The 50 best small companies to work for of 2017, according to employees

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No. 1: Persicope Data

No. 1: Persicope Data

Satisfaction rating:
4.52 out of 5

Company:
Periscope Data

Headquarters:
San Francisco

What it does:
Periscope Data offers "big data" software that analyzes corporate data and helps business people collaborate.

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No. 2: Pipedrive

No. 2: Pipedrive

Satisfaction rating:
4.5 out of 5

Company:
Pipedrive

Headquarters:
New York

What it does:
Pipedrive offers customer management software for salespeople.

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No. 3: TripActions

No. 3: TripActions

Satisfaction rating:
4.5 out of 5

Company:
TripActions

Headquarters:
Menlo Park
, California

What it does:
TripActions offers corporate travel management software that encourages employees to save money for the company.

No. 4: Realvolve

No. 4: Realvolve

Satisfaction rating:
4.49 out of 5

Company:
Realvolve

Headquarters:
Greenwood Village, Colorado

What it does:
Realvolve offers customer management software for real-estate professionals.

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No. 5: SiteTraker

No. 5: SiteTraker

Satisfaction rating:
4.46 out of 5

Company:
SiteTraker

Headquarters:
Palo Alto
, California

What it does:
SiteTraker offers enterprise project management software for large-scale projects.

No. 6: Fueled

No. 6: Fueled

Satisfaction rating:
4.45 out of 5

Company:
Fueled

Headquarters:
New York

What it does:
Fueled a mobile app design agency.

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No. 7: Help Scout

No. 7: Help Scout

Satisfaction rating:
4.42 out of 5

Company:
Help Scout

Headquarters:
Boston

What it does:
Help Scout offers help-desk software.

No. 8: SendGrid

No. 8: SendGrid

Satisfaction rating:
4.41 out of 5

Company:
SendGrid

Headquarters:
Denver

What it does:
SendGrid offers software that manages corporate email campaigns and customer emails.

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No. 9: Envoy

No. 9: Envoy

Satisfaction rating:
4.39 out of 5

Company:
Envoy

Headquarters:
San Francisco

What it does:
Envoy is an iPad app that handles visitor registration to corporate offices.

No. 10: Code.org

No. 10: Code.org

Satisfaction rating:
4.38 out of 5

Company:
Code.org

Headquarters:
Seattle

What it does:
Code.org is a non-profit foundation that offers online computer programming courses.

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No. 11: Impact Branding & Design

No. 11: Impact Branding & Design

Satisfaction rating:
4.38 out of 5

Company:
Impact Branding & Design

Headquarters:
Wallingford, Connecticut

What it does:
Impact is a marketing and digital marketing agency.

No. 12: Branch Metrics

No. 12: Branch Metrics

Satisfaction rating:
4.36 out of 5

Company:
Branch Metrics

Headquarters:
Palo Alto, California

What it does:
Branch Metrics provides "deep linking" tools that let mobile developers embed links in their apps and analyze how people are using the app.

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No. 13: CivicActions

No. 13: CivicActions

Satisfaction rating:
4.35 out of 5

Company:
CivicActions

Headquarters:
Berkeley, California

What it does:
CivicActions is a software consultant that helps agencies and organizations create major custom software projects.

No. 14: Chatterkick

No. 14: Chatterkick

Satisfaction rating:
4.34 out of 5

Company:
Chatterkick

Headquarters:
Sioux City, Iowa

What it does:
Chatterkick is a digital-marketing company that specializes in social-media marketing.

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No. 15: Cybereason

No. 15: Cybereason

Satisfaction rating:
4.33 out of 5

Company:
Cybereason

Headquarters:
Boston

What it does:
Cybereason makes computer-security software that helps to identify a hack in progress and stops it.

No. 16: BambooHR

No. 16: BambooHR

Satisfaction rating:
4.3 out of 5

Company:
BambooHR

Headquarters:
Lindon, Utah

What it does:
BambooHR offers cloud HR software for small businesses for recruiting, onboarding and managing employees.

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No. 17: Enthusem

No. 17: Enthusem

Satisfaction rating:
4.3 out of 5

Company:
Enthusem

Headquarters:
Tampa, Florida

What it does:
Enthusem offers software that automates and personalizes direct marketing mail.

