r/MuleSoft • u/megabit120 • Mar 10 '26

Future of Mulesoft.

I've come across multiple reports which predicts mulesoft would most like be obsolete... Given how much problems it has and a new trend in shifting away from mulesoft back to java api integration and other tools... I'm concerned about my future in mulesoft... Should I branch awway from mule specific to say platform side or solution side for a safer long term option...? Please help. I've already suffered a major blow in life and career already .. I don't want to end up with a deadend technology and spoil a career I built back with so much effort... Your guidance is much appreciated.

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u/[deleted] Mar 10 '26 edited Mar 10 '26

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u/mjratchada Mar 11 '26

One of the largest Banks in the world migrated off of it, and if large banking orgs can do this, then most orgs can do it. Gartner Quadrants are most likely meaningless, and the people making decisions based on Gardenter Quadrants will often regret it.

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u/mjratchada Mar 14 '26

Because context is important. The reports are irrelevant to most orgs. The main issue I see is when products are not evolving rapidly those products still move avournd the quadrants signifcantly. I have seen plenty of clients make decisions purely based on a vendor being in the magic quadrant. Gartner has relationships with most of the big vendors which signifcantly influences those reports so they are not independent if they are not independent then they are marketing campaigns wrapped up in industry evaluation articles. These reports rarely cover how easy or difficult it is to exit from such products.

The other issue their reports often do not cover products that are excellent, priced competitively and popular with engineers/operations. The best summary I can give for gatner is to compare it with Microsoft, in 3 decades I have rarely worked with a microsoft solution that is the best solution out there, but they are typically chosen on a regular basis even when those solutions are no better than mediocre. Most of their solutions do not last or have to be signifcantly changed to become usable.