We build useful software that gets results
We start with your business goals and work in an open and iterative way to craft the product.
We start with your business goals and work in an open and iterative way to craft the product
Focus on outcomes
Your business objective is what we get passionate about. Not awards, fancy design for no reason, or irrelevant shiny features. Lower cost to operate? Lift sales conversion? That'll be our focus.
In this together
We believe great things happen when technology, design and business experts work openly and closely together. We spend lots of time with our customers. It helps us to produce what you wanted.
Pick the right tools for the job
Our kit bag has lots of methods for shaping your project. We’ll pick the ones that suit your needs. We keep waste low and avoid rigid process or lengthy spec documents. We put our energy into iterating on real work, like sketches or software.
Learn constantly
Iterating is built into our DNA. We talk and share thinking in lightweight forms, seek feedback often, and adapt. We’ll be gluttons for knowledge about your business, as that gives us the best chance of creating a good result.
We like to work together with smart people to make remarkable things we’re proud of
Cogent can incept, design and build applications that work.
We’re avid learners who love to debate, reflect, participate and experiment
Our way is to be honest and open, to collaborate, and to be respectful and fair.
Cogent was created with a lot of care to be a company that not only did good work, but did it in an ethical and values-based way. We’re proud to have maintained that tradition over years of operation, and to be one of the best places many of us have ever worked.



