We performed a comparison between Apple Xcode 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."The most valuable feature of Apple Xcode is that it is up to date."
"The tool's most valuable features are debugging and code management."
"It is complete and relevant to the job at hand."
"Xcode is pretty smart. It's easy to set up and works perfectly on Android."
"It is stable and user-friendly."
"We like the ease of access and navigation that this solution provides."
"Xcode has quite a bit of code error checking built-in, which is great. It also goes a step further and suggests fixes."
"We have no complaints surrounding both the scalability and stability of this solution."
"Refactoring with TrueChange is very simple."
"The most valuable feature of OutSystems with discipline and the development processes. Instead of each developer doing tasks on their own with their own approach, et cetera, the solution would help bring some organization to the development process."
"It is a stable solution."
"It is easy to use."
"The most valuable feature of OutSystems is the drag and drop and toolchains in the small AI developing environment. Additionally, the documentation is helpful."
"The scratch coding is useful. The solution is easy to understand."
"It is a scalable solution...The initial setup of OutSystems is easy."
"There should be additional documentation on App Store deployment. In terms of features, they're pretty much on top of where they need to go. I've been happy with its progress so far. As things evolve, they need to evolve to match that need."
"It is a bit challenging to sign in."
"We would like a 'light' version of this solution to be developed, as it currently uses a lot of memory space."
"It consists of multiple components and needs a simplified process. This particular area could be more stable."
"There is a drag-and-drop visual system, but as soon as you do something dynamic, then you are unable to use it."
"The size of Apple Xcode could improve. It is too large."
"As Apple has introduced more and more features on top of Xcode, it sometimes, but very rarely, hangs."
"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."
"Writing custom code still needs to be done via Integration Studio. This might have been added to the IDE."
"The integration points need to be increased. People have also started to adopt this solution for their regular needs. That means it's not only the big enterprises that are adopting this solution. There are also small and medium enterprises that are adopting it. I've read that where you have large deployments, OutSystems starts to crumble a bit. That is the idea that no customer would know at the beginning and would also not like to hit the wall there. When it is on the client, there are a lot of applications already on low-code, and then suddenly you realize that you want to do some big applications, and you face hurdles. This is the general feedback for all such platforms."
"Since we first started using OutSystems, they switched their language support from Java and .NET to .NET only, which was a bit of a surprise. Their language support could be better in this sense, although on our resource side it is now a bit more flexible."
"The tool needs to improve the efficiency of its widgets."
"Its ability to create and run automated tasks could be better."
"OutSystems does not provide any native reporting resources. All reports must be created with other tools or as a webpage."
"The largest obstacle currently associated with OutSystems is its high cost and limited availability of skilled personnel. Despite being a rapid application development platform, having a highly skilled individual familiar with the platform can be much more beneficial than an inexperienced individual. Because there is a shortage of people with the necessary OutSystems skills, utilizing the platform can become expensive. This makes little sense, considering that a rapid application development platform should be accessible to the average person. However, having a highly skilled individual can greatly increase productivity, making the cost worthwhile."
Apple Xcode is ranked 10th in Mobile Development Platforms with 7 reviews while OutSystems is ranked 1st in Mobile Development Platforms with 46 reviews. Apple Xcode is rated 7.6, while OutSystems is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Apple Xcode writes "Efficient, up-to-date, and straightforward installation". On the other hand, the top reviewer of OutSystems writes "The visual program provides the advantage of only requiring one skill set for both the front and backend ". Apple Xcode is most compared with Xamarin Platform, Appium, Microsoft Azure App Service and ServiceNow, whereas OutSystems is most compared with Microsoft Power Apps, Appian, Mendix, ServiceNow and Oracle Application Express (APEX). See our Apple Xcode vs. OutSystems report.
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