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.
April 19, 2021
The booming new category of industry-specific clouds continues to drive lots of innovation and competition in the Cloud Wars:
The Cloud Wars Top 10
1 | Microsoft |
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Fiscal Q2 Cloud Revenue: $16.7B Cloud Services: IaaS, PaaS, SaaS CEO: Satya Nadella |
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Acquisition underscores Nadella’s huge ambition for industry clouds |
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2020 cloud revenue 31% higher than AWS; bigger than AWS + Google Cloud |
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EVP of Cloud & AI Guthrie outlines need for “digital tech intensity” |
2 | Amazon |
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Q4 Cloud Revenue: $12.7B Cloud Services: IaaS, PaaS CEO: Andy Jassy |
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Cloud less than 5% of global IT spend, says new Amazon CEO Jassy |
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MSFT’s Nadella hammers Amazon for competing with AWS customers |
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Special Report: if Slack worth $28B, then how high could AWS IPO go? |
3 | Google Cloud |
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Q4 Cloud Revenue: $3.83B Cloud Services: IaaS, PaaS, SaaS CEO: Thomas Kurian |
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Where does cloud need to go? ‘Digitization of industries,’ says Kurian |
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How is Google Cloud doing in rapidly escalating Cloud Database Wars? |
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Special Report: can world’s hottest cloud vendor sustain hypergrowth? |
4 | Salesforce |
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Q4 Cloud Revenue: $5.82B Cloud Services: SaaS, PaaS CEO: Marc Benioff |
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10 reasons why Salesforce believes it will be leader in industry clouds |
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With $2 billion in industry-cloud revenue, is SFDC king of verticals? |
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Special Report: w/Slack, Benioff boosts big target from $35B to $50B |
5 | SAP |
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Q4 Cloud Revenue: $2.47B Cloud Services: SaaS, PaaS CEO: Christian Klein |
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N.A. prez Paoni dismisses claims of customer churn: “demand is exploding” |
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Klein will stay focused on customer success after broadside from Oracle |
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Special Report: Huge bet on Industry Cloud to outpace Oracle, Salesforce |
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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CEO Catz offers 6 reasons to be bullish on cloud; demand outpaces supply |
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Cloud-infrastructure biz: $2B run rate and growing in triple digits |
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Special Report: defying ankle-biters, Ellison creates cloud powerhouse |
7 | ServiceNow |
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Q4 Cloud Revenue: $1.18B 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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Q4 Cloud Revenue: $7.5B Cloud Services: SaaS, PaaS, IaaS CEO: Arvind Krishna |
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New ‘Cloud Satellite’ service shows big potential, leverages IBM’s strengths |
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Q4 cloud revenue plummets to 8%—can Krishna reignite significant growth? |
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Special Report: Krishna must prove much more to IBM Cloud than Red Hat |
10 | Snowflake |
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Fiscal Q4 Cloud Revenue: $178M Cloud Services: IaaS, PaaS CEO: Frank Slootman |
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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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