Microsoft recognized as a Leader in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Enterprise Low-Code Application Platforms

We’re proud to share that Microsoft has again been named a Leader in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Enterprise Low-Code Application Platforms (LCAP). This is the seventh consecutive time we have been named a Leader in this Magic Quadrant™. We’re honored by this recognition in a market where AI innovation, scalability, and governance are crucial. We are also pleased to share that we’ve received a Customers’ Choice distinction in the 2025 Gartner Peer Insights™ Voice of the Customer: Enterprise Low-Code Application Platforms.

Source: Gartner (August 2025)1

We believe our Leader placement and Customers’ Choice distinction reflect our years-long commitment to empowering everyone—from traditional developers to business users—to build transformative, enterprise-grade solutions with speed, intelligence, and confidence. 

2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Enterprise Low-Code Application Platforms

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Why this matters 

Agility, governance, and impactful AI adoption are non-negotiable in today’s enterprise landscape. Under the umbrella of Microsoft Power Platform, Microsoft delivers a leading, end-to-end suite for automation, agents, and AI-infused applications. 

With over 56 million monthly active users and a thriving global community, Power Platform helps organizations of all sizes accelerate innovation. Key differentiators we believe set us apart from other market players are:  

AI is transforming work today, not tomorrow.With over 3 million agents built in FY25 alone,2 we are witnessing firsthand the acceleration of development cycles by more empowered users. Our platform is delivering measurable results—such as 30% faster data entry in apps,3 and 60% higher success building with Microsoft Copilot in Power Apps. These results are demonstrating that AI acceleration is a current reality for both developers and business users. We are actively supporting our customers as they put AI to work every day through our robust community, investments in extensive documentation, and transparent product roadmap. We are helping our customers drive tangible business outcomes at-scale by making innovation accessible to all.

The fully managed platform is making enterprise-grade scale and compliance, simple at any scale.With a foundation solidly on Microsoft Azure infrastructure, Power Platform offers benefits from streamlined security, operations, and management through a single admin center. We are making it easier than ever for you to confidently innovate and scale solutions globally with less effort while maintaining rigorous standards.

Developer capabilities within Power Platform are purposefully designed to foster seamless collaboration between business and IT users, while simultaneously giving experienced, code-first developers the power to innovate on their own terms. Power Platform has demonstrated long-term reliability and a relentless commitment to innovation. We have not only pioneered the low-code movement but now lead the agentic transformation of modern development. Throughout this evolution, we have consistently kept professional developers at the heart of our product strategy. As a result, we’ve seen more developers than ever choosing Power Platform as their foundation for building sophisticated, scalable solutions. Developers are relying on the platform to help them drive real business impact and accelerate the future of their enterprise app development.  

Gartner predicts that by 2028, “Agentic AI will be implemented via enterprise LCAPs in four out of five businesses globally.”4 With where we are and where we’re headed with our roadmap, we’re convinced that Power Platform delivers the tools for enterprises to scale their AI strategy with all kinds of developers. 

Join us October 28 to 30, 2025 at the Microsoft Power Platform Community Conference to experience firsthand the energy of our innovation and the strength of our community, and let’s explore some of the reasons customers around the globe are choosing Power Platform as their trusted platform for transformation. 

Accelerate AI impact 

Power Platform is designed to empower all kinds of developers. Business users new to app development or seasoned professionals alike can build impactful solutions with speed and confidence.  

When it comes to accelerating development with AI, innovations like plans in Power Apps and generative pages are redefining what building an enterprise solution looks like. Plans are quickly becoming the standard for designing and orchestrating solutions to complex business problems. Generative pages simplifies app creation by reducing boilerplate or repetitive work and accelerating delivery through an intuitive “vibe-coding” experience—all backed by the reliability of Power Platform. Whether you are a business professional, technical specialist, or seasoned developer—you can effectively utilize the single platform that meets you where you are, adapts to your pace and your unique skill set, and opens the path for you to achieve your ambitions.  

