We are pleased to announce The Software Report’s fifth annual Top 100 Software Companies. As one of the leading authorities on the software industry, we look at companies from all angles, including examining the feedback from nominations submitted and conducting in-depth research into each company’s track record. This includes analyzing publicly available information as well as insights from customers, employees, as well as other sources.
The companies being recognized in 2024 are making a major impact on the software industry, from our top-ranked IFS—started by five friends in 1983 who pitched a tent outside their first customer’s location to ensure quality service—to our fifth-ranked Gainsight, which unveiled Horizon AI in 2021, paving the way from them to acquire Staircase AI this year and expand as a leader in the space. There’s also tenth-ranked Tebra (short for “vertebrae”), which uses cutting-edge AI to attract and engage patients, and twelfth-ranked Unit4, a company with 40 years of heritage that supports mid-market organizations in more than 20 countries across the world.
Companies are judged by several factors, including product functionality, customer satisfaction, corporate reputation, innovative capabilities, organizational depth, ESG involvement, and long-term viability.
It is our distinct honor to recognize and celebrate the achievements of The Top 100 Software Companies of 2024.
1. IFS
IFS is the world’s leading provider of Industrial AI and enterprise software for hardcore businesses that make, service, and power our planet. Their technology enables businesses which manufacture goods, maintain complex assets, and manage service-focused operations to unlock the transformative power of Industrial AI™ to enhance productivity, efficiency, and sustainability.
The technology: IFS Cloud is a fully composable AI-powered platform, designed for ultimate flexibility and adaptability to your specific requirements and business evolution. It spans the needs of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Enterprise Asset Management (EAM), Supply Chain Management (SCM), Information Technology Service Management (ITSM), and Field Service Management (FSM). IFS technology leverages AI, machine learning, real-time data and analytics to empower their customers to make informed strategic decisions and excel at their Moment of Service.
The mission: IFS was founded in 1983 by five university friends who pitched a tent outside its first customer's site to ensure they would be available 24/7 and the needs of the customer would come first. Since then, IFS has grown into a global leader with over 7,000 employees in 80 countries. Driven by those foundational values of agility, customer-centricity, and trust, IFS is recognized worldwide for delivering value and supporting strategic transformations. The company is the most recommended supplier in its sector.
Past Rankings from The Software Report:
The Top 100 Software Companies of 2023 (No. 3)
The Top 100 Software Companies of 2021 (No. 5)
2. Celonis
Since 2011, Celonis has helped thousands of the world’s largest and most esteemed companies yield immediate cash impact, radically improve customer experience, and reduce carbon emissions.
The mission: Celonis’ mission is to make processes work for people, companies, and the planet.
The technology: Celonis’ Process Intelligence platform uses industry-leading process mining technology and AI to present companies with a living digital twin of its end-to-end processes. For the first time, everyone in an organization has a common language for how the business runs, visibility into where value is hiding, and the ability to capture it. Celonis is headquartered in Munich, Germany and New York City, with more than 20 offices worldwide.
3. Procore Technologies
Founded in 2002, Founder and CEO Tooey Courtemanche started Procore with a mission to connect everyone in construction on a global platform and a vision to improve their lives. Procore Technologies is the leading global provider of construction management software. More than one million projects and more than $1 trillion USD in construction volume have run on Procore's platform, which connects key project stakeholders to solutions Procore has built specifically for the construction industry—for the owner, the general contractor, and the specialty contractor.
The technology: With its unlimited users and support model, Procore connects everyone in construction on one platform and offers unlimited storage, open APIs, and a single source of accurate and timely data.
The mission: With over 16,000 customers and over 2 million annual users in 150+ countries, the company helps the construction industry build smarter—that means reducing risk, increasing efficiency, improving communication, improving profits, and providing intelligent insights to help customers run better businesses. Headquartered in Carpinteria, California, Procore has additional offices around the globe.
Past Rankings from The Software Report:
The Top 100 Software Companies of 2023 (No. 4)
The Top 100 Software Companies of 2022 (No. 22)
The Top 100 Software Companies of 2021 (No. 10)
4. SentinelOne
SentinelOne is a pioneering provider of autonomous cybersecurity solutions, specializing in endpoint, cloud, and identity protection. Founded in 2013 by experts in cybersecurity and defense, SentinelOne has redefined endpoint protection with its advanced, AI-driven platform. The platform integrates prevention, detection, response, remediation, and forensic analysis, creating a comprehensive, user-friendly security solution.
The technology: Designed to protect organizations from both known and unknown threats—including malware, ransomware, and advanced persistent threats (APTs)—SentinelOne’s solution continuously learns and adapts using artificial intelligence to offer real-time protection and automated response. The platform’s approach to security is streamlined to detect malicious activity across multiple vectors, swiftly neutralize threats with fully automated responses, and continuously enhance defenses against increasingly sophisticated attacks.
The mission: Recognizing that cybersecurity is an ever-evolving field, SentinelOne remains committed to leading the industry with technological advancements and innovative practices, ensuring clients receive cutting-edge protection. In addition to endpoint security, the company offers comprehensive services such as threat hunting, incident response, and incident management.
5. Gainsight
Gainsight is the world’s leading Customer Success platform, helping businesses achieve efficient growth by unifying the post-sales customer journey. Known for its innovation in SaaS, Gainsight offers a comprehensive suite of products for customer success, customer education, product experience, and community management. These tools are utilized by companies of all sizes and industries, including nearly 200 publicly traded organizations.
The technology: Gainsight has been a leader in AI for customer success teams since launching Horizon AI in November 2021. This AI framework provides Customer Success Managers (CSMs) with analytical capabilities, such as forecasting renewals, understanding customer sentiment, and enhancing retention and expansion strategies.
Milestone: This year, Gainsight acquired Staircase AI, a new distinct offering in the company’s artificial intelligence (AI) portfolio, continuing its ability to innovate by integrating new generative AI capabilities into its technology stack.
Past Rankings from The Software Report:
The Top 100 Software Companies of 2023 (No. 10)
The Top 100 Software Companies of 2022 (No. 58)
The Top 100 Software Companies of 2021 (No. 25)
The Top 100 Software Companies of 2020 (No. 53)
6. Visma
Visma is a leading provider of mission-critical cloud software, generating €2.4 billion in revenue in 2023 and employing more than 15,000 people. With a reach extending to 1.8 million customers across Europe and Latin America, Visma simplifies and automates business operations for organizations of all sizes, enabling greater efficiency across sectors.
Partner spotlight: In 2024, Visma expanded its regional presence with several strategic acquisitions. These included MyCompanyFiles in France, marking the company’s third acquisition in the French market that year and strengthening its position in the French accounting and professional services sectors. Visma also expanded its HR tech offerings in Chile by acquiring Rex+ Group, a provider of SaaS payroll and workforce management solutions. Additionally, Visma entered Croatia through the acquisition of Moj eRačun, an eInvoicing provider, supporting digital transformation for Croatian businesses.
The mission: Visma aligns its innovation and product development with sustainable solutions that support social impact and global objectives. Through its structured frameworks and focus on solution-driven development, Visma works to lead in digital transformation across diverse markets.
Past Rankings from The Software Report:
The Top 25 Cloud Computing Companies of 2024 (No. 1)
7. Rippling
Rippling is a workforce management system that streamlines business operations by consolidating essential applications—including applicant tracking, payroll, IT, and expenses—into a single platform.
The technology: Unlike traditional systems, Rippling's unified platform allows data to flow seamlessly across applications, providing every team with a consistent source of truth, automating processes, and enabling data-driven insights to improve decision-making and operational efficiency. By reducing the complexity of routine tasks and aligning cross-functional activities, Rippling helps businesses execute more effectively and efficiently.
Partner spotlight: Headquartered in San Francisco, California, Rippling has raised $1.2 billion from prominent investors, including Kleiner Perkins, Founders Fund, Sequoia, Greenoaks, and Bedrock.
8. Motive
Motive empowers the physical operations sector by equipping teams with tools that enhance safety, productivity, and profitability. Integrating safety, operations, and finance into a unified platform, Motive allows safety, operations, and finance professionals to manage workers, vehicles, equipment, and fleet-related spending all in one place.
Partner spotlight: With more than 120,000 customers—from small businesses to Fortune 500 companies like Halliburton, KONE, Komatsu, NBC Universal, and Maersk—Motive supports a diverse array of industries, including transportation and logistics, construction, energy, field services, manufacturing, agriculture, food and beverage, retail, waste management, and the public sector.
Milestone: Motive continually innovates to address emerging needs across regions and industries. Recently, the company launched a pioneering First Responder Service, designed to deliver life-saving assistance faster to commercial vehicle drivers. Motive also introduced AI-powered security tools tailored to reduce theft and improve security specifically for customers in Mexico, and released the Missed Savings feature for the Motive Card—the industry’s only tool to automatically detect fuel savings opportunities.
9. PROS
PROS is a leading provider of AI-powered SaaS pricing, CPQ, revenue management, and digital offer marketing solutions. Its vision is to optimize every shopping and selling experience. With nearly 40 years of industry expertise and a proven track record of success, PROS supports B2B and B2C companies worldwide across industries such as airlines, manufacturing, distribution, and services in driving profitable growth.
The technology: The PROS Platform leverages AI to deliver real-time predictive insights that enable businesses to achieve revenue and margin improvements. Headquartered in Houston, Texas, the company employs over 2,000 people.
10. Tebra
Tebra, headquartered in Southern California, empowers independent healthcare practices with cutting-edge AI and automation to drive growth, streamline care, and boost efficiency.
The technology: Its all-in-one EHR and billing platform delivers everything you need to attract and engage your patients, including online scheduling, reputation management, and digital communications.
The mission: Inspired by "vertebrae," its name embodies its mission to be the backbone of healthcare success. With more than 165,000 providers and 190 million patient records, Tebra is redefining healthcare through innovation and a commitment to customer success. Tebra is not just optimizing operations—it’s ensuring independent practices thrive.
Past Rankings from The Software Report:
The Top 100 Software Companies of 2023 (No. 16)
11. Phreesia
Phreesia is the trusted leader in patient activation, giving providers, life sciences companies and other organizations tools to help patients take a more active role in their care. Founded in 2005, Phreesia enabled approximately 150 million patient visits in 2023—more than 1 in 10 visits across the U.S.—a scale that the company believes allows them to make a meaningful impact.
The technology: Offering patient-driven digital solutions for intake, outreach, education and more, Phreesia enhances the patient experience, drives efficiency and improves healthcare outcomes.
Past Rankings from The Software Report:
The Top 100 Software Companies of 2023 (No. 15)
The Top 100 Software Companies of 2022 (No. 45)
12. Unit4
Unit4's next-generation enterprise cloud solutions power many of the world’s mid-market organizations by integrating capabilities in Financials, Procurement, Project Management, HR, and FP&A. This integration enables real-time information sharing and delivers greater insights, helping organizations become more effective.
