Red Hat, a global provider of open source solutions, has been named a Leader in the Forrester Wave™: Multicloud Container Platforms, Q3 2025 report, solidifying its position as a leading figure in the multicloud container platform sector. The company received the highest scores among all evaluated vendors, in both the current offering and strategy categories.
The Forrester report highlights that “OpenShift is a good choice for companies that prioritize support, reliability, and advanced engineering—particularly in regulated industries like financial services.” The analysis firm also emphasizes the quality of Red Hat’s enterprise support and the consistent positive feedback from its customers regarding both managed services and the suite of integrated tools and capabilities in its offerings.
Among the strengths noted by Forrester are Red Hat’s advanced Kubernetes capabilities, including robust operators, centralized management, GitOps automation, and options for both graphical (GUI) and command-line (CLI) interfaces. Notably, the 99.95% service level agreements (SLAs) for managed OpenShift in public clouds demonstrate the maturity and dependability of its services, surpassing native capabilities of some public cloud platforms.
Regarding developer experience, the report underscores that Red Hat provides a comprehensive environment with high scores in key areas such as microservices, service mesh, DevOps automation, service catalogs and applications, and continuous integration. This broad range of features equips development teams with everything needed to build, deploy, and scale modern applications efficiently and securely.
Furthermore, Red Hat leverages its complete hybrid cloud stack—from Red Hat Enterprise Linux to advanced inference capabilities and optimized AI model services—with the goal of supporting the development and operation of applications based on generative AI.
This recognition from Forrester reinforces Red Hat’s role as a strategic partner for organizations seeking to accelerate their digital transformation in multicloud environments, blending innovation, enterprise support, and technical reliability.