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samwel
samwel
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  • Industry: Information Technology & Services
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 6-12 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Great Software for Apps Building and Development

Reviewed on 24/02/2023

Outsystems is a powerful, yet easy-to-use, software application that aids in managing business...

Outsystems is a powerful, yet easy-to-use, software application that aids in managing business operations for enterprises. I would highly recommend Outsystems Program to medium and large enterprises to effectively manage their workflow to fit their specific needs.

Pros

As a cloud based program, Outsystems is definitely simple and easy to access from any location. It is relatively simple, and easy to use by anyone. It is good for businesses that need to manage process such as order processing, sales and marketing.

Cons

The pricing of the program is quite high that I hope the developers and tech team would consider reviewing.

Jeroen
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  • Industry: Utilities
  • Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

A great software tool to develop applications, with many new features to come!

Reviewed on 30/10/2019

I have been using OutSystems from August 20, this year (2019), a bit more than two months now.
The...

I have been using OutSystems from August 20, this year (2019), a bit more than two months now.
The way the web courses train you to be an OutSystems developer have been great. In no-time I was put on different projects to start developing.

Pros

Creating applications with such ease, modifying and republishing all the way to production has never been more easy.

Cons

The transparency on the ideas that are supposedly 'on their watchlist', I would like some more information/insight on this.

Manav
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  • Industry: Information Technology & Services
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 6.0 /10

Very easy and convenient editor

Reviewed on 13/04/2022

Pros

Easy to integrate with API's within the team and excellent support for third party applications.

Cons

The pricing structure is what I did not like about this software. It is really high as compared to other softwares.

Deni
Deni
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  • Industry: Information Technology & Services
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 1-5 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10

Low-Code Apps for the future

Reviewed on 07/10/2022

Well and good, but I can't go into further detail because of price constraints and locked functional...

Well and good, but I can't go into further detail because of price constraints and locked functionality terms due to payment issues.

Pros

For no-code devs or low-code devs, OutSystems has almost the diversity and freedom that comes close to the more popular full-stack devs.

Cons

Prices that may not be affordable if I am a freelancer. Has a complexity that can rival Full-Stack development in common programming languages.

Manish
Manish
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  • Industry: Information Technology & Services
  • Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Best RAD (Rapid Application Tool) available in the market

Reviewed on 16/08/2019

I was core .Net developer but when i learned this tool development become fun for me and you feel...

I was core .Net developer but when i learned this tool development become fun for me and you feel craving for learning more n more every day. Community is so helpful and full of experts who always motivates you to achieve the best. In few years, i am become tech lead in this technology and passed the professional certification as well.
we are in a position to deliver the enterprise level application in few months & customize any feature in few hours.
It's flexible enough to implement your ideas into reality.

Pros

You don't need to be technically expert to work on this tool, its easy to learn, if you are logical & having development experience in any technology - all tutorials with practical implementation & study material are available online over the Outsystems Portal.
Easy to implement the responsive design with complex features using ready made template & tools available over the forge library.
Community with Outsystems experts is 24x7 is available to help you. You will always get best solutions through this community & expert advice's as well.
Development is fun with Outsystems, if you have ever worked in .Net or Java you can easily compare the features offered by this Tool like consuming & exposing API's, Integrating with Other systems, Asynchronous services like Timers to process the heavy job or large amount of data.
In terms of security, you don't need to take care mush about it, platform itself take care of most the things by simply enabling & disabling it at platform level.
In terms of performance, you can easily maintain the multi-tenant application with tons of records.
Flexible enough to customize and reuse.
Having the option to create your own component using .Net extensions and compile the same in your environment and use it in form of action/functions.
No need to have separate Dev-ops team, Outsytems provide the Lifetime Inbuilt tool to manage the release and deployment at single robust platform, also provide the concrete analytical report of production environment.

Cons

There are few restriction while using Outsystems Platform like you cannot play with systems entities or core platform components.
Sometimes, it become challenge to migrate data or application from one platform to Outsystems.
Performance & scaling can only be achieved only if you are expert in Outsystems otherwise it's difficult to achieve the bench mark for large application.

