Binariks

Please describe your company and your position there.

I’m the founder of Egghead Logic, Inc. and the President of the company.

For what projects/services did your company hire Binariks?

We wanted Binarix to help us develop the project from scratch. Also help with design, gathering of requirements and build project architecture.

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

Comprehensive research of companies was done and Binariks was selected based on their technical expertise, reviews, and communication skills after a set of interviews with members of the team.

Describe the project in detail and walk through the stages of the project.

Business goals Sign up several early partners to use the platform and provide the feedback. Speed up the work with documents for 10x times. Provide the ability to use these tools to 3-4 users in MVP time. Check the Accuracy of the AI, and collect reviews of work with this system. Product The System provides the possibility to place a bookmark on the document. It will help the user to quickly navigate and find the information looking for.

Facilitate and speed up the workflow documents and preparing of reports in various fields of activity. Provides the ability to track and save the progress of work. The AI system will make suggestions with accuracy scores for bookmarks to speed up the process. Comfortable workspace, where user can process PDF documents for future reports. Providing information to the user that can make the work more convenient. Such as displaying the status of the page, the possibility to move to the page without a bookmark, and many other useful tools.

Frontend part

• Angular Back-end part
• .Net Artificial Intelligence part
• Python

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

From Binariks we had 1 backend developer(.Net), 2 frontend developers (Angular), 1 Data Engineer, 1 Project Coordinator, 1 Product Designer, and 1 Bussiness Analyst.

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

Basically, Binariks helps us in writing a project, creating a design, collecting requirements, and creating a project architecture, at each stage of the project.

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

At the beginning of the cooperation, we had a phase of collecting requirements and a design phase in which we had stand-up meets and workshops to gather all the necessary information. At the developing phase, we has daily standup meetings between our СTO and Binariks, sprint planning meetings, and other meetings to provide feedback. We use the JIRA board to manage tickets. Binaries also provide us with weekly status reports detailing the work performed. Also, we had monthly calls with Binariks’s management to share the feedback about cooperation.

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

We are really impressed with the high-skilled developers, they always try to improve the product and provide us with great solutions. Binariks really cared about our product and always tries to give valuable advice. for example, if necessary, we can involve highly qualified specialists to provide advice.

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

Can't think of a whole lot. They did a great job.

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I’m the founder and CEO of a cloud solution company.

What challenge were you trying to address with Binariks?

We needed help with custom software development.

What was the scope of their involvement?

The solution is a cloud-based web app. Binariks developed this custom software using PHP for the backend and React for the frontend. I had developed something before in Vue.js, but they rebuilt it from scratch.

There were some points we asked them to provide some guidance on how to set up, and they proceeded with the development and some parts of the design. 

How did you come to work with Binariks?

I looked at several options in different countries. Based on the reviews and the people we interviewed, Binariks seemed to be the most appropriate option.

How much have you invested with them?

We've spent around $100,000–$150,000.

What is the status of this engagement?

We've been working together since July 2021. 

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

I don’t have any metrics to share yet, but Binariks' team was able to find a solution for us. If I tell them my budget is going to change, then they offer a solution that’s appropriate. They’ve been doing very well from a technical point of view as well.

Everything is good for the moment. We haven’t experienced any more bugs than you would expect from a normal software development. 

How did Binariks perform from a project management standpoint?

I’m very happy with the communication. We have daily meetings with them for about 30 minutes, as well as monthly calls for a debriefing and review of what has been done. There are weekly comments as well.

Binarik's team delivers when they say they will, and there haven't been financial surprises. We use Jira, Slack, and Google Meet.

What did you find most impressive about them?

They want to build something that’s a long-term solution, which we appreciate.

Are there any areas they could improve?

I felt the design side has been a little bit slow.

Do you have any advice for potential customers?

If you’re not technical, then get someone technical who can speak that language with them. You need someone on your side who knows your industry well.

