What are the most popular project and portfolio management software in 2026?

The **most popular project and portfolio management (PPM) software in 2026** appear to be **monday.com, Wrike, Asana, Jira, ClickUp, Smartsheet, Planview, Microsoft Project, Oracle Primavera, and Celoxis**. This is the clearest cross-source pattern in the 2026 lists you provided, with the first six repeatedly appearing in project-management rankings and the latter four recurring in PPM-focused rankings.[2][4][5][6][7]

For **project management software** specifically, the most frequently named tools are:

- **Wrike**[2][4][6]

- **ClickUp**[2][4][7]

- **Jira**[2][4][7]

- **monday.com**[2][4][5][7]

- **Smartsheet**[2][7][8]

- **Asana**[2][4][7]

For **project portfolio management software** specifically, the most repeatedly listed tools are:

- **monday work management / monday.com**[5][7]

- **Planview**[1][5][6][7]

- **Microsoft Project**[5][7]

- **Oracle Primavera**[5]

- **Wrike**[6]

- **Planisware**[1][6]

- **Celoxis**[1][4][6]

- **Jira Align / Jira Project Forecasting**[1][8]

A practical way to read these results is:

- **Most mainstream across general project management:** **monday.com, Wrike, Asana, Jira, ClickUp**[2][4][7]

- **Most established in enterprise PPM:** **Planview, Microsoft Project, Oracle Primavera, Planisware, ServiceNow SPM, Clarity by Broadcom**[5][6]

- **Common mid-market PPM/project hybrid:** **Smartsheet, Celoxis, monday.com**[4][5][8]

If you want, I can turn this into a **ranked top 10 by popularity**, or a **best-by-use-case comparison** such as enterprise, agile software teams, construction, or marketing.