Epicmax

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Lead Principal Software Engineer of an IT company.

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Building entertainement and social platforms on a high scale.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Epicmax to accomplish?

• SPA Frontend and SSR
• API backend

SOLUTION

How did you find Epicmax?

Online Search

Why did you select Epicmax over others?

• Great culture fit
• Good value for cost
• Company values aligned

How many teammates from Epicmax were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

Describe the scope of work in detail. Please include a summary of key deliverables.

We engaged Epicmax to create an immersive, mobile-first experience that seamlessly integrates video streaming, live chat, and secure payment functionalities. 
Frontend Development: Epicmax built the application from the ground up using Vue and Nuxt, ensuring a robust and scalable architecture.
Custom Component Library: A bespoke UI library was developed in parallel with the app to facilitate rapid UI development and ensure design consistency across the platform.
Server-Side Rendering (SSR) & SEO: To handle high traffic and improve SEO performance, Epicmax implemented SSR with Nuxt, employing advanced caching strategies to maintain stability under substantial user loads.
High Load Optimization: The team focused on optimizing load times and bundle sizes, utilizing caching techniques to ensure smooth video streaming and minimize buffering.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What were the measurable outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

• A fully functional, mobile-optimized social networking application with advanced video streaming capabilities.
• Integration of live messaging and secure payment functionalities.
• Custom UI component library for consistent design and efficient development.
• Implementation of SSR and SEO optimization strategies to enhance performance and visibility.
• Optimization for high user loads, ensuring stability and smooth user experience
• Translation support for 8 languages and integration with the Matomo web analytics platform.
• An admin panel for efficient content and user management.

Describe their project management. Did they deliver items on time? How did they respond to your needs?

Epicmax demonstrated exceptional project management throughout the engagement. They adopted an agile methodology, which allowed for iterative development and continuous feedback integration. Weekly sprints and regular check-ins ensured that progress remained aligned with our goals, and any blockers were addressed swiftly.
Communication was seamless - primarily through Slack - with Epicmax providing daily updates, progress reports, and immediate responses to our questions or concerns. Their transparency, accountability, and structured workflow made them feel like a true extension of our internal team.
Overall, their attentiveness, reliability, and commitment to delivering high-quality work on time played a major role in the success of the project.

What was your primary form of communication with Epicmax?

• In-Person Meeting
• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

What stood out most about Epicmax was their deep technical expertise in Vue.js and Nuxt, combined with a rare ability to fully integrate into our team and actively participate in the decision-making process. They didn’t just execute tasks - they brought valuable insights that directly improved both the user experience and the technical architecture. Their proactive involvement and genuine commitment made them feel more like strategic partners than external developers.

Are there any areas for improvement or something Epicmax could have done differently?

Overall, we were very satisfied with Epicmax’s performance. If there’s one area for potential improvement, it would be expanding their documentation practices - especially early in the project. While the codebase was clean and well-structured, having more comprehensive internal documentation upfront would have made onboarding new team members smoother on our side.

That said, they were always responsive when questions came up, and they made improvements to documentation once we flagged it. It’s a relatively minor point in an otherwise very positive collaboration.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the CEO of an education company 

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Our company is a school management software provider, primarily delivering SaaS solutions to schools in Estonia and Latvia through its two platforms, enabling efficient school administration, enhanced communication, and performance analytics

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Epicmax to accomplish?

• Vue Development
• Front-end Development
• Vuetify Development

SOLUTION

How did you find Epicmax?

Online Search

Why did you select Epicmax over others?

Good value for cost

How many teammates from Epicmax were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

Describe the scope of work in detail. Please include a summary of key deliverables.

Epicmax was engaged to build a scalable Vue and Vuetify component library, establish front-end development standards, and streamline our UI architecture. They provided critical staff augmentation, implemented custom features, and ensured seamless integration with our backend, leaving us with a robust, reusable component library and a structured, efficient framework that supports long-term scalability and enhanced user experience.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What were the measurable outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

The measurable outcomes from the project with Epicmax included a reduction in front-end development time due to the reusable Vue and Vuetify component library, a decrease in UI-related bugs after implementing standardized development practices. Additionally, our internal team reported a faster onboarding process for new developers, thanks to the new standards and components.

Describe their project management. Did they deliver items on time? How did they respond to your needs?

