Peiko

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I'm the CEO of a cryptocurrency exchange company. At the moment, I'm the only member of the company.

What challenge were you trying to address with Peiko?

I'm working with them to build a cryptocurrency exchange platform. The final product will be a website that allows users to both exchange traditional currency for cryptocurrency and exchange cryptocurrency for other cryptocurrencies.

What was the scope of their involvement?

To start the engagement, we worked together to document all project requirements. We completed this documentation over the course of about 15 sessions, after which I received a full timeline for the project from them. Once we agreed on timeline, budget, and documentation standards, they allocated full-time developers to the project and began building the platform. It's a completely custom solution. For the design portion of the engagement, they used Figma to build pages that I then reviewed and approved. After they finished the site, they moved it from their servers to mine. Now, they're helping to fix some minor bugs before I launch the platform.

What is the team composition?

I've worked with a total of seven members of their team. These have been members of their development, billing, and server administration teams.

How did you come to work with Peiko?

I found their portfolio on a Russian-based freelancer database. The portfolio included some cryptocurrency sites, which caught my attention because there aren't many firms familiar with the cryptocurrency market. They responded to me quickly after I reached out, so I decided to move forward with them after discussing project details.

How much have you invested with them?

I've spent $32,000 with them.

What is the status of this engagement?

We've worked together since March 2021. We had planned for the engagement to run for six months, but I think we'll finish by August. At this point, they're only handling minor fixes free of charge. Once we fully finish, I'll be handling site maintenance myself and working with another company for server administration.

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

Unlike other companies I've worked with before, their team works quite quickly to meet project milestones. I haven't had any issues connecting with them regardless of the time of day. Once, I even was able to get them to implement a fix at 1 AM.

How did Peiko perform from a project management standpoint?

They've done very well. They're always prepared for our weekly meetings, coming with detailed reports on their progress that answered any questions I came into the meetings with. As a whole, their documentation is quite precise and detailed. They've always provided me with options, making them very easy to work with. We've used Google Drive for documentation purposes.

What did you find most impressive about them?

The speed at which they implement fixes and respond to questions makes them stand out. With other companies, I've had to wait up to a week for a response. I would definitely recommend them for a crypto-focused project.

Are there any areas they could improve?

No, I can't think of anything. At first, I thought their price was a bit high, but I've come to learn that their cost is quite reasonable.

Any advice for potential customers?

Use them for any cryptocurrency projects. They have years of experience and understand the specificities of the crypto marketplace. When I started this project, I didn't know as much as them.

Please describe your company and your position there.

Axisbits is a software company and I am a founder of the company.

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

We had a request for the development of a marketplace for selling NFT tokens with the ability to automatically create tokens.

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

Our partners recommended Peiko, as they already worked with them earlier.

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

Peiko elaborated the idea of our project in more detail, helped to describe all the technical documentation, developed the UI/UX design, also developed the blockchain software part.

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

The team included 6 people: Designers Front end 1 Backend 2 QA engineer 1 PM/Business analyst

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

At the moment the project is in the final stage of testing, we are preparing for its launch, and we have prepared a roadmap for project development together with Peiko

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

The Peiko team knows their job well. They helped us to work out the whole concept of the project in detail and then took care of all the project development. Our manager was Bogdan. He regularly gave us feedback on the work done and kept us informed about what the team was working on. We are satisfied with the management of the project. As I told earlier We already pass the alpha-test and the control group was satisfied Also, I asked about code review from another team and they told me that the code is clean and well-oiled.

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

The Peiko team has great experience in the development of projects similar to ours. They developed our idea, thought it through in a qualitative way, and developed it. As our partners told us, their team proved that they're the best in their field.

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

Perhaps they should open a representative office in other cities so that you can come to their office not only in Kyiv.

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am CEO of Quan2um OU crypto service company.

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

We wanted to develop a mobile wallet app to store and transfer our clients' cryptoassets

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

Found them on a freelance website. There were a lot of companies/freelancers but we loved Peiko's approach, communication style and recent projects that they made

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

The quys from Peiko planned well our future project, the architecture,described all the technical documentation,developed the design, the mobile application and the server part

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

The team included 6 people. Designers team. Mobile app - developer -1 Backend - 2 QA engineer -1 PM + Business analytic (Dmitry, Bohdan) is our main contact

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

The project is being prepared for release, now passing the last security checks of the project.

