Gartner Magic Quadrant research methodology provides a graphical competitive positioning of four types of technology providers in fast-growing markets: Leaders, Visionaries, Niche Players and Challengers. As companion research, Gartner Critical Capabilities notes provide deeper insight into the capability and suitability of providers’ IT products and services based on specific or customized use cases.
The following list of markets, dates and research documents is updated throughout the year with the latest Magic Quadrant and Critical Capabilities research notes. View upcoming research on the Publication Calendar.
Gartner Magic Quadrant & Critical Capabilities
| Market | Last Updated | Refresh Date |
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A |
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| Access Management Worldwide Magic Quadrant |
6/7/17 | 6/4/18 |
| Application Performance Monitoring Suites Magic Quadrant |
3/19/18 | 3/19/19 |
| Application Performance Monitoring Suites Critical Capabilities |
12/21/16 | 7/30/17 |
| Application Release Automation Magic Quadrant |
9/27/17 | 9/27/18 |
| Application Release Automation Critical Capabilities |
9/27/17 | 9/27/18 |
| Application Security Testing Magic Quadrant |
3/19/18 | 2/28/19 |
| Application Security Testing Critical Capabilities |
3/19/18 | 3/19/19 |
| Application Testing Services Worldwide Magic Quadrant |
11/28/16 | 11/28/17 |
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B |
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| Business Analytics Services Worldwide Magic Quadrant |
2/14/17 | 2/14/18 |
| Business Analytics Services Worldwide Critical Capabilities |
3/28/18 | 3/28/19 |
| Business Continuity Management Planning Critical Capabilities |
New this year | 8/30/19 |
| Business Continuity Management Planning Solutions Worldwide Magic Quadrant |
7/12/17 | Retired |
| Business Intelligence and Analytics Platforms Critical Capabilities |
5/7/18 | 4/30/19 |
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C |
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| Cloud Access Security Brokers Magic Quadrant |
11/30/17 | 10/31/18 |
| Cloud Access Security Brokers Critical Capabilities |
Upcoming | 10/31/18 |
| Cloud Core Financial Management Suites for Midsize Large and Global Enterprises Magic Quadrant |
6/19/17 | 6/19/18 |
| Cloud ERP for Product-Centric Midsize Enterprises Magic Quadrant |
10/31/18 | 11/22/19 |
| Cloud ERP for Product-Centric Midsize Enterprises Critical Capabilities |
1/7/19 | 1/7/20 |
| Cloud Financial Close Solutions Magic Quadrant |
7/26/18 | 8/30/19 |
| Cloud Financial Close Solutions Critical Capabilities |
8/8/18 | 9/24/19 |
| Cloud Financial Planning and Analysis Solutions Magic Quadrant |
7/24/18 | 8/30/19 |
| Cloud Financial Planning and Analysis Solutions Critical Capabilities |
8/7/18 | 9/24/19 |
| Cloud HCM Suites for Midmarket and Large Enterprises Magic Quadrant |
8/15/17 | 8/16/18 |
| Cloud HCM Suites for Midmarket and Large Enterprises Critical Capabilities |
8/22/17 | 2/22/18 |
| Cloud Infrastructure as a Service Japan Magic Quadrant |
3/1/17 | 3/1/18 |
| Cloud Infrastructure as a Service Worldwide Magic Quadrant |
5/15/18 | 5/01/19 |
| Cloud Management Platforms Magic Quadrant |
1/7/19 | 1/7/20 |
| Cloud Management Platforms Critical Capabilities |
1/7/19 | 1/7/20 |
| Configure Price Quote Application Suites Magic Quadrant |
N/A | 1/1/18 |
| Configure Price Quote Application Suites Critical Capabilities |
1/31/19 | |
| Contact Center as a Service Europe Magic Quadrant |
10/18/17 | 10/18/18 |
| Contact Center as a Service North America Magic Quadrant |
10/18/17 | 10/18/18 |
| Contact Center Infrastructure Worldwide Magic Quadrant |
5/16/17 | 5/16/18 |
