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Autopilot vs. staff augmentation
Staff aug rents you bodies by the month and leaves the managing, the architecture, and the outcome to you. Autopilot delivers the outcome — built by an engine, shipped by a senior pilot, run under an SLA.
Side by side
Honestly, side by side.
| staff augmentation | Autopilot | |
|---|---|---|
| What you get | Contractors to manage. Directing their output is your job. | Shipped features. We make it happen — not just bill the hours. |
| Ramp-up | Every contractor ramps on your codebase for weeks. | Ramjet already knows your codebase. v0 in 30 days. |
| Management overhead | You supply the PM, the specs, and the code reviews. | Requirements in, shipped and reviewed software out. |
| Continuity | Contract ends, context walks out the door. | Backed up, documented, and still running. |
| Billing | Per seat, per month, plus agency margin. | One flat fee for the whole operation. |
| Accountability | Bodies, not results. Outcomes are on you. | SLA-backed. A verified miss earns you a credit. |
The difference
Staff aug rents effort. Autopilot delivers outcomes.
Renting engineers still leaves you holding the hardest parts — architecture, review, delivery, and accountability. Autopilot takes the outcome end to end, so the thing you actually wanted (shipped software that stays up) is what you pay for.
Priced in the open
The price is the price.
- No hourly billing.
- No surprise invoices.
- No change-order games.
Flat monthly numbers, published on this page. What you see is the whole deal.
The numbers
Questions
Straight answers.
A contractor gives you hours you have to direct, review, and manage. Autopilot gives you shipped, reviewed features and an SLA — you bring the requirements, we own delivery and operation.
Completely. You decide what’s next and stack it in the queue. We turn it into shipped software; you never write a spec for a contractor again.
Add build lanes when you need more parallel throughput, or run a single lane when you don’t. It flexes without a hiring or offboarding cycle.