1. Top 30 Software Development Companies to Watch Out for in 2018
Finding a list of top custom software development companies can be an intimidating task;
no matter what you are looking for. The process is even more tiresome for enterprise
software development than for standalone software. You will need to congregate it from
various sources. In this article, you will find a list of top software development companies to
watch out for in the year 2018.
The list includes companies from the USA, the UK, Australia, Canada, Ukraine, Poland,
Belarus, Argentina, and India.
The reason why it is difficult to compile a single list is — there are various factors which are
pivotal in determining the utility and efficacy of a software development firm. These factors
include its technological expertise, the skills of its team members, customer satisfaction,
relevant software development experience, communication with the client and the overall
software development cost.
The companies mentioned here have done exceptionally well in the areas they serve. To
make it easier for you to find a company as per your requirement, their specialties are
separately mentioned under the name of each company.

2. 1. Orases
Orases is a Maryland based company which was founded in the year
2000. They develop digital solutions be it for front-end, backend,
platform migration, or for marketing channels. They also design
complex software and applications which can be integrated with
other complex systems like ERP, CRM, EMR (for healthcare
industries) and for other 3rd party systems. They have worked with
businesses of all shapes and sizes, which includes startups, to SMBs,
to Fortune 500 companies.
Company size: 10–49 Charges: $150 — $199 /hr Founded: 2000
Services they offer: - 50% Custom Software Development
Specialty: They have served many healthcare and Non-profit
organizations. Their major client is mid-sized client or SMBs.
Key Clients: NFL, USA Football, MLB, Mental Health Association,
American Society of Interior Designers.

3. 2. Sciencesoft
ScienceSoft is an old player in the software development and
consulting industry. The company is headquartered in McKinney,
Texas. It has over 28 years of experience in which it has worked with
big names like IBM and eBay. The company’s good performance and
timely delivery of the projects is the reason why 76% of its projects
come from their previous customers. ScienceSoft was awarded for
its successful growth in 2014 by Ernst and Young.
Company size: 250–1000 Charges: $25 — $49 /hr Founded: 1989
Services they offer: - 30% Custom software development
Specialties: They have mainly served clients that belong to industries
such as Healthcare and life sciences, Retail, Financial Services,
Manufacturing and IT services.
Key Clients: IBM, eBay, The Independent, BBC, Wall-Mart, Heinz and
Viber.

4. 3. i-Verve
Although, this company is very young, it has shown strong growth
potential. This company which is headquartered in New Jersey,
started with basic services like web development but is now known
for providing solutions for Cloud computing, Artificial Intelligence,
Big data handling and management, IOT and what not. i-Verve uses
Agile development methodology for software development which
results in high customer satisfaction and timely project completion.
Company size: 50–249 Charges: $50 — $99 /hr Founded: 2008
Services they offer:- 30% Custom Software Development
Specialty: Their main clients are eCommerce companies, Fortune
500 companies, small and medium enterprises, and startups.
Key Projects: RevShield Software Suit, ShiftManagerOnline software,
etc

5. 4. Django Stars
Being founded in 2008, Django Stars has successfully launched a
number of projects which included Web development, mobile app
development, and custom software development. The company is
situated in Kiev, Ukraine and has served clients from the US, the UK,
Switzerland, Germany, Norway, Singapore. In total, the company has
served clients from more than 20 countries. The company focuses on
building long-term partnership with their clients.
Company size: 50–249 Charges: $25 — $49 /hr Founded: 2008
Services they offer:- 30% Custom Software
Specialties: Their major clients belong from fintech, travel,
healthcare, real estate and transportation industries.
Key Clients: Kaspersky Lab, NHST Media Group, MoneyPark, Diviac,
Sindeo, and Cmed Technology.

