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Decision Intelligence Benchmark: DEI Technology and Vendor Decisions for 2026

Benchmark data on how DEI leaders are optimizing lean tech stacks, prioritizing investment, and proving impact in 2026.

DEI leaders are operating with some of the leanest tech stacks across enterprises; often just a handful of tools supporting a broad, high-visibility function. At the same time, expectations are rising, and proving impact has become essential.

That reality is driving a focus on optimization over expansion. Most leaders are working within existing systems, prioritizing efficiency and better analytics while navigating approval hurdles that make new investments difficult.

This Decision Intelligence Benchmark shows how your peers are balancing these constraints and where they’re investing to move the work forward. 

Inside, you’ll discover: 

  • Why 55% of DEI teams operate with just 0–3 tools; the leanest stacks in the benchmark  
  • How efficiency and analytics are driving tech decisions
  • Where investment is increasing most, led by employee engagement and ERG enablement
  • Why most leaders see their tools as only “somewhat enabling”  
  • How approval challenges are shaping tech strategy and limiting change

Download the report to benchmark your approach and make more confident technology decisions for your DEI strategy.