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4.6/5 (6 reviews)
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About AnvilEight

The company provides best Python web development services to its clients. They develop web and mobile applications for both enterprises and entrepreneurs. The mission is to give high-quality technology services locally, nationally and internationally while making it simple to work inside the company and with the company from external. They found our business model and they are not beginners.

Last updated May 13, 2026

Services

Mobile App Development Web Development Mobile App Design

Industries Served

Healthcare Environmental Services Travel & Hospitality Nonprofit & NGO Fashion & Apparel Events & Event Management

AnvilEight Reviews

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Headless CMS that finally allowed our designers and developers to work in parallel

Rupert Ashford / Director of eCommerce - Hargrove Retail PLC
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Jan 30, 2026

Project summary: Our engineering capacity was committed to maintaining existing systems and could not absorb a net-new build of this complexity. An external partner with the right skills was the only viable option.

We gave this team an aggressive timeline, a technically complex scope, and a client-side project team that was stretched thin and not always available at the speed the engagement required. They absorbed all of that gracefully. Where they needed input they were precise about what they needed and when. Where they could proceed independently they did. The result was a delivery that landed on time despite the constraints on our side, which I regard as evidence of genuine professional maturity.

PROS

Senior-level engineering presence throughout the entire project, not just during the pitch, honest and commercially fair handling of scope changes, codebase that our internal team praised on review

CONS

We underestimated the input required from our subject matter experts during the requirements phase. The team flagged this early but our resource planning did not fully reflect it — our responsibility, not theirs

4.5
Overall
5.0
Quality
5.0
Schedule
5.0
Cost
4.0
Communication
Project TypeCMS Development
IndustryEvents & Event Management
Project Cost$500,000+
DurationJun 2025 – Oct 2025

Questions & Answers

Please describe your company, your role, and the industry you operate in.
Hargrove Retail PLC is an established Events & Event Management organisation headquartered in Manchester, UK. My role as Director of eCommerce covers both strategic planning and operational technology delivery. We maintain high standards for our vendors because our clients hold us to high standards — a bar we expect our partners to meet.
What specific problem or business challenge led you to hire this company?
Regulatory requirements in our Events & Event Management segment had changed and the compliance timeline was set by our regulator, not by us. The CMS Development changes required were significant enough to justify engaging a specialist partner rather than diverting our internal team from the product roadmap.
What services did the company provide for your project?
End-to-end CMS Development delivery with particular depth in the integration and data migration components, which were the highest-risk elements of the programme. They supplemented this with a dedicated QA resource throughout development and a documented runbook for our operations team at handover.
Why did you choose this company over other providers you considered?
We had a failed engagement behind us and were more rigorous in our selection process as a result. We asked detailed questions about how they managed scope change, how they handled estimation, and how they communicated problems. The answers were specific, evidenced, and consistent across the team members we spoke to. That gave us confidence that the process was real rather than rehearsed.
How clearly did the company understand your requirements and business goals?
Extremely well, in part because they had relevant Events & Event Management experience that reduced the context-setting overhead significantly. They understood the domain vocabulary, asked the right questions, and translated business requirements into technical specifications with a fidelity that meant the development phase had very few clarification cycles.
How was your overall experience with their communication and project management?
The project management framework was the most structured I have experienced with an external vendor. Sprint planning was tight, acceptance criteria were specific, retrospectives were honest and acted on. The project manager treated the shared backlog as a live document and the risk register as an operational tool rather than a compliance artefact. I never had to ask for a status update.
Did the company deliver the project on time and within your expected budget?
The project landed on time. The budget was managed within the agreed ceiling, which included one client-driven scope addition that was quoted fairly and handled without affecting the original delivery stream. The discipline around budget transparency throughout meant there was no surprise at invoice stage.
What tangible results or business impact have you seen since the project was completed?
The most direct measure is the performance of the system in production. In the five months since go-live we have had zero P1 incidents, our page performance scores have improved across every Core Web Vitals metric, and two enterprise clients who had cited our previous platform limitations during contract negotiations have since renewed without that objection arising.
What did you like most about working with this company?
The post-launch behaviour. Some vendors consider go-live to be the end of their professional obligation. This team treated it as the transition to a different kind of engagement. The hypercare period was substantive, the documentation was thorough and genuinely useful, and they checked in proactively at the thirty-day and ninety-day marks to review production metrics with us.
Would you recommend this company to others, and would you work with them again?
Yes. I would add the context that this is not the cheapest option in the market and they are selective about the engagements they take on. If your primary criterion is price, there are alternatives. If you want a technology partner who can be trusted with a complex CMS Development programme in the Events & Event Management space and will deliver against a serious brief, this is the team.

