Disclosure: turingLabs wrote this list and is one of the studios on it. Our entry follows the same template and checks as every other one. Last verified Oct 29, 2026.
Years in business tell you a studio has survived many clients and many products. They do not tell you who will work on yours. This list compares the long-running studios on both counts.
Shortlist by situation
| Your situation | Studios to shortlist |
|---|---|
| UX research, usability and training across a large organisation | Human Factors International |
| Enterprise dashboards and data-heavy platforms | Monsoonfish, Divami |
| Design and engineering from one partner | Divami, Monsoonfish |
| Product UX alongside brand and physical design | Elephant Design |
| A complex SaaS workflow led by one senior designer | turingLabs, Peepal Design |
All six studios compared
| Studio | Base | In business | Enterprise and B2B work it shows | Builds the product |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Human Factors International | Mumbai and Puducherry; headquartered in Fairfield, Iowa | Since 1981; 25 years of UX work from India | SAP, Amadeus, Aditya Birla | Consulting, design and technology |
| Elephant Design | Pune | Since 1989 | Legatrix, Torqus and Inresto, Axis Bank | Not stated |
| Monsoonfish | Pune, plus Los Angeles | 20+ years | TransUnion CIBIL, HivePro, Aadhaar | Yes, front end |
| Divami | Hyderabad, Bengaluru and California | 17 years | Blue Yonder, Zenoti, Transworld | Yes, product engineering |
| Peepal Design | Bangalore and Pune | Founded 2010 | Clarion 360 ERP | No, research and design |
| turingLabs | Bangalore, with work from Dubai | Founded 2016 | Drivetrain, Effectiv, Spendflo | No |
How we chose
We looked for India-based UI UX studios with at least 15 years in business, or a long record of enterprise work, that show B2B, enterprise or SaaS products for named clients on their own websites. We read every fact on each studio's own site on Oct 29, 2026. Where a site gives a number of years rather than a founding year, we quote it as stated. We left out IT services firms without a separate design studio, and studios whose work is mostly branding or marketing.
Human Factors International is headquartered in the US. We include it because it has run UX work from its Mumbai and Puducherry offices for 25 years, by its own account.
turingLabs has ten years of work behind it, not 15. It is here because the experience that matters for a complex SaaS product is the designer's, not only the company's. Every turingLabs engagement is led by a senior designer who works inside the client's product decisions, and our record is in B2B products that are now in market.
The studios
Human Factors International
Mumbai and Puducherry, headquartered in the US · since 1981 · UX design and consulting
HFI is one of the oldest UX firms working from India. Alongside design, it offers technology, hosting, maintenance and metrics.
- Clients: SAP, Amadeus and Aditya Birla, from its case studies. Its client list also names ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank, Infosys and BMC Software.
- Less suited to: a startup that wants a small team moving fast inside its product.
Elephant Design
Pune · since 1989 · multidisciplinary design
Elephant Design has worked across branding, packaging, products, retail and digital for more than 35 years. Its digital practice covers UX strategy, web and mobile apps, and enterprise UX.
- Clients: Legatrix, a corporate compliance product it redesigned; Torqus and Inresto, a B2B restaurant management tool merged with a booking app; Axis Bank's kiosk interface.
- Less suited to: teams that want a SaaS-only specialist. Digital is one practice among several.
Monsoonfish
Pune, plus Los Angeles · 20+ years · 40+ designers
Monsoonfish designs enterprise and data-heavy products, and offers UX audits, research and front-end development.
- Clients: TransUnion CIBIL, whose reports it redesigned; HivePro, for its Kronos cybersecurity platform; Aadhaar.
- Less suited to: brand-led consumer work.
Divami
Hyderabad, Bengaluru and California · 17 years · design and engineering
Divami designs enterprise and SaaS products and offers product engineering, so it can take a product from research to delivery.
- Clients: Blue Yonder; Zenoti, where it made analytics a core part of the product; Transworld, whose platform it designed before Transworld's acquisition by DP World.
- Less suited to: teams that only want design and have their own engineers in place.
Peepal Design
Bangalore and Pune · founded 2010 · 60+ people · research and design
Peepal Design is a UX research and design studio, part of ReSight Global, with its headquarters in Bangalore.
- Clients: Clarion 360, a cloud ERP for retail and sales that it redesigned. Its client page shows logos without names, so ask for B2B references.
- Less suited to: teams that need the front end built.
turingLabs
Bangalore, with work from Dubai · founded 2016 · Sprint, Embedded and Fractional Design Head engagements
turingLabs embeds senior designers into Series A and B product teams with complex products: financial planning, procurement, fraud and risk, and agentic AI.
- Proof: Drivetrain won G2 Best Usability after our redesign, competing with Pigment and Anaplan. We were Effectiv's sole design team for three years before its acquisition by Socure. We design Flo, Spendflo's agentic procurement platform.
- Starting price: USD 5000 for a four to six week sprint.
- Less suited to: large programmes that need many designers at once, and teams that want the product built by their design partner.
- Disclosure: this is our studio.
What experience buys, and what it does not
A long-running studio has seen most of the ways a product goes wrong, and it has processes, research methods and a bench of people to show for it. That matters most in large organisations, where design has to work across many teams and many years.
What it does not guarantee is senior attention on your product. Large studios staff projects from a team, and the person who pitches is not always the person who designs. Ask who will work on your product, how many years they have, and what share of their week is yours.
FAQs
How many years should a design studio have for enterprise work?
There is no fixed number. Look for named enterprise or B2B products the studio has shipped, and for designers who have worked on products like yours.
Are older studios more expensive?
Usually they quote higher, because they staff larger teams. None of the long-running studios here publishes prices on its site, so ask for a range on a call.
Which of these studios also build the product?
Divami and Monsoonfish offer engineering or front-end development, and HFI offers technology services. turingLabs and Peepal Design design and work with your engineers.
Working on a complex B2B product?
Tell us about the workflow that matters most. You will get a straight answer on whether we are the right studio, or which one on this list is. Book a call.
Sources
Studio facts come from each studio's own website, read on Oct 29, 2026: humanfactors.com, elephantdesign.com, monsoonfish.com, divami.com and peepaldesign.com. Our own facts come from turinglabs.in.