We performed a comparison between OutSystems 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."Speed of delivery: We were able to reduce development time by 30%."
"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."
"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 flow editor is the most valuable feature. It is simple and intuitive, and it can guide you step-by-step."
"It is much easier to develop applications with the product’s IDE."
"It provides for faster development and better software releases."
"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."
"The architecture of OutSystems is quite simple, and the features are similar to Mendix's. OutSystems has connectors for different enterprise apps and solid reporting capabilities. You can also integrate with any content management platform like SharePoint or Adobe Enterprise Manager, or something like that. You can also create and integrate workflows."
"The queue management of the solution is its most valuable aspect."
"Most of the apps allow you to try out the product before buying it. The trial period depends on the product and varies from a week to 30 days."
"What we like the most about it is the fact that it helps us track the record of our projects. It keeps everything on one interface, facilitating the operations and planning."
"The most valuable aspect of the solution is the unit coordination between sales and marketing when it comes to lead management."
"The solution has plenty of features that are useful."
"Its stability, performance, and usability are most valuable."
"The product is pretty responsive."
"The process and the workflows are amazing."
"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."
"The resource availability needs to be increased."
"Writing custom code still needs to be done via Integration Studio. This might have been added to the IDE."
"The dashboards in OutSystems could improve. There are a lot of tabs in the service center that can be confusing."
"We'd like OutSystems to add stronger workflow-based automation similar to what Appian offers. It needs more workflow modeling and RPA features."
"I have difficulty in using several new features. Some of the product's features are tricky to use as well."
"I think OutSystems needs to improve in many areas. First, sometimes Service Studio becomes really slow and even hangs for long periods. Also, if I have not published my module in some time, and some kind of Service Studio exception occurs, I lose my work."
"In OutSystems, cloud management is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"The reporting functionality is not very intuitive."
"The solution is a bit expensive."
"Areas of improvement can be around Engagement of Customers feature and approvals of transactional records."
"Salesforce Platform is a bit expensive compared to other CRM products, which is a drawback."
"The management of Salesforce could be quite a task. Old and unusable contacts can add up over time. If I could wave a magic wand, it would be to initiate a self-cleaning feature."
"In terms of features, for our business needs, we have more than enough right now. There is nothing that we are missing or would like to add. They can maybe share some best practices so that when you are starting, you can stick to a good process, and you don't have to think so much about the process that you want or your CEO or CMO wants. The process should not be based on one person in the company. Having some best practices will make it easier to get started. These best practices can be based on what has worked for others. Its basic version is pretty simple, and the customizations are up to the companies, which can make startups like ours lose a lot of time in figuring out what all stakeholders want rather than what would work."
"Salesforce is incredibly slow. It was difficult to run live sales calls and leveraging Salesforce at the same time."
"An improved UX may be helpful in the solution's next release."
OutSystems is ranked 1st in Mobile Development Platforms with 46 reviews while Salesforce Platform is ranked 3rd in Mobile Development Platforms with 81 reviews. OutSystems is rated 8.4, while Salesforce 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 Salesforce Platform writes "Reliable with good reporting and custom dashboards". OutSystems is most compared with Microsoft Power Apps, Appian, Mendix, ServiceNow and Bizagi, whereas Salesforce Platform is most compared with Microsoft Power Apps, Oracle Application Express (APEX), Microsoft Azure, Appian and Unqork. See our OutSystems vs. Salesforce Platform report.
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