Bangalore, or Bengaluru, is often referred to as the Silicon Valley of India due to all of the software and IT companies that have chosen to operate in the city. Its tech scene offers a mix of large outsourcing firms and smaller product-based companies. From big multinational corporations to local startups, Bangalore has been a prime location for software companies in need of the best tech talent, putting it on track to become the fastest-growing economy in the Asia-Pacific region.
In this article, we take a look at some top software companies in Bangalore.
Top Software Companies in Bangalore
- Infosys
- Wipro
- Accenture
- IBM
- Cognizant
- Oracle
- Cisco
- Amazon
- Microsoft
Software Companies in Bangalore to Know
Navan provides businesses with software solutions for corporate travel and expense management, featuring a vast inventory of travel options, customizable dashboards for real-time insights and 24/7 support from both live agents and an AI-powered assistant. Its platform enables companies to streamline expense management and integrate corporate cards for real-time spending data. Navan is scaling its operations in India.
Cognizant is a large consulting, IT services and outsourcing company. Founded in 1994, it helps companies with a range of technical topics, such as automation, application development and systems integration. The New Jersey-based company has 355,000 employees, and more than 70 percent of its workforce is in India, with two of its offices in Bangalore.
Adobe, which was formed in 1982, is best known for developing Photoshop, an image editing tool, and Illustrator, a graphic design platform. It also developed the PDF file format and Adobe Acrobat, the software platform needed to create, edit and view PDF documents. The San Jose-based company employs more than 7,800 people across five Indian cities. In 2023, the company said it planned to hire more than 2,000 employees for its latest Bangalore office.
Accenture was founded in 1989 and is one of the world’s largest consulting and IT services firms. Working with businesses to improve their operations, strategy and technology, the company’s IT expertise includes cybersecurity, cloud services and custom software development. The Dublin-based company employs more than 700,000 people, roughly 300,000 of whom are based in India. It has six offices in Bangalore, including its innovation hub.
Computing pioneer IBM provides businesses with hardware, IT services and software solutions including automation, AI deployment and other technical needs. The New York-based company employs roughly 130,000 employees in India, and its local headquarters is in Bangalore. Bangalore is also a regional headquarters for IBM Research - India, which explores new applications for artificial intelligence, quantum computing and blockchain technology.
Google, best known for its search engine and web applications, has been on the cutting edge of AI technology for years. In 2019, the company established Google Research India in Bangalore to further its AI research and apply its findings to agriculture, health and education. It also works to make its large language models more inclusive by incorporating more languages.
Businesses use Flywire’s platform to accept payments from customers across more than 240 countries. Flywire serves the education, healthcare, B2B and travel industries. Founded in 2011, the company has grown to operate a dozen office locations around the world, with its team in India based out of Bengaluru.
Intuit, which was founded in 1983, is a software company best known for developing the TurboTax tax-preparation platform and the small business accounting tool QuickBooks. Headquartered in Mountain View, California, the company’s only India office is in Bangalore. The company employs roughly 17,000 people, and more than 1,600 of those employees are based in India.
Tech Mahindra is a consulting company that provides businesses with IT services like cloud adoption, experience design and networking. It also offers software solutions. Founded in 1986, the Pune-based company became India’s fifth largest software company after finalizing its merger with Indian IT giant Satyam in 2013. The company employs 152,000 people, and more than 60 percent of its staff is in India. It has two offices in Bangalore.
Cleo makes cloud-based ecosystem integration software, the Cleo Integration Cloud, which brings together the various business processes that together populate a company’s supply-chain ecosystem. In the logistics and transportation space, it handles third party logistics, trucking and freight, warehouse and storage and air freight. The platform also supports manufacturing, wholesale and distribution processes.
Seattle-based Amazon is the largest online retailer and cloud service provider. In Bangalore, Amazon occupies more than half of the World Trade Centre and at least two buildings in the Bagmane Constellation Business Park. Amazon said in 2020 that it had created 700,000 jobs in India, and it pledged to create another 1 million direct and indirect jobs in the next five years. Those positions will range from software development and customer support to logistics, packaging and customer fulfillment.
