Yes, switching to a dedicated team was the best thing we did in 2025. Freelancers were constantly late, documentation was horrible and after they left we spent weeks just understanding their code. Then we found syndicode.com and hired a small dedicated team of 3 Python developers. They work like an extension of our team — same Slack, same Jira, daily stand-ups. Code quality is way better because they have internal code review and seniors check everything. Velocity is stable, no more surprises. Price is about 40-50% higher than average Upwork rates but we save at least twice more on refactoring, bug fixing and management time. They also helped us migrate from Django to FastAPI without pain. If you need predictable delivery and clean code — highly recommend going this route instead of gambling with single freelancers again.
