Every founder with a vibe-coded MVP eventually asks the same question: who fixes this? Here's how Refactor stacks up against the alternatives you're probably already considering.
Toptal is a freelancer marketplace. Refactor is a small team that only does one thing: turn vibe-coded apps into production software.
A senior hire is the right long-term move. It's the wrong move for the next 4 weeks, when your app is on fire and you haven't even finished the job description.
Upwork is a labor marketplace. You're the project manager, the QA, and the architect. Most founders trying to fix a vibe-coded app on Upwork burn $5k and end up worse off.
Fiverr makes it easy to buy a cheap gig: 'fix my login bug' for $80, 'speed up my site' for $150. That works for a single task. It does not work for a vibe-coded app that has fifty interconnected problems.
The AI got you 80% of the way. The last 20% is where it starts deleting your auth, re-introducing the same bug, and confidently shipping secrets to the client. More prompts won't fix that — a human who's seen the pattern will.
The instinct is understandable: the code is a mess, so burn it down and start over in Next.js. But you'd be throwing away the one thing that's actually working — the product decisions your users already validated.
Agencies are built for greenfield builds and long retainers. Vibe-coded rescues sit in an awkward middle — too small for their process, too messy for their juniors.
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