Enterprise Software Adoption in Ireland
By Sebastiaan Smits ·
Published September 14, 2026 · Updated October 9, 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.
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 adoption | Ireland | EU27 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| CRM, 2023 | 17.17% | 11.34% | +5.83 pts |
| CRM, 2018 | 15.51% | 6.65% | +8.86 pts |
| ERP, 2023 | 13.91% | 11.73% | +2.18 pts |
| ERP, 2021 | 7.8% | 9.65% | -1.85 pts |
Vendors in our rankings headquartered in Ireland
Ireland is the headquarters given for 16 of the 1723 listings in our software rankings: 16 vendors in 16 of the 132 categories. No vendor appears in more than one. That makes it the fourteenth-largest headquarters country in the dataset, behind Sweden (17) and ahead of Denmark (14).
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 7 listings, followed by IT & Collaboration (5), Finance (2), AI software (1) and People (1). There is none in Operations or Vertical.
3 of the 16 hold a top-three place:
- 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.
Barred from places 1 to 3 as a dominant incumbent in a category: Workvivo. 5 of the 16 sell on quote only (31%), above the 25% across all 1723 listings.
| Ranking | Vendor | Place | Best for | Pricing model | Free option |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| transcription software | Happy Scribe | #4 of 11 | Multilingual teams and subtitle workflows | Per month, minutes included | Free plan |
| CRM software | OnePageCRM | #16 of 18 | Small B2B teams that miss follow-ups | Per user / month | Free trial |
| event management software | Tito | #11 of 18 | Developer and tech conferences | Per ticket fee | Free plan |
| landing page builder software | Systeme.io | #12 of 13 | Bootstrapped founders and small course or coaching businesses | Flat tiered / month | Free plan |
| link shortener software | Rebrandly | #6 of 11 | Brand teams managing several custom domains | Per workspace / month | Free plan |
| online course platforms | systeme.io | #8 of 14 | Sellers who lead with funnels and email | Free + paid tiers | Free plan |
| project management software | Teamwork.com | #3 of 12 | Agencies and professional services firms | Per user / month | Free plan |
| web analytics software | StatCounter | #11 of 14 | Personal sites, small blogs and businesses wanting a no-fuss free tool | Per session tier / month | Free plan |
| procurement software | ProcurementExpress.com | #14 of 16 | SMBs on QuickBooks or Xero | Flat monthly by spend band | Free trial |
| sales tax software | Fonoa | #11 of 14 | Platforms and marketplaces selling globally | Quote only | None |
| learning management system | LearnUpon | #10 of 16 | Customer education and partner enablement | Quote only | None |
| data privacy management software | PrivacyEngine | #2 of 11 | Organisations that want privacy training bundled with ROPA and DPIA tooling, without negotiating a custom quote at the entry tiers | Freemium + published annual tiers | Yes — free for up to 5 staff, including ROPA, DPIA, risk management and LMS access |
| email security software | SpamTitan (TitanHQ) | #8 of 12 | Deep MSP-channel presence, with DNS filtering (WebTitan) and email archiving (ArcTitan) available as companion products from the same vendor. | Quote only | Free trial |
| intranet and employee communication software | Workvivo | #10 of 16 | Organizations wanting a consumer-social-feed style employee app | Quote only | None |
| operating systems | Zorin OS | #1 of 11 | Offices moving laptops off Windows | One-time purchase / major version | Free plan |
| workflow automation software | Tines | #8 of 12 | IT and security teams | Quote only | Free plan |