The CloudX Awards celebrate innovation and excellence, honoring the best companies, products, and services in the cloud industry. Apply now to be recognized as one of the best.
This year, winners will be selected across a field of 19 categories. Every company nominated will automatically be considered for upcoming awards competitions and receive up to 50 complimentary OPEN Passes to CloudX 2026 (September 1-3, Santa Clara, CA) for their company employees & customers.
How it Works
The 2026 CloudX Awards seek to recognize and honor the best in cloud technologies, products & services.
Nominations are accepted through Friday, June 26, 2026. Nominations are public and any technology, product or service whose main innovation/value is its cloud technology is eligible for nomination. Nominees for the Innovator Award must be a person or team responsible for a significant innovation in the industry.
The judging process for the CloudX Awards is based on criteria including: technical innovation, adoption and reception of cloud technologies/products/services, press & media attention, cloud community recognition, and category/sector leadership. The DevNetwork Cloud Advisory Board, an independent, invite-only group made up of industry leaders & veterans, will select category winners after the public nomination process concludes, and winners will be announced by Friday, July 10, 2026. Winners will be presented with their awards during the 2026 CloudX Ceremony on September 1, 2026, in Santa Clara, CA.
Why Apply?
Honorees in 2026 will enjoy the following benefits:
Recognition: 2026 CloudX Awards are the definitive awards for the cloud industry, held in conjunction with CloudX 2026, the premier international cloud computing & infrastructure conference & expo.
Visibility: Winners receive two (2) PRO Passes to CloudX 2026 and a commemorative physical award, presented at the CloudX Awards Ceremony & VIP Reception on September 1, 2026, in Santa Clara, CA.
Exposure: Be featured in local & national media promotion and get a dedicated company profile on the CloudX Awards website, where winners will remain posted year after year.
Timeline
Friday, June 26, 2026
Nominations close: Judging begins
Friday, July 10 2026
Winners Notified
Tuesday, September 1, 2026
2026 CloudX Awards
6:30 PM – 7:00 PM
2026 API Awards Ceremony @ CloudX 2026
Categories
Cloud Application Platforms
Cloud-native platforms optimized for distributed application development and deployment.
Cloud Architecture, Containers, Orchestration
Tools and services designed to help teams deploy and maintain containerized cloud native applications.
Cloud Business Intelligence
Tools and services designed to provide data and insights to business leaders based on organizational data.
Cloud Consulting
Organizations that provide guidance for cloud native strategies and help implement related tooling and services.
Cloud Data/Database Management
Tools and services that help organizations manage, migrate, and deliver large amounts of data.
Cloud ERP Applications
Cloud-native enterprise resource planning and management applications.
Cloud Hardware/Servers
Tools, services, and appliances optimized to support cloud native workloads.
Cloud Infrastructure
Tools and services to support the underlying infrastructure supporting cloud native workloads.
Cloud Integration
Tools and services that connect heterogenous systems to make them accessible across the enterprise.
Cloud IoT & Edge Computing
Tools and services that bring the power of cloud computing to edge devices and allow for remote control and monitoring of hardware.
Cloud Management
Tools and services designed to help teams optimize their cloud investments and control costs.
Cloud Monitoring & Observability
Tools and services that allow teams to gain valuable insight into the performance and health of their cloud native deployments.
Cloud, Object & Data Storage
Tools and services designed to help operations teams manage data objects and files using cloud native tooling.
Cloud Security
Tools and services that allow teams to gain valuable insight into the performance and health of their cloud native deployments.
Cloud Streaming & Processing
Tools and services designed to work with data in real time and deliver results with minimal latency.
Hybrid Cloud Technologies
Tools and services that help teams deploy and manage workloads across different cloud providers and on-premise datacenters.
Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
Providers of managed infrastructure services.
Innovator of the Year (Person)
An indiviudual who has contributed signficantly to the cloud native industry in 2023.
Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS)
Hosted systems that manage much of the complexities of cloud native deployments on behalf of their customers.
Last Year’s CloudX Winners
