Microsourcing operates using a managed offshore staffing model.
Businesses pay a bundled monthly rate that includes staff compensation, office infrastructure, account management, internal supervision, and the provider’s margin. The true monthly amount received by the staff member is not fully visible, as costs are wrapped together inside a single service fee. This structure makes it difficult to separate staff pay from overhead and service markups.
VirtualStaff.ph operates on an entirely different foundation.
It created the VirtualStaff Seat System — a plug-and-play back-office staffing system built to eliminate bundled pricing and return control to the business. Each Seat powers reliable, full-time Filipino back-office professionals who plug directly into your workflows, while agreements, attendance, and payments are handled transparently inside one platform. There are no hidden margins layered into the monthly amount.
These two approaches are fundamentally different.
Microsourcing delivers a managed offshore service. VirtualStaff.ph delivers infrastructure — a system that enables businesses to build and scale long-term back-office teams with full transparency, direct control, and predictable costs.
How Microsourcing Works
Microsourcing follows a managed staffing model common across large offshore providers.
Businesses are charged one bundled monthly amount that folds staff compensation, infrastructure, management layers, and provider margin into a single, non-transparent fee.
Because this model relies on vendor-led control, it introduces several structural realities:
• Costs are bundled and difficult to unpack
• The monthly amount received by the staff member is not fully transparent
• Scaling usually requires long-term commitments and renegotiation
• Operations are shaped around the provider’s internal systems
Microsourcing is designed to run your back office for you, inside their framework.
This model removes operational ownership from the business. It is far less effective for businesses that want ownership, flexibility, and cost control.
How the VirtualStaff Seat System Works
VirtualStaff.ph was built to solve a completely different problem.
Instead of bundling services, it created the VirtualStaff Seat System — a plug-and-play system for building reliable, long-term back-office teams using full-time Filipino professionals.
With VirtualStaff.ph:
• You activate a VirtualStaff Seat for $99 per month
• You choose the monthly amount you want to pay each staff member
• 100% of that monthly amount goes directly to the staff member
• Agreements, attendance, and payments run through one simple platform
The Seat is the system. It powers everything behind the scenes, so your team plugs directly into your business without layers of overhead.
This is not freelancing. These are not short-term arrangements. Every team member is supplied through the system and dedicated to your business alone.
Transparency vs Bundled Pricing
One of the clearest differences between Microsourcing and VirtualStaff.ph is transparency.
In a managed services model, the business pays a single bundled fee. The internal breakdown of that fee is rarely visible. Staff compensation, overhead, and margin are mixed together.
With the VirtualStaff Seat System:
• The monthly amount is fully transparent
• Staff receive 100% of that amount
• VirtualStaff.ph earns through the clearly defined Seat fee
There are no inflated bundles. No hidden layers. No guessing where the money goes.
This transparency is a core reason more than 25,000 businesses have built teams through VirtualStaff.ph since 2016, including global brands that require consistency and trust.
Control vs Provider Dependency
Microsourcing is built around provider-led management.
VirtualStaff.ph is built around business-led control.
With VirtualStaff Seats:
• Team members work full-time in your business
• They follow your workflows, tools, and operating style
• You decide schedules, priorities, and structure
• Scaling is as simple as adding another Seat
There is no dependency on a provider’s internal management layer. Your back office becomes part of your company, not an external operation you rely on.
Instead of adapting to a vendor’s systems, the system adapts to you.
Built Specifically for Back-Office Roles
The VirtualStaff Seat System is purpose-built for back-office functions that keep businesses running efficiently, including:
• Billing and bookkeeping support
• Data entry and process support
These are full-time, degree-qualified professionals aligned to your working hours and built for long-term retention.
This is why businesses can build teams for $500 to $1,500 per month instead of carrying local costs of $40,000 to $80,000 per year per role.
Not an Alternative. A Different Category.
Microsourcing delivers managed offshore services.
VirtualStaff.ph delivers a system.
If your goal is to hand responsibility to a provider and operate within their structure, a managed model may fit.
If your goal is to build a long-term back-office team with transparent costs, direct control, and infrastructure that scales cleanly as your business grows, the VirtualStaff Seat System was built for that purpose.
This is not an alternative to Microsourcing.
It is a fundamentally different and better way to build your back office.
Try the VirtualStaff Seat System Risk-Free
You can activate your first VirtualStaff Seat for $99 and experience the system for 14 days, completely risk-free.
In two weeks, you will see how reliable, full-time Filipino professionals plug directly into your workflows while agreements, attendance, and payments run automatically through the platform.
If it does not work for your business, your Seat fee is fully refunded.
Start with one Seat.
Scale to ten or fifty when ready.
Build your back-office team the smarter way with VirtualStaff.ph.
