Best software and app development companies in New York City in 2026

Fourteen software and app development companies in NYC, each with a staffed office in the five boroughs and each in Clutch's 2 to 9 or 10 to 49 employee band. Most New York lists are written by a vendor that ranks itself first, and many of the "New York" firms on them keep two people in the city and the engineers somewhere else. So every profile here starts with the office and how many people sit in it, then gives the founding year, team band, Clutch rating with its review count, hourly band and minimum, all read on October 18, 2026, and ends with what the firm does well and the question to ask before you call. Two disclosures: most lists Google shows for this search are written by a firm that puts itself first; Deepsel, the publisher, is a remote firm, so it isn't in the ranked table and appears once, after the local-versus-remote section, with the same comparison fields as the others.
The 14 firms at a glance
Sort order: Clutch review count first, then rating, then name. The order measures public evidence, which is what you need before a first call; it says nothing about which firm is better. Bands are Clutch's own fields. Where a firm's site or a Clutch package says something different, the profile below quotes it.
| # | Firm | Based in | Founded | Team | Clutch rating (reviews) | Hourly band | Minimum project | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dedicated Developers | Atlanta, GA; New York office with 6 to 9 staff | 2007 | 10 to 49 | 5.0 (57) | $50 to $99 | $25,000+ | Mobile apps from a US firm at the lower hourly band |
| 2 | JetRockets | Brooklyn, NY (2 to 5 at its only Clutch address) | 2012 | 10 to 49 | 4.9 (51) | $50 to $99 | $25,000+ | Ruby on Rails builds and a priced code audit |
| 3 | Very Good Ventures | Manhattan (10 to 15 staff, only office) | 2018 | 10 to 49 | 5.0 (35) | $150 to $199 | $100,000+ | Flutter apps with a six-figure budget |
| 4 | Savas Labs | Brooklyn, NY (2 to 5) and San Francisco (2 to 5) | 2013 | 10 to 49 | 5.0 (34) | $150 to $199 | $25,000+ | Web and custom builds for universities and nonprofits |
| 5 | Five Jars | Brooklyn, NY (2 to 5); Warsaw and Arlington, VA (10 to 15 each) | 2017 | 10 to 49 | 4.9 (32) | $100 to $149 | $10,000+ | Web platforms on a monthly hours retainer |
| 6 | Majestyk | Manhattan (41 to 49 staff, only office) | 2011 | 10 to 49 | 4.9 (31) | $150 to $199 | $50,000+ | Mobile apps with the whole team in one Manhattan office |
| 7 | HubSpire | Manhattan (21 to 30 staff, only office) | 2008 | 10 to 49 | 5.0 (29) | $50 to $99 | $10,000+ | Transit and city-agency software at the $50 to $99 band |
| 8 | Coalesce | Manhattan (6 to 9) and one person in Florida | 2006 on Clutch; 2005 on Vendorland | 10 to 49 | 4.9 (29) | $150 to $199 | $10,000+ | Spec-first custom software and AI from a small senior team |
| 9 | Lickability | Manhattan (6 to 9 staff, only office) | 2009 | 2 to 9 | 4.9 (25) | $200 to $300 | $25,000+ | Native iOS apps, top hourly band |
| 10 | Dom & Tom | Manhattan (16 to 20) and Chicago (2 to 5) | 2009 | 10 to 49 | 4.8 (25) | $150 to $199 | $75,000+ | Founder-led product sprints with a $75,000 floor |
| 11 | Torii Studio | Manhattan (6 to 9 staff, only office) | 2020 | 2 to 9 | 4.9 (24) | $100 to $149 | $10,000+ | A small senior team with the freshest reviews on the list |
| 12 | L+R (Levin Riegner) | Brooklyn, NY (10 to 15) and Barcelona (10 to 15) | 2012 | 10 to 49 | 5.0 (15) | $200 to $300 | $10,000+ | Design-led products with a Brooklyn and Barcelona team |
| 13 | Krazimo | Manhattan (16 to 20) and Bengaluru (10 to 15) | 2023 | 10 to 49 | 5.0 (13) | $100 to $149 | $10,000+ | AI agents and custom AI with a priced onboarding package |
| 14 | Big Human | Manhattan (31 to 40 staff, only office) | 2010 | 10 to 49 | 4.9 (12) | Undisclosed | Undisclosed | Brand, design and product together, six-figure budgets |
How we chose the firms
Four criteria, in the order we applied them. The first is the one the other New York lists skip.
