Enterprise Software Adoption in Sweden

CRM and ERP in Sweden, against the EU27

Since 2018, when the figure stood at 17.66%, CRM adoption has risen 5.33 points, a steeper climb than the EU27 average's 4.69. Ranked on the 2018 figures it holds the same place, fourth.

ERP cloud adoption is lower, at 15.12% in 2023, 7.87 points under the CRM figure. That is 3.39 points above the EU27's 11.73% and sixth of 16, 2 places lower than on CRM. Here the figure moved against the EU27 average: it was 16.05% in 2021 and has fallen 0.93 points, while the average rose 2.08. In the CRM ranking Sweden sits between Denmark (30.42%) and Belgium (21.15%).

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

Vendors in our rankings headquartered in Sweden

Sweden is the headquarters given for 54 of the 5327 listings in our software rankings: 49 vendors in 49 of the 412 categories. Listed in more than one category: Detectify (2), Funnel (2), Mentimeter (2), Planhat (2) and Younium (2). That makes it the twelfth-largest headquarters country in the dataset, behind Switzerland (59) and ahead of Belgium (49).

Among the 16 countries on these pages Sweden is fourth by number of listings, in line with its fourth place on CRM cloud adoption. IT & Collaboration is the largest category group with 15 listings, followed by Revenue & Growth (12), Operations (9), Finance (8), People (5), Vertical (4) and AI software (1).

15 of the 54 hold a top-three place:

• Wincher, #1 in SEO software. Pricing: Low-cost published tiers by keywords and websites, from 500 keywords and up to 10 websites on the entry plan; a 7-day free trial and no free plan.
• Mullvad, #1 in VPN services. Pricing: One flat rate of 5 euros per month including VAT whether you pay for a month, a year or a decade; paying in accepted cryptocurrencies is discounted 10 percent; no free plan and no sales.
• Validio, #1 in data observability software. Pricing: Free 14-day trial with full features and up to 10 users; afterwards priced on data assets, segments and deployment model, quote only
• Defold, #1 in game engines. Pricing: Free, with no up-front cost, licensing cost, royalty or runtime fee, according to the Defold site.
• Alva Labs, #1 in pre-employment assessment software. Pricing: Priced per hire by annual hiring volume with no platform fee; no figures on the pricing page.
• Quinyx, #1 in workforce management software. Pricing: No published prices; Quinyx asks buyers to describe their needs and tailors an offer, so expect a sales process rather than a card checkout.
• COMSOL Multiphysics, #2 in CAE simulation software. Pricing: No prices on the license page; a buyer picks a license type and add-on products, as a term license or a perpetual one.
• Detectify, #2 in attack surface management software. Pricing: Platform fee from EUR 0 (Starter), EUR 2,500 (Standard), EUR 5,000 (Professional) and EUR 15,000 (Enterprise), plus usage costs per asset, domain, IP range and target.
• Divly, #2 in crypto tax software. Pricing: Tracking is free; an Essential report costs €39, a reviewed report €99 and the full-service route €599, all one-off with no recurring subscription.
• Normative, #2 in esg and sustainability reporting software. Pricing: Quote only; two named plans (Essential and Premium) with no prices published, and consultancy services such as CSRD reporting or SBTi target-setting priced as separate add-ons.
• Atlar, #2 in treasury management software. Pricing: No fixed prices; Atlar quotes each plan by banks, entities and usage across four tiers: Connect, Essential, Professional and Enterprise.
• Whistlelink, #2 in whistleblowing software. Pricing: From €79/month (0-49 employees) rising through employee bands to €299/month (500-999); 1,000+ employees quoted. 30-day free trial, no credit card required.
• Qvalia, #3 in e-invoicing software. Pricing: Connect Small EUR 9 per month for 25 messages, Medium EUR 39 for 100, Large EUR 99 for 1,000; Enterprise on request.
• Digiexam, #3 in exam proctoring software. Pricing: Lockdown is listed at $1,995 a year, $1,496 in year one with 25% off, with a $2.99 per-student figure shown beside a student and teacher slider.
• Detectify, #3 in vulnerability scanning software. Pricing: Starter has no platform fee for up to 5 users, Standard starts at 2,500 euros per year, Professional at 5,000 and Enterprise at 15,000, with extra charges for added assets, domains and environments.

Barred from places 1 to 3 as dominant incumbents in a category: Acast, Inriver, Mentimeter, ONESOURCE Pagero and Spotify for Creators. 19 of the 54 sell on quote only (35%), above the 30% across all 5327 listings.

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