SmartDB Receives Awards for 16 Consecutive Terms at "ITreview Grid Award 2026 Spring" - Certified as "Leader" in 3 Categories Simultaneously, Including the Only No-Code Web Database SaaS
Dream Arts' SmartDB, a cloud service for large enterprises, has been recognized as a "Leader" in three categories for the 16th consecutive term at the "ITreview Grid Award 2026 Spring." It is the only SaaS to achieve this distinction in the No-Code Web Database, Workflow System, and Document Management System categories, highlighting its strong user satisfaction and market recognition.
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Dream Arts Inc. (Tokyo Headquarters: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo; Hiroshima Headquarters: Hiroshima-shi, Hiroshima Prefecture; Representative Director and President: Takaaki Yamamoto; hereinafter, Dream Arts), a provider of cloud services for large enterprises, is pleased to announce that its cloud service for digitalizing operations for large enterprises, "SmartDB®," has been certified as the sole SaaS to achieve the highest rank of "Leader" in three categories simultaneously for 16 consecutive terms at the "ITreview Grid Award 2026 Spring," presented by ITreview, an IT product review platform operated by IT Cloud Inc. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director and President: Genta Kurono).
■ About "ITreview Grid Award 2026 Spring"
ITreview, a review platform for business IT products and cloud services, develops its unique four-quadrant map, "ITreview Grid," which allows users to understand customer satisfaction and product recognition in the market based on collected user reviews.
In the recently announced "ITreview Grid Award 2026 Spring," products supported by users were selected based on approximately 157,000 reviews collected on "ITreview."
For more details on the "ITreview Grid Award 2026 Spring," please visit the following page:
URL: https://www.itreview.jp/award/2026_spring.html
■ Only SaaS to be Certified as "Leader" in 3 Categories Simultaneously for 16 Consecutive Terms
SmartDB® was simultaneously certified as the highest-ranking "Leader" in three categories crucial for operational digitalization: "No-Code Web Database (*1)," "Workflow System (*2)," and "Document Management System (*3)," making it the only SaaS to achieve this. This marks SmartDB®'s 22nd consecutive "ITreview Grid Award" win and its 16th consecutive win in three categories simultaneously.
SmartDB®, a DX internalization tool for large enterprises, enables "digital democratization (*4)," where business departments proactively engage in problem-solving and value creation through DX, and autonomously and continuously lead the improvement and amplification of that value. It features workflow functions and web database functions capable of handling complex business processes unique to large enterprises, along with flexible access control and advanced security requirements. Furthermore, a new option, "SmartDB Practical AI (PA) (*5)," was launched in April 2026. By integrating AI into business processes, it removes barriers to AI utilization in large enterprises and accelerates organizational decision-making. This enables not only individuals but also organizations to leverage AI.
*1 About the award category "No-Code Web Database"
URL: https://www.itreview.jp/categories/web-database
*2 About the award category "Workflow System"
URL: https://www.itreview.jp/categories/workflow
*3 About the award category "Document Management System"
URL: https://www.itreview.jp/categories/document-management
*4 What is "Digital Democratization"?
URL: https://hibiki.dreamarts.co.jp/smartdb/democratization/
*5 Press release regarding "SmartDB Practical AI (PA)"
URL: https://hibiki.dreamarts.co.jp/smartdb/news/press-release/in260409/
■ User Evaluations of SmartDB
Users currently using SmartDB® on "ITreview" have provided the following evaluations:
[Image: User reviews/evaluations of SmartDB are typically displayed here in the original article. As an AI, I cannot reproduce an image, but the text indicates positive feedback.]
For more details on SmartDB® reviews, please check the link below:
URL: https://www.itreview.jp/products/smartdb/reviews
Dream Arts will continue to uphold the philosophy of "co-creation" and provide total solutions that contribute to "strengthening on-site capabilities" and "improving corporate competitiveness."
About SmartDB® (SmartDB) https://hibiki.dreamarts.co.jp/smartdb/
SmartDB® is the No. 1 business digitalization cloud in market share for large enterprises (*6). It enables no-code development for both individual on-site operations and company-wide cross-functional operations. Centered around workflow and web databases, it offers diverse functions and supports flexible external system integration, granular access control, and advanced security requirements. Users across all industries and business types, primarily large enterprises such as Mitsubishi UFJ Bank, Daiwa House Industry, and Ritsumeikan University, are currently using it. It adopts Microsoft's cloud platform "Microsoft Azure" as its service infrastructure, realizing an environment that can flexibly respond to changes in usage scale and increases in content.