- A headquarters or a staffed office in the five boroughs. Clutch's New York directories list firms by office address rather than headquarters, and a sponsored row only has to tick "Serves New York City", so we read each candidate's profile for the headquarters line and the headcount at every office. Twenty-eight firms on New York lists or directory pages are based elsewhere: Simpalm (Rockville, Maryland; 10% of staff in New York), Chop Dawg (Philadelphia), seven sponsored rows marked "Serves New York City, NY" with no office (Kingsmen Digital Ventures, Twin Sun, Iron Forge Development, Flower Press Interactive, Olearis, Calibrate Software, CodeBranch), Dizzain (Sunnyvale), CloudFlex (Los Angeles and Kyiv), datarockets (Toronto), Boldheart (Berlin), higroup (Ljubljana; one person in New York), TLVTech (Tel Aviv), ESTASOFT (Dubai), Revolute X Digital (Kansas), Robin (Los Angeles), Flyaps (Dnipro; 15% in New York), Softellar (Warsaw), Enkonix (Lisbon), Technext (Sylhet), and six at New Jersey addresses from Jersey City to Franklin Lakes: Euvic, Langate, Think To Share, Origami Studios, LogicRays and UX Team.
- Under 50 staff on Clutch. The 2 to 9 or 10 to 49 band. Twenty-five firms that New York lists name are larger: Vention, Unified Infotech, Fueled, Fingent, Utility, Goji Labs, DOOR3, Perpetual, BlueLabel, AppMakers USA, SoluLab, Konstant Infosolutions, Empat, Brights, thoughtbot, Euvic, Dotlogics, Saritasa, Digis, Bit by Bit Computer Consultants, Simform, Designli, Agicent, MojoTech, Software Pro Digital. Most are 50 to 249; Fueled, Fingent, Goji Labs, Konstant Infosolutions and Empat are 250 to 999; Vention, Euvic and Simform are 1,000 to 9,999. Eighteen more publish the ranking lists and city pages themselves, all 50 to 249 or larger: Appinventiv, Apptunix, Clarion Technologies, Daffodil Software, Tekrevol, Wezom, Zazz, Mediusware, Riseup Labs, Inoxoft, Intellectsoft, iQlance, Kodexo Labs, Axon, Cloudester, Devox Software, TechnBrains, Techavidus. Two under-50 listings failed against the firm's own site: Jafton is 10 to 49 on Clutch, with an unclaimed profile, while its homepage says "Meet some of our 120+ team members"; Risingmax is 10 to 49 on Clutch and "over 250+" developers, analysts and designers on its homepage.
- Builds software or apps. Out on this rule: SemNexus (app marketing is 65% of its Clutch work; newest review 1.5 stars, February 26, 2026), GreyBox Creative (branding 50%, logo design 20%), MeanPug Digital (SEO 35%, PPC 15%), Gramercy Tech (event technology; last reviewed October 2019), Icebreaker Agency (now web design and local SEO; one person at its New York address), Small Planet (now a data platform; last reviewed November 2022), and five web and brand design studios: Wolf&Whale, Buzzworthy Studio, Bionic Egg, Hyuman and OSMOS.
- A Clutch review since 2023, or published prices. Asahi Technologies (newest review January 4, 2023; 2 to 5 people in New York, 41 to 49 in Chennai), Def Method (June 2021) and Sneakers Apps (October 2021) fell here. Pragmatic nearly made it, with 15 reviews at 5.0, but its newest review is dated August 15, 2023, six of the ten newest were posted within three weeks that summer, and three list project spans starting in 2014 and 2017, before the 2018 founding year on its profile. We left it out rather than explain that in a profile.
