Our Customers Have Spoken: Why the Customers’ Choice Recognition in the 2025 Gartner® Peer Insights™ Voice of the Customer for DEX Management Tools Matters

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At ControlUp, we believe delivering a seamless digital experience isn’t just a goal; it’s a business imperative. That’s why we are proud to announce that ControlUp has been recognized as a Customers’ Choice and received the highest-overall rating* in the 2025 Gartner® Peer Insights™ Voice of the Customer for Digital Employee Experience Management Tools.

We feel, being named a Customers’ Choice validates our commitment. Vendors placed in the upper-right “Customers’ Choice” quadrant of the “Voice of the Customer” have scores that meet or exceed the market average for both axes (User Interest and Adoption, and Overall Experience).,. As of September 2025, we are incredibly proud to hold the highest overall rating* with 4.8 out of 5-stars based on 119 customer ratings in the Digital Employee Experience Management Tools market on Gartner Peer Insights, as of 30 September 2025.

Perhaps most meaningfully, 94% of customers expressed a willingness to recommend ControlUp—also the 2nd highest among all vendors recognized.

This recognition, we feel, reflects not only the strength of our platform but also the trust and results achieved by the customers who rely on ControlUp to deliver exceptional digital employee experiences every day.

Unlike expert-driven evaluations or market trends, the Gartner Peer Insights recognition is based entirely on verified customer feedback. Each review captures the real-world impact of our solutions—the challenges faced, the outcomes realized, and the measurable improvements to employee productivity and satisfaction.

“DEX Gamechanger! ControlUp adds huge value to our customers running VDI solutions across multiple platforms. Whether it is for monitoring or troubleshooting, the difference we see between customers who have ControlUp deployed and those that don’t is huge.IT Services Professional

More Than Performance: A Reflection of Partnership

ControlUp views every customer engagement as part of a shared journey. Feedback, collaboration, and insights from our community directly shape the roadmap of our products. From understanding evolving IT challenges to driving innovations that simplify management, improve visibility, and optimize employee experiences, the voice of the customer guides every step forward.

This commitment to partnership means staying close and listening directly to our customers. Today’s news comes on the back of our inaugural DEXcellence Customer Advisory Board in Las Vegas  which brought together some of the most forward-thinking customer  organizations for rich, insightful conversations focused on how we can continue to evolve to meet their business needs, deepen value realization, and drive digital employee experience outcomes at scale.

That level of advocacy underscores something more profound than satisfaction: it reflects confidence in the partnership, the outcomes, and the shared pursuit of continuous improvement.

“This is a fantastic tool that has changed the way we troubleshoot devices, determine our hardware specs, and find trending issues. We have found so much value in this tool that we now have an entire team dedicated to device monitoring and trending issue resolution” IT Services Manager in the Energy and Utilities industry

Driving Value in a Dynamic Digital Landscape

The workplace has evolved dramatically. Hybrid work, distributed environments, and growing employee expectations demand that IT teams deliver more agility and visibility than ever before. ControlUp’s mission is to empower those teams to deliver on that promise—ensuring employees everywhere can stay productive, connected, and supported across any digital workspace.

This recognition, we believe, reinforces that our approach is working. It’s proof that when technology innovation aligns with real-world needs, organizations can achieve tangible results—lowering costs, improving employee satisfaction, and creating a more resilient digital foundation for the future of work.

Looking Ahead

ControlUp’s journey in shaping the future of Digital Employee Experience is only just beginning. The Gartner Peer Insights Customers’ Choice recognition serves as both a validation of progress and a reminder of our responsibility—to keep listening, to keep innovating, and to keep partnering closely with the organizations that make this mission meaningful.

Together with our customers, ControlUp remains committed to delivering on the promise of DEX—helping enterprises everywhere empower their people through exceptional digital experiences.

Download your complimentary copy of the 2025 Gartner® Peer Insights™ Voice of the Customer for Digital Employee Experience Management Tools and start your journey with ControlUp.

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Gartner, Voice of the Customer for Digital Employee Experience Management Tools, By Peer Community Contributor, 26 November 2025

*ControlUp was tied for the highest overall rating i.e. 4.8/5.

Jed Ayres

Jed Ayres is widely recognized for the transformational impact he is making on the end user computing industry and joined ControlUp as CEO in August 2023.

Ayres has more than 20 years of technology experience and has a wide range of industry experience across workspace management, virtualization and mobility. Prior to joining ControlUp, he was the CEO at IGEL where he drove the company’s successful pivot from a hardware-centric to a software-first company and was instrumental in its acquisition by TA Associates. Before that, he was the SVP of Worldwide Marketing for AppSense, where he helped the company rebrand and achieve significant growth prior to being acquired by Thoma Bravo to be integrated into Ivanti. Ayres was also CMO at MCPc, a $300m+ Solutions Provider in Cleveland that achieved rapid and sustained growth and was acquired by Logicalis. Before McPc, he spent six years as SVP of Partner Management and Marketing at national solution provider MTM Technologies.

He has also held a number of advisory board positions, including Citrix Platinum Council, VMware Global Partner Advisory Board, and the Cisco Marketing Council. Ayres holds a BS in Business Administration from Sonoma State University and an MBA from San Francisco State University. An avid swimmer biker, and runner, Ayres successfully completed six full Ironman races and several ultramarathons. He resides in Marin, California.