Curt
Curt
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  • Industry: Information Technology & Services
  • Company size: 5,001–10,000 Employees
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Outsystems Platform for Agile Development

Reviewed on 15/03/2016

I was hired for a project to help convert a license and permit system from a legacy mainframe...

I was hired for a project to help convert a license and permit system from a legacy mainframe system (my expertise) to a web based system. The original plan was to use a Common Off-The-Shelf (COTS) product to do this but realized that the legacy solution was so specific to this organization that it would have taken many millions of dollars to customize the system. When looking for alternatives I found Outsystems and was able to quickly put together a prototype and plan that would give them all the capabilities they needed at a reasonable cost and time.

Pros

1) Learning curve is very quick - after watching the videos I was productive within two weeks.

2) DevOps is built-in - many developers never think about the additional issues and concerns related to deploying fixes and improvements to a working application. The DevOps capabilities of the Outsystems platform removes these concerns.

3) Extensibility is a huge issue with any platform and Outsystems delivers completely in this area. From the Forum components that are available to the ability to write your own extensions in .Net or Java, there is nothing you cannot do with the platform.

4) No lock-in - many enterprise customers are concerned with being committed to a platform 'forever'. The Outsystems no lock-in capability eliminates these concerns.

Cons

1) The built-in menu system is weak - while it's adequate for simple menus it can't do anything complicated. For example, implementing a Mega Menu type of menu is challenging though anything can be implemented with some work.

2) Outsystems is very receptive to ideas from the community but there's no way to know when/if those ideas will ever get implemented - some of the best ideas have been around for over 5 years with no feedback from Outsystems. A rough roadmap of what will be implemented in the future (with no guarantees) would help me plan work to take advantage of those features.

3) Pricing has been a sore point in the community for quite some time. While a base price is listed on their web site, the base price would rarely cover a full enterprise application. Also, pricing is geared to enterprise clients making it almost impossible to be used for small applications.

Response from OutSystems

Thanks you for taking the time to write such a comprehensive review Curt - it's because of users like you that tell us what is working and what should be improved that our product and company continue to grow and evolve. Thank you.

John
John
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  • Industry: Computer Software
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

One of the most efficient Mobile device application development environments

Reviewed on 25/10/2018

Outsystems was chosen as a platform to rewrite a legacy product developed over 30 years and bring...

Outsystems was chosen as a platform to rewrite a legacy product developed over 30 years and bring it into the cloud. It has been a really good choice for an organisation that had no web or cloud experience and has helped avoid many of the basic mistakes that could otherwise have been made. Whist there are some limitations on flexibility and price the benefits and speed to market far out way these.

Pros

The Outsystems development environment it very easy to use for anyone with previous development experience as well as being a great place for those with little or no development experience to come up to speed quickly.
• Allows fast prototyping whilst keeping good consistency and a polished appearance
• Provides a good balance between continual deployment and traditional dev-qa-prod staging
• Enforces inter module dependency integrity
• Enabled good UI-Business-Data separation whilst still allowing for RAD
• Good merging and conflict detection when multiple devs are working within the same module
• Projects and applications are rock solid and stable once released
• Easy to bring non Outsystems developers up to speed
• Realy good certification and training material

Cons

• Priced at the high end and not cost effective for small scale development
• Shows some signs of instability in the publishing process with very large and complex projects
• On the PaaS version you are heavily restricted on access to the infrastructure and cannot get access to simple functions such as SQL replication or database maintenance options.
• Lack of skilled developers with pre existing Outsystems knowledge.

Nivaldo
Nivaldo
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  • Industry: Information Technology & Services
  • Company size: 10,000+ Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

An Amazing platform

Reviewed on 09/01/2022

I have been very happy using OutSystems. It's simply an amazing platform and for users that what to...

I have been very happy using OutSystems. It's simply an amazing platform and for users that what to test the IDE is completely free.

Pros

The IDE is amazing.
The forge, where you can find pre built components.
Community that helps in everything you need.

Cons

The pricing still as the place were OutSystems have more room for improvement.

Juan Manuel
Juan Manuel
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  • Industry: Logistics & Supply Chain
  • Company size: 5,001–10,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

How we Survived and Then Thrived Through the COVID Crisis with Outsystems

Reviewed on 16/09/2020

It's been really good experience. We have been working with Outsystems for more than 5 years. At...

