Intelligent Digital Experiences
We are a team of strategists, designers, and developers creating phenomenal digital experiences that grow our clients’ and partners’ businesses online.
We develop and deliver mobile apps, web apps, and APIs which work together to provide robust digital services.
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Pearson, Endeless OS, Cielo, Multishow, Hashdex, Fabriq, JOTA.info, MercaTeam, Chance.co, Accor Hotel, Fabriq, Kraaft, Oi, Ektos, Aos Fatos, Bayt Qatar, Generation Education, Brigades Affinity, Future Law
Parafernália Interativa <> Pearson
Pearson asked us to create a system to track student improvements on Wizard's Blended Learning platform, a unique online and face-to-face teaching method in which the entire curriculum is digitally based.
Inspired by the data analysis used in the world of Business Intelligence, we integrated an Educational Intelligence panel to the Blended Learning platform. This allows educators and coordinators to accurately track the statistics for a school, a single class, or a specific student.
Parafernália Interativa <> Endless OS
Endless is a startup based in San Francisco, whose mission is to bring digital inclusion to underprivileged populations in developing countries, thus allowing people to take advantage of computing power anywhere. The company offers low-cost computers, corresponding operating systems, and online/offline platforms.
We were hired to create desktop applications, using web technology, which was later translated into the OS environment. We developed five multimedia and educational applications for Endless, we created a fast and modern multilingual website for the target audience of Endless, including an exclusive algorithm for generating localized content. Services like Shopify and Zendesk have been integrated to provide stable and reliable support and e-commerce center for people in the United States, Brazil, Mexico, and Guatemala.
Parafernália Interativa <> Chance.co
A French, Google-funded startup that unites professional education, artificial intelligence, and human resource automation to help young people in developing countries get their first job. And for that, they just need to play games on their phone.
Parafernália Interativa <> JOTA.info
Based on a new way of covering Brazilian public institutions, JOTA provides quality information, with analysis and context, to a professional audience that needs to make strategic decisions constantly based on the movements of the three branches of government. The largest legal news site in Brazil, with 700k users per month.
We are the development team behind Jota's success. Together with the internal product team, we renewed the website design, integrated with a recurring credit card payment system, delivered segmented newsletters, among others. We also developed the website's paywall system, providing a giant leap in the growth of users and subscribers. We help them build data visualization tools for their customers, who use them to support strategic business decisions.
Parafernália Interativa <> Fabriq
French startup that is building a disruptive platform focused on large industries and that intends to transform the way teams control their productivity. We have been working together since the beginning, a year ago, developing the software and during that time we have grown from 0 to 15 business customers, 20 factories and 2000 managed employees.
Parafernália Interativa <> Kraaft
Kraaft is a French startup that created an application for field teams to communicate in real-time quickly and safely.
We built a mobile work chat for teams in the field. In addition, we helped to build the entire system, including the mobile app and all the back-end systems to support it.
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Multiple Developments for Computer Access Foundation
"I like their honesty and know that they will be able to deliver."
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A Clutch analyst personally interviewed this client over the phone. Below is an edited transcript.
Introduce your business and what you do there.
We have been building a new desktop operating system designed specifically for people who didn't have computers previously. It's not a widely-known fact, but more than 70% of the planet's population does not own computers, partly due to their replacement by mobile devices. Our operating system will solve the issues faced by those people, acting as a productivity platform for their daily jobs.
I am one of the founders of the business.
What challenge were you trying to address with Parafernalia Interativa?
Parafernalia Interativa has been our developer since the foundation of the company almost five years ago.
What was the scope of their involvement?
We have worked with Parafernalia Interativa on a number of projects, ranging from applications to the actual operating system that we're developing, our website and its content management system, and software-as-a-service prototypes. The technologies used include CSS, HTML, JavaScript, and Python for the web side of things.
We've always worked with at least two developers from Parafernalia Interativa's team, and there have been moments when we used eight resources. We reserve a minimum number of hours with Parafernalia Interativa and allocate more people as needed. Our contract has been continuous since the start of our collaboration.
How did you come to work with Parafernalia Interativa?
Parafernalia Interativa's principal is an easy to deal with, both from a technical perspective and relationship wise. He is very proactive and flexible in finding solutions to our problems. Parafernalia Interativa is not a very large company, which means that they only take on projects that they're interested in. They're also an affordable option, compared to the quality.
