We performed a comparison between Google App Engine and Mendix based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Microsoft, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Oracle and others in PaaS Clouds."The product's setup and deployment phases are easy."
"Administering App Engine is simple; it has intuitive UIs and a very scalable app engine."
"Its ability to integrate with most devices helps users who have different or old devices."
"The initial setup is okay. It's not too complex. Deployment took about one day."
"It is simple to use. It is much simpler than AWS. It is also very powerful."
"The solution is serverless, so we don't have to operate it."
"Seurity features - unauthorized individuals are unable to access certain applications."
"The WhatApp feature is the most valuable."
"You can scale the solution."
"There is a free version of the solution you can use."
"Enables us to rapidly create a complex application. We are also able to customize features that stakeholders in the corporation want to see, something that could not be done with other software. Our workflows and processes have evolved and improved. The fast iterations allow us to be nimble, get feedback from users, and do rapid updates."
"What I found most valuable in Mendix is that it's very much suitable for mobile apps such as native Android or IOS supported mobile apps. The multiple features of the platform are very, very attractive and very popular. Mendix has technical features such as microflows and nanoflows. You can also access data models in the platform. These are the features that are very, very strong in Mendix. I got my hands dirty on other low-code platforms, but I have not seen such strong features in them compared to the microflows, nanoflows, and data model access that are in Mendix, including creating and integration. The platform has out-of-the-box adapters or out-of-the-box-connectors that you can integrate with different interface applications such as SAP, Salesforce, Oracle EBS, etc."
"We find it intuitive and easy to use."
"It is a brilliant solution."
"The most valuable features of Mendix are the drag and drop functions, the data entities, domain models, and all the related features."
"The user experience is great."
"The product's price is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"I would like a simpler deployment tool on laptops. It is a bit complicated at the moment. We know how to do it, but it could be easier to deploy it on laptops."
"I am limited to sending a photo to five people. I want to be able to send a photo to many people, not just five."
"Difficult to assess how pricing is managed."
"Some features of runtime don't work well in App Engine."
"Data consumption of the device could be improved."
"The documentation and community are lacking for this product."
"I think there's still a lot that can be done with Google Meet and the video conferencing part of it. It could be more dynamic in terms of what can be done with it."
"There are not enough developers who are using Mendix. The knowledge base available online and in the market is not as rich as other competitors."
"Feature-wise and in terms of technical aspects, Mendix is excellent, but its pricing is steep."
"Mendix is great for internal applications but not so great for a public-facing interface. It lacks a proper directory structure for public use. The URL will not change from page to page unless a deep link is created for each page. That makes it difficult to bookmark pages in the browser to view later on."
"It could use a more comprehensive widget creation studio in the IDE."
"The platform still has many areas for improvement. If I compare apples to apples, the PWA features of Mendix could be improved, for example, I wouldn't recommend creating a B2C or B2B marketplace or web portals on Mendix, but there's a tendency for people to still do it through the systems provided by my company, particularly implement B2B or B2C marketplace, versus using eBay or Shopify. On the web portal front, Mendix still needs to improve."
"A constraint of Mendix is that you have to look for the required plugins which takes up development time. There are a limited number of Mendix experts in the market."
"I would like to see more documentation as well as how-to documents."
"It is expensive."
Google App Engine is ranked 11th in PaaS Clouds with 23 reviews while Mendix is ranked 2nd in Mobile Development Platforms with 48 reviews. Google App Engine is rated 8.2, while Mendix is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Google App Engine writes "Simplifies app development process for businesses". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Mendix writes "Low-code, helpful support, and great native mobile capability". Google App Engine is most compared with Microsoft Azure, Amazon AWS, Heroku, IBM Cloud Private and Amazon Lightsail, whereas Mendix is most compared with Microsoft Power Apps, OutSystems, Oracle Application Express (APEX), Appian and ServiceNow.
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