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I’m the CEO of a media group, as well as a co-founder.

What challenge were you trying to address with Binariks?

It’s their job to do our app development. We weren’t satisfied with our previous app. They were to make another app with the same functions and some extra functions with the base of the old app; it should be newer and programmed with a newer assignment.

What was the scope of their involvement?

It was an iOS app. We gave them the old app, so they had quite a good picture of what to deliver. We wanted them to build the same app with the same functionality and some extra features. They created a new, updated interface and functionality and are now doing maintenance.

What is the team composition?

We’re working with two full-time developers, one project leader, one QA resource, and then a director above the project leader.

How did you come to work with Binariks?

A friend of mine had used them and recommended them as good to work with.

How much have you invested with them?

We’ve spent around $200,000 with them so far.

What is the status of this engagement?

We’ve been working together since January 2021. Currently, we’re working on an hourly basis when we give with them jobs, mostly fixing bugs or making small adjustments and add-ons.

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

We got an estimate of time and money, but it went longer than we expected. It was also more expensive than we expected. The code we got was good and the work was good, but the time and money got a bit carried away.

The work seems to be good quality. We had an in-house senior programmer check the code and, they said it’s good.

How did Binariks perform from a project management standpoint?

The project manager did very well. 

What did you find most impressive about them?

They’re good to work with. We don’t produce this kind of app often so it’s difficult to evaluate but we’ve tried some other companies, and no one has been better than Binariks. There’s a reason we changed vendors.

Are there any areas they could improve?

Estimates should be a little more exact when you have such a clear picture of what the result should be.

They could maybe have been faster in the work. I’m not sure exactly why it took longer than expected. There are always changes with a scope like this, but none of those changes were big enough to shift the timeframe from June to December.

Do you have any advice for potential customers?

Keep track of the time and the money.

Introduce your business and what you do there.

We focus on creating solutions for non-powered mobile vehicles and their related systems.

What challenge were you trying to address with Binariks?

We were looking to add capability and function to our web portals that our customers’ end-users use.  

What was the scope of their involvement?

We provided documentation at the start and gave the access to our source code repository. They also viewed our mockups and screenshots, and we asked for any recommendations they had based on our work. They delivered new user stories and built out different business categories based on this information.

Moving forward, they did custom Angular, JavaScript, and back-end development work to build onto our architecture. They’re extending our capabilities to deliver different types of reports and views for end users.

What is the team composition?

We are engaged with a delivery lead, business analyst, 1–2 front-end developers, two back-end developers, one QA resource, and one architect.

How did you come to work with Binariks?

Through Clutch. They weren’t too big or too small, and their cost was better than that of firms in the US or Canada. Also spoke to referrals before we signed the contract.

What is the status of this engagement?

We’ve been working together since May 2021.

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

The custom report creation tool has launched, and users are very happy with it. They say it’s highly intuitive. Discovery took longer than we hoped for this project but, in the end, the product came out better than we could have expected thanks to this extra time invested in this stage. It allowed us to hit the ground running with a better plan.

We’re currently fixing a few bugs and working on additional features that we thought of during creation.

How did Binariks perform from a project management standpoint?

I interact with their team once a week, but my developers have daily status calls with them. We started with a twice weekly meeting but then switched it to daily scrum meetings to ensure we don’t miss anything over email and Slack.

Both teams are very quick to respond over Slack, with answers coming within minutes of questions posed. Azure DevOps helps with task tracking, and we use Google Meet for phone calls.

They’ve adjusted well to our east coast hours as well.

What did you find most impressive about them?

Their team members are very knowledgeable, and are quick to pick up on our use-cases about how something should work. They ask the right probing questions, whereas other groups have been afraid to say that they don’t understand something. Communication has been very open and honest.

Are there any areas they could improve?

After several weeks, we had to make a change in the process for the aspects of communication and project management, and I feel like we lost some time in them there.  It would have been better to talk through this earlier, with their suggestions initially. The process moved more smoothly once we put our system in place. We all ended up in the right spot in the end.

