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We build amazing products with and impeccable quality.
Since 2006 we've curated half a dozen successful products from idea to an exit with no external funding. Our software consulting business followed our product success.
We bring top product management expertise and technical excellence. With the genuine interest in achieving your business goals, we're the best partner you could ever wish for.
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StaroobryadnytskaKherson 73000Ukraine
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AdmiralskaMykolaiv 54000Ukraine
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Playboy, OpenX, Giggster, Anova, Customate, LUX Group

Playboy
Playboy is one of the most recognized consumer brands in the world, publishing Playboy magazine in the United States and abroad and creating content for distribution via television networks, websites, mobile platforms and radio. Being a media company at its core, Playboy sought to take advantage of leveraging its brand with the soaring popularity of social media platforms. In Postindustria, Playboy found the partner to help them develop the product that would harness the opportunity for years to come.
Our detailed case study:
https://postindustria.com/result/playboy/

OpenX
Built and modernized their mobile SDKs
An AdTech pro with a decade of experience, Postindustria developed and modernized mobile SDKs for one of the oldest ad exchanges, serving 1M requests per second across 190 countries. We couldn’t have achieved this without a profound involvement in the product tasks, strategy, and processes - the skills we learned thanks to our extensive expertise in AdTech.
Detailed case study:
https://postindustria.com/result/openx/

Giggster
Giggster is the world’s premiere marketplace platform specifically designed for film and content productions. Producers can search and find the perfect home or space for their projects, large and small. From a 2-person Instagram modeling shoot to a 100-person shoot for HBO’s Westworld, you can find the ideal location on Giggster.
Our detailed case study:
https://postindustria.com/result/giggster/

Anova
Postindustrial SWAT team delivered new functionality and fixed Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connectivity between iOS/Android apps and those 100K cookers used monthly. Perfect execution and sales facilitated an acquisition by Electrolux in 2017.
Our detailed case study:
https://postindustria.com/result/anova/

Customate
Customate’s founder is a chartered accountant, ex-private equity investment banker, and former CFO of EML payments ($EMCHF) who resigned to start Customate. He asked Postindustria to custom build a product that would cover all the gaps his clients experienced during his work experience – providing a single tool for secure e-payments.
There were 2 important challenges to address:
- Avoid payment gateways to keep operational costs fixed and low
- Develop scalable architecture that doesn’t have to be redesigned in the foreseeable future
Postindustria knows that when working with non-technical founders it is important to take the lead and frame the project in terms of deliverables that are meaningful to the business. So Postindustria formed their product team around a manager with deep Fintech experience who would be in charge of the delivery.
Because of the sensitive nature of the system (payments), Postindustria took a thorough approach with testing. The product team identified the minimum viable product (MVP) that could be useful to a closed circle of beta users and focused on delivering that first, then expanding into a full solution after live testing.
Building the payment service was completely covered with unit and API tests, with Postindustria’s QA teams re-checking the parts the other one signed off to ensure no bugs made it into production. The team also conducted load testing, confirming the architecture is more than adequate for any foreseeable load from a customer base.
If you want to know more about how we successfully achieved this challenge – you can find a detailed case study:
https://postindustria.com/result/customate/

LUX Group
Lux Group’s mission is to provide their clients and customers with a truly exceptional experience. They are infused with innovation and creativity, having been recognized by BRW as the fastest-growing company in Australia. In 2015, Lux Group was named the #1 Business Leader by Deloitte.
With over six million subscribers to their websites in Australia and New Zealand and growing, Lux Group is a great example of innovation, product, and scale done right.
You can find our detailed case study here: https://postindustria.com/result/lux-group/

AdRev
261,572 royalty-free tracks, augmented with 425,255 sound effects is just one side of the business. AdRev, a solution for music labels, administers over 10 million copyrights and paid out over $20M to its client base in YouTube royalties in 2017.
Detailed case study:
https://postindustria.com/result/adrev/

Mahmee
Mahmee is the modern mother’s secret weapon. It links mothers’ and babies’ health history and data, proactively engaging and monitoring patients through “maternity coaches,” and escalating concerns to doctors so that mom and baby’s care plan stays up to date and critical red flags aren’t missed. Everything is HIPAA-secure, with a dashboard that equips new and expecting parents with all of the data they need to communicate with their medical providers.
Detailed case study:
https://postindustria.com/result/mahmee/

