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    DevOps & Developer Tools Market Share (2026)

    Cledara records 976 DevOps & developer tools products. Cursor, GitHub and Sentry lead the trailing 12-month payment-activity ranking; Dev Tools and Developer Tools & IDEs have the largest observed spend shares among this category's subcategories. These purchasing signals describe the Cledara customer population, not all businesses or distinct-customer adoption.

    976 products • 12 subcategories

    Payment activity counts observed purchase and renewal transactions over the trailing 12 months. Activity and spend shares use all software tracked by Cledara as their denominator. These signals describe the Cledara customer population; they do not measure distinct customers, seats or product usage.

    Source summary and limitations

    The recorded catalogue contains 976 Engineering & DevOps products. Among the displayed products with a 2026-10 activity-rank observation, the ranking starts with Cursor, GitHub, Sentry. Payment activity counts trailing 12-month purchase and renewal transactions in Cledara. Shares use all tracked software as their denominator; activity ranks do not measure distinct customers, seats or product usage. The displayed ranked sample may be smaller than the catalogue; changing coverage and classifications can affect comparisons.

    DevOps & developer tools ranked by payment activity

    Cursor leads the current DevOps & developer tools ranking, followed by GitHub and Sentry, among 976 products measured from real company purchases tracked by Cledara rather than surveys or reviews.

    Observation: October 2026. Shares use all software tracked by Cledara as the denominator.

    Cursor
    #5
    Cursor
    AI-Native
    Payment-activity share: 3.2%0
    GitHub
    #7
    GitHub
    AI-Embedded
    Payment-activity share: 2.1%0
    Sentry
    #15
    Sentry
    Payment-activity share: 0.8%0
    Zapier
    #16
    Zapier
    AI-Embedded
    Payment-activity share: 0.8%0
    Vercel
    #17
    Vercel
    AI-Embedded
    Payment-activity share: 0.8%+1
    CircleCI
    #24
    CircleCI
    Payment-activity share: 0.6%0

    Which developer subcategories companies spend on most

    Dev Tools is the largest DevOps & developer tools subcategory by spend share at 9.6%, followed by Developer Tools & IDEs at 1%, across 976 products tracked from real company purchases in Cledara's dataset.

    0.0%4.0%8.0%12.0%16.0%Dev ToolsDev ToolsDeveloper Tools & IDEsDeveloper To…Testing & QATesting & QAHosting & DeploymentHosting & De…

    DevOps & developer tools spend trends

    As of 26 October 2026, UK companies have estimated annualized median spend of £8k for DevOps & developer tools, up 7% versus a year ago. The annualized figure is the latest complete month's median multiplied by 12, not a measured trailing-year total.

    P25
    £2k
    per year
    Median
    £8k
    per year
    P75
    £22k
    per year
    View category spend observations in every currency
    Annualized monthly category bands ×12, with native currency and observation period
    CurrencyObservation monthP25MedianP75
    GBP2026-092292.487890.2421856.56
    EUR2026-093539.1611111.88000000000131985.879999999997
    USD2026-096652.20000000000121198.659031.72
    GBP published monthly category median
    MonthMedian monthly spend (GBP)
    2024-10542.56
    2024-11595.92
    2024-12580.11
    2025-01585.81
    2025-02601.45
    2025-03542.77
    2025-04537.24
    2025-05586.39
    2025-06560.61
    2025-07510.1
    2025-08581.12
    2025-09614.22
    2025-10618.16
    2025-11623.08
    2025-12664.69
    2026-01718.4
    2026-02649.68
    2026-03727.21
    2026-04739.31
    2026-05670.42
    2026-06747.12
    2026-07721.11
    2026-08619.55
    2026-09657.52

    From the Cledara SaaS Spend Index — real payments, reported per currency with no conversion.

    Annual activity-rank risers and declining developer tools signals

    Netsons and Polypane have the largest measured annual activity-rank gains among the displayed products with both observations. The catalogue records 976 products; they currently rank #803 and #980 by global payment activity in Cledara's latest category data. The gains compare the current month with the same calendar month one year earlier.

    Mover cards show payment-activity ranks and shares. Their rank-change indicator compares the previous calendar month; it stays unavailable when that observation is missing.

