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The Competitive Technology Landscape tracks the performance of competing technologies in awareness, adoption and developer satisfaction. Get developers to use your product The Competitive Technology Landscape looks at your offering, your competition and the market and helps you understand where you stand. What it tracks Awareness Adoption Developer satisfaction It allows you to understand which developers prefer what you are offering, the reasons why and how you can fine-tune it to invest in what matters most to developers. You can also track your offering’s awareness and benchmark it against the market. All these insights come directly from developers around the world. The Competitive Technology Landscape tracks the performance of competing technologies in What it answers How many developers are aware of, and how many are using your and your competitors’ solutions? Which solutions are developers adopting? Which are they abandoning? For what reasons is each solution rejected and adopted? Which tool aspects matter the most to developers? How do they score the solutions they use based on these attributes? How do competing solutions compare in terms of developer satisfaction score and NPS? What are the key weaknesses and strengths of each solution? Through this solution, you can answer questions such as Explore our latest research 20 March 2025 AI-assisted coding tools Competitive Technology Landscape Report Q1 2025 MORE 1 September 2024 Cloud-based development environments Market Landscape Report Q3 2024 MORE 1 July 2024 Payment APIs Market Landscape Report Q1 2024 MORE 1 May 2024 CI/CD tools Market Landscape Report Q1 2024 MORE 1 November 2023 Test Automation/Management Tools Market Landscape Report Q3 2023 MORE 1 June 2023 3rd Party Payment APIs Market Landscape Report Q1 2023 MORE 1 June 2023 Application Security Testing Market Landscape Report Q1 2023 MORE 1 March 2023 Application Performance Monitoring Market Landscape Report Q3 2022 MORE Do you want to effectively talk to developers in a specific sector or understand their needs? LET'S TALK

Track adoption, market share and satisfaction All Reports AI-assisted coding tools Competitive Technology Landscape Report Q1 2025 Track adoption, market share and satisfaction Access the Full Report About this Report What is the AI-assisted coding tools Competitive Technology Landscape? In our AI-assisted coding tools Competitive Technology Landscape report, we benchmark the main competing AI-assisted coding tools based on the responses of over 1,400 developers who used these tools in the last year. We look at which vendor products and technologies developers are currently using and we measure developer satisfaction across 14 different attributes. Our analysis provides deep insights on the criteria developers use to select products and how likely they are to recommend. Key Questions Answered - Which technologies have DevOps developers used in their software development projects in the past 12 months? - Which AI-assisted coding tools are developers aware of, which are they currently using and which have they abandoned? -Which attributes do developers consider most important when they select an AI-assisted coding tool? - Do developers rely on a single AI-assisted coding tool, or do they use multiple? - Why do developers stop using AI-assisted coding tools? - How satisfied are developers with each AI-assisted coding tool? How do they score the tools they use across the attributes they consider most important? - How likely are developers to recommend the AI-assisted coding tools products they are currently using? - How do the user bases of the most popular AI-assisted coding tools compare to one another? Click to expand ACCESS THE FULL REPORT Methodology The report is based on data collected from the 29th edition of the Developer Nation survey edition of the Developer Nation survey, a large-scale, online developer survey that was designed, hosted, and fielded by SlashData over a period of ten weeks between December 2024 and February 2025. Contact us First name* Last name* Work Email* Company * Role* Message I agree to SlashData's Privacy Policy and I want to be contacted * SUBMIT