Please describe your company and your position there.

I'm leading product development for new project areas.

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

We were interested in developing a prototype of a software application for a new focus area for our company. However, since we needed to get from concept stage to MVP fairly quickly, we decided to use an outside firm instead of having to reallocate internal resources.

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

We interviewed several potential companies for technical ability, cost, and availability of developers, and decided to go with Binariks as the optimal solution.

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

We provided some initial draft wireframes. Binariks took that concept, refined the UI and flow, and created user stories and software specs. From there, a team of developers created a functional prototype.

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

There were ~5 people on the core team, including a project manager, front end and back end coder, and UI specialist.

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

Binariks had extremely open communication about all aspects of the project. We had regular check-in meetings, demos, and frequent communication over Slack. They delivered on-time and were able to accommodate additional changes above what was originally scoped out.

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

We communicated through Slack, Jira, and Google Hangouts. They were extremely responsive and organized throughout the process.

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

We had an exceptional business analyst who really dove into getting up to speed in a highly technical area so he could appropriately direct the engineers during their work.

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

Everything has been great, we would definitely work with them again.

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I’m the CEO of a cryptocurrency gambling app. 

What challenge were you trying to address with Binariks?

A third-party and one-person vendor developed our MVP, and it was not designed for collaboration — multiple people couldn’t work on it simultaneously. 

We needed help in software development so we could scale our platform.

What was the scope of their involvement?

Binariks provided us with front- and backend development, and they also conducted product analysis. They gave suggestions for new features, which they implemented once approved. 

At the start of each project, we provide a document detailing the functionalities and features we need. Bikariks then writes a technical guide so their developers can bring our specifications to life. 

Binariks is recreating our app’s frontend, and they’re developing it such that multiple teams can work simultaneously on the app. They are also adding new features to our platform. 

What is the team composition?

I work with a backend developer, a frontend developer, a project manager, a business analyst, a designer, and a QA specialist. 

How did you come to work with Binariks?

We looked at several companies and did due diligence by looking at their websites. We shortlisted and interviewed a few vendors. 

We picked Binariks based on their technical expertise, overall structure, and the solution they offered. Additionally, they had good reviews online, and we were impressed with their follow-up call.

How much have you invested with them?

We’ve spent about $100,000. 

What is the status of this engagement?

We started working together in July 2021, and it’s ongoing. 

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

We’re an early-stage startup, and we’re currently experiencing rapid growth. It’s hard to pinpoint any qualitative result from Binariks’ work. 

That said, Binariks is mindful of their client’s satisfaction. They ensure that we are happy both with their work and our relationship with their team. 

Additionally, Binariks has made our app scalable and up to par with industry standards.

How did Binariks perform from a project management standpoint?

Binariks is good at meeting timelines — they have the most reliable estimates I’ve encountered in my professional life. They’re accountable with their promises; they update us even with the smallest changes to the timeline. 

What did you find most impressive about them?

Binariks’ ability to meet timelines distinguishes them from other providers. They also email us a bullet-point summary of our calls, and they’re very communicative. In addition, we can feel that they are invested in the project’s success — they want our product to succeed. 

Are there any areas they could improve?

I can’t think of anything. We’re satisfied with Binariks’ work, and that’s why we continue our partnership with them.

Do you have any advice for potential customers?

Speak to them. They give feedback all the time, and they will say if something’s wrong.

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I’m the acting CTO of a digital health company. We have our own FDA-approved COVID-19 over-the-counter tests. As part of our digital services, our platform lets users take COVID-19 tests via their mobile phones. Our app has a proprietary AI, too. On top of that, we have an organizational platform that lets companies manage their infectious disease and regular testing activities.

What challenge were you trying to address with Binariks?

When we first contracted Binariks, we were looking for additional development resources for our mobile app.

What was the scope of their involvement?

