4soft

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I hold Director Retail Technology position at Profectus, an Australian company providing world-leading solutions for rebate and deal management, contract compliance and accounts payable audits. We use technology and robotics to automate the compliance of payments for companies around the world.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire 4soft, and what were your goals?

We had a system with legacy UI that was outdated, hard to use and not intuitive, we need to find someone able to assist us to design a new Front end and provide appropriate level of engagement from both technical and also user experience perspective.

SOLUTION

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

We had different experiences with companies we had worked with in the past. We selected 4soft based on their recommendations and during the calls they impressed me with their knowledge and approach to solving problems.

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

4soft helped us with developing a solid modern UI that helps our users drive their business forward. Furthermore, thanks to their expertise in software development we upgraded our software development stack to moder industry standards.

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

4soft assigned a team of senior developers to our project. We decided to choose Full-stack developers who provided programming services

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

4soft developers had a crucial role when it comes to our project. We had a few brainstorming sessions with them, and a lot of their ideas are going to be implemented.

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

The communication was very good and effective. On a daily basis we had meetings with developers but on every request they supported us with their highly experienced consultants.

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

It was a pleasure to work with 4soft. Confidently we can call our relationship a partnership. They are very supportive in every aspect and at the same time educating us about possible improvements for our product. Great to meet people who care about developing successful products.

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

Not really, everything was good.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am an Advisor of Union Finance, a technology platform that combines bundled protection and a liquid secondary market with a multi-token model. DeFi participants manage their multi-layer risks across smart contracts and protocols in one scalable system. Platform decreases the barriers to entry for retail users and lays the foundation for institutional investors.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire 4soft, and what were your goals?

We chose the 4soft team to prepare the governance token and application used for selling assets insurance. We wanted to build a technology platform that provides DeFi users with bundled protection featuring different layers of coverage and segregated underwriter exposure (e.g., Layer 1 risk, smart contract risk, exposure risk, transaction completion risk).

SOLUTION

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

We found 4soft as one of the leaders in Blockchain on Clutch. It was very important for us to work with solid and experienced developers in case of high-quality standards for our project. We were looking for a company with a great understanding of blockchain technology and after inquiries, our company decided to choose them.

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

4soft team provides us with a broad area of expertise. They take care of the Frontend and backend side of the project. The services include Yield farming, Governance token, token sale, and Collateral protection optimization. Their team analyzed and created custom solutions that we implemented and want to develop.

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

After establishing with 4soft we decided to start the project with two Senior Frontend Engineers and two Senior Backend Engineers.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

4soft knowledge and experience in the blockchain were key for our project development. They have a broad knowledge when it comes to creating custom solutions.

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

We worked directly with the 4soft developers, the communication was very good, everything worked smoothly.

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

Everything was precise and clear from the start to the end of the project. They have great communication skills and have a business vision that helps you in choosing the right path of project development.

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

We received feedback and updates on time. No major changes outside of standard challenges faced in deployment/testing which every project runs into.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am the owner of A4BEE & Head of Growth, a company of creative strategists and engineers. We develop strategies, implement solutions, and train entrepreneurs. We deliver comprehensive solutions covering the entirety of the product creation process.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire 4soft, and what were your goals?

We needed additional resources (development & scrum team) to deliver a complex IoT & Blockchain project for a Client (BioPharma Manufacturing company).

SOLUTION

How did you select 4soft and what were the deciding factors?

We needed a strong, self-reliant development team to take care of some aspects of IoT & Blockchain related development and Cloud integration. It wasn’t easy to find a partner with proper IoT and blockchain expertise.

4soft was recommended to me by a Partner that worked with them a year before on a software development project. They were satisfied with their delivery and quality of solutions, so I decided to choose them.

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

The developers provided by 4soft analyzed sensor management solutions with the potential of cloud integrations. They developed custom integration with one of our cloud vendors, and created an application that shares interface for data collected from IoT devices and presents it in a way that is “digestible” for the cloud vendor.

They also created a test infrastructure to manage cloud services, and researched possibilities to enhance the solution with a blockchain ledger.

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

We hired a Senior Software Engineer, Blockchain Senior Developer and a DevOps & Automation Specialist.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

4soft team had a great impact on the project, and technical assets developed and delivered for a Customer. The quality of technical documentation was also very good, prepared according of project methodology. 4Soft team delivered a crucial piece of our IoT solution, and all blockchain related deliverables (networks design, configuration, smart contracts).

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

We worked directly with specialists and they became part of our scrum team. We used agile, SAFe methodology for project delivery and they fit perfectly into that. They were familiar with agile approach for IT solution delivery. The communication was very good, everything was delivered on time.

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

Everything was precise and clear from the start to the end of the project. Contract negotiations, commercial terms and condition met our standard terms. They have great communication skills and we valued a lot their technical expertise, outcome oriented experienced team.

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

I don’t think so, everything was fine.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am the CEO of Thaumatec Tech Group. We provide chip-to-cloud solutions, covering every layer of product development.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire 4soft, and what were your goals?