Mindbloom
Postindustria architected and built the mobile-ready MVP web application for growth to handle the telehealth processes and treatments via the Portal that the clients access remotely. The rapid start of development by getting up to speed reactively with business processes of a company with an existing customer base, discovering the considerable scope has resulted in hitting OKR goals and targeting the launch dates lowered by the business.
Detailed case study:
https://postindustria.com/result/mindbloom/

Nimble
Nimble is featuring 203 integrations, instantly searching through 52M unique profiles and making all this available for any device, screen, and platform through native apps, perfect frontend, and browser extensions.
Our detailed case study:
https://postindustria.com/result/nimble/

Stocks+
A Postindustria internal project, the Stocks+ app for iPhone & iPad became the one of the first finance app for up to date stock and portfolio information at the touch of a button. The app was truly pioneering, going live in 2011before Apple had even made their own Stocks app.
Today Stocks+ is an industry leading resource, providing tracking prices, market indices, mutual funds, ETFs, currency rates, crypto, commodities, futures, and bonds. If a user owns shares, Stocks+ will display investment performance via total earnings, and percentage gained.
If you want to know more about how we successfully achieved this challenge – you can find our detailed case study:
https://postindustria.com/result/stocks/

Zin
Zin – a Postindustria creation – is an online dating and social networking application for casual encounters. It gives millions of open-minded people a place to express themselves sexually, connecting with like-minded singles and couples in their area.
Detailed case study:
https://postindustria.com/result/zin/

Lifelike Apps
In 2009 Postindustria joined forces with Lifelike Apps to build top-notch mobile apps that resemble “real life" services and products, but with all the advantages of being virtual (hence, the "Lifelike" name).
Detailed case study:
https://postindustria.com/result/lifelike-apps/

AudioMicro
AudioMicro provides the web’s best collection of royalty-free music and sound effects at affordable prices.
Their contributors are GRAMMY winning composers and Oscar-winning sound effects artists and production houses. In addition to just music distribution, it also handles MCN payments via Youtube API and takes care of license contracts management for every piece of music.
Our detailed case study:
https://postindustria.com/result/audiomicro/

ChallengeU
ChallengeU is the next generation e-learning platform that is already used in public schools of Canada and several large corporations. The latter use it for educating own employees. ChallengU provides access to all functionality from any device - you can even edit formulas from your iPhone. All content is organized in feeds for different classes and topics.

Paperless: document management system with character recognition (OCR)
Paperless is a document management system that works like google drive in terms of sharing, commenting and folder structure, but also provides OCR capabilities using ABBYY OCR engine. You can send scanned document by email, it is converted to searchable PDFs and routed to certain folder that is defined by configurable business rules.