We had in-house developers, but not many of them had experience with React Native. As a result, we brought in some offshore development resources from the Binariks team, including the scrum master and the head of engineering that managed their workload. From there, we gave them specific tasks, like building screens, programming, testing, and deployment. 

At present, the app is available for purchase and download on both iOS and Android devices, but we continue working on it. Binariks’ backend development team manages the app’s interface. They’re responsible for translating designs made by our internal designers into code. Simply put, we give them app’s screens, and the team builds them. 

In terms of app functionality, the platform provides a wizard-type tutorial to end users that receive our COVID-19 test package. The app allows them to take a picture of their test, and we use that photo for internal AI. After that, we give them the result. Moreover, we’ve added a vaccine card upload feature. Our teams also ensure that we comply with existing regulations since our product is a health-related app. 

What is the team composition?

I work directly with five people from their team. I’ve also had engagements with their business development representative and CEO. 

How did you come to work with Binariks?

I found Binariks on the internet and wanted to try them out to see how good they were.

How much have you invested with them?

We’ve invested well over $100,000.

What is the status of this engagement?

I started working with Binariks in March 2021, and the engagement is ongoing. 

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

For success metrics, we measure the velocity of the development process. We check how much the developers are getting done at a time. On top of that, we check the quality of their work. Our team also counts the number of pull requests that are ready to go; they submit these pull requests to the head engineer, who then reviews them and decides whether they’re ready to go with the product or not. 

In simple words, we measure the amount of quality code we can finish quickly — their work quality is great. 

How did Binariks perform from a project management standpoint?

Binariks’ project management is good. Our team also does our own project management, so it’s truly important to me. We use Asana as a project management tool, and Binariks follows our workflows. I've been pleased with the way that they adapt to our process. They submit their updates and use the software and tools we provide. 

What did you find most impressive about them?

The quality of their developers is impressive. In addition to that, Binariks truly cares about the project. They reach out to us to find out how things are going. If we think that something isn’t going well, they immediately take steps to fix it. 

Are there any areas they could improve?

Since Binariks is in Ukraine, the time zones are particularly difficult for us, especially for my resources on the West Coast. This isn’t necessarily Binariks’ fault, but other companies work during US business hours to make up for the time zone difference. Apart from that, language has also been a challenge. 

Do you have any advice for potential customers?

Be specific in what you need from Binariks. They’re good at what they do, but if you’re not specific in what you need, you may not get exactly what you want. Adequate specifications are crucial. They have internal resources that can help you translate your specifications for their developers, and if they offer those resources to you, take the offer. In our case, we’ve been working with them long enough that we understand each other’s needs. 

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I’m the owner and chief agile officer of JCloud, a consulting company with two main areas of focus. On the one hand, I source and organize offshore and hybrid, onshore/offshore software development projects for US clients, where the offshore teams are based in Ukraine and Serbia. On the other hand, I also serve as a scrum master for some of those projects. After organizing and sourcing the teams and getting the project up and running, I run the project and ensure the delivery.

What challenge were you trying to address with Binariks?

We have a new client who has a pretty steep and challenging development project in the in-home health technology industry, and this project needs to be achieved to fuel our client company’s high growth. Thus, we needed specific expertise in healthcare data integration using a new technology called FHIR (Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources). I also needed a company with strong skills in software architecture and frontend discovery processes for doing major new extensions and expansions on an existing platform.

What was the scope of their involvement?

Initially, we went through a classic discovery phase with Binariks. As we worked on two interrelated development projects, we first discovered the requirements, constraints, use cases, and the architectural approach we would take on how to use the underlying technologies. We also established how to integrate these new add-on solutions into the existing platform, considering its dependencies and API integration requirements.

The deliverables for this initial engagement were the typical deliverables of these kinds of projects: statements of work for future development projects, architecture diagrams, and elaborated use cases. Currently, we’re in the development phase of both of these projects, and we’ve started coding the solutions we found.

