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November 2026 Edition

Cloud and infrastructure

Where workloads run and how they are secured and paid for: hosting, posture management, containers, Kubernetes, infrastructure as code, cost, backup and storage. 12 of 14 categories scored, 2 planned.

Standing in cloud and infrastructure

First-choice share across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, all fourteen models, for the twelve cloud and infrastructure categories scored in the November 2026 Edition.

Cloud and infrastructure

Infrastructure as code

One leader in all three segments

TerraformClear leader

49%▼−6Since October 2026: 55% → 49%, −6 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.

58%▲+1Since October 2026: 57% → 58%, +1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.

62%▲+9Since October 2026: 53% → 62%, +9 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.

Cloud and infrastructure

Small business and mid-market share a leader. Enterprise differs.

Backblaze B2Clear leader

49%▲+2Since October 2026: 47% → 49%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.

55%▲+9Since October 2026: 46% → 55%, +9 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.

Amazon S3Clear leader

43%▼−1Since October 2026: 44% → 43%, −1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.

Cloud and infrastructure

Cloud cost management

Small business and mid-market share a leader. Enterprise differs.

VantageClear leader

65%▲+24Since October 2026: 41% → 65%, +24 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.

55%▲+10Since October 2026: 45% → 55%, +10 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.

IBM Apptio CloudabilityClear leader

54%▲+5Since October 2026: 49% → 54%, +5 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.

Cloud and infrastructure

Managed Kubernetes platforms

Mid-market and enterprise share a leader. Small business differs.

DigitalOcean KubernetesClear leader

62%▲+7Since October 2026: 55% → 62%, +7 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.

Google Kubernetes EngineClear leader

52%▲+9Since October 2026: 43% → 52%, +9 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.

57%▲+26Since October 2026: 31% → 57%, +26 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.

Cloud and infrastructure

Cloud security posture management

Mid-market and enterprise share a leader. Small business differs.

Microsoft Defender for CloudContested

33%▲+12Since October 2026: 21% → 33%, +12 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.

WizClear leader

45%▲+8Since October 2026: 37% → 45%, +8 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.

64%▲+10Since October 2026: 54% → 64%, +10 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.

Cloud and infrastructure

Server virtualization platforms

Small business and mid-market share a leader. Enterprise differs.

Proxmox VEClear leader

74%▲+10Since October 2026: 64% → 74%, +10 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.

44%▲+2Since October 2026: 42% → 44%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.

Nutanix AHVClear leader

43%=heldSince October 2026: 43% → 43%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.

Cloud and infrastructure

Backup and disaster recovery

Mid-market and enterprise share a leader. Small business differs.

Acronis Cyber ProtectContested

30%▲+7Since October 2026: 23% → 30%, +7 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.

Veeam Data PlatformContested

40%▲+2Since October 2026: 38% → 40%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.

38%▲+6Since October 2026: 32% → 38%, +6 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.

Cloud and infrastructure

Cloud-native application protection

Mid-market and enterprise share a leader. Small business differs.

Microsoft Defender for CloudContested

30%↗new leaderNew leader since October 2026: Microsoft Defender for Cloud (30%) replaces Aikido Security (29% then, 25% now), 5 points clear, inside the 11-point floor.

36%▼−1Since October 2026: 37% → 36%, −1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.Contested

51%▲+3Since October 2026: 48% → 51%, +3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.Clear leader

Cloud and infrastructure

A different leader in every segment

DigitalOcean DropletsClear leader

55%▲+21Since October 2026: 34% → 55%, +21 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.

Microsoft AzureContested

29%↗new leaderNew leader since October 2026: Microsoft Azure (29%) replaces Amazon Web Services (32% then, 28% now), 1 point clear, inside the 11-point floor.

Amazon Web ServicesClear leader

45%▲+3Since October 2026: 42% → 45%, +3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.

Cloud and infrastructure

Enterprise storage systems

A different leader in every segment

HPE MSA StorageContested

26%↗new leaderNew leader since October 2026: HPE MSA Storage (26%) replaces Dell PowerStore (14% then, 14% now), 12 points clear, past the 11-point floor.

Dell PowerStoreContested

28%▲+10Since October 2026: 18% → 28%, +10 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.

Pure Storage FlashArrayContested

36%▼−6Since October 2026: 42% → 36%, −6 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.

Cloud and infrastructure

Container and Kubernetes security

Small business and mid-market share a leader. Enterprise differs.

TrivyContested

38%▲+16Since October 2026: 22% → 38%, +16 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.

24%▲+2Since October 2026: 22% → 24%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.

Prisma CloudContested

31%▲+6Since October 2026: 25% → 31%, +6 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.

Cloud and infrastructure

Colocation providers

A different leader in every segment

TierPoint tiedContested

13%↗new leaderNew leader since October 2026: TierPoint (13%) replaces InterServer (24% then, 13% now), 0 points clear, inside the 11-point floor.

FlexentialContested

18%↗new leaderNew leader since October 2026: Flexential (18%) replaces TierPoint (22% then, 12% now), 6 points clear, inside the 11-point floor.

EquinixClear leader

66%▲+7Since October 2026: 59% → 66%, +7 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.

Next in cloud and infrastructure

Planned categories are in the build queue and are scored exactly like every other.

Bare metal and edge compute plannedVirtualization and private cloud planned

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