We performed a comparison between Adobe ColdFusion 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."The ability to write SQL queries was very helpful as we did not need to bother our DBAs in writing stored procedures for simple tasks."
"No need to import libraries from outside the environment."
"My client has been able to improve productivity with the use of the tool. The solution has them develop several tools that addressed their specific needs. They have become more efficient and safe with the use of the product."
"I find it to be the easiest server-side technology for website development. It easily integrates with virtually everything– from web APIs to NoSQL databases to RSS and XML services."
"Apart from providing a mature, reliable, consistent platform, Adobe also offers outstanding customer service and product support."
"We save enormous amounts of time in development using this tool."
"This tool was very easy learn, yet powerful enough to manage many sites on a single instance."
"I would like to say that its best feature is its different kinds of connectors. We have lots of in-built connectors."
"The most valuable feature of OutSystems is the drag and drop and toolchains in the small AI developing environment. Additionally, the documentation is helpful."
"The tool makes the development process easier."
"We used almost all of the features, themes, styling guide, and approach components. They are useful in our applications."
"OutSystems' best feature is that you can build tests with the flow, so even the tests are made in the PDD framework in a low-code way."
"It is much easier to develop applications with the product’s IDE."
"I really like the one-click publish feature in OutSystems. In other development tools/languages, it's not as easy. I also like how easily I can manage all my projects in one place."
"There is literally a ton of stuff it can do. It's very flexible."
"We can do the validation before calling the API."
"ColdFusion’s third-party authentication is currently limited to just a couple of companies, like Google and Facebook, and a few third-party SAML authenticators. From my personal perspective, adding LinkedIn and Microsoft would greatly benefit me."
"Previously when I was trying to create some data, it was very difficult to get real-time data from Workfront."
"The solution needs to improve its adaption capability with a third-party company. I want to see more communities or open knowledge resources with the tool."
"There is not much third party authenticators in this solution"
"Need to be able to Be able to inject Python, Java, Groovy, or PHP code into a CFML page."
"Installation of the server software was formidable due the number of configurable options."
"There are many tutorials available but they are very basic and good for learning the platform. To develop an enterprise-grade application, advanced tutorials need to be developed to help IT professionals design/develop high-quality/performance applications."
"Mobile apps should have been fully native."
"We have performance issues while fetching bulk data."
"The solution is costly."
"Since we first started using OutSystems, they switched their language support from Java and .NET to .NET only, which was a bit of a surprise. Their language support could be better in this sense, although on our resource side it is now a bit more flexible."
"The prices should be lower. It is a little bit too high for a small market."
"I would like to see OutSystems improve its integration capabilities, especially with emerging technologies like AI and GPT."
"We'd like OutSystems to add stronger workflow-based automation similar to what Appian offers. It needs more workflow modeling and RPA features."
Adobe ColdFusion is ranked 18th in Low-Code Development Platforms with 6 reviews while OutSystems is ranked 3rd in Low-Code Development Platforms with 46 reviews. Adobe ColdFusion is rated 8.6, while OutSystems is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Adobe ColdFusion writes "An easy-to-setup tool that can be used to automate repetitive tasks". 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 ". Adobe ColdFusion is most compared with Oracle Application Express (APEX), Microsoft Power Apps, GitHub CoPilot, Microsoft Azure App Service and Appian, whereas OutSystems is most compared with Microsoft Power Apps, Mendix, Appian, ServiceNow and Oracle Application Express (APEX). See our Adobe ColdFusion vs. OutSystems report.
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