{"id":25,"date":"2020-10-29T11:28:35","date_gmt":"2020-10-29T15:28:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/mendix\/?p=25"},"modified":"2026-03-26T16:02:05","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T20:02:05","slug":"mendix-named-a-leader-in-gartners-2020-enterprise-lcap-magic-quadrant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/mendix\/2020\/10\/29\/mendix-named-a-leader-in-gartners-2020-enterprise-lcap-magic-quadrant\/","title":{"rendered":"Mendix named a leader in Gartner\u2019s 2020 Enterprise LCAP Magic Quadrant"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Low-code&nbsp;is&nbsp;quickly becoming&nbsp;a strategic resource for organizations in their efforts to <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/mendix\/2020\/07\/29\/low-code-development-webinar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">embrace digitalization<\/a>.&nbsp;To help distinguish&nbsp;numerous platforms&nbsp;in this space,&nbsp;Gartner reportedly tracks over 300 vendors active in&nbsp;low-code, supporting various types of low-code development. Of these, Gartner has recently evaluated the top 18 in\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mendix.com\/resources\/gartner-magic-quadrant-for-low-code-application-platforms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gartner\u2019s 2020 Enterprise LCAP Magic Quadrant<\/a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A low-code development leader<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Those who took part\u00a0in\u00a0Gartner\u2019s Low-Code Application Platform (LCAP) Magic Quadrant\u00a0were evaluated against a set of key capabilities.\u00a0Mendix\u00a0had the best all-around scores with 3 #1 rankings (mobile, business unit IT, and fusion), a #2 placement for\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mendix.com\/citizen-developers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">citizen development<\/a>, and a #3 showing in Enterprise IT business process applications, setting the pace for all enterprise-grade low-code application platforms.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mendix&nbsp;just so&nbsp;happens&nbsp;to&nbsp;also&nbsp;come out as the most visionary leader of the pack, and the goal of&nbsp;low-code&nbsp;being offered to developers of all types just might be why.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"392\" height=\"397\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2020\/10\/2020_LCAP_Graphic_ChartOnly.png\" alt=\"LCAP Magic Quadrant\" class=\"wp-image-26\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Key features of Mendix<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Mendix\u00a0drastically expands the universe of professionals who can use the platform\u00a0and also\u00a0extends the problem space that professionals can work within to resolve issues on their own while being governed by appropriate IT guardrails. The\u00a0cloud-native\u00a0Mendix\u00a0Platform includes several key features that further reduce complexity and add speed to software development, including:\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Mendix&nbsp;Data Hub<\/strong>: Data Hub eliminates the complexities of data integration and transforms how both professional and citizen low-code developers across the enterprise discover, understand, use, and govern data for application development, data analysis and other activities.&nbsp;<\/li><li><strong>Mendix&nbsp;Assist Performance Optimizer<\/strong>: A new capability within&nbsp;Mendix&nbsp;Assist, the platform\u2019s AI-augmented development service uniquely combines static analysis of models with a dynamic runtime profiler to proactively spot performance issues. It also offers full integration with the development IDEs, offering recommendations or, with more advanced assistance, refactoring to fix an anti-pattern or implement a best practice.&nbsp;<\/li><li><strong>Mendix&nbsp;Workflow Editor<\/strong>: A human workflow modeler and engine that models and executes business processes from simple to complex, it incorporates an out-of-the-box yet extensible UI for end users. Workflow Editor has its own domain-specific language (DSL) that is available in both&nbsp;Mendix&nbsp;Studio and Studio Pro.&nbsp;<\/li><li><strong>Flexible Cloud Deployment Capabilities<\/strong>: Leveraging an easy-to-use and highly flexible cloud deployment model,&nbsp;Mendix&nbsp;provides&nbsp;a&nbsp;&nbsp;multi-cloud offering&nbsp;that&nbsp;fully&nbsp;integrates&nbsp;simple-click deployment to&nbsp;Mendix&nbsp;Cloud, SAP Cloud or any virtual private cloud via its Kubernetes operator.&nbsp;<\/li><li><strong>Dual Integrated Development Environments (IDEs)<\/strong>:&nbsp;Mendix&nbsp;Studio and Studio Pro IDEs can operate as part of a single, sharable platform, decoupling the developer experience from platform services through domain-specific languages, enabling enterprises to continually access new capabilities as they are available, without increasing system complexity.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Read the report<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Be sure to read the\u00a0full Gartner Magic Quadrant report,\u00a0available\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mendix.com\/resources\/gartner-magic-quadrant-for-low-code-application-platforms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>*Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Low-Code Application Platforms, Paul Vincent,&nbsp;Yefim&nbsp;Natis,&nbsp;Kimihiko&nbsp;Iijima, Jason Wong,&nbsp;Saikat&nbsp;Ray, Akash Jain, Adrian&nbsp;Leow, 30 September 2020&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in its research publications, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors with the highest ratings or other designation. Gartner research publications consist of the opinions of Gartner\u2019s research organization and should not be construed as statements of fact. Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gartner tracks over 300 vendors active in low-code, of these, Mendix was named a leader in their LCAP Magic Quadrant.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42262,"featured_media":411,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spanish_translation":"","french_translation":"","german_translation":"","italian_translation":"","polish_translation":"","japanese_translation":"","chinese_translation":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[301],"industry":[],"product":[127],"coauthors":[440],"class_list":["post-25","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-mendix","product-mendix"],"featured_image_url":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2020\/10\/BackgroundGraphic.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/mendix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/mendix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/mendix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/mendix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/42262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/mendix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/mendix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":412,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/mendix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25\/revisions\/412"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/mendix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/mendix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/mendix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/mendix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25"},{"taxonomy":"industry","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/mendix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/industry?post=25"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/mendix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=25"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/mendix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=25"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}