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We Innovate and Automate your business. At a price you can afford.

Thinking about how tech can boost your business? We offer affordable web, mobile, and automation solutions to fuel your growth. Hassle-free, powerful outcomes.

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How We Can Elevate Your Business

Comprehensive solutions to drive your business forward

Transform your digital presence

We offer a range of development services to create and enhance your digital presence. From custom websites to powerful mobile applications, we ensure your business stands out online.

Custom Website Development

We develop visually stunning and highly functional websites tailored to your business.

  • Creating visually stunning, user-friendly websites that reflect your brand’s identity.
  • Optimized for SEO and responsive across all devices.
  • Integrations with third-party tools and platforms.

Mobile App Development (iOS & Android)

We create intuitive and powerful mobile applications for both iOS and Android platforms.

  • Developing robust, scalable mobile applications for iOS and Android.
  • Focus on user experience and intuitive design.
  • Regular updates and maintenance services.

Software Solutions

Our software solutions drive efficiency and growth by addressing specific business challenges.

  • Crafting bespoke software to address specific business challenges.
  • Scalable and secure solutions with high performance.
  • Comprehensive testing and quality assurance.

Webflow Development

We create or enhance your website from the ground up or based on existing designs

  • Building visually stunning websites with advanced animations to enhance user engagement.
  • Ensuring fast loading times and optimization for SEO and user experience across all devices.
  • Configuring custom CMS solutions for blogs, portfolios, and other dynamic content needs.
  • Setting up eCommerce platforms and integrating third-party payment processors.

We'll Empower Your Digital Journey

Discover why Ikigai stands out in the digital landscape. No hype, just results.

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Flexibilty

We tailor our solutions to fit your unique business needs, adapting to any requirement for seamless integration and success.

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Speedy

Our efficient processes ensure rapid delivery, bringing your ideas to life quickly without compromising on quality

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Quality

Our elite developers and designers deliver top-notch, bug-free code and stunning designs, ensuring an impactful digital presence.

Here's How It Works

Navigating the complexities of digital projects can be challenging. Our structured process captures your vision accurately and provides a fair estimate, ensuring we deliver high-quality solutions tailored to your needs.

Step 1: Initial Contact Form

To kickstart the process, we ask you to fill out a brief form to help us understand your needs. This helps us get a preliminary idea of your requirements before we reach out to you.

  • Ensures our first meeting is productive and focused on your specific needs.

Step 2: Deep Dive Discussion

After receiving your form, we will contact you to delve deeper into your project needs and answer any questions you might have about our process.

  • Meetings typically in English, but we can accommodate other languages (e.g., Portuguese for Brazilians) or use written communication.
  • Clarifies your requirements and addresses any concerns.

Step 3: Proposal and Planning

Based on our discussion, we prepare a detailed proposal outlining the scope, timelines, and costs. We provide multiple approaches to suit different budgets and requirements.

  • Ensures a clear understanding of the project scope and expected outcomes.
  • Helps avoid misunderstandings and ensures a fair and realistic budget.

Step 4: Project Kickoff

Once you accept our proposal, we start the project according to the agreed timeline and deliverables. Our process includes:

  • Regular updates and reviews
  • Adherence to the project schedule
  • Milestone-based payments

We maintain clear communication throughout the project to ensure alignment with your expectations and goals, delivering quality results on time and within budget.

You have so many other options and they're all BAD 👎

Old Dev Agencies

  • Huge Costs ($70k+ for an MVP)
  • Too many meetings
  • Micromanagement
  • Months (if not years) of development.

Freelancers

  • There’s a reason people talk down on Upwork and Fiverr.
  • It cost you $500. Do you really expect it to be good?

In-house Developers

  • Are you making multiple millions per year?
  • If not, it makes precisely zero sense to pay $120,000 + benefits per developer

But it doesn’t have to be this way.
We do things:

  • Cheaper
  • Faster
  • Better

The old Dev agency model is DEAD

And that’s great news for you. Because now…

  • You don’t need to shell out $100k+ for a team of 11 people to build a professional web app anymore
  • You don’t need to wait months upon months just to get an MVP anymore
  • You don’t need to micromanage, oversee every detail and lose valuable time ensuring work meets your standards anymore
  • You can build AN ENTIRE APP in a month or less, thanks to our agile approach and rapid development cycles.
  • You receive frequent, incremental deliverables, ensuring you see progress and can provide feedback continuously.
  • You can avoid unnecessary costs and pay only for the work delivered, with transparent pricing and no hidden fees.

Damn, why didn’t we find you sooner?

Pay a Fraction of the Cost. Skyrocket your margins

Pay only for what you need. No hidden fees. Maximize your ROI with clear, deliverable-based pricing.

Decrease
64%
Of Your expenses
A successful founder team
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8+ years of experience

From a Proven Team of Experts

You don’t need to spend hours on research, interviews, and looking at portfolios. Our team of five founders has been working together since college, successfully launching and running a leading EdTech company.

  • Proven Success: Our first company was part of Endeavor's prestigious acceleration program for EdTechs in Brazil.
  • Comprehensive Expertise: With a diverse set of skills, our team covers all aspects of digital project execution, ensuring that we meet and exceed your expectations.

With Frameworks, Shorthands and Automations

With years in the industry, we've mastered anticipating recurring patterns. Our proprietary tools and frameworks enable us to deliver enterprise-level quality work in half the time.

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Real Results from Real Clients: Our Case Studies

Explore how we've empowered businesses like yours with our innovative solutions. Our case studies showcase the tangible impacts of our work, from increased efficiency to enhanced user engagement.

iOS & Android apps
Brazil 🇧🇷

Tutoring Marketplace Mobile Apps

End-to-end solution for a marketplace that connects students and private tutors. Project includes two mobile (iOS and Android) apps, one for each side user profile (student or tutor), and covers every step from search to close.

