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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    App Builder

    Score7 out of 10
    N/AApp Builder - Design and Build Real Apps Fast The brand-new App Builder aims to provide design and development teams with a solution to help them deliver apps quickly and efficiently, without losing focus on UX. Users can start an app from scratch or choose from a library of pre-built app templates or responsive screen layouts and then customize with a toolbox of 60+ UI controls to kick-start the next digital product design. If a design already exists in Sketch or Adobe…

    $1,295

    per year per user

    Mendix

    Score7.1 out of 10
    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    Mendix is a low code platform-as-a-service offering with mobile and social extensions. Mendix was acquired by Siemens August 2018.

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    Pricing
    App BuilderMendix
    Editions & Modules
    Ignite UI
    $1,295
    per year per user
    Infragistics Professional
    $1,295
    per year per user
    Infragistics Ultimate
    $1,495
    per year per user
    Free Edition
    $0
    Pro Edition
    1,250
    per month (billed annually)
    Enterprise Edition
    1,675
    per month (billed annually)
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    App BuilderMendix
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional DetailsThis product is free to use for non-commercial, educational purposes for students in K-12 grades or University programs, and for educators to use in a classroom setting as examples/tools in their curriculum.—
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    Community Pulse
    App BuilderMendix
    Considered Both Products
    Infragistics
    No answer on this topic
    Siemens AG
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    80%
    Would buy again
    4 Answers
    100%
    Would buy again
    11 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    86%
    Delivers good value for the price
    6 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    80%
    Happy with the feature set
    4 Answers
    91%
    Happy with the feature set
    10 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    89%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    8 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    9 Answers
    Features
    App BuilderMendix
    Low-Code Development
    Comparison of Low-Code Development features of App Builder by Infragistics and Mendix
    Feature
    App Builder by Infragistics
    5.8
    3 Ratings
    37% below category average
    Mendix
    9.0
    9 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Visual Modeling6.02 Ratings9.39 Ratings
    Drag-and-drop Interfaces7.53 Ratings8.99 Ratings
    Reusability6.02 Ratings8.89 Ratings
    Platform Scalability3.61 Ratings8.99 Ratings
    Platform Security00 Ratings9.09 Ratings
    Platform User Management00 Ratings9.49 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    App BuilderMendix
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.0
    (5 ratings)
    9.0
    (66 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    5.5
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.5
    (12 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.8
    (14 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    App BuilderMendix
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Infragistics
    App Builder will be great where you have a small team with limited resources. Obviously this product is only good if you are starting a new project. I have used Radzen before which does almost the same thing using a database first approach, but it was a real pain as the application crashes a lot.
    Incentivized
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    Siemens AG
    Mendix excels in scenarios involving Business Process Automation, making it a strong choice for applications requiring workflow automation, including processes like request approvals, document management, and other business workflows.Conversely, Mendix may be less suitable for projects that demand highly customized solutions with extensive custom coding. Its primary focus on low-code development may not align well with the requirements of projects that heavily rely on intricate and specialized coding.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Infragistics
    • Layout
    • