JUNE 30, 2025

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Kintone has been recognized in Gartner® "Market Guide for Citizen Application Development Platforms."*1

Kintone from Cybozu, Inc., has been listed as one of the 21 global representative vendors in the report "Market Guide for Citizen Application Development Platforms" published by Gartner.*1  

Gartner states that "These platforms are tailored specifically for business users, empowering them to contribute to digital transformation efforts through intuitive interfaces and simplified development processes." Additionally, the company predicts that "The percentage of citizen developers contributing to digital initiatives will rise from 10% in 2025 to 70% in 2029." *1

Kintone was also listed in Gartner® “Magic Quadrant™ for Enterprise Low-Code Application Platforms" for seven consecutive years from 2017 to 2023.*2


Citation: Market Guide for Citizen Application Development Platforms
https://www.gartner.com/document-reader/document/6379243
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https://www.gartner.com/en/research/methodologies/market-guide, June 18, 2025) for the definition of the information provided in Market Guides.



Sources:
*1 Gartner® “Market Guide for Citizen Application Development Platforms”, Sohail Majumdar, Kelli Smith, Oleksandr Matvitskyy, Jason Wong, 22 April 2025
*2 Gartner®, Magic Quadrant™ for Enterprise Low-Code Application Platforms, Oleksandr Matvitskyy et al., 17 October 2023 (This research has already archived.)
Gartner®, Magic Quadrant™ for Enterprise Low-Code Application Platforms, Paul Vincent et al., 31 December 2022(This research has already archived.)
Gartner®, Magic Quadrant™ for Enterprise Low-Code Application Platforms, Jason Wong et al., 20 September 2021(This research has already archived.)
Gartner®, Magic Quadrant™ for Enterprise Low-Code Application Platforms, Paul Vincent et al., 30 September 2020(This research has already archived.)
Gartner®, Magic Quadrant ™ for Enterprise Low-Code Application Platforms, Paul Vincent et al., 8 August 2019(This research has already archived.)
Gartner®, Magic Quadrant ™ for Enterprise High-Productivity Application Platform as a Service, Paul Vincent et al., 26 April 2018(This research has already archived.)
Gartner®, Magic Quadrant™ for Enterprise High-Productivity Application Platform as a Service, Paul Vincent et al., 27 April 2017(This research has already archived.)

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