GBKSOFT

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I’m the CEO of Sizzle, which is in the infotech space.

What challenge were you trying to address with GBKSOFT?

We wanted a second opinion and added touches for the UI/UX development of our product.

What was the scope of their involvement?

I provided GBKSOFT with the requirements, along with the designs we already had. They added elements to the design, as well as some suggestions of how to improve the end-user experience, such as moving some things around, merging, and adding some flair.

What is the team composition?

I worked with 5–6 people, including Victoria (Client Manager) as my main contact, and designers. 

How much have you invested with them?

We spent $500.

What is the status of this engagement?

We worked together in December 2020. There are ongoing segments, but they delivered the UI/UX we asked for.

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

The quality of work was excellent. I was pleased with their knowledge and attention to detail. They put the finishing touches on it, and it was good.

How did GBKSOFT perform from a project management standpoint?

GBKSOFT was incredibly responsive and accommodating in terms of meeting times, and they delivered on time.

What did you find most impressive about them?

They had a great work ethic. The team was proactive and reactive regarding discussions and collaboration, which was something I really appreciated about them.

Are there any areas they could improve?

No, not at the moment.

Do you have any advice for potential customers?

They are a smart, creative team that can help translate your ideas into good designs.

Please describe your company and your position there.

I'm a startup founder of a dating app.

For what projects/services did your company hire GBKSOFT?

Native iOS App Development.

What were your goals for this project?

My goal was to develop an MVP product with a development team experienced in design and implementation of social apps.

How did you select GBKSOFT?

When comparing top perorming app development firms, GBKSoft had won a number of awards previously that stood out to me and after reaching out their level of communication was fantastic and made them a top contender for me immediately.

Describe the project in detail.

The project is a social app which requires the implementation of voice API technology, location-based services and the building of a matching algorithm.

What was the team composition?

Fantastic experience working with Project manager Julia Leyleyko, Business Analyst Iuliia Snizhko and the rest of the team. Brilliant regular communication whilst thoroughly understanding the requirements and scope of my project and sharing my vision.

I can't recommend them highly enough and look forward to working with them in the future!

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

Despite the project still being completed, I have been extremely happy with the product demonstration meetings and the experience I have had from getting to use the app firsthand myself.

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

Worklflow has been well-articulated and communicated clearly.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

GBKSoft has made technical issues approachable and understandable whilst presenting new solutions and ideas to enhance the development process and product UX.

My product is in social tech and the teams' extensive experience in the field has come in handy when tackling relevant issues. I am very pleased with the time estimation for project delivery and the adherence to meeting all deadlines.

Are there any areas for improvement?

N/A

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I’m the CEO of Clubhouse Ltd., an audio-based social network.

What challenge were you trying to address with GBKSOFT?

We have a core team of developers in Sweden, but we needed other developers on-demand.

What was the scope of their involvement?

GBKSOFT has been working on native iOS apps using Swift and native Android apps using Kotlin. They’ve also helped with backend work in AWS load balancers, along with the whole architecture and scalability.

What is the team composition?

It depends on the task. They deploy the number of people needed for the task, which is 5–6 people on average per task. They also deploy 2–3 project managers.

How did you come to work with GBKSOFT?

They were recommended to me by a friend of mine.

How much have you invested with them?

We’ve spent somewhere in the six figures. They’re the most price-efficient of all the development firms I’ve ever worked with.

What is the status of this engagement?

We began working with them in February 2020, and our relationship is ongoing.

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

We do code reviews of everything they do. Everything they create is absolute; either it works, or it doesn’t. Their contribution is just as good as anybody else's at every level.

How did GBKSOFT perform from a project management standpoint?

Their project management is really good. GBKSOFT is very flexible. If we have a long task list, they are very helpful in terms of delivering tasks within short timelines. 

They always respond at any time of day, which is surprising. I’ve never worked with a company as responsive as GBKSOFT. We primarily communicate via Slack, but we also use email, phone, and text.

What did you find most impressive about them?

Their flexibility and quality are impressive.

Are there any areas they could improve?

I wish they had more resources. I understand that it’s difficult to perform at the level they are and that you can’t just expand while maintaining the same quality.

Do you have any advice for potential customers?

Communicate with the project managers. The more you communicate with them, the easier it is for them to help you. 

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I am the founder CEO of a mobile app startup. We have a live streaming platform for music.

What challenge were you trying to address with GBKSOFT?

We hired them to develop the MVP for our app.

What was the scope of their involvement?

We gave them a fair bit of flexibility; we didn’t provide any wireframes. The app is for iOS and Android.

