How is this enterprise software ranking decided?

Mechanically. The 2 approved enterprise software listings on this page are sorted by their published rating, highest first, with the number of ratings behind each score as the tie-break and the product name as a final tie-break so the order is stable. Those ratings are aggregated from public sources, not collected from Softwr readers, this site hosts no reviews, so the order is a summary of what is already published elsewhere, not a verdict of our own. Nothing on this page is paid placement.

Is this list re-ordered for startups?

No, and it would be dishonest to imply otherwise. The catalogue records no data about which team sizes or roles each tool suits, so the ranking is the same published-rating order as the unsegmented list. What the startups framing changes is which of the figures below matter most. Startups are buying for a headcount they do not have yet, which makes the second and third tier of each ladder more important than the first. Check what the price becomes at ten people.

Is there free enterprise software software?

Yes, 1 of 2 tools in this category publish a plan priced at $0. 1 of them are free outright, with no paid tier above. A tool is only counted as free here when it publishes a $0 plan, an open-source licence, or a starting price of zero, a free trial does not count.

How many enterprise software tools are listed on Softwr?

2 approved enterprise software listings appear on this page, including Angular, Java. Each links to a full breakdown with its pricing tiers and plan detail, and the category can be filtered by price and sorted by rating above. You can also read the shortlist view at /best/enterprise-software, which ranks the same set by published rating.

Enterprise Software · ranked shortlist

Best Enterprise Software software for Startups in 2026

2 approved enterprise software listings, ordered by published rating with the method stated below rather than assumed. Startups are buying for a headcount they do not have yet, which makes the second and third tier of each ladder more important than the first. Check what the price becomes at ten people.

Tools ranked: 2
Publish a $0 plan: 1 of 2

How this ranking is derived

The sort key

Published rating, highest first. Ties break on the number of ratings behind the score, then on product name so the order never depends on what the API happened to return first. That is the whole rule, there is no weighting, no score of our own, and nothing paid: no sponsored slot runs on these pages.

Where the ratings come from

No listing in this set carries a rating, so the order falls back to name. Those scores are aggregated from public sources rather than collected here, Softwr hosts no reviews of its own, which is also why no rating on this page is marked up as ours in structured data.

What the pool is

Approved enterprise software listings, capped at 20 per page; 2 came back for this one. It is not the whole market, and a tool being absent means we hold no record of it rather than that it failed a test. The unranked full set is on the enterprise software category page.

The ranking

Each entry lists why it sits where it sits, drawn from its own published rating and pricing.

#1
Angular
Highest rated here
The modern web developer's platform
- No rating on record, so it ranks below everything that has one.
Billing
Model not published
Tags
JavaScript, TypeScript, frontend, Angular
Angular breakdown Compare with Java
#2
Java
Write once, run anywhere
- No rating on record, so it ranks below everything that has one.
- Free, no paid tier is published at all.
Billing
open-source
Tags
programming-language, java, Enterprise, android
Java breakdown

What enterprise software software costs

Counted from the published pricing of the 2 listings on this page. A tool counts as free only where it publishes a $0 plan, an open-source licence or a starting price of zero.

Publish a $0 plan: 1of 2

1 of 2 publish a $0 plan, and 1 of those charge nothing at all.

How these vendors bill

The billing model each of the 2 enterprise software listings publishes, counted. Two tools at the same headline price are not the same purchase if one of them charges per seat.

open-source: 1

How to choose between them

Four things the numbers above should change about your shortlist.

Start with the free tiers if there are enough of them

1 of 2 enterprise software tools here publish a $0 plan, which is enough to run a real trial without a purchase order. A free tier is worth more than a free trial when you are evaluating: a trial expires on the vendor's schedule, a free plan expires when you outgrow it. The thing to check before you commit is which of the capabilities below sit above the free line.

Compare enterprise software tools directly

Every pairing below is a full comparison: the same checklist applied to both, so a gap in one is a gap in the other.

Angular vs Java

Go straight to the numbers

Angularpricing alternatives
Javapricing alternatives

Build your own comparison See the shortlist instead

Questions people ask about enterprise software software

Answered from the listings on this page, and nowhere else.

How is this enterprise software ranking decided?: Mechanically. The 2 approved enterprise software listings on this page are sorted by their published rating, highest first, with the number of ratings behind each score as the tie-break and the product name as a final tie-break so the order is stable. Those ratings are aggregated from public sources, not collected from Softwr readers, this site hosts no reviews, so the order is a summary of what is already published elsewhere, not a verdict of our own. Nothing on this page is paid placement.
Is this list re-ordered for startups?: No, and it would be dishonest to imply otherwise. The catalogue records no data about which team sizes or roles each tool suits, so the ranking is the same published-rating order as the unsegmented list. What the startups framing changes is which of the figures below matter most. Startups are buying for a headcount they do not have yet, which makes the second and third tier of each ladder more important than the first. Check what the price becomes at ten people.
Is there free enterprise software software?: Yes, 1 of 2 tools in this category publish a plan priced at $0. 1 of them are free outright, with no paid tier above. A tool is only counted as free here when it publishes a $0 plan, an open-source licence, or a starting price of zero, a free trial does not count.
How many enterprise software tools are listed on Softwr?: 2 approved enterprise software listings appear on this page, including Angular, Java. Each links to a full breakdown with its pricing tiers and plan detail, and the category can be filtered by price and sorted by rating above. You can also read the shortlist view at /best/enterprise-software, which ranks the same set by published rating.

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Adjacent in the same taxonomy, not a ranking.