Success Story

Clutch.сo tripled team efficiency with Enji.ai

Clutch is a premier global marketplace with over 200 employees that connects B2B service providers with businesses seeking reliable partners.

The company

Clutch.co’s mission is to provide unbiased reviews and ratings for IT, marketing, and business service providers. Clutch's success is driven by its diverse, global team, who are dedicated to fostering a positive and resilient culture. The company emphasizes empathy and open-mindedness, believing these values are crucial for discovering innovative solutions.

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Deloitte’s
  Technology Fast 500

Deloitte’s

Technology Fast 500

LinkedIn Top 50 Startups

LinkedIn Top 50 Startups

in the U.S.

Inc 500

Inc 500 America’s Fastest-Growing Private Companies

Сlutch started using Enji in 2023 and has enjoyed an improvement in their development processes since then. The company had effective routines and skilled teams; however, management recognized the need for a tool that would help them scale more. That’s when Enji was brought into play.

Key improved metrics

Enji took the discipline and focus of Clutch’s teams to the next level by helping engineers properly prioritize tasks and streamline communication, which led to clearer budget and resource planning.

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Team productivity doubled

Management has the ability to see what teams are working on through AI features that make worklogs and stand-ups easily accessible to ensure project goals are met. These features save managers and engineers a huge amount of time.

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Weekly meeting time cut in half from 30 hours

Enji helped management to identify inefficient communication and create communities for engineers to discuss non-project-related issues. This reduced the time contractors billed for communication in half.

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Avoided unpleasant budget surprises

Clutch has a globally distributed engineering team. Enji gives management 24/7 access to product health and other information when they need it without waiting for team members to start their work day. Management knows how any development project fits into their budget without any surprises, such as the cost of a team at the end of the month. They have the data to know how much certain features will cost in the future and appropriately prioritize tasks.

Challenges and Solutions

Enji helped Clutch overcome three roadblocks to effective scaling: focus, prioritization, and budget planning.

Any US company needs to grow quickly, but doing this creates a lot of legacy, like a complex code base, that slows a business down. Enji shows us what we can optimize to save time and money. We can remain lean, thanks to Enji.

Stan Misiurev

Stan Misiurev

Head of Technology

Challenge

Productivity focus

Clutch experienced slow movement due to prioritization difficulties among certain teams. They would plan their goals for the week ahead, but Clutch’s leaders could not clearly see what their teams worked on, because not all employees submitted worklogs or stand-ups. Others could get distracted by ad-hoc tasks and requests, which led to missed weekly goals.

Solution

Enji’s projects module

Now, management sees a team’s progress on their goals 24/7. Clutch’s leaders use this data to help employees, especially junior engineers, focus on priority tasks. With Enji reminders about worklogs and stand-ups, team members have developed a routine that creates transparency. Enji boosted the speed at which teams reach their goals.

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Team transparency and observability in one place

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Challenge

Communication inefficiency

Clutch’s engineers work to deliver quality software and solutions to their clients. Often, they encounter challenges and discuss them with colleagues to find a workable solution. However, time-tracking tools included these hours in projects, which means Clutch was charged for the time spent on communication.

Solution

Management tools module

Enji helped Clutch’s management see how much time their teams spend on specific activities within a project. This transparency showed them how to improve their time and resource allocation. The company made the data-driven decision to create communities where engineers could discuss issues important to their work but not connected to any specific project.

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The company made the data-driven decision to create communities where engineers could discuss issues important to their work but not connected to any specific project.

Enji Bot

Technical leaders enjoy automatic reminders provided by Enji, so they could focus on more important things instead of sending reminders to write a stand up or status update Enji saves their time, improves job satisfaction  and avoids any chance of conflict and tension. Routine reminders from Enji have also brought more discipline to the company’s routine.

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Challenge

Budget fog

Clutch is a fast-growing company and needs effective budget and resource allocation to scale properly. Sometimes, budget planning was a game of guessing how much time and effort the team would spend on a project and avoid overspending.

Solution

Enji’s margins and profits module

Now, Clutch’s leaders can review data from past projects to compare previous work with an upcoming project to know the cost of specific features and the time engineers will need. Managers also have access to engineers' rates and their work history to build effective teams with transparent margins. This data is available to them in one place 24/7.

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Impact

As a performance-orientated company, Clutch wants to scale its business while maintaining high performance and productivity. Enji gives management a clear and succinct description of team and project health that allows them to make strategic, data-driven decisions. Clutch has saved time and money through the transparency offered by Enji.

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Testimonial

You know how a pilot flies an airplane? They have a whole panel of instruments. Enji is our panel. Someone may get by with just a compass (e.g. Jira). In beautiful weather, both of these pilots can fly and land their planes, but in a storm, you need a panel with a bunch of instruments. It lets you land when and where you need to no matter the situation.

Stan Misiurev

Stan Misiurev

Head of Technology