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Likelihood to Recommend
Alpha Anywhere
We use Alpha Anywhere to develop large scale business applications. So far, we haven't found any real limitations. This is exemplified by my response to my customers who frequently ask, "Is it possible..." I always interrupt them before this sentence goes any further by telling them, "with our development platform, anything's possible" (then we have to discuss whether the time/cost is worth the added benefit of what they're requesting).
President
Performance Mastery Institute (PMI)Information Technology and Services, 1-10 employees
OutSystems
OutSystems excels with building web interfaces fast and lends itself to custom integrations written in .Net. Most anything can be brought in given this ability to be extended. One of the drawbacks to the speed of development is that most quality control teams become quickly overwhelmed and may be unable to keep up.
Senior Software Developer Team Lead
OrthoBanc, LLCFinancial Services, 51-200 employees
Feature Rating Comparison
Low-Code Development
Alpha Anywhere
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OutSystems
7.9
Visual Modeling
Alpha Anywhere
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OutSystems
7.9
Drag-and-drop Interfaces
Alpha Anywhere
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OutSystems
8.1
Platform Security
Alpha Anywhere
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OutSystems
7.8
Platform User Management
Alpha Anywhere
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OutSystems
7.5
Reusability
Alpha Anywhere
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OutSystems
7.8
Platform Scalability
Alpha Anywhere
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OutSystems
8.0
Pros
Alpha Anywhere
- Mobile application development with true offline capability.
- Low-code, rapid app development and deployment environment for building native-quality, cross platform web and mobile business applications.
- Cross platform mobile apps created with HTML5.
- Back-end database support for pretty much all the most popular SQL backends as well as NoSQL and Rest APIs.
President and Founder
Russ Software, LLCTransportation/Trucking/Railroad, 1-10 employees
OutSystems
- Deployment management – OutSystems has a built in robust, multi-environment deployment system that helps ensures the clean and error free deployment of applications through the development, testing and production product lifecycle
- Rapid application development – Through the low code, graphical development environment you can develop applications far quicker than with more traditional development environments
- Cross platform mobile development – OutSystems handle the development and building of mobile application for both iOS and Android in a simple streamlined way that removes 90% of the problems normally associated with multi platform development
Web and Enterprise Team Lead
IT Vision Australia Pty LtdComputer Software, 51-200 employees
Cons
Alpha Anywhere
- Whenever I'm asked to criticize Alpha Anywhere, my first comment refers to the documentation. For sure, they've made some improvements, this year, but I still wish it were better. Because I moved from another development package, I really had to start learning from scratch... I've been at it, for years, and I still feel like I have a way to go. The good news is that Alpha has a very active Message Board and there are lots of people who generously give their time to answer questions and help solve problems. There's no "tech support" line to call for help. Alpha DOES offer a paid "mentoring" service, which I used, several times. Unfortunately, my experience with the mentors wasn't as positive as I hoped it would be.
- Alpha needs to improve its "templates" to make them more modern for users. I've never had a complaint from users, but I'd like my applications to have a newer, flashier look.
- Alpha advertises itself as "codeless" programming. It is! You can certainly develop an entire application without writing a single line of "code." Unfortunately, that application will be pretty basic. If you're a serious developer, you'll want to learn "javascript" and "XBasic"... it'll come in very handy, as will an understanding about how to create SQL views and queries (and, Stored Procedures), etc.
President
Performance Mastery Institute (PMI)Information Technology and Services, 1-10 employees
OutSystems
- The platform controls all the parts. While great for development and overall maintenance, it could lead to discussions with your DBA (who has to trust the platform). As a developer I love the platform, as a DBA I would like more control.
- By making software development model driven using flows, you are forced to rethink the way of programming. It makes it easier, but sometimes the way of working leads to code which could be optimized (standard problem in model based software development).
- Most of the code is generated, so the technical knowledge of the inner working of coding are not Essentials. This could lead to degration of this knowlegde. As part of this, most technologies will only be used when OutSystems supports it. They do a good job on implementing these things. But things like Node.js would be nice.
