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Research written by people who've run these operations.

Annual research briefs covering the software and technology decisions that operations professionals across five verticals actually face. Free to download. Written by practitioners.

99+
Total pages of research
Across 5 reports
5
Verticals covered
Finance, IT, HR, Fleet, Sales
Free
All reports
Email required to download
Annual
Research cadence
Updated each year
Latest Reports
FinanceOpsClubMarch 2026·18 pages

State of Finance Operations Technology 2026

How mid-market finance teams are buying, evaluating, and replacing software in 2026.

62% of mid-market finance teams plan to evaluate or replace at least one software tool in 2026
AP automation is the highest-priority investment category for the second consecutive year
Average software evaluation cycle in finance ops runs 11 weeks — significantly longer than vendor assumptions

Topics covered

  • AP automation adoption rates by company size
  • ERP evaluation and replacement cycles
  • Expense management consolidation trends
  • Financial close software satisfaction scores
PeopleOpsClubFebruary 2026·21 pages

HR & People Ops Software Benchmark 2026

What HR leaders are buying, what they're dropping, and what they wish they knew before signing the contract.

57% of HR directors at companies under 500 employees describe their current HRIS as 'functional but not strategic'
Performance management consolidation is accelerating — 44% of companies are evaluating moving to a unified platform
Payroll accuracy is the single most cited factor in HRIS satisfaction, ahead of features and support

Topics covered

  • HRIS platform adoption and replacement rates
  • Performance management consolidation into core HR platforms
  • Payroll software satisfaction and switching intent
  • Recruiting technology spend by company stage

More Research

ITOpsClub

IT Operations Tools Report 2026

Monitoring, incident management, and infrastructure tooling through the eyes of the teams who operate them.

January 2026 · 24pp
FleetOpsClub

The Fleet Technology Landscape 2026

Telematics, ELD compliance, and fleet management software through the eyes of the people running fleets.

December 2025 · 16pp
SalesOpsClub

Sales & Revenue Operations Technology Survey 2026

How RevOps leaders are building, rationalizing, and justifying their GTM tech stacks.

November 2025 · 20pp
About This Research

Who writes this, and why it's worth reading.

Every research brief we publish is written by an analyst who has worked in the vertical they're covering. Not someone adjacent to it — someone who has held the role, made the decisions, and lived with the consequences.

These reports are not vendor-funded market research. They're practitioner research: surveys, interviews, and analysis designed to tell operations professionals what their peers actually experience — not what software vendors want them to believe.

We publish one annual research brief per vertical. They're free to download. Our revenue comes from advertising, not report sales.

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