What is MACH?
A MACH architecture is a new form of building a tech stack. MACH is an acronym for Microservices, API-based, Cloud native, and Headless. This kind of architecture enables companies to choose from the best tools on the market, and therefore provide a landscape that makes it easy to add, replace or remove technologies in the future. In this way, companies can build their unique value chain. In this blog, we go more in-depth about what MACH architecture is.
Pros and cons of a MACH Architecture
Benefits of MACH
The landscape of MACH, exists in the cloud, which results in a flexible and scalable landscape. Therefore, one of the biggest benefits of MACH is its flexibility. This architecture allows developers to build applications that are composed of small, independent services that can be deployed and scaled independently. This can make it much easier to update and maintain applications, as well as to add new features. In addition, when changing or improving some aspects of the landscape, you don't have to worry due to the ease of the architecture.
Another advantage of MACH is that it is designed to be cloud-native. This means that it is easy to deploy applications built using this architecture on cloud platforms such as AWS and Azure. This can result in reduced costs and improved performance.
The headless nature of MACH also has benefits. This architecture decouples the front-end and back-end of applications, which can make it easier to maintain complex applications. This decoupling can also make it easier to scale applications, as the front end can be scaled independently of the back end. This aspect makes this a more customer-centric approach. In addition, it makes the time-to-market faster: you can prove key concepts before investing in large-scale implementations which eventually saves time and money.
Furthermore, you don’t have to do research for the whole platform; due to the microservices you only choose what you need. Meaning you’ll do only research for the service that you or your department wants to optimize. One of the benefits, you can invest your time and money elsewhere.