We’re proud to share that IBM has been recognized as a Leader in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Metadata Management Solutions.

For us, this recognition goes beyond technology—it represents IBM’s commitment to helping organizations turn complex data into trusted, usable intelligence. In a world where data is spread across hybrid and multicloud environments, metadata management has become the foundation of trust, compliance, and AI success.

Turning metadata into a business advantage

IBM watsonx.data intelligence brings together everything enterprises need to manage and understand their data: cataloging, governance, lineage, quality, and sharing—all in one AI-powered platform.

That unified experience allows teams to:

• Discover and trust data faster through automated classification and quality checks.
• Strengthen compliance with data lineage and policy-driven governance.
• Collaborate securely across business units and cloud providers
• Accelerate responsible AI initiatives with high-quality, explainable data.

The result? Simplified governance, stronger trust, and faster insights—without adding complexity.

What our customers are saying

Real feedback from Gartner Peer Insights™ shows the impact our solutions deliver:

“IBM Knowledge catalogue is a powerful enterprise-grade data catalogue and governance solution built to help organizations protect and share trusted data. It enables organizations to confidently use their data for analytics and AI initiatives."

Data and Analytics Manager, Banking, Gartner Peer Insights review

“What I love most about Manta Data lineage is how it can automatically extract and show end-to-end data lineage for complex systems. It gives you a transparent view of where data originates, how it gets modified, and where it ends up- without having to manually trace scripts or data streams. This type of visibility truly makes impact analysis, debugging and regulatory compliance much better."

IT Associate, IT Services, Gartner Peer Insight review

“It helps in collaborating with colleagues. The software integrates well with other platforms. It can help find data assets, understand data quality, and build governance policies.”

Researcher, Education, Gartner Peer Insights review

Explore what’s next

Read the report and see why Gartner named IBM a Leader the 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Metadata Management.

Read the announcement blog and dive deeper into IBM approach to metadata management

Visit our Demo Library to see how watsonx.data intelligence turns governance, cataloging, quality, lineage, and sharing into real business outcomes.

Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Metadata Management Solutions, Melody Chien,  Thornton Craig,  Guido De Simoni,  Roxane Edjlali, 19 November 2025.

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