Letter from the Authors

Test data management in the age of AI can make or break your testing and development operations. As we continue to advance toward agentic development, it’s important to understand how test data management supports your teams’ workflows.

We’ve taken steps to break down, assess, and reconstruct test data management for the modern, innovative organization. Our Perforce Delphix 2026 Test Data Management Report for AI-Ready Enterprises found that 98% of enterprises still have some sort of manual aspect in their workflows. Only 2% of respondents are fully automated — and that presents a huge risk to organizations hoping to keep pace with agentic development.

This report collects core findings from 518 enterprise organizations, expanding our pool of respondents compared to past annual surveys. Our research-backed insights depict a clear need for data automation and copy provisioning that will eliminate bottlenecks and elevate data quality and speed. With 39% of enterprises facing data quality or validity issues, the need is only growing.

By reading the 2026 Test Data Management Report for AI-Ready Enterprises, you’ll get findings that will help you lay out a roadmap for agentic development and the future of your organization.

Discover which data practices could be holding you back and which will push you forward. Continue reading the report in full, or use the navigation on the left to jump to a specific section.

Sincerely, 

Matthew Yeh, Woody Evans, and Aaron Jensen

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