For the past three years, Mediator has been the quiet workhorse of the no-code integration space. While other tools focused on flashy AI wrappers, Mediator stuck to what matters:
Try the "Webhook to Database" template first. It shows off the new Live Debugger better than the marketing video does. Have you tried the Mediator 9 demo? Drop a comment below about the new scheduling trigger—I haven't figured out if it supports cron syntax yet.
If you currently use Zapier, you will find Mediator 9 to be faster and cheaper at scale. If you use n8n, you will appreciate the prettier error handling. If you are a developer, the REST API endpoints for managing workflows are finally RESTful (v8 was a mess). mediator 9 demo
The new parallel processing engine is no joke. The demo felt snappy even when I intentionally added 500ms delays to each step. It isn't perfect. The demo version crashed twice when I tried to import a legacy Mediator 7 workflow. The support rep told me, "Legacy loops are parsing differently in 9," so expect a migration script on launch day.
In the demo, I built a faulty workflow that sent a webhook to a dead URL. Instead of failing silently, I clicked a "Run Debug" button. The demo literally paused the workflow at the error step, showed me the exact payload that broke it, let me edit the URL in real-time , and then continued the run. For the past three years, Mediator has been
Disclaimer: The author received early demo access but was not paid for this review.
Also, the new "AI Transformer" node is cool (it lets you use GPT-4 to map fields), but it hallucinated a field name once. Turn on "Human approval" for that node until they patch it. Yes. Have you tried the Mediator 9 demo
The Connector Evolved: Hands-On with the Mediator 9 Demo