Epicmax demonstrated strong project management skills, consistently delivering items on time and aligning closely with our project milestones. They used agile methodologies to keep the development process flexible, holding regular check-ins and adapting to our evolving requirements. Their responsiveness to our needs was exceptional—they quickly addressed feedback, provided transparent progress updates, and adjusted priorities as needed to ensure our goals were met.

What was your primary form of communication with Epicmax?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

What impressed us most about Epicmax was their deep expertise in Vue and Vuetify, combined with their proactive approach to problem-solving. They didn’t just deliver on our requirements; they offered valuable insights and improvements that enhanced the project beyond our initial scope. Their commitment to quality and their ability to seamlessly integrate with our team made them a standout partner.

Are there any areas for improvement or something Epicmax could have done differently?

While Epicmax delivered high-quality work, an area for improvement would be further enhancing documentation.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Digital Project Manager of RCCO Creative Ltd

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

RCCO is a small giant that provide big expertise across various pillars across Product, Video and Brand and Editorial.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Epicmax to accomplish?

• Expand our tech team to be able to deliver quicker and better

SOLUTION

How did you find Epicmax?

Online Search

Why did you select Epicmax over others?

• High ratings
• Pricing fit our budget
• Good value for cost
• Company values aligned

How many teammates from Epicmax were assigned to this project?

1 Employee

Describe the scope of work in detail. Please include a summary of key deliverables.

A bespoke Content Management System that combined easy editing and content production with powerful custom data integration, all while using pre-built components in the client's branding.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What were the measurable outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

Our CMS could easily hold a lot of the custom attributes the client wanted reflected in the system, allowing the client to even upload and update them on their own. On launch the site saw a huge number of visitors as well as received good feedback on the structure and accessibility.

Describe their project management. Did they deliver items on time? How did they respond to your needs?

There were always daily discussions during stand-ups, allowing there to be no assumption for any of the requirements. All requirements were shared in written format, over Notion. Designs were always collaboratively viewed on Figma. Frequent use of Slack to have quick discussions and share updates.

What was your primary form of communication with Epicmax?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

The Epicmax team brought a wealth of seniority to the table during strategy discussions and execution, demonstrating their expertise and experience. Moreover, each member of their team displayed an exceptional work ethic, contributing to the project's success.

Are there any areas for improvement or something Epicmax could have done differently?

Nothing in specific. The team members know their responsibilities and tasks for each day and work professionally.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am VP of Software Engineering at a small retail data analytics startup.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Epicmax, and what were your goals?

We had some ideas for a web portal for our customers, but don’t have the staff internally to do it. We wanted a website that users could log into and view dozens of different statistical reports.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor and what were the deciding factors?

Epicmax reached out to me directly. I looked around for other similar services and found Epicmax’s familiarity with our tech stack a great fit.

Describe the scope of work in detail, including the project steps, key deliverables, and technologies used.

We selected a portal UX layout. From there I broke down the things we wanted from the web portal in priority order and added cards to Trello. The Epicmax team got right to work, communicated clearly with us when there was some ambiguity or question. We started with authentication, added authorization, routing, and basic layout tweaks.

How many people from the vendor's team worked with you, and what were their positions?

We worked with Andrei (leader/manager), Pavel (developer), Maxim (developer), and Yauheni (technical leader).

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any measurable outcomes of the project or general feedback about the deliverables?

Our web portal began seeing regular customer usage early. We had very few customer-facing bugs and were able to fix a few things we hadn’t thought about before they became big problems. We are a (small-a) agile shop and prefer to get something in the hands of our customers and iterate rapidly — the Epicmax team was a great partner for that model.

Describe their project management style, including communication tools and timeliness.

We used Trello almost exclusively, occasionally using Slack for out-of-story kinds of questions.

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

Everyone on their team had a great work ethic. We feel we have a good partnership with them and hope to be able to give them more work in the future.

Are there any areas for improvement or something they could have done differently?

Nothing specific for the Epicmax team, but working with a fully remote team requires you to be able to break down your requirements into clear deliverables. Early on I didn’t quite grasp this and was frustrated at the level of detail I needed to supply. Once I realized my mistake, we made adjustments in how we communicated.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I’m the CEO of a medical billing company.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Epicmax, and what were your goals?

We hired Epicmax to develop a completely new version of our existing web application.

SOLUTION

How did you select Epicmax and what were the deciding factors?

Initially, we needed to build a new VueJS frontend for our application. Afterwards, we also decided to develop a .NET Core backend for our new platform.

Describe the scope of work in detail, including the project steps, key deliverables, and technologies used.

