56 fintechs shipped. Why teams choose Humbleteam over Grape
Grape is a Kyiv brand marketing agency for strategy, design, campaigns, and community. We are a 49-person product design company that designs the banking and fintech apps themselves, with 56 fintechs and 30+ major banks behind us.
Facts about Grape from their own site and LinkedIn · October 7, 2026
How each company describes itself
Grape
Grape’s home page introduces it as “an independent Ukrainian brand marketing agency.” It offers consulting, brand strategy, design, communications, and community management, and says its portfolio holds hundreds of projects for Ukraine, the USA, Slovakia, Georgia, and Kazakhstan. Its awards section covers 2011 to 2026.
The office is in Kyiv. LinkedIn lists 11–50 employees. Clients shown on its site include Brave1, àbank, PrivatBank, and Corteva, with advertising campaigns, video, and social media among the deliverables.
Humbleteam
Banking apps are the product we know best. We have designed for 56 fintechs and 30+ major banks, and 5 YC-backed fintechs keep our designers in their in-house teams.
The work moves fast: an ING B2B banking MVP reached a tested product in 5 days, and an ING small-business prototype was user-tested in 23 days. 49 people in Prague and Dubai deliver it, rated 4.9 on Clutch across 35 reviews.
Why banks and fintechs pick us over Grape
Three differences for a team that has to ship a money product.
A tested banking product fast
ING Amsterdam got a B2B banking MVP from zero to a tested product in 5 days with us. Its small-business banking prototype was designed and user-tested in 23 days. The average brief reaches a clickable prototype in 2 weeks, we reply within 24 hours, and a project can start next week.
We design the banking app itself
Grape’s bank work on its site is campaigns, video, and a rebrand. Ours is the product: onboarding, KYC failures, limits, card states, and dispute flows for 56 fintechs and 30+ major banks. Our designers sit inside the in-house teams of 5 YC-backed fintechs, and AI skills make our app design 20–40% faster.
Senior designers, rated by clients
Senior designers on our banking projects average 9 years of experience, and the people you meet first stay on the work. On Clutch we hold 4.9 over 35 reviews, which name speed, flexibility, and structure. 70% of our clients come back for a second project, and we have held 80+ design awards since 2017.
Humbleteam vs Grape, side by side
Every Grape fact here is from their own site or LinkedIn page. Where they publish nothing, the row says so.
| Compared on | Humbleteam | Grape |
|---|---|---|
| Fintech and regulated depth | Product UX/UI for 56 fintechs and 30+ major banks | Campaigns and a rebrand for Ukrainian banks, including àbank and PrivatBank |
| Time to a tested prototype | A tested ING B2B banking MVP in 5 days | Not published on their site |
| Brief to first clickable prototype | 2 weeks on average | Not published on their site |
| How fast you can start | 24 hours to reply; a start next week | Not published on their site |
| AI in delivery | AI speeds our design by 20–40%; agents can run inside your bank’s design team | Not published on the pages we read |
| Healthtech or sport depth | 30+ healthtech platforms studied for UX research; 27 sports apps tracked every four weeks | A rebrand for a health and beauty clinic is shown |
| Best known for | Banking and fintech app design, plus health, sport, and AI products | Brand strategy, advertising campaigns, video, and social media for Ukrainian brands |
When Grape is the better call
Two briefs in their home market.
A national campaign in Ukraine
Grape’s portfolio is full of advertising campaigns, video, and key visuals for Ukrainian audiences, from a whiskey launch to bank communications. For a campaign aimed at Ukrainian consumers, run from Kyiv, that is their daily work.
Ongoing social and community work
Community management and social media are listed services, with projects such as a branded community for PaYard. If the brief is months of social content and community building, Grape offers it as a standing service.
What we bring to a banking app
Three numbers from our own work.
30+
major banks designed for
next to 56 fintechs
5 days
zero to a tested product
B2B banking MVP with ING
20–40%
faster with AI
on app and web design
Fintech products you can check
Three money products designed past the campaign stage.
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 Grape?
For a banking or fintech app, yes. We have designed products for 56 fintechs and 30+ major banks, and an ING banking MVP reached a tested product with us in 5 days. Grape’s site describes an independent Ukrainian brand marketing agency whose bank work covers campaigns, video, and a rebrand. A bank can hire Grape for the campaign and us for the app.
Humbleteam or Grape: who delivers faster?
On product work, we publish the numbers: 5 days to a tested banking MVP, 23 days to a user-tested ING prototype, and 4 weeks to put Logitech’s booking app, website, and design system into production. Our average from brief to first clickable prototype is 2 weeks. Project timelines are not listed on grape.ua.
Our bank needs a new mobile app. Which team should design it?
We should. Onboarding, KYC, card limits, failed payments, and dispute flows are screens we have designed for 56 fintechs and 30+ banks, and 5 YC-backed fintechs keep our designers in-house. Grape’s site shows advertising and rebranding for àbank and PrivatBank and does not describe app design. Ask any team to show a failed identity check they have designed.
How big is each team, and who does the work?
Humbleteam has 49 people in Prague and Dubai, and the seniors on your first call, averaging 9 years of experience, carry the project. LinkedIn lists Grape at 11–50 employees, with its office in Kyiv. Grape’s site has a team page, but the pages we read do not say how a project team is staffed.
How much does each cost, and how soon can we start?
Neither company publishes a price list. Banks hire us through a fixed-price audit, a scoped implementation, or a monthly retainer, with the estimate on the first call. Our reply comes within 24 hours, and the bank’s project can start next week. Grape’s site lists contact details for new business but no pricing or start dates.
Other comparisons
Same structure, same sourcing rules, one page per shortlist we keep meeting.
What we checked, and when
Everything stated about Grape 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.
- grape.ua — home and portfolio (English) · read October 7, 2026
- LinkedIn — Grape company page · read October 7, 2026
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