Partner spotlight: By combining mid-market expertise with a relentless focus on people, Unit4 has developed flexible solutions tailored to meet customers’ unique and evolving needs. With over 40 years of heritage, a presence in more than 20 countries, and a team of more than 2,600 colleagues, the company supports more than 5,100 customers globally across various industries, including professional services, non-profit, higher education, and the public sector.
The mission: Unit4 closely collaborates with partners and customers, earning industry and analyst recognition for its efforts. The company is dedicated to the continuous innovation of its people-centric solutions. Each module and software set is conceived, engineered, and developed by forward-thinking technologists to address the needs of project-based, people-centered organizations.
Past Rankings from The Software Report:
The Top 100 Software Companies of 2023 (No. 17)
13. Majesco
Majesco is the partner that P&C and L&AH insurers choose to create and deliver outstanding experiences for its customers. The company combines technology and insurance expertise to anticipate what comes next, while staying focused on current priorities. More than 350 insurers, including MGAs, greenfields, startups, and some of the world’s largest insurers and reinsurers, rely on Majesco's intelligent SaaS platform solutions. With GenAI-powered insurance data analytics, Majesco supports core, data, analytics, distribution, underwriting, loss control, digital capabilities, and a rich ecosystem of partners to help insurers create their next now.
The mission: As an industry leader, Majesco rejects managing risk by avoiding change. Instead, it embraces and even drives change to stay ahead of risk. With more than 1,000 successful implementations and 90 percent of its customers in the cloud, it is uniquely qualified to bridge the gap between a traditional insurance industry approach and a fully digital mindset. Majesco provides customers with the confidence to make decisions, the products to deliver performance, and the follow-through to execute.
Past Rankings from The Software Report:
The Top 100 Software Companies of 2023 (No. 23)
14. Finastra
Finastra is a global leader in financial services software, providing applications across Lending, Payments, Treasury and Capital Markets, and Universal Banking.
Partner spotlight: Headquartered in Paddington, London, and supported by a team of over 8,000 employees, Finastra serves approximately 8,100 financial institutions, including 45 of the world’s top 50 banks.
The mission: Dedicated to advancing Open Finance, Finastra empowers people, businesses, and communities by delivering innovative technology solutions and collaborative approaches. Recent offerings, such as Loan IQ Simplified Servicing for bilateral and SME loans, demonstrate Finastra's commitment to streamlining financial operations. By integrating with Prelim, Finastra has enhanced the efficiency of retail and commercial deposit account openings, delivering both cost savings and improved customer experiences. Additionally, its strategic partnership with Tech Mahindra supports digital transformation for corporate banks, reinforcing Finastra's position at the forefront of financial technology and digital innovation.
15. Impact.com
impact.com, headquartered in Santa Barbara, California, is the leading partnership management platform, revolutionizing how businesses manage various partnerships. The platform supports partnerships with influencers, creators, content publishers, other businesses, traditional affiliates, and more, helping brands build trusted ecosystems that drive customer engagement and revenue growth. impact.com’s robust technology enables businesses to create, manage, and scale partnerships that reach audiences at home, work, and on the go.
Partner spotlight: Global enterprises such as Walmart, Uber, Shopify, Lenovo, L’Oreal, Fanatics, and Levi’s rely on impact.com to expand their partnerships and fuel growth. With around 3,000 employees, impact.com continues to innovate its platform, recently launching a customizable customer referral solution that empowers brands to build authentic connections with new audiences. The platform’s capabilities are helping brands like VistaPrint scale influencer partnerships for small businesses and consumers, while Foot Locker has introduced a new Storefronts Creator Platform powered by impact.com.
16. ServiceTitan
ServiceTitan is a cloud-based software platform dedicated to empowering trades businesses with innovative technology solutions. Headquartered in Glendale, California, and backed by a prestigious group of investors—including Battery Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, Coatue, CPP Investments, and many others—the company serves over 2,000 employees. Through its end-to-end SaaS platform, ServiceTitan equips contractors with comprehensive tools for managing operations, optimizing back-office functions, and enhancing customer service. By delivering an integrated solution to an industry traditionally underserved by technology, ServiceTitan helps tradespeople keep essential services running efficiently and at scale.
Milestone: In recent strategic moves, ServiceTitan partnered with Authority Brands to support franchise owners in optimizing business performance, profitability, and customer experience. Additionally, the company was named a preferred software provider for Ferguson, enhancing support for commercial service, residential, and specialty contractors. Further expanding its commercial capabilities, ServiceTitan acquired Convex, underscoring its commitment to providing robust, scalable solutions for the trades industry.
Past Rankings from The Software Report:
The Top 100 Software Companies of 2020 (No. 75)
17. CyberArk
CyberArk is a global leader in identity security, focused on intelligent privilege controls. It provides a comprehensive security offering for any identity—human or machine—across business applications, distributed workforces, hybrid cloud environments, and throughout the DevOps lifecycle. Leading organizations trust CyberArk to secure its most critical assets.
For over a decade, CyberArk has led the market in securing enterprises against cyber attacks that exploit insider privileges to target critical enterprise assets. CyberArk delivers a category of targeted security solutions that help leaders move beyond reacting to cyber threats, enabling them to prevent attack escalation before it causes business harm. As auditors and regulators increasingly recognize privileged accounts as a common path for cyber attacks and demand stronger protection, CyberArk’s security solutions address high-stakes compliance and audit requirements, equipping businesses to protect what matters most.
Partner spotlight: With offices and authorized partners worldwide, CyberArk is a security partner to more than 6,770 global businesses, including over 50% of the Fortune 500 and over 35% of the Global 2000. CyberArk has offices in the U.S., Israel, UK, Singapore, Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, and Turkey.
18. Cornerstone
Headquartered in Santa Monica, California, Cornerstone is a leading provider of workforce development solutions, empowering organizations and its employees to thrive in a rapidly changing world.
The technology: The company’s comprehensive AI-powered platform, Cornerstone Galaxy, enables organizations to meet its workforce where they are by identifying skill gaps, offering targeted development opportunities, engaging top talent, and delivering multimodal learning experiences tailored to the needs of the modern workforce.
Partner spotlight: With over 7,000 organizations and 140 million users across 186 countries, Cornerstone Galaxy supports high-performing, future-ready teams. Through recent strategic moves, Cornerstone has expanded its platform’s capabilities, including partnerships with Udacity to enhance access to expertly curated learning content and the acquisition of SkyHive to accelerate jobs-to-skills transformations.
Past Rankings from The Software Report:
The Top 100 Software Companies of 2021 (No. 7)
The Top 100 Software Companies of 2020 (No. 15)
19. KnowBe4
KnowBe4, the world's largest provider of security awareness training and simulated phishing platforms, addresses the ongoing challenge of social engineering attacks. Designed for scalability and ease of use, the KnowBe4 platform offers a suite of tools that IT professionals can deploy quickly and efficiently. With deployment times up to twice as fast as competitors, businesses of all sizes can enhance their security with minimal downtime and no additional consulting hours.
Partner spotlight: Trusted by nearly 70,000 organizations and over 50 million users globally, KnowBe4 helps employees stay vigilant against social engineering risks. The platform is supported by add-on products such as PhishER and SecurityCoach, which provide additional security and compliance training, helping organizations stay within budget.
The mission: With a workforce of nearly 50 percent women—compared to the industry average of 20 percent for cybersecurity teams—KnowBe4 demonstrates a strong commitment to diversity and inclusion, contributing to a more balanced cybersecurity field.
20. EAB
EAB is a forward-thinking, insight-driven organization that has dedicated four decades to solving education’s most complex challenges. Partnering with more than 2,800 institutions across K-12, higher education, and career fields, EAB provides tailored solutions that address critical areas like enrollment, student success, institutional strategy, data analytics, and advancement.
The mission: With a commitment to delivering measurable impact, EAB harnesses data-driven insights, technology, and research to empower leaders and practitioners in making informed decisions that strengthen both educational institutions and the communities they serve. EAB’s diverse, innovation-oriented teams work collaboratively to develop omnichannel solutions aligned with sustainability and social responsibility goals, helping schools and students thrive in a rapidly evolving landscape.
21. OutSystems
OutSystems, a global leader in software innovation, empowers IT leaders to build essential, high-impact applications through a unified, automated platform that streamlines the entire software lifecycle. With a strong emphasis on GenAI, OutSystems allows organizations to deliver software instantly, respond swiftly to evolving demands, and minimize technical debt by using a future-proof platform. By enabling development up to 10 times faster than traditional methods, OutSystems supports companies in achieving strategic business goals and addresses complex initiatives seamlessly.
Partner spotlight: Established in 2001, OutSystems has built an extensive network of over 750,000 community members, 500 partners, and a customer base spanning 80 countries and 21 industries. Demonstrating the power of its platform, OutSystems recently introduced Mentor, an AI-driven application generation tool that pioneers new capabilities in the field. Notable projects include facilitating One Mount Group’s digital transformation in Vietnam, enabling the development of over 10 internal applications in just four years, and supporting Nelson Mandela University’s initiatives to improve cancer awareness in rural South Africa.
Past Rankings from The Software Report:
The Top 25 Collaboration Software Companies of 2021 (No. 25)
The Top 100 Software Companies of 2020 (No. 29)
22. Contentsquare
Contentsquare is a leading digital experience analytics platform that empowers businesses to understand and optimize the user experience across web, mobile, and app platforms. Its AI-powered platform provides rich and contextual insight into customer behaviors, feelings and intent, at every touchpoint in their journey, enabling businesses to build empathy and create lasting impact.
Partner spotlight: More than 1,300 leading brands use Contentsquare to grow their business, deliver more customer happiness, and move with greater agility in a constantly changing world. Its insights are used to optimize the experience on over 1.3 million websites worldwide. Founded in Paris and with offices around the world, Contentsquare is backed by leading investors, including funds and accounts managed by BlackRock, Bpifrance, Canaan, Eurazeo, Highland Europe, KKR, LionTree, Sixth Street and SoftBank Vision Fund 2.
23. Xactly Corporation
Xactly is a provider of an AI-powered platform that integrates revenue intelligence and sales performance management, enabling organizations to maximize their revenue potential. With over two decades of pay and performance data, Xactly’s Intelligent Revenue Platform serves finance, revenue, compensation, and sales leaders looking to drive sustainable revenue growth.
Milestone: Recently, Xactly was selected by NEC to enhance its sales forecasting capabilities. The implementation of Xactly Forecast has improved forecasting accuracy and reporting for NEC Solution Innovators, Ltd., resulting in increased employee productivity. Additionally, Xactly has launched a new Partner Portal built on the Xactly Extend platform, providing partners with access to essential tools to maximize customer value.
Headquartered in Los Gatos, California, Xactly employs approximately 800 individuals and continues to lead in revenue management and sales performance.
Past Rankings from The Software Report:
The Top 100 Software Companies of 2023 (No. 32)
The Top 100 Software Companies of 2022 (No. 70)
24. UserTesting
UserTesting is a leading provider of human insights, helping teams collaborate directly with customers to drive innovation. By combining technology with human feedback, UserTesting enables faster, smarter decisions, empowering organizations to develop competitive products and improve customer experiences. With more than 3,000 clients, including 75 of the Fortune 100, UserTesting helps businesses shift from reactive to proactive, addressing customer needs to drive growth and transform customer experiences.
