DevBrother

Introduce your business and what you do there?

I’m the CEO of Fat moves UG, a small agency that provides marketing services for pharmacies.

What challenge were you trying to address with DevBrother?

We were looking for a partner to do a custom software project with us.

What is the team composition?

Depending on the project, we work with 4–6 front- and backend developers.

How did you come to work with DevBrother?

They were recommended by a former colleague.

How much have you invested with them?

We’ve spent $20,000.

What is the status of this engagement?

We began working together in May 2021, and it’s ongoing.

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

They understand what we need, and they always present solutions for any problems that arise. We completed the first iteration of the app, and are onboarding customers to test and use it. Overall, we’re satisfied with every aspect of the partnership. 

How did DevBrother perform from a project management standpoint?

DevBrother is transparent, and they’re able to provide accurate estimates and work within desired timelines.

What did you find most impressive about them?

DevBrother is willing to understand our needs and goals. On top of that, they strive to meet expectations.

Are there any areas they could improve?

It would be helpful if they provided guidelines on how they would like to receive project information from clients.

Do you have any advice for potential customers?

Provide as many details as possible about the project in order to answer their questions preemptively.

Please describe your company and your position there.

I'm the CEO of an IP Law Firm, with over +3.000 clientes and +10.000 registrations.

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

We needed some database parsing and creating an entire platform for our clients to access their portfolios

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

We found them by chance online, liked their portfolio, attention and pricing

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

1. Analysing our current database 2. Design phase that would suit the info better (InVision) 3. Nginx, MySQL, PHP (Laravel), JavaScript (VueJS) 4. Deployment on our website

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

Two, the CEO and a developer

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

We were able to easily provide our customers with a real time access to their IP portfolios

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

Mostly on Skype and Skype Calls, as well as Invision

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

Honesty and availibility

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

Making sure all comments made during the development, are written down, as to not miss anything, not even minor details

Please describe your company and your position there.

We're a complete ticketing and registration platform for concerts, fairs, festivals, performing art centres, fundraising, sports, education, etc.

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

We have a strong in-house development team that does all the work for our core services. Due to the backlog of critical core functionality updates we were working on, we needed help to update and rebuild some of the collateral aspects of our site.

This included our sales section, support knowledge base, and transfer & integration of our HubSpot blog. We received a really strong recommendation from a few client's we've worked with for years whom we trust and respect very much. They insisted we try them out and we are glad we did.

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

There were 3 main deciding factors:

1. Ability to do the work
2. Cost and timeline to completion
3. Reputation for doing quality work DevBrothers checked off all 3 boxes.

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

There were 3 separate sections that needed rebuilding. The sales section needed a complete redesign to match our new front-end website.

It also needed a UX rebuild as well as all new content showcasing our latest functionality. The support knowledge base needed to also be updated to our new design theme as well as implement a whole new modern way for us to manage the creation and updating of KB articles for our clients.

The blog was far more complex. We use HubSpot for our blog. The problem with Hubspot is they only support sub-domains. For SEO purposes, we wanted to move our blog to a sub-folder. Unfortunately, Hubspot doesn't support this natively.

I was assured by DevBrothers that they could figure it out and they came through. They ended up creating a custom-built API integration with Hubspot to fetch our new content from our blog and inject it into a new blog CMS within a sub-folder on our main domain.

So not only did they redesign it, unify the theme with the rest of our site properties, but they also made it work seamlessly with our existing HubSpot blog as a sub-folder. We were impressed by this.

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

Yuri was our primary point of contact and he facilitated all of the big-picture things to make sure everyone was on track. Over the months, we worked directly with several from his team including Vadim, Vlad, Misha, and I think a few others.

Off the top of my head I'm not sure exactly what each person did but each one was professional, knowledgeable, had great communication and were always fast to respond and implement updates.

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

We are just about to launch our new front-end main site along with the new collateral sites that were built by DevBrothers. We haven't launched yet so we do not have specific measurable outcomes but the impact we expect on our SEO and SERP ranking is expected to be significant.

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

They were really flexible here. They had their own system for project management but since our team uses Asana internally, they were gracious enough to setup their own Asana accounts, learn how to use it, and work within our project management ecosystem.

This made it way easier for our internal team to coordinate with DevBrothers and helped make the project simple to management and complete.

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

The focus on satisfying the client. We are in a very niche market and some of the challenges we face are not common in other industries.

As a result, some things that we needed to do were probably a bit strange for them. However, they never questioned why we were doing something (unless it was suggestions on UI or UX improvements). They always focused on getting the job done, whatever it took, without hassle.

We've worked with other outside dev companies for projects and sometimes they end up fighting us on why we are doing it one way instead of another. DevBros didn't waste time on that and made sure they produced the results we wanted. It made the experience such a pleasure. It's hard enough to get internal agreement on how and why to do things.

Once we finally decided, to have the dev team push back is frustrating. I'm sure this sounds like an odd thing to complement them on, but it turned out to be a huge asset. Basically, get it done.

