Western European companies outsource development to us for a simple reason: the same EU legal space, overlapping working hours and a senior developer you talk to directly — at Baltic rates.
Why Latvia
Latvia has been an EU member since 2004: contracts under EU law, GDPR-compliant data handling, EU invoicing with VAT — none of the risk of far-shore outsourcing. The working day overlaps almost fully with Central Europe (we are one hour ahead of Berlin), everything happens in English, and typical project rates are 40–60% below Western European agencies — because you work directly with the developer, not through an agency's overhead.
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Member state since 2004 — EU contracts & GDPR
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From Berlin time — real-time collaboration
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Years building for EU clients
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Typical savings vs Western European rates
| Criteria | Local Western agency | Anonymous marketplace | MartinIP Studios (Latvia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rates | Highest in the market | Low, but unpredictable | 40–60% below Western rates |
| Legal & GDPR | EU law | Often outside the EU | EU law — same as at home |
| Working hours | Same timezone | Any timezone, often night shifts | 1 hour difference — full overlap |
| Who actually builds it | Often juniors behind a project manager | You never quite know | The senior developer you talk to — no middle layer |
| Accountability | A company with a contract | An anonymous profile | A written EU contract and a decade of named, verifiable work |
| Long-term maintenance | Yes, at local rates | Profiles come and go | Yes — the same developer, for years |
Our core stack for over a decade: Laravel APIs, web applications and integrations. Outsource a whole project or extend your team with senior PHP capacity — code reviews, tests and documentation included.
Vue and React single-page applications on a solid API backend — dashboards, booking tools, customer portals and other interactive products.
Online stores with payment, delivery, warehouse and accounting integrations — built for EU markets and EU consumer law.
CRM, ERP and warehouse systems built around your processes — you own the code, we provide the long-term support.
A 30-minute video call in English about your project, stack and goals — no obligations.
A written specification and a fixed price before any work starts. EU contract, EU invoice.
Weekly previews on a staging server, your feedback each round — in your project tools or ours.
We deploy, hand over the code and stay available — most of our clients have been with us for years.
Who trusts us
Our clients range from the University of Latvia and the Ministry of Agriculture to international brands like Hausbrandt (Italy) and companies in Estonia and across the EU — 30+ delivered projects in three languages.
View Portfolios →Start small — a fixed-price feature or a single integration. See how we work, then decide about the bigger roadmap. Quote within 1–2 business days.
Latvia combines the safety of the EU — contracts under EU law, GDPR, EU invoicing — with Baltic rates that are typically 40–60% below Western European agencies. Riga is a well-established IT hub with strong English skills, and the working day overlaps almost fully with Central Europe.
In English, on your schedule: video calls, e-mail, and your project tools if you prefer (Slack, Jira, Trello). Latvia is one hour ahead of Berlin and two hours ahead of London, so feedback loops happen the same day, not overnight.
You get a written EU contract and standard EU invoices with VAT reverse charge where applicable. All data processing happens inside the EU under GDPR — the same legal framework you already work in.
You do — after the final payment, the source code and all rights belong to your company. We host in the EU or hand everything over to your infrastructure, whichever you prefer.
With a 30-minute intro call and a written fixed quote within 1–2 business days. Most clients start with a small, fixed-price piece of work to test the collaboration before committing to a bigger roadmap.
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