Global Software Companies is an independent research firm covering the global software development services industry. We score and rank companies across 68 countries.
We started GSC because finding a reliable software development partner shouldn't depend on who pays the most for visibility. Review directories reward volume over quality. Sponsored listings favour budget over capability. Buyers were left comparing star ratings with no way to verify what's behind them.
So we built something different. GSC scores companies on six dimensions — technical capability, delivery track record, client reputation, team stability, pricing transparency, and communication fit — using multi-source data, not self-reported profiles. Scoring is independent. There are no paid boo
Our stack
Our research platform runs on Python and SQL for data collection, scoring, and analysis pipelines.
We use ML classifiers for company categorisation and LLM-assisted verification where structured data falls short. Content delivery is built on Directus CMS with a Next.js frontend.
For data: web scraping pipelines, sitemap analysis, multi-source company profiling across public directories, financial records, and team data. Scoring models are updated monthly. We're building toward full automation of the data refresh cycle. We publish research on software industry trends backed by our dataset of 9,300+