Who are Microsoft’s competitors?

“Our competitors (in each case relative to only some of our products or services) include: Amazon Web Services LLC; Arista Networks, Inc.; Broadcom Inc.; Ciena Corporation; CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc.; Datadog Inc.; Dell Technologies Inc.; Dynatrace Inc.; Fortinet, Inc.; Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Company; Huawei Tech…”

“In that regard, we expect to face increased competition from certain cloud computing companies such as Amazon, Microsoft, and Google providing a cloud-based platform of data center compute and networking services for enterprise customers.”

“We compete with large enterprise technology providers, including International Business Machines Corporation (IBM), Microsoft Corporation (Microsoft), Oracle Corporation (Oracle) and ServiceNow, Inc. (ServiceNow), as well as with specialized software vendors such as Box, Inc., Hyland Software, Inc., Atlassian Corpor…”

“Our enterprise cloud, software and hardware offerings compete directly with certain offerings from some of the largest and most competitive companies in the world, including Adobe Systems Incorporated, Alphabet Inc., Amazon.com, Inc., Cisco Systems, Inc., Intel Corporation, International Business Machines Corporatio…”

“Security: Our principal competitors in this segment include Apple, Bitdefender, ESET, F-Secure, Google, Kaspersky, Malwarebytes, McAfee, Microsoft, Trend Micro and Webroot.”

“Microsoft and other cloud platform providers may furthermore introduce functionality that competes with our products and services, as a result of an acquisition or their own development.”

“We are required to obtain licenses from certain of our competitors, including Sony and Microsoft, to develop and publish titles for their respective hardware platforms.”

“In the content management market, our primary competitors include, but are not limited to, Microsoft (SharePoint) and OpenText (Documentum).”

“Globally, we also compete with certain vendors, including Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft among others, for direct-to-consumer digital and physical offerings.”

“We primarily compete with established legacy database software providers such as IBM, Microsoft, Oracle and other similar companies.”

“Our principal competitor is Microsoft.”

“Our competitors include large public companies, such as IBM, Microsoft, and Oracle that offer identity solutions within their product portfolios, and identity centric solution providers, including Palo Alto Networks (CyberArk), Okta, and One Identity.”

“Our competitors include the following: • endpoint security providers, such as CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. (CrowdStrike) and Carbon Black (within Broadcom, Inc.); • legacy antivirus providers such as Trellix (formerly McAfee Corp.), Symantec (a subsidiary of Broadcom, Inc.) (Symantec), and Microsoft Corporation (Micro…”

“Our Veeva Commercial Cloud, Veeva Development Cloud, and Veeva Quality Cloud applications also compete to replace client server-based legacy solutions offered by companies such as Oracle, Microsoft Corporation, and other smaller application providers.”

“These vendors include, without limitation: Anaplan, Inc., ADP, Coupa Software Inc., Dayforce, Inc., Microsoft, ServiceNow, Inc., and UKG Inc.”

“large cloud services companies with internal teams designing hardware and software that incorporate accelerated or AI computing functionality as part of their internal solutions or platforms, such as Alibaba Group, Alphabet Inc., Amazon, Inc., or Amazon, Baidu, Inc., Huawei, and Microsoft Corporation, or Microsoft;”

“The principal competitors in this segment include: Alphabet (Google), Amazon, BMC, Broadcom, Microsoft, Oracle, Salesforce, SAP and Splunk, a CISCO Company.”

“U.S.-based internet search providers and online marketing platforms, such as Microsoft, Google and Facebook, have a strong global presence, well established brand names, more users and customers and significantly greater financial resources than we do.”

“• General business software vendors , such as Microsoft, Oracle and Salesforce.com, compete with us in certain areas of our business.”

“We also compete with several other companies, including Zscaler, Inc., Trellix, Trend Micro Inc., NortonLifeLock Inc., Lookout, Inc., Zimperium, Inc, CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc., SentinelOne, Inc., Sophos Group plc, Proofpoint, Inc., Broadcom, Inc., Mimecast Limited, Microsoft Corp., Netskope, Inc. and Abnormal Secur…”

“These enterprises are developing and have released fully-managed data ingestion and data streaming products, such as Azure Event Hubs (Microsoft Corporation), Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka, Amazon Kinesis, and Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink (AWS), and Google Cloud Pub/Sub, Cloud Managed Service …”

“Key competitors that offer general purpose cloud computing services as part of a broader, diversified product portfolio include Amazon (AWS), Google (Google Cloud Platform), Microsoft (Azure), and Oracle, a number of which are also our current customers.”

“Our primary competitors in the performance controller market include Microsoft and Logitech.”

“We currently compete with large, well-established companies, such as Amazon, Meta Platforms, Google, and Microsoft, pure play DSPs, such as The Trade Desk, pure play SSPs such as Magnite or PubMatic, and pure play retail SSPs such as Publicis' CitrusAd, that focus on monetizing retailers' media, as well as smaller, …”

“With respect to on-premise infrastructure monitoring, we compete with diversified technology companies and systems management vendors including IBM, Microsoft Corporation, and SolarWinds Corporation.”

“Certain features of our platform compete in the cloud storage market with products offered by Microsoft, Amazon, Apple, Google, and Adobe and in the content collaboration market with products offered by Microsoft, Atlassian, Slack (now part of Salesforce) and Google.”

