We performed a comparison between Knack and Mendix based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Microsoft, Oracle, OutSystems and others in Rapid Application Development Software."The security is the most valuable feature, in particular, the way I can give different access to different areas to different people, so you can really fine-tune access for different users."
"There are free online learning and certifications if a user would like to learn more and better understand the solution."
"We also use Mendix Enterprise Integration for complex business logic. It's a low-code platform, so we run Mendix in the Mendix Cloud."
"The pricing is very clear, with no hidden fees."
"They are leading in the smart manufacturing, and connectivity space."
"It is a brilliant solution."
"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."
"Mendix code and coding logic are very visual. It looks like a flow chart rather than lines of code. Rapid development is what drew us to Mendix."
"The most valuable features of the product are its ease of use and speed. My friend and I find it helpful as a team of just two developers."
"The user interface for the systems that you build can use some improvement because as it is now, you have to do a lot of HTML and CSS to make it look modern."
"What is lacking is the support of higher level modeling features, like the modeling you do is relatively low level, yet it is still close to programming. We would like to see a more business-oriented modeling environment, like BPMN."
"I would like to see more documentation as well as how-to documents."
"There's no direct tech support."
"I would also like to see automatic adjustment to the Java Heap, whenever an application load becomes too much for the application. It could also use hot database replication."
"While the documentation is good, the development box could be better."
"It needs to provide an overview of model versioning control for the sake of the review process; better SCRUM board; an overview of model changes from the repository through Sprintr (SCRUM board). Also, a choice between versioning control system would be nice."
"My understanding is that, if you are not using the free version, it is very expensive."
"Overall, integration with the enterprise ecosystem needs improvement."
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Knack is ranked 30th in Rapid Application Development Software while Mendix is ranked 5th in Rapid Application Development Software with 48 reviews. Knack is rated 9.0, while Mendix is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Knack writes "Flexible and granular security options, good filtering, and the pricing model is cost-effective". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Mendix writes "Low-code, helpful support, and great native mobile capability". Knack is most compared with Caspio, Microsoft Power Apps, Oracle Application Express (APEX) and Salesforce Platform, whereas Mendix is most compared with Microsoft Power Apps, OutSystems, Oracle Application Express (APEX), Appian and ServiceNow.
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