The project under which we had the opportunity to cooperate was an application that combined IoT with web technologies. We are a software development company, and we needed some extra resources to deliver the desktop application for this project. Our goal was to get a proven vendor that will deliver high quality code on time. We had to meet a strict deadline for our client.

SOLUTION

How did you select 4soft and what were the deciding factors?

We had mixed experiences with external vendors. We selected 4soft based on recommendations of partners and an additional background check.

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

The guys were very involved in the development of the desktop application, they also came up with a great idea to possibly save time and decided to build their own library of reusable components.

Both applications used React, but the assumptions for the desktop application were such that it could be installed natively on Windows and Mac systems, then the entire React was wrapped in Electron.

One of the most interesting challenges we faced was the communication of an application written in technologies with a natively written module that supports communication via the Bluetooth protocol with an IoT device.

The developers coped with this challenge without any problems. One of them was to break the backend into microservices that communicate with each other via the JSON RPC protocol and RabbitMQ mechanisms.

As a result, they created a microservice written in NodeJS (NestJS), communicating with the Gatway API written in Python.

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

The team in which the programmers worked consisted of a total of 5 people with a team leader. The team was conducted in the agile methodology (SCRUM). In the framework of cooperation, 4Soft provided us with two front end developers and one full stack developer.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Everything went according to the schedule. An interesting solution proposed by 4soft was the use of the InfluxDB database, which allowed us to count the user's activity during the day.

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

The project management was very good. We had great communication, proper development process, they responded quickly and took ownership for their work.

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

They are good at working with an unknown and constantly changing scope of work. They come out with initiative and ideas for changes and improvements to the system.

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

None that I can think of.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I'm the CEO of Bio Time Health Inc., a biotech company producing food supplements.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire 4soft, and what were your goals?

We decided to leverage blockchain to improve the efficiency of our supply chain management.

SOLUTION

How did you select 4soft and what were the deciding factors?

It was a recommendation from their previous customer.

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

They have used Solidity for a Blockchain Ethereum network. For the frontend, they used React, and Java for the backend.

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

We had three Blockchain developers and a project manager.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

No, it’s strictly confidential.

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

They had a really good PM who understood our needs. He actually tried to understand our business point of view from the beginning. 4soft had a project demo every two weeks, which was a great opportunity for us to see the project progress. They have used: Jira plus add-ons, Google Meet for communication, and Github for the code repository

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

They simply get the job done. It pains me to present it as some unique trait in a review, but working with dozens of IT companies over the years you can see all sorts of incompetence. 4soft performs very well in comparison to the others, we felt that they are in control, and you can simply trust them with your project.

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

From our point of view, everything looks all right.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I'm the COO of IAMBOT INC. We are a company that develops an innovative chatbot platform with advanced natural language processing features. The platform automates the interaction between a business and its clients, utilizing state-of-the-art artificial intelligence and self-learning algorithms based on the latest scientific advances.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire 4soft, and what were your goals?

We hired 4soft for the research and development part of our project. They had to analyze various methods of deep learning and find the best algorithms to improve the Polish language understanding of our chatbot. There were a couple of interesting aspects to test, such as sentence building, synonymization, and interference.

SOLUTION

How did you select 4soft and what were the deciding factors?

We interviewed multiple companies for this project. 4soft was chosen based on their experience in building innovative software and R&D. We felt that we understand each other really well.

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

The had was a clear R&D process that started on the refactoring of the solutions that we already had. They worked with Python, Streamlit, and custom solutions. Their work was managed directly by our project manager and resulted in delivering all the elements specified in our agreement.

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

The core of the team was a Senior Developer R&D, with a secondary Python developer to speed up the research.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Our natural language processing algorithm is a crucial element to build the competitiveness of a chatbot solution on the market. I believe we got it right.

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

We had daily meetings and communicated mostly through Mattermost and Jira.

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

They stand by their promises and feel really comfortable with new technologies.

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

Everything was fine.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am the CEO of a company from Czech Republic that engages in multi level marketing.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire 4soft, and what were your goals?

We hired 4soft to customize our MLM tracking software.

SOLUTION

How did you select 4soft and what were the deciding factors?

We were looking for a company that could create modifications to a MLM tracking software. I knew the CEO of 4soft before, I visited their office a couple of times, and I knew they are able to handle it.

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

After product design workshops we gained a firm mutual understanding. 4soft proposed the solutions to the key features we wanted to have. We worked in agile.

The project went well, and I can say that the team was very effective in early identification of the potential threats and proactive in proposing solutions and alternatives. They designed, delivered, and tested all the features that we agreed on, and the project was delivered within the scheduled deadline.

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

Our team consisted of 1 designer, 1 frontend developer, 2 backend developers, tester and a project manager.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

No.

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

The email contact was very good, and we had a structure of regular standups and calls. I had occasional contact with the PM, and he made a very positive impression. An honest and straightforward man.

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

They are always looking for opportunities to use some new technological tricks and improve the product. That’s a very healthy proactive attitude that you can rarely find in outsourcing companies.

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

I don’t think so. We had one difficult moment, where they had to replace one of the developers, but they handled it very well in my opinion, and it didn’t affect the project at all.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am the Co-Founder & Head of Sales at Applover, a Full-Stack Digital Agency and 2020 Deloitte Fast 50 Laureate.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire 4soft?

