Mendix Other Advice

Sameer Verma - PeerSpot reviewer
Consulting Manager at Deloitte

We have a cloud version, hosted on AWS, and an on-prem solution as well.

I would advise others to not buy it blindly. Figure out the use case first. Do the cost-benefit analysis as the running cost of a low-code platform is a little bit higher, too.

They support startups, too, however, it might become expensive for them.

I'd rate the solution nine out of ten.

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Somnath-Ghosh - PeerSpot reviewer
Solution Architect and LowCode Practice Lead at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

Currently, I'm using Mendix. I'm heading the factories of my company low-code/no-code, and my company has Mendix as a local platform in the portfolio, apart from other platforms such as Appian, Hancock, etc. I'm using the latest version of Mendix, but I started with the basic version of Mendix when the platform was newly rolled out, particularly when it was just being offered to partners.

My company has a premier partnership with Mendix, so it has access to the Mendix private cloud. The solution is deployed on a private cloud.

My company has two hundred low-code practitioners using Mendix.

Before advising other people looking into using Mendix, I would check first if he or she is a single developer or a pro developer. A single developer is a business user. Mendix as a tool is very, very suitable for a single developer, for business users who have very little knowledge of programming language, so a single developer can create a quick app out of Mendix.

For a pro developer, or someone already hands-on in terms of different programming languages such as Java, .NET, etc., Mendix could be a piece of cake. For a small shop that needs a small application, the business user or single developer can create small applications, but for a midsize organization or a large enterprise organization, you need pro developers who are hands-on with different programming languages, so a single developer cannot build the app for an enterprise or a midsize organization.

If it's a first-timer pro developer using Mendix, it's a low-code/no-code tool, so he or she doesn't have to bother about the programming language. Mendix provides a visual ID or a visual model, so the pro-developer can just drag and drop based on the programming concept. Through Mendix, the pro developer can also work on the front end, UI forms, and also configure the microflows and nanoflows, and also configure out-of-the-box connectors to connect with different enterprise applications. Mendix is a very easy platform for pro developers.

My rating for Mendix is nine out of ten. It's a pure-play low-code platform, so ideally a low-code platform has some fundamental features, and Mendix has that. It's very much suitable for creating a mobile app, for example, a B2B or B2C mobile app. I recommend it to any customer for their B2C or B2B mobile applications. Any enterprise customer that has a SAP India ecosystem and seeking low-code/no-code platform implementation should go for Mendix.

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JK
Industrial Engineer at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

It is interesting because it is low code, but the developers can still develop in Java. You still need some developers. It is not only an engineering tool. You have engineers and developers working in collaboration. Our Java developers have been key to our success.

I would rate it an eight out of ten.

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Hardy-Jonck - PeerSpot reviewer
Managing Director at AgileWorks Information Systems

Overall, I would rate the solution a nine out of ten. There is room for improvement. 

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Eugene Lam - PeerSpot reviewer
Freelancer at a financial services firm with 11-50 employees

I used version 9.0 of Mendix.

Mendix is suitable for entry-level to enterprise-level companies. I have yet to work with it on the enterprise level. Still, I have seen what the platform can do because, during the training, the Mendix team showed use cases in the Netherlands for tracking the buses, including Mendix integration with ERP products, such as SAP, Oracle, Fusion, and Sage. Mendix was built to manage up to the enterprise level, covering small, medium, and large companies.

More than twenty people use the platform within the company of my customer.

I'd tell anyone looking into implementing Mendix that as a tool, it's easy to learn and use because it's low-code, so a developer could make use of it and deploy the apps much faster.

My rating for Mendix is high. It's a nine out of ten. If it had lower pricing, then I'd give it a ten. I love Mendix, but I haven't worked with any of its top competitors.

My company is a partner and reseller of Mendix.

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Siti Rochimah - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Lecturer at Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember

We're just end-users. 

My students use it. I just view and am not involved intensively in using Mendix.

Coming from a developing country, Indonesia, we hope that Mendix continues to offer a free solution.

It's a very good solution. I'd rate it eight out of ten.

