Agilno

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I’m the CEO of a lead generation company.

What challenge were you trying to address with Agilno?

We wanted to build software to automate key business processes. In particular, we wanted to build a chrome extension that would automate some simple repeatable workflows on sites we frequently visit.

What was the scope of their involvement?

The first phase was them understanding the requirements and scope of the project. They helped us understand the different options available to us, and the different budget and scope constraints that each of those options would entail. On our end, we provided them with mockups, which we used as a jumping-off point for defining the scope of work.

What is the team composition?

I worked with one project lead, as well as a couple of other teammates as well.

How did you come to work with Agilno?

I found them through a dev team freelancer platform. They had good reviews and they were the right size for our firm at the time.

How much have you invested with them?

We spent $16,500. It’s great because we were quoted $18,000–$20,000.

What is the status of this engagement?

We started working together in May 2019 and wrapped up in June 2019.

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

We were able to automate the Chrome process that we needed. It saves us at least a couple of hours of work per day, which equals almost $1,500 per month.

How did Agilno perform from a project management standpoint?

Our contact was a strong communicator. We set up weekly check-in calls, and they were helpful in being transparent about the project.

What did you find most impressive about them?

They’re very trustworthy. The team never overbills and only employs high-quality developers. Overall, they build good products, communicate well, and their team delivers high quality, which is very important.

Are there any areas they could improve?

No, not off of the top of my head.

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I’m the co-founder and director of Cro-bit. We offer search monetization solutions for Chrome extensions, add-ons, software and desktop applications with Google, Bing, and Yahoo.

What challenge were you trying to address with Agilno?

We wanted to develop a faster and more efficient way to deliver daily statistics to the companies that work with us. We also needed some additional support with coding and building an advertising system. 

What was the scope of their involvement?

Agilno improved all of our databases and our base code. Their team took everything that we've had partially built by different developers, and recoded it and built it in one system. The development was done with Angular.js. They used MySQL for the advertising system and MongoDB for the tracking system. 

What is the team composition?

My main point of contact is Petar (CEO, Agilno). There are at least two or three team members working with him on our project including a designer. 

How did you come to work with Agilno?

I heard about Agilno from some of their previous clients. We started working with them on smaller projects initially but eventually had them take on a larger development role. 

How much have you invested with them?

We’ve invested between $100,000-$200,000. 

What is the status of this engagement?

We began working with Agilno in September 2017 and our engagement with them is ongoing. We also have future projects with Agilno for an additional $200,000.

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

The work they do is excellent. With our previous system, there was a backlog of about four days to deliver statistical analysis to our clients. With the system Petar and his team built, statistical updates are delivered in minutes. 

How did Agilno perform from a project management standpoint?

They’re good, but their team has many other clients so they’re very busy. However, when Petar has time, he is very dedicated and detail-oriented. 

What did you find most impressive about them?

They are determined to deliver. Even when there are setbacks, they work to find a solution. We haven’t worked with other developers as dedicated to problem-solving as them. 

Are there any areas they could improve?

It would be beneficial for Agilno to hire more people so they can expand their business and offer more support to existing clients. 

Introduce your business and what you do there.

Our company is focused on data analytics for medical cannabis patients. We have a mobile app for Android and iOS, where medical patients can log their symptoms, what products they’re using, and how it’s affecting them.

We collect this data, on top of which there’s an analytics platform built for doctors, clinics, and researchers. The government uses the data we collect to do an analysis of different cannabis products and how they affect people in general.

I’m a product owner in the company, responsible for managing the functionalities and product backlog. I work with the development team to get these products out into the market.

What challenge were you trying to address with Agilno?

They’ve been our development partner from the start. Agilno takes care of the entire development and DevOps process. 

What was the scope of their involvement?

The team at Agilno has been responsible for setting up our entire server infrastructure, developing our app, and developing our analytics.  We also have custom SaaS solutions for some of our clients.

The app was originally built as a hybrid, and that’s the version we currently have in our app stores. We’re making an upgraded version of the app now, which will be native instead of a hybrid. 

It's a data collection tool for medical cannabis patients to input their symptoms, how often they’re medicating, and the effects of the products on their symptoms. 

The app logs a session each time a patient uses cannabis. We provide information back to the patient on how well they’re doing and which product to use. It also serves as an educational tool to find out what others who are suffering from the same symptoms, in the same demographic profile, are taking.

Agilno also developed an administrative platform where we can manage users, analytics subscribers, and products. It also uses Django on the backend, and the frontend is built on React.js. We originally built the analytics platform on AngularJS, and now it’s on Vue.js.

What is the team composition?

We have a team of seven people, comprised of a lead, backend resources, and frontend resources.

How did you come to work with Agilno?

They were already working for the company when I started.

How much have you invested with them?

I’m not privy to those numbers. Given the amount of work they’ve done, between the app, analytics, and all the custom work they did, I’d say we invested roughly at $450,000–$500,000 Canadian dollars (Approximately $200,000 to $999,999 USD).

What is the status of this engagement?

