Quadrantby GlyphContainers and Kubernetes
Running containers and cloud-native applications. Evaluated by Gartner Magic Quadrant, Gartner Magic Quadrant, The Forrester Wave, GigaOm Radar, GigaOm Radar, GigaOm Radar and Gartner Magic Quadrant, 2020 to 2026: 12 reports, 20 vendors. Each firm below runs newest first, with who moved since its edition before.
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Container Management
Gartner Magic Quadrant · 4 editions, 2023 to 2026
2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Container Management
Changes since 2025
Huawei · New Leader
SUSE · New Leader
Nutanix · New in Challengers
2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Container Management
Changes since 2024
AWS · New Leader
2024 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Container Management
Changes since 2023
VMware · No longer a Leader
2023 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Container Management
Cloud-Native Application Platforms
Gartner Magic Quadrant · 2 editions, 2025 to 2026
2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cloud-Native Application Platforms
Changes since 2025
Alibaba Cloud · New Leader
Oracle · New in Challengers
Tencent Cloud · New in Niche Players
Vercel · New in Visionaries
2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cloud-Native Application Platforms
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
The Forrester Wave: Public Cloud Container Platforms, Q1 2022
Changes since 2020
Rancher · No longer a Leader
Red Hat · No longer a Leader
The Forrester Wave: Multicloud Container Development Platforms, Q3 2020
Kubernetes Resource Management
GigaOm Radar · 1 edition, 2026
Kubernetes Management Solutions
GigaOm Radar · 1 edition, 2026
Kubernetes for Edge Computing
GigaOm Radar · 1 edition, 2026
Cloud Application Platforms
Gartner Magic Quadrant · 1 edition, 2024
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.