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The Forrester Landscape AppGen And Low Code Platforms, Q2 2026 Is Out!

AppGen platforms are reshaping who gets to build software. Forrester's Q2 2026 landscape reveals the control problem nobody saw coming.

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Why it matters

As AI agentic capabilities democratize software development, enterprises face a critical governance challenge: scaling development velocity without losing architectural and security control. This market transition signals a fundamental shift in how organizations think about developer leverage and risk management.

The key facts

9 to know
  1. Forrester Q2 2026 AppGen and Low-Code Platforms Landscape published

  2. Market theme: AI expanding who can build software and speed of creation

  3. Key tension: scaling agentic capabilities vs. maintaining control

  4. Audience: organizations confronting developer scalability and governance trade-offs

  5. Forrester Q2 2026 AppGen and low-code platforms landscape released

  6. AI expanding development access beyond traditional engineers

  7. Agentic capabilities now central to platform evolution

  8. Enterprise governance and control emerging as key differentiator

  9. Market evolving faster than organizational absorption capacity

Go to the source

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Publisher excerpt: The AppGen and low-code platforms market is evolving faster than most organizations can absorb. As AI expands who can build software and how quickly it can be created, firms are confronting a new challenge: scaling development with agentic capabilities without losing control. Why Does This Market…
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