Inventorsoft

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I’m the owner of a platform that helps golfers connect with teachers to improve their skills. Users can schedule lessons either in person or online.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What challenge were you trying to address with InventorSoft?

We needed someone to develop the platform.

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?

They used Java to develop the web and mobile application.

How did you come to work with InventorSoft?

I didn’t really consider other companies. I already had a developer working on the backend for the online platform before I contacted InventorSoft. I found them them through Upwork.

I wanted one of their other developers to work on my project, but they were busy with another company’s work. I had to find another one for the time being.

How much have you invested in them?

I’ve spent between €25,000–€50,000 ($30,819–$61,659 USD).

What is the status of this engagement?

We started working with them in December 2017 and the relationship is ongoing.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What evidence can you share that demonstrates the impact of the engagement?

We have some bugs to take care of. They’ve provided a free testing resource for us, which is great because it ensures good quality. They’ve also helped us with system administration and organizing Jenkins, as well as setting other things up. I’m very happy because it’s all saved me a lot of effort.

How did InventorSoft perform from a project management standpoint?

There haven’t been any issues at all. Their service and prices are both acceptable. They provided a proper CV and I got a good feeling about their technical abilities during the initial interview. That was very important to me.

What did you find most impressive about them?

Their flexibility and customer service are both impressive. They have a number of available resources to solve any problems that come up.

Are there any areas they could improve?

They just need more experience. They’re a young company, but the employees still work really hard. I appreciate it from a customer perspective.

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I’m a Cofounder of a pharmaceutical analytics company. We offer SaaS products, our biggest being a social analytics product utilized by pharmaceutical companies.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What challenge were you trying to address with InventorSoft?

Initially, we tried to build the software with our own developers. After 2 years of time and money, all we had was a blob of useless code. We wanted to rebuild the platform with a different team. We reached out to InventorSoft in search of quality developers that could do so.

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?

They completed the monumental task of building out everything on our flagship platform. To do this, they used open source technologies like JavaScript, Angular, and a Postgres back-end. Everything was built on Google Cloud with OAuth 2.0 used for authentication. With our engagement extended, they upgrade and perform ongoing maintenance to the platform. They’re currently building more software products for us.

What is the team dynamic?

I functioned as the development lead, but InventorSoft’s founder was the project lead on their side who I worked closely with. The team size was 10–12 depending on the UX resources we needed to pull in. Specifically, we had 3 front-end and 6 back-end developers, respectively. There was also a UI/UX designer. They really are a full-stack platform development shop from planning to execution.

How did you come to work with InventorSoft?

We found them through a personal reference. Cost efficiency, speed of execution, and quality were important factors to us. We considered other vendors that were cheaper, but the quality suffered. Despite their marginally higher prices, InventorSoft made a compelling argument and we went with them.

How much have you invested with them?

The developers were paid $15-$25 an hour and would work 80-100 hour weeks during the initial development phase. The owner was flexible with our budgetary constraints. For an overall range, I’ll say $200,000+ over the course of the relationship.

What is the status of this engagement?

We started working together in July 2016, and the relationship is ongoing.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What evidence can you share that demonstrates the impact of the engagement?

Our business has exploded after we launched the platform. We went from 1 or 2 clients to 25 enterprise customers. The quality of code InventorSoft writes is comparable to code written by Google.

How did InventorSoft perform from a project management standpoint?

Their productivity is excellent. Other companies gave us estimates of 6–24 months to complete the platform. Those estimates were blown away when this team delivered the product in 12 weeks. Their responsiveness is phenomenal and the CEO is always available. It’s like they’re an extension of my team instead of a separate agency.

What did you find most impressive about them?

Their commitment and quality of engineers set them apart. I've visited InventorSoft’s headquarters and what I found is that they’re not just running an offshore company. They’re bringing like-minded people together and building an environment for these developers to thrive. They seek out people with a certain character. People who are motivated by quality of work and challenge, rather than pure monetary rewards. The team is young, and they bring a never-give-up attitude to each project.

