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About Altamira

Altamira is your zero headaches software partner.

The company was originally founded to change the way offshore software development is done. We saw that there were many good small-to-medium software houses that had niche expertise and top talent. The challenge they had was creating a joined-up service that led to the highest quality software and a great service for western customers and larger, complex organisations. We’ve grown into a professional services consultancy, and we are on a mission to provide AI-powered solutions that help you stay ahead of the curve.

At Altamira, we don’t just solve problems - we uncover strong AI use cases in process automation that drive real cost savings and efficiency gains. Through our close collaboration, we help build your organisation’s capabilities, ensuring knowledge transfer to realise the full potential of the technologies we introduce. These small wins build confidence to tackle core activities with AI-based solutions that create serious impact: improved efficiency, stronger business outcomes, and talent development that powers your future.

Why zero headaches?

For technical and non-technical leaders and business owners, we know software development and technology can be frustrating. Why doesn’t it just work? Why can’t I just add a new feature? Why can’t we go faster? Why do I have so many bugs?

This is the problem we are trying to solve once and for all. Everything we do at Altamira is about trying to make the pain of building software go away.

We do this by the way that we communicate, the transparency we provide, the continuous improvement in our own processes and practices. Whether you are looking to add the latest AI tools to your business, assess your current tech stack, prototype your best new idea or just take your products and services to the next level, our approach is guaranteed to reduce your stress.

Great software, zero headaches.

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Quality4.9
Schedule & Timing4.9
Communication4.9
Overall5.0
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Summarized from 18 verified reviews · Updated August 2026
Clients consistently praise Altamira for strong project management and communication, noting that team members understand business needs and ask the right questions. Reviews highlight quality work delivered on time and within budget, with flexibility toward unusual requests and fast response times. The company is recognized for reliable, competent professionals who follow through without requiring micromanagement, combined with transparent and thorough approaches to development and design.
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Deveren Fogle
Deveren Fogle, CEO, Learning Specialist, Executive Function Consultant - JD, MA Childhood and Special Education. at Elula, Inc.Verified Review
Posted on Mar 27, 2024

Honest, attentive, flexible, and cooperative.

Overall rating5.0
Quality5.0
Communication5.0
Schedule & Timing5.0
Software DevelopmentApp Designing (UI/UX)Artificial Intelligence

Quick to respond, Altamira team turned potential headaches into opportunities for improvement, enhancing our educational product in ways we hadn't envisioned. Perhaps the most impressive trait was their adaptability, as they tackled unexpected challenges with ease. Everything promised was delivered just on time, which proves their commitment and reliability.

David Paice
David Paice, Director at at includmiVerified Review
Posted on Sep 9, 2021

They work hard to solve problems and don't let you down.

Overall rating5.0
Quality5.0
Communication5.0
Schedule & Timing5.0
Mobile App Development

The team from GBKSoft are very professional and the quality of their work is of a high standard and delivered on time and to budget. They are a great technical partner to have on your team. I strongly recommend them.

Yomi OVerified Review
Posted on Dec 31, 2020

Experienced Professionals Producing Top Quality Product

Overall rating5.0
Quality5.0
Communication5.0
Schedule & Timing5.0
Mobile App Development

Fantastic experience working with Project manager Julia Leyleyko, Business Analyst Iuliia Snizkho and the rest of the team. Brilliant regular communication whilst thoroughly understanding the requirements and scope of my project and sharing my vision. I can't recommend them highly enough and look forward to working with them in the future! GBKSoft has made technical issues approachable and understandable whilst presenting new solutions and ideas to enhance the development process and product UX. My product is in social tech and the teams' extensive experience in the field has come in handy when tackling relevant issues. I am very pleased with the time estimation for project delivery and the adherence to meeting all deadlines.

Villem Tamm
Villem TammVerified Review
Posted on Dec 24, 2020

Fast and reliable, good quality

Overall rating5.0
Quality5.0
Communication5.0
Schedule & Timing5.0
Mobile App Development

Even though our project was low-budget, I always felt that my business is important. GBKSoft was responsive, professional, fast. The end result met or exceeded our expectations. Communication throughout our interaction was spot on. I can easily recommend them.

