OutSystems is a versatile development platform that I find incredibly useful for various purposes. It is great for building both web and mobile applications, making it suitable for large enterprises and small to mid-sized businesses across different industries like banking, healthcare, manufacturing, and more. With its visual development, pre-built components, and easy maintenance, OutSystems has significantly expedited software development in my experience, offering a rapid and efficient solution for a wide range of applications.
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OutSystems: A Game-Changer for Swift, Scalable, and Personalized Development
What do you like best about the product?
As a devoted OutSystems developer, I've found the platform to be a game-changer. Its low-code environment accelerates development, turning weeks into days. OutSystems effortlessly scales from small projects to enterprise solutions without sacrificing simplicity. Collaboration is seamless, promoting teamwork and faster decision-making. In essence, OutSystems isn't just a development platform; it's the epitome of quick, scalable, and personalized software development.
What do you dislike about the product?
The platform's licensing costs could be perceived as relatively high for smaller projects or individual developers. Lastly, the dependency on the platform for hosting might be a drawback for those who prefer more control over their infrastructure.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
OutSystems is a game-changer for me as I tackle a major project requiring a fully customized, business-critical application tailored to the client's needs. The platform's low-code environment accelerates development, ensuring I meet stringent timelines. Its emphasis on personalization allows me to craft a solution precisely aligned with business requirements. OutSystems' scalability is crucial for this project's success, guaranteeing that the application can grow seamlessly as business needs evolve.
Outsystems Low Code experience
What do you like best about the product?
Outsystems low code tool allows to develop and delivery fast.
Integrations are easy and the platform allows to integrate with multiple different systems .
Integrations are easy and the platform allows to integrate with multiple different systems .
What do you dislike about the product?
Pricing is one of the most disavantages
Personal enviroment have some restrictions which does not allow to try all the features (test goverance model)
Personal enviroment have some restrictions which does not allow to try all the features (test goverance model)
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Outsystems helps to implement some workflows in a visual way.
These workflows can be automated and will save time to users in daily operations.
These workflows can be automated and will save time to users in daily operations.
The most efficient way to build your applications fast
What do you like best about the product?
OutSystems helped many orgainizations to build their applications and traveling through their journy of digital transformation very fast that traditional ways of systems and applications development.
Also I helped some customers during COVID-19 pandemic to build their digital services very quickly and their day to day service not affected.
OutSystems has capabilities to integrate with many external systems and databsaes using some ready made connectors.
Its also providing some tools like workflow builder that enables business users to be able to build their workflows without strong technical background.
OutSystems provide modern UI/UX templates and responsive UI that with ability to customize them that makes development faster and gives user good experince and easy use of different applications
Also I helped some customers during COVID-19 pandemic to build their digital services very quickly and their day to day service not affected.
OutSystems has capabilities to integrate with many external systems and databsaes using some ready made connectors.
Its also providing some tools like workflow builder that enables business users to be able to build their workflows without strong technical background.
OutSystems provide modern UI/UX templates and responsive UI that with ability to customize them that makes development faster and gives user good experince and easy use of different applications
What do you dislike about the product?
I can see few things but they don't give a bad impact that may affect using of OutSystems.
Sometime support tickets may take times to be solved but still its reasonable.
More enhancements required regarding building mobile application.
Sometime support tickets may take times to be solved but still its reasonable.
More enhancements required regarding building mobile application.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Developing applications fast and providing easy integration with different legacy systems
Fresh perspective of an Outsystems beginner
What do you like best about the product?
Scaf-Folding and Rapid Application Development
What do you dislike about the product?
Might face some complication while customizing the native widgets.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Rapid Application development for both Reactive web and Mobile applications.
Best Ever End to End Low Code
What do you like best about the product?
We can build web or mobile apps within a day. And it helps to maintain all the enviroments like development to production in one place.
What do you dislike about the product?
Nothing. I like everything from outsystems. It's awesome
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It helps me to develop application rapidly, so we can able to deliver our projects quickly.
Best Platform ever worked
What do you like best about the product?
The platform is always in constant evolution, new features in all areas are released at a high rate, and now ODC+AI is gaining a role of paramount importance.
What do you dislike about the product?
On new ODC version, developers community should have a permanent free test env like in O11
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I´m an OutSystems developer and have been in some projects and all of then emproving proccess and bringing values to the business
Great Product to create customer centric application with speed
What do you like best about the product?
Reusable Components
Forge Components
API Integration
1 Click Publish
Easy to maintain
Forge Components
API Integration
1 Click Publish
Easy to maintain
What do you dislike about the product?
Code Versioning is one aspect which is not very great in Outsystems. With time, if processes are not managed properly, plateform becomes slow.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We are able to automate business processes in short span of time and able to deliver business value
I am having 12 yrs of exp with recent transition to Outsystems tech lead from last 2 yrs
What do you like best about the product?
The best apartof Outsystems is setting development pattern for the developer that any can make Web,Mobile,Services and pwa applications.
Now same developer can develop any above type of application with the inbuild governance their infrastructure.
Now same developer can develop any above type of application with the inbuild governance their infrastructure.
What do you dislike about the product?
