Industry report
Tray named a Leader in the 2026 Nucleus iPaaS Value Matrix for seventh consecutive year
For the seventh consecutive year, Nucleus Research recognizes Tray in the Leader quadrant — this year for its AI orchestration platform, MCP governance capabilities, and strong agent infrastructure for enterprise deployment.
About the report
The 2026 Nucleus Research iPaaS Technology Value Matrix evaluates vendors on usability, functionality, and real-world customer value. Tray's Leader ranking — its seventh consecutive — reflects platform strength across AI agent development, MCP governance, and the integration infrastructure required to run AI at enterprise scale.
Key takeaways
- iPaaS is now the orchestration layer for AI, not just integration middleware: Nucleus documents a category-level shift in this year's report — platforms are being evaluated on whether they can coordinate agentic workflows, not just connect systems. The question enterprises should be asking their iPaaS vendor has changed.
- AI exposes the limits of traditional iPaaS: Platforms built primarily for integration depth are scoring lower on usability — the dimension that now determines how fast an organization can move on AI. Functionality alone no longer defines a Leader. How quickly teams can build, adapt, and deploy on a platform has become equally consequential.
- Tray's agent infrastructure investment is recognized as market-differentiating: Nucleus describes Tray as having "moved aggressively into agent infrastructure" — calling out Agent Gateway specifically as positioning Tray as "a central orchestration layer for agent-to-tool interactions across the enterprise."