The technology: UserTesting redefines how digital products and experiences are created and delivered, providing insights at every stage from ideation to execution. Through an on-demand sourcing engine, UserTesting delivers fast, high-quality feedback from global audiences, including proprietary and partner networks. Unlike traditional methods that only track user behavior or gather passive data, UserTesting brings early customer input into the process, reducing uncertainty and grounding product development in direct human insights.
25. Relativity
Relativity provides software solutions that help users organize data, uncover critical insights, and drive actionable outcomes. Its SaaS platform, RelativityOne, enables organizations to manage large volumes of data efficiently and identify key issues during litigation and internal investigations.
Partner spotlight: With more than 300,000 users in approximately 40 countries, Relativity supports thousands of organizations worldwide, including those in the legal, financial services, and government sectors, such as the U.S. Department of Justice and 198 of the Am Law 200. Relativity recently partnered with Cellebrite to enhance the use of mobile data in investigations, demonstrating its commitment to addressing complex data challenges and delivering effective solutions.
Milestone: Relativity welcomed Kirk Larsen as Chief Financial Officer in April.
Past Rankings from The Software Report:
The Top 100 Software Companies of 2022 (No. 44)
26. Hootsuite
Hootsuite, founded in 2008 to address the social media management needs of its founder's digital marketing agency, has since become a leader in the global social media landscape. Starting from a crowd-sourced name and a dedicated user base of 100,000 by its first summer, Hootsuite quickly established itself as the pioneering force in social media management.
Today, Hootsuite serves as a comprehensive social media performance engine, empowering organizations to unlock the full potential of their social media relationships. By transforming social insights into actionable strategies, Hootsuite enables measurable business impact for clients ranging from small businesses to the world’s largest enterprises.
The mission: With deep expertise spanning social marketing, social listening, employee advocacy, and social customer service, Hootsuite is the trusted partner for hundreds of thousands of customers worldwide, committed to driving innovation and value through digital channels.
Past Rankings from The Software Report:
The Top 100 Software Companies of 2022 (No. 40)
27. AppFolio
AppFolio is a technology leader in the real estate industry. The company focuses on innovation and customer partnerships to help clients connect communities, improve operational efficiency, and grow their businesses. Since its founding in 2006, AppFolio has expanded from two founders to nearly 2,000 team members. The company serves more than 20,000 customers, providing a platform that supports real estate businesses of all sizes across various property types and business models.
Milestone: Recently, AppFolio introduced FolioSpace, a solution designed to enhance the resident experience and support the development of communities. FolioSpace reimagines how property managers engage with residents by bringing the entire resident journey into one application. By streamlining tasks and communication, FolioSpace replaces traditional manual processes with intuitive digital workflows. Additionally, the recent acquisition of LiveEasy strengthens the company’s efforts to streamline operations for real estate operators.
28. ABBYY
ABBYY is a global leader in purpose-built AI for intelligent automation, helping thousands of companies worldwide transform enterprise processes and data to reduce manual work and boost efficiency. For over 35 years ABBYY has deployed a blend of experience, innovation and value to empower businesses in any industry to make data-driven decisions that optimize outcomes and accelerate ROI through innovative automation solutions and strategies.
The technology: While the enterprise market is saturated with exaggerated claims of AI integration, ABBYY stands above the hype with a purpose-built approach to AI that solves businesses’ key challenges and saves millions of dollars through document automation and process improvement. With an emphasis on user-friendly low-code functionality, ABBYY’s leading solutions in intelligent document processing (IDP) and process intelligence bring new levels of ease and clarity to making smart decisions that enable profound efficiency gains and reductions in manual work without sacrificing accuracy.
Partner spotlight: ABBYY’s global impact has garnered the trust of over 10,000 companies worldwide and recognition from 10 industry analyst firms for leadership in IDP and process intelligence. Headquartered in the United States and with offices in 13 countries, ABBYY is proud to be a pillar of AI innovation and a strong supporter of developer communities through global event series like the ABBYY AI Summit and ABBYY DevCon.
29. Verkada
Verkada is the largest cloud-based B2B physical security platform company in the world. Only Verkada offers six product lines—video security cameras, access control, environmental sensors, alarms, workplace, and intercoms—integrated with a single cloud-based software platform. Designed with simplicity and scalability in mind, Verkada gives organizations real-time insight to know what could impact the safety and comfort of people throughout their physical environment, while empowering them to take immediate action to minimize security risks, workplace frustrations, and costly inefficiencies.
Partner spotlight: Founded in 2016 with more than $460M in funding raised to date, Verkada has expanded rapidly with 16 offices across four continents, 2,000+ full-time employees, and 26,000+ customers across over 85 countries, including 82 companies in the Fortune 500. The company was founded by computer scientists and security experts from Stanford University, along with Hans Robertson, the former co-founder and COO of Cisco Meraki. Verkada is headquartered in San Mateo, California, with offices in Salt Lake City, Tampa, Phoenix, Austin, London, Sydney, Taiwan, New York, Philadelphia, Toronto, Mexico City, Seattle, Tokyo, and Korea.
Past Rankings from The Software Report:
The Top 100 Software Companies of 2023 (No. 55)
The Top 100 Software Companies of 2021 (No. 85)
30. Intercom
Intercom is an AI-first customer service platform that has revolutionized the way organizations engage with their customers. Established in 2011 by four co-founders in Dublin, Ireland, the company later relocated its headquarters to San Francisco. Today, Intercom serves over 25,000 customers in more than 140 countries, empowering businesses—from early-stage startups to large enterprises—to enhance their online presence.
Partner spotlight: Notable clients include industry leaders such as Atlassian, Amazon, and Microsoft, who collectively send over 500 million messages each month and interact with an average of 200 million people. With a workforce of approximately 900 employees, Intercom operates across various departments, including Product, Engineering, R&D, Marketing, Sales, Operations, and Support. The company maintains offices in key global cities, including Dublin, San Francisco, London, Chicago, and Sydney.
Past Rankings from The Software Report:
The Top 100 Software Companies of 2022 (No. 50)
The Top 100 Software Companies of 2022 (No. 38)
31. Atera
Atera is a developer of the first AI-powered, all-in-one IT management platform designed to enhance the operational efficiency of IT teams. The platform includes features such as Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM), Helpdesk, Ticketing, IT Automations, Patch Management, Scripting, and Reporting, all integrated from a single interface. With more than 12,000 customers across more than 105 countries, Atera enables IT teams of all sizes to maximize productivity and drive growth by transitioning to a streamlined remote work environment. The platform analyzes over 60,000 data points per second, 24/7, providing the insights needed to respond quickly to issues.
The technology: Atera’s AI technology improves IT management, allowing teams to resolve problems ten times faster. This efficiency is achieved through an end-to-end integration with Microsoft Azure-OpenAI, offering capabilities for solving IT challenges at scale for both enterprise IT teams and Managed Service Providers (MSPs). By connecting helpdesk and ticketing functionalities with remote monitoring and management, Atera creates a comprehensive solution that enhances operational effectiveness.
Milestone: In a recent development, Atera announced a cybersecurity alliance with Cynet, further strengthening its offerings and maximizing margins for Managed Service Providers.
32. OPSWAT
For more than two decades, OPSWAT has been a leader in IT, OT, and ICS critical infrastructure cybersecurity, steadily expanding its solutions platform. This platform equips public and private sector organizations with essential tools to secure their complex networks and meet compliance standards. OPSWAT addresses cybersecurity challenges globally by providing zero-trust solutions and patented technologies. These innovations protect networks, data, and devices against known and unknown threats, including zero-day attacks and malware.
Milestone: Recently, OPSWAT strengthened its capabilities through strategic acquisitions and partnerships. The acquisition of InQuest supports OPSWAT’s federal go-to-market strategy and expands its network detection and threat intelligence services. In partnership with WorldTech IT, OPSWAT offers enhanced security solutions for enterprise and SLED (state, local, and education) customers. The acquisition of CIP Cyber also advances cybersecurity training, equipping organizations with practical tools and educational resources.
Past Rankings from The Software Report:
The Top 100 Software Companies of 2023 (No. 49)
The Top 25 Cybersecurity Companies of 2021 (No. 7)
33. Exiger
Exiger is revolutionizing the way corporations, government agencies and banks navigate risk and compliance in their third-parties, supply chains and customers through its software and tech-enabled solutions.
The mission: Exiger's mission is to make the world a safe and transparent place to succeed. Emboldening its 550 customers across the globe, including 150 in the Fortune 500 and over 50 government agencies, with award-winning AI technology, Exiger leads the way in ESG, cyber, financial crime, third-party and supply chain management.
The technology: Exiger develops and delivers AI solutions that empower the public and private sectors to illuminate, orchestrate and secure their supply chains against third party and supply chain risk. Exiger offers customers a full suite of software solutions, including Supply Chain Explorer (single-click due diligence), SDX (supply chain visibility tool), Insight 3PM (AI risk management workflow), ExploreRx (pharma supply chain transparency), Ion Channel (software supply chain risk management), XSB (parts intelligence), aDolus (SBOM generator) and Versed AI (multi-tier visibility). These tools are powered by Exiger’s award-winning, proprietary AI research engine DDIQ and seamlessly integrated within 1Exiger—a single sign-on, intuitive, and comprehensive supply chain UX.
34. Creatio
Creatio is a global vendor of a no-code platform to automate workflows and CRM with a maximum degree of freedom. Millions of workflows are launched on its platform daily in 100 countries by thousands of clients. Genuine care for its clients and partners is a defining part of the Creatio DNA.
The technology: Creatio offerings include an AI-powered no-code platform (Studio Creatio), CRM applications (marketing, sales and service), industry workflows for 20 verticals and marketplace add-ons. Creatio empowers customers to own their automation and accelerate time-to-value. This is made possible through its composable CRM, GenAI-powered Copilot, and modern no-code architecture—ushering in a new era of business automation.
Milestone: Creatio is recognized as a Leader and Strong Performer in multiple Gartner and Forrester reports. Creatio products receive raving end-user reviews on peer-to-peer portals. The company was founded in 2014. Creatio is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, has 800 employees in seven offices and a local presence in 25 countries.
Past Rankings from The Software Report:
The Top 100 Software Companies of 2023 (No. 57)
The Top 100 Software Companies of 2020 (No. 79)
35. HiBob
HiBob is a leader in HR innovation, transforming organizational operations in today’s work environment with its Human Capital Management (HCM) solution, Bob. The company’s modular approach is designed to meet the needs of multinational corporations seeking agile technology and robust analytics for managing distributed workforces in a changing economic landscape. By using Bob, organizations can streamline hiring processes, retain talent, upskill employees, and improve employee experience.
Partner spotlight: Serving more than 4,200 global businesses and impacting hundreds of thousands of individuals worldwide—including clients like Uala, The Josh Bersin Company, Fiverr, The&Partnership, and VaynerMedia—HiBob is known for its user-friendly interface, configurability, and customization options. The platform's adaptability and focus on fostering people engagement and community are reflected in its intuitive user interface, which simplifies access to HR processes and promotes collaboration among employees.
