“Good isn’t cheap and cheap isn’t good”. This certainly holds true when analyzing Web Development Rates. I’ll explain why Hourly rates alone are not necessarily a good measure for quality or expertise.

Software development fixed-bid pricing may have some real cost control benefits; it forces both the development vendor and stakeholders to carefully scope out the project in advance. In a perfect world, those things might be true, but this isn’t a perfect world is it?

There are many pitfalls to be well aware of, before deciding to send your software development project overseas. Some risks (and their costs) will far outweigh any potential benefits when something unforeseen happens.