It can be quite overwhelming when you begin with a new business and start looking for the best option for your website development. These days, a website is built even before the business is launched officially. But, with a number of options available for the website development, it becomes really confusing, to pick the best team that can fulfil your needs.
Among the whole scenario, the question arises; a professional WordPress development team or a freelancer? The fact is that having wonderful frameworks and CMSs for a website development is not enough until you know some awesome website developers. And then, you get a choice between the freelancers and the professional WordPress development team, making the task even more difficult. Here are some simple points that can provide you with some evidence on how a professional team is better than a freelancer for your WordPress development needs:
Skills And Expertise: You must agree that a single freelancer cannot have all the skills and experience that a professional team possess. From design to development, they have all type of services available. There cannot be any loophole in the working of a team of professionals than a freelancer. The freelancer can lack many stints, ending in the delayed project and poor service.
Manageability: The team, as a whole, can accomplish even a difficult task with an ease. They have people for research, planning, designing, development, testing as well as maintenance. Moreover, a freelancer is alone responsible for the whole development life cycle, that he may not carry out, as efficiently as a professional team can.
Reliability: You can judge the reliability of the company, by the projects it has already delivered, to its clients. Yes, the freelancer can also provide you with the list of his previous work, but what can be more reliable than an established mortar and brick company. A freelancer, who might have a false name and can suddenly disappear, cannot earn the trust entirely. The workload can easily make the freelancer to just switch off on all the mediums of contact, and your project is hung in between. On the other hand, with a professional WordPress development company, you can deal with legalities, given you enough reason to trust them.
Meeting The Deadlines: A licensed team always start its work with a proper research and planning. The plan is executed by dividing the tasks between the specialists, along with a deadline. Every expert does the job on its own and in reduced time. But, in the case of a freelancer, the person is an individual, handling all the work, hence extending the time limit for the completion of the project. Also, in most of the cases, the freelancers, alone have failed to meet the deadlines, resulting in, the client bearing all the losses.
Support & Maintenance: As soon as the project is complete, you can’t expect to get further support from a freelancer. Although most of them try to provide the maintenance service, as they handle their own work alone, they are not able to cop-up for a long time. But, when you hire a professional WordPress development company, you get a proper clause on support and maintenance, in your contract. Those companies have their own team that does all the maintenance and provide you with the support. Hence, the support and maintenance are assured, even after the project is over.
Independent of Complexity: A freelancer might not possess all the skills you need. Also, for a single person to keep up with the changing technologies, can be a tedious job. But, when we go to a professional team, it involves the people belonging to different technologies, that are up to date with their skills. Also, for them, carrying out a job, that with a higher complexity is not a big thing as the work is completed in segments.
Privacy & Warranty: A contract with a professional WordPress development company also includes the warranty. It can be for six months or a year. But, isn’t it great to have an option to get all the issues fixed by the professionals, even after the project is over before you learn to handle it all your own? In the case of a freelancer, you are not sure if he will be available even for your next project, after, the delivery of your first project. Also, your project needs all the privacy and data protection, which is the biggest priority for a professional team. They understand the consequences of a data breach and focus on the data security completely.
Overall Cost: It is obvious that hiring a professional WordPress development team will cost you higher than a freelancer, any day. But, spending money on a reliable team is worth the price. You are provided with better customer service and the work is always on time. But, when you are spending money on a freelancer, even if it costs lesser, it cannot match the level of the services provided by a professional team. The higher expenditure on a professional development company pays off in a long run.
The above discussion may have given a hint of whom to choose over whom, but in the end, it all depends on your own choice. Hiring a professional development team or a freelance developer can be a pain, but keeping all those points in mind, you can make your decision.
Xornor is a professional WordPress development company, that is experienced and skilled enough to help you out with your website development needs. If you have made your mind to choose a WordPress development team, for your next project, you can reach out to us and get a quote.