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    IT Software: 786 Recorded Tools (2026)

    Cledara records 786 products classified for IT teams. Zoom, 1Password and n8n lead their trailing 12-month payment-activity ranking; IT & Security and Collaboration & Productivity have the largest observed category spend shares. Team labels classify products' intended functions; the payment data does not identify the buying team.

    786 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.

    59.6%
    Products gaining activity rank
    Rank #5 of 12 teams
    16%
    AI share of ranked sample
    Rank #9 of 12 teams
    50%
    AI products gaining activity rank
    Rank #5 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 786 products classified for IT / Ops. Among the displayed products with a 2026-10 activity-rank observation, the ranking starts with Zoom, 1Password, n8n. 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 IT software payment-activity share has changed

    The 786 products classified for IT teams account for 6.5% of trailing 12-month software payment transactions and 6% 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
    IT / Ops
    9.73%6.54%−3.19 pp
    Jan-2022Nov-2022Sep-2023Jul-2024May-2025Mar-20260%3%6%11%

    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
    IT / Ops monthly share observations
    MonthPayment-activity share (%)Spend share (%)
    Jan-20229.738
    Feb-20229.717.18
    Mar-20229.717.64
    Apr-20229.76.96
    May-20229.87.32
    Jun-20229.757.25
    Jul-20229.757.36
    Aug-20229.566.66
    Sep-20229.586.78
    Oct-20229.586.93
    Nov-20229.057.14
    Dec-20229.077.08
    Jan-20239.117.22
    Feb-20239.087.25
    Mar-20239.277.28
    Apr-20239.157.22
    May-20239.187.22
    Jun-20239.197.38
    Jul-20238.957.37
    Aug-20239.167.06
    Sep-20239.487.45
    Oct-20239.447.6
    Nov-20239.297.52
    Dec-20239.127.41
    Jan-20249.187.86
    Feb-20249.177.65
    Mar-20249.27.97
    Apr-20249.097.75
    May-20249.057.88
    Jun-20249.048.02
    Jul-20249.017.97
    Aug-20249.027.78
    Sep-20249.117.85
    Oct-20249.097.96
    Nov-20248.977.91
    Dec-20248.837.51
    Jan-20258.867.95
    Feb-20258.777.68
    Mar-20258.877.75
    Apr-20258.77.65
    May-20258.447.41
    Jun-20258.437.2
    Jul-20258.47.22
    Aug-20258.237.18
    Sep-20258.146.98
    Oct-20258.087.35
    Nov-20257.966.96
    Dec-20258.017.09
    Jan-20267.986.81
    Feb-20267.836.84
    Mar-20267.747.01
    Apr-20267.576.6
    May-20267.546.62
    Jun-20267.36.51
    Jul-20267.276.77
    Aug-20266.946.34
    Sep-20266.756.3
    Oct-20266.546.04

    Spend shares of software classified for IT teams

    IT & Security is the largest IT software category by spend share at 3.7%, followed by Collaboration & Productivity at 1.4%, across 786 tools tracked from real company purchases.

    0%1%2%3%4%IT & SecurityIT & SecurityEngineering & DevOpsEngineering &…Marketing & GrowthMarketing & G…Customer Success & SupportCustomer Succ…
    Team Stats
    6.5%
    Payment-activity share
    6.0%
    Spend Share
    786
    Total Products
    12
    Categories
    Pattern Radar
    NetBird moved +1430 positions YoY
    16% of tools are AI-enhanced, 50% of AI tools with comparisons gained activity-rank positions
    Top 3 by activity (Zoom, 1Password, n8n) hold 1.7% 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.

    Shipping & Logistics
    2 patterns
    Webshipper
    Webshipper
    #476 +725 positions YoY
    replacing
    Zenstores
    Zenstores
    #674 -31 positions YoY
    AfterShip
    AfterShip
    AI-Embedded
    #388 +77 positions YoY
    replacing
    Zenstores
    Zenstores
    #674 -31 positions YoY
    SIEM & Threat Detection
    1 pattern
    DomainTools
    DomainTools
    #808 +445 positions YoY
    replacing
    DMARC Digests
    DMARC Digests
    #152 -26 positions YoY
    Peer Comparison

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

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

    IT / Ops ranks #9 in AI share of ranked sample, #3 in tool diversity, and #5 in market share among 12 teams.

    Annual activity-rank risers in the displayed IT sample

    NetBird and Surfshark have the largest measured annual activity-rank gains in the displayed IT sample. The catalogue records 786 products; they currently rank #678 and #398 by global payment activity in Cledara's latest team data.

    NetBird
    NetBird
    Annual rank riser
    Network & VPN+1430 positions (12M)
    Surfshark
    Surfshark
    Annual rank riser
    Network & VPN+1171 positions (12M)
    Simply.com
    Simply.com
    Annual rank riser
    Hosting & Deployment+1036 positions (12M)
    Odoo
    Odoo
    Annual rank riser
    ERP+925 positions (12M)
    Aikido
    Aikido
    Annual rank riser
    Cloud Security (CSPM)+772 positions (12M)
    Subcategory Breakdown
    0%0%1%1%1%SecuritySecurityAutomationAutomationInfrastructureInfrastructureProductivityProductivitySIEM & Threat DetectionSIEM & Threat…Shipping & LogisticsShipping & Lo…

    IT software ranked by payment activity

    Zoom leads the current ranking for IT teams, followed by 1Password and n8n, among 786 SaaS tools measured from real company purchases tracked by Cledara.

    #
    1#13
    0
    2#21
    0
    3#33
    +46
    4#44
    0
    5#56
    -1
    6#67
    -20
    7#72
    -13
    8#78
    +8
    9#86
    -13
    10#101
    -1
    11#112
    -20
    12#138
    -7
    13#152
    -26
    14#156
    +42
    15#182
    +251
    16#185
    +2
    17#197
    +19
    18#207
    +1036
    19#214
    +32
    20#215
    +24
    21#222
    -56
    22#254
    -6
    23#258
    -51
    24#266
    -54
    25#273
    +14
    26#276
    +53
    27#279
    +46
    28#283
    +104
    29#293
    +772
    30#310
    -7
    31#319
    +99
    32#329
    +90
    33#340
    -26
    34#345
    -203
    35#346
    -70
    36#361
    -64
    37#369
    -20
    38#377
    +554
    39#388
    +77
    40#392
    -51
    41#398
    +1171
    42#408
    -27
    43#411
    -77
    44#437
    -67
    45#446
    -43
    46#451
    -49
    47#465
    -99
    48#481
    +288
    49#493
    -83
    50#494
    +119

    Frequently asked questions

    Which IT products lead the payment-activity ranking?

    Zoom leads the products classified for IT teams, followed by 1Password and n8n. Its 0.8% 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 IT teams?

    The catalogue records 786 products classified for IT teams across 12 categories. This is a catalogue count, not the size of a typical team's software stack.

    Which IT products have gained activity-rank positions?

    NetBird and Surfshark lead the measured 12-month payment-activity rank gains among the displayed products classified for IT 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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