If you are expecting a classic start-up founder story, we are sorry to disappoint you at this point. Testify was not born in a garage, nor is there a classic founding team or sensational news about successful financing rounds.
The starting signal
Our story began at the end of 2014 on the premises of dataformers, a software development company in Linz. Many customer projects with industrial companies repeatedly led to the same question: How can inspections that have to be carried out on a regular basis be handled more efficiently? At that time, paper checklists and clipboards were the standard (and still are in many places).
We wanted to change this with Testify and revolutionize the way processes are documented. What was needed was an easy-to-use checklist app that would optimize the recording and evaluation of quality data. That’s how Testify was born.
“Everyone is talking about Industry 4.0. And yet industrial companies are still using paper checklists for recurring inspections! We decided to improve this. And that’s what we’re still doing today!”
Customer proximity as a success factor
Testify was not (as is often the case) developed from theoretical product ideas and concepts. Rather, we developed the first prototype for the software in close cooperation with an Austrian mechanical engineering company. Proximity to the customer and a feel for the challenges were and still are decisive for us.
Our vision of a paperless working world
With our goal of helping companies and their employees to create paperless processes and thus an efficient way of working, we have continuously developed Testify into a powerful no-code platform. Today, Testify is no longer only used in the context of quality inspections, but extends across a wide range of applications along the value chain.
“For us, the question is not which human resources can be saved through digitalization. We digitize with people. Our aim is to help companies identify potential through digitalization and ultimately create more with the same resources!”
A large number of international world market leaders are now working with Testify, using our solution at 150 locations worldwide.
