grid.online | Keboola Customer Stories

Region:

Czech Republic

Industry:

Last-Mile Logistics

Company size:

Scale-up

www.grid.online

400+

Business Metrics

Growth in 2 Months

700

Credits/Month

About grid.online: Orchestrating Last-Mile Logistics

grid.online operates a neutral API layer for last-mile delivery capacity, connecting enterprise clients with courier networks across the Czech Republic. The company experienced explosive growth during 2025 – scaling their courier network 5x in just two months while shipment volumes grew 10x.

Their technology-first approach combines algorithmic pricing with logistics workflow automation, enabling real-time optimization of pricing, routes, and customer satisfaction. Data-driven decision-making is central to their culture.

Before Keboola

The Challenge: Enterprise Demands, Startup Resources

grid.online's hypergrowth created complex data demands that would typically require an entire team—but they had just one person to handle everything.

Fragmented Data Sources

Operational data scattered across MongoDB, Google Sheets, accounting systems, and various APIs – all needing integration for unified reporting.

Speed Imperative

Business decisions couldn't wait for lengthy development cycles. New analytics requests needed two-hour turnaround, not two-week sprints.

Technical Complexity

Advanced requirements like route optimization algorithms, cluster analysis for outlier detection, and automated map generation—far beyond standard BI tools.

One-Person Team

Single data professional to design, build, and maintain everything from ETL pipelines to executive dashboards to customer portals.

The Solution: Flexibility Over Features

Keboola delivered enterprise capabilities through a solo practitioner with powerful tools that let talented people build exactly what the business needs.

Flexible Integrations Without Changing Tools

Seamless connections to Slack, Gmail, Streamlit, Power BI, and various APIs enabled complete workflow automation without custom middleware. One platform serves operations, finance, sales, and customers.

Works with your existing stack – Connect Slack, Gmail, Power BI, Streamlit, and any API without building custom middleware.

Native Python for Advanced Analytics

Route optimization algorithms, geographic cluster analysis, and automated HTML map generation—all running in Keboola's Python environment without infrastructure overhead or DevOps dependencies.

Rapid Prototyping Environment

New business logic gets tested in Keboola for weeks or months before deciding whether to build permanently into the backend. Faster iteration, lower risk.

The Impact: From Solo Operation to Enterprise-Grade Infrastructure

With Keboola, grid.online achieved what typically requires a full data team—comprehensive analytics powering every aspect of their hypergrowth business.

"When any new request comes in, because I have Keboola, I can handle it in two hours and then fine-tune the details. The business doesn't have to wait."

Josef Pithart, Head of Business Intelligence

What Changed

One Platform Powering Operations, Sales & Finance

Josef Pithart manages the entire data operation solo: 400+ business metrics across 41 tables, automated dynamic pricing with visual maps, real-time delivery monitoring, comprehensive financial reporting, and customer-facing analytics portals.

The finance project, built in collaboration with their CFO, transforms the monthly close from days of manual work into a one-button orchestration—all investor and board reports refresh automatically.

MacBook Pro laptop showing a software dashboard with overview, storage, and session details on a green background.

Two text boxes with icons: gear with arrows labeled 'Automated dynamic pricing with visual maps' and rising bar chart labeled 'Reports refresh automatically'.

"What grid.online needed was flexibility over features-powerful tools that let talented people build exactly what the business needs. Keboola delivered that. We manage 400+ metrics, automated pricing, real-time operations, comprehensive financial reporting, and customer portals-all solo. We couldn't operate at this speed with this team size any other way."

Josef Pithart, Head of Business Intelligence

The Results

Future-Proofed Flexibility

By choosing a platform built for extensibility rather than rigid pre-built connectors, Grid.online created a data foundation that evolves with the business:

Operational Excellence

Real-time profitability tracking at three granularities (package, ride, stop). Automated outlier detection prevents unprofitable deliveries before dispatch. New metrics delivered in hours, not sprints.

Sales Acceleration

Dynamic pricing engine responds to B2B RFPs in hours with professional proposals including geocoding, route optimization, cost modeling, and visual HTML maps showing proposed routes.

Customer Self-Service

B2B customers access secure Streamlit dashboards 24/7 with their delivery data, dozens of metrics, and interactive visualizations—built in half a day, no expensive BI licensing required.