tencent cloud

Report Information

• Report Title：The Forrester Wave™: Sovereign Cloud Platforms, Q2 2026
• Publishing Institution：Forrester Research, Inc.
• Publication Date：April 8, 2026
• Authoritative Endorsement：Dario Maisto, Analyst
• Industry Tags：Government, Technology Services, Financial Services

Core Findings:

• Organizations Require Flexible Sovereign Deployment Models to Balance Performance and Compliance
• Sovereign cloud platforms are not plug-and-play solutions, requiring providers to offer multiple deployment models to satisfy varying compliance, risk, and budget needs. These deployment options range from public clouds with localized data boundaries to private clouds and highly secure, air-gapped environments.
• Service availability varies significantly between models, as public clouds with data boundaries offer the largest set of features while air-gapped environments offer the least. This variance forces enterprise clients to balance technical functionality against strict sovereignty and data security requirements.
• Tencent Cloud demonstrated outstanding technical capabilities in this evaluation, achieving the maximum score of 5.00 across several critical criteria. These include Sovereign data governance services, Operations management services, Serverless/function-as-a-serice (FaaS) services, Sovereign storage services, Application integration sovereign services, Roadmap, Pricing flexibility and transparency, Supporting services and offerings

Report Table of Contents

1. Summary

2. SCPs Span Multiple Deployment Models And Build On Vendors’ Ecosystems

3. Evaluation Summary

4. Leaders

5. Strong Performers

6. Contenders

7. Vendor Offerings

8. Evaluation Overview

9. Vendor Inclusion Criteria

10. Other Notable Vendors

11. Supplemental Material

Methodology

• Structured Scoring Framework Evaluates Critical Sovereign Offering and Strategy Parameters
• Forrester evaluated fifteen sovereign cloud platform providers using a comprehensive set of twenty-five criteria categorized into current offering, strategy, and market presence. The research involved a detailed questionnaire, product demonstrations, briefing sessions, and extensive customer reference interviews.
• 1. Current Offering: Evaluates the capabilities of generally available sovereign development and infrastructure services.
• 2. Strategy: Measures the strength of each vendor's forward-looking vision, development roadmap, partner ecosystem, and pricing models.
• 3. Customer Feedback: Collects peer perspectives regarding operational satisfaction, scaling capabilities, and technical support quality.

Why Choose Tencent Cloud

• Robust Private Cloud Solution Secures Leadership in Digital Sovereignty
• Tencent Cloud has achieved a distinguished position as a Leader and a Customer Favorite, reflecting high user satisfaction and robust platform capabilities. It stands as the only Chinese hyperscaler with a consistently deliberate sovereign cloud strategy, addressing the core security needs of highly regulated markets.
• The platform excels in sovereign data governance, enabling end-to-end process management and collaboration across diverse environments, including public and air-gapped private deployments. With top marks in operations management and storage services, Tencent Cloud provides high technical autonomy and robust operational security.
• Enterprise customers highly value Tencent Cloud's deep localization and thorough understanding of regulated industry environments. It represents a highly reliable and secure sovereign private cloud option for public sector and regulated commercial organizations.
• Product Tags：#Tencent Cloud Enterprise #TCE #Sovereign Data Governance Services #Operations Management Services

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