We performed a comparison between Mendix and Pega BPM based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Rapid Application Development Software solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The user experience is great."
"It is stable."
"The most valuable features are the integration and UI customization."
"The initial setup is easy."
"The most valuable features are the decorative style, model-driven development, and the fact that Mendix validates flows. Mendix is quick to develop because it's a low-code platform. It's very robust, flexible, open, and scalable. It's for a low-code customer. The tooling is also really good and it has mobile capabilities."
"There are free online learning and certifications if a user would like to learn more and better understand the solution."
"It is low code, where the developers can still develop in Java. That to us is very appealing."
"I think that the workflow and automation features are quite good."
"The solution has very helpful technical support."
"It is quite configurable, which is the most exciting feature. We can easily configure it as per our needs."
"The technical support of Pega BPM is very good."
"Pega BPM offers a lot of out-of-the-box functionalities."
"Pega is a local platform that has evolved from a BPM perspective. This allows teams using this solution to address complexities without having deep knowledge in a specific development area."
"Overall, the ability to integrate with multiple applications and effective case management is the most valuable."
"The best part of Pega, for me, is that they let you reuse a lot of the aspects in the product."
"Allowed us to develop and quickly release with confidence using cloud technologies."
"It is expensive."
"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."
"Mendix is slightly less scalable than I'd like."
"While the community is great, they need to work on making their direct technical support services better."
"There are not enough developers who are using Mendix. The knowledge base available online and in the market is not as rich as other competitors."
"In the beginning, it is difficult to learn and work with."
"There is always a layer of custom code required."
"Mendix could improve by allowing the customization of different programming languages, such as Python and C++."
"We have experienced a few technical challenges, particularly triggering the workflow through file drops and accessing files."
"Business specific functionality is needed."
"The unit testing needs to improve, as well as the user interface."
"Pega Cloud early adoption and use for cross enterprise capability was new to many. The early adoption meant version 2.0 of their cloud service may require refactoring and redesign of some services."
"Sometimes when we are patching some data from the database, we are getting added as a timeout."
"Pega BPM could improve the UI, it is poorly designed to have a good UX experience."
"This is a quite expensive product."
"Pega is claiming they're into low code but as per Gartner Magic Quadrant, Pega is not there now."
Mendix is ranked 5th in Rapid Application Development Software with 48 reviews while Pega BPM is ranked 7th in Rapid Application Development Software with 57 reviews. Mendix is rated 8.4, while Pega BPM is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Mendix writes "Low-code, helpful support, and great native mobile capability". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Pega BPM writes "Provides built-in frameworks that can be reused and reduces time and cost". Mendix is most compared with Microsoft Power Apps, OutSystems, Appian, Oracle Application Express (APEX) and Microsoft Azure, whereas Pega BPM is most compared with ServiceNow, Camunda, Appian, Microsoft Power Apps and Unqork. See our Mendix vs. Pega BPM report.
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