Oracle and Microsoft have emerged as the standout Leaders in the 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cloud ERP for Product-Centric Enterprises.
The two vendors join a crowded top-right quadrant alongside familiar names such as SAP, IFS, Infor, and Epicor, underscoring a year defined by innovation and acceleration in AI-driven automation.
No vendors were added or dropped from this year’s report, but the positions have shifted dramatically, with this year’s report featuring no Challengers or Visionaries – just Leaders and Niche Players.
Arguably, this is a sign of a market reaching a critical inflection point, as ERP systems evolve from transactional engines to intelligent orchestration platforms.
The Definition of an ERP for Product-Centric Enterprises
A cloud enterprise resource planning (ERP) for product-centric enterprises supports and automates operational activities across manufacturing, distribution, and supply chain sectors.
These systems serve as the backbone of modern product-driven organizations, connecting HR, manufacturing, logistics, and finance, while enabling the scalability and agility that global operations demand.
Vendors in this market deliver not only the infrastructure and core ERP applications but also continuous updates, platform extensions, and the AI-driven intelligence increasingly expected by enterprises.
Gartner Magic Quadrant Leaders
As the name suggests, Magic Quadrant Leaders are the top-performing vendors that demonstrate the strongest vision for how cloud technology and AI can enhance ERP systems, paired with the ability to execute at scale.
This year’s leaders are:
- Oracle (Fusion Cloud ERP)
- Microsoft
- SAP (Cloud ERP)
- IFS
- Oracle (NetSuite)
- Epicor
- Infor
Oracle (Fusion Cloud ERP)
Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP maintains its place at the top of the Leader tree for 2025.
The platform was praised for its breadth of capabilities and its AI Agent Studio, which allows customers to design and orchestrate custom AI agents.
Oracle’s strong presence across manufacturing, finance, supply chain, and HCM is underpinned by a unified data model and enhanced Redwood user experience.
Gartner highlights the company’s complex corporate capability coverage and agentic AI innovation as key differentiators, while noting that support quality and pricing complexity remain areas for continued improvement.
Microsoft
Microsoft remains a dominant leader through its Dynamics 365 platform, leveraging the power of Copilot-driven AI agents for process automation and supplier communications.
Gartner highlighted Microsoft’s integrated cloud stack – uniting Azure, Power BI, and Copilot Studio – as a defining strength. With its global reach and multi-language support, the platform continues to scale effectively across industries.
However, Gartner advised enterprises to carefully assess customization complexity and industry coverage, particularly for manufacturing-heavy deployments that depend on ISV extensions.
SAP (Cloud ERP)
Formerly known as SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition, SAP Cloud ERP continues to stand tall among Leaders.
In particular, Gartner spotlighted its Joule AI framework, which expands conversational and agentic AI across the suite.
SAP’s broad functionality – from PLM and supply chain to sustainability management – remains a core strength.
Yet, Gartner warned of adoption challenges among large enterprises and portfolio complexity that can make navigating SAP’s ERP lineup difficult.
IFS
IFS’ strong industry depth and an accelerating AI strategy helped the vendor move from Visionary to Leader in 2025.
Its flagship IFS Cloud solution combines enterprise asset management, field service, and manufacturing execution capabilities under a composable, unified platform.
Gartner highlighted IFS’s composability and automation capabilities as standout features, but cautions that ongoing ownership changes and partner support consistency require close evaluation.
Oracle (NetSuite)
Oracle NetSuite moved from Challenger to Leader in 2025, reflecting its continued expansion and ecosystem strength.
Gartner praised NetSuite’s ability to support rapidly scaling midmarket organizations and its analytics-led approach, which is powered by Oracle EPM and analytics warehouse integration.
The vendor’s SuiteSuccess vertical expansion and increasing use of the Redwood design system enhance usability and industry depth. Still, Gartner noted that NetSuite’s manufacturing depth and agentic AI maturity lag behind larger enterprise offerings.
Epicor
Epicor retained its position as a Leader with its Epicor Industry ERP Cloud, including Kinetic and Prophet 21.
Gartner praised Epicor’s robust AI roadmap, highlighting its Prism AI Agent, which enables natural language interactions and agentic automation designed specifically for midsize enterprises.
However, the analyst noted that Epicor’s focused approach may limit its appeal for very large or cross-industry enterprises.
Infor
Infor impressed with its industry-specific CloudSuites, offering preconfigured process templates and deep vertical coverage.
The report emphasized the vendor’s Infor Velocity Suite, which packages GenAI, process mining, and RPA tools to drive faster customer value realization.
However, despite these strengths, the vendor has had a noticeable slide down the Leader quadrant since 2024. Arguably, this is due to its portfolio complexity and reliance on diverse partners, which can make solution mapping more challenging for multinational organizations.
Gartner Magic Quadrant Niche Players
This year’s Niche Players remain consistent, each carving out success in targeted markets:
- Plex, by Rockwell Automation
- Priority Software
- SAP Business ByDesign
Plex, by Rockwell Automation
Having been named a Niche Player last year, Plex continued to serve as a trusted choice for midsize manufacturers in 2025, blending its Smart Manufacturing Platform with integrated MES and QMS capabilities.
However, Gartner cautioned that global coverage and non-manufacturing functionality remain limited, and some users cite support responsiveness as an area for improvement.
Priority Software
Priority remains a go-to ERP option for cost-conscious small and midsize manufacturers, particularly in EMEA. Gartner commends its fast implementation timelines and strong integration capabilities via open APIs and low-code tools.
Its conversational AI features and automatic delivery-planning functions demonstrate a commitment to innovation, even if its AI maturity trails market leaders. Gartner also noted its regional focus and partner reliance may constrain expansion beyond core markets.
SAP Business ByDesign
Like Oracle, SAP also boasted two appearances in the 2025 report. Unfortunately, SAP Business ByDesign could not break out of the Niche Players quadrant.
Gartner believes that the platform remains a stable, midmarket-focused ERP suite known for its reliability and integration with SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP).
However, SAP’s decision to delist the product for new customers in 2026 raises concerns over its long-term roadmap.
A Final Takeaway from the 2025 Cloud ERP Magic Quadrant
The 2025 Magic Quadrant confirms what many in the ERP space have long anticipated: AI has officially taken center stage.
Across leaders and niche players alike, Gartner highlights agentic AI as the next major leap, with vendors embedding AI agents to automate supplier management, demand planning, and financial reconciliation.
As Gartner noted in the report:
“By 2027, 60 percent of customers replacing ERP applications will select software for the platform and business process orchestration capabilities as critical requirements, along with transactional capabilities, in order to deliver more-tailored outcomes.”
That orchestration capability, powered by AI and composability, will define the next generation of ERP modernization.
See how the latest report compares to last year’s Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cloud ERP for Product-Centric Enterprises 2024.
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