PHP still remains the main tool for lots of web developers. It provides all the necessary tools and guarantees interoperability with different kinds of software. However, web development is pretty expensive and the best solution here is outsourcing!
Why outsourcing?
Outsourcing helps to save a lot of resources and effort, shifting secondary matters to other firms. It is used by both small companies and huge industry giants like Google, Alibaba, Facebook, and many others. Here is the list of reasons why so many companies have chosen this path is pretty obvious:
- reducing costs for staff and office space without reducing efficiency
- focusing on your business’ specialization
- solving capacity issues and increases the quality
- avoiding extra taxes
- making your company more flexible and protected in crisis situations
What are the best platforms, where you can find a PHP development team?
There are plenty of services, which help entrepreneurs to find their PHP-development dream team! Here are the most reliable and relevant ones:
Upwork
Upwork is an American-located freelancing web platform. It has been gaining popularity for many years and though being located in California is used not only by American freelancers and employers but is popular worldwide. With dozens of freelancers and millions of jobs being registered annually Upwork remains an extremely useful tool for those, who are searching for executives for their projects. Here you can find any kind of professionals.
Clutch
Clutch is a popular and independent web platform, used for B2B cooperation. It provides the most relevant feedback for outsourcing firms. The platform collects unbiased feedback from clients about each company registered on the site. The web service generates a fair rating of all the registered companies, based on the collected data. Clutch divides the firms into different categories: their geographic location, a field of their competence, and their proven skills and capabilities. Why is it so good? Well, if there is a platform, which will collect both positive and negative feedback, fair companies will gladly register there, while less reliable firms will avoid the platform’s service.
Behance
Another platform on this list is Behance. It is a virtual portfolio of web designers’ projects from all over the world. Millions of participants post their projects, showing them to the public and making them available to be judged by both members of the platform and web strangers! All the professional PHP-development companies are represented there, thus this web service is an asset in your search for a team!
What countries are the best for outsourcing?
What are the criteria of the perfect outsourcing countries? Well, if you are searching for PHP developers and want to save money without losing the quality you should consider several important moments. The perfect outsourcing country must possess:
- High education level and literacy rate
- Comparatively low GDP PPP per capita in the region
- English-speaking population
- Suitable geographical position
Ergo the choice has to be made between the countries with developing economies, but the population educated enough to supply the IT industry with qualified developers. Taking this into account here is the list of the best countries for outsourcing with their pros and cons:
- India
Advantages:
- Most of the population speaks English, it is an official language of the state
- GDP PPP per capita is really low – slightly more than 2000$
Disadvantages:
- The literacy rate cannot be defined as high with an estimated 74% of the population
- Geographically far both from Europe and America
- Poland
Advantages:
- High literacy rate: 98.74%
- Part of the EU, has a good geographical position, especially for the European entrepreneurs
- 40% of the nation and 95% of IT industry speaks English
- The best Java developers
Disadvantages:
- Pretty high GDP PPP per capita – 16 000$
III. Ukraine.
Advantages:
- High literacy rate of 99.97%
- An advantageous geographical position
- Low GDP PPP per capita – just 3600$
- The best security protocols specialists and one of the best web-developers worldwide
Disadvantages:
- The comparatively low number of English-speakers in the country
Our professional and friendly Sapient Pro team naturally recommends making Ukraine your choice for outsourcing! We are a crew of professionals with lots of happy clients. We are always on the edge of the software engineering tech and have plenty of experience with web design and web security issues, e-commerce, and e-education. Contact us right now and we will discuss your project together!
