What we've learned about integrations, MCPs, and enterprise APIs...
From real integration projects — written by engineers who build this every day
Best MCP Gateways in 2026 (Including the New Players)
An MCP gateway is the control plane between your AI agents and the MCP servers they call: authentication, routing, policy, and audit. Compare the best MCP gateways of 2026 (AWS, Cloudflare, Kong, Willow, and more), how to choose one, and what to do when it is missing a connector.
How to Build a SaaS Integration Marketplace (Without Learning Every Enterprise API)
How to build a SaaS integration marketplace: what it is, the five parts it needs, whether you need an iPaaS (you don't), which connectors to build first, and how to keep it from becoming a maintenance sink.
Custom MCP Servers: Why Is It Hard to Connect Business Systems to AI Agents?
Why building a custom MCP server is hard: per-instance configuration, OAuth 2.1 authentication, too many tools, risky writes, and slow sandbox access. The real challenges of connecting business systems to AI agents.
Implementation Partner for Rossum: A Case Study
How Inovaflow became Rossum's delivery team — implementing its AI document-processing platform and integrating it into NetSuite, Oracle, SAP, QAD, and more ERPs.
What Custom API Integrations Really Cost (And Why Enterprise Ones Cost More)
What does a custom API integration cost? EUR 3,000–8,000 for a modern SaaS API, EUR 8,000–15,000 for enterprise — plus the hidden maintenance and total cost of ownership.
SAP Integration Services: A Guide for B2B SaaS Teams
SAP integration services for B2B SaaS teams: scope, protocols, pricing, and how to pick a partner who knows SaaS — not just enterprise SAP rollouts.
Pros and Cons of Outsourcing API Integration Development
When should B2B SaaS teams choose integration outsourcing over hiring? Compare pros, cons, costs (EUR 3,000–15,000), and how to find a reliable partner.
How to Make Your B2B SaaS Accessible from Claude, ChatGPT, and Other LLMs
How to make your B2B SaaS reachable from Claude, ChatGPT, and Gemini via MCP — why it matters, cost, authentication, and powering an in-app AI widget.
Building and Certifying a Make App: Process, Timeline, and Cost for B2B SaaS
Build and publish a Make app for your B2B SaaS: scope, modules to include, certification timeline, costs, and how to speed up review.
How to Connect Your SaaS Product to Salesforce or HubSpot
How to connect your B2B SaaS to Salesforce and HubSpot — which objects to sync, two-way auth, when to build direct API vs MCP, and what to watch for in production.
Building a Production S/4HANA MCP Server: A Case Study
How we built a production S/4HANA MCP server for a B2B SaaS AI agent — what carried over, what had to be rewritten, and where experience matters.
B2B SaaS Integration Strategy: A Practical Guide
How to plan your B2B SaaS integration roadmap — prioritization frameworks, cost measurement, activation data, GTM alignment, and scalable operations.
How to Manage API Integrations at Scale
How to manage multiple API integrations at scale — authentication, error handling, rate limiting, versioning, and observability patterns for B2B SaaS engineering teams.
How SaaS Handles Enterprise API Integrations
Three approaches compared — build in-house, use a platform, or hire a partner — with real costs, timelines, and trade-offs.
MCP vs REST API: Which Does Your SaaS Need?
When MCP makes sense, when REST is enough, and when you actually need both — from a team that builds both daily.
How to Choose an API Integration Partner
Honest comparison of iPaaS platforms, agencies, specialists, and freelancers — with real costs, timelines, and evaluation criteria.
Design MCP Tools Your AI Agent Won't Misuse
Four patterns from production MCP servers: descriptions that program agent behavior, file-based responses, write safety, and recoverable errors.
Integrations: B2B SaaS's Biggest Revenue Driver
Real data on retention, close rates, and AI features — and why integrations should be your top engineering priority in 2026.
MCP Server: Build In-House or Outsource?
Should you build MCP servers in-house or outsource? Security risks, testing complexity, tool description quality, and sandbox costs — the real trade-offs for B2B SaaS teams.
Build Integrations In-House or Outsource?
Should you build integrations in-house or outsource? Five real options compared — in-house, embedded iPaaS, specialist teams, platform connectors, and hybrid — with costs, timelines, and honest trade-offs.
MCP Servers: Who Needs One and Who Doesn't
Not every B2B SaaS needs an MCP server. Five real use cases where it pays off, plus the situations where an API is enough.
What Is an MCP Server? A Plain-Language Guide
What is an MCP server? A plain-language guide to how MCP connects AI agents to enterprise systems like SAP, NetSuite, and Salesforce.
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