| Contact Center Infrastructure Worldwide Critical Capabilities |
5/22/17 | 5/17/18 |
| Content Collaboration Platforms Critical Capabilities |
7/9/18 | 11/29/19 |
| Content Collaboration Platforms Magic Quadrant |
7/9/18 | 11/29/19 |
| Content Marketing Platforms Magic Quadrant |
3/27/18 | 3/27/19 |
| Content Marketing Platforms Critical Capabilities |
4/23/18 | 4/23/19 |
| Content Services Platforms Magic Quadrant |
10/31/16 | 9/30/17 |
| Content Services Platforms Critical Capabilities |
11/29/16 | 10/31/17 |
| Contract Life Cycle Management Magic Quadrant |
10/31/19 | |
| CRM and Customer Experience Implementation Service Providers Critical Capabilities |
5/31/17 | 5/31/18 |
| CRM and Customer Experience Implementation Services Worldwide Magic Quadrant |
12/1/16 | 12/1/17 |
| CRM Customer Engagement Center Magic Quadrant |
5/8/17 | 5/8/18 |
| CRM Customer Engagement Center Critical Capabilities |
11/7/18 | 7/31/19 |
| CRM Lead Management Magic Quadrant |
8/22/17 | 8/22/18 |
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D |
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| Data Center Backup and Recovery Solutions Magic Quadrant |
7/31/17 | 1/01/19 |
| Data Center Backup and Recovery Solutions Critical Capabilities |
7/31/17 | 1/01/19 |
| Data Center Networking Magic Quadrant |
7/3/17 | 7/16/18 |
| Data Center Outsourcing and Infrastructure Utility Services Asia/Pacific Magic Quadrant |
7/24/17 | 8/31/18 |
| Data Center Outsourcing and Infrastructure Utility Services Europe Magic Quadrant |
6/6/17 | 6/6/18 |
| Data Center Outsourcing and Infrastructure Utility Services North America Magic Quadrant |
6/22/17 | 6/22/18 |
| Data Integration Tools Magic Quadrant |
7/19/18 | 8/30/19 |
| Data Integration Tools Critical Capabilities |
10/30/18 | 11/29/19 |
| Data Management Solutions for Analytics Magic Quadrant |
1/21/19 | 1/21/20 |
| Data Management Solutions for Analytics Critical Capabilities |
3/16/18 | 3/16/19 |
| Data Quality Tools Magic Quadrant |
10/24/17 | 11/30/18 |
| Data Quality Tools Critical Capabilities |
12/4/17 | 12/8/18 |
| Data Science & Machine Learning Platforms Magic Quadrant |
1/28/19 | 1/28/20 |
| Data Science & Machine Learning Platforms Critical Capabilities |
4/4/18 | 4/15/19 |
| Digital Banking Platforms Magic Quadrant |
Upcoming | 10/27/17 |
| Digital Commerce Magic Quadrant |
4/24/17 | 4/24/18 |
| Digital Commerce Critical Capabilities |
6/6/18 | 7/31/19 |
| Digital Experience Platforms Magic Quadrant |
1/17/18 | 1/17/19 |
| Digital Experience Platforms Critical Capabilities |
4/16/18 | 4/16/19 |
| Digital Marketing Agencies, Worldwide Magic Quadrant |
3/21/18 | 3/21/19 |
| Digital Marketing Hubs Magic Quadrant |
2/14/17 | Retired |
| Distributed File Systems and Object Storage Magic Quadrant |
10/17/17 | 10/31/18 |
| Disaster Recovery as a Service Magic Quadrant |
7/9/18 | 6/10/19 |
| Disaster Recovery as a Service Critical Capabilities |
7/9/18 | 6/10/19 |
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E |
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| Endpoint Protection Platforms Magic Quadrant |
1/24/18 | 1/24/19 |
| Endpoint Protection Platforms Critical Capabilities |
4/30/18 | 4/30/19 |
| Enterprise Agile Planning Tools Magic Quadrant |
4/23/18 | 4/23/19 |
| Enterprise Architecture Tools Critical Capabilities |
1/9/17 | 7/7/18 |
| Enterprise Architecture Tools Magic Quadrant |
10/22/18 | 11/22/19 |
| Enterprise Asset Management Software Magic Quadrant |
New this year | 10/19/17 |
| Enterprise High-Productivity Application Platform as a Service, Worldwide Magic Quadrant |
4/26/18 | 4/26/19 |
| Enterprise Industrial IoT Platforms Magic Quadrant |
2/28/18 | |
| Enterprise Information Archiving Magic Quadrant |
12/3/19 | |