Matchmaking algorithms connect both ends and sessions are directly scheduled into both users’ calendars (integrated with Google and Apple Calendar). Both Apps are integrated to a financial system (Stripe, Wirecard and PayPal) that immediately splits amounts between company and tutor.

Websites & Web apps
Brazil 🇧🇷

Online Classroom

Online classroom for remote education, supporting up to 100 simultaneous users. Users can join by scanning a QR code with their smartphones, unlocking the OCR feature: hand-written text and equations photographed by the phone are digitalized into the whiteboard and turned into editable content (rich text and LaTeX).

Whiteboard includes features such as drag-and-drop graphic elements, a WhatsApp-like chat, iframes for embedding web content and playful ones such as built-in camera filters and playing background music.

iOS & Android apps
Norway 🇳🇴

Monitoring Self-Driving Cars

A solution for “driving” in the autonomous vehicles era. The software shows and enables the user to control the state of embedded sensors in a self-driving car through their tablet (iOS and tablet).

The user can control the power state of 4 different cameras, start/stop a recording of the images, and also start/stop the power state of a friction wheel. The tool also contains a health monitoring system, informing if there are any warnings or critical errors.

Websites & Web apps
Norway 🇳🇴

Weather Prediction For Logistics

A tool built to optmize operations of a cargo transportation and logistics company. The web application allows truck drivers and company managers to predict road weather status when planning for a trip/delivery.

When inputing date ranges and selecting your destiny, the app provides a forecast and suggests the best path based on previous traffic info under the same weather conditions, thanks to a machine learning algorithm fed both by public and private (company) data.

Business automations
Norway 🇳🇴

Psychologic Clinic ERP

Booking and back office automation for a psychology clinic. Designed for use by both therapists and secretaries (with controllable permission levels), users are able to manage clinic employees, booked customers and sessions (integrated with Google and Apple Calendars), and notify customers of upcoming appointments through automatic text messages.

Features regarding financials allow users to manage expenses, invoices, send invoice reminders, generate complete financial reports (cash flow, P&L and balance statements) and register customers with multiple debt collection companies.

Websites & Web apps
Norway 🇳🇴

Private Messaging For Therapy

PWA (progressive web app) for a marketplace that connects therapists and clients. A PWA solution was chosen in order to prioritize clients’ discretion, since it can be accessed both through a web browser or the client’s mobile without necessarily downloading it to their home screen.

Users can exchange both text and audio messages, and every feature ensures a privacy-first experience, such as: message timers, password-protected and coded messages, home screen icon masking and more.

iOS & Android apps
USA 🇺🇸

WhatsApp-like Chat

Cross-platform instant messaging app. The solution allows users to send text messages, voice messages, make voice and video calls, share images and documents to individuals or groups; including end-to-end encryption for messages and calls to protect the privacy of users.

Features include: the ability to create and join groups; share live location; mark messages as read or unread; mute chats and archive chats; and set custom notifications for specific contacts or groups

Websites & Web apps
Brazil 🇧🇷

Accessibility Platform for Disabled Professionals

An accessible platform where individuals with disabilities can anonymously review corporate inclusiveness and hiring practices. AI algorithms validate users' disabilities upon registration, ensuring authentic and trustworthy reviews. Adhering to AAA accessibility standards, the platform empowers users to share experiences while offering companies valuable insights to enhance their DEI strategies.

The platform includes essential accessibility features such as screen reader compatibility, keyboard navigation, and customizable display options, ensuring a seamless user experience.

Not Sure If It’s For You?

Let’s compare and contrast your options

Conventional Development Agency

Pros
  • High Quality
Cons
  • Expensive
  • Slow
  • You have to commit to them for the entire project

In-House Development

Pros
  • High Quality
  • Complete Control
Cons
  • Expensive
  • Time spent recruiting, training, retaining

Freelancers

Pros
  • Cheap
Cons
  • Buggy code
  • Lack of communication
  • Logistical Nightmare
  • The opposite of a guarantee

Inaction

Pros
  • Zero commitment
Cons
  • Nothing gets done
  • You lose time
  • You get more anxious by the day
  • Risk of not getting funded again

You have questions.
We have answers.

Learn more about the expertise we offer with some frequently asked questions

How much does it cost to work with Ikigai?

The cost of working with Ikigai varies depending on the scope and complexity of your project. We offer a range of solutions tailored to fit different budgets and needs. For instance:

  • Developing a one-page website from scratch starts at $1,800
  • Migrating a website with multiple pages to Webflow typically starts at $4,000
  • Redesigning an app with core functionalities (e.g., up to 10 functionalities) starts from $5,000

We provide detailed proposals after understanding your specific requirements, ensuring transparent and fair pricing. Contact us for a customized quote based on your project needs.

What kind of companies and industries do you serve?

We're industry-agnostic, meaning we help every sort of business. From our previous experiences, though, SMB (small to medium-sized businesses) are the ones who derive more value from our services.

Do I need to design my own product or app before you code it?

No. We cover the whole product development process from start to finish, which includes the work of our awesome UX/UI designers during prototyping. If you do have a previous design project we surely can use it as a starting point, but we highly recommend that our UX/UI design team does its due diligence and adapts it to unlock your product's true potential.

How are you so much cheaper than a traditional dev agency?

We don't spend time on useless meetings and we don't have a dozen developers' salaries to pay. This allows us to be cheaper than any agency out there and deliver results in a fraction of the time.

How do you deliver features so fast?

We are AI-assisted and have created automations, shorthands, and frameworks that allow us to produce massive results in minimum time without losing quality.