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The stack, as a map.

67 categories and 825 vendors across the modern stack, and how they connect. Snapshot 2026-09-21 · signals 2026-09-22.

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67 categories in 9 layers, 1031 links summarizing 2120 vendor relations

Identity and devices

Identity provider

Directory and single sign-on services that authenticate people and issue tokens to applications. Enterprise, SMB

$112.5M raised · 19.2K stars gained, 2024-Q3 to 2026-Q3

  • Auth0 is a developer-focused authentication and authorization platform for applications, owned by Okta. Enterprise, SMB Site (opens in a new tab)
  • authentik is an open-source identity provider with single sign-on, multi-factor authentication, and application proxying. Enterprise, SMB Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Cisco Duo provides multi-factor authentication, device trust, and single sign-on. Enterprise, SMB Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Frontegg provides user management and authentication infrastructure for software-as-a-service applications. Enterprise, SMB Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Google Workspace bundles Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Docs, Meet, and Chat with a cloud identity directory. Enterprise, SMB, Personal Site (opens in a new tab)
  • JumpCloud combines a cloud directory, single sign-on, device management, and conditional access in one platform aimed at small and mid-sized organizations. Enterprise, SMB Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Keycloak is an open-source identity and access management server supporting OpenID Connect, OAuth 2.0, and SAML. Enterprise, SMB Site (opens in a new tab)
  • ManageEngine is the IT management software division of Zoho, covering service desk, endpoint, and identity tools. Enterprise, SMB Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Microsoft Entra ID is the cloud directory and identity service behind Microsoft 365 and Azure sign-in, conditional access, and application federation. Enterprise, SMB Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Okta provides cloud identity, single sign-on, lifecycle, and identity governance services for workforce and customer applications. Enterprise, SMB Site (opens in a new tab)
  • OneLogin is a workforce identity and single sign-on service owned by One Identity. Enterprise, SMB Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Ping Identity sells enterprise single sign-on, federation, and customer identity software and services. Enterprise Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Rippling is a workforce platform combining HR, payroll, IT identity, device management, and spend management. Enterprise, SMB Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Silverfort extends multi-factor authentication and identity threat protection to systems that cannot natively support them. Enterprise Site (opens in a new tab)
  • WorkOS provides enterprise single sign-on, directory sync, and audit-log APIs that software vendors embed in their products. Enterprise, SMB Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Zitadel is an open-source identity management platform offered as a hosted service or for self-hosting. Enterprise, SMB Site (opens in a new tab)

MFA and passkeys

Second factors, hardware keys, and passkey infrastructure that strengthen sign-in beyond a password. Enterprise, SMB, Personal

4,640 stars gained, 2024-Q3 to 2026-Q3

  • Apple Passwords stores passwords, passkeys, and verification codes across Apple devices with iCloud Keychain. Personal Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Beyond Identity provides phishing-resistant passwordless authentication tied to device posture. Enterprise Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Cisco Duo provides multi-factor authentication, device trust, and single sign-on. Enterprise, SMB Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Ente provides end-to-end encrypted photo storage and the open-source Ente Auth authenticator. Personal Site (opens in a new tab)
  • HYPR provides passwordless multi-factor authentication for workforce and customer identities. Enterprise Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Microsoft Authenticator is a mobile app for push approvals, one-time codes, and passwordless sign-in to Microsoft and third-party accounts. Enterprise, SMB, Personal Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Microsoft Entra ID is the cloud directory and identity service behind Microsoft 365 and Azure sign-in, conditional access, and application federation. Enterprise, SMB Site (opens in a new tab)
  • RSA SecurID is a multi-factor authentication product line for enterprise and government use. Enterprise Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Silverfort extends multi-factor authentication and identity threat protection to systems that cannot natively support them. Enterprise Site (opens in a new tab)
  • WatchGuard makes firewalls, endpoint security, and multi-factor authentication products. SMB Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Yubico manufactures YubiKey hardware security keys supporting FIDO2, WebAuthn, and smart card protocols. Enterprise, SMB, Personal Site (opens in a new tab)

Password manager

Vaults that generate, store, and share credentials for people and teams. Enterprise, SMB, Personal

21.7K stars gained, 2024-Q3 to 2026-Q3

  • 1Password provides password vaults, passkey storage, and developer secrets management for individuals, families, and businesses. Enterprise, SMB, Personal Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Apple Passwords stores passwords, passkeys, and verification codes across Apple devices with iCloud Keychain. Personal Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Bitwarden provides an open-source password manager and secrets manager available hosted or self-hosted. Enterprise, SMB, Personal Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Dashlane provides password management with credential monitoring for people and organizations. Enterprise, SMB, Personal Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Google Password Manager stores credentials and passkeys for Chrome and Android users. Personal Site (opens in a new tab)
  • KeePassXC is an open-source, offline password manager that stores credentials in an encrypted local database. Personal Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Keeper Security provides password management, secrets management, and privileged access products. Enterprise, SMB, Personal Site (opens in a new tab)
  • LastPass is a password manager for individuals and businesses. Enterprise, SMB, Personal Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Nord Security develops NordVPN, NordPass, NordLayer, and related products. SMB, Personal Site (opens in a new tab)
  • NordPass is a password manager from Nord Security. SMB, Personal Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Passbolt is an open-source password manager built for team credential sharing. Enterprise, SMB Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Proton offers encrypted email, calendar, drive, VPN, and password manager services from Switzerland. SMB, Personal Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Vaultwarden is an unofficial Bitwarden-compatible server written in Rust for self-hosting. SMB, Personal Site (opens in a new tab)