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

Yes actually, but this is sort of our fault. We lacked detailed reporting on billable hours. However, this is mainly because we were using Asana which doesn't really have a good management system for that.

They are great for internal projects but not outside 3rd party dev work. DevBros always provided breakdowns when asked but moving forward, we will be using Jira for project management. Which, go figure, was their original suggestion before we asked to use Asana. So this was a general issue we experienced but really it was our fault.

In terms of improvement, I suggest DevBros to make this limitation known prior to agreeing to use another project management system. Had we fully understood this, we would have used Jira from the start. We do not put blame on them for this though but it is something that could have been improved.

Please describe your company and your position there.

We offer cryptocurrency exchange solutions, brokerage trading technology, liquidity, and tokenization services. I am the HR Manager.

For what projects/services did your company hire DevBrother?

Web development services

What were your goals for this project?

Additional talent for our dev team.

How did you select this vendor?

Employee referral

Describe the project and the services they provided in detail.

We are pleased to have web developers from DevBrother with us on a long-term, ongoing basis.

What was the team composition?

Front-end and back-end web developers

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

DevBrother consistently exceeds our expectations and I highly recommend working with them. We've always been happy with the quality of their developers' work. Additionally, their developers are in an actual office and are provided with a private room and webcam, so we can discuss projects directly with the individuals we're working with.

How was project management arranged and how effective was it?

The selection of team members they provide for us to interview match the skills and skill level we request. DevBrother's rates are competitive and are also a great value. They are a pleasure to work with.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

They check in with me regularly to make sure we're still happy with their developers and they ask questions that result in meaningful feedback about how things are going.

Are there any areas for improvement?

n/a

Please describe your company and your position there.

I'm the founder of the UX Design studio

For what projects/services did your company hire DevBrother?

Web development and consulting for multiple various projects of our clients and ourselves.

What were your goals for this project?

Our goal was to deliver high-quality products for our clients and we needed a reliable and flexible vendor to do so. Being very focused on the quality of the services ourselves we required the same expertise and level of commitment from the vendor.

How did you select this vendor?

I happened to work together with the CEO of DevBrother Yurii on smaller projects before and he proved himself as a brilliant expert with outstanding work ethic. Later we have tried to work with other vendors as well, but no one worked for us as good as DevBrother.

Describe the project and the services they provided in detail.

DevBrother provided us full-cycle development services and consulting. They have an amazing team of developers with very diverse focus and that lets them provide a full analysis of the technical problem and suggest the most optimal solution. They are very open giving tech advice and really care about the success of the client's project rather than their own benefit.

What was the team composition?

Besides around 30 people of the core team, DevBrother has unlimited access to all kinds of high-level IT professionals in Kharkiv and Ukraine due to their Coworking space and huge local network. It's really their powerful advantage, and we benefited from it many times.

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

I cannot even imagine how far behind would we be without the support of DevBrother. They are extremely reliable and resourceful. Many times they literally rescued our projects, working with tight deadlines and all kinds of technical challenges. This team is priceless.

How was project management arranged and how effective was it?

Depending on the project my team and I communicated either with the CEO or CTO or directly with developers involved in the project. Everyone from DevBrother is so nice to talk to! We never had any conflict, misunderstanding, or even a simple dislike with anyone from the DevBrother team. The PM and communication tools they use vary from client to client. They are very open and adjustable. We particularly used Skype, Slack, Emails, Hangouts, Jira, Telegram.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

Two things: their commitment and resources. DevBrother CEO Yurii has exceptional work ethics and a system of values that allow him to deliver great service. He appreciates people's relationships and always protecting the client's interests. His approach is personalized and he is developing the most optimal solutions considering all the aspects of the client's situation. Yurii also owes the Coworking space. This together with his broad network gives him access to the best professionals in the city.

Are there any areas for improvement?

They are great.

Please describe your company and your position there.

I lead marketing and creative initiatives at Reach.

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

We had to publish our revamped website (Reach.sh) ahead of a major company announcement.

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

We were introduced to DevBrother through our existing creative agency partner.

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

They created a lightning-fast website with animations and all the bells and whistles. The final deliverable can be viewed at Reach.sh. I believe we used Gatsby for the new site as well as Strapi for our CMS.

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

We worked with about three people in total. The CEO, CTO/project lead and the lead developer on our new site.

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

We pulled it off! We saw a 97% increase in users and over a 120% increase in pageviews!

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

We communicated via email and Telegram. They were incredibly responsive at all hours of the day. They really stuck with us and helped us get the job done when we needed them.

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

They have been so enormously understanding of our needs and patient with us. We're incredibly appreciative of their time and effort.

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

We already asked a lot of them. It was a blessing that they handled everything as smoothly and gracefully as they did. Nothing worth calling an "opportunity for improvement".

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am SEO of an eCommerce development company.

For what projects/services did your company hire DevBrother?

We have a wide range of projects and clients and constantly grow. Therefore sometimes we have a lack of capacity and was looking for a reliable partner who could help us to resolve a capacity issue with the current team with REACT and Node.js Middle/Middle +developers.

