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    Engineering Software: 1,142 Recorded Tools (2026)

    Cledara records 1,142 products classified for engineering teams. Cursor, GitHub and Sentry lead their trailing 12-month payment-activity ranking; Engineering & DevOps and Data & Analytics have the largest observed category spend shares. Team labels classify products' intended functions; the payment data does not identify the buying team.

    1142 products • 12 categories. Data as of 26 October 2026, 20:13 UTC.

    Intelligence Overview

    These indicators describe the available ranked sample of 100 products, which may be capped at 100, rather than every product in the catalogue.

    53.5%
    Products gaining activity rank
    Rank #8 of 12 teams
    23%
    AI share of ranked sample
    Rank #7 of 12 teams
    43.5%
    AI products gaining activity rank
    Rank #9 of 12 teams

    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.

    The recorded catalogue contains 1,142 products classified for Engineering. 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. Team labels classify product functions and do not identify the buying team. The displayed ranked sample may be smaller than the catalogue; changing coverage and classifications can affect comparisons.

    How Engineering software payment-activity share has changed

    The 1,142 products classified for engineering teams account for 19.8% of trailing 12-month software payment transactions and 17% of recorded software spend across Cledara. Both shares use all tracked software as the denominator; the chart shows monthly observations.

    Payment-activity share
    SeriesJan-2022Oct-2026Change in percentage points
    Engineering
    15.99%19.79%+3.8 pp
    Jan-2022Nov-2022Sep-2023Jul-2024May-2025Mar-20260%6%12%22%

    Source: Cledara-observed software payments. Published 26 October 2026, 20:13 UTC. Monthly observations use their named periods; the customer population can change.

    Cledara Research
    View team market-share history
    Engineering monthly share observations
    MonthPayment-activity share (%)Spend share (%)
    Jan-202215.9912.31
    Feb-202215.9212.53
    Mar-202215.4911.54
    Apr-202215.7712.03
    May-202215.7711.98
    Jun-202216.0412.91
    Jul-202216.0612.2
    Aug-202216.1911.87
    Sep-202216.4611.81
    Oct-202216.5312.07
    Nov-202216.8312.4
    Dec-202216.9812.68
    Jan-202316.9712.93
    Feb-202317.1513.24
    Mar-202317.113.39
    Apr-202317.1713.96
    May-202317.2314.4
    Jun-202317.3414.02
    Jul-202317.514.25
    Aug-202317.5714.54
    Sep-202317.1814.08
    Oct-202317.2514.07
    Nov-202317.3114.3
    Dec-202317.3614.3
    Jan-202417.3314.38
    Feb-202417.2914.47
    Mar-202417.2714.5
    Apr-202417.4215.1
    May-202417.4214.64
    Jun-202417.4714.59
    Jul-202417.5814.66
    Aug-202417.5814.89
    Sep-202417.5914.94
    Oct-202417.6614.72
    Nov-202417.7114.81
    Dec-202417.7514.6
    Jan-202517.9114.85
    Feb-202518.0614.98
    Mar-202518.1514.79
    Apr-202518.3614.92
    May-202518.5215.07
    Jun-202518.6314.69
    Jul-202518.8314.82
    Aug-202519.0615
    Sep-202519.214.96
    Oct-202519.3615.28
    Nov-202519.5515.54
    Dec-202519.7215.57
    Jan-202619.8415.37
    Feb-202619.9715.56
    Mar-202619.8715.84
    Apr-202619.8615.92
    May-202619.9116.41
    Jun-202619.8616.52
    Jul-202619.8816.53
    Aug-202619.9816.64
    Sep-202619.8716.94
    Oct-202619.7917.02

    Spend shares of software classified for Engineering teams

    Engineering & DevOps is the largest engineering software category by spend share at 11.6%, followed by Data & Analytics at 2.4%, across 1,142 tools tracked from real company purchases.

    0%4%8%12%16%Engineering & DevOpsEngineering &…IT & SecurityIT & SecurityAI Platforms & Model OpsAI Platforms …Customer Success & SupportCustomer Succ…
    Team Stats
    19.8%
    Payment-activity share
    17.0%
    Spend Share
    1,142
    Total Products
    12
    Categories
    Pattern Radar
    Resend moved +638 positions YoY
    23% of tools are AI-enhanced, 44% of AI tools with comparisons gained activity-rank positions
    Top 3 by activity (Cursor, GitHub, Sentry) hold 4.4% of all recorded software spend
    Higher spend rank

    Spend rank is top 20 and more than 10 positions ahead of activity rank. This does not establish pricing or enterprise usage.

    Datadog
    Datadog
    Spend #9 • Activity #30
    AI-Embedded
    Higher activity rank

    Activity rank is top 20 and more than 10 positions ahead of spend rank. This does not establish free pricing or a sales model.

    Sentry
    Sentry
    Activity #15 • Spend #39
    Competitive Trends
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    Tools displacing incumbents within the same subcategory. These pairs show products with opposite rank trajectories, indicating a competitive shift where the challenger is gaining ground as the incumbent loses market position.

