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Playbook & Handbook · February 6, 2026
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1. Technology overview
Frends is a European integration platform company that traces its roots to 1988 in Finland and reports 250+ employees and 6,000+ customers across 16 countries. It addresses the need to connect applications, automate processes and manage APIs in hybrid environments.
The Frends iPaaS offers a visual low-code builder with full code access, 300+ connectors, API management, long-running processes and a business automation portal. It adds an AI connector and Frends MCP, which lets AI clients build and diagnose integrations under user permissions. It deploys in the cloud, on-premises or air-gapped.
2. Highlighted features & specifications
- Visual builder: Low-code process design with full access to underlying code.
- Connectors: Offers 300+ connectors including Salesforce, SAP and Dynamics 365.
- API management: Publishes and secures APIs within the same platform.
- Business automation portal: Gives business users a front end for processes.
- AI connector and Frends MCP: Lets AI clients draft and diagnose integrations.
- Hybrid deployment: Runs in the cloud, on-premises or air-gapped.
3. Potential application
A manufacturer linking SAP with warehouse and supplier systems.
A retailer synchronizing orders across e-commerce and ERP.
A healthcare provider integrating patient systems on-premises.
4. Benefits
Combines integration, API management and process automation on one platform.
Hybrid and on-premises deployment, including air-gapped, suits regulated sectors.
Frends MCP ties every AI action to a named user and logs each request.
The site claims 75% lower total cost of ownership versus alternatives.
5. Market trends & opportunities
Integration vendors are adding MCP so AI assistants can build and operate integrations, while enterprises seek lower-cost alternatives to large iPaaS suites. Vietnamese manufacturers and retailers running SAP or Dynamics alongside cloud apps face the same integration backlog.
6. Other information
About page traces its origin to seven friends working for oil companies in Finland in 1988; 250+ employees and 6,000+ customers in 16 countries. Press page reports Enterprise MCP launched with the 6.3 release in June 2026 and Frends MCP in September 2026.
