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Sprint Velocity
vs Cost Estimator

See how many engineering hours your budget buys with a remote team versus a local agency — and what that means for sprint output.

Quick Answer

At Zedtreeo's rates (from $6/hour, ~$9/hour for a mid engineer), a fixed monthly budget buys several times more engineering hours than a local agency. More hours per dollar means more story points shipped per sprint. Enter your budget and rate to see the multiplier.

Monthly engineering budget

Local agency blended rate / hour

Story points per 10 hours (your team's pace): 4

Based on Zedtreeo's actual pricing. Dedicated remote staff from $1,056/month.

These figures are estimates for planning only. Your actual rate depends on role, scope, seniority, and engagement; market comparisons use representative benchmarks, not live quotes. Spotted a number that looks off, or have an idea to make this tool better? — we read every note and use it to improve these tools.

Methodology

How the Sprint Velocity vs Cost Estimator works

How the number is produced

Divide your monthly engineering budget by $9/hour (a mid-level remote engineer) to get Zedtreeo hours; divide the same budget by the agency blended rate you enter to get agency hours.
Convert each hours figure into story points using the pace you set (points per 10 hours).
Report the extra points and the output multiple — same budget, different hours.

Assumptions built in

Uses one blended $9/hour rate for the remote side; a junior-heavy team costs less, a senior-heavy team more.
Points per hour is your team's own pace — the tool does not assume offshore engineers are faster or slower per hour.
A planning estimate for output-per-dollar, not a delivery commitment.

Benchmarks & sources

Zedtreeo Rate Index (2026)Used for: the offshore hourly rate per role used on the Zedtreeo side of every comparison — the same figures quoted on our service pages.
Zedtreeo pricing engine (site-wide constants) (2026)Used for: 176 billable hours per full-time month; local-market multipliers of ~3.5× (US), ~3.0× (Europe avg.), ~3.2× (Australia), ~2.8× (Canada) applied to the offshore rate when you pick a comparison market.
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS May 2025 — Software Developers (SOC 15-1252) (2024)Used for: the US wage baseline that makes agency blended rates of $100–150/hour typical.

Methodology and constants last reviewed August 18, 2026 against the Zedtreeo pricing engine and Rate Index. Estimates are for planning; your quote depends on role, scope and engagement.

FAQs

Sprint Velocity vs Cost Estimator FAQs

Common questions about this tool and the roles behind it.

Zedtreeo's offshore rates start at $6/hour and are the same figures used across all our calculators. Local market comparisons use representative benchmarks for the US, EU, AU, and CA — not live quotes. Your actual rate depends on role, scope, and engagement.

We convert available hours into points using the pace you set (points per 10 hours). It's a planning estimate to compare output per dollar, not a delivery commitment.

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