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State of Product Debt
2026 Report.

Anonymized, aggregated data from diagnostic tools used by engineering leaders. How does your organization compare?

67%

of engineering orgs spend more on maintenance than innovation

$1.2M

average hidden debt discovered per diagnostic engagement

18 mo

average time to Technical Insolvency Date when debt goes unmeasured

What's Inside

  • Product Debt Index benchmarks by company stage
  • AI cost per useful output across industries
  • Engineering allocation: maintenance vs. innovation split
  • Revenue per engineer (APER) benchmarks
  • Technical Insolvency Date distribution
  • Recommendations for each debt severity level

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