Privileged access and identity governance

Tools that broker, record, review, and certify elevated and application access. Enterprise, SMB

$65M raised · 1,103 stars gained, 2024-Q3 to 2026-Q3

  • Akeyless provides SaaS secrets management and machine identity services. Enterprise Site (opens in a new tab)
  • BeyondTrust provides privileged access management, remote support, and endpoint privilege management. Enterprise Site (opens in a new tab)
  • ConductorOne provides access requests, reviews, and just-in-time permissions across SaaS and cloud. Enterprise, SMB Site (opens in a new tab)
  • CyberArk provides privileged access management, secrets management, and identity security software. Enterprise Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Delinea provides privileged access management and identity security software. Enterprise Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Keeper Security provides password management, secrets management, and privileged access products. Enterprise, SMB, Personal Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Lumos combines app access requests and reviews with SaaS spend and license visibility. Enterprise, SMB Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Okta provides cloud identity, single sign-on, lifecycle, and identity governance services for workforce and customer applications. Enterprise, SMB Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Opal Security provides least-privilege access management with just-in-time grants and reviews. Enterprise, SMB Site (opens in a new tab)
  • SailPoint provides identity governance and administration software. Enterprise Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Saviynt provides identity governance, privileged access, and application access management. Enterprise Site (opens in a new tab)
  • StrongDM brokers and records access to databases, servers, clusters, and cloud consoles. Enterprise, SMB Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Teleport provides identity-based infrastructure access for servers, Kubernetes, databases, and web applications, with an open-source core. Enterprise, SMB Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Zluri provides SaaS management and access governance. Enterprise, SMB Site (opens in a new tab)

Device management (MDM)

Enrollment, configuration, and compliance management for Apple, Windows, and mobile devices. Enterprise, SMB

$226.4M raised · 1,312 stars gained, 2024-Q3 to 2026-Q3

  • Addigy provides Apple device management aimed at managed service providers and IT teams. SMB Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Apple Business Manager is a web portal for automated device enrollment, app licensing, and managed Apple accounts. Enterprise, SMB Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Cisco Meraki provides cloud-managed wireless, switching, security appliances, and cameras. Enterprise, SMB Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Fleet provides open-source device management and osquery-based endpoint visibility. Enterprise, SMB Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Hexnode provides unified endpoint management across desktop and mobile platforms. Enterprise, SMB Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Ivanti provides unified endpoint management, patch management, and IT service management software. Enterprise Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Jamf provides Apple device management and endpoint security products. Enterprise, SMB Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Josys provides SaaS and device management for IT teams. SMB Site (opens in a new tab)
  • JumpCloud combines a cloud directory, single sign-on, device management, and conditional access in one platform aimed at small and mid-sized organizations. Enterprise, SMB Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Kandji provides Apple device management with automated compliance templates and endpoint detection. Enterprise, SMB Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Microsoft Intune is a cloud service for enrolling, configuring, and managing compliance of Windows, macOS, iOS, and Android devices. Enterprise, SMB Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Mosyle provides Apple device management for businesses and schools. Enterprise, SMB Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Omnissa develops Workspace ONE unified endpoint management and Horizon virtual desktops, formerly part of VMware. Enterprise Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Rippling is a workforce platform combining HR, payroll, IT identity, device management, and spend management. Enterprise, SMB Site (opens in a new tab)

Endpoint protection

Agents that detect and respond to malware and attacker activity on laptops and servers. Enterprise, SMB, Personal

