We performed a comparison between OutSystems and Salesforce 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."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."
"I find it to be a genuinely cool and effective platform for my development needs."
"We can quickly develop an application using the tool."
"We used almost all of the features, themes, styling guide, and approach components. They are useful in our applications."
"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."
"Reduces the manual labor in compiling and deploying applications and generating procedural code (by reducing development bureaucracy/processes, resulting in real gains). The LifeTime Server approach, requiring just a few steps to publish applications in production environments, is fantastic."
"It is easy to use."
"Our previous solution had other overheads such as release management, version management, code management, monitoring, etc., all of which are built-in with OutSystems."
"The most valuable feature is ease of use."
"We like that the technology is very agile and flexible in the sense that there's a large partner ecosystem within Salesforce Platform. This enables us to choose from many different partners with different advantages, and all of it can be done in a plug-and-play kind of way."
"The solution's stability is fine. There are no issues with Salesforce's stability."
"I like the reports and the dashboards. Since I'm a managing partner, I use the reports and dashboards to understand my team's contact management, opportunity management, and account management activities. We use Pardot for marketing campaigns."
"Salesforce is cloud-based, so there's no installation involved. You simply log in using the provided organization login. There's no need for installation."
"We use this solution to track customer activities, opportunities and contact information."
"A very flexible solution."
"The most valuable features of the Salesforce Platform are the ability to manage customers' data, many report filtering options, and consolidation."
"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."
"The dashboards in OutSystems could improve. There are a lot of tabs in the service center that can be confusing."
"The product could be improved if there was a shortcut, or predefined, predictable templates provided."
"We have performance issues while fetching bulk data."
"The installation is a bit tedious."
"There is room for improvement in technical support."
"In OutSystems, cloud management is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"OutSystems does not provide any native reporting resources. All reports must be created with other tools or as a webpage."
"There is always room for improvement. It can be hard to learn, but when you have somebody who is experienced in this, it is like anything else. It is like Excel, you'll never know everything about Excel, but there's somebody who would possibly know. I'm sure I don't know all of the ins and outs of Salesforce."
"The integration of Salesforce with other solutions could be improved."
"It would be better if they can add more from the pricing and functionality perspective. It is very expensive. I would be more than happy if they drop the prices. From the licensing perspective, if they can add more functionality, I would be more than happy."
"An expensive solution requiring a lot of configuration."
"Salesforce Platform has a cumbersome interface when creating reports, dashboards, and those types of things. They could be a little bit more simple. The administration has to be an aficionado to do any sort of administration and maintenance, for example, setting up the way you want to modify the lead tracks or functions. These systems tend to be quite cumbersome."
"I think the search needs to be improved so as to allow for a broader keyword search."
"Reporting could be better. Reporting is Excel-based, and it has sucked since the inception of the company. That's why I was excited about the fact of them bringing MuleSoft into the fold and Tableau."
"Salesforce Platform is a bit expensive compared to other CRM products, which is a drawback."
OutSystems is ranked 1st in Mobile Development Platforms with 46 reviews while Salesforce Platform is ranked 3rd in Mobile Development Platforms with 80 reviews. OutSystems is rated 8.4, while Salesforce Platform is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of OutSystems writes "Useful natural speech to algorithm, reliable, and beneficial automatic task". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Salesforce Platform writes "Reliable with good reporting and custom dashboards". OutSystems is most compared with Microsoft Power Apps, Appian, Mendix, ServiceNow and Bizagi, whereas Salesforce Platform is most compared with Microsoft Power Apps, Oracle Application Express (APEX), Microsoft Azure, Appian and Unqork. See our OutSystems vs. Salesforce Platform report.
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