Buyers Guides for Analytics

2026 Software Provider and Product Assessment

The ISG Buyers Guides for Analytics are the distillation of continuous market and product research. They are an assessment of how well software providers’ offerings address enterprises’ requirements for platforms software. The Value Index methodology is structured to support a request for information (RFI) for a request for proposal (RFP) process by incorporating all criteria needed to evaluate, select, utilize and maintain relationships with software providers. The ISG Buyers Guide evaluates customer experience and the product experience in its capability and platform.

The 2026 ISG Buyers Guides™ for Analytics evaluate leading software providers across six platform industry areas: Analytics, Analytics Emerging Providers, AI Analytics, Healthcare Analytics, Manufacturing Analytics and Retail Analytics. Each guide delivers unique research, detailed ratings and rankings and in-depth analyses to help enterprises assess and select the analytics software that best fits their requirements.

• The Analytics Buyers Guide evaluates 22 software providers offering products supporting enterprise analytics, AI-assisted insights and decision support. The guide assesses the following providers: Alibaba Cloud, AWS, Databricks, Domo, Epicor, Google, IBM, Idera, Infor, insightsoftware, Microsoft, OpenText, Oracle, Qlik, Salesforce, SAP, SAS, ServiceNow, Sisense, Strategy, ThoughtSpot and Zoho.

• The Analytics Emerging Providers Buyers Guide evaluates 12 software providers offering products supporting AI-enhanced analytics, decision intelligence and specialized analytics capabilities. The guide assesses the following providers: Aera Technology, Cube, GoodData, Hex, Incorta, Klipfolio, Kyligence, Kyvos, OWOX, Phocas, Sigma and Toucan.
  
  
• The AI Analytics Buyers Guide evaluates 22 software providers offering products supporting AI-enhanced analytics, data preparation and intelligent decision support. The guide assesses the following providers: Alibaba Cloud, AWS, Databricks, Domo, Epicor, Google, IBM, Idera, Infor, insightsoftware, Microsoft, OpenText, Oracle, Qlik, Salesforce, SAP, SAS, ServiceNow, Sisense, Strategy, ThoughtSpot and Zoho.
  
  
• The Healthcare Analytics Buyers Guide evaluates 20 software providers offering products supporting healthcare-specific analytics, AI-enabled insights and decision support. The guide assesses the following providers: Arcadia, Databricks, Definitive Healthcare, Google, Health Catalyst, Infor, Innovaccer, Inovalon, InterSystems, IQVIA, MedeAnalytics, Merative, Microsoft, Milliman MedInsight, NextGen Healthcare, Oracle, SAP, SAS, symplr and ZeOmega.
  
  
• The Manufacturing Analytics Buyers Guide evaluates 16 software providers offering products supporting production, supply chain and workforce analytics. The guide assesses the following providers: Advantive, Cloud Software Group, Databricks, dataPARC, Epicor, Google, Incorta, Infor, Lantek, Microsoft, OpenText, Oracle, QAD, SAP, SAS and Sight Machine.
  
  
• The Retail Analytics Buyers Guide evaluates 15 software providers offering products supporting operational, marketing and workforce analytics. The guide assesses the following providers: Buxton, Databricks, Epicor, Incorta, Infor, Microsoft, Nuqleous, o9 Solutions, Oracle, ReBiz, RetailNext, SAP, SAS, Solvoyo and Verkada.
  
  

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