We performed a comparison between Adobe ColdFusion and OutSystems based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Low-Code Development Platforms solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."I find it to be the easiest server-side technology for website development. It easily integrates with virtually everything– from web APIs to NoSQL databases to RSS and XML services."
"This tool was very easy learn, yet powerful enough to manage many sites on a single instance."
"My client has been able to improve productivity with the use of the tool. The solution has them develop several tools that addressed their specific needs. They have become more efficient and safe with the use of the product."
"I would like to say that its best feature is its different kinds of connectors. We have lots of in-built connectors."
"Apart from providing a mature, reliable, consistent platform, Adobe also offers outstanding customer service and product support."
"We save enormous amounts of time in development using this tool."
"The ability to write SQL queries was very helpful as we did not need to bother our DBAs in writing stored procedures for simple tasks."
"No need to import libraries from outside the environment."
"I find it to be a genuinely cool and effective platform for my development needs."
"The most valuable feature is Agile development. I love that you save a lot of time on development and can focus on logic and business requirements."
"Speed of delivery: We were able to reduce development time by 30%."
"One thing I like about OutSystems is that there's no lock-in. You can keep running your applications because it's on .NET and hosted centrally. That's one of the advantages I see there in terms of not having an IT strategy that has a dependency on a particular platform."
"Their out-of-the-box UI is quite good."
"The scalability of OutSystems is very good, it scales automatically very useful for us."
"The scratch coding is useful. The solution is easy to understand."
"The most valuable features of OutSystems are the user interface, the flexibility to quickly integrate with almost anything in the system, and the ability to connect with databases."
"ColdFusion’s third-party authentication is currently limited to just a couple of companies, like Google and Facebook, and a few third-party SAML authenticators. From my personal perspective, adding LinkedIn and Microsoft would greatly benefit me."
"There is not much third party authenticators in this solution"
"The solution needs to improve its adaption capability with a third-party company. I want to see more communities or open knowledge resources with the tool."
"Need to be able to Be able to inject Python, Java, Groovy, or PHP code into a CFML page."
"Previously when I was trying to create some data, it was very difficult to get real-time data from Workfront."
"Installation of the server software was formidable due the number of configurable options."
"The product could be improved if there was a shortcut, or predefined, predictable templates provided."
"There are many tutorials available but they are very basic and good for learning the platform. To develop an enterprise-grade application, advanced tutorials need to be developed to help IT professionals design/develop high-quality/performance applications."
"We had some lagging issues under high data loads, and the solution needed to be customized to improve this."
"The solution's testing framework needs to be improved, and the workflow should be slightly more mature."
"In OutSystems, cloud management is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"Mobile apps need improvement."
"I would like to see improvements in versioning. It can be challenging to keep track of what changes should be committed, especially when many developers are working in one environment."
"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."
Adobe ColdFusion is ranked 18th in Low-Code Development Platforms with 6 reviews while OutSystems is ranked 3rd in Low-Code Development Platforms with 46 reviews. Adobe ColdFusion is rated 8.6, while OutSystems is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Adobe ColdFusion writes "An easy-to-setup tool that can be used to automate repetitive tasks". On the other hand, the top reviewer of OutSystems writes "The visual program provides the advantage of only requiring one skill set for both the front and backend ". Adobe ColdFusion is most compared with Oracle Application Express (APEX), Microsoft Power Apps, GitHub CoPilot, Microsoft Azure App Service and Appian, whereas OutSystems is most compared with Microsoft Power Apps, Appian, Mendix, ServiceNow and Oracle Application Express (APEX). See our Adobe ColdFusion vs. OutSystems report.
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