Rival Downhole Tools

Rival Downhole Tools is a developer tools product. Developer of drilling motors and well completion tools for oil companies. The job it does: making developers faster with better editors, debuggers and workflows.

It makes the most sense for software teams. They also list Developer Tools, Energy, Oil and Gas and Web Development, so expect those to show up in the feature set. They are a small team, 11 to 50 people, which usually shapes who they work with. You will probably talk to the people who build it, which is great until you need 24/7 support.

Rival Downhole Tools is based in Conroe, Texas and around since 2002. You can read more at rivaldt.com.

Things worth asking about: language support, team features, and privacy of your code. Ask for a trial on your own data, not a canned demo.

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