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Our experience with Andela was a real middle ground. The engineer was reliable and the remote setup worked, but the premium we paid versus hiring directly was hard to justify for a long-term role. Good for spinning up fast, less compelling once you're past the initial ramp.
Convenient for quick scaling
Pricey for long-term hires
We found a fantastic React engineer through Andela and the quality of candidates was genuinely impressive. The matching was quick and communication from the team was responsive. The only friction was the contract paperwork, which took a few extra back-and-forth rounds before everything was finalized.
We signed on with Andela expecting one hourly rate and the first invoice came in noticeably higher with little explanation. Sorting it out ate up a week of emails and the engineer was good, but the pricing surprise left a bad taste. Be sure to get every rate detail in writing.
Andela has a RevWala Trust Score of 56/100 (Average), based on 5 customer reviews with an average rating of 3.4 out of 5. Reviews are mixed β read recent ones before deciding.
Andela is rated 3.4 out of 5 stars from 5 reviews on RevWala, with a "Average" Trust Score.
Andela has 5 reviews on RevWala, including 2 verified reviews.
Andela made scaling our remote dev team effortless. The vetting is the real deal β both engineers they matched us with were senior-level and productive from week one. The time-zone overlap they arranged worked perfectly for our standups and we've already extended both contracts.
Strong vetting and fast matching
High-calibre remote engineers
Contract setup took some back-and-forth
Andela delivered a competent backend developer, but for our specialized fintech stack the choices were thinner than I'd hoped. Half the profiles weren't a fit and the search took longer than expected. When they did find someone, the engineer was solid β it's just a mixed experience getting there.
Capable engineers once matched
Thin pool for specialized stacks
Invoiced rate higher than quoted