$13.9M raised · 4,457 stars gained, 2024-Q3 to 2026-Q3

  • Acronis provides backup with integrated endpoint protection for service providers and consumers. SMB, Personal Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Bitdefender develops consumer and business endpoint protection and managed detection services. Enterprise, SMB, Personal Site (opens in a new tab)
  • CrowdStrike provides the Falcon platform for endpoint detection and response, identity protection, cloud security, and log management. Enterprise, SMB Site (opens in a new tab)
  • ESET develops antivirus and endpoint protection software for consumers and businesses. Enterprise, SMB, Personal Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Fleet provides open-source device management and osquery-based endpoint visibility. Enterprise, SMB Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Huntress provides managed endpoint detection, identity threat detection for Microsoft 365, and security awareness training aimed at small and mid-sized businesses. SMB Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Jamf provides Apple device management and endpoint security products. Enterprise, SMB Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Kandji provides Apple device management with automated compliance templates and endpoint detection. Enterprise, SMB Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Malwarebytes develops anti-malware software for consumers and small businesses. SMB, Personal Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Microsoft Defender is a family of endpoint, email, identity, and cloud protection products across Microsoft 365 and Azure. Enterprise, SMB, Personal Site (opens in a new tab)
  • osquery exposes operating system state as SQL tables for endpoint visibility. Enterprise, SMB Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Palo Alto Networks sells firewalls, secure access service edge, cloud security, and security operations products. Enterprise Site (opens in a new tab)
  • SentinelOne provides autonomous endpoint detection and response and a security data lake. Enterprise, SMB Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Sophos provides endpoint protection, firewalls, and managed detection and response. Enterprise, SMB Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Tanium provides real-time endpoint visibility, patching, and control for large fleets. Enterprise Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Trend Micro develops endpoint, cloud, and network security software. Enterprise, SMB, Personal Site (opens in a new tab)
  • WatchGuard makes firewalls, endpoint security, and multi-factor authentication products. SMB Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Wazuh is an open-source security platform combining endpoint detection, log analysis, and compliance monitoring. Enterprise, SMB Site (opens in a new tab)

Patching and remote management

Patch deployment, remote monitoring, and remote support for managed endpoints. Enterprise, SMB

$78M raised · 36.2K stars gained, 2024-Q3 to 2026-Q3

Collaboration and content

Productivity suite

Bundled email, calendar, documents, and file services that anchor a workplace. Enterprise, SMB, Personal

3,729 stars gained, 2024-Q3 to 2026-Q3

  • Google develops search, Android, Google Workspace, Google Cloud, Gemini models, and Pixel devices. Enterprise, SMB, Personal Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Google Workspace bundles Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Docs, Meet, and Chat with a cloud identity directory. Enterprise, SMB, Personal Site (opens in a new tab)
  • LibreOffice is a free and open-source office suite maintained by The Document Foundation. SMB, Personal Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Microsoft develops the Windows, Microsoft 365, Azure, and Dynamics product families. Enterprise, SMB, Personal Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Microsoft 365 bundles Exchange Online, Office applications, OneDrive, SharePoint, and Teams with identity and security services. Enterprise, SMB, Personal Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Nextcloud is an open-source self-hosted file sync, collaboration, and communication platform. Enterprise, SMB, Personal Site (opens in a new tab)
  • ONLYOFFICE provides open-source office document editors and a collaboration platform for self-hosting or cloud use. Enterprise, SMB, Personal Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Zoho develops a suite of business applications including mail, CRM, books, and IT management tools. SMB Site (opens in a new tab)

Team chat

Persistent channel-based messaging for teams. Enterprise, SMB, Personal

8,676 stars gained, 2024-Q3 to 2026-Q3

Video meetings

Video conferencing, webinars, and asynchronous video. Enterprise, SMB, Personal

184 stars gained, 2024-Q3 to 2026-Q3

Scheduling

Booking links and calendar assistants that arrange meetings. Enterprise, SMB, Personal

8,854 stars gained, 2024-Q3 to 2026-Q3

E-signature and contracts

Electronic signature and contract lifecycle tools. Enterprise, SMB, Personal

9,708 stars gained, 2024-Q3 to 2026-Q3

Work management

Task, project, and issue tracking for teams. Enterprise, SMB, Personal

25.4K stars gained, 2024-Q3 to 2026-Q3

Cloud storage

File sync, sharing, and storage services. Enterprise, SMB, Personal

$16.2M raised · 4,373 stars gained, 2024-Q3 to 2026-Q3

  • Box provides cloud content management, governance, and e-signature for enterprises. Enterprise Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Dropbox provides file sync, sharing, and storage, plus Dropbox Sign and DocSend. Enterprise, SMB, Personal Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Egnyte provides cloud file storage with content governance and compliance features. Enterprise, SMB Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Google Drive is the file storage and sharing service in Google Workspace and consumer Google accounts. Enterprise, SMB, Personal Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Google Workspace bundles Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Docs, Meet, and Chat with a cloud identity directory. Enterprise, SMB, Personal Site (opens in a new tab)
  • iCloud is the cloud storage and device backup service of Apple. Personal Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Microsoft 365 bundles Exchange Online, Office applications, OneDrive, SharePoint, and Teams with identity and security services. Enterprise, SMB, Personal Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Nextcloud is an open-source self-hosted file sync, collaboration, and communication platform. Enterprise, SMB, Personal Site (opens in a new tab)
  • OneDrive is the file storage and sync service in Microsoft 365 and consumer Microsoft accounts. Enterprise, SMB, Personal Site (opens in a new tab)
  • ownCloud is an open-source file sync and share platform, part of Kiteworks. Enterprise, SMB Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Proton offers encrypted email, calendar, drive, VPN, and password manager services from Switzerland. SMB, Personal Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Seafile is an open-source file sync and share server. Enterprise, SMB Site (opens in a new tab)
  • SharePoint is the document library, intranet, and content management service in Microsoft 365. Enterprise, SMB Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Tresorit provides end-to-end encrypted cloud storage and file sharing, owned by Swiss Post. Enterprise, SMB, Personal Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Wasabi provides S3-compatible object storage for backup and archive. Enterprise, SMB Site (opens in a new tab)

