Name: Revelo
Brand: Revelo
Rating: 4.7 (130 reviews)

The differences are clear

Five things separate Revelo from other staffing agencies, freelance marketplaces, and EOR platforms.

Depth: the largest engineering network in Latin America

Most providers are generalists that list LATAM as one region among many. Revelo works one region, with 400,000+ engineers and recruiters based in the markets they hire from.

400,000+ pre-vetted engineers across 18 LATAM countries✓

Recruiting team based in-market across Latin America✓

Top 3% of applicants accepted into the network✓

73% of placements are senior engineers✓

English, technical, and time-zone screening before you see anyone✓

Control: you interview, you choose, they join your team

Outsourcing firms assign you a squad and marketplaces hand you a search box. Revelo sends a curated shortlist, you run the interviews, and the engineer you pick embeds full time in your codebase and your standups.

You make every hiring decision after your own interviews✓

Engineers work as dedicated members of your team, in your tools✓

Full overlap with US business hours✓

No delivery-manager layer between you and your engineers✓

Flexibility: quality talent without lock-in

A shortlist lands in 72 hours and the average hire takes 14 days. Every hire starts with a 14-day risk-free trial and continues month to month.

Shortlist of matched candidates in 72 hours✓

14-day average time to hire✓

14-day risk-free trial on every engagement✓

Month-to-month contracts with no cancellation penalty✓

Compliance: one vendor, Agent of Record model, 18 countries

EOR platforms employ people you found somewhere else, and 1099 marketplaces leave misclassification risk with you. Revelo sources the engineer and runs the whole engagement, contract, payment, benefits, and compliance, as Agent of Record.

Agent of Record model across 18 LATAM countries✓

Local payroll, benefits, contracts, and labor-law compliance handled✓

Sourcing, vetting, hiring, and compliance from a single vendor✓

One monthly invoice in USD✓

Pricing: published before the sales call

Most providers quote after discovery. Revelo's calculator and Salary Guide are on the site, senior full-stack engineers run $86,000 to $129,000 all-in per year, and the direct-hire conversion fee is disclosed up front.

Pricing calculator and all-in Salary Guide published at revelo.com/pricing✓

Senior full-stack $86K–$129K/yr all-in; AI/ML $143K–$204K✓

30–50% below comparable US hiring costs✓

No fee to see or interview candidates✓

Conversion fee disclosed in writing before you sign✓

How Revelo's hiring model compares

Different platforms offer different models; here's how they stack up

	Revelo	Staffing agency / dev shop	Freelance marketplace	EOR platform
Who finds the talent	Revelo sources and vets; you pick from a shortlist	Agency assigns from its bench	You search and screen yourself	You source the candidate elsewhere
Who the engineer reports to	You. Full-time on your team	Agency delivery manager	You, per contract	You, once found and employed
Compliance and payroll	Revelo's Agent of Record model, 18 LATAM countries	Agency employs its staff	Usually your risk (1099)	EOR employs; sourcing excluded
Pricing transparency	Published calculator and Salary Guide	Custom quotes, project minimums	Hourly rates plus platform fees	Per-employee fee, salary excluded
Commitment	14-day trial, month to month	Project contracts	Per contract	Subscription terms
Best for	Building a full-time LATAM engineering team	Delegating a whole workstream	Short-term or project work	Employing a hire you already made

What the first 14 days look like

The speed claims above are a process, not a promise. This is the machine.

Day 0

Brief

You tell Revelo the role, stack, and seniority. No fee, no commitment.

Within 72 hours

Shortlist

A curated shortlist of vetted senior engineers, with candidate preview videos.

Days 3–10

You interview

Your process, your bar. You make every hiring decision.

Day 14, on average

They start

Your engineer starts on your team, and the 14-day risk-free trial begins.

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Revelo vs Upwork

Revelo for full-time embedded LATAM engineering teams with compliance handled; Upwork for short-term freelance or multi-category contractor work.

400K+

14 days

30-50%

The differences are clear

Depth: the largest engineering network in Latin America

Control: you interview, you choose, they join your team

Flexibility: quality talent without lock-in

Compliance: one vendor, Agent of Record model, 18 countries

Pricing: published before the sales call

How Revelo's hiring model compares

See how engineering teams scale with Revelo

What the first 14 days look like

Brief

Shortlist

You interview

They start

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