We'll say this up front: Ryz Labs wrote this page, and we think we're the better choice here. We've kept every fact about other companies to what they publish themselves or what public listings show, with sources at the end.
For most US engineering teams, Ryz Labs is the better choice. You get top 1% senior engineers who join your standups, your repos and your roadmap from week one, all on US business hours. When you need AI built, you get an AI pod team that works in your cloud and ships to production. Before you sign, you see a scoped plan, a price, and the names of the people who would do the work. Fortune 500 engineering teams trust us for exactly this.
Terminal is a US talent platform that helps companies hire remote engineers in Canada, Latin America and Europe, on full-time, contract, contract-to-hire or freelance terms. It fits if you want to hire in Canada or Europe. If you want senior engineers working on your team on New York hours, pick Ryz.
Senior engineers who become part of your team. Our engineers join your standups, your repos and your roadmap from week one. They work to your leads, in your process, so the code and the knowledge stay with your team.
Top 1% vetting you can actually see. We've interviewed tens of thousands of engineers, and only the top 1% make it. Recruiters source candidates, our in-house ARC system ranks the pipeline, and every candidate goes through a structured NTRVSTA AI interview. Recruiters review each candidate before and after that interview. AI scores are advisory, and people make the decisions. You get a recruiter-curated shortlist and run the final interview yourself. Our vetting process page shows every step.
New York hours, every engineer. All of our engineers are in Latin America and work on US business hours. Terminal hires across nine markets, four of them in Europe, so overlap depends on where each hire sits.
AI pod teams that ship to production. When you need AI built, we bring a dedicated pod of senior engineers, often around seven, with a tech lead and an ML engineer. They work in your cloud and repos (AWS, Azure, GitHub, Postgres, Anthropic and OpenAI models) and demo every week. Their work is in production: fraud detection for a global fleet company that has scored 244K+ invoices in under 30 seconds each and surfaced $5.94M in fraud confirmed by the client's fraud team and an AI voice platform with 1M+ outbound calls. See our case studies.
Know the team before you commit. After a first conversation you get a scoped plan, a price, and the names of the people who would do the work.
Trusted by Fortune 500 engineering teams, across industries. We work with US enterprises in every industry, including financial services, and we bring decades of LatAm expertise. Our recruiting AI is governed under EU AI Act high-risk requirements, and we follow GDPR and CCPA/CPRA.
Terminal was founded in 2016 by CEO Dylan Serota and is backed by investors including Lightspeed and Kleiner Perkins. It says it has hired 2,000+ engineers and has a network of 250,000+ software engineers. It recruits in nine markets across Canada (with hubs in Vancouver, Toronto and Kitchener-Waterloo), Latin America and Europe. Companies can hire full-time, or bring on contract, contract-to-hire, dedicated-team or freelance developers.
Terminal doesn't publish a rate card. Its FAQ says full-time placements carry a placement fee plus a monthly recurring fee. Its nearshore page cites rates of $9,789 to $11,631 per month, before country-specific costs. Contract engagements come with a 14-day risk-free guarantee. Clutch lists Terminal's rate as not disclosed and its minimum project size as confidential.
Our typical cost is $7,000 to $15,000 per engineer per month (mid-level $7,000 to $10,000, senior $10,000 to $15,000, leads $15,000+ quoted per team), and every quote is scoped per team. With it you get a scoped plan, a price, and the names of the people who would do the work, before you sign. You're paying for top 1% senior engineers on New York hours, or an AI pod team that ships to production, and you know exactly who they are.
Still comparing? See our list of Terminal alternatives, our guide to hiring LatAm engineers directly, and Ryz Labs vs Howdy.
Terminal's FAQ says it delivers 5+ qualified candidates per role within 7-14 days, and full-time placements take approximately 45 days. With us, your scoped plan names the people who would do the work, and they work in your repos and standups from week one.
Yes. Its FAQ lists Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica and Mexico, alongside Canada and four European countries. Every Ryz engineer is in Latin America, working US business hours, including New York hours.
Yes. Our AI pod teams build in your cloud and repos and can hand the whole system to your team when it's done. If that's what you need, talk to us.
Everything here was checked against each company's own site and public sources in October 2026. Vendors change terms often, so confirm before you sign.
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