Prototype tested in 23 days. Why teams choose Humbleteam over Alty
Alty is a product design and engineering partner for banks and fintechs, with a team across Ukraine and Portugal. We are a product design team that has served 56 fintechs and 30+ major banks, and we designed and user-tested a banking prototype for ING in 23 days.
Facts about Alty from their own site and LinkedIn · October 7, 2026
How each company describes itself
Alty
Alty’s site calls it a “Fintech & Banking Product Design Agency — 4x Red Dot Winner.” Founded in 2009, it carries product direction through strategy, design, and engineering, with one senior lead per engagement, and it works under ISO 27001.
The about page counts 50+ designers, engineers, and strategists across Ukraine and Portugal, with offices listed in the US, Portugal, and the UK. LinkedIn lists 51–200 employees. Clients shown include monobank, PrivatBank, Raiffeisen Bank, and Oschadbank.
Humbleteam
Fintech teams hire us for pace. With ING Amsterdam, a B2B banking MVP went from nothing to user-tested in 5 days, and a small-business banking prototype reached its user test on day 23.
The count behind it: 56 fintechs and 30+ major banks, with 5 YC-backed fintechs keeping our designers inside their in-house team. We are 49 people in Prague and Dubai, designing since 2017, with 80+ design awards and work in healthtech, sport, and AI products as well.
Three reasons fintech teams pick us over Alty
Both companies know banking; these are the differences a buyer can verify.
Banking prototypes tested within weeks
Our ING B2B banking MVP went from zero to tested in 5 days, and the ING small-business banking prototype took 23 days from brief to user test. On average a signed brief becomes a clickable prototype in 2 weeks. We reply within 24 hours, a project can start next week, and AI skills make us 20–40% faster.
56 fintechs, 30+ banks, more fields
We have designed for 56 fintechs and 30+ major banks, across onboarding, KYC, cards, limits, and disputes. The same team has studied 30+ healthtech platforms, reruns a 27-app sports benchmark every four weeks, and installs AI agents inside client design teams, so patterns from other regulated products reach your bank.
80+ awards and 70% return clients
Juries have given our work 80+ design awards, 14 of them from Awwwards, plus Red Dot and Webby. On Clutch we hold 4.9 from 35 client reviews, and 70% of clients book us again for a second project. Senior designers average 9 years of experience, and the people on your first call do the design work.
Humbleteam vs Alty, side by side
Every Alty fact here is from their own site or LinkedIn page. Where they publish nothing, the row says so.
| Compared on | Humbleteam | Alty |
|---|---|---|
| Time to a tested prototype | Tested banking MVP in 5 days, with ING Amsterdam | Not published on their site |
| Brief to first clickable prototype | 2 weeks on average | Not published; their process lists validated prototypes as a design-stage output |
| How fast you can start | We reply in 24 hours and can begin next week | Not published; their site offers a free 5-minute online diagnostic |
| Fintechs and banks designed for | 56 fintechs and 30+ major banks | No total published; their work page shows 17 case studies |
| Design awards | 80+ awards: 14 Awwwards, plus Red Dot and Webby | 4 Red Dot awards, plus iF and Indigo awards |
| Healthtech or sport depth | 27 sports apps benchmarked every four weeks; 30+ healthtech platforms studied | Not published on their site |
| AI in delivery | Agents for handoff and QA installed in client teams, kept after we leave | AI named as part of their own analysis; no AI service for client teams listed |
When Alty is the better call
Two situations where Alty’s setup fits better.
Design and engineering from one vendor
Alty carries a product from strategy through design to a working build, and lists ISO 27001, ISO 22301, SOC 2, and DORA among its compliant processes. A bank that wants the code from the same certified vendor gets that here.
A long partnership in their markets
Their site shows 14 years with PrivatBank, the first version of monobank, and banks in Nigeria, Kazakhstan, and Azerbaijan. A bank in those markets may value that local track record.
Fintech numbers we stand behind
Each figure is on our site or in our reviews.
23 days
to a user-tested banking prototype
small-business banking for ING
56
fintechs designed for
plus 30+ major banks
80+
design awards
Awwwards, Red Dot, Webby, Behance
Work you can check
One fintech, one regulated health device, and the AI service that stays with your team.
Put us on the shortlist.
Send your product and the decision you are trying to make. We reply with the cases closest to it, a timeline and an estimate — and we will say so if the other option is the better fit.
Questions?
Is Humbleteam a good alternative to Alty?
Yes. We have designed for 56 fintechs and 30+ major banks, won 80+ design awards, and hold a 4.9 Clutch rating across 35 reviews. Alty is a fintech and banking product partner founded in 2009, with 50+ designers, engineers, and strategists across Ukraine and Portugal and clients such as monobank and PrivatBank. Choose us when speed to a tested prototype and design depth matter most.
Humbleteam or Alty: who delivers faster?
We publish our timelines, and Alty’s site does not publish theirs. We took an ING banking MVP from zero to a tested product in 5 days and designed and user-tested an ING small-business banking prototype in 23 days. A first clickable prototype arrives 2 weeks after a signed brief on average, and we can start the week after your first call.
Which is better for a new fintech product?
We are, when the product needs to reach users quickly. 5 YC-backed fintechs keep our designers inside their in-house team, and we designed Afternoon, a platform for an AI-first finance operating model. We also bring patterns from 30+ healthtech platforms and AI products into regulated flows. Alty’s site describes its strongest fit as products that have outgrown their original structure.
How big is each team, and who does the work?
The two teams are close in size: Alty’s site counts 50+ designers, engineers, and strategists, and we are 49. Alty puts one senior lead on each engagement across a team in Ukraine and Portugal, and LinkedIn lists 51–200 employees. Our designers in Prague and Dubai average 9 years of experience, and the ones on your first call design the product.
How much does each cost, and how soon can we start?
Alty and Humbleteam both keep prices off their sites; our estimate comes on the first call, and a project can start next week. The formats are a fixed-price audit, a scoped implementation, and a monthly retainer, with a reply to every enquiry inside 24 hours. Alty offers a free 5-minute online diagnostic and a contact form, without pricing or start times.
Other comparisons
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What we checked, and when
Everything stated about Alty on this page comes from their own public pages, read onOctober 7, 2026. We describe what they are strong at, not what they are bad at. If something here is out of date or wrong, write to hi@humbleteam.com and we will fix the page.
- alty.co — home, about, how we work, and work · read October 7, 2026
- LinkedIn — Alty company page · read October 7, 2026
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