DEPT®

DEPT® for website work

DEPT® is a global agency with 1,000 to 9,999 employees, a Boston headquarters and offices in Amsterdam, Manchester and Berlin. Digital strategy, mobile app development and UX/UI design are 20 percent each of its services, with custom software, low-code development and web development at 10 percent each. Clients are half enterprise, half mid-market. One review covers ecommerce websites designed, built and launched on a CMS with a mobile-first approach; the rest are software builds under the former Devetry name. Rated 4.8 across 34 Clutch reviews, minimum project $100,000+ at $150 - $199 / hr.

Who it fits

Only for enterprise marketing teams with programme-scale budgets that need websites integrated with commerce, apps and strategy from a global vendor. Any buyer with a marketing-site budget under $100,000+ should look elsewhere.

Strengths

• Web development and low-code development at 10 percent each sit inside a full-service stack with strategy and mobile.
• The website review covers design, build and launch of multiple ecommerce sites on a CMS with a mobile-first approach.

Watch-outs

• $100,000+ minimum is the highest floor in this batch bar one, and web design is not listed as a separate service.
• Three of four reviews are software engineering projects, so websites are a small slice of a very large business.

Evidence

• Service mix: digital strategy 20 percent, mobile app development 20 percent, UX/UI design 20 percent, custom software development 10 percent, low-code development 10 percent, web development 10 percent.
• A Clutch reviewer says the team "was tasked with redesigning and improving the client's e-commerce websites using a mobile-first approach and CMS platform".
• Rated 4.8 from 34 Clutch reviews; minimum project $100,000+; hourly $150 - $199 / hr; 1,000 to 9,999 employees; offices in Boston, Amsterdam, Manchester and Berlin.