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Bondoc-Popescu Marcian-Petrut - PeerSpot reviewer
Junior Automation (Mendix) Engineer at Emergn

We build solutions and sell them to clients. We are intermediaries. We use this tool to deliver products. 

I only use it for web applications and very rarely for the hybrid web. I never use it for the hybrid web. Mostly, I use it only on desktop web.

I would recommend this solution and encourage people to learn it. 

I'd rate the solution nine out of ten. It's very top-notch as a product. It's one of the best.

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JK
Senior Product Manager at Deutsche Börse

We are just a customer and end-user.

We're not using the latest version of the solution, however, we're going to upgrade to the latest one. In Mendix, we're using 8.9, however, we're now going to upgrade soon as some of our teams have just started using later libraries, and obviously, that needs upgrading.

We're heavily governed and our governance processes and approvals for cloud take forever. We have these automations deployed on-premise. Both Blue Prism and Mendix are hosted internally and will be for a number of years. We want to go cloud, however, first, we need to get our internal approvals in order.

I'd rate the solution at a seven out of ten. It's one of the best which we touched and we're still happy with it. However, dealing in binary makes me deduct a few points. 

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CA
Device Manager at Nippurtech

Overall, I rate Mendix a six out of ten.

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PS
Principle Technology Architect at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

We are at the initial stages of setting up a partnership with Mendix. 

I was not involved in the technical part. I was leading as a principal architect. My responsibility was to come up with a strategic technical design, and we handed it over to the team, depending on which platform a customer would take. 

I'd advise potential new users to look at the UX capability. They promise too much. Therefore, be careful with the UX capability, as generally, all these platforms struggle in that area. Look at what they offer and what you need. 

Be careful with the workflow capability, as it's new, so it will have its own challenges, and look out for the scalability of the platform.

I'd rate the solution seven out of ten.

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EM
Project Leader / IT Architect at Hamburg Port Authority

I'd rate the solution eight out of ten. I can recommend it as a scalable option. It is easy to use and the evaluation is not expensive. The support is for the moment is good but expensive. 

I'm just a partner and an end-user.

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Mahmmoud Mutawe - PeerSpot reviewer
Chief Technology Officer at RealSoft

We're a Mendix partner. We have maybe 20 engineers. Most of them are certified. We have Rapid certification and intermediate and advanced certificates. 

We are not a user. We're not a consumer. We are the provider building custom solutions based on Mendix for different clients and different customers in different domains.

I'd advise potential users that the principle of having a citizen developer and a business developer is a good idea. You can engage with the business people from day one with the entire cycle of development. This is maybe the key to having such a platform.

Overall, I would rate the solution eight out of ten.

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RB
Solutions Architect at a computer software company with 501-1,000 employees

I work post-sales doing basically project management and solution design before it hits my developers.

We use a variety of different versions of the solution which we use. Mostly, it's version 8.3 on. That being said, if it's a new customer, they're going to have the most recent. If it's not, we update them as appropriate depending on how it's going to affect the existing environment. We're looking forward to 9.0, coming out this month actually. They're discussing a lot of good, new features we're excited about.

I'd recommend those considering the solution to take the classes, as they're worth it to make sure you understand the solution. It is all online learning. The other program we use with it has been extremely effective for us. There's a program called Datadog and it helps us monitor any kind of error logging at a much more granular level, which has been helpful in pinpointing anything that potentially comes up.

In general, on the platform overall, I would rate the solution at a ten out of ten, and on the pricing model, as it is now, at an eight out of ten. In general, for me, it falls currently at a nine out of ten. That may change once the pricing is adjusted in the near future.

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Dhanasekar Mohan - PeerSpot reviewer
Solutions Architect at Indium Software

Mendix provides an academic course, which is free and I would advise people to take the course. If they take it, then it will be easy for new users to run through the Mendix development.

I rate Mendix an eight out of ten.

I did the certification in Mendix and it was nice and easy to learn first.  Everybody can learn it easily with available resources. Everything is documented properly, from version to version, and is easy to learn. My area of expertise is with enterprise and I sell to clients which are enterprise companies.  

I recommend this solution to others.