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I am the founder of a company started based on an idea that I had 2 years ago for creating productivity software which, even though had alternatives, was divided into several platforms. We are putting together a universal solution, gathering together all other platforms in one place. The solution consists of email, calendar, invoicing, and business management components — everything you would want from a single user interface. The company is based in Estonia, but I am Swedish myself.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What challenge were you trying to address with InventorSoft?

I had been working with a Russian team and had spent about $25,000. I wasn’t happy with what I received and didn’t feel that the company valued my money and business. I was looking for someone who could take over the project and make sure that the work which had been done before wouldn’t be affected.

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?

I had the choice of either starting from scratch or finding someone who was good enough to deal with what had been done previously. I tried several companies and people; some of them gave up, but I was lucky to find InventorSoft. They spent some time on the project and ultimately said they could work on it.

It took InventorSoft a month to get started, fix some bugs and issues, and continue the project. We used the Java Spring Framework; the platform involves some encryption.

What is the team dynamic?

The collaboration with them is a completely different experience compared to my previous team, where I only had contact with the project manager and not the developers. InventorSoft gave me access to all the developers so that I could talk to them directly.

We initially had 2 developers working on the project, including a lead one. We now have a third one and a QA [quality assurance] beta tester. There are 4 people involved in total besides the owner of the company.

The Russian team had pretty much failed on all points. Even though they were a top-rated company on Upwork, they only cared about payments. There were constant delays and they couldn’t keep up with the work. Working with InventorSoft is completely different; I simply tell them what I want to do and they give me an estimate.

How did you come to work with InventorSoft?

I found InventorSoft on Upwork, the same as the Russian company. They made an offer I couldn’t refuse — to do all the initial work and get the project up-and-running to standard for only $1 per hour, in order to show me that they could do the work.

They spent over a month digging into the code, fixing all the bugs and issues and redeploying the project on a new server. I could see that they could handle themselves so I offered InventorSoft a better payment later on.

How much have you invested with them?

The cost has come to around $25,000. I think that the total will come to $50,000 within 6–7 months. We’re about to launch, and as soon as this happens, there will be more work and maybe even an extra developer.

What is the status of this engagement?

I started working with InventorSoft in January 2017 with 2 full-time developers from the start. We currently have 3, plus the QA assistant. They will be busy for at least 6–12 more months.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What evidence can you share that demonstrates the impact of the engagement?

I’m pretty excited about the project. InventorSoft’s team is comprised of good people that really try to deliver. Instead of the job being a source of payment, they treat it as a personal project.

One of the developers hurt her leg playing frisbee this week, and the lead developer apologized profusely for this and promised to do extra work.

How did InventorSoft perform from a project management standpoint?

They’re good in this respect. Since we have a custom project, it’s hard to hit deadlines every time. The results I’ve seen are so good that I can’t complain over small details like a 1–2-day delay.

What did you find most impressive about them?

Working with InventorSoft has been completely different; it’s not all about money. We have a good relationship and they want to make the project successful. I can really feel that InventorSoft is putting in time and effort and that they always do everything they can in order to make things happen. This is what really makes me feel comfortable since the cost is significant for me and I have to feel safe in investing it.

Are there any areas they could improve?

Not right now. I will have to wait and see how the platform unfolds. InventorSoft has been working hard and I cannot complain about anything.

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

We are a vitamin and supplement business. We do private labeling. We have our own backend and we work in Finland, Sweden, and Norway, and we’re emerging in Germany. We are located in Estonia where we have our distribution center and our management.

I am the Chief Operating Officer.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What challenge were you trying to address with InventorSoft?

We have used them in building APIs and PSC to HTML coding - creating business to business services.

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?

They’ve done APIs from scratch. They have created multiple PSC to HTML.

How did you come to work with InventorSoft?

We found them at Freelancer.com or a service like that. We agreed to work directly.

How much have you invested with InventorSoft?

The project cost $50,000.

What is the status of this engagement?

We have been working for a year or year and a half. Some projects are finished and some are ongoing, with more to come. We want to work with them in the future.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Could you share any evidence that would demonstrate the productivity, quality of work, or the impact of the engagement?

We’ve been very happy with their work. We have had a fixed price, and if we have issues with the API, they have always fixed everything without any charge.

How did InventorSoft perform from a project management standpoint?

