| Risk | Typical offshore shop | SociiLabs (US entity + Lahore team) |
|---|---|---|
| Contract & law | Foreign entity, foreign law | SociiLabs LLC, Wyoming, US law |
| Code ownership | Their repo until final payment | Your repo and cloud from the first commit |
| Who you talk to | Account manager | The engineers, in your Slack |
| Review | Varies | A senior engineer reviews every line before merge |
| Bad news | Surfaces at the deadline | Raised in the sprint it happens |
| Proof | Logos | 5.0 on Clutch from named reviewers; status-labelled case studies |
When a typical offshore shop is fine
- •The scope is fixed, small and fully specified.
- •You have an in-house tech lead who reviews everything.
- •The lowest hourly rate is the deciding factor.
When the dual-presence model is the better choice
- •You need US contracts and IP terms your investors will accept.
- •You're non-technical and need someone who'll tell you when something's wrong.
- •You want senior engineers without paying US salaries.
Where SociiLabs fits
This is our model, so we're biased. Ben Karpinski's HELM rebuild ran on it: a live hospitality marketplace engineered for 2,000+ providers, production-ready in 12 weeks.
HELM: Most dev shops build what you spec.
“Most dev shops build what you spec. SociiLabs built what I actually needed.” — Ben Karpinski, HELM. See how we handle IP and access at /security.
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