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    IT & Security Software Market Share (2026)

    Cledara records 478 IT & security software products. 1Password, Auth0 by Okta and Solarwinds lead the trailing 12-month payment-activity ranking; Infrastructure and Other 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.

    478 products • 10 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 478 IT & Security products. Among the displayed products with a 2026-10 activity-rank observation, the ranking starts with 1Password, Auth0 by Okta, Solarwinds. 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.

    IT & security software ranked by payment activity

    1Password leads the current IT & security software ranking, followed by Auth0 by Okta and Solarwinds, among 478 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.

    1Password
    #21
    1Password
    Payment-activity share: 0.7%0
    Auth0 by Okta
    #67
    Auth0 by Okta
    Payment-activity share: 0.2%-3
    Solarwinds
    #72
    Solarwinds
    Payment-activity share: 0.2%0
    NordVPN
    #78
    NordVPN
    Payment-activity share: 0.2%0
    PagerDuty
    #82
    PagerDuty
    Payment-activity share: 0.2%+1
    Bitwarden
    #86
    Bitwarden
    Payment-activity share: 0.2%0

    Which security subcategories companies spend on most

    Infrastructure is the largest IT & security software subcategory by spend share at 1.8%, followed by Other at 1.6%, across 478 products tracked from real company purchases in Cledara's dataset.

    0.0%0.5%0.9%1.4%1.8%InfrastructureInfrastructu…OtherOtherNetwork & VPNNetwork & VPNDevice Management (MDM)Device Manag…

    IT & security software spend trends

    As of 26 October 2026, UK companies have estimated annualized median spend of £3k for IT & security software, flat versus a year ago. The annualized figure is the latest complete month's median multiplied by 12, not a measured trailing-year total.

    P25
    £1k
    per year
    Median
    £3k
    per year
    P75
    £9k
    per year
    View category spend observations in every currency
    Annualized monthly category bands ×12, with native currency and observation period
    CurrencyObservation monthP25MedianP75
    GBP2026-09814.922619.369358.68
    EUR2026-091020.723581.51999999999959003.599999999999
    USD2026-0914675234.6415245.04
    GBP published monthly category median
    MonthMedian monthly spend (GBP)
    2024-10191.68
    2024-11230.4
    2024-12205.04
    2025-01230.62
    2025-02211.29
    2025-03232.34
    2025-04215.15
    2025-05221.76
    2025-06188.64
    2025-07194.48
    2025-08199.34
    2025-09216.2
    2025-10213.99
    2025-11231.41
    2025-12211.19
    2026-01192.43
    2026-02222.78
    2026-03250.08
    2026-04207.16
    2026-05246.78
    2026-06239.53
    2026-07235.73
    2026-08194.75
    2026-09218.28

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

    Annual activity-rank risers and declining security tools signals

    NetBird and TTNC have the largest measured annual activity-rank gains among the displayed products with both observations. The catalogue records 478 products; they currently rank #678 and #1,096 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.

    NetBird
    #678
    NetBird
    Payment-activity share: 0.0%+51
    Breakout
    TTNC
    #1096
    TTNC
    Payment-activity share: 0.0%+102
    Breakout
    Infisical
    #791
    Infisical
    Payment-activity share: 0.0%+60
    Breakout
    WPScan
    Unavailable
    WPScan
    Payment-activity share: Unavailable—
    Fully Kiosk
    #2128
    Fully Kiosk
    Payment-activity share: 0.0%—
    Declining
    CultureAI
    Unavailable
    CultureAI
    Payment-activity share: Unavailable—

    All 478 security tools ranked

    IT & security software accounts for 5.6% of trailing 12-month software payment transactions and 7% of recorded software spend in the Cledara population. Both shares use the all-software denominator. The catalogue contains 478 products; it does not measure an average company's stack.

    #
    1#21
    0
    2#67
    -20
    3#72
    -13
    4#78
    +8
    5#82
    -12
    6#86
    -13
    7#101
    -1
    8#112
    -20
    9#115
    -16
    10#123
    -47
    11#138
    -7
    12#150
    +58
    13#152
    -26
    14#156
    +42
    15#159
    +4
    16#182
    +251
    17#185
    +2
    18#197
    +19
    19#214
    +32
    20#215
    +24
    21#222
    -56
    22#226
    -4
    23#227
    +35
    24#258
    -51
    25#274
    +39
    26
    afi.aiafi.ai
    AI-Native
    #276
    +53
    27#283
    +104
    28#293
    +772
    29#319
    +99
    30#329
    +90
    31#340
    -26
    32#346
    -70
    33#361
    -64
    34#369
    -20
    35#392
    -51
    36#398
    +1171
    37#408
    -27
    38#411
    -77
    39#432
    +86
    40#437
    -67
    41#446
    -43
    42#450
    +138
    43#465
    -99
    44#481
    +288
    45#494
    +119
    46#509
    -89
    47#524
    -131
    48#537
    -54
    49#542
    -28
    50#583
    -40

    Frequently asked questions

    What is the most popular IT & security software in 2026?

    1Password leads this category by trailing 12-month payment activity, followed by Auth0 by Okta and Solarwinds. Its 0.7% share is of recorded transactions across all software in Cledara, not a percentage of companies or a within-category share.

    How is IT & security software 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, 20:10 UTC.

    Which security tools have the largest activity-rank gains?

    NetBird and TTNC 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 security tools are in this catalogue?

    The recorded catalogue contains 478 security 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.

    Where does this data come from?

    From anonymized, aggregated purchasing data across companies that manage their software with Cledara. It reflects what businesses actually pay for, not survey answers or web traffic.

    How much do companies spend on IT & security software?

    UK companies have estimated annualized median spend of £3k for IT & security software (£1k–£9k 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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