6. 5. Trigent
Trigent is a Massachusetts based company which covers a wide
range of software development services. The company has deployed
more than 300 applications projects in the past three years. It has
been providing software development services for the last 22 years.
75% of its employees have relevant certificates in software
development. Although it is headquartered in Massachusetts, it has
three offices in India. It has got many large companies in its kitty.
Company size: 250–999 Charges: $25 — $49 /hr Founded: 1995
Services they offer:- 50% Custom Software Development
Specialties: It has served a wide range of companies which are from
IT, financial, and healthcare industries.
Key Clients: Honeywell, Texas Instruments, Hewlett-Packard,
American Heart Association, Oracle and Clarks.

7. 6. PSLCrop
This Latin American firm has a client base of over 1000 clients in
more than 14 countries. Established in 1986, the company has
completed over 30 years in software development service. It has a
huge team of developers, consisting of more than 500 engineers.
The company has won many awards and is an ISO27001 certified.
Since the company is located in Colombia, the clients from US and
Canada won’t face any difficulty because of the difference in the
time-zone.
Company size: 250–999 Charges: $25 — $49 /hr Founded: 1986
Services they offer:- 50% Custom Software Development
Specialties: Their clients come from industries such as IT, financial,
telecommunication, and transportation.
Key Clients: Brinks, BMC Software, Deloitte, Panama Canal, Arris and
Bridgestone.

8. 7. STX Next
With a team of over 160 dedicated Python developers, STX Next call
themselves “Europe’s Python Powerhouse”. The company provides
full-stack web app solutions to its clients using Python Django,
Angular, React JS, Node JS, Twisted, Backbone JS, etc. The company
is based in Poland and has presence in multiple in almost all
continents. The company is very specific about its terms and
conditions. The services that it provides include Web development,
Custom software development and Mobile app development.
Company size: 250–999 Charges: $25 — $49 /hr Founded: 2005
Services they offer:- 45% Custom Software Development
Specialties: Their clients come from industries such as financial
services, retail, media, and transportation.
Key Clients: Seerene, Coras, Hogarth Worldwide, FusePump, Vyze,
StreetTeam, Realface and BetBright.

9. 8. ELEKS
This is another one from Ukraine. ELEKS delivers high-tech
innovation solutions to companies which are big enterprises to
Fortune 500 companies. They have 7 offices in total which are
located in Ukraine, US, UK, and Poland. The company has expertise
in technologies like Data Science, IoT, Blockchain, Cloud and DevOps.
Majority clients of this IT firm are Big enterprises.
Company size: 1100+ Charges: $25 — $49 /hr Founded: 1991
Services they offer:- 45% Custom Software Development
Specialties: Their clients come from industries such as financial
services, retail, media, and transportation.
Key Clients: AutoDesk, aramex, Blackbox, AcceleratorAnalytics, AVG
and X-factor online.

10. 9. Table XI
Table XI is a small company in Chicago with just 37 employees. They
have been in this business for 13 years now. Their expertise lies in
great UX design in whatever IT product they have designed. They
mainly work on programming languages like Ruby on Rails, Java and
Swift. Most of their clients are large companies and organizations.
Company size: 37 Charges: $150 — $299 /hr Founded: 2004
Services they offer:- 40% Custom Software Development
Specialties: Their clients come from industries such as financial
services, retail, media, and transportation.
Key Clients: Northwestern University, Dickson, the Field Museum,
Outcome Health, Rice University, and Keiser

11. 10. Ciklum
Ciklum is a software development country located in Kiev, Ukraine. It
has a team of more than 3000 developers who use ASP.Net, Python
and PHP as their major programming language. Microsoft Dynamics
ERP, Oracle and SAP are the Enterprise resource planning software
that they are working on. Apart from software development, their
major focus areas are IT strategy consulting, Web development,
Mobile app development, and Ecommerce development.
Company size: 3000+ Charges: $25 — $49 /hr Founded: 1999
Services they offer:- 30% Custom Software Development
Specialties: Information technology and business services are the
industries from which their major business comes from.
Key Clients: Google, Intel, Micron, Jabra, Just Eat, Thomas Cook, and
Lenovo

