Turing Alternatives for Hiring AI Developers (2026)

The short answer

Turing now describes itself as helping frontier labs improve models and enterprises deploy agentic systems. If you want engineers to build AI into your own product, HeyDev offers a senior AI engineer from $6,000 a month with a risk-free first week. For general developers, Arc.dev, Toptal and Revelo are the main options.

What changed at Turing

Turing built its name as a marketplace for remote developers. Its services page now leads with something else: "Turing drives real economic progress from AI by helping frontier labs improve models and enterprises deploy agentic systems", backed by datasets, RL environments and an expert network.

That is a good business, and it serves AI labs. A software company that wants an engineer to ship features inside its product is no longer the main customer the page is written for, and Turing does not publish developer pricing.

The 6 best Turing alternatives, plus Turing itself

1. HeyDev

A founder-led AI engineering studio. You work directly with the founders (ex-Microsoft, IIT Kanpur, ex-Spinny, a $1B+ startup) and an ex-Google engineer, not a matched stranger. We build MCP servers and ChatGPT, Claude and Copilot apps, AI agents and RAG, and voice AI agents, or place a senior AI engineer on your team by the month.

Pricing: Senior AI engineer from $6,000/month, first week risk-free. Project work gets a fixed-price quote within 48 hours of a call. Vibe-coded app audit: $999 in 5 business days.
Best for: Software companies building AI into their product: MCP servers, agents, RAG and voice.

2. Toptal

A large vetted freelance network that matches you with individual developers, designers and finance experts. Says fewer than 3% of 200,000+ yearly applicants are accepted and candidates are introduced within 24 hours in almost all cases.

Pricing: Hourly rates are not published. A $79 monthly subscription fee applies once you proceed with talent matching. Trial of up to two weeks: if you are not satisfied, you are not billed.
Best for: Filling several individual roles, including non-AI ones, from one network.

Source: Toptal: FAQ (fees, trial, matching)

3. Arc.dev

A remote developer marketplace for freelance and full-time hires. Says it hires in 72 hours for freelance roles and 14 days for full-time, from 450,000 developers in 190 countries.

Pricing: Freelance: $15 to $110+ per hour, with a risk-free trial of up to two weeks. Full-time: 20% of annual salary.
Best for: Budget-conscious individual hires, and full-time recruiting.

Source: Arc.dev: Pricing

4. Revelo

Nearshore Latin American developers on US time zones, with salary, benefits, payroll and compliance included in one rate.

Pricing: Rates are not published. Two-week trial ("pay only if you're happy"), month-to-month, 14 days average time to hire.
Best for: Long-term US-timezone engineers at nearshore cost.

Source: Revelo: Pricing

5. Andela

A global talent marketplace that places engineers with enterprise teams.

Pricing: Not published on its pricing page.
Best for: Enterprises placing many engineers with compliance and payroll handled.

Source: Andela: Pricing

6. BairesDev

A large nearshore software outsourcing company with 4,000+ timezone-aligned engineers and 500+ client companies.

Pricing: Not published.
Best for: Large, long-running nearshore teams.

Source: BairesDev: Home

7. Turing

Now describes itself as helping frontier AI labs improve models and enterprises deploy agentic systems, with datasets, RL environments and an expert network.

Pricing: Not published.
Best for: AI labs buying training data and model evaluation at scale.

Source: Turing: Services

HeyDev vs Turing, side by side

	HeyDev	Turing
Main customer	Software companies shipping AI features	Frontier AI labs and enterprises
What you get	A senior AI engineer or a fixed-scope project	Datasets, RL environments, expert network
Price	From $6,000/month, published	Not published
Trial	First week risk-free	Not published
Fixed-price projects	Quote within 48 hours	Not published
Who you talk to	The founders who do the work	Sales team

Why teams switch to HeyDev

Built for product teams. We build inside your codebase: your product callable from ChatGPT, Claude and Copilot, agents that do real work, voice agents wired into your stack.

Published price, short start. From $6,000 a month for a senior AI engineer, usually starting the same week, with the first week risk-free.

Founders on the work. Mahima (ex-Microsoft, IIT Kanpur), Yatish (IIT Kanpur, US startup engineer) and Akshit (ex-Spinny, a $1B+ startup) review what ships.

When Turing is the right call

You are an AI lab buying training data, RL environments or model evaluation.
You need a large expert network for data work rather than product engineering.

How to switch

Book a 30-minute call. Bring the role description or the feature you need shipped.
Within 48 hours you get either a named engineer for monthly work or a fixed-price quote for a project.
Start with a risk-free first week. If it is not working, you do not pay for that week.

Questions

Does Turing still offer developers for hire?

Turing's services page now leads with helping frontier labs improve models and enterprises deploy agentic systems, through datasets, RL environments and an expert network. Developer pricing is not published, so ask Turing directly about your use case.

What is the best Turing alternative for building an AI product?

HeyDev, if you want senior AI engineers who build inside your product: from $6,000 a month with a risk-free first week, or a fixed-price project quote within 48 hours.

What is a good Turing alternative for general developers?

Arc.dev publishes freelance rates of $15 to $110+ an hour with a trial of up to two weeks. Revelo offers nearshore Latin American developers with a two-week trial and month-to-month terms.

When is Turing the better choice?

When you are an AI lab that needs training data, RL environments or evaluation at scale.

Sources

Competitor prices and terms are taken from their own public pages on the date above and can change. Spotted something out of date? Email mahima@heydev.us and we will correct it.

Want engineers who build AI into your product? Book a 30-minute call with the founders or email mahima@heydev.us.

6 Best Turing Alternatives for Hiring AI Developers