49 senior people, 24-hour replies. Why teams choose Humbleteam over DEPT®
DEPT® is a global marketing and technology group with 4,000+ people across 30+ offices. We are a 49-person product design company that answers within 24 hours, starts next week, and has put tested banking products in front of users in 5 days.
Facts about DEPT® from their own site and LinkedIn · October 7, 2026
How each company describes itself
DEPT®
DEPT® describes itself as “a Growth Invention company built to help the world’s most ambitious brands grow faster.” Its solutions cover AI transformation, brand and media, commerce, customer experience, and tech and data, with industries from banking and insurance to health and retail. Clients shown on its site include NVIDIA, eBay, Meta, and Arm.
The about page lists 4,000+ people, 30+ offices on 5 continents, and 30+ years of history, backed by the Carlyle Group since 2020. LinkedIn shows 1,001–5,000 employees. The deptagency.com address now forwards to dept.global.
Humbleteam
Speed is what a small senior team buys you. A new enquiry gets a reply within 24 hours, a project can start next week, and our record includes a B2B banking MVP with ING Amsterdam taken from zero to a tested product in 5 days.
The team is 49 people in Prague and Dubai, on European and Gulf hours, focused on product design. Since 2017 we have shipped 200+ projects, among them 56 fintechs and work for 30+ major banks, and won 80+ design awards.
Three reasons product teams pick us over DEPT®
Each one matters most when the job is a digital product.
Tested product in days
Our fastest record is 5 days from zero to a tested B2B banking MVP for ING Amsterdam. ING’s small-business banking prototype went from first sketch to user tests in 23 days. Across projects, a signed brief reaches the first clickable prototype in 2 weeks on average, and AI skills now make our app and web work 20–40% faster.
Depth in fintech and health
We have shipped 56 fintechs and work with 30+ major banks, so KYC, limits, card states, and dispute flows are familiar ground. Our healthtech UX research covers 30+ platforms, and a benchmark of 27 sports apps gets rerun every 4 weeks. Product design is all this team does.
The people you meet do the work
Every Humbleteam project is led by senior designers averaging 9 years of experience, and you meet them on the first call. Since 2017 we have delivered 200+ projects. Our 35 Clutch reviews average 4.9, and 70% of clients hire us again for a second project.
Humbleteam vs DEPT®, side by side
Every DEPT® fact here is from their own site or LinkedIn page. Where they publish nothing, the row says so.
| Compared on | Humbleteam | DEPT® |
|---|---|---|
| Time to a tested prototype | 5 days from zero to a tested B2B banking MVP with ING Amsterdam | Not published on their site |
| Brief to first clickable prototype | 2 weeks on average | Not published on their site |
| How fast you can start | A reply within 24 hours; work can start next week | Not published on their site |
| Fintech and regulated depth | 56 fintechs shipped and 30+ major banks | Banking, financial services, and insurance listed as an industry; no fintech count published |
| Healthtech or sport depth | 30+ healthtech platforms studied; 27 sports apps benchmarked every 4 weeks | Health listed as an industry; no platform count published |
| Senior experience | 9 years on average for the senior designers on a project | Not published on their site |
| Best known for | Product design for fintech, sport, healthtech, and AI products | Marketing and technology at scale: 4,000+ people in 30+ offices |
When DEPT® is the better call
Two briefs that need a group of their size.
Media buying sits in the brief
DEPT® reports $4B under media management alongside brand and performance work. If the brief joins product, paid media, and campaigns in many markets at once, one group with that scale can run all of it.
You are rebuilding on enterprise platforms
Their site names partnerships with Adobe, Google, Optimizely, Salesforce, and Shopify. A commerce or data replatforming that needs certified implementation teams in many time zones fits their shape better than ours.
What a small senior team brings
Response time, delivery speed, and repeat business.
24 hours
to reply to a new enquiry
and a start as soon as next week
5 days
to a tested banking MVP
B2B product with ING Amsterdam
70%
of clients come back
for a second project
Product work you can check
Fintech, AI, and hardware, each shipped by the same senior 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 DEPT®?
For product design, yes. We are 49 people focused on apps, platforms, and design systems, with 200+ projects shipped since 2017 and 56 fintechs among them. DEPT® is a 4,000-person group spanning media, commerce, marketing, and technology. If you need a product designed and tested quickly by a senior team, we fit. If you need campaigns and media in many markets, they do.
Humbleteam or DEPT®: who delivers faster?
We publish our timelines, and DEPT®’s site does not publish comparable ones. Dated examples: ING Amsterdam’s banking MVP tested in 5 days, an ING small-business prototype user-tested in 23 days, and Logitech live in 4 weeks. On average, a brief reaches its first clickable prototype in 2 weeks. Every enquiry is answered inside 24 hours, with a start possible the following week.
Which is better for a fintech app redesign?
We are, for the product itself. We have shipped 56 fintechs and work with 30+ major banks, so regulated flows like KYC, limits, card states, and disputes are routine for our team. DEPT® lists banking and insurance among its industries but publishes no fintech count. Ask both teams to walk you through a failed-verification screen they designed.
How big is each team, and who does the work?
DEPT® lists 4,000+ people in 30+ offices, and LinkedIn shows 1,001–5,000 employees; their site says each client has a direct relationship with one of the business’s owners. Humbleteam is 49 people in Prague and Dubai, so the senior designers who pitch, with 9 years of experience on average, are the same people who design your product.
How much does each cost, and how soon can we start?
Neither company publishes a price list. Our three formats are a fixed-price audit, scoped implementation, and a monthly retainer, and the first call ends with an estimate. Expect an answer within 24 hours and a kickoff as early as next week. DEPT®’s site does not state engagement models or start times, so ask on the first call.
Other comparisons
Same structure, same sourcing rules, one page per shortlist we keep meeting.
What we checked, and when
Everything stated about DEPT® 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.
- dept.global (deptagency.com forwards there) — home and about · read October 7, 2026
- LinkedIn — DEPT® company page · read October 7, 2026
Last updated
