We performed a comparison between Ionic and Salesforce 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."I like that I can place the code and escalate data storage. I also like that it's user-friendly. Nothing is complex in Ionic."
"It's very flexible for UI development."
"Being able to have one set of code is valuable. I don't have to recode for different platforms. I don't have to recode for Xcode, Angular, or Android. So, the biggest feature for me is that it's a hybrid system, and I can have one set of code, and then the tool sets that are in there convert my code for Xcode or Play Store. It makes work a lot easier."
"What I like the most about Ionic is live reloading, which enables us to develop new features without having to build the application again and re-check the functionality."
"The most valuable feature is the one code deployed to all solutions, which means you do not need to have multiple teams."
"With the Capacitor feature, you have access to the native attributes of your phone such as your camera. This makes work a lot easier."
"The main value of this solution for our business, is that it is a hybrid product that allows us to write code that is compatible with IOS, Android, and web documents."
"The solution can support many languages."
"he solution has improved over the years and the inputting of opportunity information is done a lot better and the GUI is good. The ability to customize dashboards and other elements was useful, we were able to move things around, for example, the forecasts. Most of the cells and input places were set, but we can customize the view and what we were looking at, such as on a daily, or weekly basis."
"The tool's most valuable feature is the CRM. Salesforce Platform comes with out-of-the-box capabilities."
"The solution is very robust and easy to develop in."
"There are no major performance issues in the solution."
"We use this solution to track customer activities, opportunities and contact information."
"We also use Salesforce to find trends to make informed decisions in terms of events and marketing campaigns."
"The solution scales extremely well."
"One of the main features of the solution is it is flexible."
"It would be better if it had a speed niche system. There are a lot of things we need that weren't in the latest version. But I think they will be adding something."
"Ionic would be improved with dynamic design features."
"There could be better support for augmented reality and other things. Geolocation and background app activity are some of the things that are a little more clumsy at the moment and could be improved."
"Ionic could improve in the Native mode because while we do testing it is difficult to find the root cause of problems. It could be more user-friendly."
"They started writing Capacitor to get rid of PhoneGap and Cordova, but they haven't yet got all the libraries and all the functionalities. They want you to start using Capacitor, but they don't have all the libraries there. They're developing them as they go. So, currently, you have to mix and match the three. When it comes to mobile applications, I would only like to use Capacitor. I don't want to jump between Cordova and Capacitor or have both of them. That's the main thing for me, but they have been working on it."
"Documentation for migrations and compatibility is insufficient."
"Ionic's UI component doesn't always look like the native mobile app."
"The navigation within this solution could be improved; it is currently quite complicated to move through the different tabs."
"The initial setup is rather complex."
"Easier process to move to Lightning Components."
"An expensive solution requiring a lot of configuration."
"The integration of Salesforce with other solutions could be improved."
"The biggest challenge we had was the cost and the licensing."
"It may be slow, but that is relative. When compared to Siebel CRM, which was large, clunky, and extremely slow, Salesforce seemed fast to me."
"The reporting for Salesforce could be approved. It is a manual process and it would be useful to have a guide or videos on how to generate reports or any other cool things that you could do with the platform."
"There's a learning curve. It was a bit hard to understand the logical way of working with it, just at the beginning."
Ionic is ranked 5th in Mobile Development Platforms with 14 reviews while Salesforce Platform is ranked 3rd in Mobile Development Platforms with 81 reviews. Ionic is rated 8.6, while Salesforce Platform is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Ionic writes "Great user acceptance and reliability, multiple teams not required, with prompt customer service". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Salesforce Platform writes "Reliable with good reporting and custom dashboards". Ionic is most compared with Xamarin Platform, Appium, OutSystems, Appzillon Digital Platform and Mendix, whereas Salesforce Platform is most compared with Microsoft Power Apps, Oracle Application Express (APEX), Microsoft Azure, Appian and ServiceNow. See our Ionic vs. Salesforce Platform report.
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