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Hire PHP talent in India. We handle the employment.

PHP still runs an enormous share of the commercial web, and India holds one of the deepest PHP talent pools anywhere: Laravel, Symfony, WordPress and core PHP engineers at every seniority. This page is about employing them properly, as your full-time people on our Bengaluru entity, rather than renting them through an outsourcing shop. Payroll, PF, ESIC, professional tax and TDS are our job; the codebase stays entirely yours.

India's PHP bench is deep across Laravel, Symfony, WordPress and core PHP. We employ your picks full-time on our Bengaluru entity and carry the payroll and filings, while the code and the team stay yours.

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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.

Direct-employed PHP developers versus building the entity yourself.

For a PHP team, the two employment routes split across six practical lines.

PHP team on your subsidiary

PHP team on our entity

Time until code review
Half a year of company formation before the first PHP hire signs.
Their first pull request lands within the week.
Paper trail owner
Contracts wait on a subsidiary that does not exist yet.
Contracts issue from our live Bengaluru registration.
Filing calendar
TDS by the 7th, PF and ESIC by the 15th, professional tax by state, all yours to track.
All ours to hit, with receipts forwarded monthly.
Cost of a missed date
Your company accrues 12% yearly interest plus damages toward 25%.
Accrues against our registration, not yours.
Monthly overhead per developer
Entity fixed costs sit heavy on a team of three or five.
$149 a head, $129 a head past twenty.
Reversibility
Dissolving a subsidiary is a project in itself.
Written notice and a final invoice close it out.

PHP team on your subsidiary
Time until code review Half a year of company formation before the first PHP hire signs.
Paper trail owner Contracts wait on a subsidiary that does not exist yet.
Filing calendar TDS by the 7th, PF and ESIC by the 15th, professional tax by state, all yours to track.
Cost of a missed date Your company accrues 12% yearly interest plus damages toward 25%.
Monthly overhead per developer Entity fixed costs sit heavy on a team of three or five.
Reversibility Dissolving a subsidiary is a project in itself.

PHP team on our entity
Time until code review Their first pull request lands within the week.
Paper trail owner Contracts issue from our live Bengaluru registration.
Filing calendar All ours to hit, with receipts forwarded monthly.
Cost of a missed date Accrues against our registration, not yours.
Monthly overhead per developer $149 a head, $129 a head past twenty.
Reversibility Written notice and a final invoice close it out.
Month 1
Director checks done, name filed
Month 2
Company incorporated at the MCA
Month 3
PAN, TAN and GSTIN registered
Month 4
PF and ESI codes obtained
Month 5
Bank live, payroll stack configured
Month 6
PHP hiring finally possible

Statutory arrears compound whether or not anyone notices.

An unpaid challan quietly gathers 12% annual interest, and damages of up to 25% join it the longer settlement takes.

With your PHP developers employed on our registration, both the obligation and any recovery notice terminate at our door.

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Six months of one unpaid challan Interest plus damages at statutory rates
₹6,200 Day 1
₹41,500 Day 30
₹1,84,000 Day 90
₹3,12,000 Day 180
Modelled on a small team and one missed date. Bigger payrolls or longer arrears scale the outcome up.
Recovery notice, addressed to whom
PHP team on your entity You
PHP team on Versatile's entity Versatile

There is a team size where your own entity wins on cost. The final FAQ states it without spin. Feed your PHP team plan into the EOR versus entity calculator and let the totals decide.

You own the codebase and the standards. We own the employer duties.

Framework choices, review gates and deadlines are yours. Contracts, payroll and the statutory calendar for the PHP team run on our Bengaluru registration with monthly evidence.