Document management

Systems that organize, version, govern, and retain business documents. Enterprise, SMB

15.5K stars gained, 2024-Q3 to 2026-Q3

Data rooms

Controlled document sharing for transactions, fundraising, and diligence. Enterprise, SMB

4,340 stars gained, 2024-Q3 to 2026-Q3

Note-taking

Personal and team notes, outlines, and linked documents. Enterprise, SMB, Personal

35.7K stars gained, 2024-Q3 to 2026-Q3

Knowledge base

Wikis and internal documentation platforms. Enterprise, SMB

37K stars gained, 2024-Q3 to 2026-Q3

Security operations

SIEM, logging, and detection

Log collection, detection rules, and managed detection and response. Enterprise, SMB

4,906 stars gained, 2024-Q3 to 2026-Q3

  • Arctic Wolf provides managed detection and response, risk, and awareness services. Enterprise, SMB Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Blumira provides SIEM and managed detection for small and mid-sized organizations. SMB Site (opens in a new tab)
  • CrowdStrike provides the Falcon platform for endpoint detection and response, identity protection, cloud security, and log management. Enterprise, SMB Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Datadog provides infrastructure and application monitoring, log management, and cloud security. Enterprise, SMB Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Elastic develops Elasticsearch and the Elastic Stack for search, observability, and security analytics. Enterprise, SMB Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Expel provides managed detection and response across cloud, SaaS, and endpoints. Enterprise Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Google Security Operations is the SIEM and orchestration platform in Google Cloud, formerly Chronicle. Enterprise Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Graylog provides log management and SIEM with an open-source edition. Enterprise, SMB Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Huntress provides managed endpoint detection, identity threat detection for Microsoft 365, and security awareness training aimed at small and mid-sized businesses. SMB Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Microsoft Sentinel is a cloud-native SIEM and orchestration service on Azure. Enterprise Site (opens in a new tab)
  • OpenSearch is an open-source search and analytics suite governed by the OpenSearch Software Foundation. Enterprise, SMB Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Panther is a cloud-native SIEM using detection-as-code. Enterprise Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Rapid7 provides vulnerability management, detection and response, and managed security services. Enterprise Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Red Canary provides managed detection and response. Enterprise, SMB Site (opens in a new tab)
  • SentinelOne provides autonomous endpoint detection and response and a security data lake. Enterprise, SMB Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Sophos provides endpoint protection, firewalls, and managed detection and response. Enterprise, SMB Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Splunk provides log analytics, security information and event management, and observability products, owned by Cisco. Enterprise Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Sumo Logic provides cloud log analytics and SIEM. Enterprise Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Wazuh is an open-source security platform combining endpoint detection, log analysis, and compliance monitoring. Enterprise, SMB Site (opens in a new tab)

Email security

Filtering, impersonation detection, and DMARC management for mail. Enterprise, SMB

DNS and web filtering

Resolvers and gateways that block malicious or unwanted destinations. Enterprise, SMB, Personal

6,588 stars gained, 2024-Q3 to 2026-Q3

Vulnerability management

Scanning, prioritization, and coordinated disclosure of vulnerabilities. Enterprise, SMB

11.6K stars gained, 2024-Q3 to 2026-Q3

Security awareness

Training and phishing simulation for people. Enterprise, SMB

2,047 stars gained, 2024-Q3 to 2026-Q3

Backup and recovery

Backup of endpoints, servers, and SaaS data, with restore tooling. Enterprise, SMB, Personal

$302.5M raised · 9,752 stars gained, 2024-Q3 to 2026-Q3

Secrets management

Storage and distribution of API keys, certificates, and machine credentials. Enterprise, SMB