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

The Peiko team knows their job well. As far as I know, they devided all works into 2 weeks sprints. For us it was good as we were sure that we will receive every part of work separately. They helped us work out the whole concept of the project in detail and then took care of all the project development. Also we started with a technical specification, which helped us divide a definition of done. It was really helpful at the end of the project. Our manager was Bohdan. He regularly gave us feedback on the work done and kept us informed about what the team was working on. We are greately satisfied withe the management of the project

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

Peiko's team is well versed in the direction of blockchain project development. They are ready to undertake all the complicated work on the architecture of the project and provide a finished product in the end.

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

The team is doing a very good job, We wish they could scale up and be able to work on more projects.

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I’m the co-founder of an intelligence hub startup.

What challenge were you trying to address with Peiko?

We needed our website revamped.

What was the scope of their involvement?

In August 2020, they finished a redesign of our existing website. The website is very specific and unique to the industry, and it’s been running for 4–5 years. 

It garnered very high traffic relative to its peers as one of the key emphases of the redesign project was to not lose traffic. We instructed them to get a professional SEO person to make sure the transfer is done correctly, and to minimize any risks related to the loss of traffic or ranking — we paid a significant amount of money for them to achieve this.

What is the team composition?

We worked with an account manager, a project manager, and a QA person.

How did you come to work with Peiko?

We found them through Clutch and Upwork.

How much have you invested with them?

We spent in excess of $35,000.

What is the status of this engagement?

We began working together directly around January 2019–August 2020.

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

When the job was done and rolled out, we saw a significant decrease in traffic, but we thought it wasn’t a big issue. In January 2021, when I saw that the decrease of around 50% never came back, I hired an SEO professional to do a third-party audit of their work. The audit revealed that there were several SEO technical errors, with some of them not being related to the developers who redesigned the website. 

During the redesign, we changed the menu on the website. Apparently, that resulted in a massive reduction in traffic because Google wasn’t able to see the same structure as before. I’m not an expert, but I expected the developers to tell me what would’ve happened if I made some changes. If I’d know what would happen, I would’ve done something differently.

The new website was much more complex than the old one. The structure was very different and as a result, there were a lot of things done wrong in terms of how each page was assigned, in terms of indexing, no indexing following, and so on for Google crawling. I didn’t know Google will penalize us if we didn’t have any content on the page. There were so many pages without any content, and those pages were more for technical navigational purposes as opposed to serving any other purpose. Again, I didn’t know this, because nobody told me.

Another issue related to the administrative side was Google wasn’t able to recognize the images within the website — and this was an error of subdomains and the way they were done. Those three things contributed to the 80% loss of traffic which was equivalent to 50%-60% loss. When I told them the problem and that they needed to come fix it, it took me 10 days to get an answer. For two months, I was telling them I needed help. None of them offered to help, and none of them admitted they screwed up. In fact, they told me that the site was delivered and up and running.

They would tell me the developer did it and he was busy with something else — which is unacceptable. I hired a new developer to fix all of the issues, and it took him some time to figure out how the design and coding worked, but in the end, he was able to fix things. It was a complete disaster in terms of the SEO side. The rest was done well, but the SEO ruined everything. Now, I have to shut down as we lost most of the traffic — I don’t know how long it’ll take to recover or if it’ll ever recover.

How did Peiko perform from a project management standpoint?

Initially, these guys did a good job, but the results stemmed from the sales work being done horribly wrong. Those people showed zero interest to get it fixed — I even told them I had no choice but to go back to Clutch and revise my review.

They told me I should contact the project manager, but the project manager only responds once a week and he keeps telling me their developer is busy. They insisted I wait for a few days to help me, but I ended up having to fix most things myself.

Do you have any advice for potential customers?

I’m not a professional IT guy, and there’s a lot of things I don’t know. If I knew what I know today, I would’ve done the website differently. If you want to work with them, have a project manager to guide you with what to do. They’re simply a source of resources for certain things that can do the job, but you need to tell them what to do. I don’t think they understood the big picture of things, despite me being clear with what I wanted from day one.

This review was published on 10/6/2020

Co-Founder, Intelligence Hub Startup

Energy & Natural Resources

1–10 Employees

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

$10,000 to $49,000

Jan 2019–Ongoing

Project summary
Peiko built a website from the ground up, providing comprehensive service to all aspects of the site.