| Enterprise Information Archiving Critical Capabilities |
12/5/18 | 12/5/19 |
| Enterprise Integration Platform as a Service, Worldwide Magic Quadrant |
4/18/18 | 4/18/19 |
| Enterprise Network Firewalls Magic Quadrant |
10/4/18 | 9/1/19 |
| Enterprise Network Firewalls Critical Capabilities |
9/29/19 | |
| Enterprise Video Content Management Magic Quadrant |
11/22/16 | 8/31/18 |
| Enterprise Video Content Management Critical Capabilities |
11/29/16 | 8/13/18 |
| European Life Insurance Policy Administration Systems Critical Capabilities |
10/25/18 | 10/25/18 |
| European Life Insurance Policy Administration Systems Magic Quadrant |
10/5/17 | 10/5/18 |
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F | ||
| Field Service Management Magic Quadrant |
9/27/17 | 2/28/19 |
| Field Service Management Critical Capabilities |
3/27/18 | 2/14/19 |
| Full Life Cycle API Management Magic Quadrant |
4/30/18 | 4/30/19 |
| Full Life Cycle API Management Critical Capabilities |
Upcoming | 3/30/18 |
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G | ||
| General-Purpose Disk Arrays Magic Quadrant |
10/31/17 | 10/31/18 |
| General-Purpose High-End Storage Arrays Critical Capabilities |
10/31/17 | 10/31/18 |
| General-Purpose Midrange Storage Arrays Critical Capabilities |
10/31/17 | 10/31/18 |
| Global Retail Core Banking Critical Capabilities |
8/8/18 | 3/22/19 |
| Global Retail Core Banking Magic Quadrant |
7/10/17 | 7/30/18 |
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H | ||
| Hyperconverged Infrastructure Magic Quadrant |
10/10/16 | Retired |
| Hyperconverged Infrastructure Critical Capabilities |
11/2/16 | Retired |
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I |
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| Identity Governance and Administration Magic Quadrant |
2/22/17 | 2/28/18 |
| Identity Governance and Administration Critical Capabilities |
5/1/17 | 5/31/18 |
| Indoor Location Services Magic Quadrant |
1/28/19 | 1/28/20 |
| Insight Engines Magic Quadrant |
7/11/18 | 6/27/19 |
| Integrated IT Portfolio Analysis Applications Magic Quadrant |
11/22/16 | 11/22/17 |
| Integrated Revenue and Customer Management for CSPs Magic Quadrant |
10/23/17 | 10/23/18 |
| Integrated Revenue and Customer Management for CSPs Critical Capabilities |
New this year | 4/30/19 |
| Integrated Risk Management Solutions Magic Quadrant |
12/13/16 | 5/31/18 |
| Integrated Risk Management Solutions Critical Capabilities |
12/13/16 | 5/31/18 |
| Intelligent Business Process Management Suites Magic Quadrant |
1/30/19 | 1/30/20 |
| Intelligent Business Process Management Suites Critical Capabilities |
8/22/16 | 11/30/17 |
| Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems Magic Quadrant |
1/16/17 | 1/16/18 |
| IT Risk Management Solutions Magic Quadrant |
6/29/17 | Retired |
| IT Risk Management Solutions Critical Capabilities |
6/30/19 | 6/30/19 |
| IT Service Management Tools Critical Capabilities |
8/10/17 | 8/10/18 |
| IT Service Management Tools Magic Quadrant |
8/10/17 | 8/10/18 |
| IT Services for Communications Service Providers Worldwide Magic Quadrant |
7/19/17 | 7/14/18 |
| IT Vendor Risk Management Critical Capabilities |
New this year | 5/31/18 |
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L |
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| Life Insurance Policy Administration Systems North America Critical Capabilities |
9/13/16 | 7/31/17 |
| Life Insurance Policy Administration Systems North America Magic Quadrant |
6/27/17 | 6/27/18 |
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M |
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| Managed Hybrid Cloud Hosting, Asia/Pac Magic Quadrant |
10/31/17 | |
| Managed Machine-to-Machine Services, Global Magic Quadrant |
