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AI Development Review from Julia Antoci
Leanware built the mobile MVP of our AI fitness assistant for iOS and Android. It started with discovery workshops that sharpened the product vision and shaped an MVP roadmap prioritizing launch features while leaving room for expansions like avatars and real-time feedback. They developed a conversational AI engine with custom prompt and context engineering tailored to fitness conversations, one that keeps continuity across sessions, remembers user progress and preferences, and keeps health guidance within safety standards. On top of that they implemented photo-based food recognition, smart search that understands fitness intent, personalized recommendations, progress tracking with AI-generated insights and coaching suggestions, and gamified response formats that make AI answers easy to read, plus the scalable backend behind it all. Their consultation saved us an estimated 20 to 30 percent in costs by avoiding unnecessary complexity, and we launched a functional MVP across the app stores in under eight weeks, faster than planned. Project management was exceptional: clear timelines, on-schedule delivery, and proactive communication via Slack, with expert recommendations guiding decisions rather than every choice being pushed back to us. Their technical skill and creativity made the whole thing feel less like hiring a vendor and more like building with a co-founder.
Software Development Review from Anonymous
Leanware delivered two significant projects for our e-commerce platform along with a steady stream of smaller fixes and enhancements. They built a new employee management page in our back office so our customers can create accounts, set permissions, and link employees to entities on their own, and when our mobile app's chat functionality needed replicating in the back office, they built a custom chat and messaging React library from scratch, integrated seamlessly with our design system and existing bespoke solution. Along the way they worked comfortably across Next.js, React, React Native, Apollo, GraphQL, and Hasura, and adapted to our implicit conventions. We ran week-long SCRUM sprints with check-ins three times a week, and they consistently hit the sprint goals on time; even when we needed hard pivots mid-sprint, they adapted without losing pace. As the engagement progressed they increasingly took the lead, asking well-informed questions and offering suggestions on code, product, and design that genuinely enriched the outcomes. What impressed us most was how swiftly they onboarded: given incomplete product descriptions, they asked the right questions to fill the gaps and picked up our undocumented code patterns without getting stuck on minor details. It felt like one cohesive team working toward shared objectives, free of the friction that usually comes with a third party
Mobile App Development Review from Anonymous
Leanware has partnered with us since Q4 2023 on two cloud-based mobile apps for iOS and Android, one built in Flutter and one in React Native, handling development on both and the UI/UX design on one. For one project they staffed a team of five mid-level developers, a senior developer, an architect, and a UX designer available as needed. They also took over an app that was unstable and nowhere near production-ready and turned it into a stable, solid product I'm genuinely proud to show. Their processes leave nothing to chance and the code that comes out of them is excellent; they've been flexible and thorough throughout. They meet deadlines, keep their promises, and are careful about what they commit to. The whole team has been great, and Alvaro, their Technical Product Manager, deserves a special mention for being remarkable. I hired them because they were upfront about what they could and couldn't do, and that honesty, together with the tremendous quality of their work, is what separates them from other providers. Both are getting harder to find these days.
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Dr. Millicent Rovelo's Review Sourced from Google
I could not be happier with this company! I have had two websites designed by them and the whole experience was amazing. Their technology and skills are top of the line and their customer service is excellent. Not to mention a good eye for aesthetics and skilled at SEO building. Highly recommend!!
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Joe and James and AJ have done wonders for our business. Excellent design as well as support while we navigate our new website. Professional. I highly recommend them if you are looking to improve your digital marketing.
Anita Patel's Review Sourced from Google
I’ve worked with ISimplifyMe on a number of different projects over the years, and I think they are second to none. I am very particular about whom I choose to work with, and had interviewed a lot of companies before deciding to go with ISimplifyMe. I had contemplated going with a local company (Los Angeles), thinking it may be easier to communicate, but with ISimplifyMe the time difference was a nonissue. They replied faster and more thoroughly than local companies, and have been able to deliver time and time again. They have consistently produced high quality work, while being honest, reliable, and trustworthy.
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Cloud consultants can help businesses control costs, align cloud systems with business goals, and identify risks or inefficiencies that internal teams may overlook.
