Databases
Cloud and operational databases, multimodel and translytical. Evaluated by Gartner Magic Quadrant, The Forrester Wave, 2020 to 2026: 9 reports, 27 vendors. Each firm below runs newest first, with who moved since its edition before.
Cloud Database Management Systems
Gartner Magic Quadrant · 6 editions, 2020 to 2025
2025
2025-11-18
Magic Quadrant for Cloud Database Management Systems6 Leaders, 1 in other tiers
Alibaba Cloud
AWS
Databricks
Google
IBM
MongoDB
Changes since 2024
Microsoft · No longer a Leader
Oracle · No longer a Leader
Snowflake · No longer a Leader
Cloudera · Dropped (was Visionaries)
Cockroach Labs · Dropped (was Niche Players)
Couchbase · Dropped (was Niche Players)
EDB · Dropped (was Niche Players)
InterSystems · Dropped (was Challengers)
Neo4j · Dropped (was Visionaries)
Redis · Dropped (was Visionaries)
SAP · Dropped (was Visionaries)
Yugabyte · Dropped (was Niche Players)
2024
2024-12-18
Magic Quadrant for Cloud Database Management Systems9 Leaders, 10 in other tiers
Changes since 2023
2023
2023-12-18
Magic Quadrant for Cloud Database Management Systems8 Leaders, 11 in other tiers
Changes since 2022
Teradata · No longer a Leader (now Visionaries)
MarkLogic · Dropped (was Visionaries)
Tencent Cloud · Dropped (was Niche Players)
TigerGraph · Dropped (was Niche Players)
2022
2022-12-13
Magic Quadrant for Cloud Database Management Systems12 Leaders, 8 in other tiers
Changes since 2021
Exasol · Dropped (was Niche Players)
Huawei · Dropped (was Niche Players)
MariaDB · Dropped (was Niche Players)
SingleStore · Dropped (was Niche Players)
2021
2021-12-14
Magic Quadrant for Cloud Database Management Systems10 Leaders, 10 in other tiers
Changes since 2020
2020
2020-11-23
Magic Quadrant for Cloud Database Management Systems8 Leaders, 8 in other tiers
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LeadersChallengersVisionariesNiche Players· not placed
Multimodel Data Platforms
The Forrester Wave · 3 editions, 2022 to 2026
2026
2026-06-30
The Forrester Wave: Multimodel Data Platforms, Q2 20262 Leaders, 1 in other tiers
Changes since 2024
ArangoDB · New in Strong Performers
2024
2024-11-07
The Forrester Wave: Translytical Data Platforms, Q4 20243 Leaders, 1 in other tiers
Changes since 2022
2022
2022-12-15
The Forrester Wave: Translytical Data Platforms, Q4 20224 Leaders, 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.