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Successful outsourcing begins with finding a reputable partner. In fact, finding the right partner could arguably have a greater impact on your success than any other factor. It’s essential to find someone who understands your needs, thinks strategically, and has the expertise to bring your web application or mobile app to life.
That’s why we’ve created this list of 19 top software development firms—experienced service providers who understand today’s top technology solutions and can help you at key stages in your product life cycle.
This list is a good place to start when searching for a vendor, but it doesn’t end here. Whoever you choose to work with, do your due diligence, vet them properly, and ask difficult questions before signing any contracts.
Top 19 Software Development Outsourcing Companies
We’ve identified the following software development outsourcing companies based on their reviews and ratings on Clutch.co and G2—two of the most comprehensive review sites for outsourcing firms on the internet.
Many on this list are full-service firms that offer not just front-end and backend development services, but also project management, user research, UX and UI design, QA testing, and maintenance.
Keep in mind that the data we’ve included is based on the public information listed on these and other sites. However, you’ll want to speak directly with each company’s sales reps to verify pricing ranges and services offered. After all, prices change and companies alter their offerings, and the data will only be as accurate as the source we referenced.
Nevertheless, this will provide a good starting point for companies exploring their options when looking into software development outsourcing services. And of course, we can guarantee all the data regarding Net Solutions is accurate—because that’s us!
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Net Solutions
As we mentioned above, Net Solutions is our company, so don’t take our word for any claims we make about our expertise and customer service. Instead, check out our reviews on Clutch.co (4.8 stars) and G2 (4.9 stars).
With over 66 reviews and nearly 50 case studies outlining our work on different projects, you can see objective data that back up our claims.
Net Solutions has been serving enterprise clients as well as startups in North America, Europe, Australia, and other places for over two decades. Well-versed in Agile and other methodologies, Net Solutions takes a DevOps approach to building cutting-edge software and helping companies with digital transformation.
A full-service firm, Net Solutions can supplement the work of your in-house team or spearhead your web app and mobile app development projects, designing and building apps for desktops, web-based apps, and Android and iOS apps.
Net Solutions has worked with numerous Fortune 500 companies, creating enterprise software solutions as well as MVPs for startups. Net Solutions can also adjust to your local time zone if that’s something you need.
Net Solutions also has experience working with a wide variety of compliance requirements, including HIPAA, GDPR, and many statewide, national, and regional requirements for various industries. Plus, they’re PCI DSS-certified for safe, secure credit card processing.
- Location: Chandigarh, India
- Founded: 2000
- Team Size: 500+
- Industry Focus: Media, retail eCommerce, healthcare, education and training, SaaS, finance and FinTech, sports & fitness
- Notable Clients: Harvard Business Review, Euro Car Parts, Xerox, ADP, English Premier League, VIP Cars, IMG
- Services Offered: Custom software development, UX and UI Design, Project Management, Quality Assurance testing, app modernization, IT managed services, cybersecurity
- Key Features: A full-service software development firm, Net Solutions has extensive experience working with U.S. and European companies, going beyond design and development to guide product development strategies. Project managers and engineers are down-to-earth and fluent in English.
- Pricing: $25 – $49 per hour and custom quotes
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ScienceSoft
ScienceSoft is an established, full-service firm that works across a wide variety of industries and has received high ratings from clients.
The company handles all stages of software development services and software design: Project management, business analysis, design, development, and QA. Like Net Solutions, they work with all major programming languages.
ScienceSoft is ISO 9001 certified and understands the latest cybersecurity and compliance protocols, from HIPAA to GDPR. Their rates are higher than other firms, which makes sense given the higher labor and software development outsourcing costs in the United States, but they do offer high-quality service as well.
- Location: McKinney, TX (USA)
- Founded: 1989
- Team Size: 700+
- Industry Focus: Retail, technology, SaaS
- Notable Clients: IBM, eBay, Walmart, NASA
- Services Offered: Web and mobile application development and design, cloud applications
- Key Features: Established firm with strong partnerships with Microsoft, AWS, Oracle, and IBM
- Pricing: $50 – $99 per hour
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Techuz
Techuz is a smaller, boutique agency with just over 75 employees, but the team has completed a wide range of projects across a range of industries, including finance, education, eCommerce, and healthcare.
Located in India, Techuz is able to offer lower rates compared to many other leaders while still providing top-notch service. They specialize in web development, web design, and custom software development.