“In addition, Amazon.com, Inc., or Amazon, Twilio Inc., or Twilio, and Microsoft, have introduced solutions aimed at companies who wish to build their own contact centers and/or contact center components with developers.”

“Our competitors include companies such as Check Point, Cisco, CrowdStrike, F5 Networks, HPE, Huawei, Microsoft, Netskope, Palo Alto Networks, SonicWALL, Sophos, and Zscaler.”

“With respect to both our Core Platform and A&C products and services: Wix, Squarespace, Automattic, Ionos, Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Alibaba and Tencent.”

“We sometimes compete directly with publisher and manufacturer partners for many of these offerings, including Microsoft, Cisco Systems, Dell, HP Inc. and Adobe Systems.”

“Our current competitors include (among others): • large, well-established technology companies that generally compete in all of our markets, including Amazon, Google, IBM, Intel and Microsoft; • countries such as China, Russia, Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom and certain countries in the European Union; • less…”

“For example, we currently directly compete with several large technology companies whose applications interface with our products, including Google and Microsoft.”

“We also compete with general purpose cloud computing providers including Amazon (AWS), Google (Google Cloud Platform), Microsoft (Azure), and Oracle.”

“Competitors vary in size, scope, and breadth of the products and services they offer and include some of the world’s largest companies, including International Business Machines Corporation (“IBM”), Microsoft Corporation, Oracle Corporation, Salesforce, SAP SE, and ServiceNow.”

“As our business expands and the industries in which we operate continue to evolve, we compete with a broad range of solutions and alternative approaches, including: • enterprise application software vendors, both cloud-based and on-premises, such as Microsoft, Oracle, SAP, Salesforce and Workday; • new technologies …”

“Principal competitors include Optum, Microsoft (Nuance), Epic, Oracle (Cerner), Waystar, Athena, and a host of start-up technologies actively working to disrupt the areas of revenue cycle management and clinician productivity.”

“SS&C competes with a range of technology providers including companies such as Microsoft, Pega, UiPath, Appian, and emerging agentic AI providers such as n8n and Lyzr.”

“Competition DCAI competitors include AMD, which utilizes the x86 architecture and competes with us across the full spectrum of CPUs, GPUs, accelerators and other products; providers of GPU systems such as NVIDIA, whose GPU systems have experienced the highest demand in the market as AI workloads have become the domi…”

“Our primary competitors are Acer Inc., Apple Inc., ASUSTeK Computer Inc., Dell Inc., Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Lenovo Group Limited, Logitech International S.A., Microsoft Corporation, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., and Toshiba Corporation.”

“For our SLM products, we compete with enterprise software companies such as Oracle, SAP, IFS AB, Microsoft, and Salesforce, and with companies that offer point solutions.”

“Key competitors include Alvaria, Inc., Calabrio, Inc., Genesys Cloud Services, Inc., NICE Ltd., Pegasystems Inc., Qualtrics International Inc., divisions of larger companies, including Microsoft Corporation, Alphabet Inc. (Google), Amazon.com, Inc., and Salesforce, Inc., as well as many smaller companies adopting AI…”

“For example, Microsoft Corporation, Alphabet Inc., Apple Inc., Meta Platforms, Inc. and others are offering alternative means for messaging and making wireless voice calls that, in certain cases, can be used in lieu of the wireless providers' voice service, as well as alternative means of accessing video content.”

“Accordingly, we may also compete for budget priority, to a certain extent, with other cybersecurity solutions offered by Microsoft, Palo Alto Networks, and CrowdStrike.”

“Competitors in the end point security space range from established solution providers such as Microsoft and Trend Micro to next-generation endpoint security providers such as CrowdStrike and SentinelOne.”

“In addition to third-party software competitors, integrated video game console hardware and software companies, such as Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo, compete directly with us in the development of software titles for their respective platforms, while at the same time acting as key distribution channels and payment …”

“Competition may also increase from large technology companies, such as Apple, Amazon (which acquired One Medical in February 2023), Facebook, Verizon, or Microsoft, who may wish to develop or expand their own telehealth solutions or partner with our other competitors, as well as from large retailers like Kroger, CVS…”

“Our competitors in this space include Salesforce.com, iPipeline, Redtail, Microsoft, SAP and Oracle.”

“UCC premise and cloud: Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise, Atos Unify, Cisco, 8x8, GoTo, Huawei, Microsoft, Mitel, NEC, RingCentral and Zoom.”

“For example, Cisco, Amazon, Google and Microsoft, have developed or may develop and offer, their own data integration solutions and some of these partners are currently, and others may in the future become, competitors.”

“Our primary competitors for various components of and services delivered through our Workspace offering include VMware, Okta, Box, Dropbox, Amazon Web Services, or AWS, Nutanix, Ivanti, Asana, Atlassian, Monday.com, Adobe, Smartsheet, Google Cloud and Microsoft.”

“We compete for our audience against a variety of social networking platforms, messaging companies and media companies, some of which have greater financial resources, larger audiences or more established relationships with advertisers, such as Meta (including Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp), Alphabet (including Go…”

“Some of these competitors include Activision Blizzard, Electronic Arts, Epic Games, Microsoft, Nintendo, Riot Games, Roblox, SEGA, Sony, Take-Two Interactive and Ubisoft.”

“We face competition from players, such as NortonLifelock, Avast/AVG, Kaspersky, Trend Micro, ESET, and Microsoft, which expanded from desktop anti-malware into mobile, security, VPN, and identity protection among others.”