Pricing for companies | Engagetal Solutions

8.34%

Of the candidate's first-year CTC. Roughly one month of their annual salary. That's the entire fee.

50 / 50

Half on hire. Half at six months. We get paid in full only when the match actually works.

₹0

Upfront, retainers, per-candidate fees, or platform charges. Nothing leaves your account until you hire.

The structure

Two payments, six months apart.

Most recruiters charge a lump sum on day one and disappear. Our structure gives us skin in the game until your new hire is genuinely settled.

Payment 1 of 2

When the candidate is onboarded

4.17%of first-year CTC

Invoiced once your new hire signs the offer and starts. This covers the matching, vetting, and placement work we've done up to this point.

Due on day one

Payment 2 of 2

When they complete six months

4.17%of first-year CTC

Invoiced only if the candidate is still with you and the relationship is going well. If they leave or the match doesn't work out before then, this payment never happens.

Due at the six-month mark

Timeline at a glance

1

Day 0: Hire

Candidate signs the offer. 4.17% invoiced.

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Months 1-5

Candidate ramps up. We're around for any support you need.

2

Month 6: Settled

Match is working. Final 4.17% invoiced. Done.

Worked examples

What it actually costs.

Three example salaries, end-to-end. The fee scales linearly with the candidate's CTC. There are no tiers, minimums, or floor charges.

Total fee at common salary bands

All figures pre-tax. GST applied on top per prevailing rate.

Candidate first-year CTC	Total fee (8.34%)	Payment 1 on hire	Payment 2 at 6 months
₹15,00,000	₹1,25,100	₹62,550	₹62,550
₹25,00,000	₹2,08,500	₹1,04,250	₹1,04,250
₹40,00,000	₹3,33,600	₹1,66,800	₹1,66,800

For comparison: traditional contingent recruiters typically charge 20-30% of first-year CTC, paid entirely on day one, with no skin in the game after the offer letter is signed. Our model is a single month's salary, paid only when the match holds.

What's included

Everything below sits inside that one fee.

Pre-vetted candidates

Every developer we surface has cleared our multi-stage technical and communication vetting. You only ever see the top of the pool.

AI matching

Our model ranks candidates by stack fit, seniority, and async-work signal. You get four engineers per role, not forty.

Hiring consultant

A real person on our team who learns your role, sets up interviews, and handles back-and-forth so your engineers don't have to.

Global contracts

Compliant employment or contractor paperwork in 40+ countries, drafted and signed without you touching legal.

Payroll and taxes

We handle salary disbursement, income tax withholding, and statutory contributions wherever the engineer is based.

Health insurance

Quality health coverage for the engineer and their dependents, included by default and managed by us.

Hardware ship-out

If the engineer needs a laptop or peripherals to start, we source, configure, and ship from our partners.

Onboarding support

First-week check-ins with both the engineer and your hiring manager to catch any rough patches early.

Re-match guarantee

If the match isn't working in the first 90 days, we re-match you free of charge. No second fee, no extra paperwork.

Two sides, two arrangements

Companies pay this. Candidates don't.

Just so there's no confusion: the 8.34% on this page is what your company pays when you hire someone through Engagetal. It's entirely separate from anything a candidate may have paid us, and most candidates pay nothing.

Companies Pay our placement fee

You pay 8.34% of the candidate's first-year CTC, split 50/50 across hire and the six-month mark. That's the entire commercial relationship. No retainers, no platform fees, no per-candidate charges.

Candidates Free, in most cases

Developers who join the talent pool directly pay nothing. Vetting is free. Matching is free. We make our money from the company that hires them.
Developers who go through the Fellowship Program pay separately for the training itself, either ₹2,00,000 + GST upfront, or via an Income Share Agreement. That fee covers the six-month training. It's not a placement fee.
Either way, the candidate-side fees and the company-side fees never overlap, double-bill, or affect each other.

Pricing FAQ

Common questions.

Why 8.34%?

It's roughly one twelfth of the annual salary, about one month's pay. We picked it because it's a clean, defensible number that's a fraction of what traditional contingent recruiters charge (20-30%) while still letting us run a sustainable business that invests in vetting and matching.

What happens if the candidate doesn't make it to six months?

The second 4.17% is never invoiced. That's the whole point of the split. If the match doesn't hold, we don't get paid in full. If the match breaks down in the first 90 days, we'll also re-match you free of charge.

Is the fee charged on base salary or total CTC?

Total first-year fixed CTC, including base salary, fixed allowances, and any guaranteed bonus. Variable performance bonuses, signing bonuses, and equity are excluded from the calculation.

Are there minimum or maximum fees?

No floors and no ceilings. The fee scales linearly with CTC, 8.34% whether you hire a senior engineer at ₹15 LPA or a staff engineer at ₹60 LPA.

What about contract or fractional engineers?

For contract engagements we charge a transparent monthly fee on top of the engineer's pay rate. Talk to us, we'll send specifics for your engagement type.

Do candidates know what we're paying?

We don't share the specific fee with candidates by default, but we're transparent about the fact that our model is success-based and paid by the hiring company. We never reduce a candidate's compensation to absorb our fee.

Can we hire someone we already knew via Engagetal?

If we introduced you to a candidate through our platform, the fee applies if you hire them within twelve months. If you genuinely sourced them yourself before our intro, no fee applies, we'll work it out fairly.

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