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.
"There are a lot of different applications; you can connect PowerApps, or Flow, or Power BI to many different types of applications to interchange data."
"The solution works great and is stable."
"The support is the most valuable feature."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft PowerApps is the user interface."
"The most valuable feature is the simple data connectivity components."
"Overall, the tool is very democratic. It's easy for anyone to use. You don't have to be a professional or well-versed in technology."
"Creating a PowerApp is very easy. All I do is link and share the result with my colleagues. Deployment is very fast."
"In Microsoft PowerApps the most valuable features are the fully customizable design that we can control everything that we would like to control. For example, the integration between Microsoft and third-party services through pre-built connectors, and the functionality to create custom connectors."
"The most valuable features of OutSystems are the user-friendly platform. The drag-and-drop feature is great. I have used other rapid application development tools before, but they were not as advanced as OutSystems. With the previous tools, I had to manually build certain features, but OutSystems does it automatically."
"Speed of delivery: We were able to reduce development time by 30%."
"We can quickly develop an application using the tool."
"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."
"There is literally a ton of stuff it can do. It's very flexible."
"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."
"We've used features like batch processing timers, components, and integrations with other systems like SAP, which have accelerated our development process.In terms of productivity, we've seen a 30 percent reduction in screen design time and an additional 10 percent improvement when implementing client requirements. OutSystems' integration capabilities have significantly enhanced our app's functionality, making it quicker and easier to connect with other systems."
"It provides for faster development and better software releases."
"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 portal and canvas apps need to be improved and brought up to speed."
"The solution should move to the next step in its maturity model and include mobile versions for Android and iOS."
"If the price was reduced and the quality of the user interfaces was improved it would be beneficial."
"Microsoft PowerApps is not intended for customizing what's generated in a major way."
"The editor in the Web browser could be improved because it can be difficult to implement the commands in the buttons."
"PowerApps can't do a lot of things that users need now. For example, it can't handle signatures."
"We're not in production yet, so we're still working through some issues."
"The prices should be lower. It is a little bit too high for a small market."
"Mobile apps should have been fully native."
"OutSystems could improve by being more like GitHub. It would be more helpful for us for division management and version control for our application."
"One of the biggest areas for improvement is that every time an existing data element is modified, it creates a new data element. It doesn't really modify that particular data element. So, a user has to follow an extra step of removing the existing data element and bringing in the new and modified data element that is being added, which sort of goes into negative productivity."
"Its ability to create and run automated tasks could be better."
"The integration Studio could be improved. It needs a tool in which we could develop C# code and then integrate into OutSystems. The application could have a better UI."
"The resource availability needs to be increased."
"The product could be improved if there was a shortcut, or predefined, predictable templates provided."
Microsoft Power Apps is ranked 1st in Rapid Application Development Software with 77 reviews while OutSystems is ranked 3rd in Rapid Application Development Software 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 Microsoft Azure App Service, 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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