The candidates came from Clutch's three New York City directories, read with the under-50 size filters on October 18, 2026, from the ranking lists that Google and Brave return for the NYC searches, and from Built In NYC, Techreviewer, DesignRush, GoodFirms, Expertise and The Manifest. Eighty-eight Clutch profiles were read, twenty of them re-read sorted by date, because Clutch's default order is "Relevance" and the first review shown is often not the newest. GoodFirms profiles were not checked.
Why the cut at 50. Under 50 people, the partner who scopes your project is usually the one who runs it, and that is what a buyer who can't read code is paying for. Our national list of small software development companies for startups applies the same cut without the city rule.
The 14 software and app development companies in New York City, one by one
"Good at" covers what the firm does and the best thing a client said about it. "What to check" is the gap in its public record, or the mildest complaint in its reviews, turned into a question for the first call. Every quote links to its source, the Clutch profile (Clutch profile, read October 18, 2026) or the firm's own site.
1. Dedicated Developers
Atlanta, GA; New York office with 6 to 9 staff. Founded 2007. Team 10 to 49. Clutch 5.0 from 57 reviews. Hourly $50 to $99. Minimum $25,000+. dedicateddevelopers.com, Clutch profile.
Good at. Mobile apps are 65% of the Clutch work and web the rest. Founders Vishal and Vikas Bhatia have run it since 2007. Fifty-seven reviews at 5.0 is the deepest record on this page, and the newest, dated October 2, 2026, is for a $50,000 to $199,999 mobile project. Clients describe the manner as much as the code: "What stood out most was how straightforward and genuine the team was throughout the entire process" (CTO of a tutoring platform, April 21, 2026).
What to check. The headquarters is Atlanta; the homepage calls the firm "a team of obsessive perfectionists in Atlanta" (homepage). Clutch puts 23% of staff, 6 to 9 people, at the New York office on 7th Avenue. Ask which office your engineers would sit in. One reviewer said of a complex mobile product that "there are always small refinements along the way" (tech lead, hotel reservation app, April 30, 2026), so agree up front how a refinement gets priced.
2. JetRockets
Brooklyn, NY (2 to 5 at its only Clutch address). Founded 2012. Team 10 to 49. Clutch 4.9 from 51 reviews. Hourly $50 to $99. Minimum $25,000+. jetrockets.com, Clutch profile.
Good at. A Ruby on Rails shop: "We've spent 15+ years working almost exclusively with Ruby on Rails applications" (homepage). AI 30%, custom software 25%, web 25%, mobile 10% on Clutch; Natalie Kaminski is CEO. An operator at Fera: "They didn't need to be managed; it was a joy to work together" (Clutch, July 26, 2026). One of two firms here with a price on Clutch: a code audit at "$2,500 /total" with "1 week delivery", $4,000 for a medium codebase, $6,000 for a large one (Clutch packages).
What to check. Clutch shows 2 to 5 people at the Brooklyn address, the only listed location, and lists EST, EET and PST as its time zones. EET is Eastern European Time, so ask where the rest of the team sits. A 4.5-star reviewer put it gently: "english native project managers can help avoid some things getting lost in translation" (founder of NamNR Pro, June 20, 2026). If you're bringing someone else's half-finished Rails app, the $2,500 audit is the right first purchase; our project rescue page describes how we handle the same job.
3. Very Good Ventures
Manhattan (10 to 15 staff, only office). Founded 2018. Team 10 to 49. Clutch 5.0 from 35 reviews. Hourly $150 to $199. Minimum $100,000+. verygood.ventures, Clutch profile.
Good at. Flutter, almost entirely: mobile is 80% of the Clutch profile, and the homepage says the framework was "Adopted by brands like Toyota, eBay, and Nubank" (homepage). Thirty-five reviews at 5.0 from clients such as GlobalComix and Sports Info Solutions. The whole team, 10 to 15 people, sits on Lexington Avenue. GlobalComix's CEO, on a $200,000 to $999,999 project: the firm "goes beyond what was defined to create delightful outcomes" (Clutch, May 11, 2023).
What to check. That review is also the newest: nothing on Clutch in three and a half years, so ask for two 2025 or 2026 clients you can call. The $100,000 minimum is the highest on the list; at $150 to $199 an hour it buys 500 to 670 hours, a funded product rather than a prototype. The same reviewer's advice: "Having a technical contact on your team helps drive conversations about scaling and scope" (same review).