I’m very happy with them. They have even fixed issues that were not related to their end coding. I’ve asked them to charge us for the additional work, but they haven’t done that every time.

What did you find most impressive about InventorSoft?

I’m not good at coding myself, so I can’t say how well the work is done. I can just say I’m very happy with it and the results have been good.

Are there any areas InventorSoft any could improve?

I guess not.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your organization.

It's a new startup that's one and a half years old.

What is your position?

I am the founder of the startup.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What business challenge were you trying to address with InventorSoft?

We were looking for someone to do some intelligent name and pattern matching and extraction of data from website database tables.

SOLUTION

Please describe the scope of their involvement in detail.

InventorSoft did user interface work as well as back-end design. They did the big data and big data processing using Java and Hadoop.

How did you come to work with InventorSoft?

I had a friend who was at a company that had used InventorSoft in the past. They gave stellar reviews. We were trying to find someone who had experience in the big data space and data extraction. We had tried other companies with no success.

Could you provide a sense of the size of this initiative in financial terms?

The initiative was $25,000.

What is the status of this engagement?

It's completed, but we have a contract with InventorSoft for a year for maintenance.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Could you share any statistics or metrics from this engagement?

Working with InventorSoft was good. They are offshore. They're very responsive. They're usually available at nighttime. There were times they would stay up all night.

How did InventorSoft perform from a project management standpoint?

That was pretty good. They helped spec it all out, sent it back to us for our feedback and then, from there, they kept on going. It was pretty straightforward. They had experience doing this before.

What distinguishes InventorSoft from other providers?

They're English is great. They had experience. They understood the potential pitfalls. They understood scaling. For the long term, that will help out a lot. I thought that was refreshing.

Is there anything InventorSoft could have improved or done differently?

Other than being on the same time zone – that's the only thing.

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

We are primarily a recruitment advertising agency for fortune 500 customers and many more.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What business challenge were you trying to address with InventorSoft?

We are always evolving our services and needed a great development partner. 

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?

Maksym led the team to do a complete re-program of our existing platform. He first did an audit of our current system, and provided feedback and a roadmap and timeline on how to take it to the next level. It was the first time I worked with a developer who understood the business side as well as the development side. 

Maksym and his team reprogrammed our existing platform and cleaned up the code a lot to increase speed and include more products and services. The biggest project was recoding our backend admin or CRM [customer relationship management]. Our entire company runs on the CRM. This tool allows us to stay on track, know our customers and provide internal communications amongst our departments. This platform is a better custom Salesforce for our company. Sometimes, we can get an idea of the project before if the reference mentions it in the appointment booking.

How did you come to work with InventorSoft?

Our CTO found Maksym on Elance [now Upwork]. Maksym and his team were the first team that not only were talented developers, but also understood the business needs. He has never missed a timeline or was never late to a conference call meeting. We value Maksym's feedback and direction as it was an integral part of growing our platform. We always had a timeline and all the needs were not only met but exceeded.  In more than a decade, we have had many partners with different development teams, and Maksym's team by far was the most strategic, professional, and the best. 

How much have you invested with InventorSoft?

It was between $50,000 and $200,000. 

What is the status of this engagement?

All projects are completed. However, we have ongoing new products and services that we have added.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Could you share any evidence that would demonstrate the productivity, quality of work, or the impact of the engagement?

Our retention rate for our customers increased 28 percent since we had the updated platform. 

How did InventorSoft perform from a project management standpoint?

The code was clean, and we never had any issues. All of our projects had a timeline and we were never in a position where the timelines were not met. We did change the direction of the project a few times. In turn, we would just update the project timeline to take into consideration the changes. 

What distinguishes InventorSoft from other providers?

They were able to give feedback instead of just taking direction. A lot of development teams just code what is literally given to them. We had a lot of success with the collaboration in making the best recruitment platform. 

Is there anything InventorSoft could have improved or done differently?

No, they are very professional and efficient. We consider the team our strategic partners and part of our company. 

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Head of Partnerships of NVCoding

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

I am a Manager at NVCoding, I am responsible for delivering projects to our clients.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

• We partnered with InventorSoft to hire a software developer for one of our client projects. Our goal was to quickly strengthen the team with an experienced engineer.

