GrowthPair is a global marketing hiring partner that helps companies build high-performing teams through senior-marketer-led vetting, ongoing AI training, and an exclusive focus on placing marketing roles.
GrowthPair and South both place full-time hires, both hire in Latin America, and both bill one monthly rate that covers pay and payroll. South hires for every department. GrowthPair hires only marketers and designers, and adds the Philippines.
Below, we compare the two on price, contract terms, guarantees, and vetting.
South (hireinsouth.com) places full-time Latin America talent in every department, from SDRs to accountants. GrowthPair places marketers only, from Latin America and the Philippines, vetted by marketers.
| GrowthPair | South | |
|---|---|---|
| Model | Managed staffing. We recruit, vet, and pay your hire | Recruiting plus payroll on one monthly rate, or a one-time Headhunting fee |
| Full-time or part-time | Full-time only | Full-time only |
| Roles | 13 marketing and design roles | Many departments, including sales and marketing |
| Talent location | Latin America and the Philippines | Latin America |
| Price | About $4,000/month on average, all-in | Not published; a flat monthly rate per hire, quoted by role |
| Contract | Month to month | No minimum commitment or cancellation fee |
| Time to hire | About 3 weeks from signed agreement to start | About 16 days on average |
| Replacement guarantee | For as long as you’re a client | First 120 days |
| Payroll and benefits | GrowthPair runs payroll, benefits, and HR | South runs payroll and compliance; benefits through its EOR service |
| Buyout | 6 months of your GrowthPair rate | Not published |
| Reviews | Trustpilot 4.6 (28 reviews) | Trustpilot 4.2 (8 reviews) |
GrowthPair made finding our marketing superstar so quick and easy. They found someone who checked all our boxes and fit our budget perfectly.
We faced an endless stream of expensive, underqualified candidates, and hiring was a huge drain. Then we brought in GrowthPair and everything changed.
GrowthPair helped me find a high quality overseas marketer, FAST!
We told them what we were looking for, and we had a video editor hired inside of a couple of days. 10/10 would recommend.
Their ability to place talented designers quickly, especially those comfortable in fast-paced environments, has been invaluable.
We worked with GrowthPair for CRM execution support and had a great experience. Recommend for hands-on CRM support.
GrowthPair helped me find a great social media manager by providing a large list of qualified applicants for me to review.
GrowthPair made finding our marketing superstar so quick and easy. They found someone who checked all our boxes and fit our budget perfectly.
We faced an endless stream of expensive, underqualified candidates, and hiring was a huge drain. Then we brought in GrowthPair and everything changed.
GrowthPair helped me find a high quality overseas marketer, FAST!
We told them what we were looking for, and we had a video editor hired inside of a couple of days. 10/10 would recommend.
Their ability to place talented designers quickly, especially those comfortable in fast-paced environments, has been invaluable.
We worked with GrowthPair for CRM execution support and had a great experience. Recommend for hands-on CRM support.
GrowthPair helped me find a great social media manager by providing a large list of qualified applicants for me to review.
South is the better choice for some teams. Here’s when.
Our team is made up entirely of marketers who have done the work themselves, so we know what strong marketing talent looks like. We can help you find your next:
When growth is a priority, hiring right isn’t optional. But finding reliable marketing talent that doesn’t cost $133K is often time-consuming, expensive, and risky. We believe every marketing team deserves dedicated talent they can trust and a hiring process that embeds new team members quickly and fully. That’s what we’re building at GrowthPair.
If you’re ready to scale with top global marketing talent and a hiring partner built for growth, we’d love to talk.
We’ve made hiring the best marketers easy
Yes. The company brands itself as South and runs at hireinsouth.com. It places full-time Latin America talent across sales, marketing, ops, finance, and engineering.
South doesn’t publish a dollar rate. It charges one flat monthly rate per hire that covers the teammate’s pay and South’s service, and it confirms the rate once you share the role. A full-time GrowthPair marketer costs about $4,000 a month on average, all-in.
Positive, but thin. South has a 4.2 TrustScore from 8 reviews on Trustpilot as of November 11, 2026, and Trustpilot notes the company hasn’t invited customers to review recently.
GrowthPair’s runs longer. South replaces a hire who doesn’t work out in the first 120 days. GrowthPair replaces your marketer for as long as you’re a client.
South says candidates clear English assessments, role-specific evaluations, behavioral screening, and reference checks, and you meet 3 to 5 finalists. GrowthPair accepts about 1.5% of applicants, and every candidate takes a proctored skills test and interviews with a marketer.
In 1 year, your savings could be $170,000
This is assuming that each U.S. marketing hire is $133,000, and each global marketing hire is $48,000 in payroll costs per year.
