Embedded engineers vs managed services
Choose a managed service when you want a provider to run a whole function, such as support or infrastructure, against an SLA and a monthly fee. Choose engineers who join your team when you want to keep the product, the roadmap and the decisions in-house and need more senior people building it.
How the two compare on what matters
The table covers the eight criteria buyers ask about most, from time to start to compliance.
| Miyagami engineers | Managed services | |
|---|---|---|
| Time to start | Three working days to a shortlist, five to a hire | Weeks to months, after a transition project |
| All-in cost | from €5,600 a month per engineer, no recruitment fee | A fixed monthly fee for a defined scope, with change requests on top |
| Who vets the engineers | Two live assessments, AI off and on, scorecards shared | The provider, not visible to you |
| Who manages the work | Your lead, in your sprints | The provider, against SLAs |
| When it goes wrong | Replaced at our cost | Service credits and an escalation path |
| Commitment | Three-month minimum | Usually twelve months or longer |
| Compliance and IP | Employed by us, ISO 27001, IP yours on payment | The provider's processes, set out in the contract |
| Best for | Senior capacity in your team for months or years | A stable function you want to hand off completely |
When managed services fit better
Where managed services do better
One party owns the outcome
The provider runs the function end to end and answers for it under an SLA, so you don't need your own lead for it.
Predictable for stable work
For work that changes little from month to month, such as hosting or first-line support, a fixed service fee is easy to plan.
Where embedded engineers do better
You keep control of the product
Engineers work under your lead, in your repository and sprints, so priorities change the moment you change them.
Senior people you choose
You see both assessment scorecards and pick each engineer yourself, with a three-month minimum instead of a long service contract.
Questions about this comparison
You can read how we vet engineers, then compare the cost against a local hire.
How we vetWhen should I choose managed services over embedded engineers?
Choose a managed service when you want a provider to run a whole function, such as support or infrastructure, against an SLA and a monthly fee. Choose engineers who join your team when you want to keep the product, the roadmap and the decisions in-house and need more senior people building it.
How fast can embedded engineers start compared with managed services?
You get a shortlist within three working days of your brief and can hire within five. Managed services: weeks to months, after a transition project.
Who vets Miyagami engineers?
Miyagami engineers run two sixty-minute assessments in a real codebase, the first with AI tools off and the second with the candidate's own agents on, and you see both scorecards.
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