Case studies: Recostream
Recommendation engine
august 2020
Recostream is an AI/ML personalized recommendation engine offered as a SaaS service for online stores of any size. The software is built on the foundation of the Openkoda, utilizing a significant number of pre-existing features within the platform.
Recostream is a product recommendation engine built with Openkoda
- Real-time data
- AI-driven recommendations
- Multi-tenant architecture
- Analytical dashboard
- Advanced integrations
Key features of the application
- Real-time, low-latency calculation of product recommendations based on shopping behavior and user interactions
- Wide range of recommendation models
- State-of-the-art machine learning algorithms, including recommendations that adapt to the textual content of blog posts,
- Advanced, transparent analytics available through direct integration with Google Analytics
- Easy to install, reduced to inserting a single line of JS into your website
Problem
The ambitious scope of the product and the fast-paced nature of the ecommerce industry required to:
- quickly launch a working MVP in a competitive ecommerce marketing automation space;
- build the product on a solid technology foundation that supports low-latency, real-time and high-volume requirements;
- deliver an enterprise-grade SaaS product with an advanced analytics dashboard, multiple authentication options, subscription payments, integration with Stripe, integration with Slack, full audit trail, etc.
Ideally, the implementation should focus on research and development of the recommendation engine’s machine learning algorithms, with the rest of the system delivered with minimal development effort, if possible.
Solution
Recostream’s engineering team decided to use Openkoda as the foundation for the recommendation service, as a significant number of ready-to-use Openkoda features were already available in the platform.
The team started with a smaller PoC focused on building the prototype of the recommendation engine only, exploring and testing different machine learning algorithms and scaling the research prototypes to handle real, massive amounts of collected data describing shopping behavior and user interactions.
Once the system was validated and promoted from the experimental phase to production, the same team of developers was able to take over Openkoda and build a full enterprise SaaS service around the engine, reusing a large number of features, components, and integrations that already existed in Openkoda.
Effect
The engineering team of only 4 developers was able to evolve the bare prototype of the recommendation engine into a working product prototype and start the first implementations within two months after the PoC phase was completed.
Such a short delivery time was made possible by adding their highly specialized IP behind the developed AI/ML recommendation engine to an enterprise-ready SaaS platform provided by Openkoda.
Since the Openkoda platform is freely available as an open-source system under the MIT license, there were no licensing costs associated with using Openkoda in the project.
Recostream quickly became an industry-recognized product recommendation service for ecommerce stores of all sizes and was acquired two years later by GetResponse, a global leader in marketing automation. Read more about the product history and the acquisition. The Recostream product is now a part of the larger offering from GetResponse.
What is Openkoda?
Openkoda is a revolutionary low-code development platform based on modern Java. With the open-source, scalable technology foundation, you can create large-scale applications with no vendor lock-ins. You own the code and can extend it as you wish. Choose from our many multi-tenancy options for scalable, high-performing applications. Enable your users to customize your applications with JavaScript low-code extensions. Try Openkoda now and build applications faster than ever before.
Reduce time-to-market
Build enterprise applications based on Openkoda
+
0
%
Faster development process
+
0
%
Savings in development cost
0
Authentication methods
0
Multi-tency strategies
Loved by developers
I highly recommend Openkoda's low-code development platform. Its open-source technology foundation, multi-tenancy options, and low-code extensions make it a powerful tool for developing large-scale applications quickly and efficiently. Openkoda is a game-changer in software development and an excellent choice for any developer.
Arkadiusz
I just wanted to give a shoutout to Openkoda. It's an awesome low-code platform that helps me build high-quality software fast. It's super user-friendly and has drag-and-drop components, automated workflows, and integrates with other tools. Openkoda has made my life so much easier, and I highly recommend it for anyone looking to speed up their development process without sacrificing quality.
Jan
Openkoda it's been a game-changer for me. One of the best things about this platform is how flexible and scalable it is. I've used Openkoda on projects of different sizes and it performed flawlessly every time. Plus, it comes with a ton of useful features that are required in most web apps, like user/organization management, authentication, and audits tracking.
Martyna
European Union
Poland, 50-140 Wroclaw
Laciarska 4
hello@openkoda.com
© Copyright by Openkoda
Applications
