Report
The State of Onboarding in 2026
Our report explores how leading B2B companies are transforming onboarding into a revenue and growth engine, and why those who fail to evolve will struggle in the next era of CS.
We surveyed 161 CS leaders to understand:
- The top sources of onboarding friction hurting retention
- What high-performing onboarding teams do differently
- Trends in AI and automation heading into 2026
- And more!
Real Teams. Real Results. Real Revenue.
See how
We were trying to solve how to continue to balance the idea of quality and efficiency with onboarding new customers. We needed to double our onboarding capacity in 3 months or less, which is not easy.
53%
Reduction in time to "go live"
3x
onboarding scale in less than a year
Brian Thome
Chief Customer Officer, Qualia
OnRamp is a verb at A2Z. When anything onboarding comes up, it's not uncommon to hear someone say, ' just OnRamp it'.
75%
Improved time-to-activation
85%
enhanced onboarding efficiency
Seth Ritz
Chief Operating Officer, A2Z
OnRamp has completely transformed how we onboard customers. What once took weeks of manual efforts is now automated, simple, and scalable - freeing up my team's time for value-based engagements.
70%
Reduction in onboarding time
7
repeatable playbooks that scale
Scott Carruth
VP of Customer Success, Flosum