12/3/18 | 12/3/19 |
| Managed Machine-to-Machine Services, Global Critical Capabilities |
12/11/18 | 12/11/19 |
| Managed Mobility Services Worldwide Magic Quadrant |
3/14/18 | 3/14/19 |
| Managed Mobility Services Global Critical Capabilities |
3/29/18 | 3/29/19 |
| Managed Security Services Worldwide Magic Quadrant |
1/26/17 | 1/26/18 |
| Managed Workplace Services, Asia/Pacific Magic Quadrant |
1/14/19 | 1/14/20 |
| Managed Workplace Services, Europe Critical Capabilities |
4/4/17 | 1/31/18 |
| Managed Workplace Services, Europe Magic Quadrant |
1/14/19 | 1/14/20 |
| Managed Workplace Services, North America Magic Quadrant |
1/14/19 | 1/14/20 |
| Managed Workplace Services North America Critical Capabilities |
3/28/17 | 1/31/18 |
| Manufacturing Execution Systems Magic Quadrant |
Upcoming | 11/30/17 |
| Master Data Management Solutions Magic Quadrant |
12/12/18 | 12/12/19 |
| Master Data Management Solutions Critical Capabilities |
12/19/17 | 11/30/18 |
| Meeting Solutions Magic Quadrant |
9/18/17 | 9/18/18 |
| Meeting Solutions Critical Capabilities |
10/12/17 | 10/12/18 |
| Metadata Management Solutions Magic Quadrant |
12/28/17 | 12/28/18 |
| Metadata Management Solutions Critical Capabilities |
Upcoming | 9/28/18 |
| Meter Data Management Products Magic Quadrant |
12/17/18 | 12/17/19 |
| Mobile App Development Platforms Magic Quadrant |
6/12/17 | 6/25/18 |
| Mobile App Development Platforms Critical Capabilities |
7/17/17 | 7/31/18 |
| Mobile Marketing Platforms Magic Quadrant |
New this year | 8/31/18 |
| Multichannel Campaign Management Magic Quadrant |
4/11/17 | 4/11/18 |
| Multichannel Campaign Management Critical Capabilities |
7/27/17 | 7/31/18 |
| Multienterprise Supply Chain Business Networks Magic Quadrant |
11/15/18 | 2/27/20 |
| Multienterprise Supply Chain Business Networks Critical Capabilities |
Upcoming | 10/31/18 |
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N |
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| Network Performance Monitoring and Diagnostics Critical Capabilities |
2/21/17 | 2/21/18 |
| Network Performance Monitoring and Diagnostics Magic Quadrant |
2/21/17 | 2/21/18 |
| Network Services Asia/Pacific Critical Capabilities |
3/14/18 | 3/14/19 |
| Network Services Global Magic Quadrant |
2/13/17 | 2/13/18 |
| Network Services Pan-European Critical Capabilities |
3/9/18 | 3/9/19 |
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O | ||
| Object Storage Critical Capabilities |
1/30/19 | 1/30/20 |
| Operational Database Management Systems Magic Quadrant |
10/5/16 | 10/5/17 |
| Operational Database Management Systems Critical Capabilities |
10/6/16 | 10/5/17 |
| Operations Support Systems Magic Quadrant |
1/17/19 | 1/17/20 |
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P |
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| P&C Core Platforms North America Magic Quadrant |
9/28/17 | 9/28/18 |
| P&C Core Platforms North America Critical Capabilities |
10/30/17 | 10/30/18 |
| Privileged Access Management Magic Quadrant |
12/3/18 | 4/12/20 | Procure-to-Pay Suites Magic Quadrant |
5/29/18 | 7/15/19 |
| Procure-to-Pay Suites Critical Capabilities |
8/15/19 | |
| Public Cloud Infrastructure as a Service Worldwide Critical Capabilities |
5/24/18 | 5/31/19 |
| Public Cloud Infrastructure Managed Service Providers Worldwide Magic Quadrant |
3/29/18 | 3/29/19 |
| Public Cloud Storage Services Worldwide Magic Quadrant |
7/24/17 | 7/26/18 |
| Public Cloud Storage Services Worldwide Critical Capabilities |
8/29/17 | 8/29/18 |
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R | ||
| Robotic Process Automation (RPA) Critical Capabilities |
5/6/19 | |
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S | ||
