Benchmark your stack
See which platforms companies your size and industry actually run - and how happy they are with them.
In the 2026 report
- Peer adoption by category
- Satisfaction by platform
For CHROs, Heads of People & HR Ops leaders
The Big HR Tech Survey2027
Peer adoption, satisfaction and where AI is actually working - seven chapters of leverage for the people who own the stack.
- Peer benchmarks
- Satisfaction scores
- AI adoption by area
The 2026 report · ready now
A look at the chapters HR leaders use to understand stacks like theirs.
State of HR Tech & AI
2026
+ 2 more chapters · AI-native stack & 2027 agenda
Chapter 01
The HR technology landscape
How many platforms a typical team your size runs
Sample takeaway
7.2 platforms
median stack depth · mid-market
Stack layerstypical mix
- FFoundation3
- TTalent2
- EExperience1–2
- IIntelligence1
Most teams run a mix. Suites plus specialists - not one system for everything.
Covering the platforms HR teams run every day - HRIS, payroll, ATS, engagement, learning and AI
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Examples of platforms covered by the research - not sponsors or endorsements.
Inside the 2026 report.
Seven chapters on what peers run, how they rate it, where AI is landing, and what’s on next year’s agenda.
01
The HR technology landscape
- How many platforms does a typical HR team your size run?
Category adoption
- Core HR / HRIS
- Payroll
- Applicant Tracking
- Performance Management
- Employee Engagement
See the full chart
02
The most widely adopted HR systems
- Which core HR, payroll and ATS platforms do companies your size actually use?
Top Core HR platforms
See the full chart
03
Vendor satisfaction and experience
- Which platforms do their own customers rate highest - and lowest?
Ratings, best → worst
See the full chart
04
What's changing in the stack
- How often are teams evaluating a change in their stack?
Change activity
<3 mo3–66–1212–2424+
See the full chart
05
AI adoption across HR
- Where is AI live in HR today - beyond pilots?
AI adoption stage
NoneExplorePilotSelectBroadAI-1st
See the full chart
+2 more chapters
The AI-native HR stack & the 2027 agenda
Made for the people who own the HR stack.
Analyst grids rank vendors. Review sites collect opinions. Neither tells you what companies like yours actually run, or how it’s working. This does - straight from HR leaders.
See what's shifting
Which tools peers are keeping, replacing, or adding - and what actually drives those decisions.
In the 2026 report
- Keep vs. change patterns
- What drives a switch
Cut through the AI noise
Where AI is genuinely live in HR, what's still a pilot, and what's blocking the rest - from HR teams, not vendors.
In the 2026 report
- AI adoption by HR activity
- The real blockers
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- 1Share what you runPick the platforms in your stack and how they feel. “I don't know” is always fine - about 3 minutes.
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Your HR Technology Snapshot
Example layout7
platforms
3.6
avg. satisfaction
4
categories covered
- WorkdayCore HR
- GreenhouseApplicant tracking
- Culture AmpEngagement
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AI is reshaping HR.Unevenly.
Answering a policy question and screening a candidate are both “AI in HR”, with very different stakes. The 2026 report shows where peers are moving and where they’re holding back - area by area.
- Low stakesHigh stakes
What AI does today
HR service desk assistants. Answer routine employee questions, route cases and draft replies for HR to approve.
What to watch
Clear escalation to a human, and permission-aware access to personal data.
What the 2026 report measures
Adoption, plus the barriers organizations report
Editorial framework by the research team - positions reflect relative stakes, not survey results.
Eleven categories.One modern HR stack.
A free guide to every part of the stack: what each system does, when you need it, what to ask vendors, and where AI is redrawing the category.
Foundation layer
Core HR / HRIS
The system of record for people data.
Holds the employee record - job, compensation, reporting lines, documents, time off - and usually anchors every other HR system through integrations.
You probably need it when
- Spreadsheets no longer reflect who works where, for whom, at what cost
- You run payroll or benefits in more than one country or entity
- Managers need self-service for approvals, time off and org changes
Where AI is changing it
Suites are adding conversational self-service and AI-drafted documents on top of the record. The record itself remains the hard-to-replace layer.
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