12. 11. Merixstudio
Merixstudio is an 18 year old software development company from
Poland. Its core business includes web application development,
UI/UX design, responsive web design, front-end design, and HTML 5
game development. Their team is an expert in Django frame work
and in Python programming language. As far as e-commerce website
development is concerned, they are good with Magento.
Company size: 60+ Charges: $25 — $49 /hr Founded: 2000
Services they offer:- 25% Custom Software Development
Specialties: Their key competency lies in gaming and educational
website and application development.
Key Clients: The Juilliard School, Toshiba, FOX, Deutsche Post, HSBC,
Marks & Spencer, Volkswagen, the Independent, Tesco, Payback,
Bronson Laboratories and Herald

13. 12. Icreon
Icreon is a custom software, website, and mobile application
development company. .Net and Drupal are the major CMS and
Framework that they work on. This company has many big clients in
its kitty and 50% or their clients are large enterprises. The company
is situated in New York and was set up in January 2000. Since it is
from New York only, it is the number one choice for the companies
which belong to New York only and planning to give their project to
a local company.
Company size: 50–249 Charges: $25 — $49 /hr Founded: 2000
Services they offer:- 40% Custom Software Development
Specialties: Their specialty is serving industries like media,
manufacturing, business services and non-profit organizations.
Key Clients: FOX, National Geographic Channel, Ferrari, NYRR, XPO
Logistics, Pepsi and Marc Ecko

14. 13. Lovata
Lovata is a software and web development company located in
Belarus, Europe. It is a small and relatively young company with only
9 years of experience. The company has successfully delivered
software solutions to more than 100 companies worldwide. They
have served clients from countries like UK, USA and Canada. Their
major client focus is companies that belong to small and medium
business group.
Company size: 10–49 Charges: $25 — $49 /hr Founded: 2008
Services they offer:- 50% Custom Software Development
Specialties: Till now, the company’s major client has been from
health and life sciences, retail and financial services industries.
Key Clients: Hewlett-Packard, Nestle, Stanford University, Sberbank,
Samsung, McDonalds, Philips, Turkcell, and CuePath Innovation.

15. 14. Perfectial
Perfectail is a mid-sized Ukrainian software development company.
It has delivered more than 200 IT projects which included expertise
in software architecture, UI/UX, quality assurance, business
analytics, etc. The company has a representative office in US too
which can make communication with the company a little easier.
ASP.Net, Java, Ruby and Python are the four programming languages
they work on.
Company size: 200+ Charges: $25 — $49 /hr Founded: 2008
Services they offer:- 40% Custom Software Development
Specialties: 70% of their focus is on clients from small to medium
businesses. Their major market is Media, Advertisement, Financial
service and IT industries.
Key Clients: DataXu, Prosper, Brandify, RealNex, BuzzTarget,
Contraqer

16. 15. Binary Studio
This is yet another Ukrainian web and software development
company which has worked on more than 40 projects. It has clients
from UK, US and in many countries of Europe. They have an
expertise in Frontend development, Node. JS, and PHP. They provide
a dedicated team of professionals to businesses so that they can
have their own flexibility. Their average project duration is a little
over 3 years and has delivered projects in more than 15 countries.
Company size: 50–249 Charges: $25 — $49 /hr Founded: 2005
Services they offer:- 50% Custom Software Development
Specialties: Gambling, Telecommunications, Business services,
Financial services and Hospitality are their focused industries.
Key Clients: Perform Group, Swissphone, MassageBook, Investis
Flife, S7 Software, Fixzone, Datalogics

