Outsource. Stay in the EU.
Software development outsourcing to the Czech Republic, with EU law on your side.
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Senior engineers
No juniors. No middlemen.
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Fixed price
Overruns are on us.
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Live in weeks
Weekly demos on staging.
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You own the code
100% of the IP, day one.
Software development outsourcing to the Czech Republic gives you senior engineers at Central European rates, roughly $60–80 an hour per industry surveys, against $110–160 in Western Europe and $140–200+ in the US. Czechia is an EU member, so contracts, IP assignment and personal data fall under EU law and GDPR. Yarify s.r.o. (IČO 23050403, EU VAT ID CZ23050403) offers fixed-price builds, dedicated teams and staff augmentation.
Outsourcing without the usual risk
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EU contracts
Enforceable across member states
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Your IP
Assigned from day one
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GDPR by default
Data stays inside the EU
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CEE rates
Senior engineers, fair price
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EU VAT ID
Reverse-charge invoicing
Hire locally, or outsource to Czechia
Hiring a developer
- Job post & sourcing
- Interviews
- Notice period
- Onboarding
- Building
Yarify
- Call + fixed quote
- Building + weekly demos
- Live. Iterating with users.
Illustrative timeline. In-house hiring usually spends months on sourcing, interviews and notice periods before the first commit.
Why outsource software development to Czechia
Czech technical universities, including CTU in Prague and Brno University of Technology, have trained engineers for generations, and global tech firms run engineering centres here.
Asia is cheaper at the low end. What the difference buys is legal certainty, time-zone overlap with Europe and the US East Coast, and seniority.
The legal case for Czech outsourcing
What offshore vendors cannot match. General information, not legal advice.
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EU contracts you can enforce
Judgments are recognised across member states, and choice of law and jurisdiction can be agreed in the contract.
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IP assignment that holds
100% of code and IP assigned to you from day one, and the code lives in your repository.
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No transfer mechanisms
Personal data stays inside the EU, so EU clients skip extra transfer assessments. A data processing agreement is standard.
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Verifiable company records
Yarify s.r.o. is in the Czech Commercial Register under IČO 23050403. Check who you contract with.
Czech outsourcing cost vs other regions
Hourly developer rates from industry surveys and vendor data. Market ranges, not our price.
| Region | Junior | Mid-level | Senior |
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| United States | $70–100 | $100–140 | $140–200+ |
| Western Europe | $55–80 | $80–110 | $110–160 |
| Central & Eastern Europe (Czech Republic) | $30–45 | $45–60 | $60–80 |
| Latin America | $35–50 | $50–65 | $65–90 |
| South and Southeast Asia | $20–32 | $32–42 | $42–55 |
A full-time senior CEE engineer is roughly 160 hours × $60–80, about $9.6k–12.8k a month at market rates. See the developer rates guide.
Four ways to outsource to us
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Fixed-scope project
Written scope, fixed price. If our estimate was wrong, the extra hours are ours. See MVP development.
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Dedicated team
A senior team in your repo and tools. Monthly billing, two weeks' notice. See dedicated development team.
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Staff augmentation
Senior engineers joining your team for as long as you need, same monthly terms.
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Software rescue
Taking over a stalled codebase, starting with a free code audit.
Offshore vendor vs a Czech senior team
Typical offshore vendor
- A jurisdiction your lawyer does not know
- Personal data leaves the EU
- Juniors behind a project manager
- Little overlap with European hours
- Code held until final payment
Yarify in Czechia
- Czech s.r.o. under EU law
- Data processed inside the EU
- Senior engineers you talk to directly
- CET: full EU overlap, US East Coast mornings
- Your repo and IP from the first commit
Delivered from the Czech Republic
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Related guides
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In-house vs outsourcing
Hire developers or hire a team that already exists? A clear verdict, a side-by-side comparison, a fully loaded cost example and a decision checklist.
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Nearshore vs offshore
Nearshore or offshore software development? Rates by region, time-zone overlap, legal and communication trade-offs, an illustrative total-cost example and a decision checklist.
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Developer rates by country
Hourly software developer rates by country and seniority in 2026: US, Western Europe, Central & Eastern Europe, Latin America and Asia, with monthly costs and freelance benchmarks.
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Prague
A Prague-based senior engineering team building products, platforms and AI software. English-speaking, CET hours, and happy to meet in person if you are in the city.
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Europe
Nearshore software development from Central Europe for UK, DACH, Nordic and US companies: working-hours overlap, EU contracts and senior engineers at lower cost than onshore.
Questions buyers ask us
How does VAT work when we hire a Czech software company?
Yarify s.r.o. is VAT-registered as CZ23050403. EU business clients with a VAT ID are generally invoiced under reverse charge; Czech clients pay Czech VAT; clients outside the EU are generally invoiced without it. Confirm with your accountant.
Who owns the code when we outsource to the Czech Republic?
You do. Our contracts assign 100% of code and IP to you from day one, and the code lives in your repository. Because the contract is with an EU company, the assignment sits in a legal system your lawyers can rely on.
Is outsourcing to Czechia GDPR compliant?
GDPR applies directly in Czechia. When we process personal data for you, we sign a data processing agreement and the data stays in the EU, so EU clients avoid extra transfer safeguards. You remain the controller.
Why choose the Czech Republic over Poland, Romania or Ukraine?
All of Central and Eastern Europe has strong engineers and similar rates; differences are mostly company-specific. Czechia adds EU membership, a stable legal environment and a central location. Yarify adds a boutique senior team instead of a large vendor.
How much does it cost to outsource software development to the Czech Republic?
Industry surveys put senior CEE developers at roughly $60–80 an hour, against $110–160 in Western Europe and $140–200+ in the US. We do not sell hours off a rate card: you get a fixed quote for projects or a monthly price for teams.
What contract terms do you use?
Fixed-scope projects get a written scope and fixed price, and overruns from our estimate are our cost. Teams and augmentation are billed monthly with two weeks' notice. Every contract includes IP assignment, confidentiality and a data processing agreement where relevant.
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Prague
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Nearshore vs offshore
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Developer rates by country
Hourly software developer rates by country and seniority in 2026: US, Western Europe, Central & Eastern Europe, Latin America and Asia, with monthly costs and freelance benchmarks.
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Dedicated development team
A dedicated development team of 2–4 senior engineers working on your product. Monthly billing, cancel with 2 weeks’ notice, 100% of code and IP is yours.
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In-house vs outsourcing
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Book a free 30-minute call. A clear scope, a fixed price and a contract your lawyer will recognise.