Red Hat has been named a Leader in the 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cloud-Native Application Platforms, marking the second consecutive year the company has received this recognition. The evaluation highlighted Red Hat OpenShift, which is powered by Kubernetes and serves as a hybrid cloud application platform.
The Magic Quadrant assessed 12 vendors based on their completeness of vision and ability to execute. According to Gartner, companies positioned as Leaders demonstrate strong execution against their current vision and are well situated for future developments.
Mike Barrett, vice president and general manager of Hybrid Cloud Platforms at Red Hat, commented on the recognition: “We believe being recognized as a Leader for a second consecutive year in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cloud-Native Application Platforms is a testament to Red Hat OpenShift’s sustained innovation and its critical role in enabling enterprises to navigate the complexities of modern application development. Our commitment to open source and hybrid cloud allows organizations to build, deploy and manage applications with unparalleled consistency and flexibility, wherever their data and operations reside.”
Red Hat OpenShift provides tools for building, deploying, and managing cloud-native applications across hybrid and multi-cloud environments. Its features include support for both virtualized and containerized workloads, developer tooling, integrated security capabilities, containerization support, an extensive ecosystem, integration options, and compliance features. The platform also supports artificial intelligence and machine learning workloads with its multicloud strategy.
A complimentary copy of the Magic Quadrant report is available online for those interested in more details about Red Hat’s strengths and cautions as well as other provider offerings.