Darrel F
Darrel FVerified Review
Posted on Nov 17, 2020

Great Company, High Value

Overall rating5.0
Quality5.0
Communication5.0
Schedule & Timing5.0
App Designing (UI/UX)Mobile App Development

Worked with GBKSoft for a mobile app, iOS & Android. They did a great job.

Alexander Frederiksen
Alexander FrederiksenVerified Review
Posted on Oct 29, 2020

By far the best consultancy company I've worked with!

Overall rating5.0
Quality5.0
Communication5.0
Schedule & Timing5.0
Mobile App Development

After 15 years in the field of social networking and working with large amount of developers I can hereby sign on that GBKSoft has been the best. If ever any questions or references needed send an email to [email protected]

Andrew Thompson
Andrew Thompson, Digital Marketing Manager. at OpengearVerified Review
Posted on Jul 2, 2020

Branding, Logo, and UI/UX mockups

Overall rating5.0
Quality5.0
Communication5.0
Schedule & Timing5.0
App Designing (UI/UX)

GBK was excellent to work with. They are very thorough and transparent in their approach to each project and deliver high quality results.

Camelia Esmaili
Camelia EsmailiVerified Review
Posted on Jun 9, 2020

Excellent

Overall rating5.0
Quality5.0
Communication5.0
Schedule & Timing5.0
Mobile App DevelopmentE-commerce Development

GBKSOFT has excellent tech capabilities and communication expertise. I highly recommend the company to anyone looking for budget-friendly excellent digital UX Project development with a human-centric approach. A team is dedicated to each project to ensure all tasks exceed client expectations. Valeria handled our project, it was such a relief to get that project development and completion managed by her. She was receptive and listen carefully to deliver the best with the assigned designer. It was made in time. Although we amend the material quite a lot to ensure best fit out. It was each time precise and consise. Excellent! I look forward to working with GKBSOFT again!

Ryan Crawford
Ryan Crawford, Chief Technology Officer at SOLJETSVerified Review
Posted on Apr 9, 2020

Quality development and fantastic communication

Overall rating5.0
Quality5.0
Communication5.0
Schedule & Timing5.0
Web DevelopmentApp Designing (UI/UX)

We started out looking for a website dev shop that would be communicative, professional and leverage established technologies to build us a website. After interviewing multiple US based and International firms, I discovered GBKSoft. Having worked with a number of offshore development companies over the years, I have experienced numerous projects that suffered from poor communication, poor project management and underestimation (time and $). So I proceeded with some caution as we started our website development project. Right from the start, I was impressed with their communication, well written and verbose project documentation as well as the organization skills of the project manager. They use industry tools to collaborate and document progress as well as actively communicate with the client. At no point in the development process did I feel unaware of the progress or the budget/timeline was tracking. They are very good at cost estimation and time estimation, a skill which can be hard to come by in software development. Our experience with the website development was so positive that we decided to embark on another, much more ambitious (multi-year) development effort with GBK. This project that was a first to market technology for our industry that was loaded with logic calculations and complexity to produce valuations based on a multitude of changing factors. The specifications process alone took 6 months in which time GBK documented every aspect of functionality in great detail prior to writing any code. It was the most comprehensive and well written spec doc I had been delivered in years! The project took an additional 18 months to complete and GBK provided not only the development, but also the critical thinking and logic suggestions that go into building a complex web app. In many cases, the process felt very collaborative. They also kept the same developers staffed to our project through the build. This ensured that we could implement changes very quickly without waiting for new developers to be on-boarded. Our project manager was highly communicative at all hours and we used tools such as Trello and Slack to stay in constant communication and manage the project tasks. Over the years, my team has even travelled the GBK office in Kyiv on multiple occasions to visit the development team and have onsite workshops to clarify development needs and requirements. GBK accommodated us on each visit and went above and beyond. I many ways, this dev project has been a wonderful partnership and not just a "for-hire" project team. I would highly recommend them to anyone for any size project.

