We performed a comparison between Mendix 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."It is low code, where the developers can still develop in Java. That to us is very appealing."
"I find the fast development speed and low cost to be very valuable features of Mendix. It's a smart solution for busy developers when we need to apply new changes or fixes quickly. Mendix helps to save time and meet project deadlines faster."
"There are free online learning and certifications if a user would like to learn more and better understand the solution."
"The initial setup is easy."
"The most valuable features are the decorative style, model-driven development, and the fact that Mendix validates flows. Mendix is quick to develop because it's a low-code platform. It's very robust, flexible, open, and scalable. It's for a low-code customer. The tooling is also really good and it has mobile capabilities."
"The most valuable features of the product are its ease of use and speed. My friend and I find it helpful as a team of just two developers."
"The integrated security saves a lot of time, especially when it comes to setting up user-roles and security. Also, database updates work automatically. There is no need to write queries to update the database, once you make an update."
"Mendix has made a great deal of effort to provide its developers a healthy, modern environment for developing. First of all, it adopts Agile methodology by creating a SCRUM-based app where you can handle your user stories. Next comes version control, which really allows multiple team members to collaborate quite easily. And last but not least, Mendix modeler, which is your IDE for developing Mendix apps."
"You can create one solution in C Sharp."
"The ability to share a platform-agnostic common core, or business logic, enables a mobile developer to write code for all targeted mobile platforms, independent of the individual developer's specialization in iOS, Android, or Windows. This helps not only during development but also enables easier maintenance of deployed apps, since bug fixes or feature additions can be often made in the platform-agnostic layer."
"Xamarin makes it easy to create white label applications for all platforms."
"The technical support is very good and it's close to native."
"On the market, compared to everyone else, they're the top solution. They're the best solution out there that I could see."
"It is a true native solution, and we can use the cross-platform framework."
"The most valuable feature of the Xamarin Platform is the deployment."
"The solution's most valuable asset is its shared code base in C# that is better for large apps."
"I would also like to see automatic adjustment to the Java Heap, whenever an application load becomes too much for the application. It could also use hot database replication."
"Needs multiple database connections so an app can directly read/write data to/from multiple databases. This would enable easy splitting of big applications that have complex entity relationships."
"Mendix is slightly less scalable than I'd like."
"One thing I would like to improve is the support system offered by Mendix. It can sometimes take a while to get the help I need when I'm using Mendix."
"You need experienced programmers and developers to understand this solution."
"Mendix could improve by allowing the customization of different programming languages, such as Python and C++."
"It is expensive."
"While the documentation is good, the development box could be better."
"Xamarin Platform's performance base could be improved."
"It is common to find a problem that you would need to develop from the start since there are no third-party components to reuse."
"The problem that I faced was that the communication, the roles, and the responsibilities, weren't defined between Microsoft and Xamarin."
"We have noticed that there have been stability-based performance issues with this product, which need to be improved."
"Xamarin Platform can improve if there was a virtual test environment so we did not have to have a Mac system for the iOS testing. At this time You must have a Mac to deploy or generate IBA profiles."
"Regarding improvements, there are still some limitations with Xamarin, particularly regarding access to core functionality in Android and iOS."
"For those who use only XAML to design the UI, it would be better if there was a better XAML previewer or designer."
"They need to improve performance, especially for the Android platform. Also, some controls are missing in the Xamarin framework when compared to native controls; for example, the checkbox control."
Mendix is ranked 2nd in Mobile Development Platforms with 48 reviews while Xamarin Platform is ranked 4th in Mobile Development Platforms with 39 reviews. Mendix is rated 8.4, while Xamarin Platform is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Mendix writes "Low-code, helpful support, and great native mobile capability". 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". Mendix is most compared with Microsoft Power Apps, OutSystems, Appian, Oracle Application Express (APEX) and ServiceNow, whereas Xamarin Platform is most compared with Ionic, Appium, Apple Xcode, OutSystems and Tricentis Tosca. See our Mendix vs. Xamarin Platform report.
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