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."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."
"No need to import libraries from outside the environment."
"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."
"We save enormous amounts of time in development using this tool."
"I would like to say that its best feature is its different kinds of connectors. We have lots of in-built connectors."
"This tool was very easy learn, yet powerful enough to manage many sites on a single instance."
"The flow editor is the most valuable feature. It is simple and intuitive, and it can guide you step-by-step."
"The architecture of OutSystems is quite simple, and the features are similar to Mendix's. OutSystems has connectors for different enterprise apps and solid reporting capabilities. You can also integrate with any content management platform like SharePoint or Adobe Enterprise Manager, or something like that. You can also create and integrate workflows."
"Scalability proved to be an exceptionally beneficial feature."
"The scalability of OutSystems is very good, it scales automatically very useful for us."
"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."
"The scratch coding is useful. The solution is easy to understand."
"It is a stable solution."
"The most important features of this tool are its visual modeling capabilities and drag and drop functionality. You can see what you are coding which makes it easy to understand and maintain. They have also created a big revolution in digital transformation by introducing native mobile app development under the same IDE."
"Need to be able to Be able to inject Python, Java, Groovy, or PHP code into a CFML page."
"Previously when I was trying to create some data, it was very difficult to get real-time data from Workfront."
"Installation of the server software was formidable due the number of configurable options."
"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."
"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"
"Mobile apps should have been fully native."
"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."
"The solution is costly."
"We had some lagging issues under high data loads, and the solution needed to be customized to improve this."
"The technical features are good, but the actual commercialization is out of reach."
"The solution's testing framework needs to be improved, and the workflow should be slightly more mature."
"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."
"OutSystems could improve by being more like GitHub. It would be more helpful for us for division management and version control for our application."
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, Appian, Mendix, ServiceNow and Oracle Application Express (APEX). See our Adobe ColdFusion vs. OutSystems report.
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