Software giant Microsoft is best known for developing the Windows operating system, the Xbox gaming system and its Microsoft 365 suite, which includes Word, Excel and PowerPoint. The Redmond, Washington-based company employs more than 220,000 employees worldwide. In India, it employs more than 20,000 people across 10 cities. It has several offices in Bangalore, including its Bangalore development center.
Cockroach created CockroachDB, an evolved, cloud-native, distributed SQL database built for mission-critical workloads. Named after the creature who embodies resilience and continuity, its goal is to enable companies of all sizes to scale fast, survive anything and thrive anywhere. The company has an office in Bangalore.
Founded in 1977, Oracle is one of the biggest software companies in the world. Best known for its relational database management system, Oracle has developed an extensive software portfolio that provides businesses with cloud infrastructure, enterprise resource planning and other tools. The Austin-based company employs roughly 170,000 people globally, 40,000 of which are based in India. It operates eight offices in Bangalore.
Capital One is a financial services company offering a number of traditional banking services like credit cards, checking and savings accounts, auto financing and business banking solutions. As a tech-enabled global company, it’s invested heavily in its engineering team to develop digital solutions for Capital One customers. The company is hiring for a number of roles in Bangalore.
Definitive Healthcare is a business intelligence firm that serves the healthcare industry, returning insights and information that inform operations, like the details of a competitive healthcare business’s revenue or a specific provider’s overhead. The company pulls data from patients, government organizations, physicians and payers to generate 360-degree perspectives that guide sales and operations in the healthcare sector.
CSC is a B2B company providing cloud computing, cybersecurity and big data analytics supporting tax solutions for companies around the world. Its operations in Bangalore are part of the company’s role in driving technological innovation and digital transformation around the world.
Working to simplify investment management operations by consolidating front, middle and back-office functions on one platform, Enfusion makes things easier for investment managers. The company’s solution is purpose-built to run on the cloud and offers multi-tenant architecture. This enables it to provide system updates to all of its clients once a week. Enfusion's API also enables the platform to integrate with internal components and third-party systems.
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is the largest IT company in India, boasting a headcount of more than 600,000 employees. Founded in 1968, the company is headquartered in Mumbai, but it operates multiple offices in Bangalore. TCS assists companies with IT services, such as cloud transformation, networking and cybersecurity. It also offers a suite of software solutions for the finance, pharmaceutical and telecommunications industries.
Wipro, which is based in Bangalore, is the fourth-largest IT company in India with more than 250,000 employees. The company was founded in 1945 as a vegetable oil mill, but it has since evolved into an IT consultancy that helps businesses with cloud transformation, security and other technical applications.
Atlassian is a software development company that provides tools like Jira for project management, Trello for visual workflows and Bitbucket for code management, facilitating collaboration across diverse teams. Serving over 300,000 businesses globally, including 80 percent of Fortune 500 companies, Atlassian’s products aim to enhance efficiency and communication for businesses. The global company maintains an office in Bengaluru.
Trigent is a Massachusetts-based IT services company that assists companies with software development, cloud services and data engineering. The company, which was founded in 1995, has development centers in Boston and Bangalore.
Infosys, which is headquartered in Bangalore, is India’s second-largest IT company with more than 328,000 employees. Founded in 1981, Infosys provides companies with a range of IT services, such as outsourcing, cloud transformation and custom application development. It also develops software for marketing, customer engagement and other business functions. The Bangalore office is home to the company’s digital innovation studio, which researches artificial intelligence, robotics and other emerging technologies.
SAP rose to fame for its enterprise resource planning software, which harnesses data to boost a company’s efficiency and profitability. Founded in 1972, the German company employs more than 105,000 people. In 1988, it established SAP Labs India, which employs 14,000 people across five Indian cities. The company announced in 2023 that it would build a second Bangalore campus and hire an additional 15,000 employees.
