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Offshoring consultants charge for the map. We drive the route.

A typical India offshoring consultant sells you a readiness assessment, a location study and a roadmap deck, then leaves before anything is built. Our advice comes free and biased in a direction we disclose: we think most companies should start with an EOR, and we are one. Bring us your offshoring question and leave with a costed plan, not an invoice.

Consultants sell roadmap decks. We give the India setup advice free, disclose our bias, and then execute the plan if you want us to.

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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.

A consulting engagement versus an execution partner.

Both start with the same questions about offshoring to India. They end very differently.

Offshoring consultancy

Versatile advisory + execution

The deliverable
A recommendations deck
A running, paid, compliant team
The fee
Retainers from the first workshop
Advice free; fees only on execution
Accountability
Ends at the final presentation
Continues every payroll cycle
Incentive
More study, longer engagement
Fastest workable setup, disclosed bias
Entity question
A chapter in the deck
A calculator with your real numbers
If the plan fails
You commission a second study
We fix it; the payroll must run

Offshoring consultancy
The deliverable A recommendations deck
The fee Retainers from the first workshop
Accountability Ends at the final presentation
Incentive More study, longer engagement
Entity question A chapter in the deck
If the plan fails You commission a second study

Versatile advisory + execution
The deliverable A running, paid, compliant team
The fee Advice free; fees only on execution
Accountability Continues every payroll cycle
Incentive Fastest workable setup, disclosed bias
Entity question A calculator with your real numbers
If the plan fails We fix it; the payroll must run
Day 1
You bring the offshoring question as it stands
Day 3
Working session: functions, headcount, budgets
Day 5
Costed plan back: model, roles, timeline, price
Day 7
You decide; the plan is yours either way
Week 3
If we execute, shortlists arrive from day nine
Week 5
Chosen candidates onboarded within five working days

What advice-only engagements cost while nothing gets built.

Offshoring studies commonly run three to six months and six figures before a single hire exists. The market moves, candidates take other offers, and the deck describes an India that has already changed.

Our advisory phase is measured in days because it costs nothing and leads somewhere: a plan with real salaries, real statutory costs and a start date.

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Illustrative consulting spend before the first hire Cumulative advisory fees on a typical offshoring study
$30,000 Month 1
$60,000 Month 2
$95,000 Month 3
$125,000 Month 4
Illustration of a mid-market offshoring study retainer. Actual consulting fees vary by firm and scope; the constant is that none of it employs anyone.
What each route leaves you holding
Study first, build later A deck and an invoice
Advise free, build fast A working India team

Free advice from a biased party beats paid advice from a party with no skin in the game, provided the bias is printed on the label. Ours is. Start where our advisory conversations start, with the EOR versus entity calculator loaded with your own headcount and salaries.

What our advisory actually covers.

The same questions a consultancy would study, answered from operating experience and priced for execution.

You run

  • The final call on model and headcount
  • Budget ceilings and role priorities
  • Whether to execute with us at all

We handle

  • Model comparison with your numbers
  • Salary benchmarks per role and city
  • Statutory and compliance mapping
  • Execution, if and when you choose it

You run
  • Bring the question
  • Set the budget
  • Make the call
  • Keep the plan

We handle
  • Compare the models
  • Benchmark salaries
  • Map compliance
  • Cost the plan
  • Recruit if asked
  • Employ if asked

When something happens in India, it is ours.
The offshoring decision itself Yours, never pressured
The costed plan and its numbers Yours to keep, free
Execution and employment Ours only if engaged

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

Bias, disclosed up front

We earn money when companies employ through our entity, so our advice leans EOR and we say so in the first meeting. When an entity or a contractor model genuinely fits better, we put that in writing and walk you to the door.

Advice priced at zero

There is no retainer, no workshop fee and no paywalled report. The advisory costs nothing because execution is the business; if the plan convinces you, we are the ones who run it.

Answers from the operating floor

Salary bands come from searches we closed, compliance timelines from filings we made, onboarding estimates from the five-day process we run monthly. Nothing in the plan is researched; it is remembered.

A plan that survives contact

Because the same team executes, the plan is written to be run: real notice periods, real statutory deadlines, buffer where India needs buffer. Decks do not carry that discipline.

Bias, disclosed up front

We earn money when companies employ through our entity, so our advice leans EOR and we say so in the first meeting. When an entity or a contractor model genuinely fits better, we put that in writing and walk you to the door.

Disclosed bias is cheaper than hidden neutrality.

Advice priced at zero

There is no retainer, no workshop fee and no paywalled report. The advisory costs nothing because execution is the business; if the plan convinces you, we are the ones who run it.

Free advice you can verify beats paid advice you cannot.

Answers from the operating floor

Salary bands come from searches we closed, compliance timelines from filings we made, onboarding estimates from the five-day process we run monthly. Nothing in the plan is researched; it is remembered.

Operators quote from memory, consultants from reports.

Moving someone across

If the plan ends at your own entity, good.

