Comparison · Log'in Line vs hiring
Good candidates don't apply. You have to find them, win them over, assess them without a DevOps on the team, then wait out their notice: 4 to 6 months, with no guarantee.
30 min · free · no commitment
Hiring a DevOps
4 to 6 months
Search, interviews, then a three-month notice period (France).
Log'in Line
3 weeks
A 30-min diagnostic, a two-week audit, then a 48-hour takeover.
Hiring
Senior profiles are scarce and in demand. And a team without a DevOps starts at a disadvantage: it struggles to assess the people it meets.
- 01
Good ones rarely apply.
They have a job and get approached all the time. You have to headhunt them, often through an agency: about €13,000.
- 02
Hard to judge outside the trade.
Without a DevOps on the team, who assesses their grasp of Kubernetes, Terraform or on-call?
- 03
Then three months' notice.
In France, once the offer is signed, you wait for them to leave their job: 4 to 6 months in all.
- 04
Alone, they carry everything.
On-call, knowledge of the infrastructure, emergencies. If they leave, you start from scratch.
In short
Choose Log'in Line if…
- you have no DevOps, or just one;
- you've been searching for months without finding;
- you want 24/7 on-call without building a team;
- your infrastructure doesn't justify a full-time role.
Hire if…
- the infrastructure is your product and keeps several people busy full time;
- you want someone in your office, every day;
- you have the time and budget to hire, onboard and retain.
And often, both: we run the infrastructure while you search, then work alongside your hire.
Point by point
Two rows go to hiring. They are true too.
- Time to start
- Hiring a DevOps : 4 to 6 months: hiring, then notice period
- Log'in Line : 3 weeks: a diagnostic, a two-week audit, then a 48-hour takeover
- Assess before committing
- Hiring a DevOps : A few interviews, on a résumé
- Log'in Line : A free diagnostic, then a two-week audit of your infrastructure, free on selection
- Hiring fees
- Hiring a DevOps : About €13,000 for an agency (20% of the gross salary)
- Log'in Line : None: the diagnostic is free, the audit free on selection
- Cost
- Hiring a DevOps : €94,250 a year per person, employer charges included (France)
- Log'in Line : Run from €800 a month for one Kubernetes cluster, on-call from €442 in office hours to €1,529 for 24/7, continuous Build at €890 a day
- 24/7 on-call
- Hiring a DevOps : Impossible alone: two people at the very least
- Log'in Line : Included in the On-call service, handled in under 30 min
- Holidays, sick leave, departures
- Hiring a DevOps : Nobody left on the infrastructure
- Log'in Line : At least 2 people always know your infrastructure
- Expertise
- Hiring a DevOps : One profile, one background
- Log'in Line : A team running 50 infrastructures on Kubernetes, AWS, GCP, Scaleway and OVHcloud
- Knowledge of the infrastructure
- Hiring a DevOps : In one person's head
- Log'in Line : Documented and in code (Terraform), and it belongs to you
- Commitment
- Hiring a DevOps : Permanent contract: trial period, notice, termination
- Log'in Line : 30 days, cancellable at any time
- Management
- Hiring a DevOps : Hire, onboard, review, retain
- Log'in Line : Nothing to manage: a monthly review
- Closeness to the product
- Hiring a DevOps : Every day, inside the team
- Log'in Line : Remote, on your Slack, Teams or Discord
- Available time
- Hiring a DevOps : 100% of their time on your topics
- Log'in Line : The days of continuous Build booked each month
| Criterion | Hiring a DevOps | Log'in Line |
|---|---|---|
| Time to start | 4 to 6 months: hiring, then notice period | 3 weeks: a diagnostic, a two-week audit, then a 48-hour takeover |
| Assess before committing | A few interviews, on a résumé | A free diagnostic, then a two-week audit of your infrastructure, free on selection |
| Hiring fees | About €13,000 for an agency (20% of the gross salary) | None: the diagnostic is free, the audit free on selection |
| Cost | €94,250 a year per person, employer charges included (France) | Run from €800 a month for one Kubernetes cluster, on-call from €442 in office hours to €1,529 for 24/7, continuous Build at €890 a day |
| 24/7 on-call | Impossible alone: two people at the very least | Included in the On-call service, handled in under 30 min |
| Holidays, sick leave, departures | Nobody left on the infrastructure | At least 2 people always know your infrastructure |
| Expertise | One profile, one background | A team running 50 infrastructures on Kubernetes, AWS, GCP, Scaleway and OVHcloud |
| Knowledge of the infrastructure | In one person's head | Documented and in code (Terraform), and it belongs to you |
| Commitment | Permanent contract: trial period, notice, termination | 30 days, cancellable at any time |
| Management | Hire, onboard, review, retain | Nothing to manage: a monthly review |
| Closeness to the product | Every day, inside the team | Remote, on your Slack, Teams or Discord |
| Available time | 100% of their time on your topics | The days of continuous Build booked each month |
Calculator
Set the coverage, your cloud bill and the salary for the role.
On-call
Monday to Friday, 9am to 6pm.
Kubernetes clusters
Continuous Build, days a month
estimate, cloud bill not included
Hiring: €7,850 a month. Log'in Line: €3,022 a month.
1 senior DevOps on a permanent contract · on board in 4 to 6 months
Run on 1 cluster, on-call in office hours and 2 days of continuous Build · up and running in 3 weeks
A −15% FinOps scenario: €750 a month in estimated savings. The audit shows what is possible on your infrastructure.
Assumptions: €65,000 gross a year ×1.45 (France) · off-hours or 24/7: 2 people + €1,500 on-call a month · −15% FinOps scenario based on the La Fourche case · our prices excl. VAT: Run €400 + €400 per Kubernetes cluster, on-call €442 in office hours (Monday to Friday, 9am to 6pm), €1,087 off-hours or €1,529 for 24/7, continuous Build €890 a day · without Kubernetes, and the initial build: on quote.
Case study
- Before: GCP and an in-house DevOps
- €15,000 a month
- After: Scaleway and the Log'in Line run
- €8,500 a month
−43%, our fee included
« Log'in Line nous a permis de stabiliser notre activité d'hébergeur avec une infrastructure sur-mesure et des déploiements automatisés. Ils ont été force de proposition, proactifs et pertinents. Le retour sur investissement de leur approche est indiscutable et nous sommes très satisfaits de cette collaboration. »
FAQ
When you hesitate between hiring and handing us your infrastructure.
In a 30-minute diagnostic, we look at what your infrastructure costs, what it risks, and whether it really justifies a full-time role. If your project is a fit, the two-week audit that follows is free, on selection.