2026 State of Enterprise Testing & App Lifecycle

How 200+ IT and application leaders are dealing with cloud release chaos, manual testing drag, rising run-costs—and what comes next with agentic AI.

Inside the Report

A Glimpse of What 200+ Leaders Revealed

81%

• say keeping up with app updates is a major IT challenge

71%

• still rely on mostly manual testing

61%

• flag integrations as top cost driver

83%

• ready to adopt agentic AI for testing

Key Findings

What You'll Discover

• Key findings from the most comprehensive enterprise testing study of 2026.
• See why 81% of enterprises say just keeping up with app updates is now a major challenge for IT.
• Benchmark your testing maturity against peers when 71% still rely on mostly manual testing.
• Understand where change risk really lives as 61% flag integrations and 51% call out configuration as top cost drivers.
• Learn how up to one-third of IT budgets is consumed by “keep the lights on” app operations.
• Explore why 83% of IT leaders are ready to adopt agentic AI for testing and app lifecycle management.

Who Should Read This Report?

• CIOs & VPs of Applications: Under pressure to increase release velocity without increasing risk.
• CFOs & Heads of Operations: Looking to rebalance spend from support and firefighting to innovation.
• Regulated Industry Leaders: Want the benefits of agentic AI without compromising compliance or data integrity.

Report Highlights

What You'll Learn

1. The real state of enterprise app testing across ERP, HCM, CRM, and SCM.
2. Where budgets are going today—and how automation shifts the mix.
3. How peers are thinking about agentic AI: adoption timelines and readiness gaps.
4. Practical recommendations for building an “agent-ready” testing framework.

Report Access

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