Better either Cognizant or Infosys

Please tell me which company if good either Cognizant or Infosys which offer any certification programs give detail about the salary ?

[Raman Vij]

Hey, in my opinion both the companies are good. These offers good opportunities to its employees.
Both companies offers training to its employees.

Here is the salary detail of the companies :

Salary at Infosys :
For Systems Engineer, IT
Salary Rs 266,009 - Rs 408,332
Bonus Rs 0.00 - Rs 19,831
Profit Disbursement Rs -21.77 - Rs 246,581
Total Pay Rs 269,776 - Rs 409,469

For Senior Systems Engineer
Salary Rs 339,841 - Rs 502,217
Bonus Rs 0.00 - Rs 48,645
Profit Disbursement Rs 1,646 - Rs 28,284
Total Pay Rs 341,594 - Rs 507,694

Salary at Congnizant :

For Programmer Analyst
Salary Rs 249,685 - Rs 434,382
Bonus Rs 10,067 - Rs 25,306
Profit Disbursement Rs 2,854 - Rs 72,399
Total Pay Rs 263,728 - Rs 447,671

For Associate Software Engineer
Salary Rs 381,754 - Rs 754,619
Bonus Rs 15,456 - Rs 60,200
Profit Disbursement Rs 413.35 - Rs 229,345
Total Pay Rs 404,743 - Rs 790,517


For Senior Software Engineer
Salary Rs 435,551 - Rs 994,516
Bonus Rs -21.57 - Rs 77,566
Profit Disbursement Rs 2,857 - Rs 124,364
Total Pay Rs 469,950 - Rs 1,031,964

I got call letters form Cognizant and Infosys, Now I am confuse that what company I should join, will anybody tell me that what company will better for me?

[Kiran Chandar]

As per as my knowledge both companies are good in their areas. You need to choose according to your parameters for the companies like salary, technology etc. Here, I am giving you comparison of both companies in terms of different areas. It will help you to choose the right company.

Revenue in quarter ended March
Cognizant: Rs 9216.9 crore
Infosys: Rs 9540.3 crore

Revenue guidance for quarter ending June

Cognizant: Rs 9641.1 crore
Infosys: Rs 9540.3 to 9642.71 crore

Revenue per employee

Cognizant: $44,452
Infosys: $46,629

Revenue and net profit growth over the previous quarter

Cognizant: Net profit went up by 2.9 percent
Infosys: Net profit declined by 2.4 per cent

Revenue gap between Infosys & Cognizant

In the quarter ended March 31, Cognizant revenue gap with Infosys by a margin of Rs 323.4 crore.

Full year revenue guidance

Cognizant: Rs 39,562.6 crore
Infosys: Rs 40,694.5-41,449.1 crore

Total headcount

Cognizant: Total employee strength stood at 140,500
Infosys: Total employee strength stood at 1,49,994

Employees added

Cognizant: 28,000 employees
Infosys: 10,676 employees

Clients added

Cognizant: 20 clients
Infosys: 52 clients

Number of active customers

Cognizant: 805
Infosys: 694