Lupa Hire alternatives Sourced
The Lupa Hire alternative for engineers who stay.
Hire a senior engineer in Latin America onto your team with Silver.dev. Silver.dev charges a one-time placement fee of 25% of the hire's first-year salary.[1] Lupa Hire recruits people you hire, or staffs them and bills monthly.[2] The fee is not on the site.[3]
The short answer
Choose Silver.dev if
You want the price before the search, and the engineer on your team.
Choose Lupa Hire if
You also need finance, sales, or marketing hired, not only an engineer.
Engineers placed at
Side by side
Two things that change what you pay, and who you end up with.
Lupa Hire also says "Save 70%", "up to 60% lower rates", "up to 80% lower rates", and "40% less on salaries".[8] Those savings lines don't agree with each other. Silver.dev's fee is 25% of first-year salary, once.[1]
| Criteria | Lupa HireLatAm recruiting and staffing | Silver.devContingency tech recruiter · LatAm |
|---|---|---|
| How you pay | Success fee, or monthly staffing[2] | Once, after you hire[1] |
| Who you meet | A curated shortlist of 3–4[7] | Live assessment by a vetted engineer[5] |
How you pay
Who you meet
“Their speed, coupled with consistently elite quality, makes Silver.dev feel like an extension of our startup DNA.”
Our guarantees
What protects your hire, at every step.
01 · Kickoff call
You pay nothing.
No retainer, no platform fee[1]
02 · Candidates screened
Screened live by an engineer.
Recruiter screen, then live technical assessment[5]
03 · Offer signed
One fee, published.
25% of first-year salary, once[1]
04 · After the start
Covered for 90 days.
If they leave before, we replace them[4]
Which fits you
Sometimes Lupa Hire is the right call. Here's when.
When Lupa Hire is the right call
The alternatives divide by model, not by brand.
Recruiting
Lupa Hire, direct hire
You hire the person. The fee is a one-time success fee when they start.
Staffing
Lupa Hire, and staff augmentation generally
The vendor manages the contract and bills while the person works.
Contingency · Silver.dev
Recruiter, pay on hire
Finds and vets candidates. Charges once, when you hire.
Direct
Hire it yourself
No fee, but sourcing and technical screening come out of your team's time.
The hires
World-class companies that hired world-class engineers.
- Facundo Cabrera, Software Engineer, Ramp
- Federico Rojas, Software Engineer, Ramp
- Gonzalo Bergagna, Tech Lead, Cashea
- Gerardo Gimenez, Senior Backend Engineer, Cashea
- Ruben S., Senior Flutter Engineer, Cashea
- William Eckerleben, Tech Lead & Odoo ERP Architect, Cashea
- Martín Pellicer, Mobile Engineer, Cashea
- Federico Ferreyra, Fullstack Engineer, Cashea
- Franco Depiaggio, Frontend Engineer, Cashea
- Juan Pablo Donato, Backend Lead, Cashea
- Alejandro Navarini, Sr. Software Engineer, Cashea
- Paula Acosta, QA Lead, Cashea
- Gustavo Rios Paez, Data & GenAI Leader, Cashea
- Nicolas Piñeyro, Sr. Mobile Engineer, Cashea
- Francisco Rossi, Product Engineer, Scale AI
- Matías Del Carlo, Sr. Software Engineer, Scale AI
- Matías Devecchi, Sr. Full Stack Engineer, Scale AI
- Martín Lombardo, Software Engineer, Scale AI
- Gorka Ludlow, Sr. Software Engineer, Scale AI
- Juan Cabrera, Software Developer, Scale AI
- Conrado Mader, Field Engineering Manager, Scale AI
- Gregorio Freidin, Software Engineer, Scale AI
- Emiliano Bisurgi, Software Engineer, FORM
- Agustín Franchetti, Frontend Engineer, FORM
- Ramiro Farias, TypeScript Developer, FORM
- Martín Lescano, QA Analyst / Engineer, FORM
- Tasiana Franchetti, QA Automation Engineer, FORM
- Ivan K., Senior Software Engineer, Home Vision
- Varvara Mironov, Software Engineer, Home Vision
- Leandro Mendez, Software Engineer, Home Vision
- Ignacio Rassol, Software Engineer, Home Vision
- Pedro Bustos, Software Engineer, Home Vision
- Gino Rizzuti, Backend Developer, Home Vision
- Gastón Frenkel, Software Engineer, Home Vision
- Emilio Dominguez, Senior Software Engineer, Motion
- Pablo Díaz Mateus, Senior Software Engineer, Motion
- Juan Abbona, Software Engineer, Motion
- Matías Ramírez, Backend Engineer, Fuse Finance
- Gaston Otero, Sr Software Engineer, Fuse Finance
- Matias Navarro, Sr Backend Engineer (Node), Fuse Finance
- Martín Madrid, Machine Learning Engineer, Canals
- Francisco Marquinez, Senior Software Engineer, Canals
- Javier Esses, Software Engineer, Canals
- Julian Chennales, Senior Software Engineer, Canals
- Gonzalo Nardini, Software Engineer, Canals
- Guillermo Diéguez, Software Developer, Exactly
- Mainqué Green, Backend Engineer, Exactly
- Matias Martinez, Tech Lead, Profasee
- Julián Piñeiro, Sr. Fullstack Engineer, Profasee
- Agustín Brandoni, Software Engineer, PairTeam
- Jenaro Calvino, Software Engineer, PairTeam
- Santiago Perone, Software Engineer, BrightHire
- Juan Ignacio Olave, Software Engineer, BrightHire
- Santiago Parodi, Senior Android Engineer, FlipaClip
- Aldana Rastrelli, iOS Developer, FlipaClip
- Agustin Leonardo Magne, Senior Android Engineer, FlipaClip
- Julian Ianni, Senior Software Engineer, AirOps
- Facundo Palavecino, AI Engineer, AirOps
- German Quintela, Design Engineer, Span
- Rodrigo Pavano, Platform Engineer, Span
- Luciano Garcia Zeman, Product Engineer, Span
- Axel Lijdens, Software Engineer, Span
How Silver.dev works
Meet the engineer who sets the bar.