Senior Developer/Consultant
COOLProfsComputer Software, 51-200 employees
Likelihood to Renew
Alpha Anywhere
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OutSystems
OutSystems 8.2
Based on 4 answers
We are very happy with OutSystems and our developers deliver good work. OutSystems lets us build new software on a regulare (2 weekly) basis, which is highly flexible and adjustable. Even without very much experience, our developers manage to build usefull software, which is working a lot better than our previous (legacy) software.
Studentenbegeleider
Stichting Vluchteling-Studenten UAFNon-Profit Organization Management, 51-200 employees
Usability
Alpha Anywhere
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OutSystems
OutSystems 8.2
Based on 3 answers
I am really happy using OutSystems in my work. It gives me the opportunity to create good working software without having had very much IT-experience before. It also made me more interested in the background of IT and learning different languages.
Studentenbegeleider
Stichting Vluchteling-Studenten UAFNon-Profit Organization Management, 51-200 employees
Support Rating
Alpha Anywhere
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OutSystems
OutSystems 7.5
Based on 46 answers
The tech support is very reachable. Usually by [email] from but also by phone if needed. We had some difficulties at the start with understanding "what our machine was doing" under high performance load. After some good sessions understanding our needs they delivered good solutions for our problems we had in the beginning.

Verified User
Project Manager in Product Management
Information Services Company, 51-200 employeesImplementation Rating
Alpha Anywhere
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OutSystems
OutSystems 7.3
Based on 3 answers
In a large company, patiently and consistently work the behind the scenes politics with business and IT partners across the firm.
This is transformational - you will need a solid set of key business partners to lock arms together to move forward.
This is transformational - you will need a solid set of key business partners to lock arms together to move forward.

Verified User
C-Level Executive in Information Technology
Health, Wellness and Fitness Company, 1-10 employeesAlternatives Considered
Alpha Anywhere
Alpha Anywhere is a more robust, complete and lower cost solution for rapid desktop, web and mobile application cross platform development.
President and Founder
Russ Software, LLCTransportation/Trucking/Railroad, 1-10 employees
OutSystems
I tried to use WordPress with some success. Also looked at Joomla. But when I saw OutSystems I knew I had been wasting my time there. It takes you longer to get going with OutSystems - but even I as a novice realized immediately that Outsystems is simply in another league. Outsystems is powerful. (Can you compare WordPress and Joomla to Outsystems - I don't think so).
Owner
Villa AfriqHospitality, 1-10 employees
Return on Investment
Alpha Anywhere
- Alpha is our sole Development Platform. It has enabled us to contract for some pretty large jobs. AND, we are regularly told, by our customers, that our programs have helped them improve their organizations, workflows and profits.
President
Performance Mastery Institute (PMI)Information Technology and Services, 1-10 employees
OutSystems
- The ease of use of the OutSystems development process has been the biggest ROI for us. We have developed our Framework product and maintained/enhanced it with only 4 workers.
- OutSystems has enhanced their product very significantly over the last 4 years. They have gone from a simple to use tool to a very simple to use sophisticated tool that covers the standard mainframe-based computing apps and the apps used on handheld mobile devices all using the same basic set of development tools.
CIO
CollabWorksComputer Software, 11-50 employees
Screenshots
Alpha Anywhere
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—Pricing Details
Alpha Anywhere
General
Free Trial
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Yes
Entry-level set up fee?
Optional
Alpha Anywhere Editions & Modules
On-premise Edition
Alpha Anywhere Business | $1,499/year |
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Alpha Anywhere Business Pro | $2,499/year |
Alpha Anywhere Enterprise | Call Us +1 781.850.46002 |
Alpha TransForm (no-code component) | 35/month |
- Volume Discounts
SaaS Edition
Alpha Anywhere | $1,499/year |
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Additional Pricing Details
Questions? Call us: +1 781.229.4500OutSystems
General
Free Trial
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Yes
Entry-level set up fee?
No
OutSystems Editions & Modules
Edition
Basic | $4,000.001 |
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Pro | $10,000.001 |
- Per Month