The 8 Best Software Development Companies in Lithuania (Custom & AI) [2026]

Looking for the best custom software development company in Lithuania? Eight companies are worth a call: Idea Link, Baltic Amadeus, Wise Monks, Helmes (formerly TeleSoftas), SOFTETA, Adeo Web, NFQ and Devbridge (now part of Cognizant). Their strengths differ. The right choice depends on the system you need built.

Lithuania has plenty of tech talent. It had 83,100 ICT specialists in 2025, 5.7% of everyone in work, against an EU average of 5.0% (Eurostat). The country has fewer than three million people, yet it has produced five tech unicorns (Invest Lithuania) and ranks first in the EU by number of fintech licences (U.S. Department of Commerce). The oldest firm below was founded in 1988 and the youngest in 2020.

This list is for operations, finance and product leaders at growing companies that need software built. That might be an internal platform, an operations or finance system, a client portal, an AI feature or a whole product. We identify acquired companies and flag Clutch scores based on only two or three reviews.

Disclosure: Idea Link wrote this list and is on it. We scored every company, ourselves included, on the same six criteria, using public Clutch data and each company's own website, all checked on 16 October 2026. The order of the list follows the scores.

Best pick by use case

If you already know what you need built, start here. Each pick is backed by a link in its entry below.

How we scored them

Six criteria, each scored 0, 1 or 2, so the maximum is 12. Every point comes from something you can check: a Clutch profile, a page on the company's own website, or a press release. A 0 means we found nothing published, not that the company can't do it.

1. Based in Lithuania. 2 if the company is headquartered here and independent, 1 if its Lithuanian team now belongs to a foreign group.
2. Verifiable proof. 2 for eight or more Clutch reviews with the newest under two years old, 1 for fewer or older reviews, 0 for none.
3. Clear specialism. 2 if the company leads with one area of strength, 1 if it pitches itself as full-service.
4. Fit for a growing company's budget. Based on the minimum project size on Clutch: 2 for $10,000 or less, 1 for up to $50,000, 0 above that.
5. Real AI work. 2 for a named AI project on the company's own site, 1 for an AI service page with no project behind it, 0 for neither.
6. Delivery speed. 2 for a published fixed-scope start or delivery plan measured in weeks, 1 for a discovery or pilot phase with no stated length, 0 for nothing published.

Ties go to the company with more Clutch reviews.

Devbridge's low score says more about its ownership than its engineering. There is no independent Devbridge left to assess: its website now redirects to Cognizant.

1. Idea Link

Idea Link builds the custom operational software that growing companies actually run on: internal platforms, operations and finance systems, and client portals. It adds AI where it saves real time, such as document processing, classification or an assistant that answers from your own data, and leaves it out where a plain rule does the job. Its lean senior team ships in weeks what larger firms quote in months. Most projects start with a fixed-price Design & Architecture Sprint of 2-4 weeks that ends in a fixed build quote.

Idea Link was founded in 2019 and has around 20 people across Kaunas and Vilnius. It has shipped 100+ projects and holds a 5.0 rating on Clutch across 17 reviews, the most of any company on this list (Clutch). Published work includes the Open Infra ERP, the Orchard Benefits benchmarking platform and DataIst's AI compliance platform. Best for: companies that need custom operational software, such as an internal platform, an ops or finance system or a client portal, built in weeks rather than months, with AI inside where it saves real time. Also a strong fit for founders shipping a production-grade MVP.

2. Baltic Amadeus

Baltic Amadeus is the oldest company on this list. It dates to 1988, which makes it one of the first private IT companies in the country, and it has spent the decades since building for industries where mistakes are expensive: banking, insurance, telecom, logistics and the public sector. Telia is among its named clients (ba.lt). It has moved into applied AI too: for JTI Lithuania it built automated receipt checking on Azure Vision AI (Baltic Amadeus).

With 250-plus IT professionals it can staff a large, long-running program and handle the compliance and documentation that regulated work demands. Clutch has it at 4.6 across 8 reviews (Clutch). It drops a point on speed only because its own site says smaller solutions may take a few months. Best for: enterprises and public bodies that need a stable, senior vendor for a multi-year system.

3. Wise Monks

Wise Monks is the small AI specialist on this list. It was founded in 2008 in Vilnius and now focuses on AI agents and AI consulting. Its four published AI projects include inventory forecasting for Lestena and credit assessment for Creditreform Lithuania (Wise Monks). Its published delivery plan runs for ten weeks, with discovery in week one (Wise Monks).