Comprite ERP: repair business automation solution
CompRite, inc is an Oregon-based computer repair company. They have 5 locations in Oregon and Washington and required a single system where they can track everything - inventory, sales, invoices, repair progress. They also wanted reporting and simple accounting to be moved to the system.
Reviews
the project
Web App Portal Development for Healthcare Startup
“They had the most competitive pricing and seemed to implement the best practices for software development standards.”
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’m the head of engineering for a healthcare startup.
What challenge were you trying to address with Postindustria?
We brought them on to build our MVP patient portal and corresponding staff portal.
What was the scope of their involvement?
Our MVP is a web application that serves as a patient portal and dashboard. The Postindustria team built the patient and staff portals using Vue.js and Python. The main feature is a configurable patient journey. It gives us the ability to dynamically add and change client programs without any development.
What is the team composition?
We mainly worked with three people comprising a frontend developer, backend developer, and project manager.
How did you come to work with Postindustria?
They were recommended by a friend of our CEO. That friend had worked with Postindustria on multiple projects. We also considered four other development shops, comparing pricing and how they worked with their clients. We chose Postindustria because they had the most competitive pricing and seemed to implement the best practices for software development standards.
How much have you invested with them?
We invested between $100,000–$150,000.
What is the status of this engagement?
The engagement was from August 2019–March 2020.
What evidence can you share that demonstrates the impact of the engagement?
There have been very few bugs, but nothing that’s been a disaster. The platform is very stable.
How did Postindustria perform from a project management standpoint?
They were great with estimation, which is really important, and their team was collaborative. The engineers frequently suggested better ways to do things and recommended improvements to the architecture.
There’s a seven-hour time zone difference so that made communication take a while sometimes. Our main method of communication was our internal chat tool, and we also used Jira. We held a weekly sync meeting with the project manager and operated in two-week sprints.
What did you find most impressive about them?
They worked in a fast turnaround. Our second project manager was very organized and great at managing the project.
Are there any areas they could improve?
I’ve seen other offshoring companies that work in the customer’s time zone but that wasn’t really the case with Postindustria. That's not to say they weren't flexible though. Once, I made a request and they extended their hours to answer messages later in the day.
If I were to work with a development shop again, I’d absolutely work with Postindustria. Except, I’d want a company that’s closer to my time zone or willing to completely work in my time zone. That’s the main thing I’d change to make me work with them again.
Do you have any advice for potential customers?
Make sure all the members of their team are fluent in your company’s language so there’s less of a language barrier. Also, create a working hours arrangement that makes sense to you.
the project
MVP Dev for Leasing Platform
"They went the extra mile to deliver on time and on budget."
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.
Our company is a proptech startup that offers automation of the letting process, helping landlords find good tenants. We offer tools that help landlords manage the letting process from start to finish.
What challenge were you trying to address with Postindustria?
Our biggest challenge was to adopt a product management process that could translate our customers’ needs into feature requirements.
What was the scope of their involvement?
Postindustria helped us identify a feature prioritization strategy. They analyzed our requirements and decided to use bricks from a software that they had already developed for another customer, with their approval, and thus develop in a much faster way.
The biggest challenge in developing this product was understanding the letting process in the United Kingdom. There is a lot of legislation in place that landlords have to comply with, so there are lots of checks that need to be carried out. The system does this automatically by processing uploaded documents.
What is the team composition?
There were 5–6 people from Postindustria involved during the development phase. Nikolay (CTO) was the project lead, and he also played the role of a product manager because we didn’t have one at that time. Konstantin (CEO) was highly involved in the initial analysis, and he came up with a great idea to reuse parts of a software they’d already developed.
They also had DevOps in place, and a UX designer, who worked on the prototype of the product.
How much have you invested with them?
We’ve spent roughly €150,000 (approximately $176,000 USD).
What is the status of this engagement?
We needed to develop an MVP very quickly, and Postindustria managed to do it in just two and a half months. The needs analysis was done in April 2018, the project started in May, and the first release was in July of that year. It took us a few more months to go beyond the MVP stage, and we finalized the project in November 2018.
What evidence can you share that demonstrates the impact of the engagement?
The highest measure of success was that Postindustria delivered all the features we agreed to in the scope of work on time. The platform worked really well, with only a few minor bugs.
How did Postindustria perform from a project management standpoint?
The communication was very good. We used Slack, email, and Zoom. I have nothing to complain about on the management side. They assigned each person involved to a specific task, and we worked together as a single company. They wanted us to succeed, and the collaboration worked very well.
What did you find most impressive about them?
They were professional and always asked the right questions to progress, and they helped with our company strategy. They went the extra mile to deliver on time and on budget.
