Gartner® Magic Quadrant™
Gartner has named Redwood Software a Leader for the third year in a row, positioned furthest in Completeness of Vision, in the 2026 Magic Quadrant™ for SOAP report.
Gartner, who we feel is one of the most trusted voices in technology analysis, recently released this report, which we feel guides decision-making for the C-suite and other leaders seeking a SOAP solution, helping them understand the technology providers they might consider for a specific investment opportunity.
We feel Redwood Software’s position as a Leader reinforces our commitment to accelerating the path to the autonomous enterprise. Redwood optimizes event-driven automation and orchestration across hybrid environments to deliver real results.
Gartner Critical Capabilities
“Use this research to further investigate product and service ratings based on key capabilities set to important, differentiating use cases.”*
See why Redwood was ranked first in five out of five Use Cases for SOAP in the 2025 Gartner report: IT Workload Automation Use Case, IT Workflow Orchestration Use Case, Data Orchestration Use Case, Citizen Automation Use Case and DevOps Automation Use Case.
We believe Redwood’s scores in these Use Cases reflect our strengths in delivering powerful automation fabric solutions to address a wide variety of business needs and functions.
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Get quickly educated about a technology market’s vendor selection and their ability to deliver on what end-users require today and in the future. Download both reports to get the insights we feel you need to build future-proof automation initiatives and what we believe is a reliable evaluation of each vendor’s ability to deliver on your digital transformation.
as of August 5, 2026, based on 124 ratings
Gartner FAQs
How to get access to Gartner reports?
Redwood Software has licensed complimentary access to both the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Service Orchestration and Automation Platforms (SOAP) report and the 2026 Gartner Critical Capabilities for SOAP report. Fill out the form for complimentary access to both reports.
What is the Gartner® Magic Quadrant?
”A Magic Quadrant™ provides a graphical competitive positioning of four types of technology providers in markets where growth is high and provider differentiation is distinct:
Magic Quadrants™ help you:
- Get quickly educated about a market’s competing technology providers and their ability to deliver on what end users require today and in the future
- Understand how a market’s technology providers are competitively positioned and the strategies they are using to compete for end-user business
- Compare a technology provider’s strengths and challenges with your specific needs”
What are the 4 parts of the Magic Quadrant™?
The four quadrants in a Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ are as follows:
- “Leaders execute well against their current vision and are well-positioned for tomorrow.
- Visionaries understand where the market is going or have a vision for changing market rules, but do not yet execute well.
- Niche Players focus successfully on a small segment or are unfocused and do not out-innovate or outperform others.
- Challengers execute well today or may dominate a large segment but do not demonstrate an understanding of market direction.”
What is the Gartner Critical Capabilities report?
“A Critical Capabilities document is a comparative analysis that scores competing products or services against a set of critical differentiators identified by Gartner. It shows you which products or services are a best fit in various use cases to provide you with actionable advice on which products/services you should add to your vendor shortlists for further evaluation.”
Source: Gartner Critical Capabilities Research Methodology
Gartner, Inc. Magic Quadrant for Service Orchestration and Automation Platforms. Hassan Ennaciri, Daniel Betts, etl. 5 August 2026.
Gartner, Inc. Critical Capabilities for Service Orchestration and Automation Platforms. Chris Saunderson, Cameron Haight, Daniel Betts, Hassan Ennaciri, etl. 26 Aug 2025.
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These graphics were published by Gartner, Inc. as part of a larger research document and should be evaluated in the context of the entire document. The Gartner document is available upon request from https://www.redwood.com/resource/gartner-soaps-mq/ and https://www.redwood.com/resource/gartner-critical-capabilities-soaps/.