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The hyperscalers and sovereign clouds. Evaluated by Gartner Magic Quadrant, Gartner Magic Quadrant, Gartner Magic Quadrant, The Forrester Wave and The Forrester Wave, 2020 to 2026: 13 reports, 12 vendors. Each firm below runs newest first, with who moved since its edition before.
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Distributed Hybrid Infrastructure
Gartner Magic Quadrant · 4 editions, 2023 to 2026
2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Distributed Hybrid Infrastructure
Changes since 2025
Broadcom (VMware) · New Leader
SUSE · New in Visionaries
2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Distributed Hybrid Infrastructure
Changes since 2024
AWS · No longer a Leader
2024 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Distributed Hybrid Infrastructure
Changes since 2023
Nutanix · New Leader
2023 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Distributed Hybrid Infrastructure
Strategic Cloud Platform Services
Gartner Magic Quadrant · 4 editions, 2023 to 2026
2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Strategic Cloud Platform Services
Changes since 2025
Alibaba Cloud · New Leader
Microsoft · New Leader
Huawei · New in Niche Players
Tencent Cloud · New in Niche Players
2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Strategic Cloud Platform Services
Changes since 2024
2024 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Strategic Cloud Platform Services
Changes since 2023
2023 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Strategic Cloud Platform Services
Every vendor, year by year
| Vendor | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AWS | Leaders | Leaders | Leaders | Leaders |
| Leaders | Leaders | Leaders | Leaders | |
| Leaders | Leaders | Leaders | Leaders | |
| Leaders | Leaders | · | Leaders | |
| Niche Players | Challengers | · | Leaders | |
| Niche Players | Niche Players | · | Niche Players | |
| Niche Players | Niche Players | · | Niche Players | |
| Niche Players | Niche Players | · | · |
LeadersChallengersVisionariesNiche Players· not placed
Cloud Infrastructure and Platform Services
Gartner Magic Quadrant · 3 editions, 2020 to 2022
Magic Quadrant for Cloud Infrastructure and Platform Services
Changes since 2021
Oracle · Up: Niche Players to Visionaries
Magic Quadrant for Cloud Infrastructure and Platform Services
Changes since 2020
Magic Quadrant for Cloud Infrastructure and Platform Services
Every vendor, year by year
| Vendor | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AWS | Leaders | Leaders | Leaders |
| Leaders | Leaders | Leaders | |
| Leaders | Leaders | Leaders | |
| Niche Players | Niche Players | Visionaries | |
| Niche Players | Visionaries | Niche Players | |
| Niche Players | Niche Players | Niche Players | |
| Niche Players | Niche Players | Niche Players | |
| · | · | Niche Players |
LeadersChallengersVisionariesNiche Players· not placed
Sovereign Cloud Platforms
The Forrester Wave · 1 edition, 2026
Public Cloud Platforms
The Forrester Wave · 1 edition, 2026
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.