We performed a comparison between Mendix 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."Mendix has made a great deal of effort to provide its developers a healthy, modern environment for developing. First of all, it adopts Agile methodology by creating a SCRUM-based app where you can handle your user stories. Next comes version control, which really allows multiple team members to collaborate quite easily. And last but not least, Mendix modeler, which is your IDE for developing Mendix apps."
"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."
"The integrated security saves a lot of time, especially when it comes to setting up user-roles and security. Also, database updates work automatically. There is no need to write queries to update the database, once you make an update."
"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."
"It is a brilliant solution."
"We also use Mendix Enterprise Integration for complex business logic. It's a low-code platform, so we run Mendix in the Mendix Cloud."
"You can scale the solution."
"I think that the workflow and automation features are quite good."
"You can just write one XM channel core and it'll be used for both iOS and Android."
"You can create one solution in C Sharp."
"This solution is a cross-form technology, meaning that we don't have to create separate code to deploy apps across different platforms."
"The most important impact is the reduction in product lifecycle costs."
"The combination of forms for cross-platform UI and C-Sharp for the programming language are my two favorite features."
"Because of the C# programming language, we can train our .NET developers to learn Xamarin and develop mobile apps easily."
"Test Cloud, Calabash, SpecFlow, and Xamarin.UITest are the features which can’t be ignored because just writing code doesn’t mean your app will run flawlessly. You need to test your app on each possible device and configuration, which you can do easily."
"It allows us to reuse our knowledge of C# and .NET Framework."
"Mendix could improve by allowing the customization of different programming languages, such as Python and C++."
"An improvement I would like to see is the ability to version manage independent modules. Their version management for software repositories must be better. It's good and you can do it, but it needs work."
"Mendix is slightly less scalable than I'd like."
"Feature-wise and in terms of technical aspects, Mendix is excellent, but its pricing is steep."
"I would like to see more documentation as well as how-to documents."
"It is expensive."
"There should be more integration with engineering applications and tighter integration for user authentication, such as single sign-on, etc. They have some of that. It just could be stronger."
"In the beginning, it is difficult to learn and work with."
"The application platform could be improved."
"The major I see with Xamarin right now is that there is no visual editor"
"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."
"I would like to see hot reload, similar to what Flutter has out-of-the-box. There is "Live Reload" but it’s still in preview and was only recently announced."
"There is room for increasing the scale a little bit further with the designer in the Visual Studio, more specifically, Xamarin.Android Designer in Visual Studio."
"Needs to improve the customization of its screens."
"There is limited support for UX widgets."
"Xamarin Platform is missing the code renderer."
Mendix is ranked 2nd in Mobile Development Platforms with 48 reviews while Xamarin Platform is ranked 4th in Mobile Development Platforms with 39 reviews. Mendix is rated 8.4, while Xamarin Platform is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Mendix writes "Low-code, helpful support, and great native mobile capability". 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". Mendix is most compared with Microsoft Power Apps, OutSystems, Oracle Application Express (APEX), Appian and ServiceNow, whereas Xamarin Platform is most compared with Ionic, Appium, OutSystems, Apple Xcode and Tricentis Tosca. See our Mendix vs. Xamarin Platform report.
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