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    SaaS Competitive Trends: Who's Winning in 2026

    See which software products are moving up or down in the Cledara customer population, and where related products have crossed in popularity rank.

    101 recorded competitive signals through October 2026 and 329 historical rank crossovers, with current historical rankings through October 2026.

    These are aggregate purchasing signals within Cledara's customer population. Opposite movements and rank crossovers suggest competition; they do not establish that individual customers switched products, or measure the whole software market.

    Popularity movers · October 2026

    Selected rising and falling products from the published mover feed. Popularity ranks and shares measure recorded payment activity, rather than distinct customer counts. Category filters below apply to pair signals and historical crossovers.

    Rising popularity ranks · One-month change
    ProductRank movement
    CopyMindUp 1,744 ranks
    AusarUp 1,547 ranks
    Perlon AIUp 1,273 ranks
    AnamUp 1,266 ranks
    APPS4GSUp 1,175 ranks
    OrufyUp 1,141 ranks
    DinoRANKUp 491 ranks
    Venice AIUp 443 ranks
    AnerythUp 410 ranks
    GojiberryAIUp 252 ranks
    Falling popularity ranks · One-month change
    ProductRank movement
    ApphudDown 1,848 ranks
    ScibidsDown 1,564 ranks
    IdeaBoardzDown 1,553 ranks
    AdYouLikeDown 1,549 ranks
    AdaraDown 1,549 ranks
    AdlooxDown 1,549 ranks
    CanddiDown 1,399 ranks
    PaytrailDown 435 ranks
    WootricDown 211 ranks
    Ninja FormsDown 121 ranks
    Rising popularity ranks · Three-month change
    ProductRank movement
    CopyMindUp 1,744 ranks
    AusarUp 1,710 ranks
    Perlon AIUp 1,483 ranks
    AnamUp 1,456 ranks
    DinoRANKUp 1,379 ranks
    GojiberryAIUp 1,301 ranks
    AnerythUp 1,235 ranks
    APPS4GSUp 1,175 ranks
    Venice AIUp 1,157 ranks
    OrufyUp 1,141 ranks
    Falling popularity ranks · Three-month change
    ProductRank movement
    ApphudDown 1,848 ranks
    ScibidsDown 1,564 ranks
    IdeaBoardzDown 1,553 ranks
    AdYouLikeDown 1,549 ranks
    AdaraDown 1,549 ranks
    AdlooxDown 1,549 ranks
    PaytrailDown 1,451 ranks
    CanddiDown 1,399 ranks
    Ninja FormsDown 1,384 ranks
    WootricDown 1,320 ranks
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    101 signals and 329 crossovers across all published categories.

    Competitive signals · October 2026

    Candidate competitors selected using rank or payment-share movements. Pair order reflects semantic similarity and detector confidence. The two products can meet different movement criteria, so their displayed share changes are not necessarily opposite. Share signals use percentage points; rank signals use positions.

    Related products selected by the detector, ordered by its similarity score
    ChallengerCompared productCategory / subcategoryRecorded signal
    Sejda
    Current rank #1,191
    Smallpdf
    Current rank #1,860
    Collaboration & Productivity
    Document Collaboration
    Popularity rank movement
    +614 ranks / -601 ranks
    Medium detector confidence
    BetterContact
    Current rank #916
    RocketReach
    Current rank #691
    Sales & Revenue
    Prospecting & Lead Gen
    Popularity rank movement
    +584 ranks / -398 ranks
    Medium detector confidence
    Peopleforce
    Current rank #893
    Personio
    Current rank #230
    People Ops & Talent
    HRIS & Core HR
    Popularity rank movement
    +533 ranks / -36 ranks
    Medium detector confidence
    Jumpshare
    Current rank #1,306
    Zight
    Current rank #777
    Collaboration & Productivity
    Document Collaboration
    Popularity rank movement
    +318 ranks / -135 ranks
    Medium detector confidence
    Expandi
    Current rank #313
    Kaspr
    Current rank #714
    Sales & Revenue
    Prospecting & Lead Gen
    Popularity rank movement
    +237 ranks / -76 ranks
    Medium detector confidence
    Lemlist
    Current rank #52
    Mailshake
    Current rank #909
    Sales & Revenue
    Sales Engagement
    Popularity rank movement
    +71 ranks / -218 ranks
    Medium detector confidence
    Surfe
    Current rank #381
    Kaspr
    Current rank #714
    Sales & Revenue
    Prospecting & Lead Gen
    Popularity rank movement
    +1,024 ranks / -76 ranks
    Medium detector confidence
    Calamari
    Current rank #990
    Absence
    Current rank #1,111
    People Ops & Talent
    HRIS & Core HR
    Popularity rank movement
    +619 ranks / -275 ranks
    Medium detector confidence
    Notta
    Current rank #843
    Tactiq
    Current rank #761
    Collaboration & Productivity
    Note-Taking
    Popularity rank movement
    +394 ranks / -39 ranks
    Medium detector confidence
    Permut
    Current rank #1,481
    Chatfuel
    Current rank #1,474
    Customer Success & Support
    Live Chat & Messaging
    Popularity rank movement
    +285 ranks / -64 ranks
    Medium detector confidence
    Glassnode
    Current rank #1,347
    Nansen
    Current rank #1,121
    Data & Analytics
    Business Intelligence & Dashboards
    Popularity rank movement
    +143 ranks / -310 ranks
    Medium detector confidence
    Superpeer
    Current rank #1,625
    SuperSaaS
    Current rank #1,769
    Collaboration & Productivity
    Scheduling & Calendar
    Popularity rank movement
    +127 ranks / -49 ranks
    Medium detector confidence

