2026 State of HR Tech Report

HR Advisory surveyed HR professionals to uncover how teams evaluate, adopt, and struggle with their tech stacks. While core systems are nearly universal, over a third of organizations still are not formally measuring the ROI of the tools they buy.

What you'll find inside:

The Key to Executive Buy-In: Discover why leadership receptiveness to HR tech innovation jumped nearly 22% this year, and how you can use this shift to get budget for the tools you need.
The Real Impact of AI: Get the hard data on how teams actively piloting AI are already closing major automation gaps much faster than their peers.
The #1 Reason Tech Stacks Fail: Learn why system integration—not security or user adoption—remains the biggest hurdle for 51% of teams, and how organizations are rethinking their vendor ecosystems to fix it.
Proven ROI Benchmarks: With over a third of organizations failing to track their tech ROI, see the exact metrics (like efficiency gains and cost savings) top teams use to prove their software’s value to the business.

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