Containers and Kubernetes
Running containers and cloud-native applications. Evaluated by Gartner Magic Quadrant, The Forrester Wave, GigaOm Radar, 2020 to 2026: 12 reports, 20 vendors. Each firm below runs newest first, with who moved since its edition before.
Container Management
Gartner Magic Quadrant · 4 editions, 2023 to 2026
2026
2025
2025-08-11
2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Container Management4 Leaders
AWS
Google
Microsoft
Red Hat
Changes since 2024
2024
2024-09-12
2024 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Container Management3 Leaders
Changes since 2023
VMware · No longer a Leader
2023
2023-09-20
Cloud-Native Application Platforms
Gartner Magic Quadrant · 2 editions, 2025 to 2026
2026
2026-08-03
2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cloud-Native Application Platforms5 Leaders, 3 in other tiers
Alibaba Cloud
Changes since 2025
Oracle · New in Challengers
Tencent Cloud · New in Niche Players
Vercel · New in Visionaries
2025
2025-08-07
Every vendor, year by year
| Vendor | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| AWS | Leaders | Leaders |
| Leaders | Leaders | |
| Leaders | Leaders | |
| Leaders | Leaders | |
| · | Leaders | |
| · | Challengers | |
| · | Visionaries | |
| · | Niche Players |
LeadersChallengersVisionariesNiche Players· not placed
Public Cloud Container Platforms
The Forrester Wave · 2 editions, 2020 to 2022
2022
The Forrester Wave: Public Cloud Container Platforms, Q1 20221 Leader
Changes since 2020
Rancher · No longer a Leader
2020
2020-09-15
The Forrester Wave: Multicloud Container Development Platforms, Q3 20203 Leaders, 5 in other tiers
Kubernetes Resource Management
GigaOm Radar · 1 edition, 2026
2026
2026-03-09
Kubernetes Management Solutions
GigaOm Radar · 1 edition, 2026
2026
2026-03-05
Kubernetes for Edge Computing
GigaOm Radar · 1 edition, 2026
2026
2026-02-24
Cloud Application Platforms
Gartner Magic Quadrant · 1 edition, 2024
2024
2024-11-04
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.