No. 18: Striim

No. 18: Striim

Satisfaction rating:
4.26 out of 5

Company:
Striim

Headquarters:
Palo Alto, California

What it does:
Striim offers software to analyze large amounts of data in real time.

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No. 19: Lingotek

No. 19: Lingotek

Satisfaction rating:
4.24 out of 5

Company:
Lingotek

Headquarters:
Lehi, Utah

What it does:
Lingotek offers web-based automated language translation tools.

No. 20: Ytel

No. 20: Ytel

Satisfaction rating:
4.21 out of 5

Company:
Ytel

Headquarters:
Foothill Ranch, California

What it does:
Ytel offers contact-center software that conducts telephone marketing and handles inbound calls.

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No. 21: Demandbase

No. 21: Demandbase

Satisfaction rating:
4.21 out of 5

Company:
Demandbase

Headquarters:
San Francisco

What it does:
Demandbase offers marketing software that helps companies identify and close bigger deals with their key accounts.

No. 22: ParqEx

No. 22: ParqEx

Satisfaction rating:
4.19 out of 5

Company:
ParqEx

Headquarters:
Chicago

What it does:
ParqEx is an app that lets people rent out their private parking spots.

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No. 23: BoldLeads

No. 23: BoldLeads

Satisfaction rating:
4.19 out of 5

Company:
BoldLeads

Headquarters:
Chandler, Arizona

What it does:
BoldLeads offers cloud software to help real estate professionals list properties and generate leads.

No. 24: Designing Digitally

No. 24: Designing Digitally

Satisfaction rating:
4.18 out of 5

Company:
Designing Digitally

Headquarters:
Franklin, Ohio

What it does:
Designing Digitally offers corporate online training software.

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No. 25: Jammber

No. 25: Jammber

Satisfaction rating:
4.16 out of 5

Company:
Jammber

Headquarters:
Chicago

What it does:
Jammber offers software for music production and digital collaboration.

No. 26: RealSelf

No. 26: RealSelf

Satisfaction rating:
4.15 out of 5

Company:
RealSelf

Headquarters:
Seattle

What it does:
RealSelf is a website that helps people find doctors and treatments for cosmetic procedures.

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No. 27: Lullabot

No. 27: Lullabot

Satisfaction rating:
4.15 out of 5

Company:
Lullabot

Headquarters:
Providence, Rhode Island

What it does:
Lullabot is a user interface design and application development consultant.

No. 28: Kollective Technology

No. 28: Kollective Technology

Satisfaction rating:
4.15 out of 5

Company:
Kollective Technology

Headquarters:
Bend, Oregon

What it does:
Kollective offers software that helps corporate computer networks run faster.

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No. 29: Simplus

No. 29: Simplus

Satisfaction rating:
4.15 out of 5

Company:
Simplus

Headquarters:
Salt Lake City

What it does:
Simplus offers software for delivering quotes and estimates for use with Salesforce's software.

No. 30: Zeel

No. 30: Zeel

Satisfaction rating:
4.13 out of 5

Company:
Zeel

Headquarters:
New York

What it does:
Zeel is a marketplace for hiring vetted massage therapists.

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No. 31: BizMerlin

No. 31: BizMerlin

Satisfaction rating:
4.11 out of 5

Company:
BizMerlin

Headquarters:
Vienna, Washington

What it does:
BizMerlin makes HR software that helps companies hire, onboard and manage employees.

No. 32: Swift Navigation

No. 32: Swift Navigation

Satisfaction rating:
4.1 out of 5

Company:
Swift Navigation

Headquarters:
San Francisco

What it does:
Swift Navigation provides GPS software and technology for autonomous vehicles.

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No. 33: Harp Interactive

No. 33: Harp Interactive

Satisfaction rating:
4.08 out of 5

Company:
Harp Interactive

Headquarters:
Lombard, Illinois

What it does:
Harp Interactive is a digital marketing and advertising agency that helps companies with social media and search engine advertising.

No. 34: Mobomo

No. 34: Mobomo

Satisfaction rating:
4.08 out of 5

Company:
Mobomo

Headquarters:
Vienna, Washington

What it does:
Mobomo designs applications and websites for companies and government agencies.