4. Savas Labs
Brooklyn, NY (2 to 5) and San Francisco (2 to 5). Founded 2013. Team 10 to 49. Clutch 5.0 from 34 reviews. Hourly $150 to $199. Minimum $25,000+. savaslabs.com, Clutch profile.
Good at. Web 20%, custom software 15%, mobile 15%, UX 15% and web design 15% on Clutch: a generalist product shop led by CEO Chris Russo (about page), with 34 reviews at 5.0 from clients such as Sedgwick and the University of North Carolina. A director at Sedgwick: "They are highly responsive, adaptive, and comprehensive when it comes to their project solutions" (Clutch, May 30, 2025).
What to check. Clutch lists 2 to 5 people in Williamsburg and 2 to 5 in San Francisco, the headquarters phone has a North Carolina area code, and the about page advertises roles "Remote in Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, or Atlanta": a distributed US team with a Brooklyn address. Staffing changed mid-project for one client: "It also would have been nice to have a steady team throughout the project" (director of research, nonprofit, July 30, 2024). Write named people into the contract.
5. Five Jars
Brooklyn, NY (2 to 5); Warsaw and Arlington, VA (10 to 15 each). Founded 2017. Team 10 to 49. Clutch 4.9 from 32 reviews. Hourly $100 to $149. Minimum $10,000+. fivejars.com, Clutch profile.
Good at. Web is half the Clutch work, with web design 20%, AI 15% and mobile 15%, for clients such as the YMCA of Western North Carolina and George Washington's Mount Vernon. Thirty-two reviews at 4.9; the YMCA's communications director liked the retainer discipline: "The team is also proactive in keeping us informed about how many hours we have left each month" (Clutch, August 13, 2026).
What to check. Three answers to where it is based. Clutch says Brooklyn, 68 Jay Street, with 2 to 5 people there; the homepage title tag says "Virginia-Based Web Design and Development Agency" (homepage); and Clutch puts 10 to 15 staff in Warsaw and 10 to 15 in Arlington. Rates move, too: "There is an annual hourly rate increase that challenges our budget" (VP of brand and digital experience, nonprofit, November 12, 2025). Get the increase schedule in writing before you sign a retainer.
6. Majestyk
Manhattan (41 to 49 staff, only office). Founded 2011. Team 10 to 49. Clutch 4.9 from 31 reviews. Hourly $150 to $199. Minimum $50,000+. majestykapps.com, Clutch profile.
Good at. A product studio with the whole team on West 19th Street: 41 to 49 people at one address, the largest New York headcount on this page. Mobile is 60% of the work, UX 20%, and the homepage title bills it as a digital product studio in New York City (homepage). Vinsur's founder: "They were excellent at translating my thoughts and ideas to the technical development side" (Clutch, November 5, 2024).
What to check. Nothing has been posted since that review, almost two years ago, so ask what shipped in 2025 and 2026 and who you can call. The $50,000 minimum at $150 to $199 an hour is 250 to 330 hours, a real first phase, so get its scope in writing, with the names of the people who would do the work.
7. HubSpire
Manhattan (21 to 30 staff, only office). Founded 2008. Team 10 to 49. Clutch 5.0 from 29 reviews. Hourly $50 to $99. Minimum $10,000+. hubspire.com, Clutch profile.
Good at. Mobile 50%, custom software 20%, web 20% on Clutch, and a niche that is rare on these lists: transit. The site says "Since 2008, HubSpire has provided high-quality software solutions" and claims "30+ years of transit expertise" (homepage); reviewers include BXEDC in the Bronx and Hoyt Transportation. The $50 to $99 band with a $10,000 minimum is the cheapest entry here from a firm with everyone in the city. The founder of EvoXvantage: "Their ability to turn abstract ideas into clean, high-performing digital solutions was exceptional" (Clutch, June 12, 2025).
What to check. Three addresses in three places: Clutch says 580 Fifth Avenue; the site footer says 1216 Broadway; Expertise.com says 175 Varick Street. Ask which one you'd visit. Then ask how a Manhattan office of 21 to 30 people holds $50 to $99 an hour, and whether any work is subcontracted.
