Scalo

I'm the director of innovation for a telemedicine solutions company. We also provide paramedical services.

We were looking for a company that could support us in building a small proof of concept (POC).

Scalo provided us with software development services. Initially, we provided them with some documentation about the project. From there, they helped us develop a POC using standard Microsoft development software. The software system they developed was related to medical questionnaires.

We worked with 5–10 teammates from Scalo. Our main point of contact was the lead developer.

We found them through a recommendation.

We spent around $100,000.

We worked together from July 2022–June 2024.

Scalo's work had a positive impact on our business. Thanks to them, we could launch the MVP of a new service at a lower price than we would if we had worked with internal developers. Overall, they met around 75% of our expectations.

Scalo delivered on time and on budget within the normal variation range in the software development industry. Their estimations varied between 20%–30% from the final results.

Scalo was collaborative and relatively well-structured. Although I've worked with more structured companies, Scalo's structure was good, and they were a solid company. They offered a good balance between price and quality.

Scalo could have improved the quality of their code. The software architecture wasn't always satisfying for us.

Have a software architect in your team to manage Scalo's software developers and do a code quality review.

I am the Project Manager of Asseco Poland S.A.

Complex IT solutions for public and private sectors.

Other

2-5 Employees

Scalo provided team augmentation services for us to develop a new version of a dedicated system for resource management, designed for our client's client, an EU Governmental agency. The project focused on creating modules for human resource management, material resource management, planning and coordination of activities, and integrating additional modules with enhanced security. We developed project management systems, along with tools for internal and external collaboration and event management, emphasizing robust security features and compliance with EU regulations.

Customer needs taylored application that was deployed to production and is in operational use today.

The Scalo team demonstrated ability to deliver items on time, even when faced with tight deadlines or unexpected challenges. Their proactive planning and risk management strategies were key factors in maintaining project timelines and ensuring that all deliverables met our high-quality standards.

Scalo excels in fostering proactive communication and demonstrating exceptional flexibility in delivering services, ensuring proposed solutions are perfectly aligned with client-specific requirements. Their approach is deeply rooted in forming strong partnerships and maintaining open lines of communication throughout the project lifecycle, allowing for real-time responses to any arising challenges.Known for their agility, Scalo can adapt to changing project needs with ease, proving their wide-ranging technological expertise that transcends industry boundaries. This commitment to understanding and achieving clients' objectives, coupled with their adaptable project management strategies, deserves special recognition.

No special areas for improvement

I am the head of engineering for Zooplus, a pet-related retail and e-commerce platform.

Our goal is to scale our business; we hired Scalo to help us do that.

The developers from Scalo primarily work in a Java environment; their team acts as an extension of our existing team. Scalo's developers have been responsible for handing over full products; one of these products includes a customer service program. This product enables our customers to self-service and cancel orders. The majority of software we produce is internal custom-made solutions, so we purely use Scalo’s software engineers.

We work with less than 10 software engineers from Scalo.

We had a connection with an individual at Scalo. We knew this person was reliable, so we decided to move forward with their team.

We started working together in November 2021, and the engagement is ongoing.

We measure success through the Scalo team’s ability to deliver on their commitments, which they consistently do. We’re very happy with their ability to deliver, and the time it took to onboard the team was extremely short. The team from Scalo started delivering value very quickly.

The team is highly organized, and we use Java and Confluence for project management.

They are a reliable partner who understands our needs. We are extremely picky when bringing in new individuals, but they always deliver the right candidate.

We’re satisfied with the collaboration.

Make sure that everyone involved in the engagement understands the needs and goals of the project. Be clear about what you expect, and your project should be successful.

I’m a board member of a digital consulting company. I’m responsible for our partnerships.

We were looking for new partners that could deliver good quality engineering talent to work on our projects and client cases.

We have a couple of projects with Scalo. We have projects where we have our personnel with an augmented team with Scalo’s experts. In some cases, these experts work on the same project, team, or environment. In other cases, they work directly with some of our customers’ personnel.