The team is around ten people, so it suits focused builds rather than sprawling programs. Clutch shows 5.0 across 4 reviews (Clutch). Best for: a company that wants a compact, senior team for an AI-heavy project with a clear end date.

4. Helmes (formerly TeleSoftas)

TeleSoftas, now part of Helmes, was a strong Kaunas engineering company before it changed hands. It built custom software and mobile products for around two decades and had roughly 270 engineers and designers when the Estonian group Helmes took a majority stake (Helmes). The TeleSoftas brand is now gone: telesoftas.com redirects to Helmes, and the Clutch profile shows 4.8 across 10 reviews under the Helmes name (Clutch).

Helmes sells a fixed-price AI value scan that takes four to six weeks on average (Helmes). Its published AI projects come from Estonian clients, including a machine-learning job-matching portal for the Estonian Unemployment Insurance Fund (Helmes). The "founded 1991" date on the profile refers to Helmes in Estonia. Best for: teams that want a Baltic-wide engineering group with a deep, review-backed track record.

5. SOFTETA

SOFTETA is the newest company here and has strong early reviews. It was set up in 2020 in Vilnius, with a team in the 50-249 band and an office in Warsaw. It describes itself as a full-cycle custom development and consultancy firm. Its AI work includes a computer vision system for Energesman that identifies and sorts waste materials in real time (SOFTETA).

Clutch has it at 5.0 across 4 reviews, the newest from August 2026, and a $5,000 minimum project size (Clutch). Reviewers praise its value for money and its record of hitting deadlines. Best for: a growing company that wants an established-enough partner without enterprise-vendor pricing.

6. Adeo Web

Adeo Web is an e-commerce specialist. It has worked only in that field since 2009 and was among the first certified Adobe and Magento partners in the Baltics. If your project is a serious online store, this team has seen the problem before (Adeo Web). It also works with Sylius and Akeneo for teams outside the Adobe stack.

At around 40 people, it is deliberately mid-sized. Clutch has it at 4.9 across 8 reviews, though the newest dates from November 2022 (Clutch). We found no AI work on its site, but that matters less for a store build than for most briefs on this list. Best for: retailers and brands that want commerce specialists rather than generalists who also do commerce.

7. NFQ

If you need a high-traffic consumer platform, NFQ has built them at scale. The group has around 900 people across Europe and Asia and a Kaunas base founded in 2002. Its portfolio covers e-commerce, retail, mobility, transport and travel. It says it built the flight meta-search behind KAYAK and has worked with HomeToGo (NFQ).

NFQ ranks lower for two verifiable reasons. Its Clutch profile shows 5.0 on just two reviews, the newest from 2019, and a $50,000 minimum project size (Clutch). It has an AI agents service page but little published project detail behind it yet. Best for: scaling a marketplace, booking or high-volume commerce platform with a budget to match.

8. Devbridge (now part of Cognizant)

Devbridge is no longer an independent company. devbridge.com now redirects to Cognizant's digital engineering practice, where the 600-plus people it brought over now work. Founded in 2008 with a large delivery centre in Kaunas, Devbridge built a serious reputation for enterprise digital product engineering before Cognizant bought it in December 2021 (PR Newswire). Cognizant has kept adding studios in Lithuania since (Cognizant).

The Devbridge profile on Clutch still exists, with no reviews and a $250,000 minimum project size (Clutch). Best for: large enterprises that want Cognizant-scale delivery with a Lithuanian engineering core. The independent boutique no longer exists in that form.

Best software development companies in Vilnius

Three of the eight are headquartered in Vilnius, and Idea Link has an office there too:

• Idea Link for custom operational software and AI, with its main office in Kaunas.
• Baltic Amadeus for regulated, multi-year enterprise systems.
• Wise Monks for compact AI-only projects.

SOFTETA is also Vilnius-based and worth a call if budget is the main constraint.

Best software development companies in Kaunas

Kaunas is the quieter engineering city, and five of the eight are based there:

• Idea Link for custom operational software and AI. Kaunas is its headquarters.
• Helmes (formerly TeleSoftas) for custom software and mobile backed by a Baltic group.
• Adeo Web for e-commerce.

NFQ is also Kaunas-based and fits high-traffic platforms, and Devbridge's Kaunas centre now works as part of Cognizant.