Martin Sherman Marks
Martin Sherman Marks, Chief of Operations and Finance at Nelson PrecastVerified Review
Posted on Apr 1, 2020

Six months with GBK solved a problem that had occupied us for ten years

Overall rating5.0
Quality5.0
Communication5.0
Schedule & Timing5.0
Web Development

Our small business has struggled for more than a decade to find a software solution to manage the processes of our niche industry as manufacturers of highly customized construction materials. We've spent tens of thousands of dollars testing existing products, but everything has been either totally unable to adapt to our workflow, a clunky glorified Access database with a UI so slow to work with that it's not worth the bother, or more often both. I have some background in web development, enough to mock up a few skeletal pieces of a larger application that were enough to convince me that a better solution was possible - if we had the time and money to create a custom application, which I was sure we didn't. And then we heard about GBK. From the earliest conversations with them last summer, I was impressed by their professionalism. They asked excellent questions and very quickly grasped the complexities of our business and industry. When they quoted us a price and timeframe, the numbers were excellent - they proposed to have a minimum viable product ready in just six months, for a price competitive with buying off-the-shelf business software - but I, jaded as I was by years of sales pitches that never delivered, took those numbers with a grain of salt. When was the last time a software project came in on time and on budget, after all? Well, it turns out the answer to that question is "January". That's when GBK completed the designated scope of work right in the proposed six month timeframe, and indeed came in slightly under budget. This was possible because their highly competent and communicative project managers and business analysts worked closely with me to work through every contingency. I have a good head for thinking through a workflow and identifying issues before they happen, but GBK's team put me to shame on that front. There were no unanticipated delays precisely because they were so good at anticipating what would delay us. The hardest thing I had to do in the entire process was just to keep up with their tremendous productivity. I only wish our budget was unlimited, so that we could continue working with them on this project indefinitely. It's been a phenomenal experience. The new software is now being implemented and we expect it to pay for itself within just two or three years through reduced quality issues and improved productivity and morale. The user interface is elegant, attractive, and thoughtfully designed at every level; no clicking through eighteen different forms just to accomplish a single daily task, as with so many of the solutions we've seen. They even managed to implement what I'm fairly sure is an almost entirely unique in-browser PDF editor connecting PDF annotations to database objects - a feature which is, on its own, going to make an entire department noticeably more productive while also eliminating several possible sources of errors. The end result fits our business like a glove, and all for a price that was within the reach of even our small business. In the end, it was probably good for us to search fruitlessly for a solution so long, since it forced us to think through our business logic more than most companies do. Still, I wish I could go back in time to tell myself about GBKSoft in 2010. The least I can do is make sure others know how much time and frustration they can avoid by working with such a professional, competent team of web development experts.

Raphael Lasry
Raphael Lasry, Founder & CEO at ZivugTechVerified Review
Posted on Jan 3, 2020

A competent team I trust and rely on everyday.

Overall rating5.0
Quality5.0
Communication5.0
Schedule & Timing5.0
Mobile App DevelopmentWeb Development

I've been working with GBK for some time now and I have never worked with a company as competent and reliable as GBK. Every member of their team is knowledgeable, professional, and personable. GBK's goal is not just to develop software but to also help you succeed and will do whatever they can to help you succeed. What I've found most impressive about GBK is their project management and their estimates. Their project managers are super stars and their estimates are spot on every time. They clearly know what they are doing. My most recent project with GBK was a Google Chrome Extension and they did an amazing job. I highly recommend GBK for customer software and mobile app development.

