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The TOM 100: Infrastructure

The 100 Infrastructure brands buyers and AI notice first. Index data updated July 2026.

Rank Brand Top of Mind Top of Model Composite Score
1 Nutanix 82.8 63.3 73.1
2 Microsoft 71.3 58.3 64.8
3 VMware 71.6 53.3 62.4
4 Red Hat 54.2 70.0 62.1
5 Amazon 38.1 71.7 54.9
6 Scale Computing 45.3 58.3 51.8
7 Dell 45.0 56.7 50.8
8 HPE 41.1 58.3 49.7
9 Proxmox 25.5 70.0 47.7
10 Google 33.2 61.7 47.4
11 Broadcom 54.8 36.7 45.7
12 SUSE 22.0 68.3 45.2
13 XCP-ng 12.4 75.0 43.7
14 Isovalent 2.0 81.7 41.8
15 Pure 8.6 75.0 41.8
16 Equinix 6.3 76.7 41.5
17 Cisco 28.0 55.0 41.5
18 Ceph 0.9 81.7 41.3
19 The CTO Advisor 9.2 73.3 41.2
20 Prometheus 0.3 81.7 41.0
21 IBM 31.6 50.0 40.8
22 Oxide Computer 0.7 78.3 39.5
23 NetApp 13.8 65.0 39.4
24 Backblaze 0.5 76.7 38.6
25 The Duckbill Group 0.4 76.7 38.6
26 Fargate 1.1 75.0 38.0
27 CoreSite 2.4 73.3 37.9
28 Apache 0.8 75.0 37.9
29 Opengear 0.6 75.0 37.8
30 StarWind 17.3 58.3 37.8
31 OpenTofu 0.4 75.0 37.7
32 Grafana 0.3 75.0 37.7
32 Tech Field Day 0.3 75.0 37.7
34 Sidero Labs 1.3 73.3 37.3
35 StorMagic 14.0 60.0 37.0
36 Crossplane 2.2 71.7 36.9
37 Oracle 20.4 53.3 36.9
38 WWT 1.3 71.7 36.5
39 Terraform 1.3 71.7 36.5
40 Fastly 1.2 71.7 36.4
41 Spacelift 0.7 71.7 36.2
42 AMD 0.6 71.7 36.2
43 Juniper 0.4 71.7 36.1
44 Gestalt IT 0.3 71.7 36.0
45 Datadog 1.2 70.0 35.6
46 Port 1.2 70.0 35.6
47 StarWind Software 2.8 68.3 35.6
48 Device42 1.1 70.0 35.5
49 Qumulo 1.0 70.0 35.5
49 Xen Orchestra 1.0 70.0 35.5
51 Vates 5.9 65.0 35.5
52 Kong 0.9 70.0 35.4
53 ZPE Systems 0.8 70.0 35.4
54 EdgeConneX 2.3 68.3 35.3
55 HashiCorp 3.9 66.7 35.3
56 Rancher 0.4 70.0 35.2
57 Vantage 0.3 70.0 35.2
57 Wiz 0.3 70.0 35.2
59 Zerto 2.0 68.3 35.1
60 Lenovo 19.9 50.0 34.9
61 Ansible 1.1 68.3 34.7
62 Thoughtworks 0.4 68.3 34.4
63 Cradlepoint 0.3 68.3 34.3
63 Harvester 0.3 68.3 34.3
65 Veeam 3.2 65.0 34.1
66 Schneider Electric 2.7 65.0 33.9
67 Hetzner 0.9 66.7 33.8
67 Rubrik 0.9 66.7 33.8
69 VergeOS 2.2 65.0 33.6
70 Dagster 0.4 66.7 33.6
71 VAST Data 0.3 66.7 33.5
72 Cohesity 5.0 61.7 33.3
73 OpenInfra Foundation 1.5 65.0 33.3
74 ZEDEDA 4.8 61.7 33.2
75 VEXXHOST 1.2 65.0 33.1
76 Palo Alto 0.9 65.0 32.9
77 Dynatrace 0.8 65.0 32.9
78 Vertiv 0.5 65.0 32.8
79 Silver Peak 0.4 65.0 32.7
80 Humanitec 0.3 65.0 32.7
81 Portworx 1.8 63.3 32.5
82 Verge.io 4.6 60.0 32.3
83 Digital Realty 1.3 63.3 32.3
84 Portainer 1.1 63.3 32.2
85 Kestra 0.8 63.3 32.0
86 DigitalOcean 2.1 61.7 31.9
87 OpenNebula 2.1 61.7 31.9
88 Supermicro 1.6 61.7 31.6
89 CDW 1.2 61.7 31.4
90 Canonical 4.5 58.3 31.4
91 Akamai 0.6 61.7 31.2
92 Netdata 0.3 61.7 31.0
93 F5 1.5 60.0 30.8
94 Backstage 1.3 60.0 30.7
94 NinjaOne 1.3 60.0 30.7
96 DataBank 1.2 60.0 30.6
97 Avassa 1.1 60.0 30.5
97 Cortex 1.1 60.0 30.5
99 Groq 1.0 60.0 30.5
99 SUSE Edge 1.0 60.0 30.5

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Infrastructure category definition

The TOM Index defines Infrastructure as brands whose core offering is the compute, storage, and data center foundation that workloads run on: hybrid infrastructure, virtualization platforms, and the systems that host and scale applications across on-premises and cloud environments.

We score brands here on how clearly they are recognized as a foundational platform, separate from the connectivity (Networking) or protection (Cybersecurity) layers that sit alongside them. A brand spanning multiple layers may appear in more than one category, scored on its own footing in each.

Category reality

In Infrastructure, visibility is shaped by architectural authority, platform coherence, and long-horizon defensibility. Buyers are making multi-year decisions they will have to defend to leadership after the contract is signed.

Consolidation means the major players now pitch full-stack. That makes differentiation harder, and early visibility more critical. If the market cannot quickly explain what you are best at, you get collapsed into one of the big infrastructure vendors, or replaced by the safest familiar name.

In a category where switching costs are real and migrations are painful, the brand that feels most durable wins the shortlist. Visibility determines whether you feel durable, optional, or familiar.

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How your brand gets evaluated

Infrastructure decisions do not begin with an RFP. They begin with a conversation in an IT leadership meeting, an AI-generated summary of options, or a peer recommendation. Here's what's shaping those early impressions:

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Subcategory Placement: Can AI and buyers accurately place you within the infrastructure landscape? HCI, hybrid platform, virtualization, storage, ops automation? Ambiguity costs you shortlist inclusion before evaluation begins.

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Persona Recognition: Does your story reach CIO, infrastructure, cloud platform teams, security, and procurement, or does it only resonate with the technical evaluator?

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Shortlist Surfacing: When an IT team asks AI to summarize infrastructure options for their environment, are you named clearly, or generalized into the pack?

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Side-by-Side Evaluation: When the committee compares you to category leaders, does your differentiation survive compression into an AI summary?

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Leadership Credibility: Are your executives visible as infrastructure authorities with a genuine point of view, not just as modernization sloganers?

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Platform Narrative: Can a buyer understand and repeat your platform story without your help?

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Proof Visibility: Is your evidence findable, comparable, and concrete, or trapped behind gates that AI systems cannot read?

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Durability Signals: Does your brand feel like a long-term platform partner, or a vendor whose roadmap is uncertain?

Perspectives shaping what's next