SlashData can offer their services for market research on audience insights, product improcement, brand research, segmentation, competitive market analysis and more. How can our market research help you? Discover our services FREE INSIGHTS DOWNLOAD REPORT Explore our industry insights How can we help? BOOK A CALL CONTACT US How can we help? BOOK A CALL CONTACT US Audience insights Understand the behaviours, preferences, and motivations of your current and potential customers. Tailor your product features and marketing strategies to their needs. Brand research How are you performing in terms of brand awareness, perception, loyalty, and positioning? Adjust your brand strategy in response to your audience’s feelings and perceptions towards your company or your offerings. Product configuration & optimisation Conjoint Analysis: Optimise the feature and price mix for new products. Discover the combination of product features that appeal the most to your customers. Product development & improvement Discover who uses your products/services. What do they like or dislike? What’s driving their choices? Identify areas of improvement, missing features that would make your offerings more appealing, and justify feature investments to the rest of your business. Customer segmentation & profiling Identify distinct groups of customers in your target addressable market based on demographics, firmographics, motivations, or needs. Understand significant behavioural differences between these groups, and target them with tailored messaging and products/services. Competitive market analysis Start here to become a market leader. Benchmark competing companies or products/services (including yours), understand industry best practices and discover where you need to focus your efforts. I’m interested in…. Audience Insights Product Development & Improvement Brand Research Customer Segmentation & Profiling Product Configuration & Optimisation Competitive Market Analysis

Make data-backed decisions with SlashData market research. Run surveys and produce insights that help our clients set their strategy based on what their users and audiences need. About SlashData More Market Research for Data-Backed Decisions Turn your business questions into action with expert guidance, consulting, and data you can trust. Bring a problem, get a solution Get solutions and guidance to make the critical decisions that will maximise your ROI and affect your strategies for years to come. 20 years of market research experience Trust our expertise from two decades of market research expertise, in Tech and the most evolving and complex industry spaces. Our technical infrastructure ensures reliable data, every time. Fewer questions, more action See your business questions turn into action points while our team offers you expert guidance at every step of the way, from scoping to project delivery. Segment and create personas of your ideal customer Optimise the price point for your product Build a regional or global strategy Discover your target audience's needs and wants Strengthen your brand awareness Focus on the product features that customers value Understand your marketing initiatives' impact How can we help you? CONTACT US How we help your strategic decision-making Market research powered by outstanding sample quality We take care of data quality so you can feel confident on your strategic decisions. Powered by our best-in class methodology and our in-house proprietary survey technology. AI and ML is used to identify and cleanse your data sets before you see them. They trust us 0 Let’s unlock the power of data, together! First name* Last name* Role* Company* Email* Message* Submit Latest The future of AI in software development IoT companies and their role in the connected world Inside Technology Trends: AI Chatbots & Network APIs Blog

This report explores the current landscape of web development and frameworks, investigating the demographics of these developers and the organisationsthey work for. Further, it investigates the relative popularity of current web frameworks and the development choices that are driving these choices. All Insights The landscape of web development and framework usage An overview of the current state of web development, and the state of front-end and server-side framework usage. Access the Full Preview About this Report This report explores the current landscape of web development and frameworks, investigating the demographics of these developers and the organisationsthey work for. Further, it investigates the relative popularity of current web frameworks and the development choices that are driving these choices. Key Questions Answered Who are the web developers? What do the professional lives of web developers look like? What tools and frameworks do web developers use? How does framework choice impact the language, technologies, and debugging tools web developers use? Click to expand ACCESS THE FULL PREVIEW Methodology Data for the report comes from the 23rd edition of our Developer Nation survey, which ran between June 2022 and August 2022. Contact us First name* Last name* Work Email* Company * Role* Message I agree to SlashData's Privacy Policy and I want to be contacted * SUBMIT

