Embedded engineers vs nearshore teams in eastern europe
Nearshore teams in Eastern Europe make sense when you need a full working day of timezone overlap and cost matters less. Our senior engineers in Vietnam fit when a full CET afternoon of overlap is enough and you want a fixed fee of €5,600 to €8,000 a month per full-time engineer.
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 | Nearshore teams in Eastern Europe | |
|---|---|---|
| Time to start | Five working days to a shortlist, three weeks to first commit | Weeks |
| All-in cost | €5,600 to €8,000 a month per engineer, no recruitment fee | Higher rates, rising with demand |
| Who vets the engineers | Two live assessments, AI off and on, scorecards shared | Varies by supplier |
| Who manages the work | Your lead, in your sprints | Varies by supplier |
| When it goes wrong | Replaced at our cost | Varies by supplier |
| Commitment | Three-month minimum | Varies by supplier |
| Compliance and IP | Employed by us, ISO 27001, IP yours on payment | EU-based, usually straightforward |
| Best for | Senior capacity in your team for months or years | Work that needs real-time collaboration all day |
A partner that thinks about your project
Most nearshore suppliers match a CV to a job description and send it over. Miyagami has built products since 2017 and reads your brief the way it would read one of its own, so the team you get is the one the work needs.
We start from your project
Before anyone is proposed, we go through your brief, your stack and your roadmap with you. You get a view on which roles the work needs and how many, and if it needs fewer engineers than you planned, we'll tell you.
Matched on how they work with AI
Every engineer is assessed twice in a real codebase, once with AI tools off and once with their own agents on. That lets the match cover how someone works with agents on your kind of problem, on top of the stack.
Matched to the team you have
The match also looks at the people already in your team: the seniority your lead needs, how your sprints run and which hours of the CET afternoon your rituals sit in.
The bar we set for our own builds
Miyagami ships its own products with the same engineers, so a placement has to meet the standard we'd set for our own team. If the fit turns out wrong, we replace the engineer at our cost.
When nearshore teams in eastern europe fit better
Where nearshore teams in eastern europe do better
Same or close timezone
A full working day of overlap helps teams that pair or meet constantly.
Cultural proximity
Shorter travel and similar working norms make on-site visits easier.
Where embedded engineers do better
Cost
You pay a fixed monthly fee that covers employment, payroll and compliance, with no recruitment fee and nothing upfront.
A full CET afternoon of overlap
Our engineers in Vietnam work through the full CET afternoon, which covers stand-ups, reviews and planning.
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 nearshore teams in eastern europe over embedded engineers?
Nearshore teams in Eastern Europe make sense when you need a full working day of timezone overlap and cost matters less. Our senior engineers in Vietnam fit when a full CET afternoon of overlap is enough and you want a fixed fee of €5,600 to €8,000 a month per full-time engineer.
How fast can embedded engineers start compared with nearshore teams in eastern europe?
You get a shortlist within five working days of your brief, and a first commit three weeks after that. Nearshore teams in Eastern Europe: weeks.
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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