Enterprise Software Adoption in Italy
Written by Priya Nandakumar ·
Edited by Sebastiaan Smits ·
Fact-checked by Connor Blake ·
Published September 14, 2026 · Updated October 1, 2026
Italy is ninth of 10 on CRM cloud adoption, with only France (7.42%) behind it. In 2023, 7.84% of enterprises with 10 or more employees paid for CRM software as a cloud service; the EU27 average was 11.34%.
CRM and ERP in Italy, against the EU27
Growth has been slower than the bloc's: up 2.3 points from 5.54% in 2018, while the EU27 average gained 4.69. It was under the average in 2018 as well. Ranked on the 2018 figures it would have been eighth, so it has lost 1 place.
ERP is the stronger of the two measures: 10.91% of enterprises paid for ERP software as a cloud service in 2023, 3.07 points more than did so for CRM. That is 0.82 points below the EU27's 11.73% and eighth of 10, 1 place higher than on CRM. Here the figure moved against the EU27 average: it was 11.94% in 2021 and has fallen 1.03 points, while the average rose 2.08. In the CRM ranking Italy sits between Spain (10.02%) and France (7.42%).
| Cloud adoption | Italy | EU27 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| CRM, 2023 | 7.84% | 11.34% | -3.5 pts |
| CRM, 2018 | 5.54% | 6.65% | -1.11 pts |
| ERP, 2023 | 10.91% | 11.73% | -0.82 pts |
| ERP, 2021 | 11.94% | 9.65% | +2.29 pts |
Vendors in our rankings headquartered in Italy
Italy is the headquarters given for 10 of the 1416 listings in our software rankings: 9 vendors in 10 of the 106 categories. Listed in more than one category: Harvest (2). That makes it the 18th-largest headquarters country in the dataset, behind Denmark (11) and ahead of the Czech Republic (9).
Italy places higher on adoption than on supply: ninth of the 10 countries here by CRM cloud adoption, tenth by number of listings. Revenue & Growth is the largest category group with 4 listings, followed by Finance (2), IT & Collaboration (2), Operations (1) and People (1). There is none in AI software or Vertical.
2 of the 10 hold a top-three place:
- Harvest, #2 in time tracking software. Pricing: Free for one seat and two projects; Teams from $9 and Enterprise from $14 per seat per month billed annually, with extra invoices, projects, clients and tasks billed by usage, and a 30-day trial.
- BizAway, #2 in travel management software. Pricing: Advanced plan at 5 euros per booking with no subscription fee; Enterprise plan quoted for multi-entity operations.
None is classed as a dominant incumbent, so all are eligible for every place. 1 of the 10 sell on quote only (10%), below the 28% across all 1416 listings.
| Ranking | Vendor | Place | Best for | Pricing model | Free option |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPQ software | Apparound | #10 of 15 | Field sales teams in telco, energy, manufacturing or retail wanting fast digital proposals with e-signature | Per organisation / year | None |
| chatbot software | Tiledesk | #4 of 11 | Tiledesk is the only tool in this line-up with a genuinely open-source core: a technical team can self-host it instead of trusting a vendor' | Per seat + AI usage | Free trial |
| digital adoption platform software | Newired | #10 of 11 | Buyers needing private-cloud or on-premise guidance, or an OEM licence | Quote only | None stated |
| reputation management software | Feedaty | #6 of 11 | Italian and southern-European ecommerce brands wanting reviews plus visual UGC | Per month, published | Free trial |
| invoicing software | Harvest | #7 of 14 | Agencies billing tracked team hours | Per seat / month | Free plan |
| travel management software | BizAway | #2 of 12 | Companies wanting a published price without a sales call | Per booking | None |
| whistleblowing software | TrueSpeak | #7 of 11 | Smallest budget for meeting the legal minimum | Published tiers | None |
| time tracking software | Harvest | #2 of 18 | Agencies and consultancies billing hourly | Per seat / month | Free plan |
| email security software | Libraesva (LibraCyber) | #4 of 12 | A genuine on-premises deployment option most cloud-native competitors no longer offer, from a privacy-first Italian vendor. | Free trial + quote only | Free trial |
| remote desktop software | Supremo | #14 of 17 | Very small offices and solo technicians | Per concurrent session | Free plan |