Case Study: EverQuote streamlines engineering processes and coaches engineers with Code Climate Velocity

EverQuote cuts cycle time by 42% with Code Climate

EverQuote, Inc., a leading online insurance marketplace, faced challenges in analyzing its engineering team's performance. They needed to quantify their work, identify bottlenecks in their code review process, and understand how much technical debt was accruing. After testing other solutions like Jira that failed to provide the necessary holistic metrics, they turned to vendor Code Climate and its product, Velocity.

Code Climate Velocity provided EverQuote with actionable insights into their development cycle, including precise metrics on pull request review times and cycle time. This data allowed engineering leaders to streamline processes, such as automating mundane tasks, and to identify coaching opportunities for individual developers. The solution delivered significant measurable impact, including an 18% increase in PR throughput per contributor, a 42% decrease in cycle time, and a 53% decrease in time to merge.

EverQuote, Inc