We performed a comparison between GeneXus and OutSystems 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."The most valuable feature is that GeneXus works with several languages. It's possible to develop chatbots and other functionalities."
"With the solution, I can work a normal day. I can plan my work and any other activities for days ahead."
"The solution provides ease of programming and the speed of delivery of demands."
"The integration module is the most valuable feature of this solution for our business, as it allows our clients to create new systems based on their outdated databases, across all API's."
"I like the testing models, which allow me to create unit or interface tests of my programs. It helps us avoid missed deadlines because we can detect all the errors before deploying the new versions of the solution. And I also like the integration with coding managers like DevOps or Jenkins. It enables us to do versioning."
"GeneXus evolves with technology."
"The front-end features are the most valuable."
"This solution works extremely quickly in terms of enabling an application in a production environment."
"It is a stable solution, and the initial setup is straightforward."
"It is easy to use."
"It is a scalable solution...The initial setup of OutSystems is easy."
"The solution helps to build mobile and web applications on SOAP and REST. You can integrate it with backend systems by submitting a code."
"The most valuable features of OutSystems are the user-friendly platform. The drag-and-drop feature is great. I have used other rapid application development tools before, but they were not as advanced as OutSystems. With the previous tools, I had to manually build certain features, but OutSystems does it automatically."
"Scalability proved to be an exceptionally beneficial feature."
"There is literally a ton of stuff it can do. It's very flexible."
"The visual program of OutSystems is one of the major advantages of this solution."
"It would be better if GeneXus had a wiki. The developer needs some experience to work with the tools. It would be better if they could improve the community. If we have some problem, I open a ticket that takes us to a board, and I have to describe my issue in detail. If the tools have a general community for us to explore with some videos or some articles, I think that that may help the developer."
"The front-end with GeneXus is not as good as the back-end."
"GeneXus's user interface has room for improvement."
"The tool needs to be tuned before being used. You need some experience to get the best out of the tool."
"It would be helpful to have additional assisted processing with training."
"There are issues in integrating it with other solutions."
"Documentation is always an issue. In order to develop with GeneXus, there is very little documentation. The documentation is not clear enough in order to develop a great tool."
"The graphical interface could be improved. I also notice some performance problems on hardware that should be more than adequate. GeneXus uses a lot of RAM and other computer resources."
"The technical features are good, but the actual commercialization is out of reach."
"The prices should be lower. It is a little bit too high for a small market."
"The latest version of the app generation tools could be more user-friendly."
"There is room for improvement in technical support."
"Writing custom code still needs to be done via Integration Studio. This might have been added to the IDE."
"I would like to see OutSystems improve its integration capabilities, especially with emerging technologies like AI and GPT."
"I like the OutSystems platform. I am working on integrating it with another platform using APIs, however, it has proven to be difficult. The main issue I am facing is obtaining authorization tokens as well as access and refresh tokens. It may be due to my lack of knowledge of APIs as it is new to me."
"While I can't speak to the market impact, as a developer, I've seen significant reductions in development time across different versions of our applications. One area for improvement would be the UI controls in Service Studio. Sometimes, controls don't appear in the IDE, requiring us to check them in the web browser instead. Overall, our experience with OutSystems has been positive, though improvements in UI development would be welcomed."
GeneXus is ranked 8th in Mobile Development Platforms with 13 reviews while OutSystems is ranked 1st in Mobile Development Platforms with 46 reviews. GeneXus is rated 8.6, while OutSystems is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of GeneXus writes "Fast, stable, and allows us to model a workflow before developing the screens". On the other hand, the top reviewer of OutSystems writes "Useful natural speech to algorithm, reliable, and beneficial automatic task". GeneXus is most compared with Oracle Application Express (APEX), Microsoft Power Apps, Mendix and Magic xpa Application Platform, whereas OutSystems is most compared with Microsoft Power Apps, Appian, Mendix, ServiceNow and Oracle Application Express (APEX). See our GeneXus vs. OutSystems report.
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