Past Rankings from The Software Report:
The Top 25 HR Software Companies of 2024 (No. 10)
36. BigCommerce
BigCommerce is a leading open SaaS and composable eCommerce platform that empowers brands and retailers of all sizes to build, innovate, and grow their businesses online. The platform provides customers with sophisticated enterprise-grade functionality, customization, and performance, all delivered with simplicity and ease of use.
Partner spotlight: Tens of thousands of B2C and B2B companies across 150 countries and various industries rely on BigCommerce, including notable names such as Burrow, Coldwater Creek, Francesca’s, Harvey Nichols, King Arthur Baking Co., MKM Building Supplies, Ted Baker, United Aqua Group, and Uplift Desk.
Milestone: Recently, BigCommerce has partnered with TD to launch a full-service eCommerce platform specifically designed for Canadian small businesses. Additionally, BigCommerce has joined forces with Ubique Digital to drive eCommerce transformation within the travel and hospitality industry. Through these collaborations, BigCommerce continues to enhance its offerings and support diverse sectors in achieving their digital commerce goals.
Past Rankings from The Software Report:
The 25 Best Ecommerce Software of 2020 (No. 10)
The 25 Best Ecommerce Software of 2019 (No. 8)
37. Domo
Domo enables organizations to turn data into actionable insights that drive measurable business impact. Its cloud-native data platform integrates seamlessly with existing cloud and legacy systems, providing secure, real-time access to data through user-friendly dashboards and apps. With built-in AI, data science, and analytics, Domo helps companies streamline critical business processes and make data-driven decisions.
Partner spotlight: Through recent partnerships with CARET Legal, Brooklyn Data, and Hakkōda, Domo expands its real-time analytics capabilities, making it easier for businesses to leverage data and AI. These collaborations further support organizations in addressing business challenges and aligning with goals for sustainability, social impact, and operational efficiency.
Milestone: Domo recently announced that Tod Crane was promoted to Chief Financial Officer.
Past Rankings from The Software Report:
The Top 100 Software Companies of 2022 (No. 59)
The Top 100 Software Companies of 2021 (No. 78)
38. iCIMS
iCIMS is a talent acquisition technology provider that enables organizations to build effective workforces with its AI-powered hiring platform. For over 20 years, iCIMS has led talent acquisition innovation, equipping organizations worldwide with tools to streamline recruitment, reduce costs, and improve experiences for candidates and recruiters.
The technology: iCIMS’s Talent Cloud gives employers a single platform to create diverse, mission-aligned teams. Focused on corporate responsibility, iCIMS aligns talent strategies with sustainable, socially impactful practices. Its recent GenAI-powered Recruiting Assistant enhances communication between hiring teams and candidates, supporting collaboration throughout the hiring process.
Milestone: The company appointed Jody Kaminsky as Chief Marketing Officer in October.
Past Rankings from The Software Report:
The Top 25 HR Software Companies of 2024 (No. 8)
The Top 100 Software Companies of 2021 (No. 12)
The Top 100 Software Companies of 2020 (No. 36)
39. Druva
Druva is a leading provider of data security solutions, helping organizations secure and recover their data from a range of threats.
The technology: The Druva Data Security Cloud, a fully managed SaaS solution, offers air-gapped and immutable data protection across cloud, on-premises, and edge environments. By centralizing data protection, Druva enhances incident response, cyber remediation, and data governance. Trusted by more than 6,000 customers, including 65 of the Fortune 500, Druva supports business data protection in an interconnected world.
Milestone: Recently, Druva introduced Dru Investigate, a Gen AI-powered tool that advances data investigations and incident response capabilities. The company also expanded its multi-cloud offerings with secure Azure backup, reinforcing its role as a trusted partner for data protection across various digital environments.
Past Rankings from The Software Report:
The Top 100 Software Companies of 2022 (No. 65)
The Top 100 Software Companies of 2020 (No. 56)
40. Smarsh
Founded in 2001 by Stephen Marsh, Smarsh is a leader in communications capture, archiving, and compliance for regulated industries. With a background in financial services, Marsh launched Smarsh to help businesses address growing regulatory demands on digital communications by providing reliable technology to manage electronic data.
The technology: Smarsh’s AI-powered Enterprise Platform enables organizations to capture, archive, and monitor business communications, helping to identify risks before they result in fines or reputational issues. Solutions like Capture, Archive, Conduct, and Discovery give clients effective control and insight into digital communications, supporting compliance across various sectors. Smarsh serves top banks, brokerage firms, insurers, registered investment advisors, and U.S. government agencies worldwide.
Milestone: Recently, Smarsh integrated OpenAI’s ChatGPT Enterprise Compliance API, partnered with Verizon for mobile compliance, and acquired TeleMessage to enhance its communications compliance capabilities.
Past Rankings from The Software Report:
The Top 25 Collaboration and Communication Companies of 2024 (No. 6)
41. Bloomreach
Bloomreach is transforming the e-commerce experience by personalizing how businesses connect with their customers. Its data engine unifies real-time customer and product data, allowing companies to understand what customers want. By integrating this understanding across all channels, Bloomreach ensures that the e-commerce experience adapts to shoppers' needs.
The technology: Powered by Loomi, Bloomreach's AI for e-commerce, the platform creates new paths to purchase, driving increased profitability and growth. Its product suite includes Engagement (a marketing automation platform), Discovery (an e-commerce search solution), Content (a headless CMS), and Clarity (an AI-powered conversational shopping tool). With numerous AI patents, Bloomreach serves more than 1,400 global brands, including Williams-Sonoma, Bosch, Puma, and Marks & Spencer.
Milestone: Recently, Bloomreach became the first marketing automation platform to launch Rich Communication Services, introducing a new approach to mobile engagement for marketers. The company also partnered with Planet to enhance personalization across online and in-store experiences, reinforcing its commitment to a seamless shopping journey for consumers.
42. RevSpring
RevSpring is a market leader in healthcare engagement and payment solutions that inspire patients to participate in and pay for their healthcare. Headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, the company harnesses intelligence, analytics, contextual messaging and user-experience best practices to innovate omnichannel communications and payment solutions that improve the patient experience, drive loyalty and trust, and deliver better outcomes.
Milestone: Recently, RevSpring built Engage IQTM, the industry’s only connected patient engagement suite designed to coordinate patient interactions from pre- to post-care and payment. This intelligent, holistic platform puts patient understanding at the center of one connected personal experience, allowing healthcare providers to fully optimize patient satisfaction, data accuracy, staff efficiency and financial outcomes.
43. WorkWave
WorkWave delivers innovative software and fintech solutions to companies that keep the world safe, clean and green. Partnering with over 8,000 customers worldwide, the leading lawn care, pest control, commercial cleaning and security guarding companies rely on its SaaS solutions to run and grow their businesses—everything from customer acquisition to mobile communications to billing and invoicing, and beyond.
The mission: Backed by decades of experience, passionate teams, and strong commitment to its customers, WorkWave’s vision is to empower the world’s mobile service workers to build a brighter future.
Past Rankings from The Software Report:
The Top 100 Software Companies of 2022 (No. 92)
The Top 25 Best HR Software of 2020 (No. 13)
The Top 25 Best HR Software of 2019 (No. 20)
44. DataRobot
DataRobot is an enterprise AI platform leader, empowering organizations to accelerate AI from idea to impact. With over a decade at the forefront of AI innovation, DataRobot understands what it takes to make a real difference—for the bottom line, for business vision, and for the world.
The technology: Its end-to-end AI platform enables organizations to rapidly build, securely operate, and confidently govern their entire AI landscape from a single, unified experience. Organizations across industries and geographies trust DataRobot to solve their biggest challenges with AI, leveraging generative and predictive capabilities today while maintaining the flexibility to adapt to tomorrow's innovations.
Milestone: In October, the company announced advanced AI technology to accelerate AI-ready data prep, generate higher-quality RAG outputs and scale efficiently and optimize costs.
Past Rankings from The Software Report:
The Top 100 Software Companies of 2022 (No. 43)
The Top 100 Software Companies of 2021 (No. 43)
45. Amplitude
Amplitude, a digital analytics platform, helps businesses unlock the potential of their products and deliver impactful customer experiences. Trusted by more than 3,200 organizations—including Atlassian, NBCUniversal, Under Armour, Shopify, and Jersey Mike’s—Amplitude provides self-service insights into the customer journey. This visibility enables teams to capture reliable data, derive actionable insights on user behavior, and respond quickly to improve product experiences that drive growth.
The mission: With solutions for product, data, and marketing teams, Amplitude guides companies in developing innovative, omnichannel solutions based on trustworthy data. By supporting ideation, iterative design, and validation, Amplitude’s framework helps businesses address complex challenges and foster product-led growth aligned with sustainability and social impact goals.
Milestone: Recent developments at Amplitude highlight its focus on practical innovation. The launch of its self-service A/B testing tool allows digital teams to accelerate innovation. Additionally, Amplitude’s acquisition of Command AI and its partnership with HubSpot expand the platform's capabilities, streamlining technology and reinforcing its role in digital analytics.
Past Rankings fromThe Software Report:
The Top 100 Software Companies of 2022 (No. 78)
46. Enable
Enable is a San Francisco-based company with a global team of 800 employees, dedicated to transforming rebate management for manufacturers, distributors, and retailers. Through its innovative, scalable, and collaborative platform, Enable empowers companies to take control of rebate programs and leverage them as a strategic growth engine.
The technology: Focusing initially on finance and commercial teams, Enable provides automated, real-time data and insights that simplify rebate complexity, enable accurate forecasting, and enhance cross-functional alignment. This visibility across teams allows companies to maintain clarity on their rebate positions and strategically drive growth, returns, and new opportunities. Enable’s platform extends to external trading partners, creating a collaborative space for suppliers and customers to author, agree, execute, and monitor their trading relationships effectively.
Milestone: Recently, Enable expanded its capabilities with the acquisition of e-bate Limited, further cementing its leadership in the rebate management landscape.
47. Clari
Clari’s AI-powered Revenue Platform is built to help companies optimize the end-to-end revenue process. Used by more than 1,500 organizations—including Okta, Adobe, Workday, Zoom, and Finastra—Clari enables businesses to improve win rates, prevent deal slippage, forecast accurately, and enhance the productivity of revenue-focused teams.
The technology: The platform provides visibility into the entire revenue ecosystem, allowing teams to drive process rigor, identify risks and opportunities in the pipeline, and maintain forecast accuracy. By delivering clear execution insights, Clari supports sales, marketing, and customer success teams in creating a more connected, efficient, and predictable revenue process.
The mission: Clari helps companies align their revenue strategies with broader commitments, such as sustainability and social impact goals, addressing the need for solutions that resonate with today’s conscientious market.
