We performed a comparison between Salesforce Platform and Xamarin Platform based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Mobile Development Platforms solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."We haven't had any issues with stability so far."
"They are already beginning to implement generative AI."
"It is a great platform. It's definitely an improvement from the GCP application that we were using previously."
"A fully integrated solution that provides a seamless experience."
"Intuitive to work with and the overall fundamental of the platform is very strong."
"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."
"The presentation is clear and easy to comprehend."
"I like the reports and the dashboards. Since I'm a managing partner, I use the reports and dashboards to understand my team's contact management, opportunity management, and account management activities. We use Pardot for marketing campaigns."
"You can create one solution in C Sharp."
"We were able to optimize the service organization for one of our clients."
"The Xamarin platform can reduce overhead significantly through code-share and reuse. The typical team size for a Xamarin project is significantly reduced compared to purely native projects."
"The solution's most valuable asset is its shared code base in C# that is better for large apps."
"The most valuable features of the Xamarin Platform are that it has cross-platform development, one code base serves a purpose on both, and the grid layout is a lifesaver."
"We very much like the XAML design techniques, multiple layout and pages, MVVMCross support, and portability across different platforms."
"I like Renderers in Xamarin. They allow us to use native-platform controls easily."
"The most important impact is the reduction in product lifecycle costs."
"There is always room for improvement. It can be hard to learn, but when you have somebody who is experienced in this, it is like anything else. It is like Excel, you'll never know everything about Excel, but there's somebody who would possibly know. I'm sure I don't know all of the ins and outs of Salesforce."
"There needs to be more documentation."
"The initial setup process was a complex thing to do because four different organizations were working together."
"An expensive solution requiring a lot of configuration."
"Technical support could be a bit faster."
"Getting reports in Salesforce is sometimes a little bit difficult. You need to do a lot of things to get detailed reports. This feature can be improved. Its price can also be improved. It is currently expensive."
"The back end really isn't user-friendly at all."
"The marketing automation needs improvement."
"The solution always has room for improvement with price, integration, stability, and documentation."
"It needs offline sync capabilities to store data on devices persistently."
"Xamarin Platform's performance base could be improved."
"The application platform could be improved."
"The Xamarin.Forms could improve."
"I would like to see hot reload, similar to what Flutter has out-of-the-box. There is "Live Reload" but it’s still in preview and was only recently announced."
"The problem that I faced was that the communication, the roles, and the responsibilities, weren't defined between Microsoft and Xamarin."
"The recent move to .NET MAUI is a big change that's affecting a lot of the good features."
Salesforce Platform is ranked 3rd in Mobile Development Platforms with 80 reviews while Xamarin Platform is ranked 5th in Mobile Development Platforms with 37 reviews. Salesforce Platform is rated 8.2, while Xamarin Platform is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Salesforce Platform writes "Reliable with good reporting and custom dashboards". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Xamarin Platform writes "It's about to be retired and replaced with an inferior product, but offers excellent cross-platform development capabilities". Salesforce Platform is most compared with Microsoft Power Apps, Oracle Application Express (APEX), Microsoft Azure, Appian and ServiceNow, whereas Xamarin Platform is most compared with Appium, Ionic, OutSystems, Apple Xcode and Mendix. See our Salesforce Platform vs. Xamarin Platform report.
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