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No. 35: OmegaFi

No. 35: OmegaFi

Satisfaction rating:
4.07 out of 5

Company:
OmegaFi

Headquarters:
Columbus, Georgia

What it does:
OmegaFi offers software to help Greek life fraternal organizations run their chapters.

No. 36: PC Pitstop

No. 36: PC Pitstop

Satisfaction rating:
4.03 out of 5

Company:
PC Pitstop

Headquarters:
Sioux City, Iowa

What it does:
PC Pitstop offers PC security software and software to detect performance performance problems.

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No. 37: Wave Financial Inc.

No. 37: Wave Financial Inc.

Satisfaction rating:
4.01 out of 5

Company:
Wave Financial

Headquarters:
Toronto

What it does:
Wave offers financial software for small businesses.

No. 38: Cotopaxi

No. 38: Cotopaxi

Satisfaction rating:
4.01 out of 5

Company:
Cotopaxi

Headquarters:
Salt Lake City

What it does:
Cotopaxi makes outdoor gear and apparel to fund charitable giving.

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No. 39: Asana

No. 39: Asana

Satisfaction rating:
3.98 out of 5

Company:
Asana

Headquarters:
San Francisco

What it does:
Asana offers cloud-based software that helps teams manage projects and collaborate.

No. 40: Events.com

No. 40: Events.com

Satisfaction rating:
3.97 out of 5

Company:
Events.com

Headquarters:
San Diego

What it does:
Event.com offers event planning software and online registration software.

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No. 41: DroneDeploy

No. 41: DroneDeploy

Satisfaction rating:
3.97 out of 5

Company:
DroneDeploy

Headquarters:
San Francisco

What it does:
Drone Deploy offers software to capture images, map flights and analyze data captured by drone cameras.

No. 42: Widen Enterprises

No. 42: Widen Enterprises

Satisfaction rating:
3.95 out of 5

Company:
Widen Enterprises

Headquarters:
Madison, Wisconsin

What it does:
Widen offers a cloud service for managing and analyzing a business's digital content photos, web-to-print templates and so on.

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No. 43: Revolution Prep

No. 43: Revolution Prep

Satisfaction rating:
3.94 out of 5

Company:
Revolution Prep

Headquarters:
Santa Monica, California

What it does:
Revolution Prep is a private tutoring and test-prep company.

No. 44: CreativeLive

No. 44: CreativeLive

Satisfaction rating:
3.92 out of 5

Company:
CreativeLive

Headquarters:
Seattle

What it does:
CreativeLive offers online classes for creative skills (design, photography, graphics, etc.)

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No. 45: RevLocal

No. 45: RevLocal

Satisfaction rating:
3.91 out of 5

Company:
RevLocal

Headquarters:
Granville, Ohio

What it does:
RevLocal helps businesses create and manage their online marketing campaigns.

No. 46: Unitrends

No. 46: Unitrends

Satisfaction rating:
3.9 out of 5

Company:
Unitrends

Headquarters:
Burlington, Massachusetts

What it does:
Unitrends offers computer storage backup software and disaster recovery hardware for small businesses.

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No. 47: Chrome River Technologies

No. 47:  Chrome River Technologies

Satisfaction rating:
3.87 out of 5

Company:
Chrome River Technologies

Headquarters:
Los Angeles

What it does:
Chrome River Technologies offers expense reporting and invoice management software.

No. 48: Acorns

No. 48: Acorns

Satisfaction rating:
3.85 out of 5

Company:
Acorns

Headquarters:
Irvine, California

What it does:
Acorns is a finance company that specializes in "micro investing." It rounds up every purchase that you make to the nearest dollar, then invests that change in stocks and bonds of your choosing.

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No. 49: Baker

No. 49: Baker

Satisfaction rating:
3.83 out of 5

Company:
Baker

Headquarters:
Denver

What it does:
Baker makes customer management and marketing software for the marijuana dispensary industry.

No. 50: Entelo

No. 50: Entelo

Satisfaction rating:
3.81 out of 5

Company:
Entelo

Headquarters:
San Francisco

What it does:
Entelo offers a recruiting platform that helps HR professionals to find candidates.

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