Cisco Meraki builds computer networking products designed to optimize experiences, secure locations and connect people, places and things across IT, IoT and physical environments. The company offers cloud-managed network solutions that support hybrid and remote work, cybersecurity that protects physical environments and smart spaces that connect employees and customers.
Cisco, a pioneer in networking and videoconferencing technology, is also known for its software solutions for networking, cybersecurity and collaboration. The San Jose-based company employs roughly 12,000 people at its development center in Bangalore, making it the largest Cisco office outside of the U.S. Most of the employees are focused on research and development, but the office also staffs IT services and customer support teams.
Capgemini is an IT services company that aids companies in digital transformation, including cloud, data and enterprise management. The France-based company employs more than 350,000 people, with more than half of its team based in India. In Bangalore, Capgemini operates seven offices and employs more than 60,000 people.
Intel, which was founded in 1968, is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of semiconductor chips. The Santa Clara, California-based company also creates software that helps businesses with cloud optimization, cybersecurity and AI deployment. Of its nearly 132,000 employees worldwide, more than 14,000 are based in India. The company’s design and engineering center in Bangalore can house 2,000 employees.
RingCentral offers unified cloud-based communications, covering phone, voicemail, text, collaboration and document sharing. Its telephone service is provided over VoIP, or voice over internet protocol, which is a system that uses an internet connection to facilitate calls in the absence of a landline. In Bangalore, the company’s hub office serves as home base for its local team.
Clari makes software for revenue management, intelligence and analysis, working with client companies to onboard their sales, marketing and other systems data onto the Clari platform. Using AI-powered automations, the platform offers analysis and strategies for understanding and controlling when and where money is coming in, a critical aspect of business at scale. In Bangalore, the company maintains a hub for its local team.
Mphasis is a Bangalore-based company that provides companies with IT services such as application development, cloud integration and cybersecurity, along with software products for cloud management, data analysis and other business needs. The company, which has 37,500 employees, operates eight offices in Bangalore.
Celonis offers enterprise-level technology businesses can use to gain actionable intelligence about their internal processes. Its platform combines artificial intelligence and analytics capabilities to help organizations identify opportunities to improve productivity and make data-driven decisions. The company’s presence in the Asia-Pacific region includes a Bangalore office location.
Schrodinger provides advanced molecular simulations and software solutions for pharmaceutical, biotech and material science research, powering drug discovery. Its platform streamlines the discovery-to-formulation pipeline, bringing more lifesaving drugs to the public quickly and safely. The company has offices around the world, including both Hyderabad and Bangalore, in addition to locations in Germany, the United States and Japan.
Q2 makes financial software and provides digital marketing, strategy and e-commerce services to the financial services industry. It also works with clients to design and build fintech ecosystems for use by customers. In Bangalore, Q2 recruits professionals with expertise in software engineering and development.
Samsara makes devices for industrial IoT, which are used to manage fleet vehicles and heavy equipment. AI cameras and vehicle telematics allow managers to monitor GPS, routing, fuel usage and vehicle maintenance, with the aim of optimizing vehicle functions and safety metrics through adjusting operator patterns. In India, Samsara is launching the subsidiary Samsara Technologies India Private Limited, which it is currently recruiting engineers and IT pros.
ThousandEyes makes monitoring software for digital experiences that provides information on how digital ecosystems are functioning. Through cloud and internet intelligence, its platform uses global monitoring vantage points and data from within clients’ own digital environments to give actionable experience insights.
A broad range of restaurant sizes and types use Toast’s software solutions to provide their customers with quality service and efficiently manage back office tasks like scheduling, payroll and optimizing inventory. The company also offers an array of compatible hardware products that are specifically designed to meet the needs of the restaurant industry.
Mumbai-based LTI Mindtree is an IT consultancy that provides services such as application development and cloud services alongside software for data analytics, generative AI and other business functions. Established in 1996 as an arm of Larsen & Toubro, the Mumbai-based company was most recently known as L&T Infotech until it acquired Bangalore-based Mindtree in 2022. The company, which maintains multiple offices in Bangalore, is now India’s fifth largest IT firm by market capitalization.