8. Coalesce
Manhattan (6 to 9) and one person in Florida. Founded 2006 on Clutch; 2005 on Vendorland. Team 10 to 49. Clutch 4.9 from 29 reviews. Hourly $150 to $199. Minimum $10,000+. coalesce.nyc, Clutch profile.
Good at. Twenty years on Elizabeth Street with a small senior crew: 6 to 9 people, led by founding partners Justin Rancourt and Staton Piercey (about page). Custom software is 35% of the Clutch work, AI 30%, branding 15%. The homepage pitch pairs "a small senior team and our AI agents" with a "spec-first method" and "humans at every gate". The newest review, from an AVP of product management at a mobile nurse platform, calls them "great creative partners" (Clutch, May 1, 2026).
What to check. Two founding years, 2006 on Clutch and 2005 on Vendorland; ask which is right. The pitch leans on AI agents doing part of the work, so ask what the human review covers, who reads the generated code and who owns the output. The $10,000 minimum at $150 to $199 an hour is 50 to 65 hours, a discovery phase rather than a build.
9. Lickability
Manhattan (6 to 9 staff, only office). Founded 2009. Team 2 to 9. Clutch 4.9 from 25 reviews. Hourly $200 to $300. Minimum $25,000+. lickability.com, Clutch profile.
Good at. Native iOS and iPadOS, nothing else: Built In NYC says it "focuses exclusively on native iOS and iPadOS engineering" (Built In NYC, July 10, 2026), and Clutch has mobile at 70%. Six to nine people at one Fifth Avenue address, 25 reviews at 4.9 since 2009. The newest is from Jacob Eiting, CEO of RevenueCat, June 26, 2026, for a $200,000 to $999,999 project: "They were very professional and clear in communications" (Clutch).
What to check. The $200 to $300 band is the highest on this page, shared with L+R, and the Clutch pricing summary reports "costs ranging from $50,000 to over $2 million". If your product needs Android, a web app or a back end, ask who builds those parts, because the specialism is the point. The Clutch address ends in "#742", which looks like a mailbox number, so ask where the studio sits.
10. Dom & Tom
Manhattan (16 to 20) and Chicago (2 to 5). Founded 2009. Team 10 to 49. Clutch 4.8 from 25 reviews. Hourly $150 to $199. Minimum $75,000+. domandtom.com, Clutch profile.
Good at. The homepage calls it "a founder-led digital product agency based in New York" (homepage), with 16 to 20 people on Broad Street and 2 to 5 in Chicago. UX is 35% of the Clutch work, mobile 30%, web 25%. Two packaged offers are named on the site, the AI Product Sprint, "a launch-ready AI-powered application in six weeks", and the Founder Sprint, "an investor-ready prototype in three to four weeks". Twenty-five reviews at 4.8; the president of operations at Future Design Controls: "We were impressed by how attentive the team was" (Clutch, June 23, 2026).
What to check. The sprints carry no price, and the Clutch minimum is $75,000, the second highest here, so ask what each sprint costs before the name wins you over. Only two of the 25 reviews are dated after August 2023, and 4.8 is the lowest rating on the list. A 4.5-star review wished for "More strategic insight and guidance on how to evolve the app" (Clutch, August 21, 2023); if you need product advice as well as hands, ask who gives it.
11. Torii Studio
Manhattan (6 to 9 staff, only office). Founded 2020. Team 2 to 9. Clutch 4.9 from 24 reviews. Hourly $100 to $149. Minimum $10,000+. torii.studio, Clutch profile.
Good at. The newest review on this whole page, October 7, 2026, is Torii's, from the co-founder and CTO of Rayni: "They definitely delivered items on time, respond promptly, and integrated well in our team" (Clutch). Six to nine people on Duane Street, founded 2020, 24 reviews at 4.9 in six years, a fast clip for a studio this size, with generative AI, mobile and web at 20% of the Clutch work each.
What to check. Small means full. A CTO at a financial services platform wanted more of them and found "their team was already at capacity" (Clutch, December 18, 2025), and a founder at an AI company felt "the handoff could have been more thorough" (Clutch, April 10, 2026). Reserve phase-two capacity in the contract, and spell out what the handoff includes: documentation, accounts, a recorded walkthrough.
