Microsoft gains market share as the rate of growth in cloud spending slows

February 8, 2023

According to new Synergy Research Group data, Q4 enterprise spending on cloud infrastructure services surpassed $61 billion globally. Despite this, Microsoft managed to gain market share from Amazon.

Microsoft increased its share to 23%, up from 21% the previous quarter, while Amazon decreased its share from 34% to 33% and Google remained stable at 11%. The Big Three cloud providers accounted for 66% of total cloud revenue worldwide.

Among the largest cloud providers, Microsoft saw a significant increase in its global market share, which now stands at 23%, up from an average of 21% in the previous four quarters. Meanwhile, market leader Amazon maintained its long-standing market share range of 32-34%, while Google’s share remained at 11%, unchanged from the previous quarter but a percentage point higher than a year ago. The three leaders accounted for 66% of the global market, up from 63% a year ago.

Spending on cloud infrastructure services increased by $10 billion year on year, surpassing $61 billion in the third quarter. However, the quarterly growth rate has dropped to 21% from 34% at the start of the year. Microsoft secured a 23% market share, gaining ground on market leader AWS and increasing by two percentage points over the previous two quarters. AWS’ share was 33%, down one percentage point from the previous quarter.

The sources for this piece include an article in CIODive.

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