Guided by Agile software development principles, Techuz has experience with end-to-end MVP development. They also provide staff augmentation for companies looking to extend the capability of their in-house teams.
While their roster of clients isn’t quite as impressive as other organizations on this list in terms of household names, Techuz does feature plenty of positive reviews and high ratings on Clutch.io. Plus, they’ve got a decent collection of case studies on their website that testify to their skill set.
- Location: Ahmedabad, India
- Founded: 2012
- Team Size: 75+
- Industry Focus: Education, Healthcare, Finance, eCommerce
- Notable Clients: Global Survey, RemoteGo, Tutorac
- Services Offered: Web development, web design, custom software development
- Key Features: A small, boutique firm located in India, Techuz offers cost-effective website and app design and development for startups as well as large companies.
- Pricing: $25 – $49 per hour
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itransition
Another U.S. outsourcing firm, itransition is located in Lakewood, CO, and brings over 25 years of software development experience to the table. Like many other U.S. companies, their rates are higher than average global outsourcing rates, but they have a long list of satisfied enterprise clients (e.g., Toyota, eBay, GSM).
The company offers end-to-end software development, technology consulting, data analytics, and management IT services. Plus, their website features a wide library of case studies from a wide variety of industries.
As a consulting firm, itransition offers guidance in a number of different areas: cloud-based solutions, data collection and analysis, business analysis, tech advisory, and software implementation strategies.
- Location: Lakewood, CO (USA)
- Founded: 1998
- Team Size: 3,000+
- Industry Focus: Retail, automotive, media
- Notable Clients: eBay, Toyota, The Economist
- Services Offered: IT consulting, mobile and web app design, QA, cybersecurity
- Key Features: Full-service firm with high-quality developers, tapped into the latest technologies
- Pricing: $50 – $99 per hour
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SumatoSoft
A U.S. firm headquartered in Boston, MA, SumatoSoft works with developers in Warsaw, Poland, and Tbilisi, Georgia. Their services run the gamut, offering everything you’d expect from a full-service agency and serving clients like Toyota and other household names.
SumatoSoft’s website draws attention to their work in software development, Internet of Things (IoT) development, software testing, and UX/UI design. Over the past 11 years, they’ve developed software solutions for over 200 companies across 25 countries.
70% of their engineers are senior developers, and they claim a 98% satisfaction rate among their clients—a figure that is supported by their 4.8-star rating on Clutch.co. Unfortunately, they don’t yet have any ratings on G2 at the time of publication.
- Location: Boston, MA
- Founded: 2012
- Team Size: 200+
- Industry Focus: Advertising, Media, Automotive, Hospitality
- Notable Clients: Toyota, LPSolutions
- Services Offered: Custom software development, QA testing, UX/UI Design
- Key Features: A full-service outsourcing firm headquartered in the U.S., they work with developers in Poland and Georgia (the country) and claim a 98% satisfaction rate among clients.
- Pricing: $50 – $99 per hour
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Andersen, Inc.
Headquartered in Warsaw, Poland, Andersen, Inc. has offices in the U.S., Germany, India, Hungary, and Lithuania. Specializing in software development, design, IT services, and consulting, Andersen has worked with some big names like Samsung, Mercedes Benz, Ryanair, the UNESCO.
Bringing more than 15 years of experience to the table, Andersen provides IT consulting and end-to-end software development at a reasonable price. They are ISO 9001 certified, and their large staff of more than 3,500 employees has completed over 1,000 projects.
- Location: Warsaw, Poland
- Founded: 2007
- Team Size: 3,500+
- Industry Focus: Finance, Healthcare, Logistics, Media, Telecom, Aviation, Retail, and Travel
- Notable Clients: Samsung, Mercedes Benz, Ryanair, Siemens
- Services Offered: IT consulting, customer software development, UI/UX design, support and maintenance
- Key Features: Full-service firm known for designing and building software for enterprises across the U.S. and Europe
- Pricing: $25 – $49 per hour
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Innowise
Innowise is another large software firm headquartered in Warsaw, Poland. While their rates are higher than Andersen’s rates, they have offices around the world and boast an impressive portfolio of clients.
Innowise currently lists their minimum project size at $20,000, and they offer end-to-end custom software design and development. They pride themselves on offering clients the scalability they need to grow while keeping in-house staff lean and mean.