What is the team composition?

During the initial phase, we worked mainly with Binariks’ competency manager for the business analysis practice and one of their solution architects. Now, we’re working with eight software engineers, some of which are full-stack engineers, others are React Native engineers for frontend development, and others are DevOps resources. The solution architect and the competency manager remain involved in the project as well.

How did you come to work with Binariks?

I went to my network in Eastern Europe to find the right company for these projects. I knew Binariks through the founder, and I worked with them intensively and effectively for three years, from 2011–2014. We stayed in touch after that project, and I knew they were having success in building custom healthcare software solutions, so they quickly made it into my short list.

Once I started digging deeper into their specific expertise, it became clear that they were the right fit for my client. My client also agreed to work with them, and both their CEO and CTO talked extensively with Binariks before deciding whom to work with. They were very satisfied with their level of expertise and experience, as well as with the specific healthcare technologies and solutions they were building.

How much have you invested with them?

My client has spent somewhere in the low range of a six-digit figure, and we estimate that we will be spending around $250,000–$500,000 per year in subsequent years.

What is the status of this engagement?

We started working together in May 2021, and our engagement is ongoing. One of these two projects opens our client’s platform to a whole series of new add-on solutions, so this project will continue for a while — it could be many years.

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

Our main result is the very high satisfaction of our client so far. We’re still early on our engagement, but we will have some metrics to measure shortly. Some of these metrics will be meeting our delivery, time to market, and quality goals.

How did Binariks perform from a project management standpoint?

Binariks’ project management is excellent. They have a shared-resource project management team that has done an extraordinary job keeping our meetings’ cadence. They’re also great at following up with requirements, open questions, and issues, as well as coordinating all of the tedious tasks, like interviewing the development team candidates.

We’ve been using Slack to communicate and some diagramming solutions to support the projects. Now, we’re moving into a stage where we will use Jira extensively.

What did you find most impressive about them?

Binariks’ health technology expertise and their experience in building successful healthcare software solutions are their key differentiators. Additionally, they’re extremely strong in having a complete, thorough, and high-quality architecture discovery phase.

They don’t blindly dive into writing code; they do a very good job of vetting the requirements and examining the software solution’s data architecture, scalability, and reliability. They answer all of the key questions before building a solid software application system.

Are there any areas they could improve?

No, they’re doing great so far. I think Binariks offers one of the best software development services in the world. They’re a relatively young company, and they’re going to grow and do extremely well.

Do you have any advice for potential customers?

The way to engage with Binariks depends on the services you need from them. If you’re hiring a whole development team for a new project, make sure that you have the right ingredients in your own organization to provide strong product ownership.

On the other hand, if you have existing technologies and you’re trying to add functionality or refactor some of your technology, you’ll need strong technical engagement and an eagerness to work with high-quality architecture and development teams offshore. Have your CTO and some of your lead developers involved in the project embrace the process and the offshore team eagerly.

Please describe your company and your position there.

I'm CEO and co-founder at Gigasheet. We are a startup committed to building cyber security products that are beautiful and useful. Our global team is creating magical software that enables analysts to interrogate massive data sets, and pinpoint cyber attacks in minutes instead of hours. We bring experience from Google, Recorded Future, banking, national security and Harvard research. Gigasheet is backed by the same world-class venture capital investors who supported Buzzfeed, Venmo, Carbon Black and Palantir just to name a few.

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

We needed to improve our existing product by adding new capabilities and features. Binariks helped us to upgrade our product and now they are a core part of our team.

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

We found Binariks on Upwork and started working on a part time basis. After a while we moved to the direct contract with the full time assigned developer and later on added another one developer and designer.

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

Our application helps security investigators quickly analyze massive, varying data sets without lengthy setup and complicated configuration. On the surface, Gigasheet appears as a familiar web-based spreadsheet. But behind the scenes is a cloud-based, high performance Big Data analytics platform that supports billions of data points.

