Pluralsight named a Leader in IDC MarketScape: North America IT Training Services 2025–2026 report

We’re excited to share that Pluralsight has been recognized as a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: North America IT Training Services 2025–2026 Vendor Assessment. We were recognized for our strengths in depth, personalization, and experiential learning capabilities.

According to IDC MarketScape, “Pluralsight is well suited for organizations prioritizing skill depth over catalog breadth, aiming to accelerate technology team readiness. Enterprises with distributed or rapidly evolving technology teams and those requiring integrated analytics, AI-personalized feedback, and blended learning will find substantial alignment. The platform also will appeal to organizations looking for credible, author-vetted content, granular skills benchmarking, and the ability to simulate and customize hands-on technology environments.”

Learn more about why we’re a Leader—get your complimentary excerpt of the IDC MarketScape: North America IT Training Services 2025–2026 Vendor Assessment report.

International Data Corporation (IDC) MarketScape is the premier global market intelligence, data, and events provider for the information technology, telecommunications, and consumer technology markets.

For this report, IDC MarketScape analyzes IT training firms with portfolios that are appropriate to organizations considering significant digital and AI transformation initiatives.

The inclusion criteria include:

• A breadth of offerings

• Size and breadth of offerings that can substantially contribute to transformation initiatives

• Significant technology expertise that is important to transformation initiatives

We believe Pluralsight’s recognition in the IDC MarketScape: North America IT Training Services 2025–2026 Vendor Assessment underscores our position as a trusted leader in accelerating technology skill development for enterprises. 

According to the IDC MarketScape report, Pluralsight was recognized for strengths in depth, experiential learning, and personalization.

According to the IDC MarketScape report, “The platform features deep and rigorously curated technical curriculum, especially in cloud, security, software and AI-related domains.”

We carefully select our 2,500+ Authors at a 5.5% acceptance rate. Our in-house domain experts also constantly peer review content to ensure customers have access to only the freshest, most reliable courses across tech.

Pluralsight partnership goes beyond the screen, too: We also offer instructor-led training and bootcamps for organizations that want custom learning programs for their employees.

Learn more about our expert learning content.

Passively watching or listening to videos often isn’t enough for new skills to stick. That’s why we offer a range of experiential learning opportunities, including hands-on labs and sandboxes, for the most critical tech skills.

The IDC MarketScape noted, “These allow learners to spin up real cloud servers, complete technical simulations, code in browser-based labs, and interact with guided project environments.” 

The report went on to note a strength of Pluralsight: “Hands-on, immersive labs, cloud sandboxes, and simulation environments for hands-on skills practice are mapped to enterprise needs.”

Learn more about hands-on learning opportunities in Pluralsight.

Everyone’s learning journey is different. With Pluralsight and our AI engine Iris, learners can personalize their experience for more effective, engaging learning. This consists of personalized recommendations, adaptive quizzes, and learning paths designed for specific goals. 

Leaders can also use our advanced analytics to identify opportunities, address skills gaps, and ensure skill development supports business initiatives. 

As the IDC MarketScape report states, “The platform offers data-driven personalization, role-based paths and skill diagnostics, together with strong analytics and benchmarking.”

Learn more about Pluralsight’s analytics for leaders.

Organizations that partner with Pluralsight are leaders in their respective industries. They do more than help their teams build in-demand tech skills. They drive critical business initiatives from time savings to higher work quality. 

Since partnering with Pluralsight:

• Saab employees translate new skills into stronger project outcomes, with 76% reporting higher work quality.

• More than 90% of Equans learners have saved up to 10% of their time thanks to streamlined processes learned on Pluralsight.

• Cloud Veterans graduates have gone on to receive positions in top companies, with 96 job placements.

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Pluralsight is proud to be considered a Leader by more than one major industry analyst. We believe the strength of our tech skill development platform is a major part of that—but not the only thing that sets us apart.

When the tech landscape changes as fast as it does, you need a learning partner—not just a platform—to deliver value with the latest technology. We partner with our customers, working together to develop tailored upskilling specific to their organization’s goals.

Explore the IDC MarketScape: North America IT Training Services 2025–2026 excerpt to learn more about what makes Pluralsight a Leader.

Learn more about our hands-on skill development platform.

Source: IDC MarketScape: North America IT Training Services 2025–2026 Vendor Assessment doc # US52991625, December 2025