Bernard Hanratty
Bernard Hanratty, Independent Non-Executive Director at Bernard HanrattyVerified Review
Posted on Jun 27, 2019

Excellent custom software development at GBK Soft

Overall rating5.0
Quality5.0
Communication5.0
Schedule & Timing5.0
Mobile App Development

GBK Soft have proved to be a trusted partner in the development of my cloud based Regulatory Tech solution for the Governance Community. They have a sophisticated client management structure that allows the developers get-on with code development and the project manager / business analyst worked with me on the solution architecture

Niall Sherry
Niall Sherry, Digital Strategy Consultant at SegmaticVerified Review
Posted on Mar 13, 2019

Flexible Development & Fast Response-Times

Overall rating5.0
Quality4.0
Communication5.0
Schedule & Timing5.0
Web Development

GBKSoft were great to work with. We had a project that we wanted to turn around quickly and they did everything in their power to make that a reality. From sourcing developers, to the Project Manager getting an understanding of our business goals GBKSoft were great partners. The team were flexible and responded quickly to unforeseen changes and new requirements that cropped up due to external criteria.

Esther Bloch
Esther Bloch, Project Manager / Software Developer at BitbeanVerified Review
Posted on Aug 24, 2018

GBK is a great software development company

Overall rating5.0
Quality5.0
Communication4.0
Schedule & Timing4.0
Mobile App DevelopmentTesting Services

We have worked with GBK for a few years now and our app is beautifully developed. Minimum Crashes. The Staff and managers at GBK are a pleasure to work with.

Garrett Reynolds
Garrett Reynolds, Co-Founder & CTO SegmentIQ at SegmentIQVerified Review
Posted on Jul 18, 2018

Excellence and flexible

Overall rating5.0
Quality5.0
Communication5.0
Schedule & Timing5.0
Mobile App DevelopmentWeb Development

GBKSoft have been our outsourced development team for over 5 years and they have consistently gone beyond what I have expected of them. They are skilful, well organised, prompt & courteous and are led by a team headed by Alexandra & Lena who define professionalism. Their PM’s are excellent and are always available and really push the project along at a great pace. One of the reasons that we started using GBKSoft was price but the flexibility they gave us in easily adjusting the numbers of team members gave us greater flexibility in our cash flow allowing us to pivot much more easily then if we had the constraints & cash commitment to an in house team. I would highly recommend GBK whether you are a startup or an established company.

Focus

Service Focus of Altamira

How the team's effort is distributed across services.

40%15%15%10%10%5%

Industries Focus

40%30%30%

Client Focus

Small Business20%
Medium Business70%
Large Business10%
Selected Work

Client Portfolio of Altamira

Where their work concentrates - by industry, budget, and timeline.

Project Industry

Social19%
Education11%
Business Services4%
Consumer4%
Enterprise4%
Fintech11%
Entertainment15%
eCommerce7%
Travel7%
Gambling7%
Retail7%
Productivity4%
Major industry focus
Social

Project Cost

$50001 to $10000044%
$10001 to $5000026%
$0 to $100004%
$100001 to $50000022%
$500000+4%
Common project cost
$50001 to $100000

Project Timeline

Ongoing11%
1 to 25 Weeks67%
26 to 50 Weeks19%
51 to 100 Weeks4%
Typical timeline
1 to 25 Weeks

Clients: 27

NovartisBoehringer IngelheimVUB BankaGrubtechAquiline DronesBDOPfizerRedCloudUnionSOLJETSGlobal Pet SecurityZempCenterCTRL GolfKantar HealthEurofinsSkipCashSlovak National TheatreRed PlanetSlovak State Institute for Drug ControlUniversal EditionRocheGSKBayerAmgenSanofiMerckAstraZeneca

Portfolios: 27

Executive Interview

Executive Interview of Altamira

Tomáš Mašek
Tomáš Mašek
CEO
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What is your company’s business model–in house team or third party vendors/ outsourcing?

At the moment we are counting on our in-house team of specialists with the possibility of quick scaling to complete projects. However, if the need arises, we can cover the lack of expertise in certain areas with outsourcing. It happens quite rarely since we understand that our experienced and skillful specialists are our main resource.

How is your business model beneficial from a value addition perspective to the clients compared to other companies' models?