Past Rankings from The Software Report:
The Top 25 Artificial Intelligence Companies of 2024 (No. 3)
The Top 100 Software Companies of 2022 (No. 77)
48. Syncron AB
Syncron is a pioneering company that empowers leading manufacturers and distributors to thrive in the evolving service economy. By optimizing service quality and delivery, Syncron enhances customer loyalty and supports its clients in successfully transitioning to service-driven business models. With an impressive track record of creating over $3 billion in annual value across a diverse array of industries—including automotive, construction, mining, agriculture, industrial equipment, medical devices, consumer durables, high technology, and aerospace—Syncron excels at connecting and synchronizing every aspect of aftermarket service.
The technology: Through substantial investments in artificial intelligence and machine learning, Syncron has developed the first comprehensive and innovative end-to-end Intelligent Service Lifecycle Management (SLM) solution portfolio, which is widely endorsed by customers. This portfolio includes advanced solutions for service parts planning, parts and contract price optimization, warranty and supplier recovery management, field and depot service management, and service technician enablement.
49. Eightfold AI
Eightfold AI is a leading provider of talent intelligence solutions, offering its Talent Intelligence Platform™ to help organizations retain top performers, efficiently recruit talent, and achieve their diversity goals. The platform is designed to enable organizations to upskill and reskill their workforce, transforming talent into a competitive advantage. Eightfold's patented technology is accessible in over 155 countries and supports 24 languages, empowering enterprises worldwide to enhance their talent management strategies.
Milestone: Recently, Eightfold AI announced the launch of Eightfold Talent Design and entered into a collaboration with Wipro to further innovate talent management practices. Headquartered in Santa Clara, California, Eightfold AI employs around 800 professionals dedicated to advancing the future of work through intelligent talent solutions.
In August, the company joined the World Economic Forum’s Global Innovator Community, participating in the organization’s Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
50. Moveworks
Moveworks was founded in 2016 with the mission of improving the employee experience through advanced AI. Today, Moveworks reaches across several domains to solve employee issues across a wide variety of industries. Whether it's an IT, HR, finance, sales, legal, facilities issue, or more, Moveworks is able to interpret context, plan and adapt on the fly to deliver true outcomes through an autonomous, extensible copilot.
The mission: The company’s goal is to create one central place where employees can connect with the right data, workflow, and insights across all applications using its agentic AI Copilot.
51. Mindtickle
Mindtickle is a leading revenue productivity platform that delivers enablement and operations solutions to drive business growth and improve customer retention. The company enhances performance in sales and customer support teams through its Revenue Enablement Platform, which combines on-the-job learning with customer engagement activities.
The technology: This integrated approach allows managers and enablement teams to capture vital data on representative behaviors, benchmark them against ideal profiles, and provide personalized training and coaching to boost performance. Mindtickle serves renowned brands such as Cisco, Splunk, Henkel, Juniper Networks, and Janssen, helping them increase productivity among their customer-facing teams. Headquartered in San Francisco, California, Mindtickle employs around 700 professionals dedicated to transforming revenue enablement for organizations globally.
Past Rankings from The Software Report:
The Top 25 Sales Enablement Companies of 2024 (No. 12)
52. LILT
Lilt is an AI solution for enterprise translation, focused on helping global organizations manage their translation strategies effectively. Using Contextual AI, Connector APIs, and Human Adaptive feedback, Lilt enables companies to achieve business outcomes instead of just increasing translation volume.
Partner spotlight: Lilt offers human-powered, technology-assisted translations for global enterprises, providing the tools needed to scale translation programs, speed up go-to-market efforts, and enhance customer experience. Clients like Intel, ASICS, WalkMe, and Canva utilize Lilt's AI technology to deliver multilingual digital customer experiences. Based in San Francisco, Lilt has offices in Berlin, Dublin, Indianapolis, Washington, D.C., London, and Argentina. The company is supported by investors including Intel Capital, Sequoia, Redpoint, Zetta, and XSeed.
53. Buildertrend
Buildertrend is a leading residential construction management platform designed to transform how contractors handle every aspect of their business. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska with a team of 700 employees, Buildertrend has become a trusted partner to more than one million users in 100 countries, providing innovative, cloud-based software designed to bring efficiency, organization, and seamless communication to construction projects.
The technology: With features that cover estimating, scheduling, change orders, client communication, and document management, Buildertrend equips builders with tools to streamline processes, minimize delays, and enhance client satisfaction. The platform’s all-in-one solution empowers construction professionals to take on more projects while reducing paperwork and stress, ensuring a five-star experience for homeowners. In its commitment to continually enhance its offerings, Buildertrend recently partnered with Nelnet Bank to enable financing options for homeowners directly through their general contractors.
54. Jivox
Jivox is a personalized commerce marketing platform focused on commerce media. Its flagship product, IQ DaVinci, allows retailers and advertisers to launch self-service commerce media campaigns in under five minutes. By using pre-approved templates, AI-driven automation, and first-party data, IQ DaVinci enables users to scale their marketing efforts efficiently.
The technology: The platform increases sales by activating data across various commerce media networks and channels, including display, social media, and video/CTV, all through a unified workflow. At the core of IQ DaVinci is its patented Dynamic Creative Optimization (DCO) technology, which supports hyper-personalization through real-time product and offer feeds. It also provides closed-loop measurement and attribution through integrated analytics.
Partner spotlight: Jivox is a trusted partner for retailers and brand leaders, including Giant Eagle, Stop-n-Shop, and Unilever, demonstrating its effectiveness in the commerce media landscape.
Milestone: In July, Jivox added Greg Archibald, General Manager and Senior Vice President of Sales for the Americas at Outbrain and former Criteo and InMobi executive, to its board of directors.
Past Rankings fromThe Software Report:
The Top 100 Software Companies of 2023 (No. 69)
The Top 100 Software Companies of 2022 (No. 98)
The Top 25 Data Software Companies of 2022 (No. 7)
55. Illumio
Illumio is a provider of Zero Trust solutions, specializing in ransomware and breach containment to protect organizations from cyber threats and support operational resilience with minimal complexity. The Illumio Zero Trust Segmentation Platform provides protection by visualizing traffic flows and automatically implementing segmentation policies, reducing lateral movement across multi-cloud and hybrid infrastructures to safeguard critical resources and limit the spread of cyberattacks.
Partner spotlight: The company recently expanded its ecosystem through partnerships with Netskope and Wiz to strengthen enterprise resilience against cyberattacks. These alliances enhance Illumio’s Zero Trust capabilities by addressing cloud vulnerability management, risk mitigation, and automation, supporting a more robust defense against the evolving cybersecurity landscape. Headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, Illumio has a team of 700 employees.
Milestone: In response to partner feedback, Illumio announced in November an expansion of its Enlighten Partner Program.
56. Ridgeline
Founded by visionary entrepreneur Dave Duffield, co-founder of PeopleSoft and Workday, Ridgeline is a cloud platform purpose-built for investment management. The platform puts everything from portfolio management to trading to CRM and accounting in one place with the same data everywhere. By allowing entire firms to use a single, real-time platform, Ridgeline helps investment managers spend more time on what matters. Customers are replacing up to 9 systems by transitioning to Ridgeline and unlocking growth with newfound time and insight.
The mission: Ridgeline is headquartered in Lake Tahoe, with offices in Reno, the Bay Area, and Manhattan and takes pride in being a fast-growing, people-first company.
Past Rankings from The Software Report:
The Top 100 Software Companies of 2023 (No. 66)
The Top 100 Software Companies of 2022 (No. 93)
57. Aurigo
Aurigo builds software that helps build the world. With a clear purpose, Aurigo addresses the complex challenges faced by capital program managers and infrastructure owners. Its flagship Masterworks platform offers a suite of cloud products that automate the entire asset lifecycle, from planning and budgeting to construction and maintenance. This eliminates inefficient tools, streamlines operations, and ensures projects are completed on time and within budget, creating long-term value for all stakeholders.
The mission: Aurigo’s vision also extends beyond business, focusing on the positive impact of infrastructure on communities, governments, and the environment. By optimizing resource use, reducing waste, and fostering sustainable infrastructure, Aurigo is committed to positive, lasting change. Through innovation, strategic partnerships, and a customer-first approach, Aurigo not only leads its sector but sets a benchmark for how technology can drive meaningful progress. Trusted by over 300 customers and managing $300 billion in capital programs across 40,000 projects, Aurigo supports sectors like transportation, water, healthcare, and government across North America.
Past Rankings from The Software Report:
The Top 25 Artificial Intelligence Companies of 2024 (No. 8)
58. Terranova
Terranova is a Benefit Corporation that has been investing in R&D and training for 25 years to guide companies operating in the Gas & Power Distribution and Retail, Water Service and Waste Management in their digital transformation process with innovative software solutions, which exceed market standards and create value and sustainability.
Partner spotlight: Today, the Terranova Group employs more than 430 professionals in eight offices in Italy, Spain, Uzbekistan and England. Terranova serves over 350 valued clients, generating more than 48 million euros in revenue, due in part to strategic partners like Arcoda, which develops solutions for operations management; HPA—High Performance Analytics, which uses Machine Learning and Deep Learning techniques to develop predictive analytics solutions for the Utility sector; and Junker, which creates apps focused on waste sorting, circular economy, and waste management. Terranova guarantees innovation thanks to its Innovation Hub, product management team and network of partners, who are constantly engaged in application innovation activities.
59. Temporal
Temporal, headquartered in Seattle, offers an open-source Durable Execution platform that abstracts away the complexity of building scalable, distributed applications. By allowing developers to focus on delivering reliable applications faster, Temporal has been adopted by thousands of companies for mission-critical applications.
The technology: The platform preserves full application state in the event of host or software failures, which frees developers to focus on core features while enhancing application resilience and scalability. This new development model has countless use cases ranging from payments and money movement, infrastructure provisioning, batch processing, data pipelines, AI/ML training, order processing, and more.
Partner spotlight: Trusted by companies such as Snap, Hashicorp, Alaska Airlines, NVIDIA, and Brex, Temporal improves key engineering metrics tied directly to revenue, including development velocity and system reliability. The company's managed service, Temporal Cloud, recently onboarded its 1,500th paying customer, with new additions including Outreach, Upstart, and Xero. Temporal's active developer community has seen double-digit month-over-month growth, now boasting over 200,000 developers using its Cloud and open-source projects.
60. Bigtincan
Bigtincan, the global leader in revenue enablement automation, is helping the world’s leading brands facilitate the buying experience of the future. Everything it offers is designed to be smart, flexible, and easily adapted to unique business processes with highly personalized experiences that people and brands love. Bigtincan is on a mission to help companies deliver branded buying experiences that are engaging, personalized, provide value and guide people to the best decisions with confidence.
The mission: At Bigtincan, innovation is deeply ingrained in its DNA. As pioneers of atypical and often unexpected enablement solutions that go beyond document management and other standard fare, it stands at the forefront of the industry and continually raises the bar for what enablement can achieve. From AI to XR and whatever comes next, Bigtincan is committed to not only staying ahead of trends in sales enablement technology, but creating them as it redefines the future of work for buyers and sellers.