What is the team composition?

We worked with about nine people.

How did you come to work with GBKSOFT?

I did a web search and then I did my due-diligence through platforms like Clutch.

How much have you invested with them?

We’ve spent about $50,000.

What is the status of this engagement?

We initially contacted them in June 2020 and we’re still working together.

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

The work is high-quality and high-value.

How did GBKSOFT perform from a project management standpoint?

It has been great. We do our best to stay on track, and they usually deliver on or around the deadline. Communication is great.

What did you find most impressive about them?

They think of things that I wasn’t able to think of myself.

Do you have any advice for potential customers?

Look into them yourself. They do a good job. Give them a shot; they won’t disappoint.

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am the founder and sole employee of the company.

For what projects/services did your company hire GBKSOFT?

To build some creative assets for my landing page which included UI/UX screens for the app, icons, social media assets, and branding/logo

What were your goals for this project?

I needed assets to complete the landing page website and social media profiles

How did you select this vendor?

I came to clutch co and saw they had good reviews.

Describe the project in detail.

As stated above I came to GBK with a concept for an app. I knew they had worked on similar apps and could leverage their experience my specific application.

To start with I needed assets to build a website and social media profiles. These are all creative assets (UI/UX screens, logos, icons, and branding). GBK provided a quote for this service and turned out with great speed and quality.

I am very happy with their service and wil continue to use them in the future.

What was the team composition?

I was assigned a project manager and designer.

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

They turned around the project very quickly, were responsive, and produced an excellent final deliverable.

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

they were responsive and understanding.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

They are very responsive and thorough in their approach to each project.

Are there any areas for improvement?

The only thing would be we could be more flexible with meeting times, but this is not GBK's fault as we are in very different time zones. I am in USA (New York) and they are in Ukraine

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I’m the CTO of SOLJETS. We’re a private aircraft acquisition and brokerage.

What challenge were you trying to address with GBKSOFT?

We wanted to revitalize a website that was developed with an inflexible set of technologies that didn’t permit us much growth.

What was the scope of their involvement?

Their team built us a WordPress website from scratch. We had requirements and style guides, GBKSOFT put their interpretation into the designs, which they presented to us. Then, we vetted, scratched, and worked through the organization.

They put together a unique experience with features. Their team built a tool that effectively compares multiple aircrafts from a chosen airport to identify the different ranges of those planes. They also built a database backend. Their team built connectors between the proprietary system and our website.

They used a LAMP stack, so their team built a MySQL database architecture. Their team also used Elasticsearch and other established frameworks to build out the UI controls.

What is the team composition?

We worked with a project manager, a frontend developer, and two backend developers to build the proprietary database. We also worked with a project manager, a UI designer, and initially three developers on the website. We reduced the number of developers to one experienced and proficient developer who I kept on retainer by request.

How did you come to work with GBKSOFT?

We started by looking for a US-based local development shop to help us achieve our goals. We quickly realized through the design process and the early development phases that going that route would be cost-prohibitive.

We wanted a team that could design and develop our platform cost-efficiently with our future goals in mind. I started searching for offshore groups and came across GBKSOFT. We wanted to work with a development shop that used portable technologies, meaning if we stopped the relationship, we could take the product anywhere else. They passed our litmus test, so we gave them the project.

What is the status of this engagement?

We started this project in January 2018 and wrapped up in March 2020.

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

We’ve used the website feature to show clients how we come to our conclusions during our sales pitches. We’ve used our backend tools to drum up the appropriate analysis and data research to help clients make decisions. We’ve seen success through the quality of their development. We’ve had the confidence to present these products live.

How did GBKSOFT perform from a project management standpoint?

Right off the bat, they hit the nail on the head in terms of budget, timeline, and deliverables without too much direction. We used JIRA, which is where they maintained all of their documentation and code repositories in conjunction with GitLab. We also used Trello and Slack as our project task and communication platforms.

We had an issue about halfway through the effort and made our concerns known to GBKSOFT’s leadership. Within a couple of weeks, they made internal changes and assigned us a new project manager who exceeded all of our expectations. She ended up closing the project.

What did you find most impressive about them?

Their project estimations are one of their strongest points. At times, their process seemed over the top with the number of questions and iterations. It’s part of their process to give a timeline and cost estimates that they can meet. There were numerous times when they exceeded their estimations, giving us an early deliverable and kicking back cash. We’re definitely going to work with them again because of the quality of their work. They’re a really honest team. We didn’t feel that they were gaming us.

Are there any areas they could improve?

