56 fintechs and 30+ banks designed for. Why teams choose Humbleteam over The Gradient
The Gradient is an AI experience design agency focused on fintech, healthcare, and retail. We’re a 49-person product design team in Prague and Dubai with 56 fintechs and 30+ major banks behind us and a banking MVP tested in 5 days.
Facts about The Gradient from their own site and LinkedIn · October 7, 2026
How each company describes itself
The Gradient
The Gradient describes itself as “an AI-native product design agency” building AI products for fintech, healthcare, and retail, and says it builds AI-native products in code. Its capabilities include AI product strategy, functional prototyping, generative UI, and design engineering, alongside UX, visual design, and user research.
Its site says it has spent nearly a decade designing products and calls the team “Tiny by design.” Finance work shown includes Cashee, a Dubai stock exchange app, and Egypt’s first fully digital bank; Norvana and DILA represent healthcare. LinkedIn lists 11–50 employees.
Humbleteam
Banking is where our depth is greatest: 56 fintechs and 30+ major banks, and 5 YC-backed fintechs keep our designers inside their in-house teams. Our B2B banking MVP for ING Amsterdam needed 5 days to go from zero to tested.
We’re 49 people with offices in Prague and Dubai, working European and Gulf hours. Since 2017 we’ve run 200+ projects, studied 30+ healthtech platforms, and won 80+ design awards, with a 4.9 Clutch rating.
Three reasons fintechs pick us over The Gradient
Volume, speed, and range across verticals.
Banking volume you can count
We’ve designed for 56 fintechs and 30+ major banks, from credit card infrastructure to B2B banking and crypto payments. Inside 5 YC-backed fintechs, our design team works as part of the in-house team. Onboarding, KYC, limits, card states, and disputes are screens we know well, and our Dubai office works Gulf hours.
A tested banking MVP in 5 days
For ING, we got a B2B banking MVP tested in 5 days and a small-business prototype user-tested in 23 days. The average gap between a signed brief and a clickable prototype is 2 weeks. Replies take 24 hours at most, and work can start next week.
Range beyond finance and health
Since 2017 we’ve run 200+ projects, including sport, where we rerun a 27-app benchmark every 4 weeks, and hardware, where Logitech’s app reached production in 4 weeks. We hold 80+ design awards and a 4.9 Clutch rating across 35 reviews, and 70% of clients come back.
Humbleteam vs The Gradient, side by side
Every The Gradient fact here is from their own site or LinkedIn page. Where they publish nothing, the row says so.
| Compared on | Humbleteam | The Gradient |
|---|---|---|
| Fintech and regulated depth | 56 fintechs and 30+ major banks; 5 YC-backed fintechs use our designers in house | Finance projects on their home page include Cashee, a Dubai stock exchange app, and Egypt’s first digital bank |
| Time to a tested prototype | 5 days for a B2B banking MVP with ING Amsterdam | Not published on their site; functional prototyping is listed as a capability |
| Brief to first clickable prototype | 2 weeks on average | Not published on their site |
| How fast you can start | Reply within 24 hours; a project can start next week | Not published on their site |
| Projects shipped since 2017 | 200+ projects; 64 on our work page, 18 published case studies | Not published on their site |
| Sport depth | 27-app sports benchmark rerun every 4 weeks; FanDuel sportsbook UI direction | Not published on their site; their stated domains are fintech, healthcare, and retail |
| Independent proof | 4.9 on Clutch across 35 reviews; 80+ design awards, including 14 Awwwards wins | Client quotes on their site; no review score or awards count on the pages we read |
When The Gradient is the better call
Two briefs that match their model.
AI prototypes built in code
The Gradient says it builds AI-native products in code and lists design engineering, context engineering, and generative UI. If you want working AI prototypes coded by the design team, that is how they describe their process.
AI for a retail product
Retail and e-commerce is one of the three domains The Gradient names for its AI work. For an AI feature inside a retail or commerce product, their focus lines up directly with the brief.
What we bring to the table
Banking volume, speed, and an outside rating.
30+
major banks designed for
plus 56 fintechs
5 days
zero to tested product
B2B banking MVP, ING Amsterdam
4.9
Clutch rating
across 35 client reviews
Work you can check
Two money products and a sportsbook.
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 The Gradient?
Yes, particularly for banking and fintech products. Our work spans 56 fintechs and 30+ major banks, and our ING Amsterdam banking MVP was tested within 5 days. The Gradient is an AI experience design agency focused on fintech, healthcare, and retail, with 11–50 employees on LinkedIn and finance work across the Middle East, Africa, Europe, and the US.
Humbleteam or The Gradient: who delivers faster?
We publish our timelines, and The Gradient’s site does not. Our timelines run 5 days to a tested banking MVP, 23 days to a user-tested ING prototype, and 4 weeks to Logitech’s app, website, and design system in production. A clickable prototype follows a signed brief by 2 weeks on average, and kickoff can be next week.
We’re a bank in the Gulf. Which agency fits better?
We’re a strong fit: 30+ major banks and 56 fintechs designed for, plus an office in Dubai working Gulf hours. The Gradient also shows Gulf and Middle East finance work, including a Dubai stock exchange app and teen banking for the MENA region. Ask both teams to walk you through a KYC and card-limit flow they designed.
How big is each team, and who does the work?
We’re 49 people in Prague and Dubai, and the people on your first call do the work. The Gradient lists 11–50 employees on LinkedIn, calls itself tiny by design, and says each engagement is led by a hands-on partner. Both teams put senior people on the work; ask each who exactly will design your screens.
How much does each cost, and how soon can we start?
Neither company publishes a price list. We sell three formats, from a fixed-price audit to a scoped implementation or a monthly retainer, with an estimate on the first call. We get back to you within 24 hours, and the project can begin as soon as next week. The Gradient’s site invites you to book a call and does not state prices or start times.
Other comparisons
Same structure, same sourcing rules, one page per shortlist we keep meeting.
What we checked, and when
Everything stated about The Gradient 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.
- thegradient.com — home and about · read October 7, 2026
- LinkedIn — The Gradient company page · read October 7, 2026
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