Their responsiveness was the most impressive part. Postindustria’s team sometimes worked until midnight or one o’clock in the morning to make sure they would deliver as quickly as possible. I never had to wait for more than 24 hours to get a response back from them.
Are there any areas they could improve?
We could’ve had a better assessment initially on what would be required for the MVP. We realized after the launch that we needed some additional features.
Do you have any advice for future clients of theirs?
If key differentiating features between the client’s MVP and competing products aren’t there, then that’s not the right product. People want to test features that don’t exist in other products.
the project
Development for Travel Platform
“They were extremely professional and customer-focused at all times, which we really appreciated.”
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.
When I worked with Postindustria, I was chief product officer at Lux Group, also known as Luxury Escapes.
What challenge were you trying to address with Postindustria?
Their team developed the ecommerce system that Lux Group runs off of. That includes purchasing options for travel, products, and experiences as well, all of which were developed by Postindustria.
What was the scope of their involvement?
When I joined the team, we decided that it was time to replace the system that Postindustria had originally developed. We decided to split the platform, so they developed one that was entirely dedicated to travel, as well as one that was dedicated to the products and experiences side of the business.
Their work included everything from wireframing and development on both web and mobile, to the QA testing and management of the project. Once the platforms had been fully built out, they continued to provide maintenance and upgrades as we went along. When I left the company, we had moved some of the work in-house, but their core team stayed fully integrated with ours and continued to provide excellent service.
What is the team composition?
Over the course of their work, we had around twenty different people from their team involved in some aspect of our various products. We had front- and backend developers, mobile developers, QA testers, product owners, and project managers all involved in the work.
How did you come to work with Postindustria?
They were already the agency of record at Luxury Escapes when I joined the company, and they had a great reputation at the company, so it was an easy decision to continue working with them.
How much have you invested with them?
The total cost of the engagement was in the range of a few million dollars.
What is the status of this engagement?
I partnered with their team in my role from August 2016–July 2019.
What evidence can you share that demonstrates the impact of the engagement?
They really did an excellent job across all different aspects of the platform, which we know because of the level of engagement they had with us throughout the project despite the complexity of the system. They were able to keep the platform running and carrying an incredible level of commerce even while they were implementing the upgrades, which was a huge win for our team.
Especially with legacy systems, there are so many layers that it takes a tremendous amount of work just to understand them, but they demonstrated a complete willingness to simply dive in and break apart each problem until they knew how to fix it and then execute the solution quickly and effectively time and time again. It didn’t even matter what time of day it was, the level of support that they provided to our system was truly remarkable.
How did Postindustria perform from a project management standpoint?
They really felt as though they are part of our in-house team. I remember specific times where despite all of the potential barriers in the way, their project managers would fight to understand the history and operations of each part of our business so that they could properly address the need that we had. I can’t attribute our success to their project managers enough.
We’ve developed great personal relationships with them over the years, to the point where I am still in touch with some of the guys there even though I left the company, and actually the country as well. They were extremely professional and customer-focused at all times, which we really appreciated.
What did you find most impressive about them?
The level of ownership that they take over the product and the solutions that they provide for it is truly unique in an outsourced development team. They care as much about how much it works as you do, and it drives them to work incredibly hard for their clients, which is never something that should be taken for granted.
Are there any areas they could improve?
I think it would have helped if all of their developers spoke English fluently, but they compensated enough with project management that it never caused any problems. Communication is always an issue, and I think given the potential for things to go wrong, we really didn’t have much to complain about.
Do you have any advice for potential customers?
Make sure you get a good project and product manager who will put the effort into understanding your needs because that played a huge role in making the development go as smoothly as possible. It really is important to have someone on the ground who isn’t just on the tech side who can help answer questions on both sides and understand the business aspects of the relationship.
the project
Development for Copyright Management Company
“These guys really are our team, not just contractors, and that is a big part of the success we’ve had with them.”
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 president and co-founder of AdRev.
What challenge were you trying to address with Postindustria?
We needed a technology and engineering team to help run our internal testing systems.
What was the scope of their involvement?
Our organization manages over 15 million copyrights for about 5,000 different owners, which includes several trillion rows of data a year. So along with that, there is a massive amount of asset management, royalty accounting, tracking, identification, contextual search, macro scraping, and pretty much anything under the sun of digital asset management that you could possibly imagine.
