2026
Find the best software for anything and everything you want to accomplish, as decided by software buyers on the world’s largest and most trusted software marketplace. Based on honest reviews and ratings from our G2 users this year, this list features the top software products found on G2.
Out of 6,938 total products in this category, and 237 that were eligible for the 2026 Best Software Awards, here are the 50 best software products. When looking at this year’s winners, 20 remained on the list from last year, while 30 are new entrants — representing a 60% change on this list since the 2025 Best Software Awards.
1
Shopify
E-Commerce Platforms
Shopify is a cloud-based commerce platform designed for small and medium-sized businesses. Merchants can use the software to design, set up and manage their stores across multiple sales channels, including web, mobile, social media, brick-and-mortar locations, and pop-up shops.
Shopify is a cloud-based commerce platform designed for small and medium-sized businesses. Merchants can use the software to design, set up and manage their stores across multiple sales channels, including web, mobile, social media, brick-and-mortar locations, and pop-up shops.
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G2 Awards
Best Commerce Software Products 2026
Best Canadian Sellers 2026
Best Small Business Products 2026
Best Global Sellers 2026
Best Software Products 2026
2
PayPal Payments
Payment Processing
PayPal Payments is a comprehensive payment processing solution designed to empower businesses of all sizes to accept payments seamlessly from customers worldwide. By integrating PayPal Payments, merchants can offer a variety of payment options, enhancing the checkout experience and potentially incre
PayPal Payments is a comprehensive payment processing solution designed to empower businesses of all sizes to accept payments seamlessly from customers worldwide. By integrating PayPal Payments, merchants can offer a variety of payment options, enhancing the checkout experience and potentially incre
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G2 Awards
Best Commerce Software Products 2026
Best Global Sellers 2026
Best Small Business Products 2026
Best Mid-Market Products 2026
3
Shopify Plus
E-Commerce Platforms
Shopify Plus is a user-friendly and scalable enterprise e-commerce platform for high volume merchants generating over $1 million in annual revenue.
Shopify Plus is a user-friendly and scalable enterprise e-commerce platform for high volume merchants generating over $1 million in annual revenue.
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G2 Awards
Best Commerce Software Products 2026
Best Canadian Sellers 2026
Best Global Sellers 2026
Best Small Business Products 2026
4
Plytix Cloud PIM & DAM
Product Information Management (PIM)
Plytix Cloud PIM & DAM is a simple and powerful Product Information Management solution that is made for team collaboration. With Plytix PIM software, companies can work more efficiently, save time, and provide optimized product content across all sales channels in no time.
Plytix Cloud PIM & DAM is a simple and powerful Product Information Management solution that is made for team collaboration. With Plytix PIM software, companies can work more efficiently, save time, and provide optimized product content across all sales channels in no time.
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G2 Awards
Best Commerce Software Products 2026
5
Minty Business
E-Commerce Tools
SafeOpt is a retargeting program created to maximize your website’s revenue while complimenting your brand’s existing marketing efforts- not to replace your current email system. Tap into our network of 175M+ shoppers and send 3-5x more emails to your interested site visitors with SafeOpt while maxi
SafeOpt is a retargeting program created to maximize your website’s revenue while complimenting your brand’s existing marketing efforts- not to replace your current email system. Tap into our network of 175M+ shoppers and send 3-5x more emails to your interested site visitors with SafeOpt while maxi
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G2 Awards
Best Commerce Software Products 2026
6
Salesforce Commerce for B2C
E-Commerce Platforms
Salesforce Commerce Cloud (formerly Demandware) is a on-demand e-commerce platform combines the functionality, flexibility and customization capabilities of an in-house application with the operational benefits of the on-demand model, allowing you to realize the full potential of the online channel.
Salesforce Commerce Cloud (formerly Demandware) is a on-demand e-commerce platform combines the functionality, flexibility and customization capabilities of an in-house application with the operational benefits of the on-demand model, allowing you to realize the full potential of the online channel.
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G2 Awards
Best Global Sellers 2026
Best Commerce Software Products 2026
7

