Informatica Named Leader in 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Data Governance

Informatica has been named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Data and Analytics Governance Platforms, a recognition that underscores the growing importance of trusted, AI ready data foundations as enterprises accelerate digital transformation. For the MarTech, analytics, and enterprise AI ecosystem, the announcement highlights how governance has become a strategic requirement for scaling generative and agentic AI initiatives responsibly.

Informatica, a leader in enterprise AI powered cloud data management, announced that Gartner evaluated the company based on Completeness of Vision and Ability to Execute. Inclusion in the Magic Quadrant requires vendors to meet strict criteria spanning product availability, platform performance, functional depth, geographic reach, and industry coverage. Informatica’s placement reflects its ability to support governance needs across complex, global data environments.

As organizations adopt generative AI at speed, the challenge of governing data across structured, unstructured, and AI generated assets has intensified. Informatica’s Intelligent Data Management Cloud platform is positioned as a comprehensive solution designed for multicloud and hybrid environments. The platform enables enterprises to manage and govern data across its full lifecycle, helping ensure accuracy, compliance, and trust at scale. According to the company, more than 5,000 organizations worldwide use IDMC to govern their data estates while supporting analytics and AI driven innovation.

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Gartner emphasized the expanding scope of governance in its report, stating, “A data and analytics governance platform helps organizations design and enforce governance policies for data and its derived assets across its life cycle. D&A leaders should explore and adopt these capabilities to meet end users’ demand for streamlined, scaled, and automated governance decision making.” The firm also highlighted the increasing focus on unstructured data and AI driven use cases, noting, “By 2027, 60% of data governance teams will prioritize governance of unstructured data to deliver GenAI use cases and improve decision quality in organizations. Through 2028, 80% of S&P 1200 organizations will relaunch a modern, D&A governance program, based around a trust model.”

For marketers, data leaders, and analytics teams, these trends signal a shift from traditional compliance focused governance to intelligence driven governance that supports AI readiness, personalization, and faster decision making. As customer data, behavioral signals, and AI outputs converge, platforms that can automate governance while maintaining transparency are becoming critical infrastructure.

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“As enterprises innovate with Generative and Agentic AI, they need powerful data and analytics governance capabilities,” said Brett Roscoe, Senior Vice President, and General Manager of Data Governance and Cloud Operations, at Informatica. “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.”

Roscoe added, “We believe this recognition as a Leader affirms our dedication to innovation and customer success. We are committed to enabling organizations to innovate with data and AI, driving confidence in their outcomes while accelerating value for their business.”

The Informatica Gartner Magic Quadrant recognition reinforces the company’s role in helping enterprises build trusted data foundations. As governance becomes inseparable from AI strategy, Informatica’s position as a Leader signals how central data and analytics governance platforms are to the future of enterprise innovation.