I started working for the company in July of 2018, and Agilno has been here since 2016. The collaboration is ongoing, and they’re an integral part of our organization.

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

We’ve always gotten positive feedback from users on the app and the analytics. It’s our primary tool since everything else is dependent on the data we gather from users.

We’ve gotten feedback from different clinics and doctors, and Agilno was always open to making the changes required to better-serve subscribers. The quality of Agilno’s work, its design, and the usability are awesome.

How did Agilno perform from a project management standpoint?

We’re responsible for passing requirements on to them, and they take care of the technical documentation, implementation, and process. They decided which technologies and methodologies to use. 

We’re in Canada, and they’re six hours ahead of us. But, communication with the team has been pretty seamless. We’re mainly in touch with their lead. Working with Agilno never felt like using a third party or external vendor. It feels as though we are one team working together to deliver a product. 

What did you find most impressive about them?

I’ve worked with other external vendors on development before. Since Agilno is a smaller agency, they’re more focused on their work. They always take it upon themselves to make sure that the work is of the highest quality. If it relates to any processes that need to be followed, it’s standard they will exceed our expectations.

If they make a commitment to deliver something by a certain date, they’ll always deliver. We never have to follow up on what’s happening with a deliverable. 

Are there any areas they could improve?

We have a six-hour time difference, but there’s never been a time when we need them late in the day. Even if we needed them late in their day, they were always available. 

Sometimes, it’s good to have a process around things. Most of the time, there is, but it could be improved. Talking from the perspective of my relationship with them, the process could be a bit more streamlined.

Do you have any advice for future clients of theirs?

Agilno is a very nice development partner to have. It never felt like working with a third-party company. They work as true partners. They’re in our success, and they’re in our failures. 

They are probably one of the best teams out there for people looking for Django or Python development. They’re equally good at doing web and mobile apps.

They have assigned resources for web-based apps and mobile apps. Anytime we’ve needed staff augmentation or had to replace someone, Agilno was very quick. We’ve never been assigned a resource that we had to replace.

Please describe your company and your position there.

I work in a software development company. I'm CTO, the main executive person to which people go when they ask for IT type of work.

For what projects/services did your company hire Agilno?

We needed a software agency that would help us build extension for chrome store.

What were your goals for this project?

Firstly, we started by giving them small tasks. Eg. creating a simple product, but later, we continued to work together and moved to larger stuff.

How did you select this vendor?

We heard about them via word of mouth. Soon, as we found their contact online, we scheduled a Skype call.

Describe the project and the services they provided in detail.

They developed, packaged and redistributed our extensions to us. They created a finished product, so we just placed them on the market.

What was the team composition?

About ten people worked on our project. Half of them were programmers and the rest were Photoshop and copywriting experts.

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

We doubled our income in few months, due to the fact that we could focus on SEO and marketing rather than the product itself.

How was project management arranged and how effective was it?

They met our deadlines on time. Listened to our suggestions and were very patient with our requests for changing particular things on products. We contacted exclusively via Skype.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

Their customer support is fast. They report back in less than an hour when we send a message.

Are there any areas for improvement?

There is very little to improve. Maybe only hire more people so that they become faster in finishing clients projects.

Please describe your company and your position there.

CEO and co founder. Working as senior sw engineer as well.

For what projects/services did your company hire Agilno?

We were busy with our other projects and needed Agilno to do this project for us.

What were your goals for this project?

To develop mobile (Android and iOS) application to handle dietary habits of kidney patients.

How did you select this vendor?

I knew the from before as we cooperated on several other minor projects.

Describe the project and the services they provided in detail.

They designed developed and tested both applications in time and with great sense for details. They were suggesting updates in requirements as they saw some things that customer missed. Customers were satisfied as some important features were actually missing from original set of requirements. After some intial design phase, we had demos every two weeks and someone from BitElements was approving merge requests they had. I was very satisfied with the work they did.

What was the team composition?

There was one frontend mobile developer and one backend developer involved. Graphical designer as well in the beginning.

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

Project was great success, clients were more than happy with the apps and support they had.

How was project management arranged and how effective was it?

2 week sprints ending with demos and external code review and merge request approval (from BitElements)

What did you find most impressive about this company?

Their attention to detail and prediction of our user requirements impressed us. As mentioned, they predicted some requirements that slipped customers and my attention.

Are there any areas for improvement?

No significant areas. If I have to find something, documentation delivered was OK, but nothing more than that. They compensated that with their support, they did not hesitated to provide us with support even after project finished.

Please describe your company and your position there.

Our company supports different automotive OEMs in deriving better products and services. My position is bringing balance to the force of the Big Data Engineering team.

For what projects/services did your company hire Agilno?

Agilno was responsible for supporting the development of our frontend/web application.

How did you select this vendor?

Based on market research.

Describe the project and the services they provided in detail.

Full stack development (React, Python, Devops), Mobile development

What was the team composition?

3 Mid React developers

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

The code quality was constantly improving over time.

How was project management arranged and how effective was it?

Communication and response time was very good.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

The documentation was well written.