Analytics and BI
Dashboards, reporting and augmented analytics. Evaluated by Gartner Magic Quadrant, The Forrester Wave, 2020 to 2026: 8 reports, 28 vendors. Each firm below runs newest first, with who moved since its edition before.
Analytics and Business Intelligence Platforms
Gartner Magic Quadrant · 7 editions, 2020 to 2026
2026
2026-07-01
2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Analytics and Business Intelligence Platforms6 Leaders, 7 in other tiers
AWS
Google
Microsoft
Qlik
Salesforce (Tableau)
ThoughtSpot
Changes since 2025
Oracle · No longer a Leader (now Visionaries)
GoodData · Up: Niche Players to Visionaries
Databricks · New in Visionaries
Domo · Dropped (was Challengers)
IBM · Dropped (was Visionaries)
SAP · Dropped (was Visionaries)
SAS · Dropped (was Visionaries)
Sigma · Dropped (was Niche Players)
Sisense · Dropped (was Niche Players)
Tellius · Dropped (was Visionaries)
Zoho · Dropped (was Niche Players)
2025
2025-06-25
2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Analytics and Business Intelligence Platforms6 Leaders, 14 in other tiers
Changes since 2024
Strategy (MicroStrategy) · Down: Challengers to Visionaries
TIBCO · Dropped (was Visionaries)
2024
2024-06-25
2024 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Analytics and Business Intelligence Platforms6 Leaders, 14 in other tiers
Changes since 2023
2023
2023-04-19
2023 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Analytics and Business Intelligence Platforms3 Leaders, 17 in other tiers
Changes since 2022
Alibaba Cloud · Up: Niche Players to Challengers
Pyramid Analytics · Up: Niche Players to Visionaries
Yellowfin · Dropped (was Visionaries)
2022
2022-03-28
2022 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Analytics and Business Intelligence Platforms3 Leaders, 17 in other tiers
Changes since 2021
Incorta · New in Niche Players
BOARD International · Dropped (was Niche Players)
Infor (Birst) · Dropped (was Niche Players)
Information Builders · Dropped (was Niche Players)
2021
2021-02-15
2021 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Analytics and Business Intelligence Platforms3 Leaders, 17 in other tiers
Changes since 2020
Dundas · Dropped (was Niche Players)
Logi Analytics · Dropped (was Visionaries)
2020
2020-02-11
Every vendor, year by year
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| Leaders | Visionaries | Visionaries | Visionaries | Leaders | Leaders | Leaders | |
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LeadersChallengersVisionariesNiche Players· not placed
Augmented Business Intelligence Platforms
The Forrester Wave · 1 edition, 2023
2023
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.