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

There is a team of 3 people: 2 Web developers, 1 part-time UI/UX Designer.

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

Binariks team continues to successfully develop applications according to our business needs, adding new features, and updating existing functionality.

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

Both teams successfully work together, coordinate their work, and help each other. They're really part of our team.

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

We are really pleased with the high-skilled developers. They offer thoughtful solutions solutions, good quality and are always interested in feedback. They care about our product and always try to give good advice.

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

Nothing comes to my mind at the moment, but there is always room for improvement.

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I am the CEO and CTO of a Yavne Bonus (WIZDI), and I’ve been working here for about 12 years. We publish textbooks for elementary schools and high schools in Israel. We are the second biggest publisher in Israel for school education.

We have about 50 employees including developers, programmers, and animators. We work closely with universities in Israel, and we are an accredited supplier for the Ministry of Education in Israel.

What challenge were you trying to address with Binariks?

The salaries of developers in Israel are very high and the good developers here go to the biggest companies like Facebook, Google, and Amazon. They take all the best developers, and that leaves us with no choice but to outsource outside of Israel.

What was the scope of their involvement?

Binariks has developed a certified website that is authorized by the Ministry of Education since it’s directed to children in Israel. It’s a web app and students, as well as teachers, can access the platform via the Ministry of Education portal in order to authorize them. We have a lot of content in the application when it comes to math, science, and the Hebrew culture. Apart from that, we’re developing digital books, interactive games, and interactive lessons.

The teachers can assign missions to their students, and the student would then do the mission that will be checked by the application — after that, the teacher will receive a report. Our books are fully digital and students can actually write down things inside of them.

We started to design a mobile application, but we have so many projects in the pipeline, we haven’t even reached that point yet. 

What is the team composition?

We have two frontend developers, two backend developers, and a project manager.

How did you come to work with Binariks?

We started with another company at first, but we had a bad experience with them so I shut down the work with them. We found Binarik’s website and since then, we’ve been working together and have grown the project with them.

What is the status of this engagement?

The partnership started in July 2020, and we're still working with them.

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

In the beginning, we had two developers. One was on the frontend, and one was on the backend. The frontend developer was excellent and very professional, but the other developer was more junior and wasn’t quite adequate. In the middle of the project, I asked them to replace him with someone more professional, and they were able to find someone who is very good who’s still working with us to this day — now we have two very highly skilled developers.

We have a very good reputation in the market, and the feedback for our platform has been very good. Teachers use our application in the classroom, and project it on the screen — students can also use it on their tablets, laptops, and desktop at the same time. Needless to say, they’re satisfied with the content and the platform.

How did Binariks perform from a project management standpoint?

We work with very tight timelines and like any project, sometimes it’s excellent and other times, not as much. However, having two professional and experienced developers from Binariks has definitely kept the development balanced.

We have daily meetings via Zoom with the whole team, and we use Jira to go through the tasks that we have. We also have WhatsApp groups that we can use for communication, where our developers have direct contact with the Binariks developers.

What did you find most impressive about them?

They are very reachable. When we need to get in touch with someone, we can chat with them on WhatsApp, and it’s almost like they’re working here.

Are there any areas they could improve?

I think it is more from my side, but I think I needed to insist on having senior developers at all levels and skills, instead of having junior developers. Sometimes, having a junior developer in the team for a big project can affect timelines. Sure it can be more cost-effective to hire a junior developer, but we end up paying more money for the development costs anyway.

Do you have any advice for potential customers?

My advice is to look into the experience of the developer you want to hire. In Ukraine, they don’t have an army like ours in Israel, so they start their studies earlier. In Israel, people attend high school, but join the military and continue their studies there — because of this, they end up maturing faster. 

In Ukraine, they look very young, so sometimes, their youth influences their ability to work on a tight project. I would suggest that people should know the importance of having a senior developer on a project — they will need someone mature with more experience in development.