We performed a comparison between GeneXus and Xamarin Platform based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Mobile Development Platforms solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It is fast in creating systems and connects to the database quickly."
"With GeneXus, we can create logical representations of transactions in the form of objects."
"I like the testing models, which allow me to create unit or interface tests of my programs. It helps us avoid missed deadlines because we can detect all the errors before deploying the new versions of the solution. And I also like the integration with coding managers like DevOps or Jenkins. It enables us to do versioning."
"GeneXus evolves with technology."
"The most valuable feature is that GeneXus works with several languages. It's possible to develop chatbots and other functionalities."
"With the solution, I can work a normal day. I can plan my work and any other activities for days ahead."
"The solution provides ease of programming and the speed of delivery of demands."
"I find the implementation process of GeneXus to be easy."
"The platform is easy to learn as many tutorials are available on YouTube."
"The solution's most valuable asset is its shared code base in C# that is better for large apps."
"The initial setup is very simple."
"It brings about good code sharing strategies, which bring down cost and maintenance efforts."
"Xamarin.Forms are very useful. Essentially, it's a framework that allows me to create the UI mostly in XAML. This XAML code is then translated into the native UI elements for each respective platform."
"Recently, Xamarin has added a lot of features such as Effects, Behaviors, Triggers, etc. This has made the UI user-friendly, lively, and attractive."
"The combination of forms for cross-platform UI and C-Sharp for the programming language are my two favorite features."
"The cross platform ability is a great asset."
"It would be helpful to have additional assisted processing with training."
"GeneXus is a wonderful tool for the backend. It's the best in the world, but for the frontend, GeneXus needs to improve. There should be easier steps for managing various aspects, such as alerts and messages to show to the end-users."
"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 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."
"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."
"I told them to add something about Angular. They're already working on adding it."
"It's expensive for a company."
"The front-end with GeneXus is not as good as the back-end."
"The worst build issue concerns are the caching process MSBuild uses to reduce the build time."
"There are compatibility issues between versions of various Xamarin components."
"The performance needs improvement, especially the dev tools, and also the ultimate output of the mobile applications."
"I feel that the Android AppCompat library creates a lot of issues. A lot of development time is often wasted solving these issues."
"The debugging functionality could be improved in Xamarin Platform because sometimes it takes very long to move through the stages of setting up the application build to the final deployment on a mobile app that resides in a physical device."
"The recent move to .NET MAUI is a big change that's affecting a lot of the good features."
"It needs offline sync capabilities to store data on devices persistently."
"It would be better if they offered more certifications. They offer a number of certifications for Azure but none for Xamarin. This is something that could be provided for developers to show off their competency. Technical support could be better."
GeneXus is ranked 8th in Mobile Development Platforms with 13 reviews while Xamarin Platform is ranked 4th in Mobile Development Platforms with 39 reviews. GeneXus is rated 8.6, while Xamarin Platform is rated 8.2. 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 Xamarin Platform writes "It's about to be retired and replaced with an inferior product, but offers excellent cross-platform development capabilities". GeneXus is most compared with Oracle Application Express (APEX), Microsoft Power Apps, OutSystems, Mendix and Magic xpa Application Platform, whereas Xamarin Platform is most compared with Ionic, Appium, Apple Xcode, OutSystems and Mendix. See our GeneXus vs. Xamarin Platform report.
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