Partner spotlight: Innovative companies like Nike, AT&T, Prudential, Merck, Starwood Hotels, Winnebago and Clorox trust Bigtincan to enable customer-facing teams to intelligently prepare, engage, measure and continually improve the buying experience for their customers.
Past Rankings from The Software Report:
The Top 25 Sales Enablement Companies of 2024 (No. 7)
61. Suzy
Suzy empowers enterprise teams by providing access to consumer insights. The platform combines quantitative and qualitative research methodologies, delivering actionable data that drives consumer-centric decision-making. By streamlining market research and removing barriers like high costs and slow turnaround times, Suzy helps businesses adapt quickly to market changes and make informed strategic decisions.
Partner showcase: With a mission to ensure consumer voices are central to every business decision, Suzy has achieved a 226 percent revenue increase from 2020 to 2024, as they continue to grow towards a $100MM ARR company. Suzy employs 226 professionals and continues to grow its proprietary audience of diverse consumers. Trusted by more than 400 brands across 22+ industries, Suzy uses various research methodologies, including concept testing, price testing, UX testing, MaxDiff, TURF analysis, driver analysis, and dynamic market segmentation, to provide clients with insights that drive business results.
Past Rankings from The Software Report:
The Top 25 Collaboration and Communication Companies of 2024 (No. 15)
62. Transflo
For over 30 years, Transflo has been driving the future of technology in the transportation industry. As one of the original technology providers in this space, It has built a comprehensive, solution-oriented ecosystem that addresses the sector’s most critical challenges.
The mission: Today, Transflo continues to shape what's next with cutting-edge solutions in mobile, telematics, and business process automation, enabling customers to elevate their operational efficiency. With more than 3.2 million app downloads, 800 million digitized documents processed annually, and over $115 billion in freight bills automated, Transflo is the technology that powers transportation.
63. Bitdeer AI
Bitdeer AI, part of Bitdeer Technologies Group (NASDAQ: BTDR), is a leading provider of AI/ML GPU cloud solutions, offering businesses easy access to an advanced AI training platform and high-performance computing resources.
The technology: As one of the first NVIDIA Cloud Partners in Asia, its serverless GPU infrastructure, powered by NVIDIA DGX SuperPOD, delivers the scalability and efficiency that businesses need to accelerate their AI and machine learning initiatives.
The mission: Headquartered in Singapore, with over 25% of its workforce focused on research and development, Bitdeer AI is committed to driving innovation by simplifying AI workflows and providing end-to-end solutions that empower businesses to unlock the full potential of AI. Its platform offers a comprehensive suite of tools that allow enterprises to build, train, fine-tune, and deploy AI models efficiently, all in one integrated platform. With a global reach, it’s transforming the AI landscape, enabling businesses across industries to achieve their strategic objectives and stay competitive in a rapidly evolving digital economy.
64. Rillion
Simplifying the day to day work for customers by enabling them to do more with less. Rillion specializes in the automation of invoice management, providing the right tools to transform processes, from data capture and orders to invoice matching, approval and payments.
Partner spotlight: With 25 years of experience and the best customer service in the industry, Rillion delivers more efficient invoice management and peace of mind to customers. This is why over 3,000 companies in more than 50 countries trust its solutions.
65. Celigo
Celigo is an integration-driven automation, focused on enabling organizations through a process-centric approach. By allowing IT and business users to discover, automate, and continuously optimize business processes, Celigo supports teams in driving innovation at scale. The Celigo platform, an integration and automation platform (iPaaS), uses AI and prebuilt integrations to simplify the maintenance of essential processes, providing a solution that is easier to manage than others in the market.
The mission: Headquartered in Redwood City, California, with a team of 700 employees, Celigo’s mission is to make integration, automation, and process optimization straightforward for companies across industries. The platform supports automation of both common and custom business processes, helping IT and business teams to operate more efficiently and foster innovation.
Milestone: Recently, the Celigo Integration Platform achieved a 383% ROI and a $1.1 million NPV over three years, underscoring its impact. New developments include the launch of its B2B Manager for self-service EDI management and a partnership with GoCardless, which uses Celigo’s integration solutions to streamline backend business systems.
Past Rankings from The Software Report:
The Top 100 Software Companies of 2022 (No. 88)
The 25 Best Ecommerce Software of 2020 (No. 12)
66. Nerdio
Nerdio is a leading software provider delivering innovative solutions for organizations of all sizes to deploy, manage, and optimize native Microsoft technologies. By partnering with Managed Service Providers (MSPs) and enterprises worldwide, Nerdio adds significant value to existing Microsoft investments, such as Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD), Windows 365, and Microsoft Intune.
The mission: Nerdio empowers businesses to enhance operational efficiency, reduce costs, and streamline IT management, all while leveraging the power of the Microsoft cloud. Created in 2016 as a technology division within a Chicago-based MSP, Nerdio has always been committed to helping IT teams successfully move to and benefit from cloud environments and operations. From the early private cloud days to the modern Nerdio Manager solutions customized to the unique needs of MSPs and enterprise IT teams, Nerdio has always taken a market-leading and collaborative approach to cloud deployment and management. Today, Nerdio is used in over 50 countries by thousands of organizations of every size and vertical, and millions of users.
67. Dexory
Dexory captures real-time insights into warehouse operations using fully autonomous robots and Artificial Intelligence. Using autonomous technology to unlock data and drive insights through all levels of business operations, Dexory helps companies boost their performance and unlock their full potential. It provides instant access to real-time data to help optimize the present, de-risk the future and discover the intractable in each location and at every stage of the product journey through the warehouse and onto dispatch.
The technology: Introduced to the market in 2023, the DexoryView solution combines robotics, digital twin and AI technologies to understand, analyze and operate end-to-end warehouse operations, offering unprecedented time to value. For businesses that need to thrive in increasingly complex and competitive markets, DexoryView is the solution for warehouse and supply chain operators to gain full visibility of their operations.
68. SmartRecruiters
SmartRecruiters, headquartered in San Francisco, California, transforms talent acquisition with its AI-powered platform, Superhuman Hiring™, freeing recruitment teams from legacy applicant tracking systems. Supporting more than 4,000 customers, including Bosch, LinkedIn, and Visa, SmartRecruiters serves as a complete hiring operating system tailored for companies with critical hiring needs.
Milestone: The platform provides essential functionality, comprehensive support, and a strong ecosystem of third-party applications and service providers. Recent collaborations with DocuSign and Mercer | Mettl enhance recruitment workflows, while the launch of Winston, an AI assistant, aims to keep the human element central in hiring.
The mission: With 700 employees, SmartRecruiters also aligns its practices with global goals for sustainability and social impact, promoting responsible hiring that meets both organizational and societal needs.
Past Rankings from The Software Report:
The Top 25 HR Software Companies of 2024 (No. 17)
69. Lookout
Lookout, Inc. is a data-centric cloud security company focused on delivering zero trust security solutions that reduce risk and protect data across devices, applications, networks, and clouds. Its unified, cloud-native platform addresses every stage of cybersecurity threats to ensure data remains secure as it moves through today’s evolving threat landscape.
The technology: With a focus on human behavior and real-time threat visibility, the Lookout Cloud Security Platform is designed to stop breaches effectively—from initial phishing attempts to final cloud data extractions. Trusted by enterprises and government agencies, Lookout enables organizations to work and connect safely with a strong commitment to data protection. Headquartered in Boston, Lookout has offices in Amsterdam, London, Sydney, Tokyo, Toronto, and Washington, D.C. The recent addition of an AI chatbot to its partner platform demonstrates Lookout’s focus on innovation and improving partner success by streamlining access to resources.
70. QueryPie
Established in Silicon Valley in 2017, QueryPie Inc., offers a unified cybersecurity solution designed to enhance the access control and audit for infrastructure. As selected for Y-Combinator (YC W20), QueryPie has also been making significant strides in the Japanese compliance market, expanding its cybersecurity platform to encompass systems, containers, web applications and data discovery.
The technology: QueryPie has been providing data governance solutions to numerous leading corporates and digital native companies. The company has developed and begun supplying systems in response to customer demands, including Kubernetes and web application access control solutions and data discovery solutions.
Partner spotlight: Backed by leading venture capital firms such as Salesforce Ventures, ZVC and Shinhan Venture Investment, QueryPie is poised to expand its presence in Japan, Korea, and other key regions in APAC and beyond.
The pitch: The future holds exciting opportunities for QueryPie as it continues to innovate and grow its global footprint.
71. Actian
Actian makes it easy to deliver trusted, high-quality data with a complete set of data management and intelligence portfolio that enables people to discover, manage, and analyze data. With Actian, customers can transform into data-driven organizations that make confident business decisions and accelerate growth. Actian offers customers choice with a full stack of data solutions delivered via the cloud, hybrid, and on-premises. Actian is a division of HCLSoftware, headquartered in Round Rock, Texas.
72. iGrafx
iGrafx, a leader in process intelligence SaaS, is committed to helping businesses achieve operational excellence and digital transformation. For over two decades, iGrafx has empowered organizations worldwide by providing advanced software solutions to build a digital twin of their organization and discover, design, and optimize business processes. With its Process360 Live platform, iGrafx enables companies to enhance productivity, reduce costs, and ensure compliance with internal policies and external regulations.
Partner spotlight: Headquartered in Tualatin, Oregon, iGrafx serves thousands of global clients across industries, helping them transform business processes to achieve strategic business goals. Recent innovations include a groundbreaking process mining solution designed to revolutionize business process management. This technology enables organizations to leverage real-time data from within their IT systems to identify inefficiencies and bottlenecks, optimize performance, and drive continuous improvement with unparalleled accuracy and transparency. iGrafx supports businesses in achieving greater agility, operational efficiency, and sustained growth, making it a trusted partner in digital transformation.
73. Aurora Labs
Aurora Labs is pioneering the use of AI and Software Intelligence to solve the challenges of software development. Aurora Labs brings Lines-of-Code Intelligence™ (LOCI) to the entire software lifecycle, from development to testing, integration, continuous quality control, continuous certification, and over-the-air software updates. Aurora Labs focuses on complex software engineering projects including embedded systems and software-defined vehicles.
Partner spotlight: Aurora Labs, founded in 2016, has been granted 100 patents. Aurora Labs is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel, with offices in Germany, North Macedonia, the US, and Japan.
74. ReverseLogix
ReverseLogix is the only end-to-end, centralized, and fully integrated returns management system built specifically for retail, ecommerce, manufacturing and 3PL organizations.
The technology: Whether B2B, B2C or hybrid, the ReverseLogix platform facilitates, manages, and reports on the entire returns’ lifecycle. Organizations that rely on ReverseLogix deliver a vastly superior customer returns experience, save employee time with faster workflows, and increase profits with 360⁰ insight into returns data.
75. GoodTime
GoodTime elevates the entire hiring experience with human-centric AI, all while automating 90% of interview management tasks. Trusted by global talent teams at companies like Hubspot, Spotify, Priceline, and Lyft, GoodTime’s platform not only automates interview scheduling but also keeps candidates and interviewers deeply engaged throughout the hiring journey.