To construct all of those different functions, they use a variety of different coding languages, including Ruby on Rails, Java, PHP, and a bunch of others. We work with them through ad hoc sprints to build everything from traditional customer dashboards to bespoke, internal lightware technologies that we only use internally to solve the mass-scale data and asset management issues that we have in serving our clients.
What was the team composition?
Our main relationship is with Alex (Senior Account Manager), who runs the rapport and communication with the rest of the crew. I believe there are two full-stack developers who he relies on primarily, as well as a few others handling various specific technologies. In total, the team is about 8-10 people.
How did you come to work with Postindustria?
Their team was recommended to my co-founder by a connection he had who works with startups in the LA area. We had another outsourced development at the time who was incredibly inexpensive but wasn’t quite delivering the quality of work we needed as we grew, so we reached out to Postindustria and grew the collaboration from there.
How much have you invested with them?
In total, we’ve invested millions of dollars into the partnership over the years, and it has been totally worth it.
What is the status of this engagement?
We started working together around 2009 and the partnership is still ongoing.
What evidence can you share that demonstrates the impact of the engagement?
The technologies that they’ve developed for us often have a massive impact on the business and our bottom line. One lightware system in particular that we implemented in 2018 cost us about $100,000 in dev time over a month and a half and brought in nearly $7 million extra dollars in top-line revenue that year.
They have consistently developed things for our product that impact the bottom line in a really positive way, and we only grow the team because the revenue keeps growing as a result. They scale with our needs, and we’ve only benefitted as a result.
How did Postindustria perform from a project management standpoint?
We bring Alex over stateside to work more closely with us all the time, to the point where he’s actually become a permanent LA resident. These guys really are our team, not just contractors, and that is a big part of the success we’ve had with them. The majority of them are full-stack developers as well, and the skills they’ve been able to bring to the table have been an incredible asset to the work we’ve been able to do.
Overall, their ability to stay on top of our timelines is absolutely excellent. We give them a pretty absurd number of different projects and ad hoc demands, and they have managed it almost without hiccup for a really long period of time.
What did you find most impressive about them?
I’ve gotten to spend quite a bit of time with Alex over the years and what I’ve noticed in him isn’t even so much a work ethic as much as it is just an innate desire to code and problem solve. That attitude has permeated the entire organization from the top down, and we’ve benefited massively from their commitment to finding solutions for whatever it is we may be working on.
Their solidarity with us in the concept that ‘if you dream it you can build it’ is another big element of that success. Not having an idea or a concept doesn’t intimidate them, and there’s never been a time where they went away to plan out a project and came back saying they couldn’t do it. I really appreciate the can-do attitude that they bring to the work every single day.
Are there any areas they could improve?
I think any of the issues that we do run into really come more down to things that we could be doing better on our side of the equation than anything that they are doing wrong. We can throw anything at the wall with them and get it built, but that doesn’t make it the most helpful solution they could be providing. I think the more refined goals and needs we provide to them, the better they are going to be able to address those needs.
Do you have any advice for potential customers?
Getting early facetime with the project leads can change the landscape of the relationship in an unbelievably positive way. It helped us to become much more productive and comfortable working together, and I would encourage anyone else to get to know them in the same way.
the project
Development for Restaurant Solutions Company
"We have a solid product that we can trust."
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’m the CEO of Swiftdine.
What challenge were you trying to address with Postindustria?
When we started Swiftdine, we were looking to outsource our talent. We had quite the trial and error process with engineers who simply couldn’t get it done.
What was the scope of their involvement?
Our company sought out to enhance the efficiency of restaurant dining spaces. Our product allows users to book reservations and ordering & paying for their food ahead of time.
Postindustria developed our front- and backend software in terms of the restaurant web application that receives orders. They also developed an iOS and Android app. Recently, they created a weightless platform that was added as a feature to the web app.
It’s an SMS communication tool so that the restaurants can communicate with their customers by text and sends out order links. With that new feature, the user can click the URL to go to the menu. So now, we have an online application where users aren’t required to download an app or make an account.
As for technologies, the backend is Node.js, JavaScript for Android, and Swift for iOS. We use a lot of APIs for text messaging tools. It integrates with Twilio, and we use Stripe for payment processing. We also use AWS for hosting.
What is the team composition?
Our main point of contact is Konstantin (CEO). We have a specific person for iOS, one for Android, a project manager that organizes everything, and a QA tester that presents everything to us.
How did you come to work with Postindustria?
We were referred to Postindustria because of the work they did for a different company. Our contact also had issues with engineering and said once they started with Konstantin, it was smooth sailing. They said if we were looking for a group that will accomplish what we want to accomplish, look no further than them.
