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Access the latest reportWhen the research firm coined the term "composable commerce" in 2020, it predicted the approach would drive the future of application development. At the time, commercetools had already been applying its key principles— including MACH™ technologies — to create modern commerce solutions for major global brands.
Composable Commerce Insights
Organizations that adopt a composable approach by 2023 will outpace their competition by 80% in the speed of feature implementation.
— "Composable Commerce Must Be Adopted for the Future of Applications" Gartner report, June 2020
The majority of large and medium-sized enterprises will have composability as a key criteria for new application planning by 2024.
— “How to Design Enterprise Applications That are Composable by Default” Gartner report, April 2021
The mantra for new SaaS will be “composable API-first and API-only,” relegating traditional SaaS vendors as “legacy.”
— “Becoming Composable: A Gartner Trend Insight Report” Gartner, refreshed January 2023
Your Reports
commercetools is pleased to provide our customers and prospects with complimentary ongoing access to select reports released by Gartner. We believe the market analysis insights and tools Gartner provides can help you evolve your organization into one with composability ingrained in its mindset, business structure and technology.
Emerging Tech Impact Radar: Enterprise Software, 2024
Published 4 January 2024
Exploring what’s next in commerce — Gartner® Emerging Tech Impact Radar: Enterprise Software
Hype Cycle for Digital Commerce, 2023
Published 17 July 2023
Navigating the future: Gartner®️ Hype Cycle for Digital Commerce 2023 offers insights on composable commerce
2023 Gartner® Critical Capabilities for Digital Commerce
Published 21 August 2023
commercetools: Spearheading the Future of Composable Commerce
Increase Organizational Composability by Reusing Composable Commerce Technologies
Published 11 April 2023
How reusing composable commerce technologies maximizes the value of your technology investment
Becoming Composable: A Gartner® Trend Insight Report
This report explains why organizations must not only transform their technology but their business mindset to truly capitalize on the power of composability.