SPARK Matrix™: Application Portfolio Management, Q4 2025

GBTEC has been recognized as a Leader in the SPARK Matrix™: Application Portfolio Management Report, Q4 2025 by QKS Group. This acknowledgement highlights GBTEC's enterprise architecture capabilities, enriched by process-centric management and automated workflows, all within a single platform.
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Why download the SPARK Matrix™: Application Portfolio Management, Q4 2025?

The SPARK Matrix™ is among the most trusted evaluation frameworks for organizations assessing application portfolio management (APM) solutions.
With the report, you’ll gain:

  • Independent, analyst-backed insights into leading APM vendors
  • Strengths, capabilities, and market impact of each provider, based on research by QKS Group
  • Guidance for partner selection to support modernization, rationalization, and enterprise-wide transformation

This report is an essential resource for CIOs, enterprise architects, IT strategists, and transformation leaders navigating complex application landscapes.

Why GBTEC was named a Leader

We view this recognition as a reflection of GBTEC’s unified and future-ready approach to application portfolio management. Key differentiators include:

  • Seamless integration of process management and APM within one shared repository, linking business processes to supporting applications for transparency and stronger decision-making
  • Exceptional usability and customer satisfaction, driven by role-specific interfaces, intuitive dashboards, and a platform designed for both expert architects and occasional business users
  • Low-code/no-code governance and automation, enabling workflow orchestration, surveys, and metadata maintenance across systems, all without programming
  • Flexible, upgrade-safe metamodel, allowing organizations to configure portfolio structures and artifacts while ensuring long-term compatibility

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Trusted by Thousands of Users & Analysts

Organizations worldwide rely on GBTEC’s BIC Platform to drive business transformation, achieve compliance, and unlock new levels of process and IT performance. With our integrated suite, you get a powerful, future-ready software platform that combines technology, functionality, and usability like no other.

Understanding SPARK Matrix™

The SPARK Matrix™ provides a clear, data-driven view of the vendor landscape, helping organizations identify the right partners for their application modernization and portfolio transformation initiatives.

How SPARK Matrix™ works

Vendors are evaluated across two core dimensions:

  • Technology Excellence – assessing architecture, innovation, product capabilities, performance, integration, scalability, and technical differentiation
  • Customer Impact – examining market presence, customer satisfaction, deployment experience, value delivery, and overall ecosystem strength

Using a 3x2 strategic matrix, vendors are positioned into categories such as Leaders, Emerging Leaders, Strong Contenders, Contenders, and Aspirants. This framework provides a nuanced, realistic comparison of each vendor’s strengths, maturity, and strategic trajectory.

Why SPARK Matrix™ matters

The SPARK Matrix™ delivers significant value to organizations exploring APM solutions:

  • Educational insights: Understand how leading APM providers compare in addressing real-world enterprise challenges
  • Market positioning: See which vendors excel in innovation, execution, and customer impact, and how they differentiate in the global market
  • Strengths and limitations: Evaluate each provider’s capabilities, maturity, and potential fit for your organization’s specific objectives

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Disclaimer
SPARK Matrix™: Application Portfolio Management, Q4 2025, by Nipuna M, Nikhilesh Naik, November 2025.

QKS Group is a global analyst and advisory firm helping enterprises, technology vendors, and investors make trusted, data-driven decisions. The portfolio spans the flagship SPARK Matrix™ evaluation framework, SPARK Plus™ analyst advisory platform, QKS Intelligence™ for market and competitive tracking, and QKS Community™ for CXO leaders and practitioners. All offerings are powered by a Human-Intelligence-driven framework and QKS’s closed-loop research methodology - integrating expert-led insights, quantitative modeling, and continuous validation to deliver credible, outcome-focused intelligence.

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