12. L+R (Levin Riegner)
Brooklyn, NY (10 to 15) and Barcelona (10 to 15). Founded 2012. Team 10 to 49. Clutch 5.0 from 15 reviews. Hourly $200 to $300. Minimum $10,000+. levinriegner.com, Clutch profile.
Good at. A design-led studio in DUMBO: UX 30%, mobile 25%, product design 25%, branding 10% on Clutch, with 10 to 15 people at 20 Jay Street under founding partner Alex Levin. The team page describes offices in "the cultural hubs of New York and Barcelona" and "a distributed team" (team page). Fifteen reviews at 5.0, the newest August 12, 2026. Onyx's chief strategy officer: "L+R has a unique ability to immediately integrate their team into ours" (Clutch, April 20, 2026).
What to check. Half the team is in Barcelona, 10 to 15 people, the same as Brooklyn, so agree the overlap hours first. Recent reviews are for branding and websites more than software, so if you want an engineering team, ask who writes the back end. The Onyx reviewer's one wish: "A more immediate walkthrough of our backend management would be the cherry on top" (same review). Put the walkthrough in the scope.
13. Krazimo
Manhattan (16 to 20) and Bengaluru (10 to 15). Founded 2023. Team 10 to 49. Clutch 5.0 from 13 reviews. Hourly $100 to $149. Minimum $10,000+. krazimo.com, Clutch profile.
Good at. The youngest firm here, founded 2023, and the most narrowly AI: AI development 50%, AI agents 30%, AI consulting 10% on Clutch. The site calls it a company of ex-Google engineers and says it limits the team to "15 engineers chosen exclusively from people we've worked with at Google or other top companies" (homepage). Thirteen reviews at 5.0 in three years; the CEO of Blinkvoice: "I'm impressed by how fluid Krazimo is with everything" (Clutch, April 24, 2026). The other firm with a Clutch price: a custom AI CRM package at "$10,000 /total" for startups under $1 million in revenue and "$30,000 /total" for small businesses under $10 million (Clutch packages).
What to check. Clutch puts 16 to 20 people at 1250 Broadway and 10 to 15 in Bengaluru, more than the "15 engineers" on the site, so ask who is an engineer and which ones you'd get. The newest review, September 10, 2026, is 4.5 stars: "They could have a slightly lower budget but it's still understandable given the quality of the call I had" (technical consultant, Sheffield). Three years and 13 reviews is a short record for a firm selling AI agents; ask for a running system you can try.
14. Big Human
Manhattan (31 to 40 staff, only office). Founded 2010. Team 10 to 49. Clutch 4.9 from 12 reviews. Hourly Undisclosed. Minimum Undisclosed. bighuman.com, Clutch profile.
Good at. A digital product agency on East 12th Street with 31 to 40 people at its one office, founded 2010. Clutch splits the work evenly: branding, mobile, product design, UX and web development at 20% each. Twelve reviews at 4.9, the newest August 13, 2026 from the head of product at an audio storytelling platform: "They are very flexible and work with you to make sure your needs are being met" (Clutch). The budgets are large: Clutch's pricing summary says "One engagement was around $500,000, while another exceeded $1 million annually".
What to check. No hourly band and no minimum on Clutch, the only firm here with neither, and no prices on the site, so the first call is the price list. Four of its six 2026 reviews are for branding, marketing, PR or strategy rather than software; ask for the last three things it shipped to an app store or a production server. One 4.0-star client: "We could have moved a bit faster, but we also had limited hours" (CEO of Tilly, August 3, 2026).
Hiring a New York software development agency versus hiring remote
No firm on this list publishes a price on its own site, so the local label has to be priced from the directories. Clutch's New York buyer FAQ says to expect "Hourly billing between $150–$250 for senior developers; mid-level rates start around $100–$140 per hour" and "Fixed-price MVPs beginning at $50,000–$75,000" (Clutch, October 18, 2026); its platform, app and timeline figures are in the FAQ at the end. Clutch wrote those figures as editorial copy; it didn't compute them from its reviews.