CedCommerce
Multichannel Retail

We aim to provide best-in-class and affordable solutions for all your e-commerce, digital marketing, and global marketplace requirements. Come grow with us.
We aim to provide best-in-class and affordable solutions for all your e-commerce, digital marketing, and global marketplace requirements. Come grow with us.
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G2 Awards
Best Commerce Software Products 2026
Best India Sellers 2026
Best APAC Products 2026
8
Square Point of Sale
Retail POS
Square provides small and large businesses the tools they need to run and grow their business. Accept debit and credit cards anywhere with your iPhone, Android, iPad or our POS system.
Square provides small and large businesses the tools they need to run and grow their business. Accept debit and credit cards anywhere with your iPhone, Android, iPad or our POS system.
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G2 Awards
Best Commerce Software Products 2026
9
Chargebee
Subscription Management
10
Chargeflow
E-Commerce Tools
Chargeflow seeks to be the world's leader solution in fighting illegitimate chargebacks on behalf of merchants, using technology to automate the process and advanced algorithms to increase merchant profit and remove the hassle of chargebacks mitigation. Chargeflow creates a hands-off experience for
Chargeflow seeks to be the world's leader solution in fighting illegitimate chargebacks on behalf of merchants, using technology to automate the process and advanced algorithms to increase merchant profit and remove the hassle of chargebacks mitigation. Chargeflow creates a hands-off experience for
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Best Commerce Software Products 2026
11
Printful
Print On Demand
12
Quartile
Retail Media Advertising Platforms
Quartile optimizes e-commerce ad campaign performance to drive more sales for marketplace sellers. Powered by robust analytics, AI and machine learning, Quartile is a new type of advertising platform to serve agencies, brands and sellers in the e-commerce marketplace era. Clients have trusted Quarti
Quartile optimizes e-commerce ad campaign performance to drive more sales for marketplace sellers. Powered by robust analytics, AI and machine learning, Quartile is a new type of advertising platform to serve agencies, brands and sellers in the e-commerce marketplace era. Clients have trusted Quarti
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G2 Awards
Best Commerce Software Products 2026
Best Small Business Products 2026
Best Marketing & Digital Advertising Software Products 2026
13
PriceShape
Retail Pricing
PriceShape increase your earnings with competitor data. PriceShape give you dynamic and data-driven pricing, a complete overview of competitors’ prices and inventory status, a higher return on marketing budgets and the ability to create individual pricing strategies
PriceShape increase your earnings with competitor data. PriceShape give you dynamic and data-driven pricing, a complete overview of competitors’ prices and inventory status, a higher return on marketing budgets and the ability to create individual pricing strategies
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G2 Awards
Best Commerce Software Products 2026
14
Insider One
Mobile Marketing
Insider One is the #1 platform that brings everything marketing and customer engagement teams need in one place so they can reach their peak potential and become unstoppable. With AI at its core and an integrated Customer Data Platform (CDP), Insider One unites data, personalization, and journey orc
Insider One is the #1 platform that brings everything marketing and customer engagement teams need in one place so they can reach their peak potential and become unstoppable. With AI at its core and an integrated Customer Data Platform (CDP), Insider One unites data, personalization, and journey orc
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G2 Awards
Best Commerce Software Products 2026
Best EMEA Sellers 2026
Best Marketing & Digital Advertising Software Products 2026
Best Global Sellers 2026
15
NetSuite
ERP Systems
NetSuite is a cloud ERP solution, providing a suite of applications, from accounting and financial planning, to warehouse management, ecommerce, inventory management and beyond.
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G2 Awards
Best ERP Software Products 2026
Best Global Sellers 2026
Best Accounting & Finance Software Products 2026
Best Non-Profit Software Products 2026
Best Commerce Software Products 2026
Best Mid-Market Products 2026
Best Enterprise Products 2026
Best Software Products 2026
16
Stripe Payments
Payment Processing
17
Feefo
Review Management
Feefo is an independent reviews and insight platform dedicated to enhancing customer experience. Feefo gives you the tools and insight to build relationships, improve your brand reputation and make informed decisions for the future.
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G2 Awards
Best UK Sellers 2026
Best Commerce Software Products 2026
18
AB Tasty
E-Commerce Personalization
At AB Tasty, we’re your partner for pushing great ideas even further through optimization. We achieve this by empowering brands to build better experiences using personalization, experimentation, recommendations, merchandising, and the market’s only emotions-based segmentation solution.
At AB Tasty, we’re your partner for pushing great ideas even further through optimization. We achieve this by empowering brands to build better experiences using personalization, experimentation, recommendations, merchandising, and the market’s only emotions-based segmentation solution.
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G2 Awards
Best French Sellers 2026
Best Commerce Software Products 2026
Best EMEA Sellers 2026
19
ActiveCampaign
Marketing Automation
ActiveCampaign offers effortless email and marketing automation. Grow your business with AI-powered automations that suggest, personalize, and validate your marketing campaigns. With hundreds of automation triggers and actions, conditional routing, and an AI-powered drag-and-drop builder, you can cr
ActiveCampaign offers effortless email and marketing automation. Grow your business with AI-powered automations that suggest, personalize, and validate your marketing campaigns. With hundreds of automation triggers and actions, conditional routing, and an AI-powered drag-and-drop builder, you can cr
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G2 Awards
Best Global Sellers 2026