How much have you invested with them?
We’ve probably spent around $200,000.
What is the status of this engagement?
Our engagement with Postindustria started in August 2017.
What evidence can you share that demonstrates the impact of the engagement?
It’s been a great relationship in terms of quality and timing. We haven’t really had any gripes.
We have a solid product that we can trust. They held up their end of the bargain by building us a functional software for our customers.
How did Postindustria perform from a project management standpoint?
It feels like they’re part of the team. We use Slack and email for communication. There is a time zone difference, but it’s not terribly bad. I’m still able to communicate with them. There are never more than four hours that go by without a response from their team.
If there’s a potential issue, they’ll respond promptly. Sometimes I’ll send them a recorded video of an issue, and then they’ll try and recreate the problem before trying to fix it.
What did you find most impressive about them?
The quality and speed in which they accomplish certain tools and tasks set them apart. When we went to them, we already had software in place. They suggested to us, from an engineering standpoint, that they start from the start.
We didn’t want to do that because of the cost, but they went ahead and did it anyway. They worked on revamping and retooling the existing build.
Are there any areas they could improve?
It would be interesting if they offered clients the ability to buy out certain contracts. For instance, if we wanted to hire full-time staff, I could offer a buy out because those engineers know the product. That would be a nice feature to have, which they may offer. I’d have to ask.
Do you have any advice for potential customers?
Be as specific and thorough as possible in terms of what you want to be accomplished before you give them the guidelines. Have your designs and wireframes laid out before starting.
Otherwise, you’ll start changing things later on. Know what you’re getting into before you start. There are, of course, a few times where changes have to be made, so the price changes slightly. But I would advise customers to be prepared beforehand.
the project
Dev Augmentation for Transportation Platform
“We assigned them high-level tasks, which they executed well.”
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’m the co-founder and CTO of a platform for mobility services, including car sharing and vanpooling.
What challenge were you trying to address with Postindustria?
We needed a partner to augment our development team while we found a permanent in-house resource.
What was the scope of their involvement?
I provided them with our high-level requirements, and Postindustria’s team executed various dev tasks. The backend developer worked in Python, and the frontend person updated our system. They also provided a DevOps engineer who worked with AWS. Most of their tasks lasted from 1–2 weeks until we found an appropriate internal resource.
What is the team composition?
They provided three developers for the frontend, backend, and DevOps.
How did you come to work with Postindustria?
A colleague had recommended them, and I’d worked with them in the past. I knew they’d be great for this project, so I hired them.
How much have you invested with them?
We spent between $25,000–$50,000.
What is the status of this engagement?
The partnership lasted from November 2017–February 2018.
What evidence can you share that demonstrates the impact of the engagement?
We assigned them high-level tasks, which they executed well. They’re good engineers who developed core code for permissions.
How did Postindustria perform from a project management standpoint?
They were well-documented and methodical. We held daily scrum calls to track progress and make sure everyone was on the same page. Because they’re in a different time zone, the communication was sometimes difficult, but we talked frequently enough.
What did you find most impressive about them?
They do good work and are proactive, grasping our needs quickly to optimize the partnership. Instead of just doing what we assigned, they took time to understand the overarching questions to provide effective solutions and better mental modeling.
Are there any areas they could improve?
Their chain of command could’ve been more organized; it wasn’t always clear who I was supposed to talk to.
the project
Sales Application Development for German IT Services Company
“In the end, the results were very good.”
the reviewer
the review
A Clutch analyst personally interviewed this client over the phone. Below is an edited transcript.
Please describe your organization.
We develop solutions for local businesses to grow using online technologies. It started with web design, and we are moving more and more into applications, and that was one of the projects that IQRIA developed.
What is your position?
I’m the founder and CEO.
What business challenge were you trying to address with IQRIA?
I had a vision of how to help a client of mine. The project came from a request that a client made, to have his whole sales team answer live chats coming in from the website. They don’t have a call center, and their sales team is mostly on the ground, but they still wanted the opportunity to help visitors in real time wherever they are. That was the whole idea and the project that I started with IQRIA.
Please describe the scope of their involvement in greater detail.
The scope was basically all of the server scripts that have to be run by the application that is integrated into the website. They provided an API to transfer all of the data into it, and then everything after that was done by them. That includes the widget, server set-up, all the testing, and implementing of the functionality. The system mostly runs on Node.js and uses SQL for the database. The API is the open interface, so the actual website where my clients are setting it up is done on PHP.
How did you come to work with IQRIA?
I’ve been using Elance for maybe three to four years now, and I haven’t had the best experience. So this time I only selected firms from Eastern Europe rather than Asian countries. I looked at their portfolio, and I asked them to give me some references, some former clients to talk to. I reached out to those clients, got feedback, and conducted extensive interviews with IQRIA. After that, I felt I was in a good position to make that decision.
