Alibaba Cloud, the cloud computing division of Alibaba Group, was named a Leader in the 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cloud Database Management Systems. This marks the sixth consecutive year Alibaba Cloud has received the recognition.

The report specifically highlighted the division’s strengths. These include its cloud-native database capabilities and its comprehensive data and artificial intelligence (AI) platform.

This acknowledgment reinforces the growing importance of Alibaba’s cloud and AI segments. These segments function as primary growth engines for the company.

While no immediate market reaction was noted, the consistent recognition from industry analysts like Gartner helps solidify Alibaba Cloud’s competitive position against other major players in the enterprise technology sector.