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Mendix Reviews: 4.5/5 — Highly Rated
Mendix is a cloud-based app development platform designed to help users build apps easily via a SAP cloud platform. It has key features that include visual development, multi-channel apps, proactive and context-aware app management, development and operations (DevOps), multi-cloud deployment, security, open and extensible integrations, AI-assisted development, and more. It also allows users to empower real-time collaboration and develop applications with experimentation, iteration, and collaboration of different units.
| Capabilities |
AI
API
CLI
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|---|---|
| Segment |
Small Business
Mid Market
Enterprise
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| Deployment | Cloud / SaaS / Web-Based, Desktop Windows, Mobile Android, Mobile iPad, Mobile iPhone, On-Premise Linux, On-Premise Windows |
| Support | 24/7 (Live rep), Chat, Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base, Phone Support |
| Training | Documentation |
| Languages | English |
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The speed of development, and touching upon all areas of software development. (Business processes, database design, custom logic, pages, etc)
I find it still a little too technical at times -- either I'd like it to become somewhat simpler still, or I'd like to develop my understanding of (the fundamentals of) software development more.
Backend administration tools for various customers
the fact that it is a rapid development platform. For someone like me, whose always done design but could never realize it and had to pass it on to developers, this platform enables me to use my experience as a designer when I build awesome apps.
Sometimes I do have issues with backwards compatibility with for example widgets and new modeler versions. It sometimes results in forced upgrades or broken functionality and was not anticipated.
Rapid development with more time to consult with the client and demo in a short period of time.
Easy to understand Frequently updated Online community
Not easy to merge updates/commits from teamserver.
Making application with a link to another system.
With the use of low-code development system of Mendix I am able to construct an application in a matter of hours instead of days.
Although Mendix uses the rapid application development mindset to development there is not really (yet) a wysiwyg screen. By implementing the screen the development time would likely take another dive.
Fast development of complex problems in the financial, utilities and government industries.
It's all build in (version control, quality checks, deploy, app store, monitoring and IDE)
There are some serious issues with the framework after a major or minor .0 release (ie 7.2 or 7.2.0)
Building apps quicker without any overhead developers often experience (setting up build scripts, manage environments,, etc)
- Ease of Use - Also capable of building complex applications
- High license costs - For deep changes on UX/UI (HTML/CSS) additional software is required
- Building fast PoCs for customers - Developing complex applications Benefits: - Easy to start with - Business near development
I like being able to easily reuse code and be able to work together with business to quickly develop applications that do exactly what the business needs.
Mendix does not support a dark theme, yet :-). Mendix has some trouble with handeling and generating reports and or documents. This however can be solved with integrations or custom widgets / modules.
Creating business value for different customers. Being able to quickly make changes and push them to the cloud with only a few buttons. Mendix allows us to develop software in a fraction of the time that it would take for traditional methods to develop the same.
Low code development, the collaboration tools, the all-in-one (agile) development environment.
The current focus of Mendix seems to be on new features instead of software stability. The current release cycle is intoducing new versions on a regular basis, but these also include bugs quite regularly. Also on (very) large projects, the desktop modeler seems
Enabling an organisation to change/develop software rapidly.
I like how little effort is needed for seeing your first results. You can have a working application with a data view and some buttons within minutes - much less time-consuming than writing from scratch!
Because of the nature of a platform like this, the software sometimes pushes you in a certain direction. Sometimes I wish for more flexibility.
Lower cost for developing, quicker stakeholder reviews
The Mendix platform enables me to quickly and efficiently provide solutions to business requirements in an agile way.
Some functionality is still lacking. With some of the more complex issues you'll need to know about the 'quirks' of Mendix to work around them.
The power of Mendix is not just faster development. But the fact that it enables a fully agile way of working together with the business. The Sprintr environment and the up and coming webmodeler functionality add ways of cooperation between the business and the developers. And the powerful desktop modeler enables me to quickly work through requirements and deploy them to the cloud of my choice.