Best Marketing & Digital Advertising Software Products 2026
Best Commerce Software Products 2026
Best Content Management Software Products 2026
Best Sales Software Products 2026
Best Software Products 2026
Best Highest Satisfaction Products 2026
20
Teikametrics
Online Marketplace Optimization Tools
21
Pleo
Expense Management
22
Okendo
Review Management
Okendo is a customer marketing platform for Shopify brands that unifies Reviews, Loyalty, Referrals, Quizzes, and Surveys. Brands use Okendo to collect customer feedback, showcase social proof, reward engagement, and personalize shopping experiences. With AI-powered insights, unified profiles, and s
Okendo is a customer marketing platform for Shopify brands that unifies Reviews, Loyalty, Referrals, Quizzes, and Surveys. Brands use Okendo to collect customer feedback, showcase social proof, reward engagement, and personalize shopping experiences. With AI-powered insights, unified profiles, and s
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Best Commerce Software Products 2026
23
Signifyd
E-commerce Fraud Protection
With identity and intent intelligence from the world’s largest network of online retailers, Signifyd’s Commerce Protection Platform instantly recognizes the ‘who’ behind every transaction. Every approved order is backed by a 100 percent financial guarantee against fraud and abuse, so merchants can a
With identity and intent intelligence from the world’s largest network of online retailers, Signifyd’s Commerce Protection Platform instantly recognizes the ‘who’ behind every transaction. Every approved order is backed by a 100 percent financial guarantee against fraud and abuse, so merchants can a
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Best Commerce Software Products 2026
24
RevenueCat
Subscription Revenue Management
RevenueCat makes it easy to build cross-platform in-app purchases, manage your products and subscribers, and analyze your IAP data – no server code required.
RevenueCat makes it easy to build cross-platform in-app purchases, manage your products and subscribers, and analyze your IAP data – no server code required.
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Best Commerce Software Products 2026
Best Fastest Growing Products 2026
25
Stackline
Retail Intelligence
Stackline is a retail intelligence and software company founded by a group of industry veterans and headquartered in Seattle, WA. Our technology optimizes e-commerce marketing performance for thousands of the world’s largest brands and retailers
Stackline is a retail intelligence and software company founded by a group of industry veterans and headquartered in Seattle, WA. Our technology optimizes e-commerce marketing performance for thousands of the world’s largest brands and retailers
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G2 Awards
Best Commerce Software Products 2026
26
Doofinder
E-Commerce Search
27
Paddle
Merchant of Record
28
Pimberly SaaS PIM & DAM
Product Information Management (PIM)
Pimberly is a cloud-based product information management (PIM) system for connecting suppliers and distributors.
Pimberly is a cloud-based product information management (PIM) system for connecting suppliers and distributors.
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G2 Awards
Best Commerce Software Products 2026
Best UK Sellers 2026
29
Payhawk
Expense Management
Payhawk issues next generation company cards with automated expense management and discovery of subscription overspend on auto-renewals. They collect and analyze receipts, invoices and card transactions to help you stay in control of your budget with no paperwork for your employees.
Payhawk issues next generation company cards with automated expense management and discovery of subscription overspend on auto-renewals. They collect and analyze receipts, invoices and card transactions to help you stay in control of your budget with no paperwork for your employees.
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G2 Awards
Best ERP Software Products 2026
Best UK Sellers 2026
Best Commerce Software Products 2026
Best EMEA Sellers 2026
Best Accounting & Finance Software Products 2026
Best Highest Satisfaction Products 2026
30
Ondato
Identity Verification
Ondato offers identity verification, business onboarding, customer data platform, due diligence, and authentication solutions tailored to fit in your everyday workflow. Our tools fit the entire customer lifecycle management, starting from onboarding and ending with continuous user monitoring. It's a
Ondato offers identity verification, business onboarding, customer data platform, due diligence, and authentication solutions tailored to fit in your everyday workflow. Our tools fit the entire customer lifecycle management, starting from onboarding and ending with continuous user monitoring. It's a
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G2 Awards
Best UK Sellers 2026
Best Data Privacy Software Products 2026
Best EMEA Sellers 2026
Best Governance, Risk & Compliance Software Products 2026
Best Commerce Software Products 2026
31
Jungle Scout
Online Marketplace Optimization Tools
Putting Amazon's entire catalog at your fingertips. Filter products across multiple categories by demand, price, estimated sales, rating, seasonality, dimensions and more to pinpoint the best products to sell.
Putting Amazon's entire catalog at your fingertips. Filter products across multiple categories by demand, price, estimated sales, rating, seasonality, dimensions and more to pinpoint the best products to sell.
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G2 Awards
Best Commerce Software Products 2026
32
Luigi's Box
Site Search Software
Luigi’s Box is a set of tools for ecommerce & enterprise companies to improve their search & product discovery experience.
Luigi’s Box is a set of tools for ecommerce & enterprise companies to improve their search & product discovery experience.
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G2 Awards
Best Commerce Software Products 2026
Best Analytics Software Products 2026
33
Maxio
Subscription Revenue Management
34
Cyble
Threat Intelligence
35
CloudSEK
Threat Intelligence
Cloudsek is an Infosec Risk assessment company which provides intelligence needed to tackle online threats.
Cloudsek is an Infosec Risk assessment company which provides intelligence needed to tackle online threats.
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G2 Awards
Best APAC Products 2026
Best Security Software Products 2026
Best Commerce Software Products 2026
36

