Data science and ML platforms
Platforms to build, train, deploy and run machine learning models. Evaluated by Gartner Magic Quadrant, The Forrester Wave, IDC MarketScape and QKS Group SPARK Matrix, 2020 to 2026: 11 reports, 26 vendors. Each firm below runs newest first, with who moved since its edition before.
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AI Platforms for Data Science and Machine Learning
Gartner Magic Quadrant · 5 editions, 2020 to 2026
2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for AI Platforms for Data Science and Machine Learning
Changes since 2025
Altair · No longer a Leader (now Visionaries)
Posit · New in Niche Players
Red Hat · New in Visionaries
Teradata · New in Visionaries
Alteryx · Dropped (was Niche Players)
2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Data Science and Machine Learning Platforms
Changes since 2024
IBM · New Leader (was Challengers)
SAS · No longer a Leader (now Visionaries)
Snowflake · New in Visionaries
Anaconda · Dropped (was Niche Players)
KNIME · Dropped (was Niche Players)
Posit · Dropped (was Niche Players)
2024 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Data Science and Machine Learning Platforms
Changes since 2021
Altair · New Leader (was Niche Players)
AWS · New Leader (was Visionaries)
DataRobot · New Leader (was Visionaries)
Google · New Leader (was Visionaries)
Microsoft · New Leader (was Visionaries)
IBM · No longer a Leader (now Challengers)
MathWorks · No longer a Leader (now Niche Players)
TIBCO · No longer a Leader
Alibaba Cloud · Up: Niche Players to Challengers
Cloudera · Up: Niche Players to Visionaries
Domino Data Lab · Up: Niche Players to Visionaries
Alteryx · Down: Challengers to Niche Players
KNIME · Down: Visionaries to Niche Players
Posit · New in Niche Players
RapidMiner · Dropped (was Visionaries)
Samsung SDS · Dropped (was Niche Players)
2021 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Data Science and Machine Learning Platforms
Changes since 2020
IBM · New Leader (was Challengers)
Alteryx · No longer a Leader (now Challengers)
Domino Data Lab · Down: Visionaries to Niche Players
Alibaba Cloud · New in Niche Players
AWS · New in Visionaries
Cloudera · New in Niche Players
Samsung SDS · New in Niche Players
2020 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Data Science and Machine Learning Platforms
Every vendor, year by year
LeadersChallengersVisionariesNiche Players· not placed
AI Platforms
The Forrester Wave · 3 editions, 2022 to 2026
The Forrester Wave: AI Platforms, Q3 2026
Changes since 2024
C3.ai · New Leader
Google · New Leader
Pegasystems · New Leader
SAS · No longer a Leader
The Forrester Wave: AI/ML Platforms, Q3 2024
Changes since 2022
SAS · New Leader
DataRobot · No longer a Leader
The Forrester Wave: AI/ML Platforms, Q3 2022
Every vendor, year by year
LeadersStrong PerformersContendersChallengers· not placed
Worldwide MLOps Platforms
IDC MarketScape · 2 editions, 2022 to 2024
IDC MarketScape: Worldwide MLOps Platforms 2024 Vendor Assessment
Changes since 2022
Microsoft · No longer a Leader
IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Machine Learning Operations Platforms 2022 Vendor Assessment
Every vendor, year by year
LeadersMajor PlayersContendersParticipants· not placed
Data Science and Machine Learning Platform
QKS Group SPARK Matrix · 1 edition, 2022
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.