SOLUTION

How did you find Inventorsoft?

Online Search

Why did you select Inventorsoft over others?

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

How many teammates from Inventorsoft were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

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

InventorSoft supplied a developer who worked with our team on backend development, feature delivery, and maintenance throughout the project.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

The developer became productive quickly and helped us meet our delivery commitments. We were pleased with the quality of the work.

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

Communication was simple and efficient through Slack. We had regular updates, and timelines were consistently met.

What was your primary form of communication with Inventorsoft?

Virtual Meeting

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

Their ability to react quickly without compromising candidate quality really stood out.

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

Nothing significant comes to mind. The engagement met our expectations from start to finish.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am an executive at Unikk.me

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Data for Health

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

• Lean cloud development
• Peer coding

SOLUTION

How did you find Inventorsoft?

direct contact from IS

Why did you select Inventorsoft over others?

Good value for cost

How many teammates from Inventorsoft were assigned to this project?

1 Employee

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

Establishment of backend for data intermediary platform

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Backend in operation with customer

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

On-time as per agile process

What was your primary form of communication with Inventorsoft?

Virtual Meeting

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

Their enthusiasm and skills went hand in hand

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

-

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the CEO of AGILITEST

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Our solution Agilitest offers a unique approach to the design of automated functional tests. Agilitest makes it easy for testers - both technical and functional - to create, maintain and execute robust automated functional tests.

Agilitest provides Product Owners, Developers and Testers with a common validation platform and language to efficiently validate their applications, to have a global and constant visibility of software quality, and thus to enable a Continuous Delivery approach.  

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

• New ATS reports production

SOLUTION

How did you find Inventorsoft?

direct contact

Why did you select Inventorsoft over others?

• Pricing fit our budget
• Great culture fit
• Company values aligned

How many teammates from Inventorsoft were assigned to this project?

1 Employee

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

• Full development on the new automated tests reports
• Delivered as defined by our UX/UI team and CTO

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Regular deliveries and compliance with the standards

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

• Organization of regular one-to-ones using the visio conference system between Agilitest CTO and InventorSoft teams.
• Deliveries realized as defined in a collaborative way with the Inventorsoft developper

What was your primary form of communication with Inventorsoft?

Virtual Meeting

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

• Very good communication between teams
• Their very good work collaboration on a daily basis was most impressive

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

Nothing

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Director of Bytestac

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

a technology company based in South Africa. We specialize in software development, outsourcing, UI/UX design and consulting services.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Inventorsoft to accomplish?
We hired InventorSoft for our client needs. The Java developer from InventorSoft is actively working on our client's project, contributing to the development and enhancement of their software solution.

SOLUTION

How did you find Inventorsoft?

• Online Search
• Other

Why did you select Inventorsoft over others?

• High ratings
• Pricing fit our budget
• Great culture fit
• Good value for cost

How many teammates from Inventorsoft were assigned to this project?

1 Employee

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

They develop software for our client and its specific needs, expand the functionality of existing software, test and write documentation. Java developer from InventorSoft works with the following technologies: Spring boot, java 8, java21, Spring security LDAP, OAuth2, OpenID Connect, Thymeleaf, Spring JDBC, Spring JPA, Spring MVC, Bootstrap 5, HTML/CSS, JavaScript, Jquery, Kotlin

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

The project outcomes have been highly successful, with our client expressing great satisfaction with the deliverables. In particular, the developer from InventorSoft worked on building the app from scratch. The app has been well-received by users and has met all the client's requirements and expectations.

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

InventorSoft demonstrated an effective project management style, utilizing communication tools such as email, Slack, Google Meet calls, and video conferences to maintain regular contact and updates. Timelines were clearly outlined and consistently met. Their developer has been very flexible and accommodating.

What was your primary form of communication with Inventorsoft?

Virtual Meeting

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

What impressed us the most about InventorSoft was their professionalism and commitment to delivering high-quality work. They were proactive in suggesting improvements and always went the extra mile to ensure our satisfaction.

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

We were satisfied with InventorSoft's performance, quality and responsiveness. They're accommodating and they truly care about our business relationship. I respect their way of business and are pleased with their work and plan to continue working with them.