Our model allows us to promptly and professionally deal with our clients’ wide range of tasks, expanding our team while maintaining a high level of privacy and information security. Our way of doing business is based on complete transparency that allows us to reach mutual confidence and avoid misunderstandings that pose risks to a project. This is exactly what makes us different from a lot of other companies out there.

What industries do you generally cater to? Are your customers repetitive?

We work in various areas and quickly adapt to the new tasks, but our biggest expertise is in trading and Business Management Tools. These can be the most challenging ones, yet potentially world-changing spheres. We do not narrow our focus intentionally, but over the years, we repeatedly worked with specific projects, so we improved and gained invaluable experience.

Mention the objectives or the parameters critical in determining the time frame of developing a web app.

We think that the clarity of the business goals of our clients and the availability of this information to our development team directly impacts the timeframes of development. Based on the cooperation between the clients and the business analyst, we suggest software solutions that will benefit their business objective and solve their issues.

How much effort in terms of time goes into developing the front end and back end of a web app?

Our back-end to front-end ratio is 4 to 3. As previously mentioned, the majority of clients are business owners; therefore, most of their projects are related to business optimization. That’s why the back end portion of specialists is larger since the central part of the business logic is built on the backend.

What are the key parameters to be considered before selecting the right platform for a web application?

The platform is usually chosen based on the cost of development and maintenance as well as the app server load and the project’s scale.

Which platform and technologies do you prefer to use in development of your web apps?

We work with PHP and JavaScript programming languages and use frameworks like YII2 and Angular accordingly. These are the most common and effective technologies up to date. As for mobile development, it is Swift for iOS and Java for Android.

Do you offer website design templates or customised website design, and do you have a responsive website design?

We develop custom solutions individually for each of our clients. We don’t use templates because every client of ours has his/her personal goals, expectations, and requirements. Such an approach helps them further develop their authentic brands as website design should be tailored to fulfill the demands of each client. We might offer templates only for admin panels and ETL because the end-users do not see these systems, and it also reduces costs for our clients. And yes, we offer only responsive web design because 95% of users browse with their smartphones or iPads.

Which Content Management System do you prefer to use (Wordpress, Jumla, Drupal etc)?

We do not use CMS when we work on projects for our clients. Our way is to always offer our clients only a custom solution without plugins, extensions, and updates because only a custom solution can fit their business perfectly as it is developed for their specific needs.

Do you provide website maintenance services?

We provide limited support to our clients after the development is over. This is a common practice that helps to ensure everything works properly but at the same time without being tied to the finished project on a constant basis. Once development is over, our software works properly on its own.

What are the key factors that you consider before deciding the cost of a web application?

These are the most crucial things that have a great effect on the price: ● Functionality and its complexity ● Deadline ● Number of team members ● Security requirements ● Release models Clients without specific technical background don’t always understand factors that influence the overall cost of the project; for instance, for some adding a couple of entry fields to the registration form may feel like a simple thing to do. In truth, it requires additional user flows, epics, testing, or even integration of third-party services. Yes, with no specific technical knowledge, some of our clients cannot be aware of that. Our sales team tries to explain and talk over such nuances in detail and offer the most suitable solution specifically for the client’s business.

What kind of payment structure do you follow to bill your clients? Is it Pay per Feature, Fixed Cost, Pay per Milestone (could be in phases, months, versions etc.)

“Time & Material” payment structure is the one that we adapted to fit with our processes. We receive a payment for the completed work each month. To reduce risks for both parties, we agree on a deposit amount right from the start of work. There are, of course, times when a client may ask to change the payment structure. We’re always ready to discuss it and come up with an option that would make us both comfortable and secure.

Where we are

Locations (2)

Offices where Altamira operates.

Headquarter
Slovakia

Slovakia

Zahradnicka 95
Bratislava, Bratislava Region 821 08
+421948656863
Ukraine

Ukraine

Instytutska St 19
Kyiv, kyiv 02000
+17167757507