We are thrilled to announce that Microsoft has been recognized as a leader in The Forrester Wave™: Low-Code Platforms for Professional Developers, Q2 2025, ranked top for our strength of strategy and current offering.
Forrester WaveTM report’s author, Forrester’s analyst John Bratincevic writes in the report:
“Microsoft’s superior roadmap balances innovation with core product and commercial improvement.” [ii]
We believe this recognition underscores our long-term drive to empower developers, advance AI-driven innovation, and enable organizations to accelerate their digital transformation. This is also a shared milestone with the global community of developers, partners, and customers who trust us to help them innovate, adapt, and thrive in a rapidly changing world.
Key strengths that we believe contributed to our placement as a leader and our continued market momentum:
- A clear vision matched by strong innovation and implementation of AI across the portfolio
- Proven ability to support and deliver on high-scale use cases and mission critical applications
- A comprehensive, enterprise-grade managed platform that empowers organizations to drive impact at scale
The Forrester Wave™: Low-Code Platforms For Professional Developers
Learn why Microsoft was named a Leader.
The Forrester Wave™: Low-Code Platforms For Professional Developers
Learn why Microsoft was named a Leader.
A visionary strategy backed by unmatched innovation
Our bold investment and deep integration of AI in developer experience drives our strategy and execution. Microsoft has long believed that AI is foundational to the next era of software development. Over the past year, Power Platform has deeply integrated AI and agentic capabilities into the experience for developers and end users alike. Today, professional developers and teams can use AI-powered tools to plan and build sophisticated solutions—supported by straightforward deployment, robust management capabilities, and enterprise-grade governance. Whether you’re building agents from apps or designing workflows visually, Power Platform makes it fast and intuitive to create intelligent apps at scale.
Power Platform is the most widely adopted low-code platform in the market today with 56 million monthly active users[iii]. With AI reshaping how applications are conceived, Forrester previously commented that they believe low-code platforms are evolving into AppGen platforms where solutions are generated, adapted, and managed by AI,[iv] and in this report Bratincevic mentions:
‘Microsoft’s vision is exemplary, with an unflinching focus on AI-infused use cases and AppGen’s potential to disrupt both software development and the core economics of enterprise applications.” [v]
This recognition affirms our commitment to advancing the modern development ecosystem to support both traditional code-first developers and business users alike to create transformative solutions.
Made for high-scale, mission-critical use cases
Around the world, organizations are building and scaling mission-critical solutions with Power Platform and Microsoft Copilot Studio. Just a few examples paint a clear picture: Pacific Gas & Electric saves millions each year, Nsure.com enables consumers to compare quotes in minutes, Cineplex has reclaimed 30,000 hours a year with Power Platform and agents and T-Mobile has been developing enterprise-wide solutions on Power Platform for years. All these companies – and many more – trust Microsoft Power Apps and Power Platform to deliver the tools and capabilities required to innovate at massive scale—safely and securely.
Rabobank, for example, adopted Power Platform as part of a broad digitization strategy to streamline all internal application development and business process automation needs for 40,000 employees in 38 countries. Today, they run more than 2,500 Power Apps and Power Automate solutions. One of their solutions supports the company re-org process and reduced processing time from three weeks to three minutes. Additionally, they use Microsoft Copilot Studio for a personalized customer support experience, automating 40-50% of customer calls – equivalent to 60,000 to 80,000 calls per month.
It’s rewarding to see and hear directly from our customers how our platform’s management and governance capabilities set us apart—and it’s rewarding to see those strengths recognized by analysts:
“Microsoft is the obvious choice for Microsoft shops and a leading option for firms that want an enterprise-grade platform that can reasonably serve the needs of both professional and citizen developers,” writes John Bratincevic of Forrester in the report. [vi]
Backed by enterprise-grade governance
We’re excited to hear when customers tell us how our platform’s management and governance capabilities set us apart. From governing thousands of developers to automating complex business processes, modern enterprises need platforms that support collaboration across teams—without compromising on governance, security, or scalability.
Power Platform meets this need with a fully managed, enterprise-ready platform that gives organizations complete visibility and control over their digital ecosystems. In the Forrester WaveTM we have received top scores for use case and governance and guardrails capabilities, as well as security practices and certifications. [vii]
Thousands of customers, including Deutsche Bahn, Lerøy, and Lumen, use the platform to the testament of this ranking – they manage tens of thousands of assets and environments on Power Platform with ease. We believe the comprehensive tooling for managed security, governance, operations, and recently announced managed availability is a unique offering that makes building, scaling, and deploying on Power Platform a clear choice for enterprises – and the findings in this Forrester WaveTM support that.
Shape the future of your organization with Microsoft Power Platform
Microsoft is redefining how the world builds solutions and empowers people to turn ideas into impact with Power Platform, which has now 56 million monthly active users, growing 27% year-over-year. Organizations spanning small businesses to global enterprises choose Power Platform as the foundation of their digital transformation.
Developers, makers, and business users are leading the way by building apps fast, automating processes autonomously, and driving innovation at scale with the power of AI and low-code.
Explore the full Forrester WaveTM report to see why Microsoft is a leader in low-code platforms for professional developers. Join us at Microsoft Build to dive deeper into our vision for intelligent application development and discover the next wave of platform innovation.
Let’s build what’s next – together!
[i][ii][v][vi][vii] The Forrester Wave™: Low-Code Platforms For Professional Developers, Forrester Research, Inc., May 8, 2025. Forrester does not endorse any company, product, brand, or service included in its research publications and does not advise any person to select the products or services of any company or brand based on the ratings included in such publications. Information is based on the best available resources. Opinions reflect judgment at the time and are subject to change. For more information, read about Forrester’s objectivity here.
[iii] Microsoft Fiscal Year 2025 Third Quarter Earnings Conference Call, April 30, 2025
[iv] The Rise Of Application Generation Platforms, John Bratincevic, Diego Lo Giudice, May 7, 2024
