We performed a comparison between OutSystems 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."In terms of user support and community engagement, I rate the tool a ten out of ten."
"Our previous solution had other overheads such as release management, version management, code management, monitoring, etc., all of which are built-in with OutSystems."
"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."
"I like the mobile features the most, and there are also various features around the portal we created that I enjoy."
"For me, the most valuable feature is the flexibility the tools give us to change any customer requirements on the fly, when we are in a meeting. I also like how easy it is to deploy the code between environments and how easy it is to integrate OutSystems with other systems."
"It is a scalable solution...The initial setup of OutSystems is easy."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is that it allows users to easily build applications."
"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."
"Xamarin Platform's best features are its single codebase, the support from Microsoft, and the free libraries."
"The solution is easy to understand and has banking integrated. The shorter development time, the bugging and as well as availability of a lot of documentation on the web. Also the native integration is easy."
"It allows us to reuse our knowledge of C# and .NET Framework."
"The most valuable features are: One language for all platforms: C#; XAML for UI in Xamarin.Forms; provides 100 percent coverage of APIs on each platform."
"You can just write one XM channel core and it'll be used for both iOS and Android."
"The best part while using the Xamarin Platform is a cross-platform application. We could execute iOS and Android while writing a single line of code."
"The cross platform ability is a great asset."
"On the market, compared to everyone else, they're the top solution. They're the best solution out there that I could see."
"The product's high price is an area of concern, where improvements are required."
"Its ability to create and run automated tasks could be better."
"Mobile apps should have been fully native."
"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."
"The prices should be lower. It is a little bit too high for a small market."
"It needs improvement in the AI capability."
"We had some lagging issues under high data loads, and the solution needed to be customized to improve this."
"The PDD framework can't be used for the behavioral-driven development way of working."
"Xamarin Platform can improve by making the enterprise documentation better. There's a lot of basic documentation of how to do many of the functions of the solution, but there's not much enterprise-level documentation."
"All Xamarin library issues need to be taken care of as a top priority."
"It would be better if they offered more certifications. They offer a number of certifications for Azure but none for Xamarin. This is something that could be provided for developers to show off their competency. Technical support could be better."
"There is room for increasing the scale a little bit further with the designer in the Visual Studio, more specifically, Xamarin.Android Designer in Visual Studio."
"Xamarin Platform lacks in app size."
"Needs to improve the customization of its screens."
"The worst build issue concerns are the caching process MSBuild uses to reduce the build time."
"We'd like to have some chat support functionality."
OutSystems is ranked 1st in Mobile Development Platforms with 46 reviews while Xamarin Platform is ranked 4th in Mobile Development Platforms with 39 reviews. OutSystems is rated 8.4, while Xamarin Platform is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of OutSystems writes "Useful natural speech to algorithm, reliable, and beneficial automatic task". 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". OutSystems is most compared with Microsoft Power Apps, Appian, Mendix, ServiceNow and GitHub CoPilot, whereas Xamarin Platform is most compared with Ionic, Appium, Apple Xcode, Mendix and Tricentis Tosca. See our OutSystems vs. Xamarin Platform report.
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