We performed a comparison between Microsoft PowerApps and OutSystems based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Users of both solutions seem to be satisfied with their ease of deployment, features, and overall technical support. However, users seem to favor Microsoft PowerApps slightly because it is more affordable.
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft PowerApps is the user interface."
"It's very easy to build an app using this solution."
"I like how fast I can develop an application and put it in production with PowerApps. I think the integration is also excellent. The platforms is growing, so they are constantly adding more connectors on all these things."
"Power Automate has been the most valuable feature."
"When I am developing any user UI, it gives me complete flexibility. I can manage in any way I want."
"I like the galleries, which are really powerful."
"The most valuable feature is automized processes."
"There's a lot of online knowledge on the solution, to the point where new users can basically teach themselves how to use the solution."
"We can quickly develop an application using the tool."
"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."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is that it allows users to easily build applications."
"The scratch coding is useful. The solution is easy to understand."
"It is a stable solution."
"You can go huge - so it is definitely a scalable solution."
"OutSystems is a low-code solution. Most features are like drag-and-drop, so it's pretty easy to work. Thus it helps the organization by saving time for developers."
"The drag-and-drop feature is very valuable."
"Installation and integration could be improved."
"When it comes to PowerApps, debugging can be difficult at times. It would be beneficial to simplify it."
"The flexibility of the user interface could be better."
"The solution could improve by having more connectors for different solutions in a way to create custom connectors. Additionally, they should make HTTP Connectors free again because it was not always a premium feature. These HTTP connectors allow you to send API requests which can be important."
"As far as dealing with SharePoint, it'll allow you to ha manage up to 2000 rows, however, performance-wise, they're recommending that you just keep it at the default of 500 rows."
"The stability of this solution could be better."
"We'd like to see more integration capabilities in the future."
"PowerApps can't do a lot of things that users need now. For example, it can't handle signatures."
"There is room for improvement in technical support."
"There are many tutorials available but they are very basic and good for learning the platform. To develop an enterprise-grade application, advanced tutorials need to be developed to help IT professionals design/develop high-quality/performance applications."
"The solution is costly."
"In OutSystems, cloud management is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"The PDD framework can't be used for the behavioral-driven development way of working."
"The prices should be lower. It is a little bit too high for a small market."
"OutSystems does not provide any native reporting resources. All reports must be created with other tools or as a webpage."
"The dashboards in OutSystems could improve. There are a lot of tabs in the service center that can be confusing."
Microsoft Power Apps is ranked 1st in Low-Code Development Platforms with 77 reviews while OutSystems is ranked 3rd in Low-Code Development Platforms with 46 reviews. Microsoft Power Apps is rated 7.8, while OutSystems is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Microsoft Power Apps writes "Low-code, low learning curve, and reduces manpower". On the other hand, the top reviewer of OutSystems writes "Useful natural speech to algorithm, reliable, and beneficial automatic task". Microsoft Power Apps is most compared with Oracle Application Express (APEX), Mendix, ServiceNow, Appian and Salesforce Platform, whereas OutSystems is most compared with Appian, Mendix, ServiceNow, Oracle Application Express (APEX) and Pega BPM. See our Microsoft Power Apps vs. OutSystems report.
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