MELBUL

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5.0/5 (2 reviews)
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About MELBUL

MELBUL is a newer entrant to the software development market, founded in 2018 and operating with a small team of 2 to 9 professionals. Despite its relatively short history, the company has assembled a diverse service offering that includes Mobile App Development, Cross Platform App Development, Custom Software Development, Wearable App Development, Web Development, and AR App Development. This range demonstrates an ambitious approach for a young, compact organization, covering everything from standard web and mobile projects to more specialized wearable and augmented reality work. At hourly rates of $50-$99, MELBUL positions itself as a moderately priced option, offering a reasonable balance between cost and the breadth of technical capability on offer. Its small team size likely enables close, direct engagement with clients throughout the development process, an advantage often valued by businesses that want hands-on involvement from experienced practitioners rather than layers of account management. For organizations seeking a nimble, technically diverse partner still early in its growth trajectory, MELBUL presents a compelling combination of range and accessibility.

Services

Mobile App Development Web Development AR App Development Wearable App Development Custom Software Development Cross Platform App Development

Industries Served

Retail & E-commerce Legal Services

MELBUL Reviews

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Results that made the business case look conservative in hindsight

Megan Foster / Head of Technology - Clearwater Logistics
Verified
Oct 08, 2022

Project summary: Our growth into new markets required a multi-currency, multi-language commerce platform that our previous vendor had promised but never delivered.

Twelve weeks from kickoff to live production deployment for a project of this complexity. I would not have believed that was achievable if I had not watched them do it. The velocity came from genuine engineering discipline — clear requirements, short feedback loops, automated testing, and a team that communicated internally without the overhead that slows most agencies down. The product has been live for four months with no critical bugs and one minor patch. We are already in scoping conversations for phase two.

PROS

Senior engineers on our account throughout the entire project rather than a bait-and-switch to juniors after contract signing, transparent reporting, realistic estimates that proved accurate

CONS

Time zone difference required some adjustment to our internal communication habits but the team managed the overlap window efficiently and it never affected momentum

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5.0
Quality
5.0
Schedule
5.0
Cost
5.0
Communication
Project TypeIndustry-Specific Solutions
IndustryRetail & E-commerce
Project Cost$10,000 to $49,999
DurationAug 2025 – Oct 2025

Questions & Answers

Please describe your company, your role, and the industry you operate in.
Clearwater Logistics is a Retail & E-commerce business based in Dallas, USA. As Head of Technology I am responsible for all technology investment decisions, vendor selection, and ensuring our digital capabilities match our growth ambitions. We operate in a competitive market where the quality of our software directly affects our ability to win and retain clients.
What specific problem or business challenge led you to hire this company?
The immediate trigger was a performance failure during our peak trading period that cost us measurably in both revenue and client trust. The root cause was architectural and our internal team did not have the Industry-Specific Solutions expertise to address it properly. We needed specialists.
What services did the company provide for your project?
The full Industry-Specific Solutions lifecycle from discovery through to production deployment and hypercare support. This included requirements workshops, solution architecture, sprint-based development, QA and automated testing, deployment to our cloud environment, and a structured handover with documentation. They also provided a brief post-launch period of dedicated support which was genuinely useful.
Why did you choose this company over other providers you considered?
A direct referral from a peer who had used them for a comparable Industry-Specific Solutions engagement in the Retail & E-commerce space. That peer's experience had been excellent and their project profile was similar enough to ours that the recommendation carried real weight. Everything we found during our own evaluation reinforced that this was the right decision.
How clearly did the company understand your requirements and business goals?
Thorough and precise. They translated our business language into technical requirements without losing the intent, which is a skill that sounds straightforward but frequently goes wrong. Every user story they wrote was reviewed against the original business objective before it entered the sprint and the acceptance criteria were specific enough to remove subjectivity from QA.
How was your overall experience with their communication and project management?
The project management was the best I have experienced in a vendor relationship. We had fortnightly sprint reviews with structured agendas, a shared backlog that we could inspect at any point, a risk register that was actively maintained rather than created at kickoff and never opened again, and a project manager who treated our time as something worth protecting. Communication was proactive, not reactive.
Did the company deliver the project on time and within your expected budget?
The project landed on the agreed delivery date and within the approved budget. We did add scope during the engagement — two features that became apparent as essential during user testing — and those were quoted, approved, and delivered without affecting the original scope timeline. That kind of clean change management is not something you can take for granted.
What tangible results or business impact have you seen since the project was completed?
Quantitatively: user engagement metrics are up significantly since launch, our support ticket volume has dropped, and we have received unsolicited positive feedback from clients who noticed the improvement. Qualitatively: our internal team is proud of the product we now have, which affects morale and retention in ways that do not show up on a dashboard but matter enormously.
What did you like most about working with this company?
The intellectual honesty. They told us when something we wanted was a bad idea and explained why. They told us when a timeline was tight and gave us options. They did not tell us what we wanted to hear in order to win work or avoid a difficult conversation. In a long engagement that kind of relationship is far more valuable than an agency that just says yes.
Would you recommend this company to others, and would you work with them again?
Absolutely. I would recommend them with a specific note that the quality of the discovery process is where the value starts. Clients who invest properly in that phase will get the most out of the engagement. We made that investment and the returns are evident in the quality of what was delivered.

