Turing alternatives Sourced
The Turing alternative for hiring your own engineer.
If you want a senior engineer on your team, hire them with Silver.dev. Silver.dev charges a one-time placement fee of 25% of the hire's first-year salary.[1] Turing now sells AI-lab data, evaluations, and RL environments.[2]
The short answer
Choose Silver.dev if
You want a senior engineer to hire onto your team.
Choose Turing if
You need experts, data, or evaluations for an AI lab.
Engineers placed at
Side by side
Three things that change what you pay, and who you end up with.
The old hire-developers URLs now land on Turing's experts page.[7] This page is about hiring someone onto your team. Silver.dev publishes 25% of first-year salary, paid once.[1]
| Criteria | TuringAI-lab data and experts | Silver.devContingency tech recruiter · LatAm |
|---|---|---|
| What the site leads with | AI-lab data, evals, and RL environments[2] | You hire the engineer[6] |
| Hiring developers | Hire-developers URLs redirect to experts[7] | Live assessment by a vetted engineer[4] |
| Public ratings | Trustpilot 3.5 from 185 reviews[8] | 4.9 on Clutch[5] |
What the site leads with
Hiring developers
Public ratings
“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[4]
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[3]
Which fits you
Sometimes Turing is the right call. Here's when.
When Turing is the right call
- You are an AI lab or a large company buying data, evaluations, or RL environments[2]
- You need a global expert pool — Turing says 5M+ experts across 250+ domains — rather than a Latin America engineering search[7]
- You are buying from the San Francisco company page, and that is the point of the search[9]
The alternatives divide by what you are buying.
AI-lab supply
Turing today
Data, evaluations, and domain experts for labs and large companies.
Marketplace
A freelance network
Vetting on the way in, billing for time while the work lasts.
Staffing
Staff augmentation
The vendor employs the engineer and adds a margin, for as long as they work with you.
Contingency · Silver.dev
Recruiter, pay on hire
Finds and vets candidates. Charges once, when you hire.
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.[4]
Live technical screening
A recruiter screen, then a live assessment by a vetted software engineer.[4]
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.
Does Turing still help startups hire developers?
Turing's legacy hire-developers URLs now redirect to its frontier-AI experts page: domain experts for AI labs, a pool Turing describes as 5M+ experts across 250+ domains.[7] The company page leads with AI-lab data, evaluations, RL environments, and Fortune 500 agentic work.[2] Silver.dev's core model is the direct hire: you employ the engineer.[6] The fee is 25% of first-year salary, paid once.[1]
What are the best Turing alternatives for a full-time LatAm engineer?
For a senior engineer who joins your team, a contingency recruiter is the direct substitute. Silver.dev charges a one-time placement fee of 25% of the hire's first-year salary.[1] You hire the engineer. Staffing and Agency of Record are available when you do not want to employ them yourself.[6]
Why did Turing pivot to AI training data?
Turing's company page now leads with frontier-lab data, evaluations, and RL environments.[2] Reuters reported revenue of $300 million in 2024.[10] TechCrunch reported a $111 million Series E at a $2.2 billion valuation in March 2025.[11] That is a different purchase from hiring an engineer onto your team. Silver.dev charges 25% of first-year salary, once, when you hire.[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.[3]
Some of the engineers Silver.dev has placed.
Sources and dates
Sources and dates (11)
- [1]Silver.dev fees calculator, read .
- [2]Turing company, read .
- [3]Silver.dev deck: Direct Hiring, read .
- [4]Silver.dev deck: interviewers and technical screening, read .
- [5]Clutch: Silver.dev reviews, read .
- [6]Silver.dev deck: services and engagement models, read .
- [7]Turing frontier AI experts, read .
- [8]Trustpilot: Turing, read .
- [9]Turing company, read .
- [10]Reuters, read .
- [11]TechCrunch, read .