Instinctools

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I’m a senior associate of HR at a financial services firm. We develop customizable platforms for investment professionals, offering tools for multi-asset trade and portfolio management, compliance, and advanced analytics, including specialized solutions for CLO analysis and workflow automation.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What challenge were you trying to address with *instinctools?

We needed help with our investment and portfolio management tools.

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?

*instinctools provides high-quality consultants for our various hiring needs. They focus on delivering features end-to-end, from understanding requirements to implementation and follow-up improvements. Their work includes improving existing functionality, simplifying complex logic, and making the codebase easier to work with over time.

What is the team composition?

We work with 2–5 teammates from *instinctools.

How did you come to work with *instinctools?

*instinctools was a vendor prior to me joining the firm, so I’m unsure how we found them. We chose them over other options because of their high ratings, great culture fit, and good value for cost.

How much have you invested with them?

The project cost is confidential.

What is the status of this engagement?

We started working together in January 2025, and our engagement is ongoing.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

We’ve seen improvements with feature updates in our sprints.

How did *instinctools perform from a project management standpoint?

We use virtual meetings, emails, and messaging apps to communicate with *instinctools. They deliver on time.

What did you find most impressive about them?

We’re very happy with the quality of *instinctools’ consultants and how they deliver on our team. We’ve been impressed with their thoughtfulness, collaboration, accountability, and integrity in work quality.

Are there any areas they could improve?

There’s nothing *instinctools could improve on.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Engineering Director of Renold GmbH

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Manufacturer of power transmission products

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire *instinctools to accomplish?

• Development of an app to measure the condition of a chain drive

SOLUTION

How did you find *instinctools?

Online Search

Why did you select *instinctools over others?

Pricing fit our budget

How many teammates from *instinctools were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

Describe the scope of work in detail. Please include a summary of key deliverables.

Development of an app to capture the condition of a chain drive through the noise of the chain running onto the sprocket. Key deliverables were the front and back end development as well as the setup of the server to store users and noise results on aws.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What were the measurable outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

Completion of the app and proper functionality in the actual environment

Describe their project management. Did they deliver items on time? How did they respond to your needs?

Everything was delivered on time, very flexible towards changes in scope during the project work.

What was your primary form of communication with *instinctools?

• In-Person Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

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

Quick response time and ease of working with them

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

None

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I’m the head of the tech portfolio at a group of companies that develop various e-commerce and digital B2C products.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What challenge were you trying to address with *instinctools?

We needed a team to build a marketing automation tool and with body leasing for our daily frontend development tasks in sales channels.

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?

*instinctools has handled all the development of our marketing automation tool, including UI, frontend, backend, QA, and project management. The delivered application is a comprehensive ad performance analytics and campaign management tool. It provides with a clear view of our ad performance by providing attribution data, similar to the functionality of platforms like Hyros. An important feature of this tool is its guided scaling module for Meta campaigns. This module empowers users to efficiently manage and grow their paid media efforts. This feature streamlines the process of duplicating and expanding successful ad strategies, allowing for rapid and confident scaling of profitable campaigns. 

Regarding body leasing, *instinctools provides frontend development and QA team for our product sales funnels development. It allows products to implement changes that drives their funnel testing and conversion rates.

What is the team composition?

We’ve worked with more than 10 teammates from *instinctools.

How did you come to work with *instinctools?

We found them through a referral.

How much have you invested with them?

We’ve spent more than $250,000.

What is the status of this engagement?

We started working together in March 2025, and the engagement is ongoing.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

We measure *instinctools' success through story point delivery. Thanks to their work, we've delivered many sales funnels and required marketing automation functionalities, and the business benefits are still ongoing.

How did *instinctools perform from a project management standpoint?

Most features have been delivered on time. *instinctools is committed to deadlines, even if it means working overtime or providing additional team members.

What did you find most impressive about them?

*instinctools' dedication, openness to feedback, and willingness to improve are impressive.

Are there any areas they could improve?

In the beginning, we had several issues with the performance of the body leasing team, but *instinctools was willing to replace the underperforming team members.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the CTO of BetterCharge

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

We recover declined payments using machine learning models

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire *instinctools to accomplish?

• Hire a senior developer
• Manage all aspects of hiring

SOLUTION

How did you find *instinctools?

Online Search

Why did you select *instinctools over others?

• Great culture fit
• Good value for cost

How many teammates from *instinctools were assigned to this project?

1 Employee

Describe the scope of work in detail. Please include a summary of key deliverables.

We hired a developer for building critical parts of the systems including the API, the ETL and data layer

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What were the measurable outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

We managed to complete building the system and have it ready for live customers

Describe their project management. Did they deliver items on time? How did they respond to your needs?

The developer almost always delivered in due time. We felt our needs were met.

What was your primary form of communication with *instinctools?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

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

After the first interview, the company was quick to understand our needs and supplied a developer who was a very good fit for our company.

They kept following up and making sure we were content with our hire.

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

Can't think of anything

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the co-founder of Healthmatters

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Health and wellness.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire *instinctools to accomplish?

• improve website

SOLUTION

How did you find *instinctools?

Online Search

Why did you select *instinctools over others?

Good value for cost

How many teammates from *instinctools were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

Describe the scope of work in detail. Please include a summary of key deliverables.

optimisation of current and development of new features.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What were the measurable outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

Enhanced value for customers.

Describe their project management. Did they deliver items on time? How did they respond to your needs?

The items are delivered within a reasonable time, and sometimes the outcome exceeds expectations.

What was your primary form of communication with *instinctools?

Virtual Meeting

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

They team is open to requests and always willing to discuss and resolve any issues that arise.

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

We found everything satisfactory.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Product Manager of a software company.

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Software define file & object storage

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire *instinctools to accomplish?

QA for software

SOLUTION

How did you find *instinctools?

LinkedIn

Why did you select *instinctools over others?

• Pricing fit our budget
• Good value for cost

How many teammates from *instinctools were assigned to this project?

6-10 Employees

Describe the scope of work in detail. Please include a summary of key deliverables.

• Provide release and feature qualification of our 2 storage software. 
• Implement state-of-the-art QA practices.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What were the measurable outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

A significant amount of customer-impacting bugs were caught by the teams prior to release.

Describe their project management. Did they deliver items on time? How did they respond to your needs?

They were very autonomous, proactive, professional, and always open to help.

What was your primary form of communication with *instinctools?

Virtual Meeting

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

Technical skills

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

Nothing in mind yet