Profisee Named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Master Data Management Solutions
Learn why Gartner® named Profisee a Leader in the 2026 Magic Quadrant™ for Enterprise Master Data Management Solutions
For the first time in four years, Gartner® has published a Magic Quadrant™ for Enterprise Master Data Management Solutions report. This much-anticipated report provides detailed analysis of 20 different master data management (MDM) vendors to help you make an informed decision about which tool best suits your needs.
Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Master Data Management Solutions by Stephen Kennedy, Lyn Robison, Dr. Usen Uboh, Divya Radhakrishnan, 6 April 2026†
The 2026 report contains valuable insight into each vendor profiled, including a brief overview of its MDM offering and its strengths in addition to cautions about each vendor from the report authors. Normally available only to Gartner customers, we are pleased to make this report available here for free to help guide you on your MDM journey.
The Definitive Guide to Master Data Management Solutions in 2026
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Claim your free copy of the 2026 Magic Quadrant™ for Enterprise Master Data Management Solutions and get access to:
- The latest Magic Quadrant for MDM solutions
- Detailed, expert analysis of 20 different MDM vendors
- Educational content on master data management and what basic functionality to expect from a solution, including common features of MDM tools
- Honorable mention vendors that were not included in the Magic Quadrant this year
- Information on the methodology used to build the Magic Quadrant
This new report is a must-have resource for any data leader looking to speed enterprise-wide AI adoption and stay ahead in the ever-evolving world of data management.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Gartner® 2026 Magic Quadrant™ for Enterprise Master Data Management Solutions?
The 2026 Magic Quadrant™ for Enterprise Master Data Management Solutions is a nearly 50-page tech solution market report that contains basic information about master data management as a tech-enabled business discipline, required basic functionality of MDM tools, common features of MDM tools and detailed analysis of 20 MDM vendors, including a brief overview of each vendor, their strengths and cautions from the report authors.
Which vendors are included in the 2026 Magic Quadrant™ for Enterprise Master Data Management Solutions?
To see detailed information about each of the vendors featured in the report — including their position on the Magic Quadrant™ — download your free copy using the form on this page. Vendors featured in the 2026 MQ include, in no particular order:
- Profisee
- Semarchy
- Prospecta Software
- Gaine Technology
- Tamr
- CluedIn
- SAP
- Ataccama
- Salesforce (Informatica)
- Pimcore
- Stibo Systems
- Reltio
- Syndigo
- Boomi
- IBM
- PiLog Group
- Viamedici
- Precisely
- Syncari
- TIBCO
Didn’t Gartner® retire its Magic Quadrant™ report for Master Data Management Solutions?
Yes, Gartner® announced in 2022 that it would retire the Magic Quadrant™ for Master Data Management Solutions. It reversed that decision with the publication of a new Magic Quadrant for MDM in April 2026. Gartner initially decided to retire the MQ for MDM because it assessed the MDM software market as stable and mature with little meaningful differentiation among vendors.
Gartner saw MDM as such a basic, unchanging part of enterprise data architecture that it no longer felt the need to produce a Magic Quadrant. However, in the years since the last MQ for MDM was published, the software landscape has changed dramatically.
The advent of generative AI and its applications — especially agentic or augmented data management — hold big implications for master data management and are pushing it to new frontiers. This led many data leaders to question whether Gartner would bring back the MQ for MDM. As Profisee CDO Malcolm Hawker said in his commentary on Gartner’s initial decision to retire the MQ for MDM, “…MDM is on the verge of progressing beyond the hype to something far more meaningful.”
This latest MDM MQ is testament to that progression and underscores the importance of MDM in an increasingly AI-first world.
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