We’re proud to share that Kubermatic has been named in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Container Management for the second year.
Kubermatic is the only vendor headquartered in Germany, and one of just two EU-headquartered companies included in this year’s Magic Quadrant™.
We believe this recognition reflects our focus on giving organizations greater choice and control over how and where they run Kubernetes: from public cloud to on-premises and edge environments.
Sovereignty by design
Data residency and digital sovereignty are becoming increasingly important for organizations running critical and AI workloads.
As a Germany-headquartered company, we help organizations run Kubernetes on infrastructure they control. True sovereignty means more than choosing a local data center. It means having ownership and control over your infrastructure, your data, and where your workloads run.
Our approach gives organizations control over where their data resides, where workloads run, and which jurisdiction their infrastructure is subject to.
Building for the AI era
AI is changing what organizations expect from their infrastructure. As demand for AI grows, organizations need to make better use of increasingly expensive GPU capacity while giving teams access to the infrastructure and models they need.
Kubermatic brings together capabilities that help organizations share and optimize GPU infrastructure across teams and workloads. GPU sharing, scheduling, workload-aware placement, and multi-tenancy help organizations get more value from the capacity they already have.
BWI, Germany’s federal defense IT partner, is using Kubermatic to build a sovereign AI infrastructure platform. Read more in the success story.
Open source at the foundation
We believe open source gives organizations the freedom to build their Kubernetes strategy without being locked into a single infrastructure provider.
Our platform is built on an open-source foundation, and we help organizations manage Kubernetes across different infrastructure environments while maintaining control over their technology choices.
Looking ahead
We believe the next chapter of Kubernetes is about giving organizations more control. As AI workloads grow and sovereignty becomes a strategic priority, organizations need infrastructure that can adapt to where their workloads, data, and business requirements take them.
“The future of cloud-native infrastructure is about having the freedom to run your workloads wherever they make the most sense, and keeping control of the infrastructure that matters most.”.
— Sebastian Scheele, Co-founder and CEO, Kubermatic
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