We'll say this up front: Ryz Labs wrote this page, and we're one of the options on it. We think we're the stronger pick for a specific kind of work, and we'll say where Endava is the better choice. Facts about other firms come from their own sites, filings and public listings, listed at the end.
Endava is a London-headquartered, NYSE-listed (DAVA) technology services firm founded in 2000, with 11,225 people at March 31, 2026 and operations in over 25 countries. It sells digital transformation, "AI-native" delivery, core modernization and cloud, and it's best known for payments: it says 90% of the largest payment companies use its services. Buyers look at alternatives when they want a senior team that works US business hours, reports to their own leads, and builds one system to fit, or when they want published prices. For that, our pick is Ryz Labs. For large payments platform modernization run by a specialist, Endava is often the right place to stay.
The question we hear most from teams comparing us with Endava is about who runs the work. With Ryz, your leads do. Our top 1% senior engineers join your standups, repos and roadmap from week one, on US business hours including New York hours, so code review and design calls happen the same day. Only the top 1% of the tens of thousands of engineers we've interviewed make it through our vetting process, and Fortune 500 engineering teams trust us with production work.
When you need AI built, a dedicated AI pod of about 7 senior engineers, including a tech lead, an ML engineer and backend engineers, works in your cloud, repos and CI with weekly demos. Our pods built fraud detection for a global fleet company ($5.94M in fraud confirmed by the client's fraud team, 244K+ invoices scored) and marketing compliance review for a global capital management firm that took 8,000+ documents a year from days to hours. See our case studies.
Our rates are public: mid-level $7,000 to $10,000 a month, senior $10,000 to $15,000, leads quoted per team. A four-person senior pod for six months is 4 × $10,000 to $15,000 × 6, or $240,000 to $360,000. Try the AI development cost calculator.
Where we're not the right fit: follow-the-sun coverage across Europe and Asia, a multi-year managed-services contract, or a specialist payments platform program. Endava or another global firm fits those better.
EPAM is Endava's closest like-for-like peer: an engineering-first firm founded in 1993, headquartered in Newtown, Pennsylvania, with about 62,850 people at June 30, 2026. Its financial services work covers wealth management, retail and commercial banking, and open banking and payments. It suits buyers who want Endava's model at a larger scale. See Ryz Labs vs EPAM and EPAM alternatives.
Globant was founded in Buenos Aires in 2003, is NYSE-listed and had about 27,400 employees at March 31, 2026. Alongside its Studios, it sells AI Pods, where AI agents do the work under Globant expert supervision, on a token-metered monthly subscription through Glob.AI. It acquired Blankfactor to build out its payments studio in North America. See Globant pricing and Ryz Labs vs Globant.
Thoughtworks was founded in Chicago in 1993 and taken private by Apax Funds in 2024. It says it has 10,000+ people, and it sells AI-enabled modernization on its AI/works platform, including mainframe work with Mechanical Orchard. Its payments work includes rebuilding India's NPCI platform, which it says handles 8B+ transactions a month. See Ryz Labs vs Thoughtworks.
BairesDev was founded in Buenos Aires in 2009 and says it has 4,000+ engineers across 100+ technologies. It sells staff augmentation, dedicated teams led by its own technical PMs, and software outsourcing, and lists fintech services such as payment gateway and digital banking development. See Ryz Labs vs BairesDev.
If you need a senior team on your hours, talk to us. Our Ryz Labs vs Endava page covers the head-to-head, and our guide to alternatives to big consultancies for building AI covers the wider field.
Ryz Labs, for US teams that want top 1% senior engineers or an AI pod on their own team, on US business hours, with published prices. For a like-for-like global firm, EPAM.
No. Endava doesn't publish rates, minimums or contract terms. Ryz publishes ranges: $7,000 to $15,000 per engineer per month for mid-level and senior engineers.
Yes. Endava lists delivery sites in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico and Uruguay, alongside Europe and other regions. If you want every engineer on US hours, see hire LatAm developers and our staff augmentation page.
For a payments platform program, EPAM and Thoughtworks both publish payments work. For a senior team that builds on your roadmap, Ryz. See fintech software development companies.
We checked these facts in October 2026. Pricing and services change often, so confirm the details with each firm before you sign.
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