Mendix and OutSystems are prominent low-code development platforms that simplify application building through visual interfaces and minimal coding. Mendix emphasizes ease of use, rich visual customization, and a cloud-native architecture that supports diverse deployment scenarios. OutSystems, on the other hand, focuses on enhancing developer productivity and offers robust features for enterprise deployment, including cloud and on-premise options.
The summary above is based on 45 interviews we conducted recently with Mendix and OutSystems users. To access the review's full transcripts, download our report.
"The most valuable features of Mendix are the drag and drop functions, the data entities, domain models, and all the related features."
"You can scale the solution."
"The pricing is very clear, with no hidden fees."
"They are leading in the smart manufacturing, and connectivity space."
"The most valuable features of the product are its ease of use and speed. My friend and I find it helpful as a team of just two developers."
"It's amazing that you can build web apps and mobile (hybrid) apps with one code base in a few clicks. It's a full continuous integration environment."
"I find the fast development speed and low cost to be very valuable features of Mendix. It's a smart solution for busy developers when we need to apply new changes or fixes quickly. Mendix helps to save time and meet project deadlines faster."
"The initial setup is easy."
"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."
"We have no complaints surrounding both the scalability and stability of this solution."
"It is a scalable solution...The initial setup of OutSystems is easy."
"It is a stable solution."
"The drag-and-drop feature is very valuable."
"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."
"The scalability of OutSystems is very good, it scales automatically very useful for us."
"I like the mobile features the most, and there are also various features around the portal we created that I enjoy."
"We'd like to be able to write in C Sharp to develop code for Mendix."
"I struggle with solutions like Mendix in terms of creating enterprise solutions."
"One area for improvement is its integration capabilities. Creating a pluggable widget or integrating it with other systems is challenging. In terms of features, it would be great to see advancements such as AI services and the integration of third-party services. Additionally, connecting external devices to the application requires multiple steps. Improving this will make it easier for the developers."
"You need experienced programmers and developers to understand this solution."
"It could use a more comprehensive widget creation studio in the IDE."
"Mendix could improve by allowing the customization of different programming languages, such as Python and C++."
"Mendix needs to think about itself offering machine learning and artificial intelligence."
"While the community is great, they need to work on making their direct technical support services better."
"OutSystems does not provide any native reporting resources. All reports must be created with other tools or as a webpage."
"There are not enough resources on the market."
"Writing custom code still needs to be done via Integration Studio. This might have been added to the IDE."
"I would like to see improvements in versioning. It can be challenging to keep track of what changes should be committed, especially when many developers are working in one environment."
"The solution's testing framework needs to be improved, and the workflow should be slightly more mature."
"There is room for improvement in technical support."
"I have difficulty in using several new features. Some of the product's features are tricky to use as well."
"Its ability to create and run automated tasks could be better."
Mendix is ranked 4th in Low-Code Development Platforms with 48 reviews while OutSystems is ranked 3rd in Low-Code Development Platforms with 46 reviews. Mendix is rated 8.4, while OutSystems is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Mendix writes "Low-code, helpful support, and great native mobile capability". On the other hand, the top reviewer of OutSystems writes "Useful natural speech to algorithm, reliable, and beneficial automatic task". Mendix is most compared with Microsoft Power Apps, Appian, Oracle Application Express (APEX), ServiceNow and Salesforce Platform, whereas OutSystems is most compared with Microsoft Power Apps, Appian, ServiceNow, Oracle Application Express (APEX) and Pega BPM. See our Mendix vs. OutSystems report.
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