How SlashData helped the CD Foundation uncover DevOps adoption trends, performance impacts, and the value of CI/CD tools. All Case Studies Insights on DevOps: How SlashData helped the CD Foundation understand CI/CD adoption and performance The challenge The Continuous Delivery (CD) Foundation approached SlashData to gain a deeper of the current adoption rates of DevOps practices. Their goal was to explore the impact of DevOps on development velocity and performance while assessing the role of CD tools and practices in driving efficiency and success. The approach Using data from SlashData’s syndicated developer survey, we collaborated with the CD Foundation to align the research with their strategic priorities for the upcoming year. SlashData’s long-running survey provided access to historical data trends spanning several years, enabling the CD Foundation to benchmark current adoption rates and identify year-over-year changes in DevOps practices. The result was a tailored analysis focused on uncovering actionable insights into CI/CD usage and its impact. The result SlashData delivered the 5th edition of the State of CI/CD report , a public report marketed by the CD Foundation and SlashData in Q2 2024. The report highlighted key trends contributing to low DevOps adoption rates among newer developers, a clear link between the usage of a broad range of DevOps technologies and improved developer performance, and a correlation between the usage of CI/CD and great development and deployment performance. Why SlashData SlashData has been tracking developer behaviours, tool uses, and perceptions for multiple years, getting results at least every six months. This gives us a unique advantage in being able to track changes and developments over the years and continuously monitor the impacts of technology adoption and DevOps practices. Partner with SlashData to uncover what drives developer success and technology adoption across industries. Contact us today! You can find all our data & free industry reports in our Research Space . Related services Quantitative Developer research Previous Case Next Case Get all the new insights in your inbox JOIN NEWSLETTER Access more insights tailored to your needs TALK TO US

Application programming interfaces (APIs) have revolutionisedthe way software is created, enabling developers to use readily available solutions instead of spending time and effort building every piece of their application themselves. In this report, we explore the current state of the global landscape of APIs from the developers' perspective. We look at how many developers use APIs and what sets them apart from those who don't. Moreover, we dive deeper into the specific categories of third-party APIs that developers use the most, explore what developers are looking for in APIs, and what challenges they are facing, with a focus on security. All Insights Concerns, challenges, and use of third-part APIs A look at third party APIs: usage, characteristics, security. Access the Full Preview About this Report Application programming interfaces (APIs) have revolutionisedthe way software is created, enabling developers to use readily available solutions instead of spending time and effort building every piece of their application themselves. In this report, we explore the current state of the global landscape of APIs from the developers' perspective. We look at how many developers use APIs and what sets them apart from those who don't. Moreover, we dive deeper into the specific categories of third-party APIs that developers use the most, explore what developers are looking for in APIs, and what challenges they are facing, with a focus on security. Key Questions Answered Who uses sustainable software engineering (SSE) approaches? Where are the global hotspots for SSE? Which types of SSE approaches are used? Which SSE principles are utilised by developers of different experience levels and in different regions? What motivates developers to use different SSE approaches and principles? How do developers’ motivations influence the types of SSE approaches they utilise? Which challenges do developers face when implementing SSE approaches? How do they challenges developers face change with their experience levels? Click to expand ACCESS THE FULL PREVIEW Methodology The report is based on data collected from over 22,500 developers who answered questions related to the use of APIs in the 24th edition of our Developer Economics survey, which was fielded in Q1 of 2023. Contact us First name* Last name* Work Email* Company * Role* Message I agree to SlashData's Privacy Policy and I want to be contacted * SUBMIT

Track adoption, market share and satisfaction All Reports Payment APIs Market Landscape Report Q1 2024 Track adoption, market share and satisfaction Access the Full Report About this Report This market landscape report looks at which payment API offerings developers currently use and how satisfied they are with these products. The report also explores what criteria developers are using to choose payment API solutions, how likely they are to recommend new products, and how the usage of different payment services overlaps. Key Questions Answered How popular are third-party payment APIs? What are the most widely adopted payment processing solutions? Do synergies exist between payment APIs? What are the top reasons for developers to adopt and reject a payment API? What vendors are ranking better for each of these adoption and rejection reasons? How satisfied are developers with each payment processing product? Click to expand ACCESS THE FULL REPORT Methodology Data for the report comes from the 26th edition of our Developer Nation survey, which ran between December 2023 and February 2024 and reached more than 10,000 developers worldwide. Of these global respondents, over 1,800 developers answered survey questions regarding payment API offerings. Contact us First name* Last name* Work Email* Company * Role* Message I agree to SlashData's Privacy Policy and I want to be contacted * SUBMIT