The technology: Gain access to powerful insights and AI-driven recommendations to streamline processes and ensure every interviewer is always well-prepared. The result? Exceptional candidate experiences that consistently lands top talent.
76. airSlate
airSlate, a global SaaS technology leader headquartered in Brookline, Massachusetts, provides innovative business productivity and automation solutions to over a hundred million users worldwide. Its suite of user-friendly tools, including pdfFiller, Workflow, and SignNow, enables organizations to achieve digital transformation by streamlining operations for speed and efficiency. Supported by renowned investors such as General Catalyst, Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital, HighSage Ventures, UiPath Ventures, and GSquared, airSlate is recognized for driving productivity and simplifying workflows for businesses of all sizes.
Milestone: The company’s recent partnership with Equinox Technologies expands its presence in the MEA and APAC regions, furthering its commitment to workflow automation and global reach. With a workforce of 1,000 dedicated employees, airSlate continues to empower organizations to scale and evolve digitally with solutions designed for today’s dynamic business landscape.
Past Rankings from The Software Report:
The Top 100 Software Companies of 2023 (No. 72)
The Top 100 Software Companies of 2022 (No. 86)
The Top 100 Software Companies of 2021 (No. 43)
77. BambooHR
BambooHR is a leading provider of cloud-based HR software solutions, focused on empowering HR professionals to manage and support their employees.
The mission: The company's mission is to enable individuals to perform effectively by automating, centralizing, and connecting employee data, which facilitates better decision-making. The platform includes payroll, time tracking, benefits, performance, and reporting solutions, all backed by reliable customer service. Over the past 15 years, BambooHR has become a trusted partner for HR professionals in more than 34,000 companies across 190 countries and 50 industries, supporting millions of users throughout their employee experience.
Past Rankings from The Software Report:
The Top 25 HR Software Companies of 2024 (No. 6)
The Top 100 Software Companies of 2023 (No. 61)
The Top 100 Software Companies of 2020 (No. 76)
The 25 Best HR Software of 2020 (No. 9)
The 25 Best HR Software of 2019 (No. 17)
78. Zapier
Zapier, founded in 2011 by Wade Foster, Mike Knoop, and Bryan Helmig, is a leading workflow automation platform for small and midsize businesses. It integrates with more than 7,000 popular work applications, enabling users to maximize the tools they already use. The company operates as a fully remote team with more than 800 employees across 40 countries.
Showcase: Zapier has automated workflows for more than 2.2 million businesses, including startups and Fortune 100 companies. Users have created more than 25 million automated workflows, known as Zaps. In 2021, Zapier reached a valuation of $5 billion, having initially raised $1.3 million in funding in 2012.
Milestone: Zapier helps organizations streamline workflows and transfer data across various applications. Recently, it launched an all-in-one automation platform that has improved operations for over 600,000 businesses. This includes the introduction of Canvas, an AI-powered flowchart tool that enhances workflow automation. Zapier is committed to making automation straightforward and accessible for all users.
Past Rankings from The Software Report:
The Top 100 Software Companies of 2023 (No. 67)
79. Calendly
Calendly is a cloud-based platform that helps individuals, teams, and organizations streamline the meeting lifecycle by removing the back-and-forth of scheduling. By integrating with essential digital tools, Calendly automates scheduling workflows to enhance user experience and provide actionable insights that improve business outcomes. With more than 20 million users in more than 230 countries, Calendly enables clients to simplify meetings, foster collaboration, and drive business efficiency.
The mission: The company’s focus on innovation and effective digital solutions reflects a commitment to sustainable and socially responsible growth, aligning with global goals to ensure a measurable impact across its offerings.
80. Island
Island is a leader in enterprise security, having developed an enterprise browser that integrates advanced security features, IT and network controls, data protection, and application access into a user-friendly browsing experience. This solution is tailored for the world’s largest and most dynamic enterprises, aiming to reshape the future of work.
Partner spotlight: The company is headquartered in Dallas, with a research and development team based in Tel Aviv. Island is supported by investors including Canapi, Cisco Investments, Citi Ventures, Coatue Management, Cyberstarts, Georgian, Insight Partners, Prysm, Sequoia Capital, and Stripes, providing substantial financial backing for its growth.
Milestone: Recently, Island announced the participation of Citi Ventures in its Series D funding round, securing $175 million in growth funding. This investment, led by Coatue and Sequoia, has increased Island's valuation to $3 billion, highlighting its commitment to enhancing enterprise security and transforming organizational operations in a digital landscape.
81. Cognism
Cognism is a leader in international sales intelligence, recognized for setting a standard in data quality and compliance, and trusted by over 1,800 revenue teams worldwide. The company helps businesses find, engage, and close their ideal prospects by providing company and contact information, which includes firmographics, technographics, sales trigger events, intent data, and verified business emails and phone-verified mobile numbers.
The technology: Cognism is known for its compliance with GDPR and CCPA, supported by innovative technology and integrations with leading CRM and sales engagement platforms. This focus on compliance and quality positions Cognism as a preferred choice for businesses seeking to establish a predictable pipeline, identify their next business opportunities, and navigate global compliance challenges.
Milestone: The company has experienced significant growth, supported by multiple funding rounds and strategic acquisitions, including Mailtastic in 2020, a provider of email signature solutions, and Kaspr in 2022, a Paris-based sales prospecting tool.
82. Signifyd
Signifyd provides an end-to-end Commerce Protection Platform that leverages its Commerce Network to maximize conversion, automate customer experience and eliminate fraud and customer abuse for retailers.
Partner spotlight: Signifyd counts among its customers a number of companies on the Fortune 1000 and Internet Retailer Top 500 lists. Signifyd is headquartered in San Jose, California, with locations in Denver, New York, Mexico City, Belfast, and London.
The mission: Signifyd isn’t just a workplace. It’s a chosen destination for talented professionals who care deeply about the quality of what they produce and just as much about the quality of those they work with and for.
83. BrightEdge
BrightEdge is a global leader in Enterprise SEO, AI, and content performance, dedicated to empowering digital marketers to convert online opportunities into measurable business outcomes. The company offers an all-in-one platform that equips organizations with essential market insights and intelligent AI-driven solutions. BrightEdge's platform boasts the industry's most unique and extensive dataset, integrating key search, social, content, and digital media data points.
Milestone: Since 2015, BrightEdge's deep-learning engine, DataMind, has been the driving force behind its AI solutions for SEO, enabling marketers to leverage high-fidelity, data-led insights and automated actions. Trusted by over 57 percent of Fortune 100 companies and nine of the top ten international agencies, BrightEdge is integral to enhancing digital experiences and delivering exceptional performance.
84. Simpplr, Inc.
Simpplr is an innovative AI-powered platform designed to enhance employee experiences at scale, delivering seamless and personalized interactions that empower individuals to perform their best work from anywhere. Recognized for its unique ability to unify employee engagement, enablement, and services management, Simpplr stands out as the only platform of its kind in the market.
Partner spotlight: With a clientele that includes over 1,000 leading brands such as Snowflake, Moderna, Eurostar, and AAA, Simpplr has demonstrated measurable improvements in productivity, employee engagement, and overall business performance. Headquartered in Silicon Valley, California, Simpplr also operates offices in the UK, Canada, and India. The company is backed by reputable investors, including Norwest Venture Partners, Sapphire Ventures, Salesforce Ventures, and Tola Capital.
Past Rankings from The Software Report:
The Top 25 Artificial Intelligence Companies of 2024 (No. 5)
The Top 25 Collaboration Software Companies of 2021 (No. 23)
The Top 100 Software Companies of 2021 (No. 71)
85. Pipefy
Pipefy is a provider of a no-code business process automation platform designed to improve team productivity and efficiency across various departments, including IT, finance and insurance, HR, and customer operations.
The technology: By centralizing data and standardizing processes, Pipefy helps organizations streamline their operations. Utilizing its no-code automation and AI framework, the company enables businesses to achieve productivity and operational efficiency for every team, regardless of the department.
Milestone: In October, Pipefy named Henrique Setton as Chief Operating Officer.
Past Rankings from The Software Report:
The Top 25 HR Software Companies of 2024 (No. 16)
The Top 100 Software Companies of 2022 (No. 87)
86. SnapLogic
SnapLogic is a leader in Generative Integration, pioneering AI-led integration that accelerates digital transformation across enterprises. The SnapLogic Platform enables organizations to integrate more quickly and easily, allowing them to automate business processes, democratize data, and deliver digital products and services. By simplifying technology stacks, SnapLogic helps enterprises optimize their operations and drive growth.
Partner spotlight: Thousands of enterprises worldwide rely on SnapLogic to integrate, automate, and orchestrate data flows across various business functions. Recently, the company announced a strategic partnership with Syndigo to enhance the impact of commerce systems. Additionally, SnapLogic has signed a strategic collaboration agreement with AWS to deliver global Generative Integration solutions.
Milestone: 2024 marked a decade of partnership between SnapLogic and Adobe.
87. Sesame HR
Sesame is an innovative HR management startup based in Valencia, Spain, offering a comprehensive system designed to streamline operations for work teams and human resources. Its platform enables users to manage various aspects of their daily work from their phones, including attendance control, selection processes, and internal communications. With a robust customer base exceeding 8,000 clients and a user reach of over 300,000, Sesame has established itself as a leader in the HR technology sector.
Milestone: Recently, the company secured a new investment round, which will be directed towards enhancing its artificial intelligence capabilities and accelerating its international expansion efforts. The company plans to use this capital to introduce new functionalities to its platform, such as expense control, payroll advances, and flexible compensation, further establishing itself as a comprehensive HR management solution. These additions are aimed at enhancing the user experience by integrating various HR and financial management tools into a single platform.
Past Rankings from The Software Report:
The Top 100 Software Companies of 2023 (No. 76)
The Top 100 Software Companies of 2020 (No. 78)
88. Platform Science
Platform Science is transforming transportation technology by equipping enterprise fleets with a unified and user-friendly technology platform. Established in 2015, the company facilitates the development, deployment, and management of mobile devices and applications on commercial vehicles, enhancing efficiency, flexibility, visibility, and productivity for fleets across the nation.
Partner spotlight: The company partners with industry leaders throughout the supply chain, creating opportunities for fleets to develop tailored solutions that support their growth. Recently, Platform Science announced its acquisition of Trimble’s Global Transportation Telematics Business Units, a strategic move designed to advance the future of in-cab technology. Additionally, the company has collaborated with Truckers Against Trafficking (TAT) and SkyBitz to deploy the SkyMatch technology on virtual vehicles, aiming to improve tractor-trailer pairing across fleets.
Milestone: The company recently partnered with Phillips Connect, bringing Phillips Connect’s DriverAssist, an integration that delivers actionable trailer insights such as tractor-trailer pairing and TPMS directly into the cab for drivers, to the Virtual Vehicle Marketplace.
89. Pindrop
Pindrop is leading the way in voice interactions by establishing the standard for security, identity, and trust. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, the privately held company has developed patented technologies that extract significant intelligence from every call, protecting major banks, insurers, and retailers worldwide. Pindrop's solutions are essential for detecting fraudsters and authenticating callers, reducing fraud and operational costs while improving customer experience and protecting brand reputation.
