SOE Software

What SOE Software does

SOE Software is a Tampa, Florida-based private software company that provides cloud-hosted election management solutions to U.S. state, county, and city election offices. Its product suite consists of three core platforms: Online Voter Education, which delivers ADA-compliant, multi-lingual voter-facing websites with sample ballots and polling location lookup; Election Night Reporting (ENR), an award-winning, secure results-reporting platform with social-sharing capabilities; and an Online Training platform with sub-modules for election workers and cybersecurity awareness. All products are built on Amazon Web Services, inheriting SSAE 16-aligned infrastructure controls, and the company is a founding member of the Election Infrastructure Subsector Coordinating Council. In the 2024 U.S. general election, election officials in more than 1,300 jurisdictions used SOE Software to reach 70 million voters across 24 states, demonstrating a deep, vertically focused installed base within the public-sector election technology market.

The company operates a sales-led, direct-to-government go-to-market, evidenced by contract-based implementations, case-study-driven demand generation, and an awards-led credibility strategy (multiple W3, Horizon Interactive, League of Women Voters of Texas, and 2025 Gold Stevie and Silver W3 awards). Pricing is not publicly disclosed and is negotiated on a per-jurisdiction or per-state basis. Founded circa 2004 with 51-100 employees and only one disclosed external financing event (a $5.0 million round in December 2012 led by CapitalOven), SOE Software is a capital-efficient, niche incumbent whose growth has been driven by geographic expansion across U.S. states and the addition of training and cybersecurity sub-products rather than by venture-scale capital deployment.

The election-administration vertical is highly regulated and procurement-driven, which favors incumbents with regulatory standing, multi-year operational track records, and integration with election-cycle workflows. SOE Software's 20-plus years of elections-only focus, regulatory coordination role, and footprint across more than a thousand jurisdictions constitute meaningful barriers to displacement, even as the absence of disclosed AI or machine-learning capabilities leaves an open question about how the company will compete as constituent engagement becomes more AI-mediated.

Name

SOE Software

Legal name

SOE Software

Website

https://soesoftware.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

SOE Software provides cloud-hosted election management software (Voter Education, Election Night Reporting, and Online Training) to U.S. state, county, and city election offices, serving 1,300+ jurisdictions and 70 million voters across 24 states in 2024.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Election Management Software

NAICS

Other General Government Support (92119), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (5182)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

Electoral Support & Election Observation (BPADAGAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Data & Analytics Platforms (Data Warehousing, Lakes, Streaming) (HDABAAAF), IT Knowledge Management & Service Desk Platforms (HDAEALAH)

Keywords

• Election management software
• Voter education platforms
• Election night reporting
• Poll worker training
• Election security solutions

Headquarters

HQ city

Tampa

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Election Technology Solutions: SOE Software provides election technology solutions to government election offices (states, counties, cities) on a contracted basis. Revenue appears to come from software licensing and services to public sector election offices.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

SOE Software develops and delivers cloud-based election management platforms for U.S. government election offices (state, county, and city). Its portfolio includes Online Voter Education websites, Election Night Reporting (ENR) systems, and Online Training tools for election workers, all hosted on Amazon Web Services infrastructure with built-in security, accessibility, and disaster recovery features.

Product overview

SOE Software provides a suite of election management solutions consisting of Online Voter Education (custom web portals for voter outreach), Election Night Reporting (award-winning results reporting with multi-lingual and ADA compliance), and Online Training (interactive training with Cybersecurity Awareness and Election Worker modules). The company partners with election offices across the United States to provide secure, accessible technology for over 1,300 jurisdictions serving 70 million voters.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Voter Education: Custom web experience platform allowing constituents to view sample ballots, find precincts and polling locations
• Election Night Reporting (ENR)
• Online Training
• Cybersecurity Awareness Training
• ENR Lite

Products and services

• Online Voter Education A custom web experience platform for government election offices that expands voter outreach and access by allowing constituents to view sample ballots, find their precinct and polling location, and access voter information. The platform is 508 ADA compliant.
• Election Night Reporting (ENR) Award-winning election results reporting platform for government election offices featuring multi-lingual support, 508 ADA compliance, user-friendly interface, and easy social sharing capabilities. Includes ENR Lite variant for smaller jurisdictions.
• SOE Software Online Training Interactive online training platform that provides consistent, structured training for election workers with Train, Assess, and Report capabilities. Supports modules including Cybersecurity Awareness Training and Election Worker Training, including bilingual delivery.

Quantifiable outcome

• 70 million voters benefited from SOE Software solutions in the 2024 U.S. General Election
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers21 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core infrastructure and core.

• Amazon Web Services (AWS)core infrastructureTechnology or IntegrationSOE Software products and services are hosted on Amazon Web Services, a secure cloud service platform built on sound network infrastructure. AWS has multiple certifications including SSAE 16, adhering to extensive global security standards.
• Election Infrastructure Subsector Coordinating CouncilcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSOE Software is a founding member of the Election Infrastructure Subsector Coordinating Council, demonstrating their role as a trusted partner in the national election infrastructure ecosystem.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Hart InterCivic: Hart InterCivic is a U.S. election technology vendor providing voting systems, election management software, and related services to jurisdictions. It directly competes with SOE Software in selling packaged election technology solutions to state and county election offices, though with a heavier focus on voting hardware.
• Election Systems & Software (ES&S): ES&S is the largest U.S. election technology provider, offering voting machines, election night reporting, voter education tools, and back-office software to counties and states. It competes head-to-head with SOE Software for the same government election office buyers, with broader product breadth but overlapping ENR and voter-facing capabilities.
• Dominion Voting Systems: Dominion provides voting machines, election management systems, and reporting software used by U.S. state and county election offices. It directly competes with SOE in the same customer base and category, with a focus on integrated voting and tabulation rather than SOE's voter-facing and training emphasis.
• KNOWiNK: KNOWiNK provides electronic poll books, voter check-in solutions, and adjacent election management software to U.S. jurisdictions. It serves the same government election office customers as SOE Software, with partial product overlap in election worker tooling and precinct-level operations.
• VR Systems: VR Systems provides voter registration and election management software to U.S. state and county election offices. It targets the same government customer base as SOE Software, with overlapping election administration capabilities and similar sales-led GTM motion.

Emerging players

• Tenex Software Solutions: Tenex provides election management and election night reporting software to U.S. counties. It overlaps directly with SOE's ENR and results-reporting capabilities but at a smaller scale, making it a comparable emerging competitor in the same customer segment.
• ClearBallot: ClearBallot provides election auditing and vote-by-mail processing software to U.S. jurisdictions. It serves the same government election office customers as SOE but in the adjacent audit/verification niche, with limited overlap on SOE's voter education and ENR core products.

Broad incumbents

• Scytl: Scytl is SOE Software's former acquirer and parent, providing online voting and election modernization solutions globally. It shares core election technology DNA with SOE but operates at broader international scale and as SOE's historical corporate parent rather than a current direct U.S. competitor.

Market position

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights8 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/soe-software
• Xx.com/SOESoftware
• Facebookfacebook.com/soesoftware

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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