We needed a short boost in Blockchain development capacity to deliver a particular element of a bigger project for a client. The task for 4soft was to build a custom DLT ledger based on Hyperledger technology to store financial data.

What were your goals for this project?

We needed to build a bulletproof, secure ledger that will be seamlessly integrated with our platform.

SOLUTION

How did you select 4soft?

We’ve already been working with 4soft a couple of months back. The communication between our teams was excellent, and we were happy to get back to them as soon as we needed their skills.

Describe the project in detail.

We requested for 2 Blockchain developers and a part-time PM, and provided them with all the necessary data. There was a short discussion at the beginning regarding the technology itself, as we briefly considered other options, but decided to settle for Hyperledger anyway.

I have to admit that they were open for discussion and eager to provide us with examples and arguments for certain design choices. We went through a smooth development process, and the blockchain they created met our standards.

What was the team composition?

As I mentioned before, we had 2 mid Blockchain developers and a part-time PM with experience in DLT projects.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

We delivered the solution for the client as planned, and Hyperledger built by 4soft was a substantial part of the platform. I think that we can say that 4soft proved to be an effective partner, and it opens ways for us to deliver projects in technologies that were previously out of our stack.

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

Smooth. No splitting hairs, they simply knew what they were doing and kept us updated.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

They are really proactive and friendly.

Are there any areas for improvement?

Nope.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

Alphamoon is a software house working on Artificial Intelligence and Data Science projects. I’m the CEO there.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire 4soft, and what were your goals?

We were tasked by a client to build a complex AI solution to digitize paper-based documents and stored the data on Blockchain. We hired 4soft to deliver a part of this project - a custom Blockchain ledger.

SOLUTION

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

We used to work with 4soft earlier delivering an AI project for them. This time the tables turned - they had expertise in the complimentary area and based on previous positive experiences, as well as positive recommendations, we decided to give it a go. The good chemistry between our teams was definitely the biggest reason for this choice.

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

4soft build a custom Quorum Blockchain component to store the documentation data provided by our AI platform. Luckily, our HQs are in the same city, and we had an opportunity to kickstart the project during a workshop in 4soft offices. They really put an effort to try to walk in our shoes and get a proper perspective on our needs.

The team designed the ledger, and we agreed on the features and integration details. The development process was smooth. We ran into a couple of challenging parts during the integration process, but the team quickly addressed it (kudos to the amazing Project Manager). They would not leave us hanging, and openly communicated and approached all the issues. The project was delivered on time and budget.

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

The team was composed of two Blockchain developers, supported by Project Manager (part-time).

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

The product we have built for a client has successfully passed their UATs and worked as intended. It surely inforced our relationship with the customer and secured our position as their go-to brand whenever they need additional software services. It let us provide an additional range of software services in the technology, in which we did not have earlier experience

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

We had weekly online meetings. The project manager was competent, proactive and we felt that he has a strong understanding of what we need. The delivery was timely and consistent. I would say that we always knew where we are.

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

We work in innovative software development technologies, and I know how hard it might be to provide the client with a good understanding of what you deliver and how to integrate it with your own parts of code. The communication was very good, and the team was proactive and positive.

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

None that I can think of.

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I’m the COO of a software startup company. We develop online software and mobile apps for different markets.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What challenge were you trying to address with 4soft?

We were looking to scale up quickly, but didn’t have the capabilities with our internal team. We needed resources in a short amount of time to help us with a particular development project.

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?

We engaged 4soft to augment our own inhouse development team. The project in particular was a web-based platform that required specific skills related to blockchain technology. We had all the project management specificities in place, preparing the requirements for the team ahead of time. 

What is the team composition?

We interfaced with two development resources, as well as a project manager who helped us with some organizational aspects. 

How did you come to work with 4soft?

We knew they had a strong reputation in the blockchain industry. After our first talk with them, we gave them a list of requirements, and within a week we realized they would be a good fit for our project. We interviewed the developers, who were both exactly what we needed, so the decision to partner with 4soft was simple.

How much have you invested with them?

We spent between $50,000–$200,000.

What is the status of this engagement?

The project took place from June–December 2019.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Our engagement worked really well right from the beginning. 4soft delivered exactly what we asked for. Also, everything they delivered was pretty much production ready once they finished it—there were few bugs and little need for review.

How did 4soft perform from a project management standpoint?

Their project management style was excellent. Their communication was perfect; they even spoke German which we appreciated. Even though the engagement has wrapped up, we’re still in contact with our project manager, who checks in from time to time. It’s impressive that they’re still invested in our project. 

To stay in touch, we used Slack as well as some of our other internal tools.

What did you find most impressive about them?

Overall, they were extremely efficient. The time 4soft needed to find the right developers, as well as the time it took for those developers to come up to speed, was very fast. It was clear they were well prepared, organized, and skilled.

Are there any areas they could improve?

We didn’t have any problems. 

Do you have any advice for potential customers?

Deliver a really defined list of your requirements, so you can begin your project very quickly.