The technology: Pindrop's technology has been implemented in eight of the top ten U.S. banks and five of the top seven life insurers, with 70% of its U.S. customers being Fortune 500 companies.
Milestone: Recently, Pindrop launched Pulse Inspect, a solution designed to combat deepfakes and the spread of misinformation. The company secured $100 million in financing to advance fraud and deepfake detection technologies. Pindrop's audio deepfake detection solution aims to restore trust in remote communication, reinforcing its role in voice security and authentication. The company is backed by investors including Andreessen Horowitz, Citi Ventures, Felicis Ventures, CapitalG, GV, and IVP.
90. ExpertusONE
ExpertusONE is a provider of unified learning platforms, transforming corporate training with its award-winning solution. The platform offers functionality and mobile-ready options, addressing a range of training needs for employees, customers, and partners, including product knowledge, sales, compliance, and skills development.
The technology: The cloud-based system combines Learning Management System (LMS), Learning Experience Platform (LXP), and Skills Management into one platform, supporting various training formats from SCORM to virtual reality. ExpertusONE’s platform integrates with applications like Salesforce, Slack, and Microsoft Teams.
Milestone: Recently, ExpertusONE launched a fully integrated Skills Platform, which enhances its Learning Management System. This development reflects the company’s focus on improving the learning experience through artificial intelligence, providing personalized content, interactive modules, and actionable insights for performance management. Through these initiatives, ExpertusONE maintains its position as a leader in the corporate training sector.
Past Rankings from The Software Report:
The Top 25 Artificial Intelligence Companies of 2024 (No. 11)
91. Hyperscience
Hyperscience is a market leader in hyperautomation and a provider of enterprise AI infrastructure software. The company's flagship offering, the Hyperscience Hypercell platform, enables organizations to unlock the value of their back office data by automating end-to-end processes. This platform transforms complex documents into data that is ready for large language models (LLM) and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), powering new enterprise generative AI experiences.
The technology: By converting manual, siloed processes into streamlined operations, Hyperscience helps organizations make quicker decisions, increase revenue, and enhance experiences for customers, the public, and patients. This leads to significant improvements in productivity across various sectors.
Partner spotlight: Leading organizations worldwide, including American Express, Charles Schwab, HM Revenue and Customs, Mars, Stryker, the United States Social Security Administration, and the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, rely on Hyperscience to drive their hyperautomation initiatives. The company is backed by reputable investors, including Bessemer Venture Partners, Battery Ventures, FirstMark Capital, Stripes, and Tiger Global.
92. Resolve Tech Solutions
RTS is a global technology services company dedicated to modernizing and transforming industries that matter through world-class IT services, consulting, and implementation solutions. Recognized as the preferred IT partner for Fortune 500 enterprises as well as small and medium businesses, RTS operates across diverse verticals, including telecom, retail, government, aerospace, defense, and real estate.
The technology: With over 20 years of deep technical expertise in ERP consulting, RTS manages more than 4,000 SAP-related workloads, establishing one of the largest footprints of SAP ERP in the public cloud. The company excels in understanding the strategic and operational complexities of cloud migration initiatives, offering best-in-class managed cloud delivery services and other SAP enterprise applications. This experience enables RTS to provide exceptional support for any cloud transition or transformation project.
Milestone: Recently, RTS has joined the Google Cloud Partner Advantage Program, aiming to propel AI and machine learning adoption in the United States, India, and other Asian markets.
Past Rankings from The Software Report:
The Top 25 Artificial Intelligence Companies of 2024 (No. 20)
93. Adeptia AI
Adeptia Software is a leader in the data integration sector, focused on simplifying and accelerating data exchanges between businesses and applications. Founded in 2000 by a team of software developers, Adeptia has worked to reduce the complexities associated with business data integration. Over two decades later, the company has developed a platform that enables customer and supplier data integration to be completed up to 80% faster, improving onboarding processes, lowering operational costs, increasing revenue, and facilitating business interactions.
Partner spotlight: Headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, with an additional office in Noida, India, Adeptia serves hundreds of mid- and large-sized companies globally. Its AI-driven, self-service data management solutions empower business users without technical expertise and effectively scale to meet the production data volume demands of Global 5000 enterprises. Adeptia's integration technology has been recognized in various industry reports, including the Forrester Wave and Gartner Magic Quadrant charts, as the only self-service business application in the data integration landscape designed for non-technical users.
94. Arcoro
Arcoro is a SaaS company specializing in modular HR solutions for the construction and field-based industries. The company’s mission is to transform HR practices within these sectors through purpose-built technology. Arcoro offers a comprehensive suite of HR tools that enables companies to effectively hire, manage, and grow their workforce.
The technology: The product suite includes flexible solutions that allow customers to choose the modules that best fit their needs, covering areas such as talent acquisition, talent management, core HR, benefits administration, payroll, and time and attendance tracking. With these tools, HR leaders can streamline processes, save time, and access strategic reporting to enhance workforce performance. Additionally, Arcoro's software integrates with other leading construction technologies, including payroll, accounting, and project management systems. By providing a robust platform, Arcoro helps drive business outcomes for its clients in the construction industry.
Past Rankings from The Software Report:
The Top 25 HR Software Companies of 2024 (No. 12)
The Top 100 Software Companies of 2022 (No. 99)
95. GoCo.io
GoCo is an innovative HR platform that brings HR data to life, offering a customizable workflow solution for a wide range of HR processes, policies, and checklists. Designed to streamline essential tasks from onboarding and benefits to performance management and payroll, GoCo provides everything needed to manage HR efficiently in a single, easy-to-use system.
The mission: Driven by a mission to reduce the time businesses spend on manual, complex HR tasks, GoCo empowers organizations to focus on building happier, more productive teams.
Milestone: Recently, GoCo announced an integration with Remote, a collaboration set to combine the strengths of both platforms, providing businesses with a seamless, unified solution to manage HR and payroll across borders, and enables companies to navigate the complexities of global payroll, access a wider pool of talent, and maintain a single source of truth for HR data for all employees, regardless of their location.
Past Rankings from The Software Report:
The Top 25 HR Software Companies of 2024 (No. 15)
96. care.ai
Based in Orlando, Florida, with a total of $27 million in funding, care.ai is pioneering the use of AI in healthcare with the world's first advanced AI-powered smart care facility platform. With healthcare's leading always-aware ambient intelligent sensors, care.ai transforms physical environments into self-aware smart care spaces. This innovation enhances safety, efficiency, and the quality of care in both acute and post-acute settings. Simultaneously, it autonomously improves clinical and operational workflows and enables new virtual care models for smart care teams, including smart-from-the-start virtual nursing solutions.
Milestone: Recently, care.ai expanded its capabilities through a partnership with Google Cloud, integrating advanced solutions for nurses that leverage generative AI and data analytics. Additionally, strategic alliances with Get Well and Samsung underscore care.ai's dedication to accelerating the integration of virtual care in smart hospitals. These collaborations equip smart care teams with high-fidelity virtual care experiences, showcasing care.ai's commitment to enhancing healthcare delivery through innovation.
Past Rankings from The Software Report:
The Top 25 Artificial Intelligence Companies of 2024 (No. 12)
97. Dstillery
Dstillery, a prominent AI ad targeting company headquartered in New York City, empowers brands and agencies to reach their most promising prospects through high-performing programmatic advertising campaigns. The company has raised a total of $60.4 million in funding over seven rounds, the latest in 2019 from a series D round. With the support of data science, Dstillery has obtained 19 patents for its AI technology, which drives precise and scalable audience creation.
Milestone: The company’s latest innovation, ID-free Custom AI®, represents a privacy-focused targeting solution that performs on par with cookies but without relying on identifiers. Furthermore, its premier product, Custom AI Audiences, which is based on identifiers, tailors its targeting exclusively to the brand it serves. It continually assesses hundreds of millions of users to provide the best and most unique audience segments. Some of the company’s most notable customers include T-Mobile, Hyundai, and Advil.
Past Rankings from The Software Report:
The Top 25 Artificial Intelligence Companies of 2024 (No. 13)
98. BriteCore
BriteCore is a cloud-native core insurance platform designed for property and casualty (P&C) insurers, focused on facilitating business growth, improving productivity, and providing a streamlined customer experience. The BriteCore Platform enables insurers to efficiently administer policies, manage billing and claims, configure new products, and access detailed reporting and analytics, all within a single integrated core system that includes portals for agents and policyholders.
The technology: Trusted by over 100 insurers across North America, BriteCore's policy administration solution helps midsize carriers and managing general agents (MGAs) manage their insurance operations and compete with larger companies. Founded in 2009 through a partnership between six P&C insurers and the software developer Intuitive Web Solutions, BriteCore was established to create a policy administration solution for P&C insurance providers. The company has worked closely with its insurance carrier customers to develop practical, long-term solutions tailored to their needs. Since its official launch in 2010, BriteCore has evolved into a comprehensive core insurance platform that serves insurance carriers, startups, and MGAs.
99. Lucidworks
Lucidworks is a software company based in San Francisco, California, specializing in commerce, customer service, and workplace applications. Founded in 2007 as Lucid Imagination and rebranded as Lucidworks in 2012, the company focuses on enhancing digital experiences through advanced search and browsing capabilities.
The mission: Lucidworks believes that effective digital experiences begin with seamless search functionality. By capturing user behavior and employing machine learning, Lucidworks connects users with the products, content, and information they need. This approach has made Lucidworks a key partner for several large brands, including Crate & Barrel, Lenovo, Red Hat, and Cisco Systems, which utilize the company’s suite of products to improve customer service and workplace efficiency. Clients using Lucidworks’ technology are over 2.5 times more likely to successfully implement generative AI initiatives compared to their peers.
Past Rankings from The Software Report:
The Top 25 Artificial Intelligence Companies of 2024 (No. 18)
100. Clarity AI
Clarity AI is a leading sustainability technology company that harnesses advanced technology and artificial intelligence to deliver data-driven environmental and social insights to a diverse clientele, including investors, corporations, governments, and consumers. From its inception, AI has been central to Clarity AI’s offerings, enabling a comprehensive suite of data solutions, insights, and analytics tools tailored for portfolio management, corporate research and engagement, benchmarking, regulatory reporting, online banking, and e-commerce.
Partner spotlight: In the investment sector, Clarity AI boasts a robust client network managing over $60 trillion in assets, featuring notable firms such as Invesco, Nordea, Lazard Asset Management, and Santander. The company has established strategic partnerships with prominent financial institutions, including BlackRock, the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG), BNP Paribas, Caceis, and SimCorp. These collaborations facilitate access to Clarity AI's advanced data analytics capabilities for thousands of users through their existing investment platforms, ensuring a seamless workflow experience. Clarity AI operates globally, with offices situated in North America, Europe, and the Middle East.
Past Rankings from The Software Report:
The Top 25 Artificial Intelligence Companies of 2024 (No. 17)
The Top 100 Software Companies of 2023 (No. 92)
