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Recognition as an outstanding software development company

The Manifest Names Flatline Agency Among Amsterdam’s Most Reviewed Software Development Companies Flatline is recognized as one of the most reviewed software developers on The Manifest on 19th Oct 2022. This award honors the top 15 companies that received the most Clutch reviews in the past 12 months. Companies are ranked by Clutch based on...

Last updated: 1 Nov 2022

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The Manifest Names Flatline Agency Among Amsterdam’s Most Reviewed Software Development Companies

Flatline is recognized as one of the most reviewed software developers on The Manifest on 19th Oct 2022. This award honors the top 15 companies that received the most Clutch reviews in the past 12 months.

Companies are ranked by Clutch based on their market presence, ability to deliver services, and most importantly, customer feedback. We are now included among the top software development companies in Amsterdam and around the world.

The entire team at Flatline Agency would like to express its gratitude to our customers for taking the time to share their experiences on Clutch. We’re eager to continue serving as Amsterdam’s top software development company for many years to come.

What made Flatline Agency stand out?

Flatline Agency is a global disruptor in custom development & design experiences based in Amsterdam.

Our ‘unique selling point’ is that we begin where every other agency stops. We deliver high-quality work, fast – while leveraging the newest and best techniques available. Of course, all our products are built to scale out of the box – future-proof as to the standard.

We code and improve everything from Custom platforms, progressive web apps, apps, websites, SAAS, and AI / Deep learning applications in Python, NodeJS, WordPress (WooCommerce), Shopify, React (Native/Gatsby) & Flutter.

That same standard — high-quality work, fast — is what defines Flatline Agency on every project, not just the award-winning ones.

Our work cases

To understand how we got here, let us introduce our works. This award is achieved by offering these great works done by our outstanding team.

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