Feedback summary
Beyond technical contributions to the front- and backend and UX/UI, Peiko displayed attentive service. They implemented changes quickly and earned a positive reputation, which set them up to receive a future project. Future clients will encounter a partner open to growth and evolution.

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I’m the co-founder of an intelligence hub startup.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What challenge were you trying to address with Peiko?

We needed our website revamped.

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?

They built a new website from scratch, using PHP. They were responsible for everything; backend, frontend, and UX/UI design.

What is the team composition?

We worked with an account manager, a project manager, and a QA person.

How did you come to work with Peiko?

We found them through Clutch and Upwork.

How much have you invested with them?

We spent over $40,000 with them.

What is the status of this engagement?

We began working together around January 2019, and it’s ongoing.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

We just launched about a month ago, so it’s a bit early to have any metrics. They did meet the milestones we set out, though, and did everything we asked of them, including changes we made along the way. We have another project in the pipeline that we intend to hire them to do.

How did Peiko perform from a project management standpoint?

It was a learning experience, and they were receptive to the constructive feedback we provided.

What did you find most impressive about them?

They are flexible and willing to go the extra mile without trying to charge for every minute spent working.

Are there any areas they could improve?

There are definitely areas they could improve on with project management.

Do you have any advice for potential customers?

Focus on effective communication.

Star Ratings:

Overall Rating: 5

Quality: 5

Cost: 5

Schedule: 4.5

Willing to refer: 5

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I’m the CEO of MVP Team, an educational project for poker players.

What challenge were you trying to address with Peiko?

We needed custom software development.

What was the scope of their involvement?

Peiko built a custom software using PHP Yii. They were responsible for design and front and backend development. The software allows local poker players to make transfers and acknowledge their gains and results. It also automates some tasks for them.

What is the team composition?

A lot of people work in the background, but we have contact with only two of them.

How did you come to work with Peiko?

We found them on Google.

How much have you invested with them?

We’ve spent between $60,000–$70,000.

What is the status of this engagement?

We began working together in May 2020, and it’s ongoing.

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

They’ve done a great job. Our players don’t have to figure things out anymore since everything is automatically done for them, which makes it much easier.

How did Peiko perform from a project management standpoint?

We communicate via text and Telegram. They’re extremely available and responsive, even on weekends.

What did you find most impressive about them?

They’ve completed every task quickly and efficiently. They know what they’re doing and how to make it work.

Do you have any advice for potential customers?

Peiko is the right choice if you’re looking for a modern company.

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I’m a COO at Qream Design Agency.

What challenge were you trying to address with Peiko?

We needed development on UI/UX design for a mobile application. We knew other people were working on this type of app, so there was high competition. We were limited on time because of that, and we wanted someone to develop it as soon as possible.

What was the scope of their involvement?

Peiko helped us develop a fintech application that allows users to track their expenses, check their budgets, and set and achieve financial goals. We provided them with a clickable high-fidelity UI/UX prototype, and they coded it employing the React Native environment. They connected it to CRM because we wanted to track user activity and get infographics about the app. 

The app was built for iOS and Android and is currently available in the App Store and Google Play Store. We got the app ready last month, we Alpha-tested it, and did a focus group of users — everything went well. Currently, we collaborate on the maintenance contract, and they help us polish some minor aspects of the app.

What is the team composition?

I’ve worked directly with Peiko’s project manager — he’s my main point of contact. 

How did you come to work with Peiko?

We found Peiko on Upwork, and we consulted with our city’s IT community about them. We also got a recommendation from a friend that worked with them before.

How much have you invested with them?

They offered us a development package for iOS and Android apps. We’ve invested around $77,000.

What is the status of this engagement?

We started working with Peiko in January 2021, and it’s an ongoing project. 

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

Our success metrics are based on the feedback from our focus groups, whether they liked the features, and how well the application was built. We also got a third-party company to review and justify Peiko’s coding work. That verification went very well and made us feel sure of the quality of their services. In addition to that, the React Native technology that they employed was very efficient on this app.

How did Peiko perform from a project management standpoint?

The engagement with the project manager has gone quite well — he’s really professional, performs well, and makes sure that Peiko’s team performs as well. We use Jira and Slack to communicate, and he gives us regular updates on the status of development, timing material, and budget. We have weekly calls and email follow-ups to stay updated. We’re pretty satisfied with his performance. We also used GitHub and Figma software. 

