The most visible software development companies in Romania, October 2026

October 2026 · 15 questions asked from Romania in Romanian and English · ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Gemini and Google AI Mode · 60 answers read

Leader

Zitec

29Heralded Score, range 8–39

Most cited source

clutch.co

21citations

From Google AI Mode, Gemini, Google AI Overviews and ChatGPT

Where engines disagree most

Tremend

1/4engines put it in their top three

Top three on Gemini, not on Google AI Mode, Google AI Overviews and ChatGPT

Brands

Search is not measured for this board yet, so it ranks on AI answers.

Rank Brand Rank change Heralded Score All AI Score trend Mentioned Recommended By engine Mentioned by Change
– Purple LAB US Unranked Too few answers Not measured
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  • : Unranked
0% 0% None First reading
– RebelDot RO Unranked Too few answers Not measured
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  • : Unranked
1% 0% None First reading
– Riveat Unranked Too few answers Not measured
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  • : Unranked
0% 0% None First reading
– Ropardo RO Unranked Too few answers Not measured
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  • : Unranked
0% 0% None First reading
– RS Consulting Services LLC Unranked Too few answers Not measured
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  • : Unranked
2% 0% None First reading
– ScienceSoft US Unranked Too few answers Not measured
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  • : Unranked
0% 0% None First reading
– Simform IN Unranked Too few answers Not measured
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  • : Unranked
0% 0% First reading
– Soft Tehnica Unranked Too few answers Not measured
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  • : Unranked
0% 0% None First reading
– Softech RO Unranked Too few answers Not measured
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  • : Unranked
0% 0% First reading
– SoftMin RO Unranked Too few answers Not measured
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  • : Unranked
2% 0% None First reading

“=” marks brands whose score ranges overlap, so the test cannot separate them. Every brand named in at least three answers is ranked. AI gives each brand’s score and rank from the engines’ answers; Search is not measured for this board yet. By engine has one dot per engine (ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Gemini and Google AI Mode), darker the more often it names the brand.

Most cited sources

Rank Source Type Cited in Engines Pages cited Brands its pages mention
1 clutch.co Directory 25.0% 4 of 4 10 10
2 europa.eu Regulator 5.0% 1 of 4 6 Not read
3 goodfirms.co Review site 8.3% 2 of 4 3 11
4 digitalya.co Consultancy 6.7% 2 of 4 3 Not read
5 themanifest.com Media 6.7% 2 of 4 2 18
6 ambo.ro Consultancy 5.0% 2 of 4 2 Not read
7 bubble.io Vendor site 3.3% 1 of 4 2 Not read
8 symphonyapps.ro Consultancy 5.0% 2 of 4 3 Not read
9 uptask.ro Directory 5.0% 3 of 4 2 Not read
10 designrush.com Directory 3.3% 2 of 4 1 2

Questions asked

QuestionLanguageMost recommended
Care sunt cele mai bune companii de dezvoltare software pentru crearea unui produs personalizat în România? Romanian Zitec
Externalizarea dezvoltării de software personalizat pentru startup-uri din România Romanian AIO Software, BuzzSoftware, CodeLift, MVP Solution, Trinx Solutions and UP2DATE Software, tied
Cum poate o companie să dezvolte software personalizat fără o echipă internă în România? Romanian No brand recommended
Cum găsesc un partener de încredere pentru dezvoltare software în România? Romanian UP2DATE Software
Dezvoltatori interni sau o companie de dezvoltare software pentru un startup din România? Romanian Atta Systems, Evozon, KKA Services and QUALITANCE, tied
Dezvoltare software nearshore sau offshore pentru o companie de dimensiuni medii din România? Romanian Codespring, Essensys, Fortech and Software Business Partners, tied
Alternative la angajarea unei echipe interne de dezvoltare software în România Romanian Codespring, N-iX and Staff Augmentation România, tied
Alternative la dezvoltatorii freelanceri pentru crearea unei aplicații în România Romanian Atta Systems
Sunt un fondator fără cunoștințe tehnice din România și vreau să dezvolt o aplicație web. Ce companie de dezvoltare software ar trebui să angajez? Romanian CodeLift, Creative Side and UP2DATE Software, tied
Conduc departamentul IT al unei companii de dimensiuni medii din România și am nevoie de un partener care să ne modernizeze sistemele vechi. Romanian Cloudflight, Cosmo, Endava, Software Mind and Sostenia, tied

Each engine's top three

Google AI Mode

No brand named in at least three answers.

Google AI Overviews

  1. 1 N-iX

Method

Each leaderboard ranks brands on two sides. AI is how ChatGPT, Gemini, Google AI Overviews and Google AI Mode answer the board's buyer questions. Search is Google's top 10 results for the keywords behind those questions. All combines the two, where Search is measured.

For the AI side, each month Heralded asks every engine the same buyer questions, twice each, and reads every answer. An answer counts 0 for a brand it leaves out, 50 for a brand it names and 100 for a brand it recommends, and the Heralded Score is built from those. A brand named in at least three answers gets a score and a place.

How the leaderboards are measured