Starfish Enterprise, LLC

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5.0/5 (2 reviews)
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About Starfish Enterprise, LLC

Starfish Enterprise, LLC operates as a small, nimble team, having been founded in 2011 and keeping its staff between 2 and 9 people throughout its operating history. Despite its modest size, the company offers a fairly comprehensive service set that includes mobile app development, cross platform app development, IoT app development, custom software development, enterprise app modernization, and Unity 3D game development. At hourly rates between $50 and $99 and an average project cost around $50,000, Starfish Enterprise positions itself as an accessible option for businesses that want direct engagement with experienced developers rather than a large, layered organization. Its coverage of both enterprise modernization and more specialized areas like IoT and Unity 3D game development, all within a small team, indicates a group of practitioners with broad individual skill sets. For clients seeking a compact, cost-conscious partner capable of handling varied technical work, Starfish Enterprise offers a practical, hands-on alternative to larger firms.

Services

Mobile App Development Unity 3D Game Development IoT App Development Custom Software Development Enterprise App Modernization Cross Platform App Development

Industries Served

Agriculture Education

Starfish Enterprise, LLC Reviews

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Proactive monitoring that resolved two incidents before our staff noticed anything

Zoe Carmichael / Head of Innovation - Red Centre Technologies
Verified
Nov 05, 2023

Project summary: We had a clear product vision but lacked the engineering capacity internally to execute it within the window our market opportunity required.

Our industry has specific compliance requirements that many generalist agencies struggle with. This team came with working knowledge of the relevant frameworks, asked pointed questions about our obligations, and built controls into the architecture rather than bolting them on at the end. Our compliance team reviewed the delivered system and had only minor observations, which is genuinely unusual for a first-pass review. That domain awareness saved us significant remediation cost.

PROS

Architectural decisions that will serve us for years rather than just solving the immediate problem, knowledge transfer that left our team genuinely capable, no scope creep at all

CONS

The initial project brief document they required was more detailed than we were used to providing, but in hindsight that rigour was part of why the project ran so smoothly

5.0
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5.0
Quality
5.0
Schedule
5.0
Cost
5.0
Communication
Project TypeIT Managed Services
IndustryAgriculture
Project Cost$10,000 to $49,999
DurationSep 2025 – Dec 2025

Questions & Answers

Please describe your company, your role, and the industry you operate in.
Red Centre Technologies is a Agriculture business based in Melbourne, Australia. As Head of Innovation 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 IT Managed Services expertise to address it properly. We needed specialists.
What services did the company provide for your project?
End-to-end IT Managed Services delivery with a particular emphasis on the integration layer that connected the new build to our existing Agriculture 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?
Price was a factor but not the deciding one. They were mid-range in our evaluation. What tipped it was the combination of their technical depth in IT Managed Services, the seniority of the team they proposed to assign to our account, and the clarity of their project governance model. We had been burned by an agency that overpromised before and we needed to see evidence of process maturity.
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?
On time and within the agreed budget. They had given us a range estimate at the start, which I had been sceptical of, and they landed within the lower half of that range. Their estimation accuracy came from having broken the work down in genuine detail during discovery rather than giving a rough number and hoping. It showed in every sprint.
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 Agriculture 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 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?
I recommend them to anyone who asks and occasionally to people who do not. The combination of IT Managed Services expertise, Agriculture domain knowledge, and delivery discipline is genuinely difficult to find. We found it here and we intend to keep it.

A development partner who genuinely understood our business, not just the code

Sana Mirza / Head of Products - Lahore Digital Agency
Verified
Jun 06, 2022

Project summary: Remote and hybrid learning had exposed the limitations of our existing LMS and we needed a purpose-built solution that could scale to 50,000 concurrent users without degrading the experience.

I am a demanding client. I have a technical background, I review code, and I have high standards for documentation and testing. This team met all of those expectations without ever seeming defensive about scrutiny. Peer code reviews were welcomed, unit test coverage was genuine rather than performative, and the API documentation was thorough enough that our own developers integrated against it without a single clarification call. That level of craft is what I look for and rarely find.

