We performed a comparison between Ionic and Mendix 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."With the Capacitor feature, you have access to the native attributes of your phone such as your camera. This makes work a lot easier."
"Ionic's best feature is that it's not necessary to write your own custom codes as all the hybrid is provided by Angular."
"The solution can support many languages."
"Ionic's best features are its hybrid app development, design, and tags."
"What I like the most about Ionic is live reloading, which enables us to develop new features without having to build the application again and re-check the functionality."
"I like that I can place the code and escalate data storage. I also like that it's user-friendly. Nothing is complex in Ionic."
"The solution is secure, reliable, and packed with features so we can easily implement apps even in the most complex situations."
"The most valuable feature of Ionic is the ease of use and the simple connection of the applications. Additionally, the documentation is good in the Ionic application, and beginners can easily learn and download their own application using Ionic. Everyone can easily switch out, their domain, from native applications to hybrid applications."
"You can scale the solution."
"The development environment is model-driven. We can use the information from this for our business engineers to make the information models, and they can also execute the model."
"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 features that I have found most valuable with Mendix are its business process management and its minimal low code, both from an interface perspective and from a process perspective."
"The initial setup is easy."
"The user experience is great."
"It is a brilliant solution."
"It is low code, where the developers can still develop in Java. That to us is very appealing."
"It would be better if it had a speed niche system. There are a lot of things we need that weren't in the latest version. But I think they will be adding something."
"There is a lack of a community environment."
"Ionic could improve in the Native mode because while we do testing it is difficult to find the root cause of problems. It could be more user-friendly."
"There could be better support for augmented reality and other things. Geolocation and background app activity are some of the things that are a little more clumsy at the moment and could be improved."
"Ionic would be improved with dynamic design features."
"Documentation for migrations and compatibility is insufficient."
"The documentation could be improved."
"The navigation within this solution could be improved; it is currently quite complicated to move through the different tabs."
"My understanding is that, if you are not using the free version, it is very 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."
"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."
"The code refactoring tools could be better, especially for applications running for years. It's not bad, but it could be smoother. Also, writing new widgets can be trickier than it should be for some people, but not if you're familiar with Mendix."
"Mendix needs to think about itself offering machine learning and artificial intelligence."
"There is always a layer of custom code required."
"Feature-wise and in terms of technical aspects, Mendix is excellent, but its pricing is steep."
"One thing I would like to improve is the support system offered by Mendix. It can sometimes take a while to get the help I need when I'm using Mendix."
Ionic is ranked 5th in Mobile Development Platforms with 14 reviews while Mendix is ranked 2nd in Mobile Development Platforms with 48 reviews. Ionic is rated 8.6, while Mendix is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Ionic writes "Great user acceptance and reliability, multiple teams not required, with prompt customer service". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Mendix writes "Low-code, helpful support, and great native mobile capability". Ionic is most compared with Xamarin Platform, OutSystems, Appium, Appzillon Digital Platform and Microsoft Azure App Service, whereas Mendix is most compared with Microsoft Power Apps, OutSystems, Appian, Oracle Application Express (APEX) and ServiceNow. See our Ionic vs. Mendix report.
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