From the expert’s side, we have eight people from Scalo. In the beginning, we had negotiations with their sales team to finalize the contract. Over a year and a half, we’ve collaborated with three recruitment experts.

At the time, we were looking for partners in Poland. Through some early scouting, we found interesting companies in the area. We shortlisted them, including Scalo. We then established a couple of partnerships, and once we had the opportunity to hire people through Scalo, we asked them to source good candidates for us.

We spend about $600,000 a year.

We began working with them in July 2021, and the partnership is ongoing.

Scalo has been able to match our challenging requirements. Some people rotated out of our project for personal reasons, but the tenure is pretty good in general. Moreover, we haven’t ended our collaboration with a teammate in the first three months, which is a good metric. Overall, we’ve been happy with Scalo’s team members; we want to continue working with them.

Project management isn’t part of our collaboration with Scalo. In general, they work quite well while they’re recruiting candidates. They often take a couple of weeks to get good candidates and profiles with extensive information.

They’re great at sourcing candidates that fit well with us. Scalo finds right-minded people for our projects. We look for technical knowledge, expertise, and a good attitude and mindset, which is difficult to find.

Compared to other companies in the market, Scalo is priced similarly, so I don’t have much to say about this.

If you’re considering engaging with Scalo, you should have large cases and precise information about the FTE amounts you need to help them deliver better. Be as precise as possible to get good results.

I’m the .NET chapter area lead for a company in the automotive industry.

I was looking for an experienced, stable, agile team who could support us with custom software development, business analysis, .NET, software architecture, and QA. We wanted to work with an established team who’d already completed projects together. Our goal was to increase our delivery capacity and develop a production-critical system with Scalo’s help.

Scalo has provided us with two different development teams with various skill sets, including Microsoft Azure cloud expertise. When Scalo delivered the first team, we conducted a one-day workshop to test their skills and cooperation. We also removed the leader from the workshop to simulate vacation and sick leave and assess how the team performed without them.

We’ve worked with various team members from Scalo.

Our company requires service providers to pass certain certifications to engage them. Scalo wasn’t an appointed supplier, but they provided us with resources through CapGemini. By chance, the Scalo manager reached out to us on LinkedIn while I was having trouble finding service providers who could provide a unified team. Then, we helped them become an appointed supplier for our company and moved forward with the engagement.

We’ve invested about $4 million–$5 million krona (approximately $356,000–$445,000 USD) per year, per team. We engaged two teams for a total of $8 million krona (approximately $711,000 USD).

I began working with Scalo in March 2022, and the partnership is ongoing. However, one of my colleagues worked with them in September 2021.

When we first engaged Scalo, we had another team of resources starting on a different project, so we compared them to measure success. Scalo provided us with a unified team who’d worked together on other projects, while the other team consisted of separate individuals.

The Scalo team has joined our delivery process, and we’ve communicated with the team members daily. We’ve also met with the delivery leaders daily via Microsoft Teams, and they’ve kept in touch with us on an ongoing basis. Furthermore, we’ve held weekly meetings with the team to dive into projects in more detail. They’ve communicated effectively, especially with our internal teammates.

We’ve been impressed with how skilled their staff members have been. We’ve never been disappointed with a teammate; we’ve always requested to extend their contracts. Additionally, we’ve been impressed by their level of communication across the board. Their business analysts and systems analysts have been particularly fantastic when it comes to communication.

We’ve addressed our pain points with Scalo directly, but we had one issue with invoicing due to human error on their end. The invoicing problem went unsolved for a few months, but our teams have connected and figured out the issue, and we’ve operated smoothly ever since.

I advise you to take the time to assess Scalo’s teams before onboarding them to your project. At first glance, everything looks hunky dory with candidates, but it's good to orchestrate a workshop to evaluate the team’s skills and how they work together.