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    Legal Software: 211 Recorded Tools (2026)

    Cledara records 211 products classified for legal teams. SignRequest, DocuSign and Cookiebot by Usercentrics lead their trailing 12-month payment-activity ranking; Legal, Risk & Compliance and Marketing & Growth have the largest observed category spend shares. Team labels classify products' intended functions; the payment data does not identify the buying team.

    211 products • 7 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.

    64.6%
    Products gaining activity rank
    Rank #3 of 12 teams
    22%
    AI share of ranked sample
    Rank #8 of 12 teams
    81%
    AI products gaining activity rank
    Rank #2 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 211 products classified for Legal / Compliance. Among the displayed products with a 2026-10 activity-rank observation, the ranking starts with SignRequest, DocuSign, Cookiebot by Usercentrics. 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 Legal software payment-activity share has changed

    The 211 products classified for legal teams account for 2% of trailing 12-month software payment transactions and 1.3% 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
    Legal / Compliance
    2.23%1.96%−0.27 pp
    Jan-2022Nov-2022Sep-2023Jul-2024May-2025Mar-20260%0.75%1.5%2.25%3%

    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
    Legal / Compliance monthly share observations
    MonthPayment-activity share (%)Spend share (%)
    Jan-20222.231.6
    Feb-20222.112.14
    Mar-20222.071.96
    Apr-20222.091.73
    May-20222.132.02
    Jun-20222.122.18
    Jul-20222.131.9
    Aug-20222.151.83
    Sep-20222.161.92
    Oct-20222.141.66
    Nov-20222.171.64
    Dec-20222.091.36
    Jan-20232.131.47
    Feb-20232.141.57
    Mar-20232.151.53
    Apr-20232.131.48
    May-20232.141.73
    Jun-20232.11.72
    Jul-20232.011.77
    Aug-20232.041.88
    Sep-20232.071.71
    Oct-20232.021.69
    Nov-20231.991.74
    Dec-20231.961.73
    Jan-20241.941.7
    Feb-20241.941.87
    Mar-20241.951.82
    Apr-20241.921.56
    May-20241.991.6
    Jun-20241.971.57
    Jul-202421.69
    Aug-20242.021.77
    Sep-20242.011.66
    Oct-20241.991.79
    Nov-202421.84
    Dec-20242.021.94
    Jan-202521.83
    Feb-20252.021.95
    Mar-20252.011.86
    Apr-20252.031.77
    May-20252.041.87
    Jun-20252.061.78
    Jul-20252.051.72
    Aug-20252.041.66
    Sep-20252.071.8
    Oct-20252.081.7
    Nov-20252.141.94
    Dec-20252.141.54
    Jan-20262.161.55
    Feb-20262.21.84
    Mar-20262.181.71
    Apr-20262.141.71
    May-20262.121.72
    Jun-20262.081.52
    Jul-20262.061.52
    Aug-20262.061.61
    Sep-20261.981.31
    Oct-20261.961.26

    Spend shares of software classified for Legal teams

    Legal, Risk & Compliance is the largest legal software category by spend share at 1.2%, followed by Marketing & Growth at 0%, across 211 tools tracked from real company purchases.

    0%1%1%2%2%Legal, Risk & ComplianceLegal, Risk &…Engineering & DevOpsEngineering &…Collaboration & ProductivityCollaboration…Data & AnalyticsData & Analyt…
    Team Stats
    2.0%
    Payment-activity share
    1.3%
    Spend Share
    211
    Total Products
    7
    Categories
    Pattern Radar
    Hey Bubba! moved +1438 positions YoY
    22% of tools are AI-enhanced, 81% of AI tools with comparisons gained activity-rank positions
    Top 3 by activity (SignRequest, DocuSign, Cookiebot by Usercentrics) hold 0.6% of all recorded software spend
    Competitive Trends
    See all trends

    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.

