Houdini

Houdini is a service that enables employers to manage the quality of outsourced work. In practice that means building software for you when nothing off the shelf fits.

Who is it for? Mostly companies with a specific process to automate. Alongside the main category they mention Cloud Data Services, Human Resources and Outsourcing. As a very small company team themselves (1 to 10 people), they tend to serve customers of a similar scale best. You will probably talk to the people who build it, which is great until you need 24/7 support.

Houdini is based in Wilmington, Delaware and founded in 2009. You can read more at houdiniapp.com.

Our checklist for this category: portfolio relevance, who owns the code, and how they handle changes. Get the renewal terms in writing before the first invoice.

If you have worked with Houdini, tell the next buyer what you paid and what surprised you. That is the part of this page we cannot write.