How to actually choose

The most common brief comes from a growing company that has outgrown spreadsheets, Airtable or a no-code tool. It has no engineering team and needs the system it runs on built fast. That is Idea Link's core work. A fixed-price Sprint gives you a build plan and a fixed quote before you decide whether to continue.

Other briefs point elsewhere. A regulated, multi-year program points to Baltic Amadeus or a Cognizant-scale team. A focused AI-only project fits Wise Monks. A high-traffic marketplace points to NFQ, and a serious online store to Adeo Web.

Whoever you pick, talk to two or three firms before you commit. Be wary of anyone who promises everything without first asking what you actually need. Good firms ask hard questions about the problem before they quote it.

About Idea Link

Idea Link is a Lithuanian software company founded in 2019, with offices in Kaunas and Vilnius. We have shipped 100+ projects and hold a 5.0 rating on Clutch across 17 reviews. We build the custom operational software that growing companies run on and add real AI where it saves time. Clients with public case studies include Open Infra, Orchard Benefits, DataIst and others. Most engagements begin with a fixed-scope, fixed-price Design & Architecture Sprint. You see exactly how we work and get a real build plan before committing to a build.

Frequently asked questions

Which Lithuanian company is best for a custom internal platform?

Idea Link ranks first on our scoring, and we say that knowing we wrote the list. Internal platforms and operations systems are our core work. The Open Infra ERP replaced a stack of disconnected tools with one system for tasks, bookings and GPS tracking of field crews. If the platform is part of a regulated, multi-year enterprise program, Baltic Amadeus is the safer fit.

What is the best AI development company in Lithuania?

Idea Link is the best choice for AI built into operational software or a product, with six published AI case studies. Wise Monks is the best choice for a compact AI-only project and publishes four AI case studies and a 10-week delivery plan. Baltic Amadeus and SOFTETA have also shipped named AI projects in document processing and computer vision.

How do Lithuanian software companies compare to Poland and Estonia?

Lithuania sits between the two. In 2025, ICT specialists made up 5.7% of employment in Lithuania, 6.8% in Estonia and 4.5% in Poland, against an EU average of 5.0%, and Lithuania's share grew fastest of the three, from 4.4% in 2022 (Eurostat). Poland has by far the biggest pool, about 779,000 ICT specialists against 83,100 in Lithuania and 47,500 in Estonia. Labour costs in the information and communication sector run in a similar order: €29.3 an hour in Poland, €32.0 in Lithuania and €38.4 in Estonia in 2025, against €48.2 across the EU (Eurostat). Those are employer costs for the whole sector, not agency rates, so use them as a guide to relative cost rather than a quote.

Why is Lithuania good for software development?

Lithuania offers deep talent, strong English and EU time zones at rates below Western Europe. The share of ICT specialists in Lithuanian employment is above the EU average. The country also has a track record of building companies that scale internationally, including five tech unicorns (Invest Lithuania).

How much do software developers in Lithuania cost?

Rates vary by seniority and firm, but seven of the eight companies on this list give $50-$99 an hour on Clutch. Devbridge gives $100-$149. For custom builds, the number that matters is total delivered value, not the hourly rate: a lean senior team that ships in weeks often costs less overall than a cheap large team that takes months. Ask any firm for a fixed-scope engagement so you can compare outcomes, not hours.

Is Lithuania a good place to build fintech or financial software?

Yes, it is one of the strongest choices in the EU. Lithuania ranks first in the EU by number of fintech licences and has a dense cluster of payments and banking talent (U.S. Department of Commerce). Baltic Amadeus in particular has a long history in regulated financial software.

How do I choose a software development company in Lithuania?

Match the firm's main focus to your problem, check for a public Clutch profile and named case studies, and start small. A fixed-scope discovery or architecture engagement lets you see how a team works before you commit to a full build, which is the cheapest way to avoid an expensive mismatch.

The first step

If you are a growing company that has outgrown its tools and needs the system it runs on built, that is the exact problem we solve. The first step is our Design & Architecture Sprint: a fixed-scope, fixed-price engagement that gives you a system blueprint, a build plan and a real quote before you commit to anything.

Related reading: how much custom software actually costs and what "agile" really means in software development.

What changed in this update

• 16 October 2026: re-checked every Clutch profile and company website. Added the scoring table and the best-by-use-case table, reordered the list by score, and added the Vilnius and Kaunas sections and three new FAQs. Since the last check, Idea Link's Clutch rating moved to 5.0 across 17 reviews, SOFTETA gained a fourth review, and TeleSoftas now trades as Helmes.
• 5 August 2026: first published.