DevBrothers was one of the companies we considered to work with. We've started from one month and then extend of for a few months more.

What were your goals for this project?

The goal of the project - deliver web applications to our client with a tight deadline. The team was under pressure because the customer was looking to run an application by the middle of October.

How did you select DevBrother?

We made 2 rounds of the interview with them. Checked hard and soft skills to understand if they are fit our requirements. Then had a negotiation about the price. Finally chosen them because of a good balance between price and devs skills. Also, an important factor was - availability of the developers during the next 1.5 weeks. it was important for us

Describe the project in detail.

The project is under NDA. But some general inflation - it is a leads generation platform for the client in Europe.

What was the team composition?

From our side, it was PM, Technical lead, and 2 developers. DevBrother extends our capacity with 2 more developers.

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

The project was successfully delivered and we are switching into the long-term support phase. Because there are still many things to be done.

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

We use our well know and proven workflow using Jira like PM system and Agile like methodology. DevBother team was onboarded and recommended to use our workflow. So, no issues were detected

What did you find most impressive about this company?

Skilled devs, communication. When we asked about overtime during the weekend on the final stage they were able to help.

Are there any areas for improvement?

It is for now. I am good about their current approach.

Please describe your company and your position there.

I'm the CEO of Ratio Software Engineering - we focus on e-commerce development, web and app design and development

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

We hired DevBrother to provide expertise and development resources for the development of custom payment integration services. We needed specific development help with development that we didn't have available in our own development teams

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

We reached out directly to 3 or 4 development companies with our requirements and specifications - DevBrother was both the fastest to respond and the most flexible.

We choose them on both a cost and proposal basis - they suggested a solution that went beyond our first concepts and gave us new ideas that helped us to improve the final concept

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

The main technologies used were NodeJS on the back-end and React on the front end, the work that DevBrother did was part of the overall project - they worked within our agile sprint structure to deliver the custom finance integration features we needed.

Overall they plugged into our existing team really well and helped us to seamlessly deliver the solution that our client needed

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

We had 3 developers from DevBrother working on the project, 2 front end ReactJs developers and 1 Back end developer working with NodeJS and Express and MySQL. DevBrother helped us with the architecture of the back end during the development

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

In general, the DevBrother developers integrated well with our team - we followed an agile project methodology and they aligned well with our delivery schedule and sprints. The project ended successfully and we delivered all the features.

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

We followed an Agile Scrum process through the project, between teams we used slack to stay in tight communication.

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

DevBrother was professional and focused throughout the project. They provided good and regular communications so that we knew in every sprint what they were working on and what the delivery timescales where

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

They could have been better at the analysis of the overall solution at the start of the project delivery, but at the end of the project that didn't make a great deal of difference to the result, so this is a minor issue given that the overall delivery was outstanding

Please describe your company and your position there.

We are a media company and also offer subscription-based services to our clients

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

DevBrother was involved in all cycles of production and development of our subscription-based services. They built and customized our product based on our requirements. Also the DevBrother team has built customized admin panels for our team members to be able to adjust the features on our product

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

DevBrother team is very skillful and knowledgeable. They worked around the clock when needed for us to be able to meet all the deadlines. They provide a wide spectrum of specialists in IT, Web-Development and Web Design.

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

Our product was built through Wordpress, DevBrothers helped us to customize WordPress and its plugins to our needs. They have built number of integrations for all our systems to work in sync together including Stripe and Salesforce platforms . Very knowledgeable in terms of PHP, Python, JavaScript, AWS and SQL.

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

We had 2 full-time developers and 2 DevOPS.

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

Since starting working with DevBrothers its been really easy to obtain the right vision of our product and make all systems work in sync. DevBrothers have a great stack of engineers able to scale quickly according to your needs. They've been very responsible and easy to communicate with. Hitting all the deadlines we projected and fixing all ad-hoc issues.

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

The guys worked around our schedule and timezones. They've easily adopted our project management tools Jira, Slack and Asana. We had weekly sprints and couple standups during the week. DevBrother team gave us timely updates on deliverables

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

The most impressive about these guys was their eagerness to work on our product as their own. They were very easy to communicate with and provided extra resources when needed. Most helpful was that they cared about our product and goals as if it were their own.

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

Not much. I would say to communicate your needs. DevBrother team listened to all our suggestions and improved the process based on our needs. Overall I appreciate the individual approach to each situation we were facing during production. The team is really great and easy to work with.

Please describe your company and your position there.

I have a website for clothing shop online

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

For my website I needed a help with the backend API request. DevbBrother provided a quick help.

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

I searched DevBrothers through my web developers network. The deciding factor was based on proper skills and cost estimate.

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

We mostly worked on different APIs and the requests for the website

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

A project manager and 2 other developers from the team.

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

After the function that was added to my website, I have a much more selections of the items that will help to increase the total income.

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

The project manager always made sure that team is communicating promptly and that they are getting a feedback from me on time as well to prevent any delays.

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

The entire team is great and easy to communicate. The team members are professionals and highly skilled on what they do.