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Enterprise Software Adoption in Ireland

Sebastiaan Smits Editor Sebastiaan Smits · Published September 14, 2026 · Updated October 23, 2026

At 17.17%, the share of enterprises in Ireland paying for CRM software as a cloud service was 1.5 times the EU27 average of 11.34% in 2023. That is the sixth-highest figure among the 16 countries compared here.

17.17%
CRM cloud adoption, 2023
13.91%
ERP cloud adoption, 2023

CRM and ERP in Ireland, against the EU27

Growth has been slower than the bloc's: up 1.66 points from 15.51% in 2018, while the EU27 average gained 4.69. Ranked on the 2018 figures it holds the same place, sixth.

ERP cloud adoption is lower, at 13.91% in 2023, 3.26 points under the CRM figure. That is 2.18 points above the EU27's 11.73% and seventh of 16, 1 place lower than on CRM. It was 7.8% in 2021; the 6.11-point rise since then outpaces the 2.08 points the EU27 average added. In the CRM ranking Ireland sits between Belgium (21.15%) and Poland (16.99%).

Cloud adoptionIrelandEU27Difference
CRM, 202317.17%11.34%+5.83 pts
CRM, 201815.51%6.65%+8.86 pts
ERP, 202313.91%11.73%+2.18 pts
ERP, 20217.8%9.65%-1.85 pts

Source: Eurostat, ICT usage in enterprises survey (isoc_cicce_use), fetched September 14, 2026. View the underlying table.

Vendors in our rankings headquartered in Ireland

Ireland is the headquarters given for 21 of the 2658 listings in our software rankings: 20 vendors in 21 of the 210 categories. Listed in more than one category: Workvivo (2). That makes it the fifteenth-largest headquarters country in the dataset, behind Belgium (23) and ahead of Norway (19).

Ireland places higher on adoption than on supply: sixth of the 16 countries here by CRM cloud adoption, eighth by number of listings. Revenue & Growth is the largest category group with 8 listings, followed by IT & Collaboration (7), AI software (2), Finance (2) and People (2). There is none in Operations or Vertical.

5 of the 21 hold a top-three place:

  • Spark Mail, #1 in email clients. Pricing: Free plan with unlimited accounts; Plus at 8.25 euros per user per month billed yearly (10 euros monthly); Pro at 19.08 euros yearly (22 euros monthly); Enterprise by quote.
  • Zorin OS, #1 in operating systems. Pricing: Core edition is free to download; Zorin OS Pro is a one-time payment per major version, with the price shown at checkout rather than on the product page.
  • PrivacyEngine, #2 in data privacy management software. Pricing: Free for up to 5 staff (LMS, risk management, ROPA, DPIA, all mandatory logs, capped at 5 records per log type); Starter €4,999/yr (up to 50 staff, 2 consulting hours, no DPIA); Standard €7,999/yr (up to 150 staff, 5 consulting hours, DPIA, SSO, 2 Data Champions); Advanced €14,999/yr (up to 500 staff, 8 consulting hours, 5 Data Champions, PrivacyPulse license); Enterprise custom.
  • Teamwork.com, #3 in project management software. Pricing: Free plan for up to 5 users and 5 projects, then per-user Basics and Accelerate tiers with 3- and 5-seat minimums and quoted Optimize and Enterprise tiers; budgets and client invoicing start on Accelerate, profitability reporting on Optimize, and client users are free.
  • Zyte, #3 in web scraping software. Pricing: Per 1,000 successful responses; the pay-as-you-go ladder runs from $0.13 to $1.27 for plain responses and $1.01 to $16.08 for browser-rendered ones, with a 30-day trial and $5 free credit.

Barred from places 1 to 3 as a dominant incumbent in a category: Workvivo. 6 of the 21 sell on quote only (29%), above the 24% across all 2658 listings.

RankingVendorPlaceBest forPricing modelFree option
transcription softwareHappy Scribe
AI transcription with optional human proofreading		#4 of 11Multilingual teams and subtitle workflowsPer month, minutes includedFree plan
web scraping softwareZyte
Scraping API, Scrapy hosting and managed data delivery		#3 of 11Teams that scrape hard sites at scaleUsage-based per 1,000 responsesFree trial
CRM softwareOnePageCRM
Action-based CRM built around the next step		#16 of 18Small B2B teams that miss follow-upsPer user / monthFree trial
event management softwareTito
Straightforward ticketing favored by tech conferences		#11 of 18Developer and tech conferencesPer ticket feeFree plan
landing page builder softwareSysteme.io
Free-plan-friendly all-in-one funnel and landing page builder		#12 of 13Bootstrapped founders and small course or coaching businessesFlat tiered / monthFree plan
link shortener softwareRebrandly
Link management built around branded domains		#6 of 11Brand teams managing several custom domainsPer workspace / monthFree plan
newsletter platformsMailerLite
Low-cost email marketing with newsletter tools		#6 of 12Small teams sending newsletters plus campaignsPer subscriber tier / monthFree plan
online course platformssysteme.io
Funnel, email and course builder with a free plan		#8 of 14Sellers who lead with funnels and emailFree + paid tiersFree plan
project management softwareTeamwork.com
Project delivery and profitability for client-services firms		#3 of 14Agencies and professional services firmsPer user / monthFree plan
web analytics softwareStatCounter
Simple, free hit-counter-style analytics for small sites		#11 of 14Personal sites, small blogs and businesses wanting a no-fuss free toolPer session tier / monthFree plan
procurement softwareProcurementExpress.com
Purchase order approvals and budget tracking for small finance teams		#14 of 16SMBs on QuickBooks or XeroFlat monthly by spend bandFree trial
sales tax softwareFonoa
Tax engine, validation and e-invoicing API		#11 of 14Platforms and marketplaces selling globallyQuote onlyNone
employee engagement softwareWorkvivo
Employee communications hub with a survey module		#9 of 12Dispersed workforces needing a social hubQuote onlyNone
learning management systemLearnUpon
Multi-portal LMS for customer, partner and employee training		#10 of 16Customer education and partner enablementQuote onlyNone
PDF editorsPDF Expert
PDF editing built for Mac, iPhone and iPad		#8 of 12Apple-only households and studiosPer user / yearFree trial
data privacy management softwarePrivacyEngine
Irish privacy platform bundling ROPA, DPIA and a compliance LMS		#2 of 11Organisations that want privacy training bundled with ROPA and DPIA tooling, without negotiating a custom quote at the entry tiersFreemium + published annual tiersYes — free for up to 5 staff, including ROPA, DPIA, risk management and LMS access
email clientsSpark Mail
Unified inbox app with a free tier and team plans		#1 of 12Individuals and small teams with many accountsFree tier + per user / monthFree plan
email security softwareSpamTitan (TitanHQ)
Irish, MSP-channel-established gateway with layered BEC detection, sold under the TitanHQ brand		#8 of 12Deep MSP-channel presence, with DNS filtering (WebTitan) and email archiving (ArcTitan) available as companion products from the same vendor.Quote onlyFree trial
intranet and employee communication softwareWorkvivo
Social-style employee experience app, owned by Zoom		#10 of 17Organizations wanting a consumer-social-feed style employee appQuote onlyNone
operating systemsZorin OS
Linux desktop built for people leaving Windows		#1 of 11Offices moving laptops off WindowsOne-time purchase / major versionFree plan
workflow automation softwareTines
No-code automation and orchestration platform with a free edition		#8 of 12IT and security teamsQuote onlyFree plan

Counted from our own vendor dataset. Places can be paid for: placement disclosure.