Everyone can improve but we’re overall pleased. They could improve their UX/UI design skills. Their team does a good job, but it’s not as refined as it could be.

Do you have any advice for potential customers?

You’ve got to know what you want.  They have a pragmatic approach, so they’re not going to help you take a dream and put it into a concept. If asked, their team will think outside of the box. But they’re looking to take your ideas and put them into a technical concept.

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I’m the chief of operations and finance for Nelson Precast Products LLC. We’re a small business in a niche industry. We manufacture highly custom construction materials.

What challenge were you trying to address with GBKSOFT?

There are less than 100 companies in the country that do anything even close to what we do. And that was that's been a big problem for us because we've had a very hard time finding business software that actually understands the logic of our very niche business.

Everything we’ve tried in the past as off-the-shelf and was unable to adapt to our workflow and didn’t have a great interface, so we brought on GBKSOFT to create a solution specifically for our operation.

What was the scope of their involvement?

I put together a document explaining what I wanted the software to do. Then, I spent several months working with their business analysis team and their project manager and they asked a lot of questions. We tuned that document into our specifications. Then, they developed a product that met those specifications.

The software they built has a built-in browser PDF editor that connects annotations in the PDF to database objects, and significantly reduces the number of steps our project managers need to do one key aspect of their job. This dramatically reduces possibilities for error because they’re only entering data once.

What is the team composition?

We had a project manager and a few different business analysts because there was some turnover.

How did you come to work with GBKSOFT?

My boss heard about them from a colleague. He told us that they were reasonably priced and did very good work, so we looked into them. We had an initial conversation with them, and I gave them a scope for the MVP. They said they could get it done in six months, and for a price that was comparable to an off-the-shelf software system.

How much have you invested with them?

The MVP cost just shy of $100,000.

What is the status of this engagement?

Development lasted from August 2019–January 2020.

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

The product is beautiful, seamless, quick, and responsive. Everyone I showed the product to was completely blown away. I’ve thought about the impact that this would have on our business for nearly a decade, and when my team finally saw it, they recognized how much easier it will make our jobs. It’s going to free us up to move away from data entry and enables us to do more productive work. We’ve been training people to roll it out in March, but because of COVID-19, our implementation schedule has been delayed and I don’t have data yet to reflect the impact it will have.

Throughout the specification process, they asked excellent questions. They saw potential issues and contingencies, and they took that rough document and refined that to create a more complete workflow.

Some of the ideas I had were off the wall, but they went with it. They took on some unusual challenges and they created a solution that no one has made before.

How did GBKSOFT perform from a project management standpoint?

Jira and Confluence were the main project management software we used to communicate. That’s where all our specifications were written up. Their management was top-notch. I’ve worked with people in various industries, but GBKSOFT is good. They can be the single point of contact with the contact and can make sure that their team and our team have all the information we need. They kept us informed while keeping everything on schedule. Overall, their project management was absolutely excellent.

What did you find most impressive about them?

Their price is very competitive. On top of that, they have an excellent project management team. They do wonderful work, and everything they built met our specifications exactly. Their design team is excellent—the program is beautiful.  Across the board, they provided a service I would have expected to pay 2–3 times as much for.

Are there any areas they could improve?

The turnover in the business analyst position was challenging to deal with. As a result, there were a few times where I had to explain our business logic all over again. That was a minor frustration, though. I would never hesitate to recommend them.

Do you have any advice for potential customers?

It probably helps to have someone with a technical background on your internal team. I do think that accelerated our process. Be prepared, too, to have someone be responsive to them. They’re very productive and will give you specifications and designs every day that require your proposal. So, you need someone responsive to prevent the project from slowing down.

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am a Senior Business Development Specialist in the fun newly developed company that is set to change the way people do their laundry.

For what projects/services did your company hire GBKSOFT?

I needed to develop a solution for both iOS and Android devices. So I hired GBKSOFT team to do front-end coding for my laundry & dry cleaning app.

What were your goals for this project?

To get an app delivered fast.

How did you select this vendor?

I contacted GBKSOFT team after I’ve seen the blog on their website. I have scrolled through a few articles and was quite impressed by their quality. These guys seemed to be professionals who know what they are doing and talking about. So I made the decision to contact GBKSOFT team and see where the conversation would lead us. The team turned out to be friendly, open-minded and had an experience with the projects similar to mine. And that is exactly why I decided to go with GBKSOFT.

Describe the project in detail.

