We didn't design this model
in a vacuum.
VA agencies, freelance platforms, and headhunting firms all get something right. We built VeritasHire by working through all three closely enough to see exactly where each one quietly costs founders more than money — and to name it here with respect, not condescension.
Ownership without the agency's forever-dependency. Support without the freelancer's isolation. A real outcome, not just a placement and a goodbye.
VA Agencies
What they get right: speed, a professional process, someone to call when something goes wrong, no need to personally run payroll or HR.
What they don't say out loud: the markup never ends, and there's a structural reason that markup creates instability you don't see coming. The agency's revenue is the spread between what you pay and what reaches the person actually doing your work — and when that spread is wide, the VA has less reason to stay. You can end up re-meeting your "team member" every few months, not because anyone did anything wrong, but because the incentive structure was never built around their longevity, only around the agency's margin.
What we kept. What we removed. We kept the oversight and the accountability. We removed the forever-fee, and the misaligned incentive that makes turnover someone else's problem until it becomes yours.
Freelance Platforms
What they get right: low barrier to entry, flexibility, no long commitment — you can start today.
What they don't say out loud: the real cost isn't the $300 you might pay for someone inexperienced, or even the $999 you'd pay for someone seasoned — it's the version of you that flinches every time a message goes unanswered for a day, wondering if this one's about to go quiet too. It's re-explaining your business from scratch to the third person this year. It's doing all the vetting and training alone, with no one to call when you get it wrong.
What we kept. What we removed. We kept the accessible entry point — our founder rate exists for exactly this reason. We removed the isolation. The 90 days of training and oversight exist specifically so you're not carrying that alone.
Headhunting & Placement Firms
What they get right: a vetted candidate, a one-time fee, full ownership from day one — no forever-markup, no agency standing between you and your hire.
What they don't say out loud: the day after the invoice clears, you're on your own. If it doesn't work out in week three, that's entirely your problem to solve, and there's a particular kind of quiet dread in realizing you've paid for a placement, not an outcome.
What we kept. What we removed. We kept the one-time fee and true ownership as the end state. We removed the silence afterward — replaced with 90 days of someone still paying attention.
The cheapest this month isn't the cheapest over time.
The cheapest option this month isn't the same as the cheapest option over the years you're actually trying to build something durable. Run each model out three years, with a realistic 10% yearly increase in fees, and the picture changes.
3-Year Total CostAssumes a 10%/year increase in recurring fees, including VeritasHire's direct VA pay.
That's not the part that matters most, though. Based on our placement track record across India, hires we've placed stay with their company a minimum of three years. Our longest-running placement is still working with the same client today, more than five years in. Our structured 90-day model for international clients is new — built directly from the lessons of that track record — but the judgment behind who gets hired and how they're trained is the same judgment that produced those numbers. At $28,829–$36,773 over three years, you're not just paying a comparable or lower number than the alternatives — you're paying for the one thing none of them can actually promise: that the person you hired is still there when year three ends.
If you've been thinking
about it — this is the call.
15 minutes. We'll tell you whether your role is a fit for our offshore VA placement service, what the process looks like, and what your VA could be doing in 10 business days. No pitch. No pressure.
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