It's been really good experience. We have been working with Outsystems for more than 5 years. At the beginning we had some doubts but now, we do have lots of apps including core business apps.

Honestly, without Outsystems, I just cannot imagin how can we would face covid crisis. The market in Mexico changed dramatically, and we needed to create 8 Apps from the scratch in just a few weeks. We were able to do it and Release them to Production. Right now, we are still being market leaders in our Industry.

Pros

Is extreamly easy to: write or reuse code, integrate with different sort or services or platforms, develop a single mobile app and submit it to different platform stores, review Architecture and code best practices and.

Also, it has a wide learning portal in which you can find all the training courses COMPLETELY FREE. Because of that, is really easy to onboard rookie developers with not knowledge in Outsystems .

Cons

At the beginning, I did not feel very comfortable with Support team but, now, they got really better. We have a weekly meeting in which we can follow up all of our tickets and issues. The response time is very good.

Jon
Jon
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  • Industry: Telecommunications
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

So much capability, while still being easy to use

Reviewed on 02/10/2019

There's so much available to use and so much acceleration available we heavily rely on this...

There's so much available to use and so much acceleration available we heavily rely on this platform every day in our organization. Users who are note developers are very pleased with the speed at which we can deliver, the look and feel and how easy it is to give feedback to us as well.

Pros

In short, what I titled above. There is so much available to take advantage of from connectors, prebuilt integrations, screen design accelerators and even user feedback options. There's almost nothing I want that isn't already a part of Outsystems, and if there is I can use custom code integrations as well! I don't know if our team will ever have enough time or project to explore all Outsystems has to offer.

Cons

Some of the training was lacking for some advanced components at first (api creation, etc). That has improved with more training options, but also building more accelerators into the tool. (i.e. enter the url end point and it can automatically create functions and variables for you)

Shubham
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  • Industry: Information Technology & Services
  • Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

OutSystems - Best Low Code Platform

Reviewed on 03/01/2023

I have been using OutSystems since several months. I have found it very useful. It is very easy to...

I have been using OutSystems since several months. I have found it very useful. It is very easy to understand the workflow of developing the application.

Pros

OutSystems have most of the feature that are required to build the application efficiently and in very less time. There are several components available to support the development process. Also we can integrate external code in OutSystems very easily

Cons

It is hard to make custom and dynamic UI in the OutSystems

Helder
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  • Industry: Banking
  • Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Highly recommend

Reviewed on 12/02/2023

Pros

Costumer support. Community collaboration

Cons

Some fearures are not available out of the box

Travis
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  • Industry: Information Technology & Services
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

The software delivery platform that is all about BUSINESS VALUE!

Reviewed on 12/07/2019

I have been in the low-code/RAD space for over 16 years, even developing and selling a RAD tool...

I have been in the low-code/RAD space for over 16 years, even developing and selling a RAD tool that was targeted at a specific vertical, and nothing checks all the boxes like OutSystems. It is a large system, and it needs to be.

When I read how people identify Price as a Con, I felt that they had missed the point. Sure, OutSystems is not inexpensive but the value provided far outweighs the cost, especially to the business users! The time saved by the platform solving your IT problems will most likely cover the cost of the OutSystems License.

Simply put, OutSystems takes care of the IT problems and allows you to spend a lot more time with the business solving real business problems!

Pros

I want to talk about the platform!

Organizations spend millions of dollars trying to maintain information such as master data, application lists, component usage (jQuery) etc., or the developers and architects must pull this information together in a mad scramble, while interrupting many projects.

In seconds, OutSystems can not only identify which applications are using any object, it will also show where it is being used.

How many application documents to you think exist that have never been opened after the sign-off? Millions? Multiply that by the hours spent creating them. Millions of wasted hours providing zero business value.

OutSystems is the documentation! The OutDoc app is real time app documentation. If you do not like the look of the OutDoc report, change it!

Ask your users what drives more value to them: IT people solving IT problems by creating rarely used documents? Or, would they prefer the platform take care of the IT problems while you spend much more time helping them solve real business problems?

One Click Deployments: Gone are the days where you spend hours or sometimes days deploying and promoting your applications through each environment every few months.