Company Info

Founded 2005
Employees 10 - 49
Hourly Rate $50 - $99
Client Rating 4.6/5 (6 reviews)

Rating Breakdown

Quality
4.7
Schedule
4.7
Cost
4.7
Communication
4.5

FAQs

Is AnvilEight more of an offshore setup or a local team?
That depends on where AnvilEight is based and who they primarily serve — some firms like this operate fully offshore, some are local-first, and plenty run a hybrid model that mixes both. For context, its listed capabilities span Mobile App Development, Web Development and Mobile App Design, and it reports a team size of 10 - 49 professionals.
Does AnvilEight actually build with AI, or just talk about it?
Plenty of modern software teams, AnvilEight included, now build real AI and machine learning features — chatbots, predictive models, computer vision, and automation that goes beyond simple rule-based scripts. For context, it has experience across industries such as Nonprofit & NGO, Events & Event Management, Healthcare, Environmental Services, Travel & Hospitality and Fashion & Apparel, and its listed capabilities span Mobile App Development, Web Development and Mobile App Design.
Can I just hire developers from AnvilEight to sit alongside my own team?
Usually, yes — a dedicated developer arrangement is a common option with firms like AnvilEight, where you get engineers working exclusively on your project as an extension of your in-house team rather than as a separate outsourced unit. For context, it has experience across industries such as Nonprofit & NGO, Events & Event Management, Healthcare, Environmental Services, Travel & Hospitality and Fashion & Apparel, and it reports a team size of 10 - 49 professionals.
What kind of software work does AnvilEight take on?
AnvilEight typically covers the standard range of software development work — mobile apps, web platforms, custom internal tools, UI/UX design, cloud infrastructure, AI integrations, and larger enterprise builds. Its core focus areas include Mobile App Development, Web Development and Mobile App Design.
Has AnvilEight actually shipped a SaaS product before?
It's a common line of work for a company like AnvilEight — multi-tenant architecture, subscription billing hooked up properly, and cloud-native deployment built for a product meant to scale as a service rather than a one-off build. For context, its listed capabilities span Mobile App Development, Web Development and Mobile App Design, and it has been operating since 2005.
Can AnvilEight take on an old, outdated system rather than starting from scratch?
Modernizing legacy software is usually within scope for a firm like AnvilEight — re-platforming, refactoring old code, and moving things onto current frameworks or cloud infrastructure without necessarily rebuilding everything from zero. For context, it has experience across industries such as Nonprofit & NGO, Events & Event Management, Healthcare, Environmental Services, Travel & Hospitality and Fashion & Apparel, and its listed capabilities span Mobile App Development, Web Development and Mobile App Design.
What's the easiest way to actually get in touch with AnvilEight?
Most businesses reach AnvilEight through its website, a direct email, or a contact form — any of which works for discussing what you need, booking an initial conversation, or asking for a rough estimate. For context, its listed capabilities span Mobile App Development, Web Development and Mobile App Design, and its average project cost is reported at $5000000+.
What kinds of industries has AnvilEight actually built for?
AnvilEight has delivered projects across a range of different industries, including Nonprofit & NGO, Events & Event Management, Healthcare, Environmental Services, Travel & Hospitality and Fashion & Apparel.
What's actually in AnvilEight's technical toolkit?
The exact stack shifts by project, but AnvilEight commonly works across things like React, Angular, Vue.js, Node.js, Python, .NET, Java, PHP, Flutter, React Native, native iOS and Android, and cloud platforms like AWS and Azure. For context, it has experience across industries such as Nonprofit & NGO, Events & Event Management, Healthcare, Environmental Services, Travel & Hospitality and Fashion & Apparel, and its listed capabilities span Mobile App Development, Web Development and Mobile App Design.
What does AnvilEight's actual delivery process look like week to week?
AnvilEight generally runs something close to a standard structured process — requirements gathering, UI/UX design, development in agile sprints, QA testing along the way, deployment, and support once it's live. For context, its listed capabilities span Mobile App Development, Web Development and Mobile App Design, and it has been operating since 2005.

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