A TCS alternative for teams building one product well.
TCS is built for multi-year enterprise programmes. If your scope is a product rather than a transformation programme, the structure works against you.
Written for mid-market and scale-up teams who priced a TCS engagement and found the minimum too large. This page compares how the two are structured — not a claim that one is better at everything.
How the two are built differently.
Large integrators are structured to deliver at scale across many clients. That structure has real advantages and real costs. Here is where the models diverge.
| Dimension | Large IT services firm | SyncTrix |
|---|---|---|
| Staffing model | Pyramid: a small number of senior architects over a large base of junior engineers. The ratio is what makes the commercial model work at scale. | Senior-only. Every pod has a lead architect and no junior padding. |
| Who you meet vs who builds | Pre-sales architects present; delivery is handed to a separate team once the contract signs. | The engineers in the first call are the engineers who write the code. |
| Minimum engagement | Large multi-year programmes. Mid-market budgets often fall below the threshold worth bidding for. | Single-product scopes upwards. A two-week discovery is a valid starting point. |
| Commercial shape | Rate cards per role, time-and-materials, change requests priced separately. | Fixed price scoped to the product, agreed before work starts. |
| Bench billing | Standard practice in the industry: allocated staff are billed whether or not they are productive that sprint. | You pay for the pod delivering your product, not for allocation. |
| Escalation path | Account manager, delivery manager, then engineering. Several layers. | Direct to the lead architect on your engagement. |
| Where the work happens | Global delivery centres across many countries, follow-the-sun handoffs. | India-based across Hyderabad, Pune and Bangalore, staffed for overlap with your hours. |
When TCS is the better choice.
There are engagements we should not bid for. If any of these describe your situation, a tier-one firm is the right call and we will say so on the first call.
- You are running a multi-year, multi-country transformation programme.
- Procurement requires a vendor with decades of audited financials and global headcount.
- You need thousands of seats across many disciplines simultaneously.
- You are building one product and want the people who scoped it to build it.
- Your budget is a product budget, not a programme budget.
- You want a fixed price rather than a rate card and change requests.
Tell us about your project.
Briefs, NDAs, architecture reviews, anything goes. A senior engineer responds within 24 hours.
- Email[email protected]
- Phone+91 99228 74956
- LocationsHyderabad · Pune · Bangalore
- 1 · A senior engineer reviews your brief within 24 hours.
- 2 · We schedule a 30-minute discovery call.
- 3 · You receive a written proposal in 48-72 hours.