4 Layer Canvas promotes proper architecture to ensure current and future applications are scalable and maintainable. The Discovery app will identify architecture issues. Without proper architecture and reusable components, you cannot even think about DevOps.

Cons

Lacking the ability to encourage highest quality apps in the Forge App Store. Many of the apps in the Forge App Store are easy to use, very helpful and well documented. However, many of the apps lack documentation or examples, making them very difficult to get full value. Compounding the problem, this often results in having to ask the community how to properly use the app, which is now impacting other people.

Many people will say the apps are free, “stop complaining”. I argue that they can be far from free and I would be willing to purchase a well-documented app if I knew it would save time. This might lead to a nice competition within the app store where everyone can win.

Searching the content on OutSystems.com needs to be fixed! OutSystems has A LOT of documentation, but the site does a bad job searching it, especially if your search criteria has more than one word. Although in the last couple of days, the search has improved so it is possible this was a addressed.

OutSystems isn't perfect, but from a big picture perspective we are splitting hairs at this point. Besides, how many hours of IT projects are spent splitting hairs?

The few items mentioned above are fixable and what is great about OutSystems is we can add them to the Ideas list for OutSystems to consider in a future release.

Verified Reviewer
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  • Industry: Accounting
  • Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

OutSystems - The New Age App Development tool

Reviewed on 05/02/2022

OutSystems is a low-code application platform that enables users/developers in speeding up the...

OutSystems is a low-code application platform that enables users/developers in speeding up the development and deployment of applications. Applications can be built from scratch and can be deployed without any hassles. UI/UX provided by Outsystems for applications. Learning resources provided by Outsystems are self-sufficient in getting hands-on with the tool and the support from the Outsystems community and the team is outstanding which differentiates OutSystems from other low code application tools

Pros

1. Easier integrations with inbuilt web API's within the organizations and excellent support for third-party applications
2. Connectors and Integration with all the databases is provided which helps teams in connecting to any kind of data source and deploying the application without hassles
3. Deployment to any interface like mobile, web, or any device is customized and made simple

Cons

1. Pricing is at the higher end which makes mid-sized firms choose other options compared to OutSystems
2. Coding or development in OutSystems is database-oriented and is based on data architecture, sometimes this makes it complicated when metadata changes compared to Object-Oriented design which is more reliable
3. Not completely flexible to match your needs. you need to compromise on some of the aspects but the solution delivered is reliable through Outsystems

Remco
Remco
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  • Industry: Oil & Energy
  • Company size: 5,001–10,000 Employees
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Best experience ever with a development environment

Reviewed on 11/03/2016

I've used the Outsystems platform for more than 8 years now. Over the years you can see the quality...

I've used the Outsystems platform for more than 8 years now. Over the years you can see the quality of the platform and speed of development improving. I use the product to improve business processes and to reduce human interaction during processes by automation of repetitive tasks.

The problems that can't be solved by the platform directly can always be solved by using a 3rd party extension that can be integrated into the platform.

Outsystems can handle all types of applications from single user to large usergroups (more than 3000 concurrent users accessing the same application).

I've not yet seen a competitor of Outsystems that works as good or better and has the same or better support (from the company as well as the community). So for me this is still the platform to work with.

Pros

There is not just one thing I like about the Outsystems Platform. I like the ease -of-use to build applications and the speed of deployment to production, The out-of-the-box Analytics to monitor the performance, the quality of the supportdesk and the active community.

Cons

The only thing that I don't like about the platform is the mystery around new versions. I would love to see a roadmap with a timeline for new functionalities and bugfixes. In relation to this I would also like to see from the Development Team which Ideas that are posted on the forum are put on the backlog and which will never be delivered.

Response from OutSystems

Remco, thank you so much for your review and for ranking OutSystems so high compared to the the competition. We strive to continually deliver better product and services and to really partner with our customers, therefore we really appreciate your support.

Vitor Emanuel
Vitor Emanuel
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  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

10 year software development with Outsystems

Reviewed on 05/04/2018

Pros

Outsystems enables software development to be way more faster compared with common development using C#.NET or other languages.
Integrations with external systems with SOAP and REST are easy to be implemented off the shell, but a developer can always implement specific libraries for other integrations.
It's easy to make simple queries but it's also possible to create specific database scripts (T-SQL, etc) and run them from the platform, if necessary.
It's also easy to implement a good framework architecture with Outsystems, since modules can be easily reused by different End User screens.

