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Software Product Development Services

At The Gnar, we’re not here to run the clock and waste time. We’re here to breathe fire into your product development process and forge legendary software products that power your business to new heights.

Whether you’re embarking on new product development, turbocharging your team, modernizing your product design, or dragging an outdated digital product into the future, we’ve got the tools, talent, and tenacity to make it happen.

Top Brands Trust The Gnar To Get It Done

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Why Gnar?

We stand behind our work, which is why 250+ brands, organizations, and businesses choose us to help them bring their ideas to life.

The Gnar Process

  1. 01

    Research & Discovery

    Every journey starts with listening. We’ll dive into your vision, discuss challenges, and create an initial feature list to guide the way.

  2. 02

    Wireframe & Design

    From wireframes to prototypes, we prioritize features, refine designs, and ensure a delightful user experience.

  3. 03

    Build & Launch

    We bring your vision to life with clean, test-driven code and a flawless launch to market.

  4. 04

    Maintain & Optimize

    After launch, we stick with you, offering support, identifying areas for improvement, and ensuring a smooth handoff to your team.

Why Companies Trust The Gnar

Tool Agnostic Approach

We customize solutions that fit your goals, rather than pushing you into a one-size-fits-all platform.

Scalable Solutions

From day one, we build with growth and flexibility in mind.

Expert Team

Our engineers bring experience across a range of technologies and frameworks, including React, Rails, NodeJS, React Native, and Python.

Bug-Free Warranty

We’re so confident in our work, we’ll fix any bugs for free within the first 12 months.

After seeing 20x growth in our userbase, Gnar helped us mature from an MVP to a scalable business platform.

Jeff McNeilCEO, Qeepsake

Let’s Build Incredible Digital Products Together

No matter where you are in your product development journey, The Gnar has the design and development expertise to transform your ideas into a successful product. Whether you need a rapid prototype or minimum viable product, a dedicated development team, or a full-scale modernization, we’re ready to help across the product lifecycle.

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Frequently Asked Questions

The Gnar Company offers custom software development services, including prototyping (Discovery), product launches (Build), team integration (Gnar Embed™), and system modernization. Additional services include responsive web development, mobile app creation, and process optimization.

The Gnar Company follows a test-driven development process to minimize bugs, speed up time to market, and deliver robust, scalable solutions. This includes continuous testing, agile methodologies, and frequent client collaboration.

Yes, The Gnar Company specializes in modernizing outdated systems. This includes upgrading tech stacks, improving system performance, and ensuring scalability for future growth.

The Gnar Company serves a wide range of industries, including healthcare, finance, eCommerce, government, and startups. Their team tailors each solution to meet the unique challenges of the client’s industry.

The Gnar Company’s engineers are experts in leading technologies such as React, Ruby on Rails, React Native, NodeJS, and Python. They are also tool-agnostic, choosing the best technology for each specific project.

Yes, The Gnar Company offers post-launch maintenance and optimization to ensure that your software performs at its best. This includes updates, bug fixes, and a comprehensive knowledge transfer to your internal team.

Start with Gnar Discovery and Design when you have something you want built. It ends with a build plan that has a fixed price on it, whether or not you then build with The Gnar Company. When you are not sure what shape your current software is in, start with the free code audit instead. When your team needs more engineers, Gnar Embed adds them.

Gnar Discovery and Design costs $15,000 for two weeks, $20,000 for four weeks or $30,000 for six weeks. A build that The Gnar Company plans in Discovery is typically $150K to $300K+, at a fixed milestone price. Gnar Maintain, the ongoing maintenance after launch, starts at $1,000 per month. Gnar Embed, which adds Gnar engineers to your own team, is billed time and materials. The source code audit has no fee.

Three commitments on every build engagement: a fixed milestone price with any overage on us, a guaranteed outcome meaning the software works as specified or we fix it, and a twelve-month bug-free warranty. It covers Discovery, Build, Forge and Maintain. It does not cover Embed. On Compass, Immerse and Integrate, ask us.

Yes. The Gnar Company is a Claude Select Services Partner, and AI is one of its three solution areas, next to application modernization and product engineering. Its AI work runs from strategy and workshops to workflow automation and custom agents. The Gnar Company also offers forward deployed engineers, who work inside your business, in your standups and your systems.

Often you should use your own engineers. If they have the capacity and the direction, The Gnar Company will tell you to do the work internally. When they lack the capacity, Gnar Embed adds Gnar engineers to your team, billed time and materials. When they lack the direction, Gnar Discovery and Design gives them a build plan with a fixed price on it.

Yes. The Gnar Company runs a free source code audit on software another team built. Gnar signs an NDA first, then you share access to the code. Senior US-based engineers read it and tell you in plain English whether to keep it, fix it or rebuild it. No fee, and it can come back saying your codebase is in reasonable shape.

Yes. The Gnar Company embedded a senior engineer in Vermont Mutual’s team as its lead React engineer, after a structured evaluation of React, Vue and Angular. The result is a modern web quote application for insurance agents.