We performed a comparison between IBM MobileFirst and OutSystems based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about OutSystems, Mendix, Salesforce and others in Mobile Development Platforms."IBM MobileFirst has one of the most feature-rich admin panels."
"With help of this product, we have been able to develop mobile applications without having complete knowledge of each mobile OS's native programming technology. App development, delivery, and code management have been very efficient using this product."
"I like Its capability for developing hybrid applications, with an ability to integrate device-native code as well"
"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."
"You can go huge - so it is definitely a scalable solution."
"The technical support is perfect."
"The most valuable features of OutSystems are the user interface, the flexibility to quickly integrate with almost anything in the system, and the ability to connect with databases."
"It is a stable solution."
"I like the mobile features the most, and there are also various features around the portal we created that I enjoy."
"We used almost all of the features, themes, styling guide, and approach components. They are useful in our applications."
"The solution helps to build mobile and web applications on SOAP and REST. You can integrate it with backend systems by submitting a code."
"I would like to see improved support for native device functions."
"There are issues with push notifications, especially for Windows mobile apps. JSONStore also crashes abruptly at times."
"The tutorials for the solution should be updated."
"The PDD framework can't be used for the behavioral-driven development way of working."
"Mobile apps need improvement."
"It needs improvement in the AI capability."
"The technical features are good, but the actual commercialization is out of reach."
"Mobile apps should have been fully native."
"The solution's testing framework needs to be improved, and the workflow should be slightly more mature."
"It's difficult to do the component version control. I would like them to add more studying materials."
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IBM MobileFirst is ranked 14th in Mobile Development Platforms while OutSystems is ranked 1st in Mobile Development Platforms with 46 reviews. IBM MobileFirst is rated 8.4, while OutSystems is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of IBM MobileFirst writes "It provides access management for the enterprise user as well as for the consumer". On the other hand, the top reviewer of OutSystems writes "Useful natural speech to algorithm, reliable, and beneficial automatic task". IBM MobileFirst is most compared with IBM MaaS360, Ionic, Microsoft Azure App Service and SAP Mobile Platform, whereas OutSystems is most compared with Microsoft Power Apps, Appian, Mendix, ServiceNow and Oracle Application Express (APEX).
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