- Location: Warsaw, Poland
- Founded: 2007
- Team Size: 1,500+
- Industry Focus: Healthcare, finance, insurance, media, eCommerce, education, and more
- Notable Clients: BMW, Accenture, Deloitte
- Services Offered: IT consulting, UX/UI design, custom software development
- Key Features: Full-service outsourcing firm that works closely with clients to provide end-to-end development solutions
- Pricing: $50 – $99 per hour
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Vention
Vention is a software development firm headquartered in New York City, but they have offices around the world and over 3,000 employees. Founded in 2002, they’ve proven their staying power, and they’ve worked with numerous large household names like IBM and Coca-Cola over the years.
Vention prides itself on being able to rapidly kickstart a project and partnership, and they’ve recently developed their offerings in AI, ML, IoT, and VR. On top of that, they provide end-to-end software development, from user research and design to QA testing.
- Location: New York, NY (USA)
- Founded: 2002
- Team Size: 3,000+
- Industry Focus: SaaS, retail, media, technology
- Notable Clients: PayPal, Coca-Cola, Vimeo, IBM
- Services Offered: Software development (mobile and web apps), cloud services
- Key Features: Established outsourcing company with offices around the world, known for strong startup services and work with Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR), Machine Learning (ML) and Internet of Things (IoT)
- Pricing: $50 – $99 per hour
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Arcanys
Arcanys is an established outsourcing firm headquartered in the Philippines, a growing region for tech outsourcing. They also have offices in Australia, and they’ve been in business for nearly 15 years.
Serving large clients like General Electric, Novartis, and L’Oreal, Arcanys offers a full range of services for a variety of industries, from FinTech to healthcare. They pride themselves on offering transparency, flexibility, and competitive pricing.
- Location: Cebu City, Philippines
- Founded: 2010
- Team Size: 250+
- Industry Focus: Healthcare, energy, beauty, SaaS, FinTech
- Notable Clients: General Electric, L’Oreal, Novartis
- Services Offered: Mobile app development, UI/UX, QA
- Key Features: Full-service firm that performs business analysis, UX research, software design, development, and testing
- Pricing: $25 – $49 per hour
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Azumo
Azumo is a San Francisco software development firm with engineers and designers in Argentina, allowing them to offer competitive pricing to clients in advertising, finance, gaming, and other sectors.
Azumo considers itself a nearshore outsourcing firm for U.S. companies, although some might consider Argentina offshore since it’s over 10,000 KM (6,000 miles) from San Francisco and has a 6-hour time difference from the West Coast.
Regardless of how we choose to classify them, Azumo made our list for its high ratings on review sites, vast library of case studies, and work in tech and media companies like X (formerly Twitter) and The Discovery Channel. They offer dedicated teams, end-to-end design and development, and everything you would expect from a full-service outsourcing company.
- Location: San Francisco, CA (USA)
- Founded: 2016
- Team Size: 200+
- Industry Focus: Advertising, finance, business services, education, gaming, IT
- Notable Clients: Twitter, Discovery Channel, Zemax
- Services Offered: Website and app design and development, data and cloud services
- Key Features: A U.S. company headquartered in downtown San Francisco, they have offices in Argentina where they outsource development to cut costs for their clients.
- Pricing: $25 – $49 per hour
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Designveloper
One of two Vietnamese companies on our list, Designveloper offers quality design, development, and QA for a reasonable price. While the firm doesn’t tout as many big-name clients as others on this list—in part because they’re a smaller firm—they offer quality design and development at a reasonable price.
The company’s website boasts over 100 successful projects delivered and over 250,000 working hours—not bad for a boutique agency! They also feature a library of case studies that demonstrate satisfied customers around the world.
- Location: Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
- Founded: 2013
- Team Size: 100+
- Industry Focus: Technology, SaaS, beauty
- Notable Clients: Bliss, LuminPD, Gently
- Services Offered: Mobile and web app development, QA, UI/UX design
- Key Features: Boutique firm that connects companies with dedicated teams to provide inexpensive development work
- Pricing: $25 – $49 per hour
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Saigon Technology
The second outsourcing firm from Vietnam on our list, Saigon Technology is a larger firm with some impressive clients, from Abbott Labs to Panasonic. With over 400 employees and more than a decade of experience, Saigon Technology has definitely earned its spot on this list.