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Ahmed Labib - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Engineer at Malomatia

We likely will become a Mendix partner. 

I'd recommend the solution to others. It seems like a great product, even though I have only worked with it for one month. I'd rate it a nine out of ten in terms of functionality. 

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KM
System Analyst at a government with 10,001+ employees

My recommendation would be if you are looking for a small e-services kind of applications and you need quick delivery, I would recommend Mendix or OutSystems rapid applications. If you have a complex business, I would recommend other programming platforms including Java, GT or .NET.

I would rate this solution a seven out of ten. 

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Hardy-Jonck - PeerSpot reviewer
Managing Director at AgileWorks Information Systems

I rate this product a nine out of ten. If you consider adopting Mendix, rather build a new culture and a new team. Do not just try and use legacy software developers who are passionate about older technologies. Use Mendix adoption as an opportunity to integrate business and IT; build new teams that are supported by first-rate software engineers AND new business engineers who can focus on understanding both business and IT. This allows one to model the business, understand the business, and develop the right software. 

Mendix is excellent for innovation. Whenever one has an opportunity for new product development, it's an excellent choice.

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MS
Principal Consultant at Palmira

While I can't say exactly which version of Mendix we are using, I can state that it is the latest one. 

The business analyst has a more important role than that of the developer in a Mendix project. He needs a proper understanding of how to design the Mendix process so it may be automatable and executable. The business analyst must be able to use a Mendix platform.

As Mendix needs to improve its product and support, I rate it as an eight out of ten.

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Marjolein Pordon - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Test Analyst at Squerist

I am just the software tester. So, I test the quality of applications built in Mendix. So, I do not sell. I am just a very enthusiastic user.

I’m not sure which version I am using and if it is the latest or not.

I would recommend potential new users start with an assessment on what they really need the application to do and then see if Mendix can really help and if it's applicable for their application. Mendix can be used for many things. However, there are a few best uses and also some that are not so compatible with Mendix. A new company must first make sure before they start to understand if Mendix fits the needs.

I’d rate the solution eight out of ten.

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TW
Chief Technology Officer at a financial services firm with 1-10 employees

On a scale of one to ten, I would give Mendix about an eight. I'd probably put Appian about the same and Camunda I would say is maybe a six. 

I would recommend Mendix, but obviously, for the right use case. That's the point.

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MT
Business Development Manager & Project manager at EGALiT

The learning curve for an experienced software engineer or information analyst, it is quite steep. If you do not have any of these backgrounds, it will take you somewhere between five to eight months to master the platform. It depends on your experience in Java programming or database programming, if you will go fast. If you do have experience in making functional technical designs of software languages, like UML and BPMN, you will learn it quickly. Therefore, it depends on your track record.

If you want to see what it is capable of doing, you have to do a project with it, end-to-end and not just looking at the technology. 

  • Do a project with the focus of learning, not the end result in mind, and learn from what you encounter. 
  • Do a project, not a proof of concept, which does not help. It does not give you the insights you need. 
  • Do a project, and it once you do the project, you have to do the second step, do multiple projects. If you have success with that, then go for platform. 
  • Do a project, but start it with one end-to-end project, which should be small. It should not be too big, maybe between 20 to 50 business days of work. So, it is sort of manageable. If it fails, it does not cost you too much to do a project, that's what it magnifies. 
  • If you have the resources to do a project with the two platforms, try them next to each other and see what the differences are.
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MinhTran2 - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Architect at Kyanon Digital

I would definitely recommend it to others who are looking to start using it. Mendix is a great platform to use. The calls in Mendix are currently of high quality, and there are even some free apps available. I have used it in my previous projects, and it has been a reliable tool for development.

Overall, I would rate it a nine out of ten.

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MM
CEO / Owner at Aelion - Netherlands

Contact a Mendix partner or Mendix for an initial POC this can usually be done within a couple of days to see the power of the rapid development with the Mendix platform. If you are still not convinced or are a developer yourself check out the developer.mendix.com community and training options that are freely available to anyone that registers for free.

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it_user414093 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Consultant at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

Do the math, and take into account not just the money but also your user’s happiness and the ability to quickly respond to changing circumstances by changing your software.

