AI application development
Cloud services and platforms for building AI applications. Evaluated by Gartner Magic Quadrant, 2020 to 2026: 7 reports, 7 vendors. Each firm below runs newest first, with who moved since its edition before.
AI Application Development Platforms
Gartner Magic Quadrant · 7 editions, 2020 to 2026
2026
2026-04-27
2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for AI Application Development Platforms: Midcycle Update1 Leader
Google
Changes since 2025
AWS · No longer a Leader
IBM · No longer a Leader
Microsoft · No longer a Leader
2025
2025-11-17
2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for AI Application Development Platforms4 Leaders
Changes since 2024
2024
2024-04-29
2024 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cloud AI Developer Services3 Leaders, 3 in other tiers
Changes since 2023
OpenAI · New in Visionaries
2023
2023-05-22
2023 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cloud AI Developer Services3 Leaders, 2 in other tiers
Changes since 2022
H2O.ai · New in Visionaries
2022
2022-05-23
2022 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cloud AI Developer Services3 Leaders, 1 in other tiers
Changes since 2021
Alibaba Cloud · Up: Visionaries to Challengers
2021
2021-02-24
2021 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cloud AI Developer Services3 Leaders, 1 in other tiers
Changes since 2020
2020
2020-02-24
2020 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cloud AI Developer Services3 Leaders, 1 in other tiers
Every vendor, year by year
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LeadersChallengersVisionariesNiche Players· not placed
Placements as each vendor or analyst firm publicly announced them; the tracker lists tiers only, never a report's chart or the positions inside a tier.