I had been looking for individual VueJS freelancers when Andrei (Epicmax CEO) contacted me. I was impressed by EpicMax's Open Source projects and decided to work with their team on a small side project. My team loved the result of that collaboration, so we moved on to having EpicMax develop the next version of our main platform.

How many people from the vendor's team worked with you, and what were their positions?

Most of the time the team consisted 2 developers: 1 frontend and 1 backend.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any measurable outcomes of the project or general feedback about the deliverables?

Our collaboration resulted in a new version of our platform that is modern and user-friendly with a great architecture.

Describe their project management style, including communication tools and timelines.

Epicmax had no excessive management on their end, and I appreciated that. They provided capable, professional developers who worked directly with our team.

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

I loved that Epicmax is a team of great individuals. Together, we formed a united team that cared about the product and each other.

Are there any areas for improvement or something they could have done differently?

Our time zones could be closer, but we found ways to effectively work together in spite of that difficulty.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am the founder and CEO of the company called Clipping Path India. We provide photo-editing services to ecommerce and product photography business.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Epicmax?

Needed help developing a complex front-end application for our photo-editing production application.

What were your goals for this project?

Our in-house team was good at backend but not VueJS, and we chose VueJS because our research told that it's a great framework. So we needed help doing the front-end part on time to help speed up the development of our app.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor?

I tried Upwrok but wasn't confident with the candidates, then I posted a job at Vuejobs and quite a lot of people submitted proposal including Epicmax. And we finally hired them because we thought they are the most relevant and experienced people in this field, and later on we found exactly that.

Describe the project and the services they provided in detail.

We provided them UI design and they mainly provided VueJS development on the app. The original app is developed using Ruby on Rails.

What was the team composition?

There was one main contact person for administrative purposes, and one main developer. But at some point they offered me adding an additional developer to support. I also found the second developer to be experienced and good.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any information that demonstrates the impact that this project has had on your business?

Their quality of code, organisation and overall project management made it a happy going. They only charge for the time spent, and they are efficient at what they do. The way they organise the project, makes it very easy and quick for feature implementation and bug fixes, love it!

How was project management arranged and how effective was it?

We managed the project via a Trello board and Github for the repository. No issues with that, in-fact it is a pleasant experience.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

They know what they do, they are polite, honest and cooperative.

Are there any areas for improvement?

Well, I could say that they also provide backend development, but I don't want to say that because I like the way they keep focusing on VueJS and specialise just on that. It's better to be good at one thing than trying to be good at many :) Can't find anything else that could be improved.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I'm the president of an e-learning SaaS startup.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Epicmax?

We needed development of a new e-learning portal using Vue.js framework, along with a new drag and drop course-building platform through which we could build online lessons using a Vuex interface.

What were your goals for this project?

We wanted a frontend team that would do custom UI/UX design with excellent attention to detail. We also wanted to adopt atomic design patterns in order to turn our existing UI library into Vue.js components.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor?

I found Epicmax through their work on Github.

Describe the project and the services they provided in detail.

They developed our portal using Vue.js and turned our robust frontend designs into Vue.js components. They then used Vuex to integrate backend APIs to the newly designed frontend and to create our course-building platform.

What was the team composition?

We worked with a dedicated developer who quickly adapted to our requirements.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any information that demonstrates the impact that this project has had on your business?

Their work allowed us to deliver our course-building platform three months early, while the e-learning portal is also three months ahead of schedule. We’ve also created mockups for two new applications that we weren’t considering at the start of the engagement.

How was project management arranged and how effective was it?

We managed the project on our end.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

They are very efficient, and they’re good listeners who always respond to us.

Are there any areas for improvement?

No, I can't think of anything.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I’m the CEO of Flatlogic LLC, a software development company based in Minsk, Belarus. I’m responsible for strategic development and execution.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Epicmax?

We sell an admin dashboard template built with HTML5. At the time, we didn’t have enough in-house resources to develop a version of our product with Vue.js. We partially outsourced this job to Epicmax.

What were your goals for this project?

Since we’re selling our product’s source code to thousands of developers, it’s important that it’s very high quality.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor?

Epicmax is Minsk-based, which was crucial for us since they were developing parts of our core product. We wanted to be in control and be able to reach them quickly if necessary. They also had a team of engineers with a proven background.

Describe the project in detail.

They built several pages and components based on Vue.js and integrated them with our templates. We contributed design materials and code guidelines.