ISO-certified and adept in Agile development, this company is a Microsoft Partner and winner of Clutch.co’s 2022 Top Developers Award. It’s also won awards for being a top workplace in Vietnam.
Offering end-to-end app development for desktop, web, Android, and iOS platforms, Saigon Technology offers quality development at a competitive price.
- Location: Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
- Founded: 2012
- Team Size: 400+
- Industry Focus: Pharmaceutical, government, retail, consumer electronics
- Notable Clients: Abbott Labs, Panasonic, USDA
- Services Offered: Custom software development, QA testing
- Key Features: Considered a solid choice for startups on a budget.
- Pricing: $25 – $49 per hour
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Flatworld Solutions
Flatworld, like Net Solutions, is another long-standing Indian firm with a solid reputation and over 20 years of experience. With over 3,500 employees and a solid roster of clients, Flatworld offers a range of services at a reasonable price.
Although Flatword’s ratings aren’t quite as high as other firms on this list (a 4.7 rating on Clutch.co and no ratings or reviews yet on G2), the firm is ISO certified and the website features solid case studies. Given their longevity and experience, the team at Flatworld Solutions has earned their spot in this review of top outsourcing companies around the world.
- Location: Bengaluru, India
- Founded: 2002
- Team Size: 3,500+
- Industry Focus: Education and training, media, technology, healthcare
- Notable Clients: Loomis, International Career Institute, MSN
- Services Offered: Software development, research and analysis
- Key Features: Flatworld is an outsourcing firm that has been in business for more than 20 years, providing cost-effective development and IT services.
- Pricing: $25 – $49 per hour
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Glorium Technologies
Glorium is a U.S. outsourcing firm that has extensive experience in the healthcare and real estate sectors. With developers located in Poland, Cyprus, and Ukraine, the mid-size firm offers quality, full-service development at competitive rates.
ISO 9001-certified and with high ratings on review sites, they work with a large number of VC-backed startups to bring new ideas to life. They claim to cut costs by up to 40% compared to hiring in-house teams, and they work quickly to reduce time-to-market for their clients and offer a competitive advantage.
- Location: Princeton, New Jersey (USA)
- Founded: 2010
- Team Size: 200+
- Industry Focus: Healthcare, SaaS
- Notable Clients: Medlab, RealPage, BIOMODEX
- Services Offered: Software development, product design, QA
- Key Features: Glorium is an outsourcing firm headquartered in Princeton, New Jersey, with engineering teams in Poland, Cyprus, and Ukraine that help them offer cost-effective solutions
- Pricing: $50 – $99 per hour
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Tvisha Technologies
Tvisha is another Indian firm, offering competitive rates similar to what the other Indian firms on this list (Net Solutions, Techuz, and Flatworld) offer. Although smaller than other providers we listed, and with slightly lower ratings, we believe Tvisha still deserves to be among the top 19 for their impressive client roster and wide range of services.
Tvisha handles mobile and web app development along with UI/UX design. They also offer digital marketing services, and they provide all this at quite reasonable rates. They also pride themselves on their experience with marketing analytics and drawing on big data to gather market intelligence for their clients.
- Location: Hyderabad, India
- Founded: 2003
- Team Size: 200+
- Industry Focus: Engineering, Healthcare, SaaS
- Notable Clients: Blue Cross, Apollo
- Services Offered: Software development (mobile and web), IT services
- Key Features: A smaller firm with offices in the U.S. and India, Tvisha specializes in software development with an emphasis on AI, IoT, and other nascent technologies
- Pricing: $25 – $49 per hour
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Evozon
Evozon is a Romanian firm with nearly two decades of experience serving large clients like IBM and Adobe. While their rates are on the higher end, especially for an Eastern European firm, they do have decent ratings on Clutch.io (4.7 stars). Currently, they have no ratings on G2.
A full-service firm specializing in end-to-end custom software development, Evozon prides itself on taking the time to understand their customers’ vision and gaining iterative feedback through prototyping—as any good design and development firm will do.
- Location:Cluj-Napoca, Romania
- Founded: 2005
- Team Size: 500+
- Industry Focus: Automotives, Financial, Healthcare, Technology
- Notable Clients: IBM, Adobe, T-Mobile
- Services Offered: Strategic IT consulting and custom software development, QA testing, and infrastructure and app maintenance
- Key Features: A Romanian firm whose prices run a bit high for Eastern Europe. Nevertheless, Evozon offers high-quality strategic consulting and software development
- Pricing: $50 – $99 per hour
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BairesDev
BairesDev is a large software development firm that is headquartered in San Francisco, CA, while working with developers in three major cities across Latin America—Mexico City, Sao Paulo, and Buenos Aires. Although prices are higher than others, BairesDev features strong ratings on Clutch.co (no ratings yet on G2).
