Commvault named Gartner backup leader for 15th time

Commvault has been named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Backup and Data Protection Platforms, marking the 15th consecutive time it has received the designation.

The ranking assessed vendors on Completeness of Vision and Ability to Execute, according to Gartner's market report on backup and data protection platforms.

The recognition comes as Commvault broadens its cloud-based resilience offering to cover data protection, identity systems and cyber recovery across hybrid environments. Over the past year, it has added new functions to its Commvault Cloud platform as customers face growing pressure to restore systems quickly after cyber incidents and other disruptions.

A recent release under the Commvault Cloud Unity name added protection for a wider set of workloads, including Azure Databricks lakehouse, GitHub, GitLab, BigQuery and monday.com. The update also included risk analysis features linked to Satori's data and AI security technology, alongside expanded protection for identity platforms such as Okta.

Platform expansion

Commvault groups these products and features under what it calls Resilience Operations, an approach designed to bring together data security, identity resilience, cyber recovery, AI resilience and operational response on one platform. As IT estates grow more complex, customers are looking to cut recovery times, improve visibility over sensitive data and simplify response processes.

That reflects a broader shift in the backup and recovery market, where suppliers increasingly position their software around resilience rather than storage alone. Buyers now expect backup products to support cyber defence, identity protection and the restoration of business operations after an attack.

Hybrid cloud growth and wider use of AI tools have added to those demands. Companies must protect not only conventional applications and databases, but also cloud-native services, collaboration tools and AI-related datasets that may sit across multiple environments.

Commvault argued that recovery has become a defining measure of resilience as organisations spread workloads across on-premises infrastructure and public cloud systems. Customers need assurance that they can restore critical data, applications, identities and operations at scale.

Pranay Ahlawat, Chief Technology and AI Officer at Commvault, linked that need directly to the company's product roadmap.

"Organisations need confidence they can protect critical data, safeguard identities, and recover quickly when disruptions occur. As they adopt AI, they also need to know they can recover AI-enabled applications, data, and operations across the most complex business and technology environments," said Pranay Ahlawat, Chief Technology and AI Officer at Commvault.

"Our continued investments in cyber resilience, recovery automation, and AI resilience and intelligence are helping customers achieve these goals," Ahlawat said.

Market context

The Gartner Magic Quadrant is widely used by enterprise technology buyers as a comparative view of suppliers in a given market. In the backup and data protection sector, the report examines how vendors are positioned as organisations reassess disaster recovery, cyber recovery and regulatory risk.

For Commvault, maintaining Leader status for 15 straight years provides a durable point of reference in a market that has shifted from traditional backup management to broader recovery planning. Vendors in this segment now compete not only on backup coverage, but also on response speed, orchestration, security integration and support for newer workloads.

Competition in the category has intensified as cyber attacks have pushed recovery into boardroom discussions. Enterprises increasingly want systems that can identify sensitive data, secure identity infrastructure and restore operations without relying on disconnected tools.

Commvault's latest additions suggest it is responding by expanding the number of platforms it protects and tying recovery more closely to security analysis. Support for developer tools and data platforms points to a focus on production environments beyond conventional file and server backup.

The company also framed AI as part of the resilience challenge, saying businesses adopting AI-enabled technologies need confidence they can recover associated applications, data and operations. That puts backup vendors under pressure to show that protection extends to modern workloads as well as legacy systems.

Gartner's report positions providers across four categories: Leaders, Challengers, Visionaries and Niche Players.