“We’ve been working with the plans, and this has so much potential. You really see how it’s going to increase our speed to market and grow our footprint when it comes to our global team across the world.” 
Giada Binelli, Global Product Owner Low Code and Cognitive Services, The HEINEKEN Company

With agents integrated into apps from the ground up, Power Platform allows organizations to quickly bring impactful innovations to users. Our agentic assistance in apps is preferred by 85% of users over non-assisted data exploration or data entry.4 And the new agent feed creates a true hub for human-agent collaboration.

We’re proud to lead this product evolution in the full breadth of development happening on Power Platform. Microsoft is committed to harnessing the potential of AI in the development lifecycle and in user experiences. We are delivering agentic assistance through built-in functionalities, providing a fast gateway to impactful AI outcomes. 

Scale, governance, and confidence 

With a fully managed platform, organizations gain advanced lifecycle management, governance, compliance, and security capabilities. Our recent investments in Microsoft Copilot Studio and AI orchestration ensure large language model responses are managed securely and responsibly, empowering organizations to confidently embrace AI-powered development. The platform’s strong foundation mitigates risk and helps IT and business users maintain control and accelerate innovation across the enterprise—without compromising trust or oversight. 

“The managed platform capabilities on Power Platform have greatly simplified and improved our ability to govern at scale. It’s the best way to manage at a global level.”
Giada Binelli, Global Product Owner Low Code and Cognitive Services, The HEINEKEN Company

Built for developers 

We’re redefining application and technology development in the age of AI and helping enterprises chart their path to becoming Frontier Firms. We recognize the critical role traditional developers play in this transformation—that is why we continue to expand and add robust capabilities to support them in building sophisticated, scalable solutions.  

With native integration of advanced coding tools, extensibility through custom connectors, and seamless integration with Microsoft Azure services, developers have more power to leverage their existing skills to build complex enterprise-grade applications. 

Power Platform is not low-code—it’s low-code, code-first, agentic, generative, and fully governed innovation. It empowers modern developers to build sophisticated, impactful, enterprise-grade solutions that they can scale.  

We are helping our customers move from simply building artifacts, to solving problems and driving business outcomes. The rapid growth of our developer community and adoption of advanced features underscores the trust developers are placing in Power Platform to deliver mission-critical applications. 

Real customer success, real business impact 

Small startups and multinational enterprises alike drive innovation and operational efficiency with Power Platform. The following examples show how they leverage the platform’s abilities and deliver tangible business outcomes: cost savings, operational efficiency, and scalable innovation. 

Deutsche Bahn Group licensed every employee with a Power Platform license. “It’s very easy to make your own app, and very fast,” says Thomas Czierpke, Head of Adoption and Change Management.

Pacific Gas & Electric built over 300 complex solutions, saving over USD75 million annually. Their AI-powered chatbot alone saves USD1.1 million per year in helpdesk support.

Cineplex automated customer service workflows reclaimed 30,000 hours and over USD1 million in just two years.

Rabobank runs more than 2,500 Power Platform solutions across 38 countries. One of their key business processes that took three weeks now takes just three minutes.

Start your shift to the new way of working 

Whether you’re building mission-critical apps or automating everyday tasks, Power Platform is the right choice. It’s a complete suite of tools designed for innovating at scale and for driving your organizational shift toward the Frontier Firm, where people collaborate with agents, apps, and Microsoft Copilot to achieve greater productivity. 

Read the full Magic Quadrant™ report to see why Gartner named Microsoft a Leader and then join us at Microsoft Power Platform Community Conference to experience the community innovation firsthand.  

Let’s build what’s next—together.

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1 This graphic was 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 Magic Quadrant™ for Enterprise Low-Code Application Platforms.

2 Microsoft Fiscal Year 2025 Fourth Quarter Earnings Conference Call.

3 Internal Microsoft testing conducted in November 2024 on sample of 22 subjects.

4 Gartner®, Magic Quadrant™ for Enterprise Low-Code Application Platforms, July 28, 2025, Oleksandr Matvitskyy, Akash Jain, Kyle Davis, Adrian Leow.
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