We performed a comparison between GeneXus and OutSystems based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Low-Code Development Platforms solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."GeneXus evolves with technology."
"The integration module is the most valuable feature of this solution for our business, as it allows our clients to create new systems based on their outdated databases, across all API's."
"I find the implementation process of GeneXus to be easy."
"With the solution, I can work a normal day. I can plan my work and any other activities for days ahead."
"With GeneXus, we can create logical representations of transactions in the form of objects."
"In Knowledge Base, being able to model the workflow before developing the screens is great. We first work with the tables or the transactions using GeneXus and then we work on the screens."
"This solution works extremely quickly in terms of enabling an application in a production environment."
"The most valuable feature is that GeneXus works with several languages. It's possible to develop chatbots and other functionalities."
"It is a stable solution."
"We used almost all of the features, themes, styling guide, and approach components. They are useful in our applications."
"The most valuable features of OutSystems are the user-friendly platform. The drag-and-drop feature is great. I have used other rapid application development tools before, but they were not as advanced as OutSystems. With the previous tools, I had to manually build certain features, but OutSystems does it automatically."
"For me, the most valuable feature is the flexibility the tools give us to change any customer requirements on the fly, when we are in a meeting. I also like how easy it is to deploy the code between environments and how easy it is to integrate OutSystems with other systems."
"We can quickly develop an application using the tool."
"OutSystems' low-cost approach has positively impacted our productivity, because we were able to develop faster with OutSystems, enabling us to implement many changes during our sprint."
"Reduces the manual labor in compiling and deploying applications and generating procedural code (by reducing development bureaucracy/processes, resulting in real gains). The LifeTime Server approach, requiring just a few steps to publish applications in production environments, is fantastic."
"Once built, web/mobile components can be reused in all new developments. In addition, the OutSystems Forge is very useful. We can exchange components and even already-built applications, reducing costs to build specific solutions."
"The tool needs to be tuned before being used. You need some experience to get the best out of the tool."
"It would be better if GeneXus had a wiki. The developer needs some experience to work with the tools. It would be better if they could improve the community. If we have some problem, I open a ticket that takes us to a board, and I have to describe my issue in detail. If the tools have a general community for us to explore with some videos or some articles, I think that that may help the developer."
"It would be helpful to have additional assisted processing with training."
"The graphical interface could be improved. I also notice some performance problems on hardware that should be more than adequate. GeneXus uses a lot of RAM and other computer resources."
"It's expensive for a company."
"We would like to see more extensions and more user controls added to the front-end of this solution, in order to help developers manage the website."
"There are issues in integrating it with other solutions."
"GeneXus's user interface has room for improvement."
"The largest obstacle currently associated with OutSystems is its high cost and limited availability of skilled personnel. Despite being a rapid application development platform, having a highly skilled individual familiar with the platform can be much more beneficial than an inexperienced individual. Because there is a shortage of people with the necessary OutSystems skills, utilizing the platform can become expensive. This makes little sense, considering that a rapid application development platform should be accessible to the average person. However, having a highly skilled individual can greatly increase productivity, making the cost worthwhile."
"Mobile apps should have been fully native."
"I have difficulty in using several new features. Some of the product's features are tricky to use as well."
"I like the OutSystems platform. I am working on integrating it with another platform using APIs, however, it has proven to be difficult. The main issue I am facing is obtaining authorization tokens as well as access and refresh tokens. It may be due to my lack of knowledge of APIs as it is new to me."
"One of the biggest areas for improvement is that every time an existing data element is modified, it creates a new data element. It doesn't really modify that particular data element. So, a user has to follow an extra step of removing the existing data element and bringing in the new and modified data element that is being added, which sort of goes into negative productivity."
"It is hard to find the logic in OutSystems. From an improvement perspective, I want to be able to properly use logic in OutSystems."
"The tool needs to improve the efficiency of its widgets."
"The prices should be lower. It is a little bit too high for a small market."
GeneXus is ranked 12th in Low-Code Development Platforms with 13 reviews while OutSystems is ranked 3rd in Low-Code Development Platforms with 46 reviews. GeneXus is rated 8.6, while OutSystems is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of GeneXus writes "Fast, stable, and allows us to model a workflow before developing the screens". On the other hand, the top reviewer of OutSystems writes "The visual program provides the advantage of only requiring one skill set for both the front and backend ". GeneXus is most compared with Oracle Application Express (APEX), Microsoft Power Apps, Mendix and Magic xpa Application Platform, whereas OutSystems is most compared with Microsoft Power Apps, Appian, Mendix, ServiceNow and Oracle Application Express (APEX). See our GeneXus vs. OutSystems report.
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