*6 From Techno Systems Research "2024 SaaS Workflow Market Share Survey"
About Dream Arts Inc. https://www.dreamarts.co.jp/
Dream Arts, with its corporate mission of "contributing to the development of people, organizations, and society overflowing with the joy of co-creation," embodies "co-creation" itself, assisting customers with comprehensive problem-solving as a true solution partner.
Its main services include the business digitalization cloud "SmartDB®" for large enterprises, "Shopran®" which supports multi-store operation reform, and "InsuiteX®," a business cockpit that transforms the way large enterprises work. Dream Arts develops and provides these cloud services.
■ About "ITreview Grid Award 2026 Spring"
ITreview, a review platform for business IT products and cloud services, develops its unique four-quadrant map, "ITreview Grid," which allows users to understand customer satisfaction and product recognition in the market based on collected user reviews.
In the recently announced "ITreview Grid Award 2026 Spring," products supported by users were selected based on approximately 157,000 reviews collected on "ITreview."
For more details on the "ITreview Grid Award 2026 Spring," please visit the following page:
URL: https://www.itreview.jp/award/2026_spring.html
■ Only SaaS to be Certified as "Leader" in 3 Categories Simultaneously for 16 Consecutive Terms
SmartDB® was simultaneously certified as the highest-ranking "Leader" in three categories crucial for operational digitalization: "No-Code Web Database (*1)," "Workflow System (*2)," and "Document Management System (*3)," making it the only SaaS to achieve this. This marks SmartDB®'s 22nd consecutive "ITreview Grid Award" win and its 16th consecutive win in three categories simultaneously.
SmartDB®, a DX internalization tool for large enterprises, enables "digital democratization (*4)," where business departments proactively engage in problem-solving and value creation through DX, and autonomously and continuously lead the improvement and amplification of that value. It features workflow functions and web database functions capable of handling complex business processes unique to large enterprises, along with flexible access control and advanced security requirements. Furthermore, a new option, "SmartDB Practical AI (PA) (*5)," was launched in April 2026. By integrating AI into business processes, it removes barriers to AI utilization in large enterprises and accelerates organizational decision-making. This enables not only individuals but also organizations to leverage AI.
*1 About the award category "No-Code Web Database"
URL: https://www.itreview.jp/categories/web-database
*2 About the award category "Workflow System"
URL: https://www.itreview.jp/categories/workflow
*3 About the award category "Document Management System"
URL: https://www.itreview.jp/categories/document-management
*4 What is "Digital Democratization"?
URL: https://hibiki.dreamarts.co.jp/smartdb/democratization/
*5 Press release regarding "SmartDB Practical AI (PA)"
URL: https://hibiki.dreamarts.co.jp/smartdb/news/press-release/in260409/
■ User Evaluations of SmartDB
Users currently using SmartDB® on "ITreview" have provided the following evaluations:
[Image: User reviews/evaluations of SmartDB are typically displayed here in the original article. As an AI, I cannot reproduce an image, but the text indicates positive feedback.]
For more details on SmartDB® reviews, please check the link below:
URL: https://www.itreview.jp/products/smartdb/reviews
Dream Arts will continue to uphold the philosophy of "co-creation" and provide total solutions that contribute to "strengthening on-site capabilities" and "improving corporate competitiveness."
About SmartDB® (SmartDB) https://hibiki.dreamarts.co.jp/smartdb/
SmartDB® is the No. 1 business digitalization cloud in market share for large enterprises (*6). It enables no-code development for both individual on-site operations and company-wide cross-functional operations. Centered around workflow and web databases, it offers diverse functions and supports flexible external system integration, granular access control, and advanced security requirements. Users across all industries and business types, primarily large enterprises such as Mitsubishi UFJ Bank, Daiwa House Industry, and Ritsumeikan University, are currently using it. It adopts Microsoft's cloud platform "Microsoft Azure" as its service infrastructure, realizing an environment that can flexibly respond to changes in usage scale and increases in content.
*6 From Techno Systems Research "2024 SaaS Workflow Market Share Survey"
About Dream Arts Inc. https://www.dreamarts.co.jp/
Dream Arts, with its corporate mission of "contributing to the development of people, organizations, and society overflowing with the joy of co-creation," embodies "co-creation" itself, assisting customers with comprehensive problem-solving as a true solution partner.
Its main services include the business digitalization cloud "SmartDB®" for large enterprises, "Shopran®" which supports multi-store operation reform, and "InsuiteX®," a business cockpit that transforms the way large enterprises work. Dream Arts develops and provides these cloud services.