Results that made the business case look conservative in hindsight

Akiko Fujimoto / Head of Product Development - Sunrise Commerce KK
Verified
Apr 26, 2022

Project summary: Our client portal was a reputational liability — we needed it to reflect the same standard of professionalism our lawyers delivered in person.

The engagement started with a discovery workshop that immediately signalled this team was different. They pushed back on two of our assumptions in the first session with evidence and a better alternative. That kind of intellectual honesty is rare and it set the tone for the whole project. Deliverables were consistently ahead of schedule, code reviews were taken seriously, and the final product is something we are proud to show enterprise clients during due diligence calls.

PROS

Collaborative working style that made them feel like an extension of our team, excellent written communication for our async timezone relationship, clean and readable codebase

CONS

Time zone difference required some adjustment to our internal communication habits but the team managed the overlap window efficiently and it never affected momentum

5.0
Overall
5.0
Quality
5.0
Schedule
5.0
Cost
5.0
Communication
Project TypeEmbedded Systems Development
IndustryLegal Services
Project Cost$50,000 to $149,999
DurationNov 2024 – Jun 2025

Questions & Answers

Please describe your company, your role, and the industry you operate in.
Sunrise Commerce KK operates across the Legal Services sector with offices in Osaka, Japan. In my capacity as Head of Product Development I oversee both the strategic and operational technology agenda. We are a growth-stage business that needed a development partner capable of scaling with us rather than constraining us.
What specific problem or business challenge led you to hire this company?
Growth into new markets had exposed serious limitations in our platform. What had worked for our original user base in Osaka, Japan was not going to scale internationally, and the Embedded Systems Development requirements for those new markets were meaningfully different. We needed a partner who had solved that kind of problem before.
What services did the company provide for your project?
End-to-end Embedded Systems Development delivery with a particular emphasis on the integration layer that connected the new build to our existing Legal Services infrastructure. They also provided UI/UX input that was not in the original scope but which they offered proactively because they could see it would affect adoption. That kind of initiative was characteristic of how they approached the whole engagement.
Why did you choose this company over other providers you considered?
Their portfolio included two projects that were sufficiently close to our own brief in terms of complexity, Embedded Systems Development scope, and Legal Services context that we felt confident they understood what we were asking. The proposal was technically rigorous, the pricing was transparent, and the proposed team structure gave us senior engineers throughout rather than just for the pitch.
How clearly did the company understand your requirements and business goals?
The requirements understanding was solid from early on, aided by the fact that they had prior experience in the Legal Services sector and did not need us to explain domain context that a less experienced team would have required. That background knowledge shortened the discovery phase meaningfully and reduced the volume of clarification questions during sprints.
How was your overall experience with their communication and project management?
Communication was handled primarily asynchronously given the time zone difference between Osaka, Japan and the team's base, but it was managed so well that the gap rarely felt like a constraint. Written updates were clear and timely, escalations were handled promptly, and we never had to chase for a status update. The cadence was exactly right — enough to feel informed, not so much that it created overhead.
Did the company deliver the project on time and within your expected budget?
Yes. I will note that the original timeline was aggressive and I had privately expected a slip. They managed to hold it by making smart sequencing decisions early on that I only fully understood in retrospect. The budget discipline was equally good — we received a single change request for scope we had introduced ourselves and it was priced fairly.
What tangible results or business impact have you seen since the project was completed?
The ROI case we presented to our board assumed a payback period of eighteen months. Based on current trajectory we will hit that in under a year. The efficiency gains in our Legal Services operations have been more significant than the model projected, partly because the quality of the data coming out of the new system is enabling decisions we could not make before.
What did you like most about working with this company?
The quality of the written communication. This matters more than most clients articulate. Clear, concise, technically accurate updates that our non-technical stakeholders could read and understand. Proposals and change requests that made the decision obvious rather than obscuring it in jargon. That communication quality reduced our internal coordination overhead significantly.
Would you recommend this company to others, and would you work with them again?
Yes. The referral I would give comes with context: they are not the cheapest option and they are not the fastest to schedule. If you are optimising purely on price or looking for someone to start tomorrow, there are other choices. If you want the work done properly and a partner you can trust with a complex, high-stakes Embedded Systems Development engagement, this team is the answer.

