Industry landscape · Updated 2026-09-21
Made in India software: the 2026 landscape
Original data on Indian-built business software in 2026: products by state and city, category, founding decade and pricing versus global tools.
2,757
Indian-built software products
2,171
Indian software companies
26.9%
of all software in our catalogue
71%
founded in 2010 or later
Key findings
- Karnataka is home to 676 Indian software products (25%), ahead of Maharashtra (540).
- Bengaluru alone accounts for 646 products, followed by Mumbai (380) and Chennai (280).
- Indian vendors dominate billing software (89.7% of products) and personal finance & investing apps (88.9%).
- Indian software is more often completely free (14.5% vs 6.5%) and starts cheaper (median ₹1,000 vs ₹2,000/mo), but offers free trials less often (55.1% vs 61.9%).
Where Indian software is built: by state
Top cities
Categories where Indian software leads
| Category | Indian products | All products | Indian share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Billing software | 70 | 78 | 89.7% |
| Personal finance & investing apps | 88 | 99 | 88.9% |
| Banking, lending & fintech | 51 | 59 | 86.4% |
| Pharma distribution & chemist software | 29 | 34 | 85.3% |
| UPI & payment apps | 31 | 40 | 77.5% |
| Matrimony, jobs & classifieds apps | 37 | 48 | 77.1% |
| CRM software | 208 | 277 | 75.1% |
| Jewellery & gold business software | 22 | 32 | 68.8% |
| School & college ERP | 49 | 72 | 68.1% |
| Shipping & courier aggregators | 39 | 58 | 67.2% |
| Learning & exam prep apps | 38 | 59 | 64.4% |
| Income tax & TDS software | 28 | 44 | 63.6% |
| OTT, music & entertainment apps | 41 | 70 | 58.6% |
| Fleet, GPS & transport management | 31 | 54 | 57.4% |
| ERP software | 45 | 79 | 57% |
By software type
| Type | Indian products | Indian share |
|---|---|---|
| Sales & Marketing | 472 | 28.2% |
| Consumer & Everyday Apps | 469 | 63.1% |
| Industry Solutions | 466 | 39.6% |
| Operations & Supply Chain | 327 | 31.5% |
| Finance & Accounting | 279 | 42.5% |
| HR & Payroll | 264 | 35.1% |
| IT, Security & Developer Tools | 185 | 11.4% |
| Productivity & Collaboration | 107 | 10.1% |
| Customer Support & Communication | 89 | 26.7% |
| Design, Content & Media | 50 | 6.7% |
| AI Tools | 49 | 10.4% |
When Indian software companies were founded
Pricing: Indian vs global software
| Products | Free plan | Free trial | Quote only | Median entry price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Made in India | 2,757 | 35.2% | 55.1% | 30.5% | ₹1,000/mo |
| Global | 7,502 | 36.5% | 61.9% | 31.6% | ₹2,000/mo |
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Methodology
Sample: every product on App Advisor whose developer is headquartered in India (2,757 of 10,259). State and city are the vendor’s registered headquarters; founding year is the company’s. Categories need at least 15 products to be ranked by Indian share.
All figures are computed automatically from App Advisor’s live catalogue on 2026-09-21; each product’s facts are read from the vendor’s own website. Spotted an error? Report it and we correct verified reports within two working days.
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App Advisor, “Made in India software: the 2026 landscape”, updated 2026-09-21. https://appadvisor.in/research/made-in-india-software-2026
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