Most staffing companies ask you to take on all the risk. You pay upfront, wait 8 weeks, and hope it works. We flipped the model.
Three guarantees, stacked. Zero fine print. The entire downside sits with us, not you.
Each one covers a different fear. Together, they eliminate every financial reason to say no.
Most staffing companies take your money before you've seen a line of code. We do the opposite. Your engineer starts, joins your Slack, gets access to your codebase, and starts shipping — and you pay nothing for the first 14 days.
This isn't a "risk-free trial" with a credit card on file. You genuinely owe us nothing for the first two weeks. If you're not happy for any reason — technical fit, communication style, work quality, gut feeling — you walk away. No invoice. No awkward conversation. We absorb the cost.
Even after four stages of vetting, fit isn't 100% predictable. Team chemistry, working style, communication frequency preferences — sometimes it just doesn't click despite everyone's best efforts.
If that happens: you tell us, we say "of course," and we have replacement options in front of you within 48 hours. No invoice for the time already worked. No debate about whose fault it is. No replacement fee. We own the cost and we fix it.
This is the one that matters most. The deepest fear your buyer has isn't "what if the first engineer is wrong" — it's "what if I spend three months on this and it goes nowhere?" That fear has a name: being back where you started, with less runway, nothing to show, and the same hiring problem you started with.
The Relentless Placement Guarantee eliminates that scenario entirely. If — after all our vetting, all our matching, all our replacements — we still haven't placed an engineer who is committing code to your codebase within 60 days of your first engagement date, you owe us nothing. Not a delayed invoice. Not a reduced bill. Nothing. Zero.
Each guarantee covers a different time window and a different fear. They're designed to work together, not overlap.
Here's what the risk actually looks like across your options. We've laid it out plainly.
| Risk factor | US Recruiter | Upwork / Freelance | Staffd |
|---|---|---|---|
| Upfront fee before seeing anyone | $15–25k | No | $0 |
| Time to first candidate | 3–6 weeks | Hours | 48 hours |
| Time to first commit | 6–10 weeks | Varies | ≤7 days |
| Free trial period | ✕ | ✕ | 14 days |
| Free replacement if it doesn't work | ✕ | ✕ | ✓ within 7 days |
| Full refund if nothing ships in 60 days | ✕ | ✕ | ✓ |
| 4-stage technical vetting | Rarely | ✕ | ✓ |
| Communication assessed before placement | ✕ | ✕ | ✓ |
| Month-to-month, cancel anytime | ✕ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Cost vs US market rate | 100% | Varies | 40–60% savings |
Problems don't disappear if you ignore them. Here's exactly what we do the moment something's off — with specific timelines, not vague promises.
Nobody says this on a discovery call. But it's what every seed-stage founder is feeling when their roadmap is stalled, their competitor is shipping weekly, and their investor update is three weeks away.
The guarantees exist because the deepest fear isn't financial — it's identity. A founder who raises money becomes the person who's supposed to build the thing. When hiring stalls, that identity starts to crack.
Every guarantee on this page is designed to say the same thing in different ways: you can move forward without betting your remaining runway on a hope. The risk sits with us. You just need to make one call.
14-day free trial. 7-day replacement guarantee. 60-day relentless placement guarantee. No recruiter fees. No long-term contracts. No upfront payment.
Tell us what you need. We'll have names in front of you in 48 hours.