FAQs

What services does MELBUL offer?
MELBUL provides software development services that may include mobile app development, web development, custom software development, UI/UX design, cloud solutions, AI development, and enterprise application development. Its core focus areas include Mobile App Development, Cross Platform App Development, Custom Software Development, Wearable App Development and Web Development.
Is MELBUL suitable for startups?
Yes. Many startups choose companies like MELBUL because they offer MVP development, product consulting, scalable architecture, and dedicated development teams that help launch products quickly while managing development costs. For context, its listed capabilities span Mobile App Development, Cross Platform App Development, Custom Software Development, Wearable App Development and Web Development, and it reports a team size of 2 - 9 professionals.
Why should businesses choose MELBUL?
Businesses may choose MELBUL based on factors such as technical expertise, industry experience, client reviews, development methodology, communication practices, and the ability to deliver scalable software solutions that align with business objectives. Founded in 2018, the company has built a track record of delivering projects across various industries.
How can I contact MELBUL for a project?
Businesses can contact MELBUL through its official website, email, or contact form to discuss project requirements, request a consultation, or receive a development estimate. For context, its listed capabilities span Mobile App Development, Cross Platform App Development, Custom Software Development, Wearable App Development and Web Development, and its typical hourly rate is around $50 - $99.
Can MELBUL build AI-powered applications?
Many modern software development companies, including MELBUL, offer AI and machine learning integration services such as chatbots, predictive analytics, computer vision, and intelligent automation. For context, it has experience across industries such as Legal Services and Retail & E-commerce, and its average project cost is reported at $50000+.
Does MELBUL sign an NDA before starting a project?
Most professional software development companies, including MELBUL, are willing to sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) to protect client data and project confidentiality before development begins. For context, its listed capabilities span Mobile App Development, Cross Platform App Development, Custom Software Development, Wearable App Development and Web Development, and its average project cost is reported at $50000+.
Can MELBUL modernize legacy software?
MELBUL may provide legacy software modernization services, including re-platforming, code refactoring, and migration to modern frameworks or cloud infrastructure to improve performance and maintainability. For context, its listed capabilities span Mobile App Development, Cross Platform App Development, Custom Software Development, Wearable App Development and Web Development, and it reports a team size of 2 - 9 professionals.
What is MELBUL's software development process?
MELBUL typically follows a structured software development process that may include requirement analysis, UI/UX design, agile development sprints, quality assurance testing, deployment, and post-launch support. For context, its listed capabilities span Mobile App Development, Cross Platform App Development, Custom Software Development, Wearable App Development and Web Development, and its typical hourly rate is around $50 - $99.
How do I request a proposal from MELBUL?
You can request a proposal from MELBUL by submitting your project requirements through its website contact form, email, or by reaching out directly to discuss your business goals and receive a tailored development estimate. For context, its listed capabilities span Mobile App Development, Cross Platform App Development, Custom Software Development, Wearable App Development and Web Development, and it reports a team size of 2 - 9 professionals.

Company Info

Founded 2018
Employees 2 - 9
Hourly Rate $50 - $99
Avg. Project Cost $50,000+
Client Rating 5.0/5 (2 reviews)

Rating Breakdown

Quality
5.0
Schedule
5.0
Cost
5.0
Communication
5.0