EDGE OPERATIONS SURVEY REPORT
The Edge Autonomy Gap
AI is arriving at the edge. 500 practitioners say the infrastructure isn't ready.
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How wide is your autonomy gap? Benchmark your edge against 500 practitioners.
20% of respondents report closed-loop remediation — systems that can fix device-side problems without waiting on a human. That is a single self-reported capability; the Autonomous tier requires strength across all five dimensions at once, which is why only 1 in 10 reach it.
The four tiers
Your answers place you in one of four operating states, benchmarked against the 500 practitioners we surveyed.
Observer
0–39
20% of respondents
You can see your edge, but most corrective work still depends on a human.
Responder
40–54
37% of respondents
You can diagnose and respond; the next gap is repeatable automation.
Predictor
55–74
33% of respondents
You can see problems coming; the next step is governed action and recovery.
Autonomous
75–100
10% of respondents
Your answers reflect strong action, recovery, correction, and identity foundations.
See the full tier-by-dimension framework in the report's autonomy ladder.
Edge Autonomy Benchmark — personal results
Source: Synadia Edge Survey 2026 (n=500), fielded March 2026.
10 questions · ~2 minutes · results delivered by email
Every scored question below is exactly what we asked 500 edge practitioners in the original survey — same text, same answer options.
The Autonomy Score is a Synadia-developed model — see how scoring works.
SCORING METHOD
The Autonomy Score is a Synadia-developed model derived from seven questions in the Synadia Edge Survey 2026. It is not an independent industry standard or a direct measure of AI readiness.
Seven scored questions map to five dimensions — Secure, Act, Recover, Correct, and Foundation — each worth up to 20 points and weighted equally, because the model has no evidence one requirement matters more than another. Scoring all 500 survey responses with the same model set the tier ranges, dimension medians, and the percentile lookup behind your results.
Skipped questions rescale the score rather than counting against it, and the three unscored questions (adaptability self-rating, industry, fleet size) never affect it. Scores are directional comparisons for planning and discussion — not certifications, safety assessments, or predictions of business performance.
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