How much have you invested with Parafernalia Interativa?
The cost of Parafernalia Interativa's work is around $200,000 per year.
What is the status of this engagement?
We started working with Parafernalia Interativa in 2012. The collaboration is ongoing. I estimate that we've worked on more than 50 projects with Parafernalia Interativa, and there is always something new to tackle.
Could you share any evidence that would demonstrate the productivity, quality of work, or the impact of the engagement?
I've been very happy with our collaboration, and have no plans to end it. In fact, the relationship keeps growing. Parafernalia Interativa has provided consistent quality, and they are very professional.
How did Parafernalia Interativa perform from a project management standpoint?
We use a number of tools for project management, including Asana. Everything is kept on track by Parafernalia Interativa.
What did you find most impressive about Parafernalia Interativa?
Parafernalia Interativa has the ability to say no when they're not able to work on something. I like their honesty and know that they will be able to deliver. I don't think that Parafernalia Interativa has many customers as consistent as we are because they generally only get into projects that interest them.
Are there any areas Parafernalia Interativa could improve?
There's nothing that I can think of. Parafernalia Interativa isn't a perfect company, but the collaboration simply works.
the project
Mobile App Dev for Recruitment Analytics Firm
"[Parafernalia Interativa's team lead] is a very good project manager and organizer, able to translate needs into an actual project."
the reviewer
the review
A Clutch analyst personally interviewed this client over the phone. Below is an edited transcript.
Introduce your business and what you do there.
I am the founder of a social startup. We focus on recruitment, offering precise socioeconomic profiles for people and matching them with jobs for which we can predict their performance. Currently, our company is an 11-person team.
What challenge were you trying to address with Parafernalia Interativa?
We needed to develop a platform featuring 13 games. Through these games, we could perform simple data analysis for users and determine their psychological profile. The aim was to match them with relevant job offers through those profiles.
What was the scope of their involvement?
Parafernalia Interativa developed our native Android application. It was built using Java and Amazon Web Services as a backend hosting solution. The application interacts with our internal data analysis system through a Python-based routine. We worked with three full-time developers for a four-month period.
How did you come to work with Parafernalia Interativa?
We are located in the same co-working space as Parafernalia Interativa's team in Brazil. I was quoted by three different companies for our project. Parafernalia Interativa estimated the highest number of hours while being the least expensive.
How much have you invested with Parafernalia Interativa?
The cost of Parafernalia Interativa's work was $110,000.
What is the status of this engagement?
We started working with Parafernalia Interativa in August 2016. The first phase of the project consisted of the actual development and ended in December. The second phase will consist of minor adjustments based on our A/B testing. We continue to use Parafernalia Interativa's services on an ongoing basis.
Could you share any evidence that would demonstrate the productivity, quality of work, or the impact of the engagement?
Our application was ranked as one of the top 2,000 most stable applications on Google Play, which earned us an award from the company. Google has actually invested in our company, but the award was given to us independently. According to our latest metrics, we are 99.98% bug-free, with a user base of more than 20,000 people.
How did Parafernalia Interativa perform from a project management standpoint?
We have used Scrum methodology and worked through two-week sprints. I headed project management while Parafernalia Interativa provided a Scrum master. We worked as a single team, with daily stand-ups and weekly sprint reviews. The integration was the most important part. We use GitHub and Trello for project tracking. We have a system for automatically creating issues in GitHub, using Trello. It's a small tool developed by Parafernalia Interativa, which is actually very useful. It's a very good integration between the two platforms. These are the tools we're using within our own team as well.
What did you find most impressive about Parafernalia Interativa?
The quality of development work in Brazil is abysmal. By comparison, Parafernalia Interativa is delivering premium quality at a third of the price. This is a very good selling point for them. The team is comprised of average and good coders, but the time spent during quality assurance is one of their key strengths.
Are there any areas Parafernalia Interativa could improve?
Parafernalia Interativa has good coders, but they need to be managed better. I've mentioned this to Parafernalia Interativa's team lead. He's a very good project manager and organizer, able to translate needs into an actual project.
The relationship keeps growing. Parafernalia Interativa provided consistent quality, and they are very professional. They're proactive, flexible in finding solutions, and easy to deal with from both, a technical and personal perspective.