We performed a comparison between Microsoft Power Apps, OutSystems, and QuickBase based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
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"I would say that the most valuable features are the user interface, navigation, and business routes."
"I would say that it's a very advanced product because it empowers people to do simple things, which previously may have required people to have some technical skills."
"You can easily connect Power Apps with other databases, like Excel, SharePoint, SQL, etc."
"We particularly like the workflow connectors in the forms, for information introduction purposes."
"It’s a stable product."
"Generating reports is very fast with Microsoft PowerApps. It's stable and scalable as well."
"In Microsoft PowerApps the most valuable features are the fully customizable design that we can control everything that we would like to control. For example, the integration between Microsoft and third-party services through pre-built connectors, and the functionality to create custom connectors."
"We like that this solution allows us to fully define our test environments, and link them using different code. This means we can do different tests, but with one basic structure, and then export the data and use it in other platforms."
"The architecture of OutSystems is quite simple, and the features are similar to Mendix's. OutSystems has connectors for different enterprise apps and solid reporting capabilities. You can also integrate with any content management platform like SharePoint or Adobe Enterprise Manager, or something like that. You can also create and integrate workflows."
"It provides for faster development and better software releases."
"There is literally a ton of stuff it can do. It's very flexible."
"It is a stable solution, and the initial setup is straightforward."
"The scratch coding is useful. The solution is easy to understand."
"It is a scalable solution...The initial setup of OutSystems is easy."
"The tool makes the development process easier."
"We can do the validation before calling the API."
"QuickBase reminds me when a software license or a hardware support contract is near expiration so that I can initiate our company's procurement process in time and not miss a deadline."
"It is low-code. We are able to go in and create apps quickly. It is very helpful for the size of our company. We're a mid-size company, and at this moment, we don't need anything externally. We don't have to go out and consult a consulting firm to build something from the ground up. So, the ease of that and being able to get development quickly up and running has been good for us."
"The need for little to no code knowledge has been huge."
"It has helped streamline and simply track status and collection of data from suppliers and other internal departments."
"I am impressed with the product's automation which makes everything easy."
"We have made good use of the ability in QuickBase to add multiple apps for various departments and purposes, while some apps are shared."
"Considering factors like functionality and price, the product proves to be worth the investment."
"Creating applications in Quickbase will take, literally, a fraction of the time it would take to create them in other database applications (which shall remain unnamed)."
"It is not enough user friendly. It also doesn't integrate very well with SQL Server."
"The set up of the solution could be simpler."
"The solution should have more integration with other platforms."
"The flexibility of the user interface could be better."
"The solution needs a bit more refinement in general."
"In my experience, the solution's deployment can be tricky."
"The stability of this solution could be better."
"The solution must provide more integration with third-party applications."
"Currently, in mobile applications, we don't have push notifications."
"The solution's testing framework needs to be improved, and the workflow should be slightly more mature."
"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."
"It's difficult to do the component version control. I would like them to add more studying materials."
"The PDD framework can't be used for the behavioral-driven development way of working."
"We have performance issues while fetching bulk data."
"The dashboards in OutSystems could improve. There are a lot of tabs in the service center that can be confusing."
"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."
"It would be beneficial for the QuickBase team to focus on improving the integration of cloud-based storage platforms within their product. In use cases like ours, where QuickBase serves as a centralized source of truth for construction projects, having seamless integration with platforms like Dropbox or OneDrive would greatly enhance the product's capabilities."
"Third-party integration -- they are working on it and I find their brand-new still-in-beta Webhooks very promising."
"I would like the product to add more working processes."
"This rule: The Maximum is 60 rules. We need to provide more in order to improve."
"The product works constantly to modernize the platform and they have made quite a lot of strides in that. I would like them to add additional features that would help us make API calls."
"Whenever we do onboarding, or we get new employees, there tends to be a delay of not just a week but a couple of weeks, and sometimes even a few weeks of being able to see certain new employees in the system."
"There is room for improvement in terms of user-friendliness."
"They could enhance the ability to link records between tables directly without the need for additional automation to increase space and time."
