Salary at actuals, roughly 13% to 17% statutory on top, $149 a month each, and a one-time 12% of CTC when we recruit. An owner can hold the whole cost model in their head, which is how it should be.

No new department required

You do not hire an HR person to manage India. Payslips, filings, insurance claims and leave questions route to our team, and your office manager keeps their existing job.

Room to become a scaleup

If the function grows past twenty heads the fee steps down, and if you ever want your own Indian entity, the team transfers onto it. Nothing about starting small locks you in small.

Sized for small teams

No minimum headcount, no enterprise onboarding, no platform to learn. Businesses start with one role, see a clean payroll cycle, and add the second when the first pays for itself.

The model works at two heads, not just two hundred.

Prices a P&L can hold

Salary at actuals, roughly 13% to 17% statutory on top, $149 a month each, and a one-time 12% of CTC when we recruit. An owner can hold the whole cost model in their head, which is how it should be.

Simple pricing is a feature, not a marketing choice.

No new department required

You do not hire an HR person to manage India. Payslips, filings, insurance claims and leave questions route to our team, and your office manager keeps their existing job.

The overhead you avoid is part of the return.

Moving someone across

If the India function outgrows the arrangement.

Businesses that scale past the crossover point move the team onto their own entity in one cycle. Most stay, because the numbers keep working.

The team and its routines Kept
Wages and benefits Kept
Compliance during the move Continuous
Business interruption 0 days

Growth changes the paperwork, not the people.

Supporting evidence

Look up the company that would employ your team.

Foo Falcon Technologies Pvt Ltd, Bengaluru, has been on India's MCA register since 2022. The filings are public, and we show small-business owners exactly where to check them on the first call.

  • 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

Proof of registration and filings before any commitment.

200

workers brought over to our entity in one client consolidation

33

businesses whose India teams we quietly run each month

5 days

from a signed offer to a working 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.

Owners and operators who added an India function.

Small and mid-sized businesses on filling the roles that had stayed open for quarters.

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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

Two prices, written for an owner's spreadsheet.

A hiring fee when we find someone, a monthly fee while they are employed. That is the entire model.

Recruitment

We fill the stubborn roles
12% of annual CTC

12% of annual CTC for junior and mid roles, 15% for senior. You are invoiced only after the hire's ninetieth day.

Describe the role
  • Role brief in one conversation
  • Nine-day candidate shortlist
  • Honest salary guidance
  • Interviews around your hours
  • Offer handled end to end
  • No invoice before day 90
  • Free replacement search
  • Straight into onboarding
  • Role brief in one conversation
  • Nine-day candidate shortlist
  • Honest salary guidance
  • Interviews around your hours
Plus four more inclusions
  • Offer handled end to end
  • No invoice before day 90
  • Free replacement search
  • Straight into onboarding

Found someone yourself? Then there is nothing to pay us for the search.

Employer of Record

We employ your India staff
$149 /employee/mo

Drops to $129 each past twenty employees. Wages and statutory costs are passed through at cost, listed line by line.

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  • Proper employment contracts
  • Payroll on a fixed date
  • PF, ESIC and tax filings
  • Health insurance included
  • Gratuity accrual handled
  • Leave records kept
  • Exits done lawfully
  • Entity transfer available
  • Proper employment contracts
  • Payroll on a fixed date
  • PF, ESIC and tax filings
  • Health insurance included
Plus four more inclusions
  • Gratuity accrual handled
  • Leave records kept
  • Exits done lawfully
  • Entity transfer available

Everything an employer must do in India, done monthly.

Past twenty staff

$149 $129 /employee/mo

Few SMB functions get there, but the discount is automatic if yours does. Recruitment pricing never moves with size.

Inside the monthly fee

  • Monthly payroll and payslips
  • Government filings
  • Insurance paperwork
  • Contracts and HR letters
  • Leave tracking
  • Expense claims
  • Deadline management
  • One person to call

Volume pricing

$149 $129 /employee/mo

$129 per person monthly beyond twenty staff.

Inside the monthly fee

  • Monthly payroll and payslips
  • Government filings
  • Insurance paperwork
  • Contracts and HR letters
  • Leave tracking
  • Expense claims
  • Deadline management
  • One person to call

Employer statutory costs add about 13% to 17% on wages at actuals. Check your open roles against the numbers in the EOR versus entity calculator in a few minutes.

What business owners ask us first.

Straight answers for businesses without an HR department or a legal team.

We are not a tech company. Does this still work?

Yes. Alongside engineers, our clients employ accountants, bookkeepers, customer service staff, designers, estimators and back-office teams through the same model. If the role can be done remotely, it can be done this way.

Is one hire enough to begin with?

One person. There is no minimum team size, no setup fee and no long contract. Many businesses hire a single role, watch a couple of payroll cycles run cleanly, and grow from there at their own pace.

What does one employee cost me per month, roughly?

Their salary at actuals, statutory employer costs of about 13% to 17% on top, and our $149 fee. If we recruited them, a one-time 12% of their annual CTC applies after they pass 90 days. All of it appears itemised on one monthly invoice.

Who manages them day to day?

You do, exactly like your local staff: your tools, your meetings, your standards. We never sit between you and your team on work matters; our lane is employment, payroll and compliance.

What time zones and hours do India teams work?

Whatever you agree in the employment terms. Many of our clients' employees keep a partial or full overlap with US, UK or Australian hours, and overlap expectations are set in writing during hiring so nobody discovers them later.

What happens if business slows down?

You scale down lawfully. We handle notice, final settlement and exit paperwork under Indian law, the monthly fee stops with the role, and there is no entity or lease left over to keep paying for.

Longer reading: Build a team in India, step by step · Your first hires as a founder · Hiring in India, the full guide

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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