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it_user422997 - PeerSpot reviewer
Systems Consultant at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

The Mendix developers and community continues to add useful features and add ons to the system which makes it better in every iteration.

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it_user768162 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Software Architect at a tech services company

It is a great platform that will help you solve hard business problems in a digital way.

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it_user421554 - PeerSpot reviewer
Associate at a financial services firm with 51-200 employees

Find people who are willing to try something different, people with a teachable attitude. Mendix is a paradigm-shift and might not appeal to ego-centric developers in their comfort zone who want under-the-hood control. Instead they should be business orientated, concerned with delivering working software fast and interacting with clients.

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it_user421617 - PeerSpot reviewer
Business and Solutions Architect at a tech company with 51-200 employees

Mendix requires adoption from the top and support for the teams that implement it to not be ham strung by IT. Do not approach Mendix like a “traditional” IT shop will : It requires a close integration with business, driven by Business for Business by IT rather than by IT for for business. It requires a model driven approach to solving problems that provides speed gains when describing solutions in its language rather than designing everything from scratch, think different, leverage models, accelerate delivery, speak business.

They have good attention to detail and keep things simple and clean.

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JM
Software Developer at a computer software company with 51-200 employees

I would give it an eight out of 10 because of the ability to rapidly build apps with Mendix. You could actually build an application as someone from the business side is explaining what the solution requires.

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it_user715149 - PeerSpot reviewer
CISSP at a retailer

Developing standardized programs even with a custom design interface is possible. Such easy Java interface possibilities make it possible for me to realize a secure, remote, two-way interface with a LoRa device, even with very little Java knowledge.

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it_user414237 - PeerSpot reviewer
Delivery Module Lead at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

Mendix is a good option for people looking for fast deployment and Multiple device support with single code. But they need to check if the licence cost fits to their budget. Other than that no issues. I have seen large scale applications also running in Mendix.

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SB
Industry Expert and Advisor at a financial services firm

This solution has good coverage, but I think that their roadmap still needs more features and functions. It also needs better integration with the current stack.

I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.

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it_user112353 - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant at a tech services company

Make sure you have capable people working on your product who understand your needs and have enough experience.

It is a tool that, when used correctly, can make app development very easy.

However, it is still important to make the right design decisions in order to get a stable, performing app that is maintainable and knowledge transferable.

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it_user406875 - PeerSpot reviewer
Business Engineer / Consultant at a recruiting/HR firm with 51-200 employees

In the university world model driven development has been talked about a lot but never realized its potential. Mendix is, in my opinion, the first product that realized the potential of model driven development. More products are are coming but for me Mendix still has the edge in this field.

Just download Mendix and start playing with it. If you run in to trouble post your question in the forum and just check the product yourself if it is something for you.

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it_user413343 - PeerSpot reviewer
Associate(Java Developer) at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

The product is easy to use and learn. The tough part is orienting your thinking to a model driven solution, or to better put, to an effective optimized solution. This would require some practice and some challenging use cases.

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it_user413280 - PeerSpot reviewer
Mendix Consultant at a tech consulting company with 51-200 employees

You should try it. You can set up a new project for free in a very short time.

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it_user427236 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Consultant at a computer software company with 5,001-10,000 employees

I was involved developing a solution.  We also did a site for skillsmap in mendix that was live for one and a half years. 


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it_user421557 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. Mendix developer / Lead Developer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Think about the type of product you want to develop. Mendix is great for internal software development or B2B SAAS solutions When working with large dataset or when userexperience is of great importance please rethink the use of this platform

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it_user430896 - PeerSpot reviewer
Systems Analyst at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

Expect to half your delivery time for new products/services to business. Mendix beats any other technology out there.

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it_user407652 - PeerSpot reviewer
Business Analyst at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees

Mendix has a unique place in the market and is a great tool. Ensure that you are using it for the correct product/project -- one size doesn't fit all.

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AS
Gerente at 1-800SAP

The solution was good in our tests but we could not get a hold of the company for further inquiries. This is the reason I gave such a low score below.

I rate Mendix a five out of ten.

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