We performed a comparison between Mendix and Microsoft PowerApps based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Microsoft PowerApps is the clear winner in this comparison. Microsoft PowerApps offers slightly better integrations with third-party applications and is considered to be more user-friendly. It also has better service and support. As Microsoft is a very popular ecosystem with many of our users, it is the simple choice for better seamless integration. Mendix is slightly less scalable and not as user-friendly, thereby making Microsoft PowerApps an easy choice.
"The most valuable features are the integration and UI customization."
"We find it intuitive and easy to use."
"The initial setup is easy."
"It's amazing that you can build web apps and mobile (hybrid) apps with one code base in a few clicks. It's a full continuous integration environment."
"There is a free version of the solution you can use."
"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."
"Suite allows you to easily and smoothly integrate with pretty much anything. It is also cloud-enabled. It provides a full Cloud Foundry-driven cloud environment with one-click deployment."
"It is a brilliant solution."
"There is value in being able to collect and compare information in real-time to present alternatives for correcting vulnerabilities."
"There are a lot of different applications; you can connect PowerApps, or Flow, or Power BI to many different types of applications to interchange data."
"For all no-code platforms that let you create a front end, you can click together something very quick."
"The most valuable feature is automized processes."
"I have found the technical support to be helpful."
"It is stable and reliable."
"The solution allows you to use data to create excellent UI and quickly deliver an app. It speeds up production time."
"Overall, the tool is very democratic. It's easy for anyone to use. You don't have to be a professional or well-versed in technology."
"The platform still has many areas for improvement. If I compare apples to apples, the PWA features of Mendix could be improved, for example, I wouldn't recommend creating a B2C or B2B marketplace or web portals on Mendix, but there's a tendency for people to still do it through the systems provided by my company, particularly implement B2B or B2C marketplace, versus using eBay or Shopify. On the web portal front, Mendix still needs to improve."
"Mendix is great for internal applications but not so great for a public-facing interface. It lacks a proper directory structure for public use. The URL will not change from page to page unless a deep link is created for each page. That makes it difficult to bookmark pages in the browser to view later on."
"Needs multiple database connections so an app can directly read/write data to/from multiple databases. This would enable easy splitting of big applications that have complex entity relationships."
"A constraint of Mendix is that you have to look for the required plugins which takes up development time. There are a limited number of Mendix experts in the market."
"While the community is great, they need to work on making their direct technical support services better."
"We'd like to be able to write in C Sharp to develop code for Mendix."
"It could use a more comprehensive widget creation studio in the IDE."
"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."
"I would like to see more improvement, for example, in direct collaboration."
"Installation and integration could be improved."
"The flexibility and the user interface need improvement."
"We would like to see the period for viewing executions within this solution to be extended beyond its current limit of 28 days. We would prefer to be able to offer our customers an infinite amount of history to search."
"Microsoft could streamline monitoring and management. In addition, it should be easier to put the solution in different environments. For example, you should be able to move from a dev environment to a production environment seamlessly."
"It's easy to use."
"Microsoft PowerApps is not intended for customizing what's generated in a major way."
"PowerApps is still a bit new compared to a slightly more mature product such as OutSystems."
Mendix is ranked 5th in Rapid Application Development Software with 48 reviews while Microsoft Power Apps is ranked 1st in Rapid Application Development Software with 77 reviews. Mendix is rated 8.4, while Microsoft Power Apps is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Mendix writes "Low-code, helpful support, and great native mobile capability". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Power Apps writes "Low-code, low learning curve, and reduces manpower". Mendix is most compared with OutSystems, Appian, Oracle Application Express (APEX), ServiceNow and Salesforce Platform, whereas Microsoft Power Apps is most compared with Oracle Application Express (APEX), ServiceNow, Appian, Microsoft Azure App Service and OutSystems. See our Mendix vs. Microsoft Power Apps report.
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