
"Of the leading vendors in 2011 (Oracle, IBM, Microsoft, and SAP), only Microsoft has grown their market share in the last 15 years. The others have ceded market share to Amazon, Google Cloud Platform, and a handful of smaller but emerging vendors like Snowflake, Databricks, and MongoDB."
"The primary drivers of growth in the DBMS market in 2025 remained cloud, analytics, and AI. The relatively stable stack ranks at the top half of the market indicates that leading vendors are adapting well to the demands of AI and cloud."
Gartner's DBMS Market Share Ranks indicate a gradual shift in the database market, with leading vendors like Oracle, IBM, and SAP losing ground to Amazon, Google Cloud Platform, and emerging companies such as Snowflake and Databricks. Microsoft is the only major vendor to have increased its market share since 2011. The top five vendors have remained stable since 2022, while Cockroach Labs has seen significant growth. The primary growth drivers in 2025 are cloud, analytics, and AI, with users seeking differentiated offerings from new vendors.
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