10decodersA safe, reversible path — not a leap.
Land, scale, own. Start on any rung, move up when the evidence justifies it, and never get forced into a commitment you didn't choose. Here's how the model de-risks every step.
Prove → Scale → Own.
Each rung stands on its own. You can stop at Prove, run a Pod indefinitely, or climb to a fully-owned captive. Earlier fees credit forward, so committing later never means paying twice.
A 90-day paid evaluation
A live, compliant, fully-staffed pod and a clean go/no-go. You learn whether an offshore healthcare team works for you — before any durable commitment.
A durable, led team
You own the roadmap; we own hiring, delivery, and retention. Many clients run a Pod indefinitely. There is no forced escalation to a captive.
Your own captive
When ownership makes sense, we build the entity, operate it to steady state, and transfer people, IP, and operations to you on your trigger.
Staff-aug vs Managed Pod vs your own captive.
The three are not the same product at different sizes. They carry risk differently, and they leave you owning different things.
| Staff augmentation | Managed Pod | Own captive (via BOT) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| What you get | Individual contractors | A led, dedicated team | A legal entity you own |
| You own | Nothing durable | The roadmap & output | Everything — entity, people, IP |
| Who carries delivery risk | You | 10decoders | 10decoders, until transfer |
| Who carries retention risk | You | 10decoders (backfill SLA) | 10decoders, carried through transfer |
| Ramp time | Fast, but shallow | Weeks to steady state | Months — it's an org build |
| Best for | Short bursts of capacity | A durable engineering core | Long-term strategic ownership |
10decoders holds the risk until you're ready to.
At every rung before transfer, the operational risk that usually scares mid-market firms off an India build sits with us — not you. Hiring misses, attrition, compliance gaps, delivery slippage: ours to absorb.
That's what makes the path reversible. If the evidence isn't there at the end of a pilot, you walk away having spent a fixed, known fee — not a captive's worth of sunk cost.
No forced escalation
Climbing the ladder is your decision, never a contractual trapdoor. Many clients run a Managed Pod indefinitely and never build a captive — and that's a perfectly good outcome.
Fees credit forward
Pay for a 90-day Accelerator and convert to a Pod, and your evaluation fee credits against it. The ladder rewards moving up — it never penalizes starting small.
