The Futurum Group’s latest Signal report on Software Development Platforms names Microsoft, AWS, and Google as the top three providers, each achieving Elite status with scores above 90. Microsoft led across all five measured attributes — business value, innovation, vision, execution, and ecosystem — underscoring its longstanding developer focus. AWS and Google continue to close the gap with strong AI integration and ecosystem growth, while challengers like Oracle, IBM, Red Hat, GitHub, Atlassian, and Salesforce also scored competitively.