Hey @xarybhat123 ,
Built plugins for a few years now, and my test is simple: can Bubble absorb the category natively? If yes, that plugin is on borrowed time.
Fading:
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Basic UI elements (sliders, tabs, accordions), native covers these
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Thin “AI generator” wrappers , Bubble already integrates 300+ AI models, so no moat
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Simple API connectors and Stripe wrappers, saturated
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Basic charts
Anything that’s just a convenience layer over a few clicks is dying.
Future-proof:
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Native mobile device features as the mobile builder is still beta and missing biometrics, deep links, advanced camera
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Real-time / collaborative stuff — live chat and presence still need custom WebSocket plugins
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Deep, messy integrations where the real value is ongoing maintenance
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Workload-unit optimization tools
THE RULE: plugins survive where Bubble structurally can’t go (device hardware, real-time infra) or where the actual product is maintenance, not the initial build.
AI doesn’t break this logic, it sharpens it. Trivial plugins get easier to clone; the hard ones stay hard!