Compare Mendix vs. Pega BPM
Mendix is ranked 6th in Rapid Application Development Software with 9 reviews while Pega BPM is ranked 5th in Rapid Application Development Software with 7 reviews. Mendix is rated 8.6, while Pega BPM is rated 9.0. The top reviewer of Mendix writes "The development environment is model-driven, and our business engineers can make information models using it". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Pega BPM writes "Rapid renew structure allows for better implementation over other solutions and aids clients in serving their customers". Mendix is most compared with OutSystems, Microsoft PowerApps and Appian, whereas Pega BPM is most compared with Camunda BPM, Appian and ServiceNow. See our Mendix vs. Pega BPM report.
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I think that the workflow and automation features are quite good. It is a brilliant solution. The development environment is model-driven. We can use the information from this for our business engineers to make the information models, and they can also execute the model. The integrated security saves a lot of time, especially when it comes to setting up user-roles and security. Also, database updates work automatically. There is no need to write queries to update the database, once you make an update. 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. Mendix has made a great deal of effort to provide its developers a healthy, modern environment for developing. First of all, it adopts Agile methodology by creating a SCRUM-based app where you can handle your user stories. Next comes version control, which really allows multiple team members to collaborate quite easily. And last but not least, Mendix modeler, which is your IDE for developing Mendix apps. 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. Enables us to rapidly create a complex application. We are also able to customize features that stakeholders in the corporation want to see, something that could not be done with other software. Our workflows and processes have evolved and improved. The fast iterations allow us to be nimble, get feedback from users, and do rapid updates. | The interface is quite simple and easy to use, even for beginners. The solution's most valuable feature is its quick setup. Nowhere else you can create a good-looking application this quick. It's a fairly robust system. Powerful, full-featured business process management with excellent support While Pega technical support is okay, it also depends on the issues you need help with and who your contact is with Pega. The most valuable features are case management and integration services. It cuts down the time taken for coding. Earlier it used take for us four hours to do a particular code. Now this can be done in less than 30 minutes. That's the kind of productivity gains you can get. The user interface and the ease of developing the workflow for an application are valuable features. Decreased time for plane departures and landing, supported analytical insight for planning of three to six month forecasting, and helped with operational decision planning and support. |
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Overall, integration with the enterprise ecosystem needs improvement. While the documentation is good, the development box could be better. 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. 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. 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. I would like to see more documentation as well as how-to documents. 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. It could use a more comprehensive widget creation studio in the IDE. | Pega currently is trying to add chatbots to their systems, and it's still quite immature. This part definitely needs to be improved. The pricing model needs to be improved. Right now, it's too expensive. Lack of stronger cloud support is somewhat inconvenient for users and implementation. What should be included is some UI features and maybe some integrations. This includes documentation on how the UI works. The unit testing needs to improve, as well as the user interface. The biggest thing I have seen is when going from one version to another and upgrading to the latest version, it takes a pretty long time for an organization to go through an upgrade process. I think that's an area where they can make it a little smoother. There have been some performance scalability issues. Suppose you want to add more users. You go from, say, 800 users to 1,500 users, and sometimes that creates issues for which there is no clear explanation. To fix it you have to escalate it with customer service and sometimes the response is not up to the mark in resolving those issues. It is scalable, but it also interacts with a lot of other systems. I think they thought that the interface to other systems, legacy systems, was its strength, but when problems do occur, quickly diagnosing those problems has been a challenge. |
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Initially, we started with a year for approximately $25,000, and if we need to expand the number of seats then we will increase it. From a commercial point of view, we would like them to change that they currently sell it as a platform, but as a customer you have to decide upfront the usage of the platform. We would like to have Mendix sell it as a pay as you go model: You pay for what you use, and you don't pay for what you don't use. | May be somewhat more expensive than other solutions initially, but should have enhanced return on investment. The licensing fees are based on the number of users. They have both on-premise and cloud licensing. If you are a small to medium company, go for the cloud option because that eliminates a lot of the setting up of your DevTest and performance environments, multiple environments, because you can buy that from Pega with the cloud option. So your setup time really goes down. If you're a large company, then you're better off putting it within your company. You have other skill resources within your company to create environments. They need to come up with licensing options. Right now they do have a cloud-based option, but the cloud prices I've seen are much more expensive compared to competing products. |
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Views 6,071 Comparisons 3,671 Reviews 9 Average Words per Review 552 Avg. Rating 8.7 | Views 11,925 Comparisons 8,953 Reviews 7 Average Words per Review 570 Avg. Rating 9.0 |
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Also Known As | |
| Pegasystems, SmartBPM | |
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| Mendix | Pega |
Overview | |
| The Mendix App Platform enables enterprise development teams to rapidly build, integrate, and deploy beautiful multi-device applications. Enterprise IT teams that need to quickly build innovative and differentiating applications in close collaboration with business stakeholders use Mendix. | Pega BPM helps you simplify and automate your operations so that you can reduce costs and improve business agility. Pega's unique Build For Change technology delivers repeatable solutions that can be efficiently reused and tailored to meet the requirements of diverse customers, product lines, channels, and geographies. |
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Sample Customers | |
| Genzyme, TNT, Yahoo, Capgemini, Roche, D&B, Aegon, kpn, AZL, Sky, Arch, Penn State Univeristy, BancABC | The State of Maine, ANZ, Coca-Cola, Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA), ME, New South Wales, OptumRx, Texas Department of Transportation, UnitedHealthcare Medicare & Retirement |
Top Industries | |
Financial Services Firm33% Real Estate/Law Firm17% Energy/Utilities Company8% Software R&D Company8% Software R&D Company29% Comms Service Provider17% Retailer12% Manufacturing Company10% | Financial Services Firm71% Software R&D Company14% Retailer14% Software R&D Company33% Financial Services Firm13% Comms Service Provider10% Manufacturing Company7% |
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