17. 16. Belatrix Software
This is a Latin American application design and development
company. The company’s delivery centers are located in Buenos
Aires and Mendoza (in its home country Argentina), one in Lima
(Peru) and representative offices in Naples, San Francisco, and New
York. Since the company is located in the Argentina, you will have
the entire near-shore outsourcing advantages, apart from the
advantage of having budgeted development price.
Company size: 250–999 Charges: — Founded: 2003
Services they offer:- 30% Software Development
Specialties: Business services, IT, Financial services and healthcare
are their categories of their major clients.
Key Clients: Disney, Adobe, AOL, FIS, Chatham Financial

18. 17. Mojotech
Mojotech is a Rhode Island based website, mobile application and
IoT development. They have created more than 100 IT products in
their last 9 years of service. Through their IT products, they have
helped their clients win awards like Gartner Cool Vendor in APM;
Customer Enhancement Value of the year by Frost & Sullivan; CODiE
Award, Best Cloud Management Solution by SIIA Software Industry;
America’s Most Promising Companies (Forbes).
Company size: 50 Charges: $150 — $199 /hr Founded: 2008
Services they offer:- 35% Custom Software Development
Specialties: Consumer products and services, Business services, and
healthcare are their categories of their major clients.
Key Clients: AccuWeather, Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Groove,
Navionics, Risk I/O, SendGrid, and Swipely

19. 18. Monterail
Monterail is another Polish company from Wroclaw. In their 7 years
of experience, they have used Ruby on Rails and JavaScript
framework to deliver truly awesome web applications. They use
Iconic and React Native technology to build hybrid and cross-
platform mobile apps. In 2016, it was categorized by Deloitte as one
of the fastest growing tech companies in the central Europe that
recorded the fastest growth since its inception.
Company size: 80 Charges: $50 — $99 /hr Founded: 2010
Services they offer:- 35% Software Development Company
Specialty: Their main clients are from industries — Business services,
Non-profit, Education, Financial services and healthcare.
Key clients: Merck, Cooleaf, University of Wroclaw, Xchanging,
Teambook, WFC, Innovestment.

20. 19. Espeo Software
Espeo is a known for crafting web and mobile applications for its
clients. Their offices are in Poland, Finland, and San Francisco. Their
core strength includes JavaScript, Java, PHP, and blockchain
development. They have worked with a number of different
industries and provide the right-sized agile design and development
team to its clients. The company has been serving its clients for the
past 8 years.
Company size: 51–100 Charges: $50 — $75 /hr Founded: 2008
Services they offer:- 45% Custom Software Development
Specialty: Their main clients are from industries — Business services,
Advertising, Education and Real estate.
Key clients: Solita, Sanoma, Ottoboni, MeBeGood, the Polish Police,
University of Jyvaskyla, Eximap.

21. 20. Agile Engine
Agile Engine is headquartered in Washington DC, and has research
and development centers in Eastern Europe and South America.
They are experts in software product development and UI/UX
design. Their expertise is in designing UI development with ReactJS,
AngularJS, Angular, Ember.js. They build cross-platform mobile apps
using React Native. The company has won many awards in the past
and is among one of the fastest growing companies in the US —
according to Inc. 5000.
Company size: 50–249 Charges: $25 — $49 /hr Founded: 2000
Services they offer:- 40% Software Development
Specialty: Their main clients are small and medium businesses, and
technological startup.
Key projects: Victor app, A/B testing systems, cardology app,
streetcount, reenster.

22. 21. DevMynd
DevMynd is a truly American company with one office in Chicago
and the other at San Francisco. This company is among the youngest
company in the list we have compiled so far with only 7 years of
experience. The company is made up of IT professionals and experts
who like to design IT products and have worked extensively on Cloud
computing. Their small size doesn’t display the immense amount of
coding potential they have.
Company size: 10–49 Charges: $150 — $199 /hr Founded: 2010
Services they offer:- 35% Custom Software Development
Specialty: Their main clients are from industries — Business services,
Safety, Education, Environment, Food & AG, healthcare.
Key clients: Major League Baseball, IBM Bluemix, Groupon, Madison
Square Garden, The University of Chicago, Wheels.

