We performed a comparison between Ionic and OutSystems 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."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."
"Ionic is easy to upgrade and is helpful for design purposes. It also is quite common and easy to use. It is a very reliable application. It's easy to write on and print. The UI is easy to use as well. My organization chose to go with Ionic because we can access both Android and iOS applications."
"Because it's a hybrid mobile app framework, it is easy for us to develop iOS as well as Android apps for our customers with the same resource skills. We didn't have to have separate iOS teams and Android teams to build the apps. We still have to use the Apple Xcode for iOS, but the main development happens with JavaScript, HTML, and CSS. We don't have to write separate code bases in scripts for iOS and Android. We create apps using web-based technology."
"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."
"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 main value of this solution for our business, is that it is a hybrid product that allows us to write code that is compatible with IOS, Android, and web documents."
"The most valuable feature is the one code deployed to all solutions, which means you do not need to have multiple teams."
"It's very flexible for UI development."
"It provides for faster development and better software releases."
"Our previous solution had other overheads such as release management, version management, code management, monitoring, etc., all of which are built-in with OutSystems."
"We have no complaints surrounding both the scalability and stability of this solution."
"The tool makes the development process easier."
"The flow editor is the most valuable feature. It is simple and intuitive, and it can guide you step-by-step."
"You can go huge - so it is definitely a scalable solution."
"The most valuable feature of OutSystems is the drag and drop and toolchains in the small AI developing environment. Additionally, the documentation is helpful."
"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."
"As a developer, I would say one of the improvements is more plugins."
"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."
"The documentation could be improved."
"In a future release, we would like to have a little more support for the desktop environment. Currently it is still focused on mobile devices."
"Ionic's UI component doesn't always look like the native mobile app."
"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."
"The navigation within this solution could be improved; it is currently quite complicated to move through the different tabs."
"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."
"OutSystems does not provide any native reporting resources. All reports must be created with other tools or as a webpage."
"The installation is a bit tedious."
"It's difficult to do the component version control. I would like them to add more studying materials."
"Writing custom code still needs to be done via Integration Studio. This might have been added to the IDE."
"Mobile apps need improvement."
"The asynchronous processing and multithreading tasks for which the current resources of the platform are very generic and not built for the end-user. Any asynchronous jobs have to be constructed with an end-user dashboard to allow inspection of the status of the activities."
"The product could be improved if there was a shortcut, or predefined, predictable templates provided."
Ionic is ranked 5th in Mobile Development Platforms with 14 reviews while OutSystems is ranked 1st in Mobile Development Platforms with 46 reviews. Ionic is rated 8.6, while OutSystems 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 OutSystems writes "Useful natural speech to algorithm, reliable, and beneficial automatic task". Ionic is most compared with Xamarin Platform, Appium, Appzillon Digital Platform, Mendix and Microsoft Azure App Service, whereas OutSystems is most compared with Microsoft Power Apps, Appian, Mendix, ServiceNow and SAP Mobile Platform. See our Ionic vs. OutSystems report.
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