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    Executive Software Payment Activity (2026)

    Cledara records 45 products classified for executive teams. SeedLegals, Ninety and SAP lead their trailing 12-month payment-activity ranking; Collaboration & Productivity and Operations & Supply Chain have the largest observed category spend shares. Team labels classify products' intended functions; the payment data does not identify the buying team.

    45 products • 10 categories. Data as of 26 October 2026, 20:13 UTC.

    Intelligence Overview

    These indicators describe the available ranked sample of 45 products, which may be capped at 100, rather than every product in the catalogue.

    64.3%
    Products gaining activity rank
    Rank #4 of 12 teams
    15.6%
    AI share of ranked sample
    Rank #11 of 12 teams
    71.4%
    AI products gaining activity rank
    Rank #3 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 45 products classified for Executive Leadership. Among the displayed products with a 2026-10 activity-rank observation, the ranking starts with SeedLegals, Ninety, SAP. 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 Executive software payment-activity share has changed

    The 45 products classified for executive teams account for 0.1% of trailing 12-month software payment transactions and 0.2% 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
    Executive Leadership
    0.43%0.15%−0.28 pp
    Jan-2022Nov-2022Sep-2023Jul-2024May-2025Mar-20260%0.25%0.5%0.75%1%

    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
    Executive Leadership monthly share observations
    MonthPayment-activity share (%)Spend share (%)
    Jan-20220.430.12
    Feb-20220.410.11
    Mar-20220.380.11
    Apr-20220.30.11
    May-20220.340.12
    Jun-20220.30.12
    Jul-20220.280.11
    Aug-20220.280.12
    Sep-20220.280.14
    Oct-20220.270.15
    Nov-20220.260.14
    Dec-20220.260.18
    Jan-20230.260.18
    Feb-20230.260.19
    Mar-20230.250.19
    Apr-20230.240.16
    May-20230.240.18
    Jun-20230.240.18
    Jul-20230.230.16
    Aug-20230.230.17
    Sep-20230.210.17
    Oct-20230.210.16
    Nov-20230.210.18
    Dec-20230.20.15
    Jan-20240.210.18
    Feb-20240.210.15
    Mar-20240.20.16
    Apr-20240.190.12
    May-20240.20.12
    Jun-20240.190.1
    Jul-20240.190.17
    Aug-20240.20.18
    Sep-20240.20.14
    Oct-20240.20.12
    Nov-20240.20.16
    Dec-20240.190.12
    Jan-20250.190.11
    Feb-20250.190.14
    Mar-20250.180.11
    Apr-20250.190.14
    May-20250.190.16
    Jun-20250.190.18
    Jul-20250.180.17
    Aug-20250.180.17
    Sep-20250.190.21
    Oct-20250.170.17
    Nov-20250.160.18
    Dec-20250.160.18
    Jan-20260.160.19
    Feb-20260.160.19
    Mar-20260.160.18
    Apr-20260.150.18
    May-20260.140.16
    Jun-20260.150.17
    Jul-20260.150.17
    Aug-20260.160.17
    Sep-20260.160.2
    Oct-20260.150.18

    Spend shares of software classified for Executive teams

    Collaboration & Productivity is the largest executive software category by spend share at 0.1%, followed by Operations & Supply Chain at 0%, across 45 tools tracked from real company purchases.

    0%0%0%0%0%Collaboration & ProductivityCollaboration…Operations & Supply ChainOperations & …Finance & AccountingFinance & Acc…UnknownUnknown
    Team Stats
    0.1%
    Payment-activity share
    0.2%
    Spend Share
    45
    Total Products
    10
    Categories
    Pattern Radar
    SAP moved +762 positions YoY
    16% of tools are AI-enhanced, 71% of AI tools with comparisons gained activity-rank positions
    Top 3 by activity (SeedLegals, Ninety, SAP) hold 0.1% of all recorded software spend
    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.

    ERP
    3 patterns
    SAP
    SAP
    AI-Embedded
    #507 +762 positions YoY
    replacing
    Exact
    Exact
    #939 -39 positions YoY
    WP ERP
    WP ERP
    #2018 +582 positions YoY
    replacing
    Exact
    Exact
    #939 -39 positions YoY
    Cegid
    Cegid
    #2065 +564 positions YoY
    replacing
    Exact
    Exact
    #939 -39 positions YoY
    Sales
    1 pattern
    Deale
    Deale
    #2269 +342 positions YoY
    replacing
    Dealroom.co
    Dealroom.co
    #2680 -52 positions YoY
    Peer Comparison

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

    AI share of ranked sample
    #11 of 12
    16%
    Data (55%)
    Marketing (38%)
    Cross-functional (35%)
    Product (31%)
    Customer (28%)
    Tool Diversity
    #12 of 12
    45 tools
    Marketing (1704)
    Engineering (1142)
    IT (786)
    Sales (503)
    People (421)
    Market Share
    #12 of 12
    0.1%
    Data (21.1%)
    Engineering (19.8%)
    Marketing (12.6%)
    Cross-functional (11.6%)
    IT (6.5%)

    Executive Leadership ranks #11 in AI share of ranked sample, #12 in tool diversity, and #12 in market share among 12 teams.

    Annual activity-rank risers in the displayed executive sample

    SAP and Nekki have the largest measured annual activity-rank gains in the displayed executive sample. The catalogue records 45 products; they currently rank #507 and #2,148 by global payment activity in Cledara's latest team data.

    SAP
    SAP
    Annual rank riser
    ERP+762 positions (12M)
    Nekki
    Nekki
    Annual rank riser
    Other+705 positions (12M)
    Cegid
    Cegid
    Annual rank riser
    ERP+564 positions (12M)
    Karbon
    Karbon
    Annual rank riser
    Project Management+436 positions (12M)
    Mindbody
    Mindbody
    Annual rank riser
    Scheduling & Calendar+436 positions (12M)
    Subcategory Breakdown
    0%0%0%0%0%LegalLegalBusiness Intelligence & DashboardsBusiness Inte…Project ManagementProject Manag…OtherOtherPerformance ManagementPerformance M…CRMCRM

    Executive software ranked by payment activity

    SeedLegals leads the current ranking for executive teams, followed by Ninety and SAP, among 45 SaaS tools measured from real company purchases tracked by Cledara.

    #
    1#350
    -78
    2#487
    +45
    3#507
    +762
    4#564
    -142
    5#738
    +371
    6#939
    -39
    7#1183
    +436
    8#1288
    -361
    9#1457
    —
    10#1680
    —
    11#1685
    +367
    12#1925
    +436
    13#1981
    +232
    14#2018
    —
    15#2027
    —
    16#2065
    +564
    17#2148
    +705
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    Frequently asked questions

    Which executive products lead the payment-activity ranking?

    SeedLegals leads the products classified for executive teams, followed by Ninety and SAP. Its 0% 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 executive teams?

    The catalogue records 45 products classified for executive teams across 10 categories. This is a catalogue count, not the size of a typical team's software stack.

    Which executive products have gained activity-rank positions?

    SAP and Nekki lead the measured 12-month payment-activity rank gains among the displayed products classified for executive 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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