$20.5M raised · 17.5K stars gained, 2024-Q3 to 2026-Q3

  • 1Password provides password vaults, passkey storage, and developer secrets management for individuals, families, and businesses. Enterprise, SMB, Personal Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Akeyless provides SaaS secrets management and machine identity services. Enterprise Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Bitwarden provides an open-source password manager and secrets manager available hosted or self-hosted. Enterprise, SMB, Personal Site (opens in a new tab)
  • CyberArk provides privileged access management, secrets management, and identity security software. Enterprise Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Doppler is a hosted secrets manager for application configuration. Enterprise, SMB Site (opens in a new tab)
  • External Secrets Operator synchronizes secrets from external managers into Kubernetes. Enterprise, SMB Site (opens in a new tab)
  • GitGuardian detects leaked secrets in source code and manages non-human identities. Enterprise, SMB Site (opens in a new tab)
  • HashiCorp develops Terraform, Vault, Consul, Nomad, and related infrastructure tools, owned by IBM. Enterprise, SMB Site (opens in a new tab)
  • HashiCorp Vault stores, issues, and rotates secrets and certificates. Enterprise, SMB Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Infisical is an open-source secrets management platform available hosted or self-hosted. Enterprise, SMB Site (opens in a new tab)
  • OpenBao is an open-source fork of Vault hosted by the Linux Foundation. Enterprise, SMB Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Pulumi provides infrastructure as code in general-purpose languages, plus secrets and configuration management. Enterprise, SMB Site (opens in a new tab)
  • SOPS is an open-source editor for encrypted files that integrates with cloud key management services. Enterprise, SMB Site (opens in a new tab)

Cloud and SaaS security posture

Posture, misconfiguration, and identity-risk tooling for cloud accounts and SaaS tenants. Enterprise, SMB

$30M raised · 7,319 stars gained, 2024-Q3 to 2026-Q3

  • AppOmni provides SaaS security posture management. Enterprise Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Aqua Security provides cloud-native application protection and maintains the open-source Trivy scanner. Enterprise Site (opens in a new tab)
  • BetterCloud provides SaaS management and automated user lifecycle operations. Enterprise Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Cloud Custodian is an open-source rules engine for cloud governance and cost policies. Enterprise Site (opens in a new tab)
  • CrowdStrike provides the Falcon platform for endpoint detection and response, identity protection, cloud security, and log management. Enterprise, SMB Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Datadog provides infrastructure and application monitoring, log management, and cloud security. Enterprise, SMB Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Fortinet sells firewalls, secure networking, and secure access service edge products. Enterprise, SMB Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Material Security protects Google Workspace and Microsoft 365 mailboxes, files, and accounts. Enterprise Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Netskope provides a secure access service edge with cloud access security broker features. Enterprise Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Nudge Security discovers SaaS accounts and identities from email and identity provider signals. Enterprise, SMB Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Obsidian Security provides SaaS security posture and identity threat detection. Enterprise Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Orca Security provides agentless cloud security posture management. Enterprise Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Palo Alto Networks sells firewalls, secure access service edge, cloud security, and security operations products. Enterprise Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Prowler is an open-source security assessment tool for AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, and Kubernetes, with a hosted edition. Enterprise, SMB Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Push Security detects identity attacks and SaaS risk through a browser extension. Enterprise, SMB Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Steampipe queries cloud and SaaS APIs with SQL for security and compliance checks. Enterprise, SMB Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Sysdig provides cloud and container runtime security and created the open-source Falco project. Enterprise Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Tenable provides vulnerability management and exposure management, including Nessus. Enterprise Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Trend Micro develops endpoint, cloud, and network security software. Enterprise, SMB, Personal Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Valence Security provides SaaS security posture management and remediation. Enterprise Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Wiz provides agentless cloud security posture, vulnerability, and identity risk analysis. Enterprise Site (opens in a new tab)

Code and supply-chain security

Dependency, secret, and static analysis scanning for source code and infrastructure definitions. Enterprise, SMB

$100.2M raised · 25.7K stars gained, 2024-Q3 to 2026-Q3

Network and edge

DNS, domains, CDN, and WAF

Registrars, authoritative DNS, content delivery, TLS certificates, and web application firewalls. Enterprise, SMB, Personal

438 stars gained, 2024-Q3 to 2026-Q3

Zero trust access and SASE

Identity-aware access to private applications and secure service edge platforms. Enterprise, SMB

$80M raised · 6,020 stars gained, 2024-Q3 to 2026-Q3

  • Appgate provides software-defined perimeter zero trust access. Enterprise Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Cato Networks provides a single-vendor secure access service edge platform. Enterprise Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Check Point sells firewalls, email security, and secure access products. Enterprise Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Cisco is a networking, security, and collaboration hardware and software company. Enterprise Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Cisco Umbrella is a DNS-layer security and secure web gateway service. Enterprise, SMB Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Cloudflare provides DNS, CDN, WAF, zero trust access, secure web gateway, email security, and developer platform services. Enterprise, SMB, Personal Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Fortinet sells firewalls, secure networking, and secure access service edge products. Enterprise, SMB Site (opens in a new tab)
  • JumpCloud combines a cloud directory, single sign-on, device management, and conditional access in one platform aimed at small and mid-sized organizations. Enterprise, SMB Site (opens in a new tab)
  • NetBird is an open-source WireGuard-based overlay network with access controls. Enterprise, SMB Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Netskope provides a secure access service edge with cloud access security broker features. Enterprise Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Palo Alto Networks sells firewalls, secure access service edge, cloud security, and security operations products. Enterprise Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Pomerium is an open-source identity-aware access proxy. Enterprise, SMB Site (opens in a new tab)
  • SonicWall makes firewalls and secure access products for small and mid-sized organizations. SMB Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Tailscale provides a WireGuard-based mesh network with identity-based access control. Enterprise, SMB, Personal Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Teleport provides identity-based infrastructure access for servers, Kubernetes, databases, and web applications, with an open-source core. Enterprise, SMB Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Twingate provides zero trust network access as a VPN replacement. Enterprise, SMB Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Zscaler provides a cloud security service edge for internet and private application access. Enterprise Site (opens in a new tab)

