The World’s Top Cloud Vendors
The Cloud Wars ranking of the 10 most-influential cloud vendors in the world. We adjust the rankings regularly, so check back for fresh insights and updates.
June 14, 2021
As we close in on the midpoint of 2021, the enterprise cloud is roaring along as the engine of innovation, speed, and data-powered decisions for the Digital Economy. And the major players are rolling out new ideas, products and services at a breathtaking pace:
- #10 Snowflake has created the “data cloud” category and is quickly being challenged by other major vendors, particularly #3 Google Cloud;
- #5 SAP publicly expresses unconditional commitment to a new era of “Modular ERP,” noting that legacy ERP can no longer keep up with the needs of modern business;
- #9 IBM reinforces its relationship with SAP as #1 Microsoft’s competitive stance against SAP in enterprise apps intensifies; and
- #4 Salesforce reports what CEO Marc Benioff calls “the greatest quarter in company history.”
The Cloud Wars Top 10
| 1 | Microsoft |
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Cloud Revenue for Q ending 3/31: $17.7B Cloud Services: IaaS, PaaS, SaaS CEO: Satya Nadella |
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#9 IBM gets closer to SAP as MSFT no longer "preferred" cloud partner |
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Nadella creates powerhouse apps biz w/industries Dynamics 365, Data, AI |
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Apps chief Taylor investing billions to “verticalize the cloud” for industries |
| 2 | Amazon |
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Cloud Revenue for Q ending 3/31: $13.5B Cloud Services: IaaS, PaaS CEO: Andy Jassy |
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Hello new AWS CEO Adam Selipsky: 10 questions for you |
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Cloud less than 5% of global IT spend, says Amazon CEO Andy Jassy |
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MSFT’s Nadella hammers Amazon for competing with AWS customers |
| 3 | Google Cloud |
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Cloud Revenue for Q ending 3/31: $4B Cloud Services: IaaS, PaaS, SaaS CEO: Thomas Kurian |
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Kurian & Co. taking on red-hot Snowflake in "data cloud" category |
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Will Kurian capitalize as SAP crush on Microsoft cools? |
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Blowout Q1 triggers multiple pledges of more billions from parent Alphabet |
| 4 | Salesforce |
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Q4 Cloud Revenue: $5.82B Cloud Services: SaaS, PaaS CEO: Marc Benioff |
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The Benioff Show: inside SFDC's 'Greatest Quarter Ever' |
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Is Benioff interested in acquiring Cerner for healthcare industry cloud? |
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Continues to hold the #1 spot on our new Industry Cloud Top 10 |
| 5 | SAP |
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Cloud Revenue for Q ending 3/31: $2.57B Cloud Services: SaaS, PaaS CEO: Christian Klein |
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Huge move by SAP in formally moving away from legacy to modular ERP |
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Klein again shows modern mindset in joint venture for FinTech-y Fioneer |
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Think big: SAP extends hot idea of industry clouds out to industry networks |
| 6 | Oracle |
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Fiscal Q3 Cloud Revenue (est.): $1.6B Cloud Services: SaaS, PaaS, IaaS CEO: Safra Catz |
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June 15 earnings release should see big gains in OCI and Fusion apps |
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Big industry-cloud numbers: 100k customers, 16M users, 120 countries |
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CEO Catz offers 6 reasons to be bullish on cloud; demand outpaces supply |
| 7 | ServiceNow |
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Cloud Revenue for Q ending 3/31: $1.29B Cloud Services: SaaS CEO: Bill McDermott |
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Building ‘world’s greatest software company’: McDermott’s plan |
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Q4 subscription-revenue jumps 32% on “workflow revolution” |
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Special Report: McDermott & Co. are disrupting entire market |
| 8 | Workday |
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Fiscal Q4 Cloud Revenue: $1.01B Cloud Services: SaaS, PaaS CEO: Aneel Bhusri |
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Co-CEO Fernandez: it’s time to liberate CFOs from ERP’s limitations |
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Special Report: pushing advanced tech to rip and replace legacy IT |
| 9 | IBM |
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Cloud Revenue for Q ending 3/31: $6.5B Cloud Services: SaaS, PaaS, IaaS CEO: Arvind Krishna |
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Cloud chief Boville says 49-year partnership w/ SAP helps clients accelerate |
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General-purpose clouds out, industry-specific clouds in, says Boville |
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Q1 cloud revenue bounces back, up 18% to $6.5 billion |
| 10 | Snowflake |
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Fiscal Q4 Cloud Revenue: $178M Cloud Services: IaaS, PaaS CEO: Frank Slootman |
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CEO Slootman comes out swinging against MSFT, AMZN, and GOOG |
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Slootman bets continued hypergrowth on vertical-industry strategy |
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4 big steps on journey to $1 billion in data cloud revenue |
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