Floor 05 · Go global
Nearshore software development from Estonia, inside the EU.
Nearshore software development means your developers sit one or two time zones away, close enough to share most of the working day. yop is based in Tallinn, Estonia, two hours ahead of London and one hour ahead of Berlin. We work in your repository, your tools and your hours, under EU law and the GDPR.
Why Estonia
Close in hours, close in law.
Your working day
Tallinn is two hours ahead of London and one hour ahead of Berlin, so stand-ups and reviews fit inside normal hours.
EU contract, EU data
Yopnet OÜ is an Estonian company. Contracts follow EU law, personal data falls under the GDPR and invoices follow EU VAT rules.
Your repository
We commit to your Git repository, track work in your tools and hand over with documentation.
Office hours
Our hours in your time.
Pick your city to see where our working day in Tallinn overlaps with yours.
Nearshore or offshore?
Distance changes the work.
| How nearshore, offshore and in-house development compare for a company in Western Europe | Nearshore (Estonia)Our pick | Offshore | In-house |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shared working hours | Most of the day | Little or none | All day |
| Rules that apply | EU law and the GDPR | Those of another country | Your own |
| Time to start | Weeks | Weeks | Months of hiring |
| Price model | Fixed price per phase or monthly | Mostly hourly | Salaries and overhead |
How it works
From first call to first release.
Intro call
Your product, your stack, your team and where outside help would move things fastest.
Scope
A first milestone at a fixed price, so both sides see how the work goes before anything long-term.
Onboard
Access to your repository, issue tracker and chat. We follow your review and release rules.
Deliver
Short cycles, a demo every week and documentation written as we go.
Your team
Add an EU team without the hiring.
Tell us your stack and what is stuck. We answer with what we would take on first.
Questions
Questions before the first commit.
What does nearshore software development mean?
Handing development work to a team one or two time zones away, under rules close to your own. For companies in Western Europe, Estonia shares most of the working day and the same EU rules.
Why Estonia?
It is an EU country with a strong software scene, English as a common working language and a fully digital company register. Yopnet OÜ is registered there.
How large is the team?
Small on purpose: whoever joins your calls also writes the code. That suits a defined scope such as a feature, an internal tool or a rebuild; for a twenty-person team we are the wrong partner and will say so.
How do contracts and invoices work?
You sign with Yopnet OÜ, an Estonian company. Invoices are in euros and follow EU VAT rules.
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