VPN

Encrypted tunnels and overlay networks for devices and sites. Enterprise, SMB, Personal

$80M raised · 7,479 stars gained, 2024-Q3 to 2026-Q3

Network infrastructure

Routers, switches, wireless, and firewalls for offices and homes. Enterprise, SMB, Personal

6,724 stars gained, 2024-Q3 to 2026-Q3

Infrastructure and cloud

Hyperscale cloud

Global public cloud providers offering compute, storage, and managed services. Enterprise, SMB

Hosting and web platforms

Application hosting, edge runtimes, and website platforms. Enterprise, SMB, Personal

$819M raised · 69.2K stars gained, 2024-Q3 to 2026-Q3

Containers and orchestration

Container runtimes, Kubernetes distributions, service meshes, and ingress. Enterprise, SMB

63.7K stars gained, 2024-Q3 to 2026-Q3

Observability and incident response

Metrics, logs, traces, uptime monitoring, and on-call tooling. Enterprise, SMB

$347M raised · 57.7K stars gained, 2024-Q3 to 2026-Q3

Infrastructure as code

Declarative provisioning and configuration management. Enterprise, SMB

$20.5M raised · 16.3K stars gained, 2024-Q3 to 2026-Q3

Databases

Relational, document, key-value, and serverless database engines and services. Enterprise, SMB

$914M raised · 73.3K stars gained, 2024-Q3 to 2026-Q3

Data and AI

Data warehouse and lakehouse

Analytical storage and query engines. Enterprise, SMB

$10.5B raised · 15.3K stars gained, 2024-Q3 to 2026-Q3

Data integration and orchestration

Pipelines, transformation, and scheduling that move data between systems. Enterprise, SMB

$80M raised · 28.1K stars gained, 2024-Q3 to 2026-Q3

Business intelligence and analytics

Dashboards, reporting, and product or web analytics. Enterprise, SMB

$174M raised · 24.9K stars gained, 2024-Q3 to 2026-Q3

AI assistants

Chat, search, writing, and meeting assistants for work. Enterprise, SMB, Personal

$10.6B raised, 2024-Q3 to 2026-Q3

Model providers and inference

Foundation model developers, hosted inference, and local runtimes. Enterprise, SMB

$32.9B raised · 156.5K stars gained, 2024-Q3 to 2026-Q3

AI agents and automation platforms

Products that run agents against business systems, browsers, and sandboxes. Enterprise, SMB

$281.2M raised · 120.9K stars gained, 2024-Q3 to 2026-Q3

Vector databases

Storage and similarity search for embeddings. Enterprise, SMB

44.6K stars gained, 2024-Q3 to 2026-Q3

AI evaluation, gateways, and monitoring

Tracing, evaluation, guardrails, and routing for model applications. Enterprise, SMB

$151.5M raised · 81.8K stars gained, 2024-Q3 to 2026-Q3

  • Arize AI provides model observability and maintains the open-source Phoenix tracing library. Enterprise Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Braintrust provides evaluation, logging, and prompt playgrounds for AI products. Enterprise, SMB Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Confident AI maintains the open-source DeepEval framework and a hosted evaluation platform. Enterprise, SMB Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Galileo provides evaluation and observability for generative AI applications. Enterprise Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Giskard provides open-source testing and red-teaming for language model applications. Enterprise Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Guardrails AI maintains an open-source framework for validating model outputs. Enterprise, SMB Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Helicone provides an open-source observability gateway for model API traffic. Enterprise, SMB Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Lakera provides runtime security controls against prompt injection and data leakage, owned by Check Point. Enterprise Site (opens in a new tab)
  • LangChain develops the LangChain and LangGraph open-source frameworks and the LangSmith platform. Enterprise, SMB Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Langfuse provides open-source tracing, evaluation, and prompt management for model applications. Enterprise, SMB Site (opens in a new tab)
  • LiteLLM provides an open-source proxy and SDK that exposes many model providers through one API. Enterprise, SMB Site (opens in a new tab)
  • MLflow is an open-source platform for tracking, evaluating, and deploying machine learning and generative AI applications. Enterprise, SMB Site (opens in a new tab)
  • OpenRouter provides a unified API that routes requests across many model providers. Enterprise, SMB, Personal Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Patronus AI provides evaluation and guardrail models for language model outputs. Enterprise Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Portkey provides an AI gateway with routing, guardrails, and observability. Enterprise, SMB Site (opens in a new tab)
  • promptfoo is an open-source tool for evaluating and red-teaming prompts and models. Enterprise, SMB, Personal Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Weights & Biases provides experiment tracking, evaluation, and tracing, owned by CoreWeave. Enterprise Site (opens in a new tab)