    Other
    1 pattern
    AMLCC
    AMLCC
    #1581 +341 positions YoY
    replacing
    AML Pal
    AML Pal
    #1872 -54 positions YoY
    E-Signature & Contracts
    5 patterns
    High Confidence
    Signable
    Signable
    #962 +778 positions YoY
    replacing
    Signaturit
    Signaturit
    #1448 -628 positions YoY
    Signable
    Signable
    #962 +778 positions YoY
    replacing
    Yousign
    Yousign
    #1584 -187 positions YoY
    signNow
    signNow
    #480 +129 positions YoY
    replacing
    Signaturit
    Signaturit
    #1448 -628 positions YoY
    DocuSeal
    DocuSeal
    #848 +409 positions YoY
    replacing
    Signaturit
    Signaturit
    #1448 -628 positions YoY
    Signwell
    Signwell
    #1029 +168 positions YoY
    replacing
    Signaturit
    Signaturit
    #1448 -628 positions YoY
    Legal
    3 patterns
    OneTrust
    OneTrust
    #737 +59 positions YoY
    replacing
    CookiePro by OneTrust
    CookiePro by OneTrust
    #850 -231 positions YoY
    CookieFirst
    CookieFirst
    #1402 +223 positions YoY
    replacing
    CookiePro by OneTrust
    CookiePro by OneTrust
    #850 -231 positions YoY
    CookieFirst
    CookieFirst
    #1402 +223 positions YoY
    replacing
    Cookie Script
    Cookie Script
    #1160 -68 positions YoY
    Privacy & Data Compliance
    1 pattern
    Locoia
    Locoia
    #1556 +410 positions YoY
    replacing
    Openli
    Openli
    #1672 -751 positions YoY
    Peer Comparison

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

    AI share of ranked sample
    #8 of 12
    22%
    Data (55%)
    Marketing (38%)
    Cross-functional (35%)
    Product (31%)
    Customer (28%)
    Tool Diversity
    #10 of 12
    211 tools
    Marketing (1704)
    Engineering (1142)
    IT (786)
    Sales (503)
    People (421)
    Market Share
    #11 of 12
    2.0%
    Data (21.1%)
    Engineering (19.8%)
    Marketing (12.6%)
    Cross-functional (11.6%)
    IT (6.5%)

    Legal / Compliance ranks #8 in AI share of ranked sample, #10 in tool diversity, and #11 in market share among 12 teams.

    Annual activity-rank risers in the displayed legal sample

    Hey Bubba! and Anvil have the largest measured annual activity-rank gains in the displayed legal sample. The catalogue records 211 products; they currently rank #1,200 and #1,100 by global payment activity in Cledara's latest team data.

    Hey Bubba!
    Hey Bubba!
    Annual rank riser
    Security Compliance+1438 positions (12M)
    Anvil
    Anvil
    Annual rank riser
    E-Signature & Contracts+1128 positions (12M)
    SingleFile
    SingleFile
    Annual rank riser
    Other+961 positions (12M)
    LexisNexis
    LexisNexis
    Annual rank riser
    Legal Research & Practice+852 positions (12M)
    Documenso
    Documenso
    Annual rank riser
    E-Signature & Contracts+828 positions (12M)
    Subcategory Breakdown
    0%0%0%1%1%E-Signature & ContractsE-Signature &…Privacy & Data CompliancePrivacy & Dat…OtherOtherDev ToolsDev ToolsContentContentIdentity & Access (IAM)Identity & Ac…

    Legal software ranked by payment activity

    SignRequest leads the current ranking for legal teams, followed by DocuSign and Cookiebot by Usercentrics, among 211 SaaS tools measured from real company purchases tracked by Cledara.

    #
    1#31
    +20
    2#37
    +2
    3#38
    -3
    4#75
    +5
    5#143
    +40
    6#196
    -28
    7#211
    +16
    8#347
    +336
    9#363
    +390
    10#480
    +129
    11#526
    +275
    12#555
    -47
    13#634
    -163
    14#652
    -24
    15#724
    +215
    16#726
    -132
    17#737
    +59
    18#848
    +409
    19#937
    +381
    20#943
    +677
    21#962
    +778
    22#1002
    -105
    23#1009
    -380
    24#1013
    -273
    25#1029
    —
    26#1043
    +40
    27#1058
    +821
    28#1100
    +1128
    29#1123
    +852
    30#1145
    -87
    31#1200
    +1438
    32#1212
    +257
    33#1240
    +135
    34#1242
    —
    35#1260
    +19
    36#1264
    +21
    37#1302
    +484
    38#1331
    —
    39#1348
    +212
    40#1377
    +87
    41#1451
    +220
    42#1536
    +961
    43#1549
    -641
    44#1556
    —
    45#1564
    +132
    46#1581
    —
    47#1672
    —
    48#1706
    —
    49#1722
    —
    50#1743
    —

    Frequently asked questions

    Which legal products lead the payment-activity ranking?

    SignRequest leads the products classified for legal teams, followed by DocuSign and Cookiebot by Usercentrics. Its 0.4% 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 legal teams?

    The catalogue records 211 products classified for legal teams across 7 categories. This is a catalogue count, not the size of a typical team's software stack.

    Which legal products have gained activity-rank positions?

    Hey Bubba! and Anvil lead the measured 12-month payment-activity rank gains among the displayed products classified for legal 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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