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Enterprise, object and file storage for data. Evaluated by Gartner Magic Quadrant, Gartner Magic Quadrant, Gartner Magic Quadrant, GigaOm Radar, GigaOm Radar, Gartner Magic Quadrant, Gartner Magic Quadrant and Gartner Magic Quadrant, 2020 to 2026: 14 reports, 20 vendors. Each firm below runs newest first, with who moved since its edition before.
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Distributed File Systems and Object Storage
Gartner Magic Quadrant · 4 editions, 2020 to 2023
2023 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Distributed File Systems and Object Storage
Changes since 2022
Dell Technologies · No longer a Leader
2022 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Distributed File Systems and Object Storage
No change in the Leaders since 2021.2021 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Distributed File Systems and Object Storage
Changes since 2020
IBM · New Leader
Pure Storage · New Leader
Qumulo · New Leader
Cloudian · New in Challengers
DDN · New in Niche Players
Hitachi Vantara · New in Challengers
Magic Quadrant for Distributed File Systems and Object Storage
Every vendor, year by year
| Vendor | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
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| Leaders | Leaders | Leaders | Leaders | |
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| · | Challengers | · | · | |
| · | Challengers | · | · | |
| · | Niche Players | · | · |
LeadersChallengersVisionariesNiche Players· not placed
Primary Storage
Gartner Magic Quadrant · 3 editions, 2021 to 2023
2023 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Primary Storage
Changes since 2022
Magic Quadrant for Primary Storage
Changes since 2021
Zadara · Up: Niche Players to Visionaries
Fujitsu · Dropped (was Niche Players)
Inspur · Dropped (was Challengers)
Lenovo · Dropped (was Challengers)
Magic Quadrant for Primary Storage
Every vendor, year by year
| Vendor | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
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| Leaders | Leaders | Leaders | |
| Leaders | Leaders | Leaders | |
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| Leaders | Leaders | · | |
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| Challengers | · | · | |
| Challengers | · | · | |
| Challengers | · | · | |
| Niche Players | Visionaries | · | |
| Niche Players | · | · |
LeadersChallengersVisionariesNiche Players· not placed
Enterprise Storage Platforms
Gartner Magic Quadrant · 2 editions, 2025 to 2026
2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Storage Platforms
Changes since 2025
Everpure · New Leader
Huawei · New Leader
IEIT Systems · New in Niche Players
2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Storage Platforms
Every vendor, year by year
| Vendor | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Leaders | Leaders | |
| Leaders | Leaders | |
| Leaders | Leaders | |
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| · | Visionaries | |
| · | Niche Players | |
| Leaders | · |
LeadersChallengersVisionariesNiche Players· not placed
Object Storage
GigaOm Radar · 1 edition, 2026
Unstructured Data Management
GigaOm Radar · 1 edition, 2026
File and Object Storage Platforms
Gartner Magic Quadrant · 1 edition, 2024
Primary Storage Platforms
Gartner Magic Quadrant · 1 edition, 2024
Primary Storage Arrays
Gartner Magic Quadrant · 1 edition, 2020
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.