My initial idea was to create an app that will help to simplify ordering laundry pick-up and delivery services and reduce the time users spend on routine order making process. So my application should allow users to create an account and easily manage it whenever they need laundry & dry cleaning services. Clients should just drop-off their clothes that require cleaning and use the app to place an order in a couple of clicks. It is as simple as that!

What was the team composition?

As I have already mentioned, I needed GBKSOFT to perform front-end development. So I have cooperated with a bunch of high-class specialists such as iOS developers, Android developers, QAs, business analysts, scrum masters, and designers. Everyone involved in the development of my app was very understanding and quite dedicated.

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

Fast responses.

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

The workflow was well-organized and both teams successfully accomplished all goals. I would also like to note that the communication was very effective. GBKSOFT team contacted the team of backend developers and they cope with all challenges together without me being involved (and this saved my time greatly). The work of GBKSOFT designer also deserves a compliment. She reviewed my old designs and offered a new concept with great UI and UX that made my app even more intuitive and user friendly.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

GBKSOFT stands out from competitors due to the high quality and transparency of their work. Their estimations were precise and took into account every possible detail. So during the development process I have always been aware of the stage at what my project was, and I knew how much time it would take for a team to accomplish a certain task. GBKSOFT has many advantages and one of them is the presence of a qualified business analyst who helped to save money on some development stages and create a solution keeping the end-user in mind.

Are there any areas for improvement?

I cannot suggest any improvements simply because I am not an employee of a software development company. The only thing I can say is that GBKSOFT is a great company which unites many different professionals and I would like to cooperate with them further if I have any new projects in the future.

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am the owner of a mobile application that was designed to assist Military Aviators in studying for their designated helicopter. The application was designed to combine educational resources in one location.

For what projects/services did your company hire GBKSOFT?

I hired them to design an extended feature in the application that they had previously designed.

What were your goals for this project?

My goals were to add on an extension into the application and remove some features that I had previously requested. Most importantly it needed to be a stable application.

How did you select this vendor?

I had chosen them back in 2015 to originally create the application based on their communication and understanding of my intent. They were able to successfully put my ideas to paper and then into a digital form.

Describe the project in detail.

The project was designed to add another helicopter that was needed. There had been a few features that I had paid them to create that I needed to be removed in this latest update. Their job was to recreate features already present in the app and implement them in an organized manner.

What was the team composition?

I initially spoke with a liaison of sorts who then passed me off to the Project Manager. The Project Manager spoke with me about concerns and questions that the developers had. This individual served as not only a medium between my ideas and their implementation but also as a linguist as there could have been somewhat of a language barrier.

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

Within less than a month the team had successfully created the update to my liking. It is the most stable version of the app that I have seen and was done in an extremely timely manner. Any initial issues that may have risen were addressed immediately.

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

I was very happy with the workflow between myself and their team. Responses were addressed quickly especially considering the time zone differences.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

What I found most impressive was their willingness to correct any shortcomings. If there was something that needed to be addressed it was immediately corrected.

Are there any areas for improvement?

I can not identify any areas for improvement at this time. They are a great company and I will continue to work with them on my mobile application.

Please describe your company and your position there.

We are leading the way for the future of influencers across the globe by providing them the tools to automate the annoying tasks.

For what projects/services did your company hire GBKSOFT?

We hired GBK to develop a Chrome extension that can extract many data points and reformat the data to be imported into several different platforms easily. This significantly reduces the manual work from several hours a day to under 30 seconds.

What were your goals for this project?

We needed to be able to take a multi-step confusingly technical process and simplify it into 3 simple steps that anyone can enjoy using.

How did you select this vendor?

I've worked with GBK several years ago and had an amazing experience. It was a no-brainer to come back again.

Describe the project and the services they provided in detail.

I provided GBK with an outline of the projects requirements. GBK put together a thorough documentation and together we refined every detail. GBK was responsible for everything from documentation, feasibility, design, development, and deployment.

What was the team composition?

While I was just one person, GBK had multiple experts assigned to my team. Designer, Business Analyst, Frontend and Backend Developers, Project Manager...

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

As always, GBK did an amazing job. My clients are amazed at just how well this was designed and developed.

How was project management arranged and how effective was it?

Project management is a strong point for GBK. They truly excel in project management. Their PMs are on top of everything and are very knowledgable and capable of leading projects. They make sure the project keeps moving forward on time and within budget, ensuring all objectives are met.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

I am most impressed by their teams vast knowledge and ability to comprehend complex projects. They know what they're doing and understand what you're saying. Additionally, they are absolutely transparent and excellent communicators.

Are there any areas for improvement?

From my perspective and from my experience, they are perfect.