Cons

As it is very simple to develop applications with Outsystems, it can also be the source of some performance problems if the developer does not have much experience. But that's not a specific and unique problem of this technology.

Jinal
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  • Industry: Entertainment
  • Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

I am happy to have this perfect system!

Reviewed on 09/01/2021

It does not require a large learning curve. Developing applications quickly and easily is very...

It does not require a large learning curve. Developing applications quickly and easily is very enjoyable with OutSystems.

Pros

The OutSystems platform is a state-of-the-art product developed to accelerate development for our core applications as well as provide flow flexibility, allowing developers to implement and develop as business and technology trends evolve. In addition, it does not need a large learning curve and is very simple to use. I like that they provide quick solutions to the business needs of users without technical knowledge. He helps us with the various projects we have in the Company, which is the most important part of my job. It perfectly supports project flow and helps us create flawless projects. With the arrival of Outsystems, the sales team can make demos faster and reach more customers. A very lucrative product.Another favorite feature of the product is that I love the whole ecosystem created by Outsystems ... so having a design system in the UX part, easy drag and drop components, easy development flows and a perfect system to interpret and follow them. .

Cons

There is nothing I can criticize for not having a bad experience.I am very satisfied with this product.

Justin
Justin
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  • Industry: Computer Software
  • Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
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Love to develop with OutSystems

Reviewed on 16/03/2016

I started using OutSystems in September of 2009. At the time, the learning curve was really high......

I started using OutSystems in September of 2009. At the time, the learning curve was really high... few video tutorials, the community only had a couple of active members who were working for OutSystems, the Forge had a very limited number of components, etc. I gave it a shot on a personal project, and I was hooked. It just WORKED. Since then I've been involved in some of the biggest OutSystems customers (in terms of usage) and biggest projects (in terms of scope & size) out there, and I am still delighted with the product. It does exactly what I need it to do. It makes the easy stuff trivial and the hard stuff easier. It is not a perfect product (really, what is?) but it is the best way to write Web apps that I have tried.

Pros

It is easy to use and easy to learn. The visual logic layout simplifies development and troubleshooting, and allows the business team to participate at a lower level than traditional coding models. The entire team at OutSystems (and especially the support staff) are just really good, smart people who work hard to help their customers and users.

Cons

Some use cases are still hard to implement. The library of UI widgets still needs to grow. A native reporting solution is really needed. Automated test options are weak.

Response from OutSystems

Justin, thank you for taking the time to review OutSystems. It's great to have users like you in our community, using the product for so many years and helping it evolve and grow with new ideas and feedback. Keep it coming!

Christian
Christian
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  • Industry: Legal Services
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Implement business value with the speed of light in a beautiful way

Reviewed on 09/10/2018

I love it. .. I was sceptical at first but it has proven me wrong. It is a way to talk about...

I love it. .. I was sceptical at first but it has proven me wrong. It is a way to talk about business value instead of code and deploy this fast to your customers

Pros

Visual modelling of data / Integrity checks (nothing is deployed when it breaks something else) / SilkUI (standard UI components so yuo doný have to make them all) / Ease of deployment between environments / Ease of integration with the rest of the world (REST, SOAP, database connections, extension with C#)

Cons

When using the correct architecture (4-layer) and you have a lot of espaces/modules ... you have to refresh a lot modules (rebuild manually) ... this can take some time ... So when you want to test your code you sometimes first have to wait for a rebuild

Kilian
Kilian
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  • Industry: Oil & Energy
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
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The best RAD and Agile tool on the market

Reviewed on 17/03/2016

Our company (a relatively small energy supplier in the Netherlands, less than 100 employees) has...

Our company (a relatively small energy supplier in the Netherlands, less than 100 employees) has used the OutSystems Platform for over five years to solve almost all of its business needs. Sales, sourcing, CRM, billing and (e-)invoicing, intrabranch communications, the customer portal - it's all developed using the Platform, without any third party software (safe the software the Platform runs on). We work in an agile fashion with short delivery cycles, providing user benefits and company value every two weeks. This shows the versatility of the Platform in providing everything we need for RAD - both for new development and for maintenance.