Could you provide a sense of the size of this initiative in financial terms?
It was in the range of $3,000 to $10,000.
What is the status of this engagement?
The work took about seven weeks. We started back in August of this year [2015], and went to about mid-September. We’re working on phase two now.
Could you share any statistics or metrics from this engagement?
We’re in the beta phase right now. It’s not publicly available yet, but I do have interest from clients, and we’re putting it on their website. IQRIA is also constantly checking on any bugs themselves, because they are using this solution themselves. In the end, the results were very good, and we’re already working on phase two.
How did IQRIA perform from a project management standpoint?
They use JIRA for tracking, and they’re very professionally set-up in the backend.
What distinguishes IQRIA from other providers?
The reason I chose to work with IQRIA is that they understand and embrace the lean startup methodology, which was a first for me. It might seem counter-intuitive that they focus on delivering less features, but those features are quality, rather than trying to upsell a client on all the additional features that they can think of. That makes it very honest.
Is there anything IQRIA could have improved or done differently?
They’re a small team. I was talking to Constantine, who is basically the CTO, rather than talking to the developers themselves. That was fine for me, but I’m not sure how scalable that model is going to be for them. That might be an area where they could improve, in terms of expanding the team.
One constructive piece of feedback would be to give all their clients access to JIRA. I requested it, so that I can access any bug reports and add my own comments. It may be helpful for them to set that up for all clients.
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Agile Application Development for Bootstrap Startup
“I would say overall they did an impressive job.”
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A Clutch analyst personally interviewed this client over the phone. Below is an edited transcript.
Please provide a description of your company.
We are a bootstrapping startup that helps massage therapists retain their clients through automated rebooking systems.
What is your role at the company?
I am co-founder and responsible for the specifications of our technology, and getting it built by the right developers.
What was the business challenge that you were trying to address when you approached IQRIA?
One of our biggest challenges, as a bootstrapped startup, is to have quality development at affordable prices and to have a developer who you can communicate with readily to understand our product and develop it in a lean methodology, rather than traditional full-scale development.
What were your company’s business goals for the project?
Our goal was to develop an MVP [minimum viable product] at an affordable price that we could take to market to generate income and gain feedback so that we could then know what to develop in our scalable product.
Can you talk about the scope of the project?
We needed a product to record available times for therapists on a calendar interface and then email these available appointments to clients with matching preferences of day, time, and service. The client could then simply click in the email to secure the appointment they wanted, finally both the client and the clinic would receive notification in a confirmation email.
What was your process for selecting IQRIA with which to work?
IQRIA applied to a job posting we listed on one of the large sourcing sites. IQRIA stood out from the rest of the applications in their professionalism, and how they approached the job listing. When I contacted them, Konstantin [Mirin, CEO at IQRIA] took a lot of time to understand what we were trying to build, and produced a few mockups for us as a part of his bid. This was well beyond any of the other competing applications, and we were very impressed with both his dedication and his grasp of what we were trying to build.
Can you give a sense of the size of the project in dollar terms or personnel work hours?
The full project we were trying to develop was around $20,000, but this was way outside of our pre-revenue budget. IQRIA worked with us, and ended up developing an MVP [minimum viable product] for us, which costed only $4,000. We were ecstatic about this solution.
When was the project completed?
The project was completed in December 2014.
What were the results of the project, and are there any metrics you can share?
The project was a success. IQRIA delivered a very robust and impressive MVP that we are now preparing for taking to the marketplace with landing pages. It was delivered on time and close to budget.
How did IQRIA perform?
IQRIA performed extremely well. They were very open to communication, listened closely to what we wanted in the scope of the project, and delivered well above expectations. Any bugs, of which there weren’t many at all, were quickly fixed. For handover, IQRIA worked with me closely to ensure I could manage the system myself and looked after me with fantastic customer service.
When working with them, was there anything unique or special about them compared to other companies that you may have worked with?
I would say the time and effort and personal connection with Konstantin as he works to come up with a solution that fits the scope of the project while conserving budget is something you can’t find very easily.
Looking back on the project, is there any area that they could improve or you would do differently?
I would say overall they did an impressive job, and there really isn't too much I would change.
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ChallengeU Web Development
"They really are attentive to making things the right way."
the reviewer
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A Clutch analyst personally interviewed this client over the phone. Below is an edited transcript.
Please provide a description of your company.
We are a platform for content creation and sharing between teachers and students. We have currently have more than 100,000 students using our product here in Canada. It’s been about three years since we started the company.