Key Questions Answered How has the overall adoption of AI chatbots changed over the past six months across different user groups? Which roles and industries are experiencing the fastest growth in AI chatbot usage? How does AI chatbot usage differ between professionals, hobbyists, and students? What regional trends are emerging in AI chatbot adoption? What specific challenges or needs are prompting beginners and non-technical users to increasingly turn to AI chatbots for problem-solving? Click to expand ACCESS THE FULL REPORT Methodology The 27th edition of the Developer Nation survey reached more than 9,000 respondents from 130+ countries around the world. This research report delves into key developer trends for Q3 2024 and beyond. Contact us First name* Last name* Work Email* Company * Role* Message I agree to SlashData's Privacy Policy and I want to be contacted * SUBMIT All Reports The rise of AI-chatbots for problem-solving How much traction have AI chatbots gained over the last six months in the technology industry? Access the Full Report About this Report In this report, we explore the use of AI chatbots for problem-solving by professionals, hobbyists, and students involved in technology projects. More specifically, we look at how much the adoption of AI chatbots increased between Q1 and Q3 2024 across different role types, experience levels, and geographic regions.

Key Questions Answered How satisfied are developers with their jobs? Which work-related factors are associated with greater workplace contentment? Click to expand ACCESS THE FULL REPORT Methodology The 26th edition of the Developer Nation survey reached more than 10,000 respondents from 135 countries around the world. This research report delves into key developer trends for Q1 2024 and beyond. Contact us First name* Last name* Work Email* Company * Role* Message I agree to SlashData's Privacy Policy and I want to be contacted * SUBMIT All Reports How happy are developers with their jobs? A spotlight on developer satisfaction at work Access the Full Report About this Report In this report, we investigate developer satisfaction in theircurrent job. We examine in what contexts developers feel satisfied and what are some of the work-related factors that are associated with greater workplace contentment.

and the challenges developers face in observability projects Observability in software development The aim of this report is to provide an overview of the current state of observability through the eyes of DevOps professionals. We will begin by investigating the adoption of application performance monitoring and observability technologies, and discuss how this is affected by region, company size, and experience levels of the developers. Following this, we will take a deep dive into the most prominent challenges that developers face when setting up and maintaining observability projects. Access the Full Preview About this Report and the challenges developers face in observability projects Key Questions Answered What are the features of a high quality API according to developers? What are developers concerned with in their use of third-party APIs? According to developers what are the key security risks in the use of third-party APIs? Click to expand ACCESS THE FULL PREVIEW Methodology This report is based on data collected from over 15,000 professional developers who indicated that they use DevOps technologies in the 23rd edition of our Developer Nation survey, which was fielded in Q3 2022. Contact us First name* Last name* Work Email* Company * Role* Message I agree to SlashData's Privacy Policy and I want to be contacted * SUBMIT All Insights

Enterprise developers’ preferences and decision-making and how it helped a SlashData client refine their CDE offerings to gain a competitive edge All Case Studies Developers’ preferences in Cloud Development Environments (CDEs) adoption The challenge A leading provider of self-hosted cloud development environments (CDEs) wanted to map the current competitive landscape and enhance their offering to level up against the competition. They aimed to uncover key insights about enterprise developers’ preferences and decision-making processes when it comes to CDEs. The approach SlashData developed a tailored 20-question survey fielded to over 200 enterprise developers, ensuring a precise sample split based on developers’ familiarity with CDEs. This approach ensured that the insights aligned closely with the client’s objectives. The result The data collected from SlashData’s survey addressed the client’s key questions, including: Which cloud development platforms are enterprise developers aware of or currently using? What were the main factors influencing the selection or rejection of CDEs? What local development tools were enterprise developers using before transitioning to a CDE, and which are still in use? What key benefits do enterprise developers associate with CDEs? Are enterprise users using AI tools for productivity? As a result, the client gained valuable insights into the CDE landscape and the drivers behind developer choices. Within a year, the collaboration extended to explore the state of development environments further. Are you looking to better understand adoption for your product/service? Contact us and we can look together into your target audience needs. Why SlashData SlashData specialises in understanding developers - their needs, preferences, and behaviors - making us the ideal partner for studies targeting developer ecosystems. With access to a large global developer community and years of expertise in developer-focused research, we deliver insights tailored to your business challenges. In addition, our proprietary survey platform ensures high-quality data collection and analysis. Whether it’s mapping competitive landscapes or uncovering key decision drivers, SlashData equips clients with actionable insights to make data-backed decisions that drive growth. Related services Competitive market analysis Audience insights Previous Case Next Case Get all the new insights in your inbox JOIN NEWSLETTER Access more insights tailored to your needs TALK TO US