What did you find most impressive about them?

The speed and quality of Peiko’s code are impressive. They know the market really well and advised us on a couple of solutions for syntax. Also, they’ve advised us about potential investments. We originally planned to finish the project by the end of summer, but most likely we will be done much sooner. 

Are there any areas they could improve?

They could add someone that works on app promotion because it’s quite different from website promotion — that might help them boost their client’s success.

Any advice for potential customers?

I don’t have any advice. They keep everything really professional and can find the key to work with any client — they have a good customer-oriented approach. 

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I’m one of the co-founders of a fintech startup.

What challenge were you trying to address with Peiko?

We needed their development services for a financial web platform.

What was the scope of their involvement?

The team at Peiko designed and developed our website. The platform enables people to invest bank deposits outside their own country. They also developed the user interface, designing across many modules.

What is the team composition?

Four people are working with us: Max (Co-Founder), a client manager, a designer, and someone handling implementation.

How did you come to work with Peiko?

We saw their ad on a freelance website. We were drawn to the outline of their UX/UI design experience and took a chance to work with them.

How much have you invested with them?

We’ve invested $30,000.

What is the status of this engagement?

Our engagement with Peiko started in April 2020.

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

We haven’t launched yet, but they pulled our ideas into a very intuitive, simpler design than we had envisioned. We had been concerned that the design would have to be very complex to match the complexity of a financial product but were pleasantly surprised at the simplicity they produced. They added value beyond our expectations, and we like the output they produce.

How did Peiko perform from a project management standpoint?

They meet deadlines and communicate very well.

What did you find most impressive about them?

The UX/UI design is stylistically perfect, showcasing their experience. The team follows an impressive design philosophy that simplifies complex things to make them visually beautiful.

Are there any areas they could improve?

They’re slightly less flexible regarding receiving feedback than we would like. They tend to wrap up a sprint and want immediate feedback, whereas we sometimes take a week while we sort things out before giving it.

Do you have any advice for potential customers?

There may be a bit more paperwork and admin involved, as well as individually designed roles among their resources than you’re accustomed to.

However, this doesn’t hinder their efficiency. Don’t get too specific; allow them space to add their own vision and trust them to produce a good output.

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I'm Bogdan Ivaniuk, CTO of CryptoArt. Our company advises clients on investing in cryptocurrency assets.

What challenge were you trying to address with Peiko?

We needed developers to fix some architectural and technical issues. 

What was the scope of their involvement?

They fixed our issues and connected the model to all the other parts of our platform. Their team also fixed the architectural and technical issues made by previous developers, implementing more advanced technologies so that we would be in a better place moving forward. There are a lot of different formulas and calculations, as well as economics involved.

What is the team composition?

Bogdan (Project Manager) is the main point of contact. There is also an account manager, designer, frontend developer, two backend developers, and a QA person who also helps with our DevOps sometimes.

How did you come to work with Peiko?

Our HR specialist had run a search and acquired a list of potential agencies. We spoke to them and were pleased with their knowledge and experience in crypto technology, so we decided to move forward from there. 

How much have you invested with them?

The total project cost was $50,000.

What is the status of this engagement?

We started working together around March 2020, and the partnership is ongoing.

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

We are still in the development stage. They have solved a lot of issues with mathematical equations and crypto technology. It’s working great for us, and their team is very dependable.

How did Peiko perform from a project management standpoint?

Bogdan is smart, polite, and technologically advanced, making discussions of tasks easy. We prepare the tasks, which are delegated to the chief developers. Once they notify us of task completion, we check from our side and make any necessary corrections. They fix issues quickly, and always deliver on time. 

What did you find most impressive about them?

They are technologically advanced and very knowledgeable about crypto technology. Their developers are good and were able to implement all of our requested changes with no problem. They are better than other vendors we’ve experienced, so it's been a pleasant collaboration all around.

Are there any areas they could improve?

For some tasks we have questions about estimations. Sometimes it was not clear. As a result, the Peiko's manager explained everything after our request.

Do you have any advice for potential customers?

There is a good combination of price, experience, and collaboration with them.  

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I’m the CEO of Frently, a marketplace for long-term rentals in Ukraine. We currently only work in Kyiv, but we have plans to move to other cities in the future. We specialize in long-term rentals without agents and connect tenants to landlords directly without the commission.