Business systems

CRM and relationship intelligence

Customer, deal, and relationship tracking, including private-markets CRMs. Enterprise, SMB

$122.6M raised · 24.2K stars gained, 2024-Q3 to 2026-Q3

Portfolio monitoring

Collection and analysis of portfolio company and fund performance data. Enterprise, SMB

$515K raised, 2024-Q3 to 2026-Q3

  • Addepar provides wealth management and portfolio reporting software. Enterprise Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Allvue Systems provides fund accounting, portfolio monitoring, and investor reporting software for alternative investment managers. Enterprise Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Backstop Solutions provides CRM and portfolio tools for institutional investors, owned by ION. Enterprise Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Canoe Intelligence extracts data from alternative investment documents for allocators and administrators. Enterprise Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Carta provides cap table management, fund administration, and portfolio insights for companies and investors. Enterprise, SMB Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Chronograph provides portfolio monitoring and analytics for private capital investors. Enterprise Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Dynamo Software provides CRM, deal management, and investor reporting for alternative asset managers. Enterprise Site (opens in a new tab)
  • eFront is an alternative investment management software suite owned by BlackRock. Enterprise Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Fundwave provides fund accounting and portfolio monitoring software for venture and private equity funds. SMB Site (opens in a new tab)
  • iLevel is the portfolio monitoring and data collection platform of S&P Global Market Intelligence for private markets investors. Enterprise Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Ledgy provides equity management and investor portfolio tracking. Enterprise, SMB Site (opens in a new tab)
  • MSCI provides indices, analytics, and the Burgiss private capital data and portfolio tools. Enterprise Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Rundit provides portfolio monitoring and LP reporting for venture funds. SMB Site (opens in a new tab)
  • S&P Global provides ratings, indices, Capital IQ market data, and the iLevel portfolio monitoring platform. Enterprise Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Standard Metrics collects and analyzes portfolio company financial data for venture investors. Enterprise, SMB Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Vestberry provides portfolio management and reporting for venture capital firms. SMB Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Visible provides founder updates, portfolio data collection, and investor reporting. SMB Site (opens in a new tab)

Fund administration and investor reporting

Fund accounting, subscriptions, LP portals, and investor communications. Enterprise, SMB

$11.5M raised, 2024-Q3 to 2026-Q3

Cap table and equity management

Ownership records, option plans, and equity administration. Enterprise, SMB

Market and company data

Financial, private-company, and research data terminals and databases. Enterprise, SMB

$70.6M raised, 2024-Q3 to 2026-Q3

Accounting and ERP

General ledger, billing, banking, and enterprise resource planning. Enterprise, SMB

$200M raised · 13.9K stars gained, 2024-Q3 to 2026-Q3

HR, payroll, and recruiting

People records, payroll, benefits, performance, and hiring. Enterprise, SMB

$442.9M raised, 2024-Q3 to 2026-Q3

Expense and spend management

Corporate cards, expense reporting, and travel booking. Enterprise, SMB

$1.2B raised, 2024-Q3 to 2026-Q3

Procurement and SaaS management

Purchasing workflows, vendor negotiation, and SaaS license discovery. Enterprise, SMB

$1.1B raised, 2024-Q3 to 2026-Q3

ITSM, ticketing, and asset management

Service desks, customer support inboxes, and IT asset inventories. Enterprise, SMB

$207.7M raised · 4,756 stars gained, 2024-Q3 to 2026-Q3

GRC and compliance

Control automation, audit readiness, and third-party risk management. Enterprise, SMB

$427.5M raised · 2,210 stars gained, 2024-Q3 to 2026-Q3

E-learning

Learning management systems and course libraries. Enterprise, SMB

1,026 stars gained, 2024-Q3 to 2026-Q3

Developer tools and automation

Source control

Git hosting and code review. Enterprise, SMB, Personal

11K stars gained, 2024-Q3 to 2026-Q3

CI/CD

Build, test, and deployment pipelines. Enterprise, SMB

16.6K stars gained, 2024-Q3 to 2026-Q3

Workflow automation

Integration platforms and durable workflow engines that connect applications. Enterprise, SMB, Personal

$381.5M raised · 79.7K stars gained, 2024-Q3 to 2026-Q3

Low-code and internal tools

Builders for internal apps, databases, and forms without much code. Enterprise, SMB, Personal

$50M raised · 45.9K stars gained, 2024-Q3 to 2026-Q3

Agent frameworks and MCP

Libraries and protocols for building tool-using model applications. Enterprise, SMB