    Netsons
    #803
    Netsons
    Payment-activity share: 0.0%+134
    Breakout
    Polypane
    #980
    Polypane
    Payment-activity share: 0.0%+41
    Rising Star
    Weavy
    #173
    Weavy
    Payment-activity share: 0.1%+6
    Clideo Ltd.
    Unavailable
    Clideo Ltd.
    Payment-activity share: Unavailable—
    Onirix
    Unavailable
    Onirix
    Payment-activity share: Unavailable—
    Needle
    Unavailable
    Needle
    Payment-activity share: Unavailable—

    All 976 developer tools ranked

    DevOps & developer tools accounts for 20.3% of trailing 12-month software payment transactions and 15.3% of recorded software spend in the Cledara population. Both shares use the all-software denominator. The catalogue contains 976 products; it does not measure an average company's stack.

    #
    1
    CursorCursor
    AI-Native
    #5
    +1
    2
    GitHubGitHub
    AI-Embedded
    #7
    -2
    3#15
    +3
    4
    ZapierZapier
    AI-Embedded
    #16
    0
    5
    VercelVercel
    AI-Embedded
    #17
    +12
    6#24
    +3
    7
    LovableLovable
    AI-Native
    #27
    +60
    8
    n8nn8n
    AI-Embedded
    #33
    +46
    9#40
    -4
    10
    MakeMake
    AI-Embedded
    #44
    0
    11#46
    -8
    12#47
    +78
    13
    ReplitReplit
    AI-Native
    #54
    +54
    14#57
    +4
    15
    PostmanPostman
    AI-Embedded
    #58
    -4
    16
    CodeRabbit CodeRabbit
    AI-Native
    #71
    +88
    17#73
    -11
    18#83
    +146
    19#89
    -20
    20#92
    +6
    21#94
    +1
    22#95
    +164
    23#108
    +63
    24#116
    -11
    25#117
    +10
    26#118
    +42
    27#124
    +13
    28#134
    -68
    29#136
    -19
    30#137
    -5
    31#155
    +108
    32#160
    +32
    33#164
    -43
    34#172
    -42
    35#173
    +1574
    36#174
    +26
    37
    MacroscopeMacroscope
    AI-Native
    #179
    —
    38#180
    -13
    39
    GitLabGitLab
    AI-Embedded
    #190
    -14
    40#194
    -70
    41
    AutodeskAutodesk
    AI-Embedded
    #198
    +70
    42#203
    -49
    43#207
    +1036
    44#217
    +71
    45#232
    +8
    46#236
    +631
    47#238
    -33
    48
    Qase.ioQase.io
    AI-Embedded
    #242
    +157
    49#244
    +600
    50#249
    +164

    Frequently asked questions

    What is the most popular DevOps & developer tools in 2026?

    Cursor leads this category by trailing 12-month payment activity, followed by GitHub and Sentry. Its 3.2% share is of recorded transactions across all software in Cledara, not a percentage of companies or a within-category share.

    How is DevOps & developer tools market share measured?

    Payment-activity rankings count observed purchase and renewal transactions over the trailing 12 months; spend rankings use observed software spend. Shares use all tracked software as their denominator. Neither activity rank nor activity share measures distinct customers, seats or product usage. Updated monthly; last update 26 October 2026, 20:11 UTC.

    Which developer tools have the largest activity-rank gains?

    Netsons and Polypane lead the measured 12-month payment-activity rank gains among the displayed ranked products. Comparisons require the current observation month and the same month one year earlier. A gain in rank positions does not establish revenue, customer or usage growth.

    How many developer tools are in this catalogue?

    The recorded catalogue contains 976 developer tools. This is a product count across the catalogue, not the number of tools used by an average company. Products without current observations may remain recorded.

    Is Cursor the most popular developer tool in 2026?

    Cursor leads the recorded developer-tool payment-activity ranking, with 3.2% of transactions across all tracked software. This does not measure developer usage or product quality.

    How much do companies spend on DevOps & developer tools?

    UK companies have estimated annualized median spend of £8k for DevOps & developer tools (£2k–£22k interquartile range), based on payments as of 26 October 2026. These category figures multiply the latest complete month's distribution by 12; they are not trailing-year totals. Reported in GBP; EUR and USD available on the page.

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