Applause (software company)


Applause is a venture-funded company that tests software and conducts usability feedback research.
The company's headquarters are located in Framingham, Massachusetts. It has additional U.S. locations in San Mateo, California and Seattle, Washington. Its European headquarters are located in Berlin, and it has additional offices in Poland and Israel.
In August 2017, the company announced acquisition by Vista Equity Partners.

History and Acquisitions

The company was originally incorporated under the name uTest in August 2007 by founders Doron Reuveni and Roy Solomon with $2.3M in seed funding from Mesco Ltd. and the Massachusetts Technology Development Corporation.
Applause subsequently repurposed the uTest brand as a community of professional testers. Growing to more than 400,000 testers, uTest relaunched as a brand of Applause App. Quality, Inc. in 2015 with an updated site as a social network for software testers.

Product

Applause provides testing services, usability feedback and research. Notable customers include Facebook, Google, Fox Broadcasting, eBay, Concur and Runkeeper.

Facebook Research App involvement