Omdia Global Cybersecurity MSP Ecosystems Leadership Matrix May 2026
Omdia report focuses specifically on cybersecurity platforms delivered to SMBs by MSP partners.
The report assesses which vendors are playing an integral role in driving the success of the cybersecurity partner ecosystem. Among the 24 selected vendors it assessed, Omdia has positioned ESET as a ‘Champion’ based on ongoing analyst briefings and analysis of vendor surveys, unique feedback from the partner community, and market share and growth.
What Omdia says about ESET
ESET strengthened its channel ecosystem through focused investments in partner profitability, enablement, support, and AI-driven digital tools. […] Ecosystem expansion accelerated through new SIEM, XDR, RMM, and cloud integrations, alongside strategic partnerships with EU and NATO-aligned system integrators.
What makes an Omdia ‘Champion’?
Omdia Champions are those vendors that translate MSP ecosystem shifts into the most consistent partner growth and platform execution, based on Omdia’s assessment of three primary types of input:
- Analyst assessment: Scoring of partner vision and leadership, execution of partner strategy, managed services enablement, portfolio competitiveness and new launches, and recent and future channel initiatives.
- Ecosystem feedback: Feedback from the partner community, including analyst-led interviews and channel ecosystem ratings for the latest 12-month period.
- Performance metrics: Assessment of vendor growth and market share within peer groups over the previous 12 months.
Why we believe ESET’s ecosystem for MSPs is rated ‘Champion’
ESET scored in the top quartile among all assessed vendors for its combination of leadership and momentum in the report.
Highlighting ESET’s new ordering tools, promotion workflows, and customer migration to ESET PROTECT Hub, enabling partners to manage customers, subscriptions, and services more efficiently.
ESET also deployed AI tools across incident analysis, renewals, and engineering workflows.
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