Case Study: STRV achieves real-time scalability for 200+ mobile apps with Microsoft Azure

Digital agency powers more than 200 real-time, scalable mobile apps with cloud solution

STRV is a Prague-based digital agency that has built more than 200 web and mobile apps since 2004, including the dating app Surge (3 million users, 10 million chats per month). The company needed a way to deliver scalable, low-latency real-time features (instant messaging, geolocation, push notifications) that boost user engagement and app-store visibility while avoiding heavy platform maintenance and speeding time to market.

STRV created Rapid, a hosted real-time service built on Microsoft Azure (Azure Cosmos DB, Azure SQL Database, Azure Notification Hubs, Azure CDN) and Visual Studio App Center to provide global, low-latency messaging and push notifications. The solution powers STRV’s apps and client projects, helped Surge reach $150K/month revenue with strong user ratings (25,000 reviews, 18,000 five-star), enabled three-month time-to-market for key projects, and attracted strong developer interest after Rapid’s public release.

STRV

David Semerad

STRV