Adobe AIR vs Apache Flex

• Fast of build project: very good tools to developers
• Multiplatform: has the promise of deploying one application package for multiple platforms
• Easy of use: fast developing
• Perfect tools: instrument are simply but powerful
• Good documentation
• Make App for Android, iOS, Desktop
• It's very time/cost efficient: saves great amount of time

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• Highly advanced UI platform, well suited for building enterprise applications.
• Cross browser issues do not exist as it runs the same on every browser via Flash Player.
• Animations are something that comes out of the box.

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• It is cumbersome to update if you use Flash Builder.
• It still relies on Flash and vector graphics and therefore can have poor performance unless you are using a third-party library such as Starling.
• It is updated somewhat slowly and is still missing some useful features such as controller support.

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• Relied too much on flash at some times in its history.
• Not web standard.
• html5 took over its market.

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• Allows easy porting of functionality and look and feel to many diverse platforms.
• Shorten development and deployment time.
• Reduced training and support costs by re-using common widgets.

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• Positive: Easy to learn if you already knew AS.
• Negative: Too heavy on flash knowledge (I know it's contradictory, but it was a plus & a minus).
• ROI was great since it saves time on multiple devices compiling.

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