Elastic recognized as a Leader in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Enterprise AI Search

The Magic Quadrant™ analyzed 11 vendors based on Completeness of Vision and Ability to Execute. Elastic was positioned highest for Ability to Execute and furthest for Completeness of Vision in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Enterprise AI Search.

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We believe this recognition reflects Elastic's commitment to:

  • Delivering a mature, enterprise-ready search platform. Elastic provides the flexibility organizations need to deploy self-managed, SaaS, and serverless options at scale. Our proven foundation is trusted by roughly 18,000 medium and large enterprises across industries and geographies.
  • Serving as the foundational context layer for AI agents and assistants. By combining full-text, semantic, and hybrid search to retrieve the most relevant information, Elastic helps organizations ground AI experiences in trusted context across structured and unstructured data.
  • Enabling production-ready AI automation across a broad range of enterprise use cases by combining high-precision retrieval, agentic workflows, and developer tools that help organizations build, deploy, and scale reliable AI experiences in production.
  • Advancing enterprise AI retrieval through continued innovation in vector search, serverless, and agentic development. These innovations are supported by the Jina AI acquisition, Elastic Agent Builder, and a roadmap that includes a native Context Engine and managed model distillation.

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Disclaimer

Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Enterprise AI Search, Tim Nelms, Sr Director Analyst, Stephen Emmott, Sr Director Analyst, Darin Stewart, VP Analyst, Jed Cawthorne, Director Analyst, 5, October, 2026

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