Here are the 100 cloud computing companies of 2025 with the most innovative offerings around cloud security, software, infrastructure, storage and management that you need to know.
Gartner is forecasting worldwide end-user spending on public cloud services alone will reach $723 billion in 2025, up from $596 billion in 2024. Meanwhile, global enterprise spending on cloud infrastructure services is currently at a $336 billion annual run rate, with further growth expected throughout the year, according to Synergy Research Group.
“Given the already massive size of the market, we are seeing an impressive surge in growth,” said John Dinsdale, a chief analyst at Synergy, in late 2024. “While some market headwinds have diminished, it is undoubtedly AI that is a prime factor behind this increased growth rate.”
CRN’s 2025 list of the 100 Coolest Cloud Computing Companies breaks down these standouts into five categories: cloud infrastructure, cloud monitoring and management, cloud security and cloud software and cloud storage.
The 20 Coolest Cloud Infrastructure Companies Of The 2025 Cloud 100
From cloud juggernauts like AWS, Google Cloud and Microsoft to hardware pioneers like Cisco Systems, Dell Technologies, IBM and Hewlett Packard Enterprise the world’s top cloud infrastructure companies provide the foundation of cloud computing.
However, companies like CoreWeave, Flexential and Lumen Technologies are seeking to shake up the market in 2025.
CRN’s list of the top 20 cloud infrastructure providers showcases some of the most innovative cloud companies on the planet right now that are looking at major tailwinds this year thanks to AI.
The 20 Coolest Cloud Software Companies Of The 2025 Cloud 100
CRN’s list of 20 key cloud software companies provides insight into the innovators that are revolutionizing cloud software across enterprise applications, business process management and data analytics platforms.
With global cloud spending set to reach $723 million in 2025, spending on SaaS applications will hit $300 billion this year, up from $250 billion in 2024.
Looking at the market’s cloud software standouts, companies like Databricks, MongoDB, Salesforce, SAP, ServiceNow and Snowflake made CRN’s list of software providers, as well as did Cloudera, Couchbase, Pinecone and Qlik.
The 20 Coolest Cloud Security Companies Of The 2025 Cloud 100
Looking at one of the hottest markets in the world right now, cybersecurity in public, hybrid and multi-cloud environments is top of mind for many business leaders this year.
Customers’ move to cloud-based systems to leverage GenAI and the shift of enterprise data to the cloud has led to attackers to increasingly moving their focus to cloud security. In addition, the surge in innovation and development of large language models (LLMs) running in the cloud and GenAI-powered applications are bringing about a new set of cloud security concerns.
Key growth markets include cloud access security broker and cloud workload protection with Gartner expecting total combined spending to climb nearly 30 percent in 2025 to $8.7 billion,
CRN’s list of top 20 cloud security companies leading the way include Aqua Security, Cyera, OpenText Cybersecurity, Orca Security, Skyhigh Security and Wiz, as well as large incumbents including Check Point Software Technologies, CrowdStrike, Fortinet and Palo Alto Networks.
Cloud Monitoring And Management
On the cloud monitoring and management front, there are innovators like AlertOps, Gurucul, Hydrolix, Kion, Nobl9 and Tigera, which are fighting for market share alongside companies including AppDynamics, LogicMonitor and ScienceLogic.
As businesses enter the AI era of workplace innovation and the demand for multi-cloud and hybrid cloud options increases, CRN’s list of 20 companies on top of the cloud monitoring and management industry sheds light on some of the most compelling opportunities for solution providers.
One hot area CRN is highlighting is the data synchronization opportunity for solution providers across hybrid cloud environments as it’s one of the most urgent generative AI challenges customers need to address in 2025.
Cloud Storage
In terms of cloud storage in 2025, storage companies are innovating around protecting business and consumer data by making it more difficult to compromise it.
The lines between data protection and cybersecurity are getting blurry as many storage vendors are adopting security capabilities such as data immutability.
CRN’s list of the 20 cloud storage companies leading the way in 2025 include industry veterans Arcserve, Cohesity, Commvault, NetApp, Pure Storage and Rubrik, as well as companies like DataCore, DDN, Hammerspace, Infinidat and Wasabi.