Zipline
Retail Task Management

Retail is going through a period of radical change. However, change doesn’t need to be hard. Through Ziplining your store communication, you can move teams faster, be more productive and have greater visibility into your organization. It's a painless way to coordinate your online and in-store activi
Retail is going through a period of radical change. However, change doesn’t need to be hard. Through Ziplining your store communication, you can move teams faster, be more productive and have greater visibility into your organization. It's a painless way to coordinate your online and in-store activi
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G2 Awards
Best Commerce Software Products 2026
37
Red Points
Brand Protection
Red Points is a global leader in brand and copyright protection, combining technical and legal expertise to combat online Piracy. Red Points protects your brand and content in the digital environment.
Red Points is a global leader in brand and copyright protection, combining technical and legal expertise to combat online Piracy. Red Points protects your brand and content in the digital environment.
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G2 Awards
Best Commerce Software Products 2026
38
1WorldSync
Product Information Management (PIM)
1WorldSync solutions enables customers to seamlessly share trusted, relevant and actionable product content across every channel and location. Streamline and centralize product content management and distribution to ensure a stream of fresh, reliable and trusted data protecting brand equity.
1WorldSync solutions enables customers to seamlessly share trusted, relevant and actionable product content across every channel and location. Streamline and centralize product content management and distribution to ensure a stream of fresh, reliable and trusted data protecting brand equity.
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G2 Awards
Best Commerce Software Products 2026
39
Printify
Print On Demand
Printify is a print-on-demand (POD) platform that empowers individuals and businesses to create and sell custom-designed products without the need for inventory or upfront costs. By connecting users with a vast network of print providers worldwide, Printify streamlines the process of product creatio
Printify is a print-on-demand (POD) platform that empowers individuals and businesses to create and sell custom-designed products without the need for inventory or upfront costs. By connecting users with a vast network of print providers worldwide, Printify streamlines the process of product creatio
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Best Commerce Software Products 2026
40