You run

  • Framework and architecture decisions
  • Pull request standards and reviews
  • Pay bands, raises and team shape

We handle

  • Employment contracts from our entity
  • The PHP team's monthly payroll
  • PF, ESIC, professional tax and TDS on schedule
  • Leave, benefits and settlements

You run
  • Set the coding standards
  • Review and merge the work
  • Decide compensation
  • Grow the team your way

We handle
  • Contract every PHP hire properly
  • Deliver payroll on time monthly
  • Hit each statutory date
  • Forward the filing receipts
  • Maintain the employment records
  • Take the payroll questions

When something happens in India, it is ours.
A compliance query lands Lands on us
A payslip is disputed We resolve it
The rules get rewritten We brief you plainly

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

PHP screening beyond the framework checkbox.

Vetting probes real Laravel or Symfony depth, legacy-codebase composure and testing habits, because most PHP work is evolving systems, not greenfield.

Employment, not outsourcing.

These are your named, full-time people with payslips and PF accounts, managed by you daily. Nothing is body-shopped and nobody rotates off your project.

Their admin runs through our desk.

PF balances, Form 16, leave accruals and payslip questions from the PHP team come to us, never into your sprint channel.

History rides along if you incorporate.

Set up your own Indian entity someday and the PHP team crosses over with UAN, tenure and gratuity accrual undamaged.

PHP screening beyond the framework checkbox.

Vetting probes real Laravel or Symfony depth, legacy-codebase composure and testing habits, because most PHP work is evolving systems, not greenfield.

Legacy skill is a feature, not a fallback.

Employment, not outsourcing.

These are your named, full-time people with payslips and PF accounts, managed by you daily. Nothing is body-shopped and nobody rotates off your project.

Compare this with the offshore template model.

Their admin runs through our desk.

PF balances, Form 16, leave accruals and payslip questions from the PHP team come to us, never into your sprint channel.

You get the code, we get the queries.

Moving someone across

Take over an existing PHP team's employment cleanly.

PHP developers currently invoicing as freelancers or sitting with an agency can convert to proper employment on our registration in one payroll cycle, with no reset of their service history.

Tenure Kept
Gratuity clock Kept
PF and UAN Continuous
Payroll gap 0 days

The largest single conversion we have run covered 200 people in a cycle.

Supporting evidence

Verify us in writing before anything else.

PHP hires on this page would be employees of Foo Falcon Technologies Pvt Ltd, Bengaluru, registered 2022.

  • 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

One email gets the registration PDF, and we leave the rest to you.

200

people converted to employment on our registration inside one payroll cycle

33

invoices on time and undisputed for one client through 26 months

5 days

between a PHP developer's signed offer and their first payroll day

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 running PHP products on our employment describe it.

Companies with Laravel and WordPress codebases staffed through us talk about how it works.

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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

PHP hiring priced the same flat way.

$149 monthly per PHP developer, $129 each past twenty. Optional recruitment at 12% of CTC. Salaries at actual rupee cost, one USD invoice.

Employer of Record

Employment for PHP hires
$149 /developer/mo

Laravel, Symfony, WordPress or core PHP, the fee is identical. Cross twenty developers and the whole team pays $129.

Start hiring
  • Full-time PHP contract on our entity
  • Statutory cycle covered end to end
  • Single USD invoice for the team
  • On payroll within five business days
  • Compliance contact assigned by name
  • Payroll associate on your account
  • Payslips and portal per developer
  • Entity transfer available later
  • Full-time PHP contract on our entity
  • Statutory cycle covered end to end
  • Single USD invoice for the team
  • On payroll within five business days
Four more items
  • Compliance contact assigned by name
  • Payroll associate on your account
  • Payslips and portal per developer
  • Entity transfer available later

Converting an agency-run PHP team to direct employment? Sales has done it before.

Recruitment

PHP-specific sourcing
12% of annual CTC

Junior and mid-level PHP searches. Senior engineers at 15%; lead and architect roles scoped per mandate. Candidates you supply are free.

