How much does a dedicated development team cost in 2026?

At Rocketech, each developer on a dedicated team costs $6,000-9,000 a month. Your team can start in 2-4 weeks. Our hourly rate is $39-55.

Example team costs

The math uses our price of $6,000-9,000 per developer a month.

TeamHow we count itPer monthPer year
1 developer1 at $6,000-9,000$6,000-9,000$72,000-108,000
2 developers2 at $6,000-9,000 each$12,000-18,000$144,000-216,000
3 developers3 at $6,000-9,000 each$18,000-27,000$216,000-324,000
5 developers5 at $6,000-9,000 each$30,000-45,000$360,000-540,000

Need a designer, a QA engineer or a project manager on the team? Ask us, and we'll add their cost to your estimate.

What you get

Middle and senior people

Our dedicated teams are always middle and senior level.

We handle hiring

We build your team and take care of hiring, onboarding and training.

You set the priorities

Your product owner sets the business priorities and accepts the result of each sprint.

A clear process

The team works in Scrum, with sprints of up to four weeks and a review at the end of each one.

Published market rates

These are the rates other companies publish per developer, by region. We copied the figures as published and linked each page.

SourceRegionPer developer a monthPer hour
RocketechOur dedicated teams$6,000-9,000$39-55
nCubeEastern Europe$7,500-$13,000$45-$80
nCubeLatin America$6,000-$11,000$35-$65
nCubeWestern Europe$12,000-$20,000$75-$120
nCubeNorth America$16,000-$28,000$100-$175
nCubeSouth and Southeast Asia$4,000-$8,500$25-$50
Lemon.ioPolandNot stated on that page$40 to $80

nCube calls its figures "indicative 2026 bill rates". Observed in September 2026.

For comparison, nCube puts the full yearly cost of one in-house engineer in the US at $189,000-$274,000, with benefits, recruiting and tools included.

Dedicated team, staff augmentation or fixed price?

We work in all of these ways. This is how they differ.

ModelHow it worksPriceMakes sense when
Dedicated teamA team works only on your product, month after month.$6,000-9,000 per developer a monthYou have a product and a backlog that keeps changing
Staff augmentationOur people join your team and work in your process.$39-55 an hourYour team needs more hands or a missing skill
Fixed priceOne price for an agreed scope.From $5,000. An MVP costs $5,000-15,000.The scope is clear and small, like a first MVP
Time and materialsYou pay for the hours worked.$39-55 an hourYou want to start now and shape the scope as you go

Compare all engagement models

Who you will work with

Rocketech has built software since 2015, with headquarters in Singapore, an R&D office in Kyiv and offices in London and San Francisco.

100+
people on our team
150+
products delivered
2-4 weeks
to start a team
4.8
rating on Clutch from 70 reviews

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