Strategic Cloud Platform Services

AI capabilities, industry solutions, digital sovereignty, operational efficiency and hybrid/multicloud are driving how organizations select their cloud provider. Use this Magic Quadrant to choose the best long-term strategic hyperscaler to scale and innovate your business.

Market Definition

Gartner defines strategic cloud platform services (SCPS) as standardized, automated, public cloud offerings integrating infrastructure services, platform services and transformation services. Although owned by the service provider, infrastructure and platform services may be hosted in provider infrastructures or customer data centers. Services should be elastically scalable, metered by use and consumable via web-based interfaces and programmable APIs. Transformation programs may be delivered by automated, self-service interfaces and managed interactions facilitated by account teams/partners.

Report 2026

Here is a summary of the vendors featured in the Gartner magic quadrant 2026 report.
For the full analysis and detailed insights, you can read the report here and view the magic quadrant graphic here.

Market Status Market Vendor
Leader Amazon Web Services
Leader Google
Leader Microsoft
Leader Oracle
Leader Alibaba Cloud
Niche Player Tencent Cloud
Niche Player Huawei Cloud

Report 2025

Here is a summary of the vendors featured in the Gartner magic quadrant 2025 report.
For the full analysis and detailed insights, you can read the report here and view the magic quadrant graphic here.

Market Status Market Vendor
Leader Amazon Web Services
Leader Google
Leader Microsoft
Leader Oracle
Niche Player IBM
Niche Player Huawei Cloud
Niche Player Tencent Cloud
Challenger Alibaba Cloud

Report 2024

Here is a summary of the vendors featured in the Gartner magic quadrant 2024 report.
For the full analysis and detailed insights, you can read the report here and view the magic quadrant graphic here.

Market Status Market Vendor
Leader Amazon Web Services
Leader Google
Leader Microsoft
Leader Oracle
Niche Player IBM
Niche Player Huawei Cloud
Niche Player Tencent Cloud
Challenger Alibaba Cloud