{"id":16028,"date":"2021-09-27T08:55:35","date_gmt":"2021-09-27T15:55:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/power-apps\/microsoft-is-a-leader-in-the-2021-gartner-magic-quadrant-for-enterprise-low-code-application-platforms\/"},"modified":"2025-06-11T07:52:28","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T14:52:28","slug":"microsoft-is-a-leader-in-the-2021-gartner-magic-quadrant-for-enterprise-low-code-application-platforms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/power-apps\/microsoft-is-a-leader-in-the-2021-gartner-magic-quadrant-for-enterprise-low-code-application-platforms\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft is a Leader in the 2021 Gartner\u00ae Magic Quadrant\u2122 for Enterprise Low-Code Application Platforms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-16659 size-full\" height=\"3744\" 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100vw, 3494px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>From productivity apps that drive collaboration to mission-critical solutions, organizations are deploying Power Apps to automate processes, modernize legacy apps, and solve business problems at scale.\u00a0Today, we are excited to share that Microsoft has been recognized as a Leader in\u00a0the <a href=\"https:\/\/aka.ms\/LCAPMQ2021\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2021 Gartner\u00ae Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Low-Code Application Platforms<\/a> for Microsoft Power Apps.<\/p>\n<p>Over the past year, Microsoft has doubled down on its efforts and investments to be the world\u2019s most comprehensive low-code application development platform. 92 percent of the Fortune 500 organizations are using Power Apps each month to rapidly adapt, and provide their customers, partners, and employees with streamlined first-class digital experiences on a secure, governable, and scalable platform.<\/p>\n<p>Across industries, customers such as <a href=\"https:\/\/customers.microsoft.com\/en-us\/story\/1344051519177703370-ey-professional-services-power-apps\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ernst and Young<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/customers.microsoft.com\/en-us\/story\/846529-walgreens-boots-alliance-retailers-power-apps\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Walgreens<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/customers.microsoft.com\/en-us\/story\/1373749007988578452-degreesofchange-nonprofit-power-platform\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Toyota<\/a> have adopted low-code within their organizations to solve all types of business challenges.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cFrom an innovation standpoint, we can use Power Apps to spec and build a solution and continuously improve it, rather than waiting for someone else to do the work.\u201d\u2014<\/em>Christopher Hitt, Assistant Manager, Field Technical Operations, Toyota Motor North America<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>We are incredibly grateful to our customers, partners, and community for the feedback, support, and engagement in making our position as a Leader a reality.<\/p>\n<h2>Five reasons Power Apps is the world\u2019s most comprehensive low-code platform<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-16661 size-full\" height=\"963\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Power-Apps-Comprehensive-Platform.png\" width=\"1684\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Power-Apps-Comprehensive-Platform.webp 1684w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Power-Apps-Comprehensive-Platform-300x172.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Power-Apps-Comprehensive-Platform-1024x586.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Power-Apps-Comprehensive-Platform-768x439.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Power-Apps-Comprehensive-Platform-1536x878.webp 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1684px) 100vw, 1684px\" \/><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>A trusted cloud:\u00a0<\/strong>Built atop the full depth of Microsoft Dataverse, a fully managed, secure, and scalable data platform, and the Azure cloud, reaching 250 million-plus users natively in Teams and Office 365 and horizontally integrated with robotic process automation (RPA) and low-code Power Virtual Agents with built-in connectors to 500 plus services, Power Apps provides seamless integration and scale to customers.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Supporting fusion teams:\u00a0<\/strong>Fusion teams are a key area of our focus and investment. Developers can move gracefully from simple no-code to mission-critical sophistication, allowing citizen developers to work directly with pros for advanced solutions.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Proven enterprise reliability and support:\u00a0<\/strong>Built on a world-class identity platform, with deep analytics, more compliance certifications than any other vendor, and market-leading governance controls, Power Apps enables organizations to change developer economics at scale with confidence.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Superior innovation:\u00a0<\/strong>Advanced AI, Mixed Reality, and hyper-automation are already working at scale in production for customers in Power Apps. <span class=\"TrackedChange BCX8 SCXW158453469\"><span class=\"TextRun Highlight Strikethrough BCX8 SCXW158453469\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun CommentStart BCX8 SCXW158453469\">With<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackedChange BCX8 SCXW158453469\"><span class=\"TextRun Highlight Strikethrough BCX8 SCXW158453469\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun BCX8 SCXW158453469\">\u00a0recent announce<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackedChange BCX8 SCXW158453469\"><span class=\"TextRun Highlight Strikethrough BCX8 SCXW158453469\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun BCX8 SCXW158453469\">ments such as\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><a class=\"Hyperlink BCX8 SCXW158453469\" href=\"https:\/\/powerapps.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/introducing-microsoft-power-fx-the-low-code-programming-language-for-everyone\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"TrackedChange BCX8 SCXW158453469\"><span class=\"FieldRange BCX8 SCXW158453469\"><span class=\"TextRun Highlight Underlined Strikethrough BCX8 SCXW158453469\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun BCX8 SCXW158453469\">Power\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun Highlight Underlined Strikethrough BCX8 SCXW158453469\" lang=\"EN-US\" 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they are to help them be a better developer and build better apps, together and faster.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Get your copy of the <a href=\"https:\/\/aka.ms\/LCAPMQ2021\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gartner Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Low-Code Application Platforms report<\/a> to learn more.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you,<\/p>\n<p>The Power Apps Team<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><i>Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Low-Code Application Platforms, <em>September 20, 2021, Jason Wong, Kimihiko Iijima, Adrian Leow, Akash Jain, Paul Vincent.<\/em><\/i><br \/>\n<i>GARTNER and Magic Quadrant are registered trademarks and service marks of Gartner, Inc. and\/or its affiliates in the U.S. and internationally and are used herein with permission. 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