November 8, 2025
Content Team
The education technology (EdTech) market continues to grow – and grow fast. HolonIQ expects global EdTech spend to drop to an estimated $404B by 2025 (~16% CAGR from 2019) as the use of digital learning becomes more embedded into K-12, higher education, and the workplace.
In parallel with it, the publications of annual lists of outstanding EdTech companies have already begun in the media, including the prestigious journals of TIME and Statista, which show the increasing breadth and maturity of the sector and highlight performance and impact in the industry.
Why does it matter? Because choosing the right development partner can mean the difference between a platform that is loved by learners – and an abandoned platform. As history’s favorite contribution to share-drive disuasion, Bill Gates famously stated “Technology is just a tool.” The teacher is the most important person in terms of getting the kids to work together and motivating them. Instead of attempting to substitute for teachers, the best EdTech software makes teachers and mentors even better at their jobs and tasks.
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And Nelson Mandela was just as clear in his statements on the stakes: “Education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world.”
In this hand-picked list of 20 education and eLearning software development companies, you will find aspects from engineering giants of the world to niche LMS studios that have gained experience in creating modern learning products. Vendors identified in independent round-ups are mixed in with companies that have extensive, public portfolios in EdTech.
Proven LMS/LXP or assessment engine or learning portals and content management experience or virtual classroom delivery, school/campus learning solutions, or other proven EdTech delivery methods.
Why they make the list: As a nimble engineering partner, TAV Tech Solutions focuses on practical, outcomes-oriented delivery for education teams-think lean MVPs, fast iterations, and a roadmap that folds pedagogy into product. An example of this is the existence of learner portals, skills-based testing engines, magic binding capabilities with mainstream LMSes and analytics dashboards to showcase the involvement of the learners as well as results.
Best for: Early-stage builds, modernization sprints and proof-of-concepts where speed and clarity are important
Note: If you’re looking for a partner that can help you build custom software with low overhead costs and a team of experts, an approach that is both lean and senior-led allows a tight scope and high momentum.
A long-time video and streaming provider, Oxagile has extensive domain expertise in multimedia rich learning (live classes, lecture capture, OTT style libraries), gamification and analytics. Their commitment of EdTech includes consulting, platform builds and quality engineering.
Most Suitable for: Video Clouds, High Content Cataloguing, Higher Delivery Performance Somewhere Higher At Scale
With more than two decades of experience, Belitsoft has provided customized e-LMS, LMS development and modernization with artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted features. Their materials focus on secure and adaptive learning and mobile experiences.
Best For: Organizations that are looking for an experienced builder for LMS modernization and migration.
ScienceSoft has a comprehensive Lifecycle support – learning needs analysis, custom solution design, end-to-end build (LMS, LXP, portals). The custom LMS planning and TCO resources they have are useful if you’re planning a complex program.
Best For: Buyers who wish to have structure around the discovery to the sustainment process with transparency around ROI framework.
Intellias conducts an education practice based on personalized learning, immersive AR/VR training and Open edX-aligned delivery – award-winning on the Open edX marketplace.
Best for: Institutions that are looking into immersive learning options or open source range LMS ecosystems.
With an entirely focused education industry page and EdTech case studies (including platform redesign), Netguru combines powerful product design with platform engineering and data-driven experiences.
Best for: Products for the education sector requiring aesthetics which need high-quality UX/UI and iterative design.
An Open edX(R) service partner, specializing in LMS development, hosting and large scale deployments for higher education, corporate learning and not-for-profit organisations. They are a go-to for Open edX expertise (or assistance in making the Open edX or Moodle choice).
Best for: Building open source LMS, migrating, and scaling on the cheap.
Cleverroad has been featured in several 2025 round-ups as the go-to provider of cross-functional teams for education projects ranging from LMS and portals, integrations, and mobile experiences.
Best for: Full cycle builds where Quality and Security measures, ISO compliant are serious.
Known for end-to-end product strategy and delivery of digital transformation, human-centered design, and scalable global delivery centers, 10Pearls loves to serve education platforms.
Best for: Enterprise vended solutions that focus on accessibility, compliance and security.
Vention is a cloud-based tool operated by a large team of experts and has integration with major LMS platforms – an ideal tool for fast-growing EdTech startups which need to scale capacity quickly.
Ideallic to grow Teams to work on ambitious roadmaps or heavy integration works.
Product strategized studio with experience in data driven, gamified and mobile-first learning systems. Frequently used to validate direction, scope de-risking and early versions and iterations, ready for growth.
Best for: Early stage EdTech products where discovery and rapid experimentation is at the heart of creating value.
TXI’s competitive advantage is research-based, user-driven construction. Traditional Computer Science theory (Hilary Proctor) Beacon The theory of transformational design is for you if your learning product needs to simplify epistemic know-how into coherent route maps and polite experiences.
Best for: Workflow and IUX product design for transforming high stake products in learning area.
Being an expert in developing custom LMS, microlearning, and analytics-driven platforms, Innowise is well-equipped with the requirements of multi-platform education builds with features of concurrency and personalization.
Best for: Platforms that are robust and data-rich, that need to perform well in case of load.
Full stack engineering organization with a proven history as an award-winning iOS/Android and web engineering partner; honours a highly polished UX/UI standard and strong software craftsmanship.
Best for: Teams wanting Front end Forward Quality First build for Learner Engagement.
Featured for product strategy, accessibility-first design, as well as nonprofit/mission projects Goji Labs will be a great fit for K-12 and civic learning causes
Best for: Products that are impact driven and inclusive design determines the success.
Offers interactive training solutions, IoT-enhanced education tools (e.g., smart classrooms) and simulation-based learning, which can be useful to vocational or technical education.
Best for: Simulation and hardware adjacent learning experiences.
Provides curated platforms for startups and online academies, which are usually predisposed with analytics and adaptive capabilities within.
Best for: Young companies that prefer to have a partner who is responsive and agile.
A good Full-Stack Shop with a focus on Modular Scalable architectures for S.I.A.A.S (SaaS) architectures for Educational Platforms (Handy for going Fast, for some feature work and clean code-bases).
Best for: Teams that want maintainable architectures and a cadence that is friendly to continuous delivery.
AllenComm is a company of enterprise learning and custom content development experts who deliver end-to-end instructional design and platform work for enterprise training.
Best for: Corporate L&D teams who are looking for high-quality content along with the platform.
One of the top global education app development lists over the past few years, Kellton Tech provides enterprise integration and cloud support to learning products that have to be embedded into larger IT environments.
Best for: Corporate University programs where integration of learning stack with CRM/HRIS/data repositories nears to a hat trick.
Seymour Papert was a proponent of learner-driven environments long before AI facilitated easy personalization – “The best you can do is put [learners] where they can find what they need to know when they need to know it.” An ageless principle for EdTech design.
Apart from digitization of classrooms, the best learning platforms also transform behaviors. Depending on which outcomes you are looking to achieve (whether improved completion rates, stronger signals for skills retention, improved instructor workflows or measurable business impact) your partner will give you what you need for those.
And a little SEO-oriented note to fulfill your request: although large directories are crowded with custom software development companies, try to find the ones that can prove a clear understanding of pedagogy, accessibility, and analytics. Be sure to ask each partner to describe their learning data (LRS, events, dashboards) implementation strategy, their content lifecycle (authoring, tagging, localisation) strategy and how custom software development services will grow in tandem with your product.
You may want this as a ready-to-print PDF, one-pager or RFP check-list to make it easily shareable with your team as they sought to make side-by-side comparisons to make an educated decision among vendors.
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