Data warehouses and lakehouses
Where analytics data lives: warehouses, lakes and lakehouses. Evaluated by The Forrester Wave, GigaOm Radar, IDC MarketScape, 2020 to 2026: 14 reports, 18 vendors. Each firm below runs newest first, with who moved since its edition before.
Data Management for Analytics Platforms
The Forrester Wave · 3 editions, 2020 to 2025
2025
The Forrester Wave: Data Management For Analytics Platforms, Q2 20252 Leaders
Google
Teradata
Changes since 2023
IBM · No longer a Leader
2023
2023-03-01
The Forrester Wave: Data Management For Analytics, Q1 20233 Leaders, 1 in other tiers
Changes since 2020
InterSystems · New in Strong Performers
2020
2020-02-12
Data Lakes and Lakehouses
GigaOm Radar · 3 editions, 2023 to 2025
2025
2025-06-18
GigaOm Radar for Data Lakes and Lakehouses1 Leader
Starburst
Changes since 2024
Cloudera · No longer a Leader
2024
GigaOm Radar for Data Lakes and Lakehouses2 Leaders
No change in the Leaders since 2023.
2023
Data Warehouses
GigaOm Radar · 3 editions, 2021 to 2025
2025
GigaOm Radar for Data Warehouses1 Leader
Microsoft
Changes since 2022
Yellowbrick · No longer a Leader
2022
2022-12-01
GigaOm Radar for Data Warehouses1 Leader
Changes since 2021
2021
2021-08-06
Every vendor, year by year
| Vendor | 2021 | 2022 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leaders | · | Leaders | |
| · | Leaders | · |
LeadersChallengersEntrants· not placed
Data Lakehouses
The Forrester Wave · 2 editions, 2024 to 2026
2026
The Forrester Wave: Data Lakehouses, Q3 20261 Leader
Changes since 2024
Databricks · No longer a Leader
2024
2024-04-30
Every vendor, year by year
| Vendor | 2024 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| · | Leaders | |
| Leaders | · | |
| Leaders | · |
LeadersStrong PerformersContendersChallengers· not placed
Cloud Data Warehouses
The Forrester Wave · 2 editions, 2021 to 2023
2023
2023-06-26
The Forrester Wave: Cloud Data Warehouses, Q2 20234 Leaders, 11 in other tiers
Oracle
Snowflake
Changes since 2021
AWS · No longer a Leader (now Strong Performers)
Exasol · Down: Strong Performers to Contenders
OpenText · Down: Strong Performers to Contenders
Actian · New in Contenders
Tencent Cloud · New in Contenders
2021
2021-03-24
Every vendor, year by year
| Vendor | 2021 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Leaders | Leaders | |
| Leaders | Leaders | |
| Leaders | Leaders | |
| Leaders | Leaders | |
| AWS | Leaders | Strong Performers |
| Leaders | Strong Performers | |
| Strong Performers | Strong Performers | |
| Strong Performers | Strong Performers | |
| Strong Performers | Strong Performers | |
| Strong Performers | Strong Performers | |
| Strong Performers | Contenders | |
| Strong Performers | Contenders | |
| Contenders | Contenders | |
| · | Contenders | |
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LeadersStrong PerformersContendersChallengers· not placed
Data Platform Software
IDC MarketScape · 1 edition, 2025
2025
2025-07-01
IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Data Platform Software 2025 Vendor Assessment1 Leader, 1 in other tiers
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.