Zibtek runs a hybrid model — US offices in Utah and Houston handle leadership and project management; engineering execution sits in Bangalore (UTC+5:30, ~10–12h offset from US). Every engagement comes with a bundled US PM as the antidote to "direct-to-India" outsourcing risk. sourceBOLD sources in the Americas (4–8h US overlap) and engages developers directly as month-to-month contractors — no managed-services overhead, no bundled PM. Different operational shapes for different team sizes and engagement philosophies.
Zibtek data from zibtek.com and their Clutch profile. The "follow-the-sun" framing in Zibtek’s hybrid blog post acknowledges the time-zone gap as part of their model. sourceBOLD column tracks the platform’s actual contractual + system behavior.
Bangalore is ~10–12 hours offset from US Eastern. Zibtek frames their model as "near-continuous development" via follow-the-sun handoffs — which is a legitimate operational shape, but it’s not real-time overlap. sourceBOLD’s Americas-only sourcing delivers 4–8 hours of US-business- hours overlap by construction. For teams that run live standups and synchronous code review, the difference is felt every working day.
Zibtek includes a US-based PM in every engagement — useful if you want a managed-services vendor, but it’s an extra layer (and an extra markup) if your engineering team already has leadership. sourceBOLD’s contractor engagement model places the developer directly into your team’s standup rhythm; your tech lead directs the work, your team owns project management.
sourceBOLD publishes the $-band on /what-it-costsand writes the literal monthly Service Fee into the MSA at signing — single-developer engagements are the default, no project minimum. Zibtek’s Clutch listing shows a $25,000+ minimum project size and quote-based pricing across three modes (fixed-price / hourly / dedicated team).
If you want a vendor to own delivery accountability — assign a PM, manage the engineering team, and ship the project end- to-end — Zibtek has the structure. sourceBOLD’s contractor engagement deliberately doesn’t cover this. For buyers who want turnkey managed services rather than contractor augmentation, Zibtek fits the shape.
Zibtek has documented delivery history in finance, healthcare, real estate, and ERP verticals — useful when your project needs vendor-side familiarity with compliance regimes, industry-specific data shapes, or domain conventions. sourceBOLD’s contractor model is industry-agnostic; domain context lives in your team, not the platform.
Time-zone overlap is the deliberate constraint. India sits ~10–12 hours offset from US Eastern; the Americas keep us within 4–8 hours of US overlap by construction. If your team can run async-handoff workflows and a follow-the-sun model suits your work, Zibtek is the right fit. If your engineering rhythm depends on live US-hours collaboration, the Americas-only choice matters.
No. Your team owns project management. sourceBOLD sources and places the developer; you direct the work the way you would a senior in-house contractor. If you want a bundled PM as part of the engagement, Zibtek's managed-services model fits better.
sourceBOLD publishes the $-band on /what-it-costs and writes the literal monthly Service Fee into the MSA at signing. Zibtek is quote-only across three engagement modes (fixed-price, hourly, dedicated team); Clutch lists $50–$99/hr with a $25K+ project minimum. The published-vs-quote difference and the no-minimum vs $25K-floor difference are the operational ones your procurement will notice.
No — that's a Zibtek model, not ours. sourceBOLD does single-developer contractor engagements. Multiple placements work fine but each is a separate engagement, and you direct the work across them. For project-team-with-PM delivery, Zibtek's model fits the shape.
Yes. The 4-gate funnel and the 4.2% acceptance rate are published on /guides/4-gate-vetting — including the blind double-review pattern at G2, the Staff+ reviewer requirement, and the rubric structure. Zibtek's marketing references "rigorous code reviews" and "vetted dedicated developers" but doesn't publish a candidate-acceptance funnel; their model emphasizes long-term retention of existing India staff over per-engagement candidate selection.
A succinct scoping call. Pre-vetted candidates. First standup in a few short weeks.