What was the team composition?

We worked with one developer from Epicmax. Andrey (CEO, Epicmax) oversaw our project and acted as our main point of contact.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

The product is selling pretty well, and we’re satisfied with our customers' feedback. Epicmax’s contributions helped us a lot.

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

Their communication was transparent and straight forward. Andrey and his team don’t get bogged down by bureaucracy, so we were able to concentrate on development.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

They’re young, fast, and transparent. I wouldn’t expect any trouble from this vendor.

Are there any areas for improvement?

The project could’ve been finished faster, but since we were focused on quality, speed wasn’t very important to us.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Engineering Manager, Apex Team of ThreeFlow

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

ThreeFlow helps brokers and carriers streamline how they send, receive, and compare employee benefits quotes.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Epicmax to accomplish?

• Migrate our Carrier application to Vue 3
• Migrate our UI framework from Element to PrimeVue

SOLUTION

How did you find Epicmax?

• Online Search
• Referral

Why did you select Epicmax over others?

• Pricing fit our budget
• Good value for cost

How many teammates from Epicmax were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

Describe the scope of work in detail. Please include a summary of key deliverables.

• Migration from Vue 2 to Vue 3, switching from Options API to Composition API
• Porting shared components to Vue 3 when needed
• Updating pages to match new PrimeVue designs
• Updating Unit Tests

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What were the measurable outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

The EM team converted the majority of our site to Vue 3 on our intended deadline despite ambitious goals. 

Describe their project management. Did they deliver items on time? How did they respond to your needs?

Communication with Yauheni (CTO) was smooth and the engineer on our project responded quickly to adjustments and clarifications. 

What was your primary form of communication with Epicmax?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

They are friendly, down-to-earth people that enjoy making software.

Are there any areas for improvement or something Epicmax could have done differently?

The timeline was a little too optimistic but we combined their estimates and ours and augmented the project with our own team. 

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Vendor Manager of an it services company 

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Global eCommerce solutions provider, specializing in creating and implementing innovative platforms, software, and strategies for businesses to enhance their online sales and customer experiences.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Epicmax to accomplish?

• Vue.js skills
• Scaling-up team
• Developing eCommerce platform

SOLUTION

How did you find Epicmax?

• Online Search
• Clutch Site

Why did you select Epicmax over others?

• Close to my geographic location
• Pricing fit our budget
• Great culture fit
• Exceptiona technical skills

How many teammates from Epicmax were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

Describe the scope of work in detail. Please include a summary of key deliverables.

From June 2021 to June 2024, we collaborated with Epicmax through their IT staff augmentation services, specifically involving several Vue.js specialists. The experts provided by Epicmax demonstrated exceptional skills and a deep understanding of modern development practices. 
Their contributions significantly enhanced our ability to deliver high-quality eCommerce platforms for our clients, consistently meeting both technical and business requirements. We were particularly impressed with their proactive approach, problem-solving capabilities, and seamless integration into our projects. Epicmax has proven to be a reliable and professional partner, and we highly recommend their services to any organization seeking top-tier development expertise.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What were the measurable outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

The measurable outcomes from the project included the successful development and delivery of several eCommerce platforms for our clients, each tailored to meet specific business needs. We significantly enhanced the technical quality and performance of major, well-known online stores, resulting in improved user experiences and operational efficiency. Moreover, our clients achieved notable growth in their eCommerce performance metrics, such as increased online sales, higher conversion rates, and better customer retention, underscoring the success of the collaboration.

Describe their project management. Did they deliver items on time? How did they respond to your needs?

Epicmax demonstrated excellent project management throughout our collaboration. Deliverables were consistently provided on time, and their team maintained clear and proactive communication, ensuring alignment with our goals and timelines. They were highly responsive to our needs, quickly addressing any challenges or adjustments required during the project. Their organized approach and commitment to quality contributed greatly to the smooth execution of our initiatives.

What was your primary form of communication with Epicmax?

Virtual Meeting

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

What impressed us most about Epicmax was their exceptional knowledge, unwavering commitment, and ability to collaborate seamlessly with teams across the globe. Their CEO, Andrei, provided outstanding operational support, ensuring smooth coordination and guidance throughout the projects. Additionally, their transparent and efficient communication made working with them both productive and enjoyable, setting them apart as a truly reliable and skilled partner.

Are there any areas for improvement or something Epicmax could have done differently?

Nothing to mention, all was good!