23. 22. The Software House
This one is just 5-year-old company but has already made its impact
in the custom software development market. Deloitte has
recognized it as one of the fastest growing IT companies in the
central Europe because of its impressive growth since its inception.
Their greatest talent lies in the Symphony development. This Polish
company has over 90 professionals in its team and has served
various enterprises across the globe.
Company size: 90 Charges: $50 — $99 /hr Founded: 2012
Services they offer:- 35% Custom Software Development
Specialty: Their main clients are from industries — Business services,
Financial Services, Manufacturing, Education, Government, IT, Media
and transportation.
Key clients: eSky.com, Worldwide101.com, SpeakersCorner.com,
Prisma.com, Deliveryy.com, Prografix, TVT, Child Care Center
Software, Smartum, MEDarchiver, Flyo, PAAY

24. 23. Intuz
Intuz is a California based mobile software development company
which gas a clientele from 6 continents and 42 countries. Although
develops custom software, its major business comes from mobile
app development. It has developed more than 1500 apps since their
establishment in the year 2008. The company is into various other IT
services too, viz. Cloud, Wearable devices and Recovery services.
Company size: 60+ Charges: $25 — $49 /hr Founded: 2008
Services they offer:- 35% Software Development Services
Speciality: Their main clients are from industries — Business services,
Financial Services, consumer products, healthcare
Key clients: Cambridge Publications Inc, SGC Investments Ltd, RF
Industries Pty Ltd, Tow Help Inc, Songwriter Pro LLC, PocketMoney,
LLC, ALW World LLC, Life of U, Holyday Inn

25. 24. Infopulse
Infopulse is one of the most trusted IT companies from Ukraine. The
company has 25 years of glorious experience and has served almost
all the sectors of business available out there. The company has its
representatives in 8 countries including the Middle East. It is a
certified partner of Microsoft, SAP, Cisco, Citrix, and IBM. It has the
highest international corporate governance standards, being ISO
9001, ISO 27001, and ISO 14001 certified.
Company size: 1600+ Charges: $25 — $49 /hr Founded: 1991
Services they offer:- 30% Software Development Solution
Specialty: Their main clients are from industries — Business services,
Financial Services, consumer products, telecom
Key clients: A2B, Agillic, BICS, Bosch, Citrix, Credit Agricole, EVRY,
Gfk, ING Bank, Kraft Foods, OTP Bank, Revacom, Talend, VimpelCom,
Vodafone

26. 25. 352 Inc
352 Inc. is a digital product development and marketing agency from
Florida. The company was started by its founders in the University of
Florida. In the past 20 years, the company has served clients ranging
from small startups to big corporate enterprises who have featured
on the Fortune 500 lists. The company has three offices throughout
the Southeast.
Company size: 70+ Charges: $150 — $199 /hr Founded: 1997
Services they offer:- 35% Software Application Development
Speciality: Their main clients are from industries — Business services,
Financial Services, Manufacturing and Automotive
Key clients: Cummins Engines, The Webby Awards, AutoTrader,
Social News Desk, Cox Enterprises, Fifth Third Bank, Chick-fil-A Peach
Bowl.

27. 26. First Line Software
First Line Software is a US based company which has a presence in
15 countries. Apart from the US, they have offices in The
Netherlands and The Czech Republic. The software firm has won
multiple awards by organizations like International Association of
Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP), Global Services,
CorporateLiveWire, Insights Success, Ventana Research and CNews.
Software development constitutes a major part of their business.
Company size: 400+ Charges: — Founded: 2009
Services they offer:- 50% Software Development
Speciality: Their main clients are from industries — Business services,
Financial Services, Manufacturing, legal and others.
Key clients: Accenture, Bonnier Group, Clinic to Cloud, Dell Software,
InnerWorkings, Partners HealthCare, Odysseus Data Services, Solita.

