Meridianstacks is a distributed team of senior engineers that builds software for Canadian companies on a daily morning overlap with Toronto and Eastern Canada. You get the cost advantage of offshore development — typically 50–75% below a Canadian agency — with native-level English, senior engineers, and a real standup window instead of an overnight handoff. Your matched hub is Lagos (UTC+1) — your whole Eastern morning overlaps our afternoon, live, every day.
Offshore software development means hiring a skilled software team outside Canada to build your product for less. Meridianstacks removes the usual trade-off: our fluent-English engineers share a 3–4 hour morning overlap with Eastern Canada, so you get a live daily standup and same-day decisions, own all the code and IP, work under a PIPEDA-aligned DPA, and pay 50–75% less than a local Toronto, Vancouver or Montreal agency.
From idea to launched product for Canadian startups and scale-ups — fast, scoped, and built to grow.
React/Next.js and Laravel on the web; Flutter & React Native for iOS and Android from one codebase.
Wallets, lending, KYC and trading platforms built by engineers with deep high-volume payments experience.
Vetted, full-time engineers embedded in your team and standups on a simple monthly retainer in CAD.
Add a specialist for a sprint or a stack gap — you manage, we resource and support.
LLM features, retrieval and workflow automation wired into your product and operations.
The reason Canadian firms hesitate over offshore software development is the overnight handoff, patchy English, and not knowing who is actually building their product. Meridianstacks is built to remove all three: engineers who share your morning hours, native-level English, and senior engineers you video-call before you commit. We anchor the working day around an Eastern-Canada standup; West Coast clients in Vancouver get a shifted window with morning synchronous time protected.
| Option | Eastern Canada overlap | Cost vs CA agency |
|---|---|---|
| Meridianstacks | Morning standup (3–4h) | 50–75% less |
| Canadian agency | Full | Baseline (CAD 80–200/hr) |
| India offshore | Minimal — async | Lowest, but overnight |
| LatAm nearshore | Strong (afternoon) | Higher rate; English varies |
| Build | Typical Canadian agency | Meridianstacks |
|---|---|---|
| MVP web app | CAD 70,000–180,000 | ~CAD 21,000–52,500 |
| Mobile app (iOS + Android) | CAD 55,000–200,000 | ~CAD 31,500–61,000 |
| Custom SaaS platform | CAD 80,000–240,000 | ~CAD 28,000–79,000 |
| Dedicated developer (monthly) | CAD 12,000–22,000 | ~CAD 4,500–9,000 |
Prices published from our Open Price Book (v1.0 · July 2026 · next review October 2026). All prices exclude VAT.
Indicative ranges; every engagement is quoted as a fixed price in Canadian dollars before work begins. Typical savings of 50–75% versus a local agency at CAD 80–200/hr.
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