Quick note before we start: Ryz Labs wrote this page, and we're one of the options on it. We believe we're the stronger pick for most US engineering teams. Facts about other providers come from public sources, listed below.
Arc (arc.dev) publishes its pricing. For freelance developers, its pricing page lists "$15 - $110+" per hour, and its FAQ says "most Arc Developers charge between $60-100+/hour (USD)." For full-time hires, Arc charges "20% of the annual salary" per hire, and it says you pay "$0 until you hire." It offers a trial of up to two weeks for freelance roles and a 3-month replacement guarantee for permanent hires.
Those prices buy individual developers from a global pool, whom you then manage. For senior engineers who work as part of your team, Ryz Labs is the better value: top 1% senior engineers who join your standups and repos on New York hours, plus AI pod teams that ship to production, and a scoped plan, a price and the names of the people before you sign. Get a Ryz quote and compare it for the same roles.
Arc runs two main models, plus a conversion path between them.
Arc says its freelance talent is "Top 2% of talent, fully vetted," after a five-step process: application screening, a coding assessment, a hands-on project, a behavioral interview, and a technical interview with a senior engineer.
Seniority. The spread from $15/hr to $110+/hr mostly reflects experience. Arc's pricing page starts at $15/hr, while its FAQ puts most developers at $60-100+/hr.
Location. Arc says most of its developers are in the US, Europe and Latin America. Location shapes the rate and the time-zone overlap, which depends on the developer you hire.
Freelance vs full-time. A freelancer is billed by the hour with nothing up front. A full-time hire costs 20% of salary once, then the salary.
Management time. Arc places individuals. Day-to-day direction, and coordination if you hire several people, stays with you.
Our pricing is a custom quote, scoped per team. Team shape, seniority and duration all change the price, so we scope it to the team you need. Before you sign, you get a scoped plan, a price, and the names of the people who would do the work.
The price covers top 1% senior Latin American engineers, out of tens of thousands interviewed. Recruiters source candidates, our in-house ARC system ranks the pipeline (it's unrelated to arc.dev), and every candidate goes through a structured NTRVSTA AI interview, with recruiter review before and after. AI scores are advisory; people decide. Our engineers join your standups, your repos and your roadmap from week one, and every one of them works within one hour of US time zones.
For AI work, our AI pod teams (about 7 senior engineers, including a tech lead and an ML engineer) build AI systems inside your cloud, repos and CI, with weekly demos. One built a marketing-compliance system for a global capital management firm that took review of 8,000+ documents from days to hours. See our case studies.
You sign one contract with Ryz. Our engineers work with us as independent contractors, and we handle paying them. We also do direct-hire placement and executive search.
If you want to hire one developer through a self-serve platform with published rates, Arc is set up for that.
For most US teams hiring senior engineers for core, ongoing work, Ryz is the better value. You get top 1% senior engineers working inside your team on New York hours, with no screening for overlap on your side, and an AI pod team that ships to production when you need AI built. You know exactly who you're getting before you sign, and Fortune 500 engineering teams trust us for exactly this. See Ryz Labs vs Arc and Arc alternatives.
Arc's pricing page lists $15-$110+ per hour for freelancers. Its FAQ says most developers charge $60-100+/hr.
20% of the annual salary per hire, with a 3-month guarantee and a free replacement match.
Arc publishes rates and Toptal doesn't; Clutch lists Toptal at $100-$149/hr, and Toptal adds a $79 monthly subscription. See Toptal vs Arc and Toptal pricing.
Convert both to a monthly cost for the same roles and hours, then add your own screening and management time to the Arc side. Our quote comes with a scoped plan and the names of the people who would do the work. Talk to us.
Last checked October 2026. Pricing, trials and services move fast in this market, so verify the details with each vendor.