Devvista is a software development and growth agency; companies in the US, UK, Australia, Canada and the UAE come to us for dedicated React developers and small front-end teams. Engagement is hourly, as a team, or for a fixed-price build.
React is a JavaScript library for building user interfaces, and Next.js describes itself as the React framework for the web. Below: what we build, how the React options compare, the cost, how to check a developer and how hiring works from your country.
What our React developers build
Product front ends
The screens of a SaaS or platform product: accounts, tables, forms, charts and settings, built to a design and wired to your API.
Dashboards and data-heavy tools
Screens that handle large tables, filters and exports without freezing, with the loading and error states a real user meets.
Customer portals
Sign-in areas where customers follow orders, download documents and update details, replacing a stream of emails and calls.
Server-rendered sites with Next.js
Marketing and product sites where search and first load matter. Next.js provides routing, rendering, data fetching and caching around React components, as its own site describes. See our hire Next.js developers page.
Moving a front end to React
A planned migration of an older jQuery or server-rendered interface, one section at a time, so the product keeps running throughout.
A plain React app, Next.js or something else: which does the project need?
Most React hires are really a choice about what sits around React. The table sets out the realistic options, and the last column is our view.
| Option | What it gives you | Best for | Watch for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plain React app | A JavaScript library for user interfaces, with the surrounding tools chosen per project | Tools behind a login, where search ranking does not matter | Someone must choose and maintain the tools around it |
| Next.js | The React framework for the web: routing, rendering, data fetching, caching and build tooling (nextjs.org) | Public sites and products that need search visibility and fast first load | More server concepts to learn and host |
| React Native | React used to build iOS and Android apps, rendering to native platform UI (reactnative.dev) | A mobile app from a team that already writes React | A separate mobile project with its own release work |
| WordPress or a static site | Content pages edited without a developer | Brochure sites and blogs | Interactive features need extra tools |
Our guide to hiring dedicated React developers covers vetting in depth, and the Next.js page covers the framework option. Our hire TypeScript developers and hire Vue developers pages cover two neighbouring options. Our Discovery89 travel booking case study shows a React front end on a full build.
What it costs and how you can hire
You can buy React developers by the hour, from $10 to $100 depending on level, or as a fixed-price project from $500 to $100,000. We state the price before work starts, in US dollars.
| Model | Best for | Pricing |
|---|---|---|
| Dedicated React developer by the hour | Month-to-month front-end work on a product that is already live | By developer level |
| Small React team | A product build where design, code and testing move together | Hourly, per person |
| Fixed-price build | A front end whose screens, states and API are written down first | By complexity |
| Scoping first | You have users and a goal, but not yet the screens or the data | A short engagement that ends in a written spec |
Illustration (an estimate, not a quote): a booking platform front end with search, availability, accounts, payments and an admin view, at an assumed $40 an hour:
| Work | Hours |
|---|---|
| Discovery and written spec | 18 |
| Design system and components | 36 |
| Search and availability screens | 48 |
| Accounts and payments screens | 44 |
| Admin view and reports | 38 |
| API connection and error states | 30 |
| Automated tests | 30 |
| Launch and handover | 12 |
| Total | 256 hours, about $10,240 at $40 an hour |
Cut the admin view and the total drops; add a mobile app and it rises. Send your screen list and we will price your own version.
Which React developer profile you need
React teams need people for building, structuring and speeding up an app, and one hire seldom covers all three.
| Profile | What they do | Ask to see |
|---|---|---|
| React developer | Builds screens, state and API calls from a design | A React app and how its state is organised |
| Next.js developer | Builds server-rendered pages and handles caching | A deployed site and its performance numbers |
| React architect | Structures a large codebase and sets rules for a team | A repository layout, a review process and a migration plan |
| Performance specialist | Finds and fixes slow renders and heavy bundles | A before-and-after profile of a real app |
Common situations and what to hire
React projects begin in different places, and the right arrangement follows.
| Your situation | What to hire | Why |
|---|---|---|
| A new product with a design and a backend plan | A small team and a fixed-price first release | A clear scope makes the first release predictable |
| A live app that needs steady improvement | A dedicated React developer by the hour | Regular hours keep releases frequent and the codebase tidy |
| An older interface that needs moving to React | A migration lead and a small team | The move is planned section by section so the product keeps running |
What the first month of a React hire looks like
- Week one: repository access, a written scope, and the folder and state conventions agreed before coding.
- Week two: the design system and the first screens built and shown on a working link.
- Week three: the API connection, plus loading, empty and error states on those screens.
- Week four: tests on key flows, an accessibility and speed check, and a review against the spec.
How to check any React developer before you hire
Use this list in the interview, and again when you review the first week of work.
- How do you decide where state lives, and how does that change as the app grows?
- Plain React or Next.js for this project, and what is the reason?
- How do you test components, and which screens deserve end-to-end tests?
- How do you find why a screen is slow, and what have you fixed?
- How do you handle accessibility and keyboard use in forms and tables?
- Who owns the repository and the hosting pipeline at handover?
- Ask for a small paid trial task before you commit: a real screen with a search box, a filtered list and an API call, plus a short note on how it is tested.
Treat a fixed delivery date offered before any written scope as a warning sign, whoever offers it.
Mistakes to avoid when hiring React developers
Most React hires go wrong in the same few ways.
- Hiring for the library name and not for the structure: no one decides how state and folders are organised.
- Treating accessibility and slow screens as later work, then paying to unpick them.
- Picking a framework because it is popular, not because the product needs it.
- Leaving the build pipeline and hosting on the developer's own account.
Hiring from the US, UK, Australia, Canada and the UAE
From the US to the UAE, React developers are placed remotely, and we do not keep local offices. You will see progress on a board and in regular demos, wherever you are.
Who this is for, and who it is not
| A good fit | Not a fit |
|---|---|
| A company that needs a React front end and can share a design, a screen list or an existing API | A request that a developer guarantee conversion, ranking or sales |
| A team that needs extra React capacity by the hour | A project that needs developers in your office |
| Owners ready to approve a written scope and review a working build each stage | A simple brochure page that WordPress or a builder would serve |