28. 27. Moove-it
Their motto is “quality above quantity”. Moove it believes in
enabling innovations in organizations which can improve people’s
lives. They are experts in Ruby-on-Rails and in Java scripting
languages. It was established in the year 2006 in Austin, Texas. This
company’s major client focus is small and medium sized businesses.
Other than Texas, the company has an office in San Francisco and in
Montevideo, Uruguay.
Company size: 50–249 Charges: $50 — $99 /hr Founded: 2006
Services they offer:- 50% Custom Software Development
Speciality: Their main clients are from industries — Business services,
Financial Services, arts, and real estate.
Key clients: Major League Baseball Advanced Media, Verifone
Holdings, Inc., Numerex Corp., EdSurge, Inc., YouScience, LLC.,
Geoforce, Inc., Bandai Namco, Tugg, Inc.

29. 28. Eight Bit Studios
Eight Bit Studios is a very small group of people (bit-sized) who are
determined to crush their market with their innovative techniques
and skills. The company is based in Chicago, IL and has been
delivering quality service to their clients for the past 9 years. Mobile
app development is their major market in which they have their
focus, apart from the custom software development and Website
development.
Company size: 10–49 Charges: $150 — $199 /hr Founded: 2008
Services they offer:- 30% Custom Software Development
Speciality: Their main clients are from industries — Business services,
education, games, ecommerce, social, health and wellness.
Key clients: Big brands: Echo Logistics, UL, New Balance, Trident, and
Hasbro. Startups: GrowIt!, LyteShot, Curate, Fooda, GiveForward,
and BetterWeekdays.

30. 29. bjss
BJSS is a UK-based award-winning IT consultancy which has over two
decades of experience in this industry. They are the winners of The
European Software Testing Awards, European Business Awards, and
ITSM awards in 2016. They have won many business awards and
were listed in the top 1000 companies to inspire in the Britain 2015.
Although, they might be a little costly for a startup, their innovative
ideas might actually give a better ROI.
Company size: 500 Charges: $200 — $300 /hr Founded: 1993
Services they offer:- 40% Custom Software Development
Speciality: Their main clients are from industries — Financial services,
Retail, Commodities, Healthcare, Public Sector, Technology and
media.
Key clients: Banctec, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, UFG, Barclays, HSBC,
Deutsche Bank, EON, NHS England, BBC and Xerox.

31. 30. Scand
The last one on the list is from Minsk, Belarus. This company’s key
competency is in languages .Net, Java, PHP, and C++ technologies.
The company has successfully completed more than 550 projects in
the last 17 years of their business. They have satisfied more than 250
clients in this time and have a team of 300+ developers. In terms of
foreign language competence, they are proficient in English,
German, Spanish and Japanese.
Company size: 300 + Charges: $25 — $49 /hr Founded: 2000
Services they offer:- 30% Software Development
Speciality: Their main clients are from industries — Financial services,
Retail, Commodities, Healthcare, Public Sector, Technology and
media.
Key projects: epubear, Realm Browser for Android, Touchz, JiraGear
and SelfieKing

32. While selecting a company for custom software development, it has
to be made sure that the company doesn’t only deliver a project in
the predefined cost, but also that its product is future-proof. There is
no point in putting all the efforts and time if the end product doesn’t
give you a technological edge over your competitors for now and in
the future.
The process of software development has changed drastically in the
past 5 years. The IT companies that have worked on the technologies
like IoT, Wearable devices, Cloud, and Artificial Intelligence know
how much these are applicable in providing a futuristic solution to
businesses. These technologies have undoubtedly equipped IT
companies to think beyond and come up with solutions that can give
their clients seemingly unbelievable results.
Software development is a long process which can take a few
months to several years to develop. Hence, it should be looked upon
as a long-term partnership. You must do a proper research before
finalizing the right company for you. Do not forget to read the
feedbacks and reviews of the clients the companies have worked
with previously.
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