Altoros

I’m the development manager for a decision-maker collaboration platform.

We needed help with native iOS app development.

They’ve been assisting with getting the functionality related to the iOS application out into the market. It’s based on a preexisting web application. Our portal allows our board members to book into the annual board meetings so they can conduct meetings in a paperless environment. Users can also set up agendas, take meeting minutes, and sign documents electronically.

We work with one iOS developer and one account manager.

One of our previous employees used to work at Altoros.

We started working together in 2012, and our work is ongoing.

Altoros is really skilled, and it’s really easy to communicate with them. They successfully helped to implement electronic signing into our iOS application. It was a complex project because there are different signing methods for all the Nordic countries. Altoros helped improve the information flow from our users working in conjunction with our API developers.

They’ve been really good at meeting all of our expected deadlines. We haven’t had any problems with any deliveries. We use Microsoft Teams to communicate. They’re also involved in Sprint planning.

Their developers are really self-driven. They’re also good at identifying potential pitfalls before they occur.

No, not that I can think of.

It’s important to understand your own needs and get in contact with one of the key account managers to make sure they understand what your business needs are as well.

I’m a principal product manager at a US telematics company. We develop insurance telematics products to improve driver safety.

We hired them as a contractor to help in our software development projects, mainly around building mobile apps for Android and iOS.

Altoros helps us put together teams for projects. For example, when we begin building a new app, they bring in engineers and QA testers to work on specific areas.

The size of the team fluctuates depending on what we need. We are currently working with one iOS developer, one Android developer, and one tester from Altoros.

I don’t have a lot of background on how the partnership started. It was ongoing when I joined the company. They’re good at what they do, so we’ve continued the partnership.

We’ve been working with them for a few years and currently we are working with them.

Altoros’s team is knowledgeable and professional. They produce quality development and testing work that adhere to our requirements.

We handle project management, but Altoros is quite good at estimating the amount of time needed to complete a particular task. Based on user stories, they’re able to estimate how much time it will take to develop and try to deliver on time.

Altoros developers and testers are good at what they do. They’re knowledgeable about app development and are very skilled. They are also good at communication and good to work with.

There’s always room for improvement and we need to always keep abreast of latest technologies and find better ways of doing things.

In any engagement with a third-party provider, you must provide detail requirements so they can execute effectively. Clients should communicate frequently and clarify any questions Altoros may have.

I am founder and CEO. The company provides Saas services to customers.

We had need to get tailored SaaS Service and mobile app on market. We wanted to use the latest technology and SW.

We founded the through a referral and considered them along with 2 other vendors. Because the project was such as high priority, we needed a result-driven partner that was committed to deliver new products on time with high quality. We were also looking for open minded and flexible with high skills.

They designed and developed customer specific solution. We first started with a discover workshop to go over our business challenges. Then, they gave us workflows and design mock-ups to approve before starting development. They completed the project in 4 weeks sprints, which allowed us to review and test functions and give feedback. The final product was ready for testing in 5 months.

There were 6 people in the core team, including a project manager, a designer and 2 senior developers. Other resources would come and go depending on the project needs

Were were able to launch the service on time.

Their project management was great, especially when compared to other vendors we have worked with. She really wanted to understand the real business case to be able to get best outcome in the project. She also pushed developers to move to a new areas to able to find out new ways to develop the final product

Readiness to find out new and cost-effective way to develop the final product. Open and honest communication throughout the project game us room to review different UI functions on the service.

While the quality of the work was great, they could have more diligent about documentation and more accurate estimations of the work packages. Open issues were fixed during the project with open and honest communication.

I’m the CTO of a software development company. We’re an agency that focuses on development and marketing for e-commerce and other sales-oriented, marketplace-style vendors.

They’re helping us with our development and software engineering needs for the creation and maintenance of applications and e-commerce properties in the marketing sphere.

The key deliverables are their expertise and finished applications. Altoros’ ongoing development is based on our designs and specifications, and these projects are largely for our clients. Occasionally, they build tools for internal use.

It ranges from 2–5 people depending on the number of projects we have going.

They were a reference from a friend about 10 years ago. I’ve worked with them while at a number of companies.

I’ve spent around $600,000–$700,000 with them on this engagement.

We’ve been working together at my current company since January 2019.

Altoros provides very high-level engineers. We haven’t had to switch any out. We’ve always appreciated their work. They’re as good as I can want, and I’m happy to continue working with them.

They’re excellent. They don’t force us to use any specific tools, as they’re happy to go with whatever we want. We go with whatever fits our client’s needs. Altoros is extremely flexible and performs well with whatever tools we give them.

The quality of Altoros’ engineering work, their speed, and their ability to learn new technologies as needed stand out. Additionally, they work well independently, requiring less management than is traditionally needed. They’re easily comparable to any excellent domestic engineer.

I wish they had more staff so I could fully scale with them. Their engineers are very in-demand so they can only provide us with so many.

Even outsourced engineers cost a six-figure salary, so make sure you have your requirements together. Make sure you’re organized and have your designs in shape so you’re using Altoros in a focused manner like you would use a domestic engineer. You’re going to get domestic engineering quality, and it can have a high cost if you expect them to design the whole product for you.

I’m the CTO of an HR and staffing technology company. We focus on employment compliance for the entire employee lifecycle in multiple countries.

They’re helping us with staff augmentation, particularly for backend development.

They work with our internal product managers and external frontend developers to deliver within an ongoing two-week sprint framework.

They’ve provided us with three developers, with one of these three serving as the team leader and our main point of contact.

We were looking for someone operating in their region and time zone who focused on the technology stack that they do. In our review process, they impressed us with their skill set, knowledge, and experience.

We’ve spent about $25,000 per month with them.

We’ve been working together since February 2020.

Our internal QA team reviews their deliverables, and we also assess their completion of the sprints. Based on these assessments, we’ve been satisfied. Their code is quite good and their team is up-front about areas that may need to be altered or improved. They’ve got a strong understanding of how to best apply current technology stacks and approaches.

They’ve been effective. We have a project manager on our side who keeps everyone accountable. We get all the teams together as we plan each sprint and hold a retrospective meeting afterward. These meetings have helped everyone communicate well. We communicate via Slack and use Jira and Confluence for project management purposes.

There’s a clear drive on their end to keep everyone knowledgeable about new technologies. We’ve all learned a lot during this project, but they’re always able to effectively apply anything we’ve asked them to apply.

I’m pretty happy overall, and I’d have to be picky or unreasonable to criticize anything.

When you’re looking for outside resources to support your team, you have to consider how they’ll fit with your team. It’s much like making internal hiring decisions.