I would like to see code pull request like Github when any developer is pushing the code so we can review it based on project and then after approve can be pushed to different enviornment or branches.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
1. Ease for developers to develop any application like web, mobile or PWA.
2. Development for iphone and andriod in one code base.
3. Easy to publish and make builds for andriod and iphones.
4. In Build offline capability for the mobile application.
5. In Build respository for mobile application projectwise with barcode to send to the users.
6. Auto update feature of the application for the users.
7. Setting up the developement standards for the furture developers.
2. Development for iphone and andriod in one code base.
3. Easy to publish and make builds for andriod and iphones.
4. In Build offline capability for the mobile application.
5. In Build respository for mobile application projectwise with barcode to send to the users.
6. Auto update feature of the application for the users.
7. Setting up the developement standards for the furture developers.
OutSystems has led to transformational changes within our organization.
What do you like best about the product?
The breadth of capabilities has allowed us to drive to our digital transformation goals much more quickly than anticipated. This has led to digitalized and automated workflows leading to improved quality, ease fo use leading to an exceptional user experience, and efficiencies resulting in subsantial annual dollar savings. We are also able to complete projects up to 10x faster than traditional software development based on simplified development, ease of integrations with other systems, and eas of implementation with the automated DevOps capabilities. We continue to increase our end users and the frequency of use across all applicaions.
What do you dislike about the product?
I do not see any downsides or dislikes other than there is an ivestment that needs to be made to realize the benefits we have recieved.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We are able to develop software solutions better, faster, and cheaper resulting in an exceptional user experience. We have also demonstrated the ability to more easily develop automated workflows with simple integrations to third party systems.
Great for building web and mobile applications, suitable for large enterprises and small to mid-sized businesses across different industries
What is our primary use case?
What is most valuable?
In comparison to other local development platforms, OutSystems is quite advanced. While every platform can benefit from ongoing enhancements, OutSystems seems to have most of the features I, as a software professional, would look for. I have started working with it, and I find it to be a genuinely cool and effective platform for my development needs.
What needs improvement?
OutSystems is already on the right track for improvements. They plan to transition from their cloud platform to a cloud-native architecture, emphasizing infrastructure scalability and the integration of Docker containers, which is a positive step forward. I would also like to see OutSystems improve its integration capabilities, especially with emerging technologies like AI and GPT. Integrating with AI and GPT models could enhance OutSystems' functionality and help it easily adapt to new trends and concepts in connectivity and artificial intelligence in future releases.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using OutSystems since 2011.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I would rate the stability of OutSystems as a ten out of ten.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
OutSystems supports both horizontal and vertical scaling, and I find it quite easy to scale applications when needed. Adding a front-end server to a cluster, for instance, is a straightforward task that takes just a few minutes. As long as you follow OutSystems' recommended application composition and architecture, scalability is not a problem, and I would rate it a solid ten out of ten for scalability. In our company, around eighteen to nineteen developers are actively using OutSystems to develop applications for our customers. For mid-sized applications with OutSystems, you don't require large teams. OutSystems encourages small teams to use agile methodology. Typically, you need an engagement manager, a tech lead, and two to three developers for a medium-sized project. Additionally, a solution architect may be necessary initially, and then one tech lead and two developers are often sufficient for ongoing work.
How are customer service and support?
I have had a positive experience with OutSystems' tech support. They offer a guided learning path, well-structured documentation, and a valuable component repository called Forge. Their community is also quite active, with fellow users and even OutSystems champions and family members providing assistance. In addition, they have a stable support process where you can create a support ticket, and the OutSystems team will reach out to help with any issues. Overall, I'm satisfied with the support available from OutSystems through their various resources.
How was the initial setup?
Setting up OutSystems is straightforward, and even citizen developers can quickly learn and start building software with it. While complex applications may require professional expertise, OutSystems provides numerous prebuilt components and features, such as UI components for creating beautiful interfaces and easy database design tools, making it accessible even for those without extensive design or development experience. It is also user-friendly when it comes to handling logic, integrating with third-party services, and working with APIs. Overall, I find it to be a great and user-friendly platform for software development. The deployment process in OutSystems involves using a tool called Lifetime, which acts as a control console for managing different environments. When you purchase an OutSystems license, you typically receive three environments: development, QA, and production, along with a separate Lifetime environment. Lifetime keeps track of application versions and modules deployed on servers in each environment. It alerts you when an environment is outdated compared to a new version in development. Lifetime also checks references and other prerequisites before deploying releases from one environment to another, making the deployment process straightforward and well-managed.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
OutSystems licenses are not cheap, but they fall within the range of standard pricing. It is not very expensive or overly budget-friendly; it is more in the middle, making it an average-cost option for organizations.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
Before using OutSystems, I explored other tools like APN and Automation Anywhere. However, I found OutSystems to be the best fit because it offers both rapid application development and flexibility. Unlike some other tools, OutSystems allows you to integrate with third-party libraries and technologies like .NET, Java, BigQuery, and more, making it a more flexible and easily adaptable platform.
What other advice do I have?
I would definitely recommend OutSystems to others. Overall, I would rate it as a ten out of ten.
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