| S&OP System of Differentiation Magic Quadrant |
5/1/17 | 3/31/19 |
| Sales Force Automation Magic Quadrant |
7/15/18 | 7/15/19 |
| Sales Performance Management Magic Quadrant |
1/14/19 | 1/14/20 |
| Sales Performance Management Critical Capabilities |
1/15/19 | 1/15/20 |
| SAP Application Services, Worldwide Magic Quadrant |
Retired | 5/31/19 |
| SAP Application Services, Worldwide Critical Capabilities |
Retired | 5/31/19 |
| Secondary Site of Disaster Recovery, Japan Critical Capabilities |
3/29/18 | 3/29/19 |
| Secure Web Gateways Magic Quadrant |
6/12/17 | 6/12/18 |
| Secure Web Gateways Critical Capabilities |
12/27/18 | 12/27/19 |
| Security Awareness Computer-Based Training Magic Quadrant |
10/26/17 | 10/26/18 |
| Security Awareness Computer-Based Training Critical Capabilities |
Upcoming | 6/27/19 |
| Security Information and Event Management Magic Quadrant |
12/3/18 | 12/3/19 |
| Security Information and Event Management Critical Capabilities |
12/3/18 | 12/3/19 |
| Small Cell Equipment Magic Quadrant |
10/12/17 | 10/12/18 |
| Software Asset Management Tools Magic Quadrant |
4/16/18 | |
| Software Test Automation Magic Quadrant |
11/15/16 | 11/15/17 |
| Software Test Automation Critical Capabilities |
12/18/18 | 12/18/19 |
| Software Test Automation Critical Capabilities |
1/10/17 | 1/10/18 |
| Solid-State Arrays Magic Quadrant |
7/13/17 | 7/31/18 |
| Solid-State Arrays Critical Capabilities |
7/17/17 | 7/31/18 |
| Strategic Sourcing Application Suites Magic Quadrant |
2/8/17 | 2/8/18 |
| Supply Chain Planning System of Record Magic Quadrant |
1/19/16 | 1/31/18 |
| Supply Chain Planning System of Record Critical Capabilities |
8/31/18 | |
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T |
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| Talent Management Suites Magic Quadrant |
2/28/17 | 9/28/18 |
| Talent Management Suites Critical Capabilities |
6/6/17 | 9/28/18 |
| Transportation Management Systems Magic Quadrant |
3/9/18 | 3/31/19 |
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U |
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| Unified Communications Magic Quadrant |
7/13/16 | 8/31/17 |
| Unified Communications Critical Capabilities |
7/19/17 | 8/31/18 |
| Unified Communications as a Service, North America Magic Quadrant |
9/30/19 | |
| Unified Communications as a Service, North America Critical Capabilities |
12/27/18 | 10/31/19 |
| Unified Endpoint Management Tools Magic Quadrant |
6/6/17 | 6/6/18 |
| Unified Endpoint Management Tools Critical Capabilities |
6/28/17 | 6/28/18 |
| Unified Threat Management Magic Quadrant |
6/20/17 | 6/20/18 |
| Utilities Customer Information Systems Magic Quadrant |
6/19/17 | 6/19/18 |
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W |
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| Warehouse Management Systems Critical Capabilities |
Upcoming | 3/31/18 |
| Warehouse Management Systems Critical Capabilities |
8/23/18 | 8/30/19 |
| Warehouse Management Systems Magic Quadrant |
5/2/18 | 5/31/19 |
| Web Application Firewalls Magic Quadrant |
8/10/17 | 8/10/18 |
| Web Application Firewalls Critical Capabilities |
12/6/18 | 12/6/19 |
| Web Content Management Magic Quadrant |
7/26/17 | 7/26/18 |
| Web Content Management Critical Capabilities |
7/27/17 | 7/27/18 |
| Wired and Wireless LAN Access Infrastructure Magic Quadrant |
7/11/18 | 9/30/19 |
| Wired and Wireless LAN Access Infrastructure Critical Capabilities |
9/12/16 | 9/12/17 |
| Wireline Telecom Services U.S. Critical Capabilities |
3/19/18 | 3/19/19 |
| Workforce Engagement Management Magic Quadrant |
1/19/17 | 1/19/18 |
| Workforce Engagement Management Critical Capabilities |
3/7/18 | 3/7/19 |
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