BairesDev has worked with quite a few large clients, including Google, Adobe, Johnson & Johnson, and Motorola. With more than a thousand developers spread across the Americas, they can accommodate similar time zones to U.S. companies and provide quick turnaround for all phases of software product development.
- Location: San Francisco, CA
- Founded: 2009
- Team Size: 1,000+
- Industry Focus: IT, Healthcare, Finance
- Notable Clients: Google, Adobe, Johnson & Johnson, Pinterest, Motorola
- Services Offered: Custom software development, QA, AI informed by data science, UX and UI design, platform and infrastructure management
- Key Features: A full-service firm headquartered in San Francisco, CA, they have teams of developers across Latin America (Buenos Aires, Sao Paulo, and Mexico City).
- Pricing: $50 – $99 per hour
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Aalpha
Aalpha is yet another Indian software development firm that made our list. The large number of Indian firms shouldn’t come as a surprise, considering the world’s largest population is home to a large number of young, talented, ambitious software engineers.
Aalpha offers competitive rates and has served some impressive organizations, including The World Bank. Specializing in government agencies, eCommerce, IT, and healthcare, Aalpha has strong ratings on various review sites. They also offer the same competitive rates that other Indian firms who made this list offer.
- Location: Bangalore, India
- Founded: 2008
- Team Size: 500+
- Industry Focus: eCommerce, IT, healthcare, government
- Notable Clients: The World Bank, Bausch & Lomb, Town of Fairview, TX
- Services Offered: Software development and design (UX and UI), eCommerce website development, IT consulting
- Key Features: An IT consulting firm serving a range of industries, providing cost-effective development for over 900 companies and counting.
- Pricing: Less than $25
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Altoros
As a California outsourcing firm, Altoros may struggle to compete on price, but the 20+ year-old firm has an impressive roster of clients, including Allstate, Siemens, Autodesk, and Microsoft.Altoros offers end-to-end custom software development, and they specialize in cloud-native development and Kubernetes-managed services.
With around 350 employees, they fit squarely into the mid-size category, much like Net Solutions (which is a touch bigger). Mid-size firms can offer an ideal blend of personalized attention and the resources to get things done efficiently.
- Location: Pleasanton, CA (USA)
- Founded: 2001
- Team Size: 350+
- Industry Focus: Finance, healthcare, automotive
- Notable Clients: Allsate, Siemens, Autodesk, Microsoft
- Services Offered: Custom software, cloud-native development, Kubernetes managed services
- Key Features: A Californian company with a global presence, Altoros is known for cloud-native development and custom software development.
- Pricing: $50 – $99 per hour
Is Outsourcing Software Development a Good Idea?
- Prove extremely cost effective
- Increase efficiency and reduce your time-to-market
- Bring new areas of expertise and different competencies to the table
- Introduce you to new, cutting-edge technologies
- Let you tap into a global talent pool
Need a Partner for Your Next Software Project?
If you’re looking for a partner to support your business growth by either spearheading your software development projects or supporting your in-house software development team, we should talk.
Net Solutions is a leading software development firm that has worked with Fortune 500 companies as well as ambitious startups. We’ve got top-notch client reviews on G2 (4.9 stars) and Cluch.co (4.8 stars), and we can handle every element of software product development, from user research and design to development and QA.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
1.What is the difference between outsourcing and offshoring?
Outsourcing is a broad, all-encompassing term to describe hiring an outside company for software development services (or any other service, really). A large portion of the outsourcing market involves companies using outsourcing services like staff augmentation, hiring companies on the opposite side of the world to support their internal staff. That’s offshoring, which is a type of outsourcing.
Outsourcing also includes onshoring (working with companies within one’s own country) and nearshoring (working with development partners in nearby countries).
2.What is a software development outsourcing company?
A software development outsourcing company is an agency that works with a team of software engineers to support software product development and help deliver all your project requirements.
Full-service outsourcing firms can create software solutions from start to finish, using their own team of project managers, user research specialists, UI and UX designers, QA testers, and any other roles required to handle the entire development process.
