Livingstone Gartner Magic Quadrant™ 2025 Report

We're delighted to announce that Livingstone has been named as a Leader in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Software Asset Management Managed Services, for the fifth consecutive year.

Livingstone has also been postioned the highest on the Ability to Execute axis.

We believe that this year’s placement highlights how Livingstone has pivoted away from traditional, backward-looking SAM processes to services that create genuine commercial impact.

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Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Software Asset Management Managed Services

Authors: Yolanda Harris, Jaswant Kalay, Rob Schafer, Charity Hooper

Released: 29 September 2025

The Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ is a culmination of research in the Software Asset Management Managed Service market and the report shows how 12 of the recognized Service providers are positioned in terms of their Completeness of Vision and Ability to Execute. As such Livingstone has been positioned in the Leaders quadrant in 2021 , 2022, 2023 and 2024 and 2025.

What the report includes:

An unbiased view of the vendors based on their Ability to Execute and Completeness of Vision
Their strengths and noted cautions
Insights from Gartner to understand the technology providers to consider for a specific investment opportunity.

GARTNER®, Magic Quadrant™ for Software Asset Management Managed Services,Yolanda Harris, Jaswant Kalay, Rob Schafer, Charity Hooper 29 August 2025

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Gartner® does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in its research publications, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors with the highest ratings or other designation. Gartner research publications consist of the opinions of Gartner research organization and should not be construed as statements of fact. Gartner disclaims all warranties, express or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

This graphic was published by Gartner, Inc. as part of a larger research document and should be evaluated in the context of the entire document. The Gartner document is available upon request from Livingstone.

Beyond the report.

We feel our position as a Leader in the Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for SAM Managed Services recognizes our Completeness of Vision and our Ability to Execute on that vision. We believe it demonstrates our commitment to helping organizations to achieve commercially beneficial software investments.

Get our insights into why this matters in a changing IT and licensing landscape.

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Watch our webinar on demand

Shifting SAM - Insights into the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for SAM Managed Services

We held a webinar on 22 October 2025 during which Gareth Redshaw of Livingstone discussed how and why SAM has to evolve to deliver value in today's environment. If you missed it, you can watch in on demand now.

Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Software Asset Management Managed Services, By Yolanda Harris, Jaswant Kalay, Rob Schafer, Charity Hooper , 29 September 2025

Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in its research publications and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors with the highest ratings or other designation. Gartner research publications consist of the opinions of Gartner’s Research & Advisory organization and should not be construed as statements of fact. Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

GARTNER is a registered trademark and service mark of Gartner, Inc. and/or its affiliates in the U.S. and internationally, Magic Quadrant is a registered trademark of Gartner, Inc. and/or its affiliates and is used herein with permission. All rights reserved.

This graphic was published by Gartner, Inc. as part of a larger research document and should be evaluated in the context of the entire document. The Gartner document is available upon request from Livingstone

 