Django Stars
A Kyiv-based studio literally named after its founding technology stack, a rarity on this list
What is Django Stars?
The company's own name gives away its specialty: Django Stars started in Kyiv in 2008 built around Python and the Django framework, a focus that still describes its actual engineering culture today even after broadening into fintech and healthtech product work. Its boutique scale, 150-300 people, sits close enough to the UK in timezone for genuine working-day overlap, and its Python specialization is real value for a UK buyer building a Python-heavy backend. It's simply invisible value to a buyer standardized on a different stack.
Django Stars works primarily with clients in Fintech, Healthcare, Logistics sectors. Its primary differentiator is: A company literally named after its founding framework, with real UK working-hours overlap from Kyiv.
Django Stars tech stack and services
| Service area |
|---|
| Product Development |
| Web Development |
Django Stars pricing
Short answer: Django Stars uses a dedicated-team and fixed-project engagements pricing approach. Minimum engagement is not publicly disclosed; a discovery call is required.
| Engagement model | Typical range | Best for |
|---|---|---|
| Dedicated team | Variable; depends on team size | Large programmes or team augmentation |
| Fixed project | From not disclosed | Well-defined scope |
Django Stars pros and cons
| Advantages | Things to consider |
|---|---|
| +Strong Python and Django engineering culture traceable to the company's own founding specialization. | -Python specialization is invisible value to a buyer standardized on a different backend stack |
| +Named fintech and healthtech product experience beyond generic full-stack claims. | -No dedicated UK office among the companies on this list |
| +Kyiv timezone allows genuine UK working-day overlap. |
Django Stars vs alternatives
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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| N-iX | UK buyers wanting delivery risk spread across multiple... | A real UK office woven into an eight-country delivery footprint, beyond offshore sales coverage alone | 4.1 | Full comparison |
| Netguru | UK buyers wanting EU-native GDPR compliance without extra... | EU headquarters that simplifies GDPR-aligned data processing for UK clients post-Brexit | 3.9 | Full comparison |
| STX Next | UK buyers wanting a Python and data-engineering specialist... | A Python-native engineering culture paired with a staffed UK office | 3.9 | Full comparison |
| Miquido | UK product companies wanting EU-based mobile and AI... | A mobile and AI product specialization delivered from an EU-headquartered, GDPR-native team | 3.8 | Full comparison |
| 10Clouds | UK buyers wanting design-forward, mobile-first product development. | A design-led, mobile-first product culture built over more than fifteen years | 3.6 | Full comparison |
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| Moravio | UK buyers wanting a Czech Republic-based EU vendor... | The only Czech Republic-headquartered company on this list, a distinct EU jurisdiction from the Polish and Ukrainian majority | 3.6 | Full comparison |
| SoftServe | UK enterprises running large multi-team programs needing real... | The largest Ukrainian-founded delivery capacity on this list, in a timezone that overlaps a full UK working day | 4.2 | Full comparison |
| GlobalLogic | UK automotive and industrial clients wanting conglomerate-backed engineering. | Conglomerate-backed industrial and automotive relationships delivered from a large team that sits within UK working hours | 4.1 | Full comparison |
| Sigma Software Group | UK aerospace, automotive, and gaming clients wanting named... | A 40-office global network with real Western European delivery presence, anchored by named aerospace and gaming practices | 4.0 | Full comparison |
| Intellias | UK automotive OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers building... | Deep automotive and connected-vehicle software specialization that substitutes for a UK office address | 4.0 | Full comparison |
| Innovecs | UK gaming studios and healthtech companies wanting a... | A Kyiv-delivered team, closer to UK working hours than its own Miami headquarters, with named gaming and healthtech practices | 3.9 | Full comparison |
| Yalantis | UK healthtech and IoT product companies wanting EU-based... | An EU-headquartered, GDPR-native healthcare and IoT specialization | 3.9 | Full comparison |
| Apriorit | UK security vendors needing kernel, driver, or virtualization... | A rare low-level systems specialty that no generalist UK-facing outsourcing vendor on this list builds a practice around | 3.9 | Full comparison |
| Trinetix | UK buyers wanting mid-large team scale with genuine... | A Ukraine-founded team expanded into a multi-continent delivery network, several offices within UK working-hours range | 3.8 | Full comparison |
| Perfectial | UK product companies wanting a long-term dedicated Lviv-based... | Avenga's wider European client network layered onto a decade of Lviv-based product engineering | 3.8 | Full comparison |
| Leobit | UK product companies wanting a stable, long-term dedicated... | Long-term embedded teams, within UK working-hours overlap, instead of the fixed-scope project model most peers default to | 3.8 | Full comparison |
| Binary Studio | UK buyers comfortable with a boutique, training-academy-fed team. | A homegrown training pipeline for its own engineers, a model few UK-facing outsourcing vendors run at this scale | 3.7 | Full comparison |
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| Cleveroad | UK buyers wanting a physically staffed Manchester office. | A genuine Manchester office, distinguishing it from peers that only sell into the UK market remotely | 3.9 | Full comparison |
| Softengi | UK buyers wanting a long-established Kyiv vendor for... | Among the longest-running Kyiv software companies still delivering within UK working-hours overlap | 3.6 | Full comparison |
| Tallium | UK buyers who want a real rate before... | A published GoodFirms rate card, unmatched transparency among the companies reviewed on this UK-facing list | 3.7 | Full comparison |
Django Stars FAQ
What is Django Stars?
A Kyiv-based studio literally named after its founding technology stack, a rarity on this list
How much does Django Stars charge?
Django Stars uses dedicated-team and fixed-project engagements pricing. Minimum engagement is not publicly disclosed. A discovery call is required to get project-specific quotes.
What tech stack does Django Stars use?
Django Stars works with Python, Django, React, AWS, PostgreSQL. Primary industries served include Fintech, Healthcare, Logistics.
Is Django Stars right for enterprise?
UK buyers standardized on Python wanting that as a genuine specialty. 150–300 (per company website; independently unverifiable precise figure) team size. Key consideration: Python specialization is invisible value to a buyer standardized on a different backend stack.
What are the best Django Stars alternatives?
The best alternatives to Django Stars depend on your use case. Top options are:
- Lemberg Solutions: a london office and central european timezone overlap paired with genuine embedded and firmware engineering depth
- Ciklum: one of the few companies on this list genuinely headquartered in london rather than merely selling into the uk market
- Endava: a publicly traded, london-headquartered company with named payments and banking technology practices
Compare Django Stars with other Software Outsourcing (UK) outsourcing companies
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