Gabriel, founder and Staff engineer, explains in a two-minute video how Silver.dev screens engineers.
Gabriel Benmergui
Founder · previously at Robinhood and OpenSea
- Staff engineer
Startup experts
Screened by an engineer who has worked at US startups and knows the bar you hire for.
Evaluations built for your role
A live technical assessment: system design, live coding, AI fluency. Not a take-home.[5]
Live technical screening
A recruiter screen, then a live assessment by a vetted software engineer.[5]
Read the transcript
- 0:00If you want to know how we got a 38% pass rate at a company like Scale AI,
- 0:04one of the most demanding companies in the market, please continue watching this video.
- 0:09I'm Gabriel, and I'm a Staff engineer with experience at companies like Robinhood and OpenSea,
- 0:14and I founded Silver.dev to help startups like yours find interview-ready talent in Latin America.
- 0:19We work with venture-backed startups, and nearly half of our portfolio are YC companies.
- 0:25We understand what it is to work with the most demanding companies in the world.
- 0:30One of our success stories is with Scale AI, a company where we recently placed three candidates.
- 0:34Their internal pass rate was under 1%, meaning they had to screen over 100 candidates just to make a hire.
- 0:42But with us, we only presented eight candidates, and three were placements.
- 0:47How did we do it? First of all, we are experts in startups.
- 0:52I worked in the US at multiple companies. I understand the language,
- 0:56I understand the culture, I understand the drive and the technical quality that a candidate needs to succeed at a company.
- 1:02Second, we help companies raise the bar by helping them design, iterate and implement better technical evaluations
- 1:10and cultural evaluations for candidates. Each process is tailored specifically to the company's needs.
- 1:15Third, we focus on quality. We are a high-quality, low-volume agency,
- 1:21meaning that we do not waste your time. The candidates we send your way are properly vetted, and you're going to like them.
- 1:28We are the only agency that really effectively targets top-of-market talent, and we send it your way.
- 1:34Scale is only one of our successes. You can see many other client testimonials on Clutch, where we have a 4.9 average rating.
- 1:41Keep reading to know more about the company or services, and book a call with me if you want to have a chat.
Verified reviews
What hiring managers say.
4.9
“The candidates were always well-vetted, and communications were clear and timely.”
“We’re incredibly happy with the services provided by Silver.dev.”
CEO
Verified review · Clutch
“Working with an engineer directly involved in the recruiting process was refreshing.”
E-Commerce Co
Sr. Engineering Manager
Verified review · Clutch
“They sometimes felt more like internal recruiters.”
B2B SaaS Co
VP of Engineering
Verified review · Clutch
“The quality of the candidates they provided is impressive.”
Blockchain Company
Head of Product Engineering
Verified review · Clutch
“Overall, it’s been a smooth collaboration that aligns with our hiring needs.”
Lending Services Co
People Operations Lead
Verified review · Clutch
Our clients are backed by
FAQ
Questions buyers ask us.
What does Lupa Hire charge?
Lupa Hire does not publish its success-fee percentage or its staffing rates.[3] Recruiting is a one-time success fee when talent starts. Staffing is a monthly rate.[2] The site also says clients save 70%, pay up to 60% or 80% lower rates, or pay 40% less on salaries.[8] Silver.dev's fee is published: Silver.dev charges a one-time placement fee of 25% of the hire's first-year salary.[1]
Lupa Hire vs Silver.dev for engineers
For a senior engineer who will own a codebase, Silver.dev runs a recruiter screen and then a live technical assessment by a vetted engineer.[5] The fee is 25% of first-year salary, paid once, when you hire.[1] Lupa Hire also hires for finance, accounting, sales, marketing, design, and customer success.[9] Its success fee is not published.[3]
Can I hire engineers directly through Lupa Hire, or only via staffing?
Lupa Hire recruits people you hire on a one-time success fee, or staffs them and bills monthly.[2] The success fee is not published.[3] Silver.dev's core model is the direct hire: you employ the engineer.[11] The fee is 25% of first-year salary, once.[1]
Get a quote with one email.
Tell us the role. You pay only if you hire, and the hire is covered for 90 days.[4]
Some of the engineers Silver.dev has placed.
Sources and dates
Sources and dates (11)
- [1]Silver.dev fees calculator, read .
- [2]Lupa Hire, read .
- [3]Lupa Hire, read .
- [4]Silver.dev deck: Direct Hiring, read .
- [5]Silver.dev deck: interviewers and technical screening, read .
- [6]Clutch: Silver.dev reviews, read .
- [7]Lupa Hire, read .
- [8]Lupa Hire staffing, read .
- [9]Lupa Hire staffing, read .
- [10]RemoFirst: Lupa Hire, read .
- [11]Silver.dev deck: services and engagement models, read .