$62.5M raised · 392.3K stars gained, 2024-Q3 to 2026-Q3

  • Agent Development Kit is an open-source framework from Google for building and deploying agents. Enterprise, SMB Site (opens in a new tab)
  • The Agent2Agent Protocol is an open standard for communication between agents, hosted by the Linux Foundation. Enterprise Site (opens in a new tab)
  • The AI SDK is an open-source TypeScript toolkit from Vercel for building model-powered applications. Enterprise, SMB Site (opens in a new tab)
  • AutoGen is an open-source multi-agent framework from Microsoft Research. Enterprise, SMB Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Browser Use is an open-source library and hosted service for browser automation by agents. Enterprise, SMB, Personal Site (opens in a new tab)
  • The Claude Agent SDK is the open-source toolkit from Anthropic for building agents on the Claude Code harness. Enterprise, SMB Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Composio provides managed tool and authentication integrations for agents. Enterprise, SMB Site (opens in a new tab)
  • CrewAI develops an open-source framework for multi-agent systems and a hosted platform. Enterprise, SMB Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Dify is an open-source platform for building agentic applications with a visual editor. Enterprise, SMB Site (opens in a new tab)
  • DSPy is an open-source framework for programming, rather than prompting, language models. Enterprise Site (opens in a new tab)
  • FastMCP is an open-source Python framework for building MCP servers and clients. Enterprise, SMB, Personal Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Flowise is an open-source visual builder for agent and retrieval workflows. SMB, Personal Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Haystack is an open-source framework from deepset for building retrieval and agent pipelines. Enterprise Site (opens in a new tab)
  • LangChain develops the LangChain and LangGraph open-source frameworks and the LangSmith platform. Enterprise, SMB Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Langflow is an open-source visual builder for agents and retrieval pipelines, owned by IBM through DataStax. Enterprise, SMB Site (opens in a new tab)
  • LlamaIndex develops an open-source framework for data-connected agents and the LlamaCloud service. Enterprise, SMB Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Mastra is an open-source TypeScript agent framework. Enterprise, SMB Site (opens in a new tab)
  • The Model Context Protocol is an open standard for connecting AI applications to tools and data sources. Enterprise, SMB, Personal Site (opens in a new tab)
  • The OpenAI Agents SDK is an open-source framework for building multi-agent workflows. Enterprise, SMB Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Pydantic AI is an open-source Python agent framework from the Pydantic team. Enterprise, SMB Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Semantic Kernel is an open-source SDK from Microsoft for building agents in .NET, Python, and Java. Enterprise, SMB Site (opens in a new tab)
  • smolagents is a minimal open-source agent library from Hugging Face. Enterprise, SMB Site (opens in a new tab)

AI coding tools

Editors, agents, and assistants that write and review code. Enterprise, SMB, Personal

$4.5B raised · 242.3K stars gained, 2024-Q3 to 2026-Q3

Personal technology

Personal devices

Computers, phones, tablets, peripherals, and home network hardware. Enterprise, SMB, Personal

Personal cloud and backup

Consumer file sync, photo libraries, and device backup. Personal, SMB

44.8K stars gained, 2024-Q3 to 2026-Q3

Consumer AI

Assistant apps that people use outside work systems. Personal

$14B raised, 2024-Q3 to 2026-Q3

  • Apple Intelligence is the set of on-device and private cloud AI features in Apple operating systems. Personal Site (opens in a new tab)
  • ChatGPT is the conversational assistant product of OpenAI for consumers and organizations. Enterprise, SMB, Personal Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Claude is the assistant product of Anthropic available on web, desktop, and mobile. Enterprise, SMB, Personal Site (opens in a new tab)
  • DeepSeek develops open-weight language models and a chat assistant. Enterprise, SMB, Personal Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Gemini is the model family and assistant product of Google, available as an app and through the Gemini API. Enterprise, SMB, Personal Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Manus is a general-purpose autonomous agent product. SMB, Personal Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Microsoft Copilot is the assistant brand across Windows, Microsoft 365, and consumer Microsoft services. Enterprise, SMB, Personal Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Mistral AI develops open-weight and commercial language models and the Le Chat assistant. Enterprise, SMB, Personal Site (opens in a new tab)
  • Perplexity provides an answer engine with web citations and an API. Enterprise, SMB, Personal Site (opens in a new tab)
  • xAI develops the Grok models and assistant. Enterprise, SMB, Personal Site (opens in a new tab)

Personal communication

Personal email, messaging, and professional networking. Personal, SMB

3,073 stars gained, 2024-Q3 to 2026-Q3

Attribution and sources 13 datasets

The map's categories, vendors, and relations come from the landscape snapshot and are separate from the market signals; the signals were read from the datasets below and matched to the map by vendor. Signals cover 2024-09-01 to 2026-09-22 (2024-Q3 to 2026-Q3, both partial quarters), generated 2026-09-22. Form D amounts as filed, US only; announced rounds as stated by the vendor; stars and stories measure attention.