Gartner | 2025 Critical Capabilities for Cloud Database Management Systems for Analytical Use Cases

Cloud database management systems (DBMS) are essential for organizations looking to transform data into analytical insights to make informed business decisions. In the 2025 Gartner Critical Capabilities for Cloud Database Management Systems for Analytical Use Cases, Gartner evaluated 18 vendors across 12 critical capabilities and 3 key use cases.

Amazon Web Services (Amazon Redshift) received the highest scores for Event Analytics and the 2nd highest scores for Enterprise Data Warehouse and Lakehouse use cases. We believe this demonstrates our versatility and strength across diverse analytical workloads.

Read the full Gartner report to:

• Get Gartner analysis of key trends shaping the analytical database market
• See detailed scores across 12 critical capabilities for analytical use cases
• Understand how AWS was recognized in the report. 

AWS recommends this report as an essential resource for data and analytics leaders evaluating cloud database options for analytical workloads.

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