What challenge were you trying to address with Peiko?

I had the idea to build this service because here in Ukraine, there’s a real problem with agents and renting to people without commission.

What was the scope of their involvement?

We wanted to build a website from scratch starting with its design. I’m not a developer myself, but as far as I know, Peiko used Yii 2, React.js, and Vue.js on some elements, as well as a REST API for the map. They also used CSS and HTML for the website. All the design was done using Figma.

We have several listings that are divided into city regions. Users who are looking for a flat can come to the website and use the filters to find what they’re looking for. They’re then able to buy one of three packages that’d suit them best.

With the first package, users are given the ability to see the landlord’s phone number and go through the process themselves. With the second package, they can choose when they want to receive our help with checking documents. And lastly, the third package allows them to receive help from an agent who will come to the property with them.

We will also be creating new filters that’ll be done using JavaScript technology. The filters will be much more precise so users can find very specific things.

What is the team composition?

We worked with two designers, one frontend developer, two backend developers, and QA testers. I also worked with a project manager who I was mostly in contact with.

How did you come to work with Peiko?

I searched online for several web development agencies and Peiko was recommended to me by some friends. They advised me that Peiko is a very reliable company with good designers and good frontend developers as I needed some new features which included forms that can be quite complicated.

I spoke with several agencies including Peiko’s CEO. The conversation was clear, and I liked it. They gave me a transparent estimation of my project and explained why they’d need a certain number of hours. With some agencies, it can be a problem because they add extra hours. Peiko also gave me several examples of websites they’d already done. I liked their work and that’s why I chose them.

How much have you invested in them?

We have spent more than $60,000.

What is the status of this engagement?

We started working with them in July 2018, and the engagement is ongoing. The main work has wrapped up but we’re still working with them on several complex filter features.

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

I first asked several beta users for feedback, and they liked it. I also measured with Google and was told the site works fast and well for SEO. I’m satisfied with them.

How did Peiko perform from a project management standpoint?

When it came to sprints, we set up several goals and worked in scrum using Trello. We set up tasks, and they usually complete all tasks within that time. During our two-week sprints, we have several calls and meetings.

What did you find most impressive about them?

The main thing is the performance of the website. I’m really satisfied with the forms they created. I usually speak to my customers on a weekly basis and have asked them what I should change on the website. They often tell me that it’s quite easy to work with the forms on the website and that it’s built well.

Are there any areas they could improve?

It'd be helpful if they had SEO experts on their team. I’m a sales manager so my field of expertise is in sales and marketing. I’m not that experienced in SEO but I think it'd be beneficial.

Do you have any advice for potential customers?

It’s better to set up clear goals. For me, I just had an idea and it was quite hard at first to set up the goals. Peiko helped me figure out how to create project management tasks. If future customers set up the goals before contacting the company it’d be helpful and faster, but in any case, their team will help if someone doesn’t have clear tasks.

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I’m the COO for Antalogic a custom software and web development company.

What challenge were you trying to address with Peiko?

We were looking to collaborate as partners with a vendor to develop a CRM system for our customers.

What was the scope of their involvement?

They created the interface — backend and frontend — to allow customers to gauge changes in the market, manage price, and view competitor prices. The technology stack was PHP, JavaScript, HTML, DEM, and MySQL.

What is the team composition?

There were six people working with us: a UI/UX developer, a frontend developer using JavaScript, two backend developers using PHP, a QA tester, and a contact person/project manager.

How did you come to work with Peiko?

The account manager reached out through LinkedIn. We spoke via phone to discuss the project, and then decided they were suitable for us to work with.

What is the status of this engagement?

We worked on the project from February 2019–February 2020.

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

The CRM system is awesome. It will benefit us internally, as well as our customers.

How did Peiko perform from a project management standpoint?

They work in Scrum, reviewing output at the end of each period. I worked with the project manager on their end who oversaw 10 developers working from their side. They used Jira and Trello.

Communication was typically done via Skype, Slack, and another internet service where we created a room for meetings. Any changes that arose during the project were handled well.

What did you find most impressive about them?

They were able to help with every stage of development.

Are there any areas they could improve?

They could increase the number of developers in their company.

Do you have any advice for potential customers?

They’re hardworking and they produce results, making something great.