Who analysts call Leaders

244 reports · 352 vendors

Data governance

Policies, access and stewardship for data. Evaluated by GigaOm Radar, Gartner Magic Quadrant, The Forrester Wave and QKS Group SPARK Matrix, 2023 to 2026: 8 reports, 18 vendors. Each firm below runs newest first, with who moved since its edition before.

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Data Access Governance

GigaOm Radar · 3 editions, 2024 to 2026

  1. 20261 Leader2026-02-13

    GigaOm Radar for Data Access Governance

    Changes since 2025

    • Commvault · New Leader
    • Privacera · No longer a Leader
  2. 20251 Leader

    2025 GigaOm Radar for Data Access Governance

    No change in the Leaders since 2024.
  3. 20241 Leader2024-03-20

    2024 GigaOm Radar for Data Access Governance

Every vendor, year by year

Vendor202420252026
Commvault··Leaders
PrivaceraLeadersLeaders·

LeadersChallengersEntrants· not placed

Data and Analytics Governance Platforms

Gartner Magic Quadrant · 2 editions, 2025 to 2026

  1. 20265 Leaders, 10 in other tiers2026-01-06

    2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Data and Analytics Governance Platforms

    Changes since 2025

    • Alation · New Leader
    • Atlan · New Leader
    • IBM · New Leader
    • Ab Initio · New in Niche Players
    • Alex Solutions · New in Niche Players
    • Ataccama · New in Niche Players
    • BigID · New in Challengers
    • DataGalaxy · New in Niche Players
    • Microsoft · New in Challengers
    • OvalEdge · New in Niche Players
    • Precisely · New in Niche Players
    • ServiceNow · New in Visionaries
    • Solidatus · New in Niche Players
  2. 20252 Leaders2025-01-07

    2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Data and Analytics Governance Platforms

Every vendor, year by year

Vendor20252026
CollibraLeadersLeaders
InformaticaLeadersLeaders
Alation·Leaders
Atlan·Leaders
IBM·Leaders
BigID·Challengers
Microsoft·Challengers
ServiceNow·Visionaries
Ab Initio·Niche Players
Alex Solutions·Niche Players
Ataccama·Niche Players
DataGalaxy·Niche Players
OvalEdge·Niche Players
Precisely·Niche Players
Solidatus·Niche Players

LeadersChallengersVisionariesNiche Players· not placed

Data Governance Solutions

The Forrester Wave · 2 editions, 2023 to 2025

  1. 20251 Leader

    The Forrester Wave: Data Governance Solutions, Q3 2025

    No change in the Leaders since 2023.
  2. 20231 Leader

    The Forrester Wave: Data Governance Solutions, Q3 2023

Every vendor, year by year

Vendor20232025
CollibraLeadersLeaders

LeadersStrong PerformersContendersChallengers· not placed

Data Governance Solutions

QKS Group SPARK Matrix · 1 edition, 2026

  1. 20261 Leader

    SPARK Matrix: Data Governance Solutions, Q2 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.