Octadesk
Social Commerce Platforms

Octadesk is a chat-commerce that connects you to your customers and ensures you deliver the best buying experience for them, with the speed that your business needs and in all communication channels they love! Boost your marketing, sales, and customer teams.
Octadesk is a chat-commerce that connects you to your customers and ensures you deliver the best buying experience for them, with the speed that your business needs and in all communication channels they love! Boost your marketing, sales, and customer teams.
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Best Commerce Software Products 2026
41
Glassbox
Session Replay
Glassbox provides digital customer experience analytics for web and mobile apps. Drive revenue, profitability & loyalty with optimized digital CX.
Glassbox provides digital customer experience analytics for web and mobile apps. Drive revenue, profitability & loyalty with optimized digital CX.
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G2 Awards
Best Commerce Software Products 2026
Best UK Sellers 2026
42
Sift
Fraud Detection
43
Salesforce Commerce for B2B
E-Commerce Platforms
Salesforce B2B Cloud is the B2B ecommerce solution that gets you to market faster than on-premise solutions; gives you a connected view of your customer across marketing, commerce, sales, and service; and provides a modern, B2C-like online experience for your B2B customers.
Salesforce B2B Cloud is the B2B ecommerce solution that gets you to market faster than on-premise solutions; gives you a connected view of your customer across marketing, commerce, sales, and service; and provides a modern, B2C-like online experience for your B2B customers.
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Best Commerce Software Products 2026
Best Global Sellers 2026
44

BrandShield
Brand Protection

BrandShield empowers brands to protect customer trust by providing comprehensive solutions against online brand infringement and external cyber threats. The platform defends against counterfeits, fake marketplace listings, brand impersonations, and fraudulent ads, as well as phishing, domain squatti
BrandShield empowers brands to protect customer trust by providing comprehensive solutions against online brand infringement and external cyber threats. The platform defends against counterfeits, fake marketplace listings, brand impersonations, and fraudulent ads, as well as phishing, domain squatti
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Best Commerce Software Products 2026
45
Sales Layer PIM
Product Information Management (PIM)
Sales Layer is a product information manager in the cloud designed to centralize product information and synchronize it in all sales channels automatically.
Sales Layer is a product information manager in the cloud designed to centralize product information and synchronize it in all sales channels automatically.
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G2 Awards
Best Commerce Software Products 2026
46

Sellvia
Drop Shipping

Sellvia is a one-of-a-kind ecosystem that includes an ecommerce platform, a US-based fulfillment center, a growing stock of best-selling products, dropshipping software, marketing guidance, and lifetime one-on-one support. Everything you need to start, run, and grow your business in the easiest way.
Sellvia is a one-of-a-kind ecosystem that includes an ecommerce platform, a US-based fulfillment center, a growing stock of best-selling products, dropshipping software, marketing guidance, and lifetime one-on-one support. Everything you need to start, run, and grow your business in the easiest way.
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G2 Awards
Best EMEA Sellers 2026
Best Commerce Software Products 2026
47

