

Smart Nearshore
The Ideal Solution for Nearshore IT Services in Portugal
Be near, be Smart.
We are an IT consulting and nearshore company based in Portugal.
Our mission is to focus on delivering the best nearshore development teams for our international partners’ projects. Our nearshore offer is set on the pillars of cost-efficiency, talented IT professionals, and precise project management.

Our IT Delivery Models
Team Extension
Our Team Extension solution allows our partners to reinforce their internal teams with highly qualified specialists, guaranteeing seamless integration with their culture and internal processes.
Team-as-a-Service
Team-as-a-Service (TaaS) provides dedicated teams that meet the unique needs of our partners. With this solution, our clients can focus on their core business while we guarantee complete team and project management.
Managed Services
We assemble specialised teams to oversee comprehensive end-to-end projects and meet clients’ unique technological needs, either by implementing customised solutions or modernising off-the-shelf ones.
Custom Software Development
Focused on end-to-end projects, we deliver a ready-to-use solution tailored to our clients' technological needs and market trends. Our turnkey projects solution takes advantage of both traditional and agile project management frameworks.
Starting a Nearshore Project
Why Nearshoring in Portugal?
Location
Portugal offers a strategic location in Europe with a flexible time zone (CEST) that allows workin hours to overlap with a large number of countries.
Economic and Political Stability
Portugal is a politically stable country and our economic status has been steady, expanding continuously since 2014. We are also known to be one of the safest countries in the world.
Language Skills
Portuguese is a great gateway language. This means Portuguese people are often skilled in multiple languages, especially English!
Reputed Tech Universities
Several Portuguese universities rank among the top 25 universities in the world. For example, the University of Lisbon, the University of Porto, the University of Coimbra and the NOVA University of Lisbon.
Highly Skilled Engineers
As a result of our quality higher education, we can count on highly-skilled professionals in engineering, among many other areas.
Competitive Rates
In Portugal, you can count on lower and more competitive fees.
Unicorn Companies
In the last few years, Portugal has been home to 7 unicorn companies: Farfetch, OutSystems, Taldesk, Feedzai, Remote, Sword Health and Anchorage Digital.
Tech Hub
Companies such as Google, Microsoft, Ericsson, Nokia, and Bosch have already chosen Portugal as their technological hub.