Pros

Easy, intuitive IDE; easy deployment and maintenance; highly productive; easily scalable; free personal edition in the cloud; ever evolving, embracing new technologies fast, new major versions at least once a year, bugfix releases regularly; excellent support staff; active community.

Cons

Pretty hefty licence fees, not suitable for small businesses. Needs additional licences for the infrastructure it runs on (MSSQL or Oracle DB). Still limited design patterns for UI design (no problem for business software, limiting for creative minds).

Response from OutSystems

Kilian, thanks for taking the time to write this review. It's great to hear that you're using OutSystems for 5 years now, and delivering such a wide range of applications to support your business.

Verified Reviewer
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  • Industry: Oil & Energy
  • Company size: 10,000+ Employees
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10

The quickest way to a high quality application

Reviewed on 06/11/2018

It is the best option out there if you are looking to skyrocket your development agility. I am...

It is the best option out there if you are looking to skyrocket your development agility. I am confident that the average website / web application could be rebuild in a few days.

Pros

The ease of use I amazing. With normal coding I would take a day to set everything up ( maybe more depending on the project ). With outsystems there is no need for setup. Just start a project and publish. That's it, The (web) application is already running! Also, no overly complicated data or OO design needed anymore. Outsystems mostly takes care of that.

Cons

There are still some really small points that need to be taken into account when developing with outsystems. to work faster, functionality wise there are still some things to be added. Also if you're looking to develop with outsystems if you're a small company, its very pricy in that scenario. Personally i would like to see a viable option for personal use / small businesses.

Verified Reviewer
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  • Industry: Financial Services
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Outsystems - Be Agile, Be Productive, Be a Hero!

Reviewed on 26/09/2018

Very Satisfied with our current experience and support.

Very Satisfied with our current experience and support.

Pros

Outsystems is a user friendly development platform that adds agility and productivity in a dynamic business environment the demands immediate results to maintain a competitive advantage. Outsystems provides continuous upgrades and features, excellent documentation , and to notch support. Try Outsystems today and be a HERO!

Cons

The challenge in using Outsytems is the learning curve involved to integrate with your current environment when solely using as a front-end. The templates and demonstrations are very well, but documentation and is limited when using connectors or REST services to connect to your existing database. It would be helpful to better document best practices for developing a 4 layer canvas architecture and the use of structures and lists. Not a deal beaker through.

William
William
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  • Industry: Information Technology & Services
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Make the hard things easier to do

Reviewed on 09/10/2018

I have been working with OutSystems since 2012 and it has been something special for us, because we...

I have been working with OutSystems since 2012 and it has been something special for us, because we can accelerate our developments and all the surroundings (DevOps).

Pros

Everything is easy to make even with critical process.
The learning curve is something special because it is not only for technical people.

Cons

The price is quite high but when you start to make it part of your business you are able to increase your IT and then the price makes sense.
Another thing that I need to highlight is the capability to automate business process very quickly.

Ricardo
Ricardo
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  • Industry: Information Technology & Services
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Fast, simple and full of joy! - Service Studio Platform 11: The Future is near!

Reviewed on 30/10/2018

It's incredible how this is the first solution that can deliver software at same speed that...

It's incredible how this is the first solution that can deliver software at same speed that business grow! We can change and mutate our code almost at "light speed" with many many many tools to integrate with other tehcnologies without any extended work! It's simply amazing!

Pros

Incredible speed, easy understanding, great code manipulation and of course, the Final Result! Simply the best and most motivating IDE to develop WEB and Mobile software that we can use!

Cons

It's not compatible with Linux. But hey, now it works in MAC!

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  • Industry: Computer Software
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Outsystems is a great RAD platform

Reviewed on 10/12/2018

I really likes to work with Outsystems. Allows to the developer to focus in the business stuff,...

I really likes to work with Outsystems. Allows to the developer to focus in the business stuff, dont losing too much time programming.

Pros

The easyness thats give to the developer to understand the logic implemented. In other words, anyone that see the code for the first time can understand, without too much effort what are suppose to do.

Cons

The Imtegration studio (tool used to make integrayion with other libraries) seemsto be stopped in time.