Some of the biggest names in the tech industry have chosen Ireland as the base for their European headquarters, thanks to the country’s rich startup ecosystem and generous tax breaks. Most of these operations are in the city center clustered near Dublin’s ‘Silicon Docks,’ where many of Ireland’s IT professionals work at some of the following companies.
Top Software Companies in Dublin
- Deciphex
- Tines
- Fresco
- &Open
- Outmin
- Phorest
Top Software Companies in Dublin
Consensus Cloud Solutions works to enable healthcare interoperability, offering secure, HIPAA-compliant solutions for important business functions like direct messaging, cloud faxing, querying patient records and collecting e-signatures. The company focuses largely on serving healthcare organizations, but also offers software solutions for industries like finance, real estate, insurance and manufacturing.
Founded in 2018 by two security practitioners, Tines is a no-code, automated platform designed to streamline cybersecurity workflows — no technical skill required. The company claims that its product, which comes with full-stack integrations and a library containing more than 500 pre-built workflows, saves about two weeks of work time per year, and is used by household clients, including Coinbase, Canva and Reddit.
DraftKings builds platforms that let consumers place bets for sports like football and basketball, participate in fantasy sports leagues or access casino gaming experiences. The company has a Dublin-based engineering team that works on creating and optimizing new features for DraftKings’ digital products.
Udemy is an online platform for professional training and skills development that offers both personal and business pricing plans. Its content covers areas such as web development, data science, accounting, communication skills, digital marketing and even topics to support creative interests and personal wellness. Users also turn to Udemy for courses that help them pursue various IT certifications.
Arrow Electronics connects businesses with components for manufacturing electronics, as well as software solutions and digital transformation services. For example, ArrowSphere is the company’s digital platform that provides client companies with access to a suite of applications meant to fuel business growth, such as the Connect solution for enabling B2B automation.
Qualtrics’ software allows businesses to collect feedback from customers that provides actionable insights and boosts engagement both externally and internally. The company created the “experience management” category and serves over 19,000 organizations around the world. Headquartered in Provo, Utah, Qualtrics employs 5,000 people and has offices on five continents.
Notion creates productivity software that is customizable for the needs of many different kinds of teams. Its platform and AI-powered tools help organizations store notes, create databases, collaborate and manage projects. Notion’s templates are editable, accessible through both browsers and apps, and available on both iOS and Android. The company was founded in 2016 and employs over 500 workers worldwide.
Asana offers an AI-powered suite of work management solutions. Its tools help businesses including Amazon, Accenture and Suzuki manage and automate tasks including goal setting and tracking, capacity planning and product launches. The company serves more than 150,000 customers across over 200 countries.
Deciphex creates networking platforms and digital workflows with its pathology-based software that connects researchers in the field in order to accelerate drug development. Users can expect on-demand access to a network of expert subspecialty pathologists, three-to-five-day turnarounds for primary diagnostic reports, digital review and scoring of studies as well as a suite of reporting templates with pre-loaded imagery all in one place. In 2023, Deciphex was recognized as the ‘Medtech Company of the Year.’
SaaS company Squarespace provides website building and hosting services. Users pay a flat fee to access a host of features including templates, site management, plugins and hosting. The drag-and-drop website builder allows users to create sites without coding knowledge and the platform also includes built-in features for commerce, marketing and appointment scheduling.
Big data company Monte Carlo Data works in data reliability. Its end-to-end data observability platform allows businesses to ensure that their data is accurate and reliable, by preventing, detecting and resolving data downtime. Its products are used by data-driven companies like Fox, PagerDuty and CreditKarma.
Dynatrace’s platform offers observability and security solutions for multi-cloud environments. For example, the technology’s business analytics capabilities provide users with real-time insights on IT infrastructure and processes to inform decision making. Dynatrace serves organizations across industries like retail, education and financial services.
dbt Labs provides data engineering and analytics tools that allow analysts to work like data engineers. The company’s products help businesses manage and analyze data effectively. dbt Labs is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with offices in several other U.S. cities and also in Dublin. The company advocates a remote-first culture and employees work from the places they are happiest and healthiest.
Toast builds technology for restaurants. Its point-of-sale platform, for example, comes with features to enable tableside service, online ordering, performance analytics and menu management. The software system is compatible with Toast’s hardware products, including self-service kiosks and handheld devices. More than 90,000 food and drink establishments use Toast’s solutions to keep their businesses moving smoothly.
Fresco is an all-in-one, smart kitchen platform that caters to both brands and home cooks alike. From IoT appliance control and app development to one-touch, guided recipe programs and engagement tools, Fresco’s KitchenOS software is designed to unlock the full potential of tech-enabled cooking. In 2022, the company announced plans to double its 50-person staff after securing $22 million in a round of funding.
Fintech startup Outmin delivers an automated accounting and bookkeeping platform designed to ease day-to-day operations for small and medium-sized enterprises. It features payroll services, tax compliance, on-demand assistance from certified accountants and CFO-as-a-service programs for cash flow management and funding strategies. Since launching in 2020, more than 250 small businesses have subscribed to Outmin.
Personio offers a platform for HR management, which it sells by subscription in a SaaS model. The B2B software is built to automate processes like recruitment, onboarding, performance management and payroll, and is designed for small-to-medium-sized businesses that need operational efficiency but may not have all the HR support they need in-house. In Dublin, the company is part of the city’s vibrant tech and software business community.
&Open is a corporate gifting platform that enables automated gifting at scale for every occasion, whether it be an internal company celebration, B2B client recognition or a loyalty customer promotion. Through separate campaigns, users may select and send a gift from &Open’s curated on-demand marketplace — including flowers, customized merch, edibles and digital subscriptions — which is then handled from dispatch to doorstep. Every year, the company processes about 200,000 gifts for its global clientbase, which include AirBnB, Etsy and Spotify.
Phorest is a SaaS company that has created an all-in-one business management platform tailored to beauty salons and spas. For clients, it handles scheduling, online booking and consultation forms, while providing access to staff management and marketing solutions, a POS system and payment processing from the same screen. Over 155,000 hair, beauty and clinic technicians and 9,000 businesses use Phorest’s salon software since its start in 2002.
CSC is made up of 8,000-plus employees who provide companies around the world with business administration and compliance expertise and software products. Its offerings cover everything from corporate filing requirements and entity formation to fraud protection. CSC has two Dublin office locations.
Adtech company NextRoll serves tens of thousands of businesses around the world with its machine learning and integrated data platforms that deliver reliable insights and provide tools for targeting buyers. Its e-commerce marketing platform AdRoll helps direct-to-consumer brands grow, while RollWorks serves business-to-business marketing and sales teams. NextRoll’s Dublin office is one of four international hubs.
