This cost of living estimator in Switzerland is designed to help users make informed decisions on Switzerland's most significant cost positions, including taxes, health insurance, average rents, and electricity prices by comparing them in one place.
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[ Business Context ]
Setting up effective management and transparent development process
Assessing the requirements to meet project objectives
Creating new functionality with the calculator
Making a platform design to make it feel and look enjoyable
Developing a truly intuitive cost comparison platform
Developing functionality for a cost comparison calculator required a detailed understanding of the specific types of data that needed to be collected and compared. Onix together with our client have worked closely to determine which factors and data sets are most relevant for their users, such as average rents, healthcare costs, and taxes in different municipalities, as well as collecting and integrating this data into the calculator.
After determining the types of data they would incorporate,
Onix developers started building the calculator.
This involved utilizing web development technologies
like HTML, CSS, and PHP Laravel as Back-end server language.
Once the platform was coded, it underwent rigorous testing
and iterations to ensure that it was intuitive and user-friendly.
Our developers closely monitored the user experience and used
feedback to refine and improve the calculator's functionality
continually.
We added data collection functionality which includes gathering user's
financial and personal details.
The calculator involves such data as tax rates, health insurance rates,
electricity prices, and average rent prices in particular places of residence.
We created complex algorithms to calculate the costs associated with
the different factors being compared.
This involved developing an intuitive formula to adjust for factors
such as inflation, taxes, and other expenses.
Creating a clean, user-friendly interface is key to making
the platform intuitive and easy to use.
We designed user forms with easy readability and with well
thought-out drop-downs to capture estimates of underlying input variables.
We added cross-referencing with user data to ensure the information provided is accurate while ensuring appropriate input consistency to validate the accuracy of data.
HTML, CSS
PHP, Laravel
[ Client Testimonial ]
"Onix was the ideal partner to get this project done - this became
clear very early in the project tendering process when I quickly got
the impression of their know-how, the work ethic and the collaborative
culture they live.
Once we started to work, it was clear that they lived up to their
promises and exceeded my expectations when they were very familiar
with complex, country-specific laws and regulations from an early stage.
Onix collaborates extremely well amongst their team members and the
internal delivery processes are designed to perform.
After working with many in-house dev teams in major Swiss/Worldwide
financial service providers over more than a decade, I can easily say that
working with Onix was the biggest pleasure in all those projects. I highly
recommend working with them if you want to get things done fast, thoroughly,
in high quality and in a collaborative manner."
As a result of our work, the client has a platform for personal and individual cost comparison between multiple municipalities.
Seamless design together with reliable performance makes this website an easy way to calculate the cost of living in Switzerland.