PROS

Domain knowledge that went beyond generic expertise into our specific industry, willingness to push back constructively, automated test coverage that gave us deployment confidence

CONS

The volume of quality documentation they produced was genuinely impressive but also meant our team needed dedicated time to review it properly — a minor process point, not a complaint

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Overall
5.0
Quality
5.0
Schedule
5.0
Cost
5.0
Communication
Project TypeSoftware Development
IndustryEducation
Project CostLess than $10,000
DurationJun 2025 – Jul 2025

Questions & Answers

Please describe your company, your role, and the industry you operate in.
Lahore Digital Agency operates across the Education sector with offices in Lahore, Pakistan. In my capacity as Head of Products 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?
We had a product concept validated by market research but no clear path to build it within our budget and timeline constraints. Our Education competitors were moving quickly and we could not afford to spend eighteen months finding out a generalist agency could not execute the Software Development work our product required.
What services did the company provide for your project?
Primarily Software Development, though the scope naturally touched adjacent areas. They handled architecture design, implementation, integration with our existing systems, performance testing under realistic load, and knowledge transfer to our internal team. The breadth of what they covered without requiring us to bring in additional vendors was one of the reasons the project ran efficiently.
Why did you choose this company over other providers you considered?
Honestly, the quality of the questions they asked during the briefing process set them apart. Most vendors listen to the brief and come back with a solution to exactly what you described. This team came back with a solution to what we actually needed, which turned out to be somewhat different. That kind of consultative instinct is what we were looking for.
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 Education 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?
Outstanding. I have worked with agencies that communicate beautifully during the sales process and go quiet during delivery. This was the opposite — structured, consistent, and genuinely informative throughout. Problems were surfaced early with proposed solutions rather than just problem statements, which made the inevitable mid-project decisions much easier to make.
Did the company deliver the project on time and within your expected budget?
Yes on both counts. There was one sprint where a third-party integration took longer than scoped because of undocumented API behaviour on the vendor side. The team flagged it immediately, proposed two mitigation options, and we agreed on an approach that recovered the timeline within two weeks. That is how scope issues should be handled and rarely are.
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 Education 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 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?
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 Software Development engagement, this team is the answer.

FAQs

How much does it cost to hire Starfish Enterprise, LLC?
The cost of hiring Starfish Enterprise, LLC depends on factors such as project complexity, development hours, required technologies, team size, and engagement model. Based on available data, Starfish Enterprise, LLC's typical hourly rate is around $50 - $99, with an average project cost of $2500000+.
Does Starfish Enterprise, LLC provide post-launch support and maintenance?
Many software development companies, including Starfish Enterprise, LLC, offer ongoing maintenance, bug fixes, performance optimization, security updates, feature enhancements, and technical support after project deployment. For context, it has experience across industries such as Education and Agriculture, and it reports a team size of 2 - 9 professionals.
How can I contact Starfish Enterprise, LLC for a project?
Businesses can contact Starfish Enterprise, LLC 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, IoT App Development, Custom Software Development and Enterprise App Modernization, and its typical hourly rate is around $50 - $99.
How do I choose the right software development company?
When selecting a software development company like Starfish Enterprise, LLC, consider its portfolio, client reviews, industry expertise, technical capabilities, communication process, pricing model, project management approach, and post-launch support. For context, it has experience across industries such as Education and Agriculture, and it has been operating since 2011.
Can Starfish Enterprise, LLC build AI-powered applications?
Many modern software development companies, including Starfish Enterprise, LLC, 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 Education and Agriculture, and its listed capabilities span Mobile App Development, Cross Platform App Development, IoT App Development, Custom Software Development and Enterprise App Modernization.
Does Starfish Enterprise, LLC sign an NDA before starting a project?
Most professional software development companies, including Starfish Enterprise, LLC, 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, IoT App Development, Custom Software Development and Enterprise App Modernization, and its average project cost is reported at $2500000+.
Does Starfish Enterprise, LLC develop SaaS products?
Yes, Starfish Enterprise, LLC may offer SaaS product development services, including multi-tenant architecture, subscription billing integration, and cloud-native deployment for scalable software-as-a-service solutions. For context, its listed capabilities span Mobile App Development, Cross Platform App Development, IoT App Development, Custom Software Development and Enterprise App Modernization, and its average project cost is reported at $2500000+.
Can Starfish Enterprise, LLC modernize legacy software?
Starfish Enterprise, LLC 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, it has experience across industries such as Education and Agriculture, and its average project cost is reported at $2500000+.
What is Starfish Enterprise, LLC's software development process?
Starfish Enterprise, LLC 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, IoT App Development, Custom Software Development and Enterprise App Modernization, and it reports a team size of 2 - 9 professionals.

Company Info

Founded 2011
Employees 2 - 9
Hourly Rate $50 - $99
Avg. Project Cost $2,500,000+
Client Rating 5.0/5 (2 reviews)

Rating Breakdown

Quality
5.0
Schedule
5.0
Cost
5.0
Communication
5.0