The listings tell a wider story. We counted the 238 firms in Clutch's 10 to 49 band with a five-borough address on October 18, 2026: 29% list $100 an hour or more, 27% list $50 to $99, 26% list under $50, and 18% don't say. (Our count of Clutch listings, not a Clutch figure.) On this page ten of the fourteen list $100 or more.
The remote bands come from the same directory. Clutch's national pricing guide puts US firms at $50 to $99 an hour, India, Ukraine, the Philippines and Mexico at $25 to $49, and Poland at $50 to $99, and adds that "Most software development companies listed on Clutch charge between $24–$49/hour" (Clutch, updated September 21, 2026). Part of the gap is wages. Computer and mathematical workers in the New York metro area earned a mean $67.04 an hour in May 2025 against $57.73 nationally (Bureau of Labor Statistics, June 5, 2026), about 16% more, and that is salary before the lease and the margin.
Where the people sit is on the cards too. Clutch's New York directory shows a field the vendor lists leave out, "% of employees work in New York office". Simform, a firm of 1,000 to 9,999, shows 1%, which is 2 to 5 people on Broadway; Empat shows 8%; SoluLab shows 5%, at an address that ends in "Apt 208". Of the fourteen firms above, Dedicated Developers shows 23%, Five Jars has 2 to 5 of its 22 to 35 people in Brooklyn, and Krazimo and L+R are split roughly in half with Bengaluru and Barcelona. Six firms show one New York location and nothing else: Very Good Ventures, Majestyk, HubSpire, Lickability, Torii Studio and Big Human.
So put the same three questions to every firm, local or not: during which hours of my day can I reach the engineer, who at your company answers for the result, and does any part of the work go outside your company. A firm that keeps two people on Broadway and the team in another time zone is a remote firm with a Manhattan lease, and you should price it as one. Clutch's own case for local is the clock: "If your team works on Eastern Time, an NYC partner can respond in real time" (Clutch, October 18, 2026). A remote firm with a stated overlap window on Eastern Time answers the same need, at the remote band.
Consider working remotely
Deepsel publishes this page, and since we are a remote firm and the thread above names New York, we include our details down here. The prices below are our prices.
Deepsel
Wilmington, Delaware company (registered office); team based in Hanoi, Vietnam. Founded 2019. Team 1 to 3. No Clutch reviews yet. Hourly None (flat prices): $3,000 one-week sprint; $4,000 a month half-day or $8,000 full-time per senior engineer; $15,000 a month fractional CTO with build team. Minimum $3,000 (the sprint). deepsel.com. Best for: Non-technical founders who want prices published and the code in their own accounts.
Good at. Deepsel Inc. is a Delaware company. The engineers are senior, sit in Hanoi, Vietnam, and work a daily window that overlaps US business hours, led by the founder, Tim Tran. The work is AI and automation, custom software, web and mobile apps, SaaS platforms, MVPs, legacy modernization and a fractional CTO who builds. Live products: Clubloungery, a booking marketplace; FitFoodies, a consumer app; and eIAM, the Swiss federal administration's central login, whose front end was replaced with no downtime. More project info are on the projects page. Contracts run month to month with a 30-day money-back guarantee, and the IP, repositories and servers are yours from the first commit. Prices and terms are on the software development for startups page.
What to check. No Clutch reviews, so judge us on live products and contract terms. The shipped projects are European. The target market is US startups. The team is small, so there's a waitlist when it's full, and meetings happen inside the US overlap window. And we wrote this page, so read this row with the same suspicion as the others.
Set that against the New York bands. A full-time senior engineer at $8,000 a month works out to about $50 an hour across 160 working hours: the bottom of Clutch's US band, and a third of the $150 floor Clutch gives for a senior New York developer. An MVP built in one to two months under the $15,000-a-month fractional CTO retainer costs $15,000 to $30,000, against the $50,000 to $75,000 that Clutch's New York page gives as the starting point, and the retainer stops when the build does. What goes into that first version is on the MVP development page. To find out what we're like before you spend $3,000, book a free 30-minute call with Tim.
Other cities: we keep the same table, with the same four criteria, for software companies in Dallas, Chicago, Houston and Austin.
Software development companies in NYC: frequently asked questions
How much does custom software development cost in New York?