Some advisory conversations conclude that a subsidiary is right, sometimes immediately, sometimes after an EOR phase. Teams we employ in the interim transfer over whole.

Org design from the plan Kept
Compensation frameworks Kept
Compliance during handover Continuous
Momentum lost switching 0 days

Advice that ends our own engagement is still advice we give.

Supporting evidence

Check the operator behind the advice.

Advisory answers come from running Foo Falcon Technologies Pvt Ltd, our Bengaluru employer entity on the MCA register since 2022. Ask for the statutory record and judge the operating depth yourself.

  • 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

Every claim in the plan traceable to filings we can show.

200

employees absorbed in our largest single transition

33

monthly payroll operations informing the advice

5 days

from offer to onboarded when plans go live

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.

Founders who got the plan and the team.

From companies that came with an offshoring question and skipped the consulting invoice entirely.

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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

Advisory free. Execution priced like this.

The consultation costs nothing. If the plan goes live through us, these are the only two fees in it.

Recruitment

When the plan needs new hires
12% of annual CTC

12% of annual CTC junior and mid, 15% senior, leadership by mandate. Invoiced at day 90 of each hire's tenure.

Get the free plan
  • Role definitions from the plan
  • Shortlists in nine days
  • City-level salary data
  • Interview coordination
  • Offer support
  • Day-90 invoicing
  • Replacement search included
  • Direct path into onboarding
  • Role definitions from the plan
  • Shortlists in nine days
  • City-level salary data
  • Interview coordination
Plus four more inclusions
  • Offer support
  • Day-90 invoicing
  • Replacement search included
  • Direct path into onboarding

Roles you fill yourself carry no fee under the plan.

Employer of Record

When the plan says start with EOR
$149 /employee/mo

$129 per head beyond twenty. Salary and statutory amounts pass through at actuals on itemised invoices.

Cost my plan
  • Employment on our Indian entity
  • Payroll with monthly payslips
  • PF, ESIC, PT, TDS compliance
  • Group health cover
  • Gratuity from day one
  • Leave administration
  • Exits and settlements
  • Entity transfer when plans mature
  • Employment on our Indian entity
  • Payroll with monthly payslips
  • PF, ESIC, PT, TDS compliance
  • Group health cover
Plus four more inclusions
  • Gratuity from day one
  • Leave administration
  • Exits and settlements
  • Entity transfer when plans mature

The execution engine the advisory is honest about selling.

Plans beyond twenty heads

$149 $129 /employee/mo

Larger plans price at $129 from the twenty-first employee. Recruitment rates hold flat regardless of plan size.

Inside the monthly fee

  • Payroll processing
  • All statutory filings
  • Insurance administration
  • HR documents
  • Leave management
  • Expense processing
  • Deadline ownership
  • Dedicated account manager

Volume pricing

$149 $129 /employee/mo

Plans past twenty heads run at $129 per head.

Inside the monthly fee

  • Payroll processing
  • All statutory filings
  • Insurance administration
  • HR documents
  • Leave management
  • Expense processing
  • Deadline ownership
  • Dedicated account manager

Employer statutory costs of roughly 13% to 17% sit on top of salary at actuals. The advisory starts by loading your numbers into the EOR versus entity calculator, which you can also run yourself right now.

Offshoring to India advice, questioned properly.

What companies ask when deciding between a consultancy and an operator's free plan.

Why would free advice be any good?

Because it is a sales motion we are open about. The plan has to be accurate and complete to win the execution work, which disciplines it harder than a retainer would. You can also test it: every salary band, statutory rate and timeline in the plan is checkable against public sources.

What does the advisory phase actually produce?

A costed India plan: recommended model with reasoning, role list with salary bands, statutory cost mapping, a compliance calendar, a hiring timeline and the full price of running it through us. It is yours whether or not you engage us.

When do you recommend against an EOR?

When headcount will clearly exceed thirty to forty within the first year or two, when regulated activity requires a local licence held by your own entity, or when the work is genuinely bounded project delivery better suited to a vendor. Each of those goes in writing when we see it.

How do you compare with a Big Four location study?

They cover more countries and produce more documentation; we cover India with operating numbers and produce a start date. If you need a six-country comparison for a board, commission the study. If you have already chosen India, the study buys you little.

What does offshoring to India cost through you?

Per employed head: market salary at actuals, statutory add-ons of roughly 13% to 17%, and $149 a month to us, falling to $129 past twenty heads. Add a one-time 12% of annual CTC where we recruit. Those figures are the whole model.

How long from first call to a working team?

The plan lands within a week of the first working session. Execution adds nine days to shortlist, a week or so of interviews and five days of onboarding. Companies regularly go from question to first employed hire in under six weeks.

Can we take the plan and execute elsewhere?

Yes, and occasionally companies do. The plan carries no licence terms and no obligation. We would rather lose an execution than pad the advisory with lock-ins that make the advice worth less.

Longer reading: Outsourcing work to India, end to end · Company registration versus EOR · The real cost of hiring in India

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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