    Historical rank crossovers · October 2026

    The detector records when a related product moves ahead of another in popularity rank. Changes below span each product's recorded history; they are not changes since the crossover month.

    Recorded crossovers and rank changes over each product's recorded history
    Recorded crossoverProduct moving aheadProduct overtakenSubcategoryCurrent ranksChange over recorded history
    Jan-2026LivePlanFutrli by SageFP&A & Planning
    Finance & Accounting
    #1,090 / #1,632+291 ranks / -1,178 ranks
    Jan-2026OsanoOpenliPrivacy & Data Compliance
    Legal, Risk & Compliance
    #1,264 / #1,672+167 ranks / -1,386 ranks
    Dec-2025OneCalCronofyScheduling & Calendar
    Collaboration & Productivity
    #836 / #866+1,767 ranks / -430 ranks
    Dec-2025EraserArchbeeKnowledge Management
    Collaboration & Productivity
    #849 / #1,493+1,622 ranks / -640 ranks
    Dec-2025WhalesyncSaaSyncETL & Data Pipelines
    Data & Analytics
    #1,193 / #1,849+1,116 ranks / +99 ranks
    Nov-2025HeyReachRevenueHeroSales
    Sales & Revenue
    #296 / #679+2,243 ranks / +1,721 ranks
    Nov-2025SmartleadLeadfeederSales
    Sales & Revenue
    #126 / #278+1,673 ranks / -107 ranks
    Nov-2025SongstatsDataHawkBusiness Intelligence & Dashboards
    Data & Analytics
    #1,454 / #1,896+1,206 ranks / +571 ranks
    Nov-2025GadgetAptibleHosting & Deployment
    Engineering & DevOps
    #1,279 / #1,360+1,162 ranks / +897 ranks
    Nov-2025Qase.ioSmartBearTesting & QA
    Engineering & DevOps
    #242 / #680+899 ranks / +37 ranks
    Nov-2025OmnisendSakariEmail & Marketing Automation
    Marketing & Growth
    #585 / #732+696 ranks / +269 ranks
    Oct-2025SiitGorgiasHelpdesk & Ticketing
    Customer Success & Support
    #511 / #1,807+1,903 ranks / -727 ranks

    Each page contains up to 12 signals and 12 crossovers in the published source order. CSV and JSON include all matching records.

    About this data and its limitations

    Popularity ranks and shares use each product's trailing-12-month software payment activity, relative to all tracked software payments. They do not measure distinct customer penetration or actual product usage. Active pairs combine related-product similarity with rank or payment-activity share criteria. A challenger can be selected for rising rank even when its payment share is falling. Detector confidence describes the pattern rules, not a statistically calibrated probability of switching.

    Rank movements use the available history in the current detector; share patterns use its six-observation lookback where available. Short or missing histories can shorten these comparisons. A calendar-aligned interpretation should be checked against the product's monthly source series before citing an annual or six-month change.

    Historical crossovers are candidate patterns from recorded rankings. They do not establish causation or confirmed customer replacement. Results reflect the Cledara customer population and the detector's coverage filters, rather than every software product.

    Use the CSV or JSON downloads for all published pair records. Cite Cledara, the page URL and the publication date under the stated data licence.

    Frequently asked questions

    Which SaaS products are moving up in popularity rank?

    CopyMind and Ausar appear among the published one-month popularity risers in the Cledara customer population. Rank movement measures positions, rather than percentage market share.

    Does a competitive signal prove customers switched products?

    No. Opposite rank or payment-activity share movements between related products, and historical rank crossovers, suggest competition. They do not establish that individual customers replaced one product with another, or demonstrate causation.

    How are rank and payment activity share movements different?

    Popularity rank measures a product's position by recorded software payment activity; a lower rank is better. Popularity share is its percentage of observed software purchase and renewal transactions over the trailing 12 months. It is not the percentage of customers paying for the product. Rank changes use positions; share changes use percentage points.

    What population does this research cover?

    Aggregated, anonymized purchasing signals from companies using Cledara. These companies are not a representative sample of the entire software market. Publication updated 17 October 2026, 23:57 UTC.

    Which published products moved over the three-month window?

    Among the published movers, CopyMind rose 1,744 popularity ranks and Ausar rose 1,710, while Apphud fell 1,848 ranks in the three-month comparison. Updated 17 October 2026, 23:57 UTC.

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