They can also fill skill gaps for organizations with limited in-house cloud expertise.
A Deloitte study found that while 95% of IT and business leaders believe that cloud is critical to digital transformation, 57% said lack of experience is a major barrier to implementation.
Moreover, 35% of organizations moved workloads back to on-premise setups after experiencing unexpected cloud costs.
For businesses dealing with these issues, a cloud consulting partner can provide the strategic, technical, and operational guidance needed to improve outcomes.
According to Flexera's State of the Cloud report, small and midsize businesses continue to rely on cloud consultants and managed service providers for services such as:
To prepare for cloud adoption, assess your migration readiness, security and compliance requirements, business goals, and technical environment. Key preparation steps include:
Cloud migration can take 1-4 weeks for small businesses rehosting their IT infrastructure using off-the-shelf solutions. However, enterprise-level migrations that require a hybrid cloud strategy may take over 1 year.
The factors impacting the cloud migration timeline include:
Approximate cloud migration timelines:
Before hiring a cloud consulting firm, ask questions that help you evaluate its experience, delivery process, and fit for your specific project:
To choose the right consultant for your business, specify the outcomes you want to achieve and weigh them against the consultant's capabilities and past results.
Here are some steps to guide you:
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DesignRush sustains a directory of over 40,000 agencies categorized by service category, location, expertise, and reviews. We build our database in two ways:
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Cloud consulting companies typically provide these specialized services:Â
Some firms also offer adjacent cloud consulting services, such as data analytics, digital transformation, DevOps, AI/ML development, custom software development, managed services, and ongoing support.Â
Top cloud consulting firms primarily help organizations plan, design, migrate, and optimize their cloud environments. Managed services, by contrast, focus on the ongoing operation, monitoring, and support of IT systems. Here is a side-by-side comparison:
| Â | Cloud Consulting Firms | Managed Services Providers |
| Primary focus | Strategy, architecture, migration, compliance, and optimization | Day-to-day operations, monitoring, maintenance, and support |
| Services | Cloud assessments, roadmap development, migration planning, implementation, governance, compliance, optimization, and training | Infrastructure monitoring, incident response, patching, cybersecurity support, help desk services, backups, and disaster recovery |
| Engagement model | Typically, project-based or advisory, with some offering ongoing support | Usually long-term and recurring under a managed service agreement |
| Best for | Organizations planning a migration, modernization effort, or cloud optimization initiative | Organizations that need continuous operational support for existing systems |
The right choice depends on your security and compliance requirements, workload patterns, internal IT capabilities, and budget.Â
Consider choosing a cloud platform if:Â
Consider an on-premise setup if:Â
In some cases, a hybrid approach may be the best option, especially for organizations that want to keep sensitive systems on-premises while using the cloud for scalability, collaboration, or backup and disaster recovery.Â
Consider hiring a cloud consultant when you need specialized expertise, an outside perspective, or extra support for a complex project. Consultants help fill skill gaps on your internal team, develop a migration strategy, and recommend the right cloud platform, deployment model, and tech stack according to your needs.Â
A cloud consulting company can also help identify gaps and opportunities in your current cloud platforms to further align them with your business goals, operational needs, and compliance requirements.Â
On the other hand, keep cloud computing in-house if you already have an experienced internal team that can plan, migrate, set up, maintain, and manage your environment effectively.Â
An in-house approach may also be preferable if you work with highly sensitive data or proprietary systems and want tighter day-to-day control over operations.Â
The cost of cloud consulting services starts at $60-$180 per hour, while senior consultants or highly specialized experts may charge $100-$250+ per hour. The total cost of service will depend on project scale and complexity, security and compliance requirements, and technologies involved.Â
Approximate cloud consulting service rates are as follows:Â
We have curated a list of top consulting companies on DesignRush across multiple price points, so you can identify a vendor that's within your budget.Â
| High budget: $50,000+ |
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| Low budget: $25,000-$50,000 |
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Beyond budget, our agency directory allows you to filter agency profiles by location, area of expertise, agency reviews, client types, team size, and hourly rates. For instance, you can narrow your search to AWS consulting in New York.Â
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