Toptal connects you with vetted freelancers by the hour. That works if you already have a CTO directing the work. If you don’t — if you need a product designed, built and shipped — you’re left stitching contractors together and paying $60–$200+ an hour while you project-manage. DappaSol is the other option: a senior studio that takes your idea and hands back a launched product, fixed price, in about 8 weeks.
| DappaSol | Toptal | |
|---|---|---|
| What you get | A shipped product | A vetted freelancer |
| Who manages it | We do — senior team | You do |
| Pricing | Fixed scope, from $500 | $60–$200+ / hour |
| Time to launch | ~8 weeks | However long you can steer it |
| Code & IP | 100% yours, in your repos | Yours, but you assemble it |
| Best for | Founders who want it built | Teams who just need hands |
Pick Toptal if you have a technical lead who can scope, direct and review the work, and you just need extra senior hands by the hour.
Pick DappaSol if you want to describe the product and get it back built — design, engineering and launch handled, for a price you agree up front. See pricing or read how to outsource without getting burned.
By the DappaSol team — 100+ products shipped since 2020. Last updated June 2026.
It depends: for vetted freelancers you manage, Lemon.io or Arc; for a team that ships the whole product at a fixed price, a studio like DappaSol.
For augmenting a team with senior freelancers it can be — but you still run the project. A studio delivers the finished product instead.
Toptal gives you freelancers by the hour; DappaSol ships the product, fixed price, in about 8 weeks, with you owning the code.
By the DappaSol team — 100+ products shipped since 2020. Last updated June 2026.