Cloud Employee vs Turing
📌 TL;DR
Turing offers an AI-powered talent platform that connects companies to a global pool of software engineers and AI natives through rapid matching and automated vetting.
Cloud Employee, in contrast, provides dedicated, full-time engineers (including AI engineers) who integrate directly into client teams, supported by a CTO-led vetting process, clear monthly pricing, and retention-focused HR infrastructure.
For engineering teams seeking long-term, embedded capacity with transparency and continuity, Cloud Employee offers a differentiated alternative to Turing’s marketplace model.
AI in Talent Sourcing, Human in Delivery
AI is continuing to change how companies hire — from candidate matching to skills assessment. Platforms like Turing are part of this transformation, using machine learning to match businesses with pre-vetted AI developers worldwide.
However, as CTOs scale development teams, goals such as long-term integration, retention, and delivery ownership often matter more than initial matching speed.
That’s where Cloud Employee differentiates — combining the efficiency of global hiring with human-led evaluation, AI fit analysis, full-time embedding, and structured retention. This enables engineering leaders to scale sustainably while maintaining control and alignment.
Turing in Context
Founded in 2018, Turing positions itself as “the world’s most deeply vetted developers powered by AI.” The company serves over 900+ clients across the US, Europe, and Asia.
Its AI Talent Cloud uses automation and data science to:
- Source AI developers globally
- Vet skills across technologies
- Match talent with projects
- Manage developers via remote infrastructure and compliance tools.
The platform’s algorithms evaluate technical proficiency, communication, and problem-solving, producing what Turing calls a “deep developer profile.” Clients then select from AI-curated shortlists.
Turing’s model is optimised for speed and volume — helping companies fill roles quickly. However, as with most marketplace-style models, long-term retention and deep integration depend on how the client manages the developers.
Cloud Employee’s Approach: Embedded, Transparent, and Retention-Focused
Cloud Employee takes a more integration-driven approach to building engineering teams. Rather than algorithmic matching, it combines CTO-led technical vetting with human insight — ensuring each engineer fits your stack, culture, and long-term delivery goals.
Key Features of Cloud Employee’s Model:
- CTO-led vetting via pair programming and architecture interviews for proven, real-world performance.
- 1–2 week average time-to-hire, providing speed without automation trade-offs.
- All-inclusive transparent pricing:
- LATAM engineers: ~$6,000/month
- Philippines engineers: ~$4,500/month
Rates include salary, HR, compliance, benefits, and infrastructure — no markups or hidden fees.
- Dedicated engineers — fully embedded within your team, not shared or project-based.
- Focus on AI engineering and data science, including ML Ops, NLP, and computer vision roles (see Cloud Employee AI Engineers).
- 97%+ retention rate beyond 2 years through structured HR, L&D, and performance support.
This approach ensures companies don’t just find AI or software engineers — they retain and integrate them into core delivery structures.
Shared Principles, Distinct Delivery
Both Cloud Employee and Turing streamline access to global development talent, using technology to solve hiring bottlenecks. But the core difference lies in delivery and relationship depth.
- Turing leverages AI automation to match global developers to roles rapidly.
- Cloud Employee builds long-term embedded partnerships, ensuring consistency, transparency, and continuity.
Turing’s AI-driven marketplace offers efficiency and scale; Cloud Employee’s human-led model backed by AI ensures retention, ownership, and trust.
Pricing Comparison: Cloud Employee vs. Turing
Turing solved for AI-enabled speed. Cloud Employee offers speed, transparency, and long-term scalability.
Cloud Employee Case Studies
Willo
- 825 estimated hours saved in recruitment
- Scaled from 2 to 10 engineers without on-site visits.
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CleanLink
- 3 engineers hired in 2 weeks; 7-year partnership supported by full HR infrastructure.
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Executive Insight
AI can accelerate hiring, but human-led vetting is what ensures alignment. Our CTO-led, AI-backed, process and retention systems give clients engineers who stay, grow, and perform long after onboarding.
— Seb Hall, CEO, Cloud Employee
AI Matching vs. Human Integration
Turing is driving new hiring options through AI, optimising for speed, automation, and scale. It’s ideal for teams that value algorithmic efficiency and variable project resourcing.
Cloud Employee focuses on integration and sustainability, offering dedicated, vetted engineers who grow with your organisation. Its model provides cost transparency, retention, and continuity that algorithmic matching can’t replicate.
For North American engineering leaders seeking AI-capable developers who integrate seamlessly and stay long-term, Cloud Employee delivers the balance of human precision and global reach.
Information is based on publicly available sources as of October 2025 and reflects Cloud Employee’s interpretation of each company’s publicly stated service model.
FAQs
- Turing is an AI-powered platform that uses algorithms to match companies with pre-vetted developers.
- Cloud Employee provides human-vetted, full-time engineers who integrate directly into your team, using your tools and workflows.
While Turing focuses on AI speed and scale, Cloud Employee emphasises transparency, cultural alignment, and retention - supported by a CTO-led vetting process and 97%+ retention of more than 2 years.
Yes. Cloud Employee helps businesses hire AI and machine learning engineers experienced in data science, NLP, and computer vision. These engineers are fully embedded into your team — not gig-based — and benefit from continuous learning and structured HR support. Learn more: Cloud Employee AI Engineers.
- Turing: AI-powered testing and skills assessments across 100+ tech stacks, followed by automated matching.
- Cloud Employee: Live, CTO-led pair programming and problem-solving interviews assessing real-world technical depth and collaboration.
Cloud Employee’s vetting ensures engineers meet both technical and cultural fit requirements critical for long-term success.
“What I love about Cloud Employee is that you’ve taken all of that hard work off my shoulders. When I was presented with a shortlist of candidates, I knew they were all technically proficient. I knew that they would fit in as part of the team.”
— Marcus Kilgour, CTO of Salmon Software.
“We actually hired the whole team remotely, having never met them. And we made a bunch of really good hires.”
— Euan Cameron, CEO of Willo.
Clients consistently highlight Cloud Employee’s quality of engineering talent and ease of integration into existing structures.
For companies seeking retention, transparency, and human-led vetting, Cloud Employee stands out as a strong alternative to Turing.
It offers:
- Dedicated, full-time engineers who integrate directly with your team.
- Transparent monthly pricing (no platform markups).
- Dual-region coverage (Philippines + LATAM) for global delivery flexibility.
- CTO-led technical screening with real-time assessment.
- AI-specialised talent pools with long-term retention support.
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