    Dev Tools
    4 patterns
    SonarSource
    SonarSource
    #108 +63 positions YoY
    replacing
    SonarCloud
    SonarCloud
    #134 -68 positions YoY
    SerpAPI
    SerpAPI
    #155 +108 positions YoY
    replacing
    ScrapingBee
    ScrapingBee
    #318 -98 positions YoY
    CodeRabbit
    CodeRabbit
    AI-Native
    #71 +88 positions YoY
    replacing
    SonarCloud
    SonarCloud
    #134 -68 positions YoY
    Codecov
    Codecov
    #419 +467 positions YoY
    replacing
    SonarCloud
    SonarCloud
    #134 -68 positions YoY
    Whiteboards & Visual Thinking
    1 pattern
    EasyRetro
    EasyRetro
    #426 +114 positions YoY
    replacing
    Retrium
    Retrium
    #373 -82 positions YoY
    Email & Marketing Automation
    1 pattern
    Resend
    Resend
    #253 +638 positions YoY
    replacing
    Mailtrap
    Mailtrap
    #307 -46 positions YoY
    Peer Comparison

    How Engineering compares to other teams across key metrics. Rankings show relative position among all 12 teams tracked.

    AI share of ranked sample
    #7 of 12
    23%
    Data (55%)
    Marketing (38%)
    Cross-functional (35%)
    Product (31%)
    Customer (28%)
    Tool Diversity
    #2 of 12
    1,142 tools
    Marketing (1704)
    Engineering (1142)
    IT (786)
    Sales (503)
    People (421)
    Market Share
    #2 of 12
    19.8%
    Data (21.1%)
    Engineering (19.8%)
    Marketing (12.6%)
    Cross-functional (11.6%)
    IT (6.5%)

    Engineering ranks #7 in AI share of ranked sample, #2 in tool diversity, and #2 in market share among 12 teams.

    Annual activity-rank risers in the displayed engineering sample

    Resend and Blacksmith have the largest measured annual activity-rank gains in the displayed engineering sample. The catalogue records 1,142 products; they currently rank #253 and #236 by global payment activity in Cledara's latest team data.

    Resend
    Resend
    Annual rank riser
    Email & Marketing Automation+638 positions (12M)
    Blacksmith
    Blacksmith
    Annual rank riser
    CI/CD & Build Automation+631 positions (12M)
    Ideal Postcodes
    Ideal Postcodes
    Annual rank riser
    Dev Tools+600 positions (12M)
    Scalr
    Scalr
    Annual rank riser
    Cloud Infrastructure+525 positions (12M)
    Warp
    Warp
    Annual rank riser
    Developer Tools & IDEs+519 positions (12M)
    Subcategory Breakdown
    0%3%6%9%12%Dev ToolsDev ToolsDeveloper Tools & IDEsDeveloper Too…Email & Marketing AutomationEmail & Marke…ContentContentOtherOtherAPI Development & ManagementAPI Developme…

    Engineering software ranked by payment activity

    Cursor leads the current ranking for engineering teams, followed by GitHub and Sentry, among 1,142 SaaS tools measured from real company purchases tracked by Cledara.

    #
    1#5
    +1
    2#7
    -2
    3#15
    +3
    4#17
    +12
    5#24
    +3
    6#26
    +19
    7#27
    +60
    8#29
    +136
    9#30
    -4
    10#39
    -5
    11#40
    -4
    12#46
    -8
    13#54
    +54
    14#57
    +4
    15#58
    -4
    16#66
    +9
    17#71
    +88
    18#73
    -11
    19#76
    -8
    20#82
    -12
    21#83
    +146
    22#89
    -20
    23#92
    +6
    24#94
    +1
    25#108
    +63
    26#115
    -16
    27#116
    -11
    28#117
    +10
    29#118
    +42
    30#123
    -47
    31#124
    +13
    32#134
    -68
    33#136
    -19
    34#137
    -5
    35#155
    +108
    36#159
    +4
    37#160
    +32
    38#164
    -43
    39#171
    -13
    40#172
    -42
    41#174
    +26
    42#179
    —
    43#180
    -13
    44#190
    -14
    45#193
    -32
    46#194
    -70
    47#198
    +70
    48#203
    -49
    49#208
    -18
    50#212
    -84

    Frequently asked questions

    Which engineering products lead the payment-activity ranking?

    Cursor leads the products classified for engineering teams, followed by GitHub and Sentry. Its 3.2% share is of trailing 12-month transactions across all software recorded in Cledara. This does not measure distinct teams or customers.

    How many products are classified for engineering teams?

    The catalogue records 1,142 products classified for engineering teams across 12 categories. This is a catalogue count, not the size of a typical team's software stack.

    Which engineering products have gained activity-rank positions?

    Resend and Blacksmith lead the measured 12-month payment-activity rank gains among the displayed products classified for engineering teams with current and year-earlier observations. Rank changes do not establish new customer adoption.

    Where does this data come from?

    From anonymized, aggregated software purchasing data across companies that manage their software with Cledara — real payments, not surveys. Last updated 26 October 2026, 20:13 UTC.

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