T.M.A.S.
Retail Analytics

T.M.A.S. (Traffic Management & Analytics Software is a comprehensive cloud-based platform designed to help organizations monitor, analyze, and manage visitor traffic and real-time occupancy across various locations. It caters to a diverse range of industries, including retail stores, libraries, muse
T.M.A.S. (Traffic Management & Analytics Software is a comprehensive cloud-based platform designed to help organizations monitor, analyze, and manage visitor traffic and real-time occupancy across various locations. It caters to a diverse range of industries, including retail stores, libraries, muse
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G2 Awards
Best Commerce Software Products 2026
48
Intelis
Retail Pricing
Track Your Store Competition Effortlessly and Boost Your Sales with Our AI Pricing Optimization Models. Learn and Adapt Faster To beat Your Competitors. Keeping up with dynamic, constantly changing market shifts isn’t easy. Intelis’ intelligence platform helps merchants explore their market trend
Track Your Store Competition Effortlessly and Boost Your Sales with Our AI Pricing Optimization Models. Learn and Adapt Faster To beat Your Competitors. Keeping up with dynamic, constantly changing market shifts isn’t easy. Intelis’ intelligence platform helps merchants explore their market trend
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G2 Awards
Best Commerce Software Products 2026
49
Inriver
Product Information Management (PIM)
Inriver harnesses the product data current to drive omni-channel commerce success. With built-in AI, syndication, and digital shelf analytics, Inriver connects easily to upstream systems and downstream channels, enables continuous optimization of product data, and is delivered as a scalable SaaS pla
Inriver harnesses the product data current to drive omni-channel commerce success. With built-in AI, syndication, and digital shelf analytics, Inriver connects easily to upstream systems and downstream channels, enables continuous optimization of product data, and is delivered as a scalable SaaS pla
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Best Commerce Software Products 2026
50

