Every ticket is estimated before work starts. People are paid when the work ships and passes review. No padded hours. No paid idle time. Your team works from anywhere.
“Zeto cut a million dollars a year of padded hours and idle time out of our engineering payroll.”
A timesheet says someone was busy. It says nothing about what shipped.
Without a line-item estimate up front, every job takes as long as the budget allows.
Waiting on a review, a meeting, a decision. You pay for all of it.
Four screens your Warden (admin) runs the whole workforce from. Click each step.
| Line item | Role | Source | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pay button + route | FE | Library: “add form action” | 3 |
| Stripe webhook, idempotent | FE | Library: “third-party webhook” | 4 |
| Receipt link on paid invoices | FE | Library: “small UI change” | 1.5 |
| Test cases + recorded video | QA | Library: “QA per story” | 3 |
| WO# | Title | Milestone period | Payment status | Assigned to | Budget |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WO-114 | Maya R. · October | Oct 1 – Oct 31 | Awaiting approval | MRMaya R. · FE | $4,200 |
| WO-113 | Dev K. · October | Oct 1 – Oct 31 | Ready to pay | DKDev K. · FE | $3,600 |
| WO-112 | Lina S. · October | Oct 1 – Oct 31 | Awaiting approval | LSLina S. · UX | $2,800 |
| WO-109 | Ade O. · September | Sep 1 – Sep 30 | Paid | AOAde O. · QA | $2,400 |
| WO-114 · Milestone 1 · Stripe checkout, saved cards, invoice PDF fix 3 of 3 tickets passed code review + QA | $2,100 | Approve |
| WO-114 · Milestone 2 · Reports dark mode, calendar sync 1 of 2 tickets released · waiting on QA | $1,400 | Approve |
| Payment | Work order | Payee | Amount | Due | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAY-301 | WO-113 · Milestone 1 | DKDev K. | $1,800 | Oct 15 | Release |
| PAY-302 | WO-114 · Milestone 1 | MRMaya R. | $2,100 | Oct 15 | Release |
Recreated screens with sample data. Every number traces back to a ticket that shipped.
When you pay for results, location stops mattering. Zeto tracks every person's shipped work and quality, so you know who's delivering without watching anyone's screen.
| Name | Grade | Role | Status | Pay | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MRMaya R. | A | FE · Feature Engineer | Active | Per milestone | Austin, USA |
DKDev K. | A | FE · Feature Engineer | Active | Per milestone | Lisbon, Portugal |
LSLina S. | B | UX · Designer | Active | Per milestone | Warsaw, Poland |
AOAde O. | A | QA · Quality | Active | Per milestone | Lagos, Nigeria |
JPJuan P. | B | TA · Architect | At risk | Per milestone | Bogotá, Colombia |
Recreated screen with sample people. Not real staff.