What is your role and responsibilities?
I’m the CTO. I’ve been managing our development teams since the founding of the company as well as our outsourcing partners in Ukraine.
What was your goal for working with IQRIA?
We were searching for talent and expertise in JavaScript. We had some very high-tech problems that no one on my team had any experience with. We brought them on first to figure out the problems we had, and then to fix them. Since we first started working with them, I've remained very impressed with IQRIA's engineering skills. We’ve partnered with them for about two years now.
Please describe the scope of their work.
It was mostly front-end JavaScript development. From the beginning, we didn't just want to send them a project that they would deliver to us in a month or two. We wanted them working with our developers closely, so we could remain very involved with their work. This has worked spectacularly, and I continue to be impressed and completely satisfied with the development their doing for us.
What was your process for selecting IQRIA with which to work?
I wasn’t necessarily searching for a firm to outsource to, but I was browsing several online JavaScript forums, and I noticed that this team was talking about some very technical issues that not many people even knew about. It’s very hard to find a team that has precise expertise on JavaScript and front-end technologies. A quick chat with one of their developers was enough to convince me that they were the real deal.
Can you provide a ballpark dollar figure for the size of the work that they’ve done for you?
So far its been somewhere between $100,000 and $200,000.
What were the results of the project?
The quality is exceptional. I’ve never seen such attention to detail and quality ̶ ever. Most companies just try to get the project out. We really want consistent quality in our work, and they have helped push us even further in terms of standardizations and programming patterns.
Do you have any statistics or metrics to track improvement from the project?
None that I can share at this time.
Is there anything unique about them that really makes them stand out, compared to other companies?
Their professionalism and expertise. You rarely find the level of enterprise professionalism that they offer. They really are attentive to making things the right way. When you’re working on very complex and very large projects, you have no margin for error, it has to be absolutely perfect. This is one of the first teams I’ve seen that has this level of professionalism. I would hire their whole team if it was a possibility. They are the best I've ever worked with.
Looking back on the work so far, is there any area that you think they could improve upon or something that you might do differently?
I don’t have anything negative to say.
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Bright Ideas Web Development
"Their quality of work is phenomenal... they exceeded my expectations on all levels."
the reviewer
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A Clutch analyst personally interviewed this client over the phone. Below is an edited transcript.
Please provide a description of your company.
I run a company that provides commercial LED lighting solutions. We custom design LED solutions, and then have a calculator that shows customers how much money our LED options will save them. We work primarily with large commercial companies, and are based in San Diego.
What is your role and responsibilities?
I’m the founder and CEO.
What was your goal for working with IQRIA?
We were looking for a team that could build us a complete site, with some fairly complex applications. As part of our business, we developed an algorithm that calculates savings. We wanted to build this into the site and add some unique user features. For example, after you fill out the necessary fields, it will email you a custom PDF report of the cost depending on the inputs. The calculator allows you to pick bulbs by picture and provide relevant details about your business. It also links that to our CRM [customer relationship management] system, so we can follow up with the potential customer by email.
Please describe the scope of their work.
They designed and developed the whole website and, while they didn’t create the actual algorithm for the calculator, they coded it and added it to the website. They went beyond my expectations for the calculator by creating a unique user experience.
What was your process for selecting IQRIA with which to work?
I had a prior relationship with the owner of IQRIA [Konstantin Mirin]. I reached out to him, and told him what we wanted. He said he could provide it to us at a really great rate. That's all there was to it.
Can you provide a ballpark dollar figure for the size of the work that they’ve done for you?
I can't give you an exact number, but they charged $40 an hour on average, which is phenomenal. We're really happy with the cost of the project.
What were the results of the project?
The website project took about three months, and the results have been fantastic. We plan on using them to build a mobile app for Android and iPhone that will control the brightness of LED panels soon.
Is there anything unique about them that really makes them stand out, compared to other companies?
Their quality of work is phenomenal. We’ve gotten a lot of compliments on our website and our savings calculator. It’s been only a pleasure working with them. They’ve provided a ton of support and overall guidance. I would say they exceeded my expectations on all levels.
Looking back on the work so far, is there any area that you think they could improve upon or something that you might do differently?
I don’t have a single negative thing to say about them. We’re going back to them for all of our coding needs.
Do you have any advice for future clients of theirs?
Have your stuff ready to go. You're always going to be the one that holds the project up. They're extremely responsive and work very quickly.
The solutions are stable and have had very minimal bugs. Postindustria worked fast to build the MVPs and were great with estimation. They were collaborative and provided suggestions on how to improve the apps' architecture. Organization and flexibility are hallmarks of their high-quality work.