Informatica has been positioned as a Leader in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Data and Analytics Governance Platforms. This recognition highlights the company’s completeness of vision and ability to execute in providing AI-powered data governance solutions, critical as organizations seek trusted data foundations for digital transformation and generative AI initiatives.
Informatica is named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Data and Analytics Governance Platforms.
The evaluation is based on the company's Completeness of Vision and Ability to Execute.
Informatica's Intelligent Data Management Cloud (IDMC) platform provides scalable, multicloud governance for structured, unstructured, and AI data assets.
The platform leverages the CLAIRE AI engine to automate governance controls across diverse data ecosystems.
Gartner predicts that by 2027, 60% of data governance teams will prioritize unstructured data governance for GenAI use cases.
Over 5,000 global organizations use Informatica’s platform to govern their data estates.
The Gartner Magic Quadrant evaluates vendors on their ability to execute and completeness of vision in the data and analytics governance platform market. These platforms are defined as tools that help organizations design and enforce governance policies across the data lifecycle. Gartner notes the growing importance of these capabilities, stating, “By 2027, 60% of data governance teams will prioritize governance of unstructured data to deliver GenAI use cases and improve decision quality in organizations.”
Informatica’s position is powered by its Intelligent Data Management Cloud (IDMC), a comprehensive platform built for multicloud environments. IDMC is designed to manage and govern all data types, including the growing volume of unstructured data and AI assets, providing a trusted foundation for innovation. Brett Roscoe, SVP and GM of Data Governance and Cloud Operations at Informatica, said, “Leveraging advanced AI-powered automation with CLAIRE, our Intelligent Data Management Cloud (IDMC) platform empowers enterprises to scale critical governance controls across diverse ecosystems, enabling AI ready assets. We believe this recognition as a Leader affirms our dedication to innovation and customer success.”
This leadership acknowledgment comes at a pivotal time as enterprises increasingly relaunch modern data governance programs to support AI readiness. Informatica’s platform aims to meet this demand by enabling over 5,000 organizations to automate governance, ensure data quality and privacy, and unlock the value of their data estates with confidence, thereby accelerating business outcomes.
Being positioned as a Leader by Gartner validates Informatica’s strategic focus on integrating AI automation with comprehensive data governance. As the need for governed, high-quality data becomes paramount for generative AI success, Informatica’s IDMC platform is positioned as a critical enabler for enterprises building a trusted, scalable data foundation.
About Informatica
Informatica from Salesforce is a leader in AI-powered enterprise cloud data management. Its Intelligent Data Management Cloud (IDMC) platform enables organizations to connect, manage and unify AI-ready data across the enterprise. With capabilities spanning data cataloging, integration, governance, quality, privacy, metadata management and master data management, Informatica supports a broad partner ecosystem and helps customers unlock the full value of their data and AI initiatives.
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