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 Near both place full-time hires, and both hire in Latin America. Near 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.
Near places full-time Latin America talent across sales, engineering, finance, and marketing. GrowthPair places marketers only, from Latin America and the Philippines.
| GrowthPair | Near | |
|---|---|---|
| Model | Managed staffing. We recruit, vet, and employ your hire | Staffing (monthly invoice) or direct hire (one-time fee) |
| Full-time or part-time | Full-time only | Full-time |
| Roles | 13 marketing and design roles | Many departments, including marketing |
| Talent location | Latin America and the Philippines | Latin America |
| Price | About $4,000/month on average, all-in | Fee quoted on a call, shown separately from salary |
| Contract | Month to month | Not published |
| Time to hire | About 3 weeks from signed agreement to start | First candidates in 3 to 5 days; hire in under 3 weeks |
| Replacement guarantee | For as long as you’re a client | 180 days on direct hire; length of engagement on staffing |
| Payroll and benefits | GrowthPair runs payroll, benefits, and HR | Near on staffing; you or your EOR on direct hire |
| Buyout | 6 months of your GrowthPair rate | Direct hire option (one-time fee) |
| Reviews | Trustpilot 4.6 (28 reviews) | Clutch 4.9 (53 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.
Near 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. Near places talent from South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. GrowthPair hires marketers in Latin America and the Philippines.
Near quotes its fee on a call and shows it separately from the salary you set. GrowthPair publishes its price: about $4,000 a month on average, all-in.
It depends on who you’re hiring. Near hires across sales, engineering, finance, support, and marketing. GrowthPair hires only marketers and designers, and every candidate interviews with a marketer and takes a proctored test for their role.
They’re close on monthly plans, and GrowthPair’s runs longer than a direct hire’s. Near offers a 180-day replacement on direct hires and replacement for the length of a staffing engagement. GrowthPair replaces your marketer for as long as you’re a client.
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.
