Why Choose Draft.dev Over Freelancers?
Stop gambling on freelancer quality. Get predictable, scalable technical content from a managed team of 300+ vetted experts.
The Hidden Costs of Hiring, Managing, and Working with Freelancers
Finding good technical writers is hard. Managing them is even harder.
Freelancer quality varies wildly. One freelancer delivers gold, another produces AI-written trash. Your blog becomes a patchwork of different voices, depths, and quality levels. Your team spends more time editing than they would writing from scratch.
Draft.dev: Managed Technical Content at Scale
Draft.dev provides the benefits of freelancers (specialized expertise and flexible capacity) without the chaos. Our managed services includes writer vetting and matching, quality control and editing, consistent voice and standards, guaranteed delivery schedules, and seamless scale from 1 to 50+ pieces monthly.
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Frequently asked questions
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- Do freelancers cost less than an agency?
- Not when you factor in total costs. While freelancer rates might seem lower ($0.10-0.50/word), add in your time finding writers (5 hours), managing them (15 hours/week), editing inconsistent work (3 hours/piece), and handling failures (20% require complete rewrites). Draft.dev's all-in pricing includes everything. Writing, editing, project management, and guaranteed quality.
- Can I find specialized freelancers for my technical topics?
- Finding one great freelancer is possible. Finding 10 who are equally good, reliable, and available is nearly impossible. Our network includes 300+ pre-vetted technical writers covering every major technology, framework, and platform. We match the right expert to each piece while maintaining consistent quality standards across all content.
- What if I already have freelancers I like working with?
- Keep them! We complement existing freelancer relationships by handling overflow work, filling expertise gaps, providing backup when freelancers are unavailable, and maintaining quality standards across all writers. Many clients use their favorite freelancers for specialized content while we handle volume production.
- How does Draft.dev maintain quality across so many writers?
- Every writer is technically vetted and each piece goes through our 5-step quality process: expert writer matching, technical review by subject matter experts, professional editing for clarity and voice, SEO optimization, and final quality check. Your content manager reviews one polished piece, not multiple rough drafts. This systematic approach ensures consistency regardless of the individual writer.
- Is Draft.dev more expensive than hiring freelancers directly?
- Our per-piece pricing is higher than many freelancer rates, but the real savings come from eliminated management overhead (15+ hours/week), no failed content or rewrites (20% with freelancers), faster time-to-publish (2 weeks vs 4-6 weeks), and better content performance (3x average engagement). ROI typically improves by 200-300% compared to working with individual freelancers.
"It's difficult to find an agency with enough high-quality subject matter expert writers to build up the content pipeline that Draft.dev gives you. It's a shortcut to building an in-house writing team."
Adam Gordon Bell
Director of Developer Relations, Earthly
Testimonials
What our clients are saying
"I was thoroughly impressed by the smooth onboarding and ability to adapt to our product suite. Draft.dev's attention to detail and dedication to aligning content with our brand have significantly impacted our developer-focused content strategy. The high-quality technical blog posts have been well-received internally, and we're excited to see the full impact on our content program."
"Partnering with Draft.dev has accelerated our technical content output while also extending the bandwidth of our developer relations team to focus more on core product activities. It is truly high-quality content written by devs for devs, helping devs in the process."
"Draft.dev is our go-to for practical, well-written content that actually resonates with technical audiences and helps us inspire the developer community. It has been invaluable (for our internal team and my sanity) to have their brilliant writers, editors, and PMs in our content corner!"
"Draft.dev has been an amazing partner, helping us scale our content program by creating thoughtful and technically-sound developer content and training materials. We’re constantly iterating to build the best educational materials for developer security and Draft.dev has been instrumental in helping us realize these ambitions."
"Having draft.dev source quality technical content for the Loft Labs blog has been a competitive advantage. It's given us a steadier flow of content, which has helped our brand's visibility, and some of the posts are among the most popular ones we've published."
"In a matter of weeks, our referral traffic and organic keyword rankings increased by 3x. One post also hit Hacker News which resulted in 5 demo requests in a single day!"
"We've seen amazing results with the technical content produced from the team at Draft.dev. The attention to technical detail from start to finish has been a huge addition to our content."
