Lemon.io, formerly Coding Ninjas, is an on-demand freelance hiring platform that provides pre-vetted freelance engineers to clients. Lemon exclusively hires developers in Eastern Europe, and as such the cost of a Lemon.io freelancer is quite low - about $35/hour.
In reviews across the web, clients praise Lemon.io for the quickness and responsiveness of their developers. Most reviews mention that they've had success with Lemon.io on small, one-off projects.
1. Lemon.io only presents one candidate at a time to clients based on their role requirements. We present as many available candidates that fit your role and project scope requirements to give you the opportunity to find the best fit.
2. The minimum years of experience required to join Lemon.io’s platform is 2 years. We require a minimum of 5 years.
3. At Lemon.io, you pay before you start an engagement with their freelancers. At Gun.io, you don’t pay anything until you and your engineer get to work.
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| Ease of use: | 10/10 | 9.4/10 |
| Quality of Support: | 9.1/10 | 9.8/10 |
Arc.dev is a common alternative to Lemon.io. Arc, formerly CodementorX, is a technical recruiting platform that supplies freelance programmers.
1. Arc requires a retainer fee to reserve your developer’s time from other competing roles, or a weekly invoice option for hours their developer has available to work on your project. At Gun.io, when you engage a developer, their sole focus is your project. You will never have to worry about competing roles getting in the way of your developer’s work.
2. Arc sets the hourly rate you pay to work with one of their developers. We present candidates with the rate our freelancers set for themselves.
3. If something goes wrong with your engineer, Arc will match you with a new freelancer...after their required 3-month trial period. At Gun.io, we switch out talent (free of charge) as soon as you need, no set term date required.
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| Ease of use: | 10/10 | 8.3/10 |
| Quality of Support: | 9.1/10 | 8.3/10 |
Moonlight, another Lemon.io alternative, is a community-based job board platform for freelance technical talent.
1. Moonlight’s clients post their open jobs to their site so freelancers can notify them via email or slack their interest in the role. At Gun.io, we do the work of reviewing applications and determining top matches for our clients, so you won't waste time sifting through dozens of resumes.
2. Moonlight does not offer engagements longer than 3 months. We offer engagements anywhere from 1+ months to contract-to-hire.
3. Moonlight requires additional monthly fees for a dedicated account manager. At Gun.io, every engagement is assigned a dedicated account manager at no extra cost to support you the entire length of your project.
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| Avg. Years Experience | 10-20 Years | 2 Years |
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| Ease of use: | 10/10 | N/A |
| Quality of Support: | 9.1/10 | N/A |
Our freelancers exceed the competition in years of experience and technical expertise.
-Matt L., Founder, Gun.io customer
We'll present custom matched candidates to you, in less than 24 hours.