The directories disagree, so here are their ranges, unaveraged. Clutch's New York page: "Fixed-price MVPs beginning at $50,000–$75,000" and full platforms "running $150,000–$500,000+" (Clutch, October 18, 2026). GoodFirms' New York page: "Low complexity projects (1 to 3 months): $50,000 to $200,000" (GoodFirms, October 16, 2026). Minimums on this list run from $10,000 (six firms) to $100,000 (Very Good Ventures). Our custom software development cost guide breaks a quote down by region.
How much does it cost to build an app in NYC?
Clutch's NYC app page says "Expect to invest $40,000–$150,000+" and that an MVP "might start around $50K" (Clutch, October 18, 2026). On this list the mobile-first minimums are $25,000, $50,000 and $100,000. For a SaaS build, Clutch's New York web page puts a "Mid-size e-commerce or SaaS MVP" at "$40,000 – $120,000" (Clutch, October 18, 2026). Our SaaS development cost guide goes line by line on that one. The MVP cost guide does the same for a first version.
What do software developers in New York charge per hour?
Clutch's New York FAQ: "Hourly billing between $150–$250 for senior developers; mid-level rates start around $100–$140 per hour" (Clutch, October 18, 2026). That is the top third of the market. In our count of the 238 firms in Clutch's 10 to 49 band with a five-borough address on October 18, 2026, 29% list $100 an hour or more, 27% list $50 to $99, 26% list under $50 and 18% don't say. Clutch's national guide puts US firms at $50 to $99 (Clutch, September 21, 2026).
How long does a project take with a New York software company?
Clutch's NYC app page says "App projects typically take 12–20 weeks" (Clutch, October 18, 2026), and its software page says enterprise builds run "Anywhere from 4 to 12+ months" (Clutch, same date); its national guide gives "about 13 months" as the usual project (Clutch, September 21, 2026). The fixed clocks on this page are shorter: JetRockets' audit in one week, Krazimo's onboarding in one month, Dom & Tom's Founder Sprint in three to four weeks. Whatever the firm says, ask what "done" means on that date: in an app store, or on a staging server.
How do I check a New York software company before I call?
Three checks, ten minutes. First, open the Clutch profile and sort the reviews by most recent: on ten of the twenty profiles we re-sorted, the first review shown was not the newest. Second, on Clutch's New York directory cards, read the "% of employees work in New York office" line and the headcount at the New York address; 1% and "2 - 5" means the team is somewhere else. Third, compare the Clutch employee band with the firm's own site: Jafton is 10 to 49 on Clutch and "120+ team members" on its homepage. Then phone a reviewer. The full question list is in our guide to choosing a software development company.
Do I need a New York firm, or will a remote team do?
You need three things: a team you can reach during your working day, a named person accountable for the result, and a contract that keeps the work inside the firm you hired. A New York address guarantees none of them. Several firms on this page keep most of their engineers in Warsaw, Barcelona or Bengaluru, and Clutch's staff-share field shows 1% to 8% for some of the biggest "New York" names. If you want to sit in a room with the team, pick one of the six firms above with every employee at one New York address. Otherwise a remote team with a stated window on Eastern Time does the same job.
Who owns the code when the project ends?
Whoever the contract says, so settle it before the kickoff. Ask for three things in writing: the repositories, cloud accounts and app store accounts created under your name on day one; an assignment of IP that takes effect as each invoice is paid rather than at the end; and a handoff that includes documentation and a recorded walkthrough, which reviewers of Torii Studio and L+R asked for. Deepsel's terms put the IP, repositories and servers in your accounts from the first commit; ask every other firm for the same clause.
Is Deepsel the best company on this list?
No. Deepsel has no New York office, so it fails the first criterion and sits outside the ranked table. The table is sorted by Clutch review count, then rating, then name; by that rule Dedicated Developers, JetRockets and Very Good Ventures carry the most public evidence, and we carry none on Clutch. Nobody paid to be here, nobody was asked to, and no firm knew in advance. Read the "what to check" line on our profile as you would the others.
If a New York office isn't a requirement, start with the one-week sprint, $3,000, on an existing codebase, or the call above if you're starting from an idea.