Stripe Terminal
Retail POS

Stripe Terminal extends your online presence into the physical world, enabling you to build your own in-person checkout. Built with modern retailers and platforms in mind, Terminal helps you unify your online and offline channels with flexible developer tools, pre-certified card readers, and cloud-b
Stripe Terminal extends your online presence into the physical world, enabling you to build your own in-person checkout. Built with modern retailers and platforms in mind, Terminal helps you unify your online and offline channels with flexible developer tools, pre-certified card readers, and cloud-b
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G2 Awards
Best Commerce Software Products 2026
Best Fastest Growing Products 2026
What are the G2 Best Software Awards?
G2’s annual Best Software Awards rank the world’s best software companies and products based on authentic, timely reviews from real users and publicly available market presence data.
How are the winners determined?
Dozens of lists are generated based on G2’s verified user reviews and publicly available market presence data. To rank products and vendors across different categories, G2 uses normalized Satisfaction and Market Presence scores.
Scores are first calculated within categories for all products that have received at least 10 reviews in the past year. For functional product lists, individual products need at least 10 reviews in the eligibility period in at least one category in the correlated persona area (e.g., Best Sales Software) to be eligible for that list.
Only reviews submitted between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31 of the preceding calendar year are considered for eligibility and ranking.
Scores are then aggregated and compared based on the scoring criteria for each of the three Best Software lists: Best Software Companies, Best Software Products, and Best Software by Function
Best Software Companies lists
The top 100 software companies are ranked based on weighted Satisfaction and Market Presence scores. Specifically, G2 scores Satisfaction within each category and averages those scores across all of a vendor’s products. Market Presence is aggregated and scored relative to all eligible software companies.
G2 also releases geographic Best Software Companies lists, which highlight the top companies from the corresponding region or country. A company’s headquarters, according to LinkedIn, is the primary source used to determine a software company’s region. Several additional factors are used as needed, including where the majority of its workforce is located, where the company was founded, and where its executive team resides
Best Software Products lists
The top 100 products are ranked based on weighted Satisfaction and Market Presence scores. Specifically, the score for a product is first calculated for each category, and then those category scores are combined to create an overall score for the product. The overall score is then weighted based on the competitiveness of each category. Competitiveness is determined by how many products are competing in each category and how many reviews those products receive.
G2 also releases the following supplemental Best Software Products reports:
Highest Satisfaction: Ranking is based solely on Satisfaction scores.
Fastest Growing Products: Ranking is based on Momentum scores.
Segment: Rankings are based on reviews submitted by reviewers from the corresponding market segment.
Rookies of the Year: This report includes the top 25 products that were listed on G2 and received their first review during the previous calendar year. To qualify for inclusion, both the product and its corresponding vendor must be newly listed.
Best Software by Function lists
For these lists, which focus on the software’s function or persona use case, individual products need at least 10 reviews in the eligibility period in at least one category in the correlated persona area (e.g., Best Sales Software) to be eligible for that list.
The top 50 products are ranked based on weighted Satisfaction and Market Presence scores, based on reviews within the corresponding top-level G2 categories. The score for a product is first calculated for the subcategory, and then those category scores are combined to create an overall score for the product. The overall score is then weighted based on the competitiveness of each category and the relevance of each product to the given function or persona.
Read more about the methodology used to calculate G2’s Best Software Awards here.
How does a vendor become eligible for the awards?
To be eligible for one of G2’s Best Software Companies or Products lists, a software product or company must have at least 10 reviews in the prior calendar year. Scores reflect only data from reviews submitted during the evaluation period (Jan. 1 – Dec. 31, 2025).
Can software companies and products win multiple awards?
Yes. A software company and/or product has the potential to be named on multiple lists based on its eligibility and rankings.
How are reviews verified and vetted?
Authenticity and trust are paramount to our approach to review collection, moderation, and publishing. It is our aim to ensure every review is the honest opinion of a real user and their own experience with a product or service. Every review submitted to G2 undergoes rigorous moderation. We verify reviewer identities and use more than 43 data points and consistent guidelines to ensure authenticity. In fact, G2 rejects more than one-third of the reviews submitted for not meeting those guidelines and standards. For more information, view G2’s approach to review validity and learn why G2 joined the Coalition for Trusted Reviews.
Are there any methodology and criteria changes for the Best Software 2026 lists?
Some eligibility requirements have changed for Best Software 2026, including:
Product and vendors now need a minimum of 10 reviews from the prior calendar year.
In 2025, just one review from the past year was needed, in addition to appearing on a G2 Grid®. Last year’s change was made to expand eligibility for vendors and products on G2 while simplifying the requirements, making it easier to be considered.
This year’s change is to maintain that simplicity while prioritizing review recency and volume as a key factor for continued and consistent high performance.
However, on the most competitive Best Software lists, winners typically have hundreds or even thousands of reviews.
For the Functional Product Lists, a product’s percentage of categories and reviews earned within that functional list will be used as a factor in scoring. This year, we have adjusted the category weighting in our algorithm.
We did this to ensure the best possible fit for products on persona lists, based on their categories and reviews.
We also added the following new lists in 2026:
New “Best Software By Function” lists:
Best Agentic AI Software
Best ERP Software Products
How can I promote my Best Software Award recognition if I am named a winner?
All winners will receive an email from G2 providing promotional materials and instructions, including templates and guidelines for:
Accessing their Best Software Award badge(s) in my.g2 (for customers only)
Promoting their recognition via news announcements
Celebrating with social media graphics
How will G2 celebrate the winners?
G2 will celebrate award winners through a series of promotions, including news announcements, social media posts, emails, website banners, and more. While some winners will be featured on billboards in New York City, this is limited to select top winners pre-determined by G2.
How are the Best Software Awards different from G2’s Quarterly Reports?
Key differences between G2’s Best Software Awards and Market Reports include:
Best Software consists of annual award lists that can be accessed without a login; whereas, Seasonal Market Reports are quarterly, detailed reports that only can be viewed by logging into my.g2.
There are also differences in eligibility criteria and the depth and breadth of the product and vendor recognition.
Learn more here.