Case Studies

June 20, 2025

50% Reduction in Testing Time Through Automation

50% Reduction in Testing Time Through Automation
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About Seeking Alpha

Seeking Alpha is the world’s largest investing community. Powered by the wisdom and diversity of crowdsourcing, millions of investors connect to discover and share investing ideas, discuss breaking news, debate the merits of stocks, and make informed investment decisions.

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EMPLOYEES

Israel

LOCATION

BFSI

INDUSTRY
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The Business Challenge

Seeking Alpha was experiencing a rapid expansion of its user base and needed to keep up with the growing user expectations. As their product roadmap extended, the need for accelerated delivery and more streamlined app releases became critical.

To develop new features, Seeking Alpha needed rigorous testing and quality assurance capabilities. However, their app release schedule was falling behind user expectations. To bridge this gap, Seeking Alpha required a robust testing infrastructure and a dedicated team to ensure on-time and smoother app releases.

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Ciklum’s Approach: Engineering the Solution

The Ciklum team was key to the development of the Seeking Alpha app, used by 17 million users every month, developing a continual product roadmap delivery strategy, and helping improve user experience. The team’s approach allowed automated testing to be implemented at pace, ultimately speeding up delivery.

50% Cut in Testing Time

Ciklum’s expertise in mobile app development paired with a deep understanding of complex testing frameworks allowed the team to navigate blockers in the production roadmap and cut testing time by half.

Penetration Testing

To further enhance Seeking Alpha’s development operations and user security, Ciklum was responsible for penetration testing across both mobile and web platforms.

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Technologies we Used to Help Seeking Alpha

Android
iOS
aws
DevExpress (1)
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Our experience with bringing on a mobile development team from Ciklum was absolutely stellar.

Avishag Baruch

CTO and VP of R&D at Seeking Alpha

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