Send us a role
  • PHP shortlist within nine days
  • Pay benchmarks by framework and level
  • Interview slots arranged for you
  • Billing deferred to day ninety
  • Senior PHP searches at 15%
  • Architect mandates scoped per role
  • Referrals from you cost nothing
  • Placed on our entity or yours
  • PHP shortlist within nine days
  • Pay benchmarks by framework and level
  • Interview slots arranged for you
  • Billing deferred to day ninety
Four more terms
  • Senior PHP searches at 15%
  • Architect mandates scoped per role
  • Referrals from you cost nothing
  • Placed on our entity or yours

Scaling a Laravel or WordPress team quickly? Sales will scope the pipeline.

Past twenty PHP heads

$149 $129 /developer/mo

The twenty-first hire flips every seat on the team to the $129 rate that cycle.

Carried inside each PHP fee

  • Contract executed by our Bengaluru entity
  • Payroll monthly, payslips itemised
  • Every statutory remittance handled
  • Gratuity accruing from the start
  • Health cover through our group partner
  • USD invoicing at the RBI reference rate
  • Checks, onboarding and Form 16 included
  • Exit and settlement processed by us

Twenty-one flips the team rate

$149 $129 /developer/mo

All PHP seats reprice to $129 together, no amendment and no ask required.

Carried in the fee

  • Contract executed by our Bengaluru entity
  • Payroll monthly, payslips itemised
  • Every statutory remittance handled
  • Gratuity accruing from the start
  • Health cover through our group partner
  • USD invoicing at the RBI reference rate
  • Checks, onboarding and Form 16 included
  • Exit and settlement processed by us

Recruitment invoices at 12% of annual CTC on day ninety for junior and mid-senior PHP roles. Wages and employer contributions appear at the exact amounts remitted. Hardware and insurance extras route through partners at usage. Weigh the two structures in the EOR versus entity calculator with your own figures.

Employing PHP developers in India, the real questions.

Eight questions we hear from teams hiring PHP talent, answered as on our calls. The last covers when we are the wrong pick.

How do I hire PHP developers in India as full-time employees?

Bring your candidate or have us source one, and we employ them on Foo Falcon Technologies Pvt Ltd in Bengaluru: compliant contract, monthly payroll, PF, ESIC, professional tax and TDS all handled. You manage their daily work under our service agreement, and they are on payroll five business days after signing.

How is this different from your offshore PHP developers page?

That page covers the offshore staffing model and its template economics. This one is the direct-employment route: the developer is your dedicated, named, full-time employee via our EOR, not a seat in a delivery pod. Many teams read both and choose employment for anything long-lived.

What is the difference between hiring PHP developers via EOR and an outsourcing agency?

An agency owns the relationship and can rotate people; you buy output. Via EOR you choose the individual, they work only for you, hold a payslip and PF account, and build tenure. The agency premium disappears, replaced by a flat $149 monthly fee.

What do PHP developers earn in India?

Comfortably below Western rates at every level, with Laravel and Symfony specialists commanding the upper band and WordPress talent the entry band. Your invoice shows salary and employer contributions at actual rupee cost plus our fee, converted at the RBI rate.

Can you find PHP developers for legacy codebases?

Yes, and we screen for it deliberately. Much of the world's PHP work is maintaining and modernising running systems, so our vetting weighs legacy composure, refactoring judgment and test discipline alongside framework knowledge. Shortlists arrive within nine days.

Can we convert freelance PHP contractors we already use?

Cleanly. We move them from invoices to employment on our registration in one payroll cycle, preserving start dates, tenure and PF continuity. It also closes the misclassification exposure that long-running contractor arrangements accumulate.

Who owns the code our PHP team writes?

Your company, without qualification. Assignment of work product, inventions and improvements is written into the employment contract and mirrored in our master service agreement. The EOR structure changes the employer of record, never the IP owner.

When should we skip the EOR route for PHP hiring?

Skip it if you already operate a compliant Indian entity, if the work is a sub-three-month engagement better served by a contract, or if the intention is to keep permanent PHP staff on contractor paper indefinitely, which is a misclassification risk we refuse to carry.

Longer reading: Offshore PHP developers · Laravel developers in India · All developer roles

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.

A named person replies in 4 to 6 hours, not an autoresponder.

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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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