724 Care vs Delegated: What Each Gets Right
By 724 Care · February 9, 2025 · 3 min
An honest, side-by-side read on 724 Care and Delegated — what each is, who each is for, where the two genuinely diverge, and which is the right call for your brief.
At a Glance
| 724 Care | Delegated | |
|---|---|---|
| Model | Operator paired one-to-one | A dedicated US VA |
| Vetting | 94% applicant rejection rate | US-based, professional |
| Pricing | from $1,180/mo (VA) / $7.40/hr (CC) / $1,650/mo (Accounting) | $1480+/mo |
| Time-to-desk | 4.2 days median | varies — typical of dedicated US VA arrangements |
| QA model | Editorial — weekly senior review | Throughput-shaped |
| Best for | Founders & ops leaders tired of offshore-by-default | US execs paying for US-based |
How Delegated Positions
Delegated is best understood as US-based dedicated VA service for executives. Their strength is real: US-based, professional. The corresponding trade-off — and every model has one — is expensive, slower onboarding.
On Onboarding Speed
Delegated’s onboarding tends to track its model: varies — typical of dedicated US VA arrangements. 724 Care’s median time from brief signed to operator at desk is 4.2 days. We pre-train on your SOPs in the first ten days. By week three, the operator is producing, not asking what to produce.
On the “Why Do We Switch” Pattern
The most common reason clients arrive from Delegated: a price line item that no longer matched the quality being delivered. The second-most-common: pricing transparency that didn’t survive the third invoice. We publish rates on the homepage. We bill what we quote. We don’t do hourly creep dressed up as scope creep.
On Editorial QA vs Throughput QA
Delegated’s strength — US-based, professional — is real. But the QA model is built for throughput. 724 Care’s QA is editorial: a senior practitioner inside our house reads your operator’s work weekly the way a magazine reads its stories. Coaching notes go to your operator and to you. That’s a different shape of quality than Delegated optimizes for.
Who Should Pick Delegated
If your description is “us execs paying for us-based”, Delegated is a defensible pick. They earn their position in the category. We’re not going to tell you they’re bad — they’re not. They’re optimised differently.
Who Should Pick 724 Care
You’re a founder or ops leader who’s run at least one offshore engagement before, watched it disappoint, and decided that the next one will be either a great hire or no hire. You’d rather pay $1,180/mo for one operator who knows your SOPs cold than $700/mo for a rotating cast that never quite does. You read pricing pages.
The Verdict
Both can work. Both have happy customers. The honest summary: Delegated is the right fit when you want us-based; we’re the right fit when you want operator-grade quality with the price tag that comes with it.
Related comparisons
- 724 Care vs Equivity — US-based VA service with degreed assistants
- 724 Care vs Brickwork — Long-running India VA service for global enterprises
- 724 Care vs VA Staffer — Filipino VA service for entrepreneurs
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