In the dynamic realm of software development, with programming languages, frameworks, and tools evolving so quickly, understanding developers’ content consumption is more important than ever. This report explores the specific content preferences of software developers, focusing on areas such as learning, keeping up-to-date, problem-solving, research, and community engagement. Our aim is to provide you with the necessary tools and insights that you can use in the process of designing effective content, in order tofoster stronger, more productive relationships with this essential demographic, one content piece at a time. All Insights Which content types do developers value? Preferences for learning, keeping up to date, problem-solving, and engaging with community Access the Full Preview About this Report In the dynamic realm of software development, with programming languages, frameworks, and tools evolving so quickly, understanding developers’ content consumption is more important than ever. This report explores the specific content preferences of software developers, focusing on areas such as learning, keeping up-to-date, problem-solving, research, and community engagement. Our aim is to provide you with the necessary tools and insights that you can use in the process of designing effective content, in order tofoster stronger, more productive relationships with this essential demographic, one content piece at a time. Key Questions Answered How does the likelihood of using AI tools vary across developers with differing experience levels? What are the common use cases for AI-assisted development tools? How effective do developers perceive AI to be in accomplishing various tasks? What are the key drivers and barriers that motivate and impede developers when incorporating AI tools into their workflow? Click to expand ACCESS THE FULL PREVIEW Methodology This report is based on data collected from 17,000+ developers answering questions in the 25th edition of our Developer Nation survey, which was fielded between June and August 2023. Contact us First name* Last name* Work Email* Company * Role* Message I agree to SlashData's Privacy Policy and I want to be contacted * SUBMIT

How SlashData helped a leading Web3 company uncover barriers, motivators, and trends in blockchain adoption among Web2 developers. All Case Studies What drives or prevents Web2 developers to jump to blockchain? Profiling developers who already made the leap The challenge A leading Web3 company approached us to uncover the key obstacles that prevent Web2 developers from transitioning to blockchain development. This project was a jumping-off point aimed at informing outreach and marketing efforts to attract more developers to blockchain and their platform in particular. To ensure that their platform was an attractive space for both incoming developers and current developers, we also investigated the specific needs, preferences, and challenges faced by developers currently building on the platform. The approach We crafted a comprehensive research plan to address two core objectives: Understanding barriers for Web2 developers : Conducted surveys targeting Web2 developers without blockchain experience to measure interest in blockchain development. Analysed how interest varies by role, experience level, and geography. Profiling Current Web3 Developers : Collected feedback from developers already building on blockchain to gauge satisfaction, technology awareness, and platform preferences. Developed a predictive model to explore the relationship between developer demographics, project types, and platform usage trends. Our strategy ensured a regionally representative sample of developers across Web2 and Web3, enabling a holistic view of the developer landscape. The result Our client was able to construct an outreach and strategy plan and present it to their leadership with the full confidence that comes from in-depth research. Included in our report was the answer to specific hypotheses that the clients had about their industry and a model the client could use to craft data-backed marketing and recruitment strategies. Why SlashData SlashData specialises in uncovering hard-to-reach developer communities. Our regionally targeted outreach strategy successfully connected with the Web3 developer audience, while our rigorous statistical analysis ensured accurate and reliable insights. To maximise the value of our findings, we presented the data in a concise, non-technical format, empowering the client to create effective marketing campaigns and developer-friendly platform improvements. Curious about how to attract Web2 developers to blockchain? Reach out now! You can find all our data & free reports in our Research Space . Related services Quantitative Developer research Previous Case Next Case Get all the new insights in your inbox JOIN NEWSLETTER Access more insights tailored to your needs TALK TO US