Compare OutSystems vs. Salesforce Platform
Quotes From Members
We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
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"You can go huge - so it is definitely a scalable solution." "One thing I like about OutSystems is that there's no lock-in. You can keep running your applications because it's on .NET and hosted centrally. That's one of the advantages I see there in terms of not having an IT strategy that has a dependency on a particular platform." "We have no complaints surrounding both the scalability and stability of this solution." "I like the mobile features the most, and there are also various features around the portal we created that I enjoy." | "The most valuable features are quick customization, solid deployment processes, and excellent reliability." "We haven't had any issues with stability so far." "I'm not sure what the most valuable aspect of the solution is, but I can say that their finance and auditing systems are quite impressive. You can audit in different invoices right to procurement. It's all quite seamless." "Features they are integrating to the other services." "The most valuable feature is ease of use." "The product is pretty responsive." "The queue management of the solution is its most valuable aspect." "We like that the technology is very agile and flexible in the sense that there's a large partner ecosystem within Salesforce Platform. This enables us to choose from many different partners with different advantages, and all of it can be done in a plug-and-play kind of way." |
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"It needs improvement in the AI capability." "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." "The technical features are good, but the actual commercialization is out of reach." "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 cost of data storage is an issue once the company grows." "I would like to have integration with Google." "The solution offers upgrades at a slower pace. The solution needs to keep up with competitors." "They need an easy way of getting details and then adding to it and then being able to do it in a more simplified way" "The marketing automation needs improvement." "Better flexibility in editing emails created from templates would be great, and being able to add hyperlinks in emails for scheduling meetings would allow us to automate more." "If you have resellers or distributors, you just need to figure out a way to set up the system in the backend. Since every company is different, it takes a little bit of time to figure that out." "The initial setup is rather complex." |
Pricing and Cost Advice | |
"For a single application, it's too expensive." "OutSystems is a good solution, but it's not cheap." "I think the pricing for OutSystems is comparable with similar solutions. I would place it somewhere in the middle. We pay for the bundle and don't pay anything extra in terms of licensing and other fees." | "It is an expensive program." "The licensing is per user per month, which we took out a contract on a long time back. It's really an okay price for what solutions are available and for how many features and what kind of functionality you get." |
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Questions from the Community | |
Ask a question Earn 20 points | Top Answer: Features they are integrating to the other services. Top Answer: The pricing of the solution is fine. The enterprise purchase was for our entire organization. Top Answer: If you compare it with Appian, there are business rules that you are dealing with. With less code, we are making a higher standard. So maybe, in the future, Salesforce can make it a more integral part… more » |
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Views 9,325 Comparisons 6,897 Reviews 4 Average Words per Review 612 Rating 6.3 | Views 6,611 Comparisons 5,606 Reviews 7 Average Words per Review 476 Rating 8.0 |
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Also Known As | |
| Salesforce1, Force.com, Salesforce App Cloud | |
Learn | |
| OutSystems | Salesforce |
Overview | |
| OutSystems is the number one platform for low-code rapid application development. Thousands of customers worldwide trust OutSystems as only solution that combines the power of low-code development with advanced mobile capabilities, enabling visual development of entire application portfolios that easily integrate with existing systems. | The Salesforce1 Platform brings together Force.com, Heroku, and ExactTarget into one family of cloud services all built API first to help deliver apps that connect products, users, and next generation experiences. Designed for scale and speed, it provides a fast way to build apps with open APIs, back-end services, integration tools, starter templates as well as powerful developer environments; there's no limit to what you can build. |
Offer | |
Learn more about OutSystems | Learn more about Salesforce Platform |
Sample Customers | |
| Randstad, Warner Brothers, HP, Intel, ING, Banco Popular, Thrivent Financial, Bacardi, Kent State University, Bacardi, FICO, ING, Vodafone, AbbVie, Estafeta, Siemens, Vopak | ADP |
Top Industries | |
Computer Software Company32% Comms Service Provider22% Retailer6% Energy/Utilities Company6% | Computer Software Company25% Cloud Provider13% Recreational Facilities/Services Company13% Media Company13% Computer Software Company40% Comms Service Provider19% Media Company6% Government5% |
Company Size | |
Small Business15% Midsize Enterprise15% Large Enterprise69% | Small Business45% Midsize Enterprise27% Large Enterprise27% |
Find out what your peers are saying about OutSystems vs. Salesforce Platform and other solutions. Updated: January 2021.
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OutSystems is ranked 2nd in Mobile Development Platforms with 5 reviews while Salesforce Platform is ranked 1st in Mobile Development Platforms with 9 reviews. OutSystems is rated 6.6, while Salesforce Platform is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of OutSystems writes "Great platform, very stable and it does automatic dependency checking: very useful for enterprise environments". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Salesforce Platform writes "Empowers our sales team with a common platform, but lacks a few niche integrations". OutSystems is most compared with Microsoft PowerApps, Appian, Mendix, Pega BPM and Magic xpa Application Platform, whereas Salesforce Platform is most compared with Microsoft Azure, Amazon AWS, Microsoft PowerApps, Appian and SAP Cloud Platform. See our OutSystems vs. Salesforce Platform report.
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