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State of Model Context Protocol in Software 2026 MCP Pain We asked respondents from companies, “What obstacles are blocking or slowing MCP adoption in your organization?” and allowed them to choose all applicable options. Security concerns topped the list, and interestingly a higher percentage of respondents called … 0 20 40 60 80 100 Security concerns and requirements 64% Cost of implementation or running costs 40% Legacy system integration complexity 38% Lack of end user training 37% Proving business value 36% Data quality and availability 26% Infrastructure and compute resources 26% Network and connectivity restrictions 22% Other 1% We don’t face any barriers to MCP adoption 6% www.stacklok.com enterprise@stacklok.com 14 www.stacklok.com enterprise@stacklok.com 14 … State of Model Context Protocol in Software 2026 Near the top of the obstacles list was “legacy system integration” and “cost of implementation”. Figuring out where the hang-ups are / will be is valuable to those on an MCP adoption journey. firms are working hard to connect a broad swath of systems to
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