No. 23: Intuit
Overall company rating: 3.9 stars out of 5
CEO: Brad Smith
CEO approval rating: 94%
% of employees who think the business outlook is positive: 67%
Intuit offers online accounting and tax software.
No. 22: Mindbody
Overall company rating: 3.9 stars out of 5
CEO: Rick Stollmeyer
CEO approval rating: 97%
% of employees who think the business outlook is positive: 68%
Mindbody is online software for booking classes at fitness clubs.
No. 21: Box
Overall company rating: 3.9 stars out of 5
CEO: Aaron Levie
CEO approval rating: 93%
% of employees who think the business outlook is positive: 72%
Box offers online file storage and collaboration software.
No. 20: NetSuite
Overall company rating: 3.9 stars out of 5
CEO: Zach Nelson
CEO approval rating: 87%
% of employees who think the business outlook is positive: 73%
NetSuite offers financial software for small to mid-sized businesses. Oracle is in the process of trying to buy NetSuite, although, as we write this, that deal is in danger of falling through.
No. 19: Workiva
Overall company rating: 4.0 stars out of 5
CEO: Matthew Rizai
CEO approval rating: 84%
% of employees who think the business outlook is positive: 69%
Workiva offers online regulatory and compliance management software.
No. 18: Mimecast
Overall company rating: 4.0 stars out of 5
CEO: Peter Bauer
CEO approval rating: 94%
% of employees who think the business outlook is positive: 64%
Mimecast offers cloud-based email scanning and security.
No. 17: CallidusCloud
Overall company rating: 4.0 stars out of 5
CEO: Leslie Stretch
CEO approval rating: 89%
% of employees who think the business outlook is positive: 81%
CallidusCloud offers cloud software for salespeople helping them generate quotes, track commissions and so on.
No. 16: LogMein
Overall company rating: 4.0 stars out of 5
CEO: Bill Wagner
CEO approval rating: 89%
% of employees who think the business outlook is positive: 72%
Cloud remote access software that you login to your PC from anywhere and lets IT pros login to employees PCs to troubleshoot and fix.
No. 15: Splunk
Overall company rating: 4.1 stars out of 5
CEO: Doug Merritt
CEO approval rating: 83%
% of employees who think the business outlook is positive: 78%
Splunk offers a big data device that can sift through the massive amounts of data that IT equipment produces to help a company run more efficiently.
No. 14: Adobe
Overall company rating: 4.1 stars out of 5
CEO: Shantanu Narayen
CEO approval rating: 94%
% of employees who think the business outlook is positive: 81%
Adobe offers software graphic design, photo editing and marketing cloud software.
No. 13: Twilio
Overall company rating: 4.1 stars out of 5
CEO: Jeff Lawson
CEO approval rating: 92%
% of employees who think the business outlook is positive: 82%
Twilio is a cloud platform used by developers that lets them build text messaging and voice calls into their apps.
No. 12: Cornerstone OnDemand
Overall company rating: 4.2 stars out of 5
CEO: Adam Miller
CEO approval rating: 94%
% of employees who think the business outlook is positive: 78%
Cornerstone offers cloud HR software used for recruiting, training, and so on.
No. 11: Salesforce
Overall Company Rating: 4.2 stars out of 5
CEO: Marc Benioff
CEO approval rating: 97%
% of employees who think the business outlook is positive: 85%
Salesforce is the big kahuna in cloud software, offering software for salespeople, marketing, customer support, app hosting, and so on.
No. 10: Xero
Overall company rating: 4.2 stars out of 5
CEO: Rod Drury
CEO approval rating: 98%
% of employees who think the business outlook is positive: 78%
Xero offers online accounting software.
No 9: Wix
Overall company rating: 4.3 stars out of 5
CEO: Avishai Abrahami
CEO approval rating: 94%
% of employees who think the business outlook is positive: 77%
Wix offers website design and hosting.
No. 8: Shopify
Overall company rating: 4.4 stars out of 5
CEO: Tobias Lütke
CEO approval rating: 95%
% of employees who think the business outlook is positive: 84%
Shopify is a platform for creating ecommerce websites that allow businesses to sell their wares online.
No. 7: Five9
Overall company rating: 4.4 stars out of 5
CEO: Mike Burkland
CEO approval rating: 90%
% of employees who think the business outlook is positive: 87%
Five9 offer cloud-based software for contact centers.
No. 6: Paylocity
Overall company rating: 4.5 stars out of 5
CEO: Steve Beauchamp
CEO approval rating: 99%
% of employees who think the business outlook is positive: 90%
Paylocity offers online payroll and HR software.
No. 5: Guidewire
Overall company rating: 4.5 stars out of 5
CEO: Marcus Ryu
CEO approval rating: 96%
% of employees who think the business outlook is positive: 91%
Guidewire offers cloud software for the insurance industry.
No. 4: Zendesk
Overall company rating: 4.5 stars out of 5
CEO: Mikkel Svane
CEO approval rating: 96%
% of employees who think the business outlook is positive: 92%.
Zendesk provides cloud customer support software.
No. 3 HubSpot
Overall company rating: 4.6 stars out of 5
CEO: Brian Halligan
CEO approval rating: 95%
% of employees who think the business outlook is positive: 88%
HubSpot offers email and online marketing software.
(It was also the subject of Dan Lyons' tell-all book about the year he spent employed there: "Disrupted: My Misadventure in the Start-Up Bubble")