Technology plays a significant role in the Australian economy, and software is at the heart of the sector’s growth. More than 6,000 software companies call Australia home, according to data from Crunchbase. Here’s an overview of businesses developing platforms and solutions to benefit customers across agriculture, logistics, healthcare and other industries.
Software Companies in Australia to Know
- PagerDuty
- Canva
- Xero
- AgriDigital
- WiseTech Global
- MYOB
- Clinic to Cloud
Top Software Companies in Australia
PagerDuty makes IT software, including the PagerDuty Operations Cloud, which optimizes incident response, consolidates software needs, reduces risk and automates processes. Its incident management products use AI in operations to make incident triage more efficient, and its runbook automation takes manual tasks and turns them into automated protocols. In Australia, the company maintains an office in Sydney.
Canva offers a user-friendly design platform for creative content, visual communications materials and other brand and design assets. Geared toward people in creative, marketing, media and publishing fields, the software is also very popular with students. The platform offers extensive templates and a drag-and-drop dashboard that enables people with limited skills to quickly create professional designs.
Xero’s online accounting software is designed to serve small businesses. Its product features include capabilities for accepting online payments for invoices, managing payroll processes, keeping track of inventory and monitoring financial health analytics. Xero also offers solutions for bookkeepers and accountants including Xero Workpapers for managing compliance workflows and Xero Practice Manager for overseeing workflows.
AgriDigital makes agtech software built for functions like managing machinery, grain on industrial-scale farms, inventory tracking and commodity grain trading. The software also supports optimizing on-site operations like crop storage and managing harvests using data to drive growth. The company’s solutions support more than 11,000 agribusinesses around the world.
WiseTech Global is a logistics tech company that makes software for international logistics. Businesses use its CargoWise platform to manage and organize supply chains. It features solutions for customs compliance, international e-commerce, carrier connectivity, global data and other industry-specific areas of concern in the supply chain space.
MYOB’s business management software covers an array of important processes, including tax preparation, invoicing, payroll, inventory management and financial performance tracking. It serves small and medium-sized businesses in addition to enterprise clients. MYOB aims to provide its customers with solutions that encompass all their business needs.
Clinic to Cloud’s medical practice management software is a cloud-based patient experience system for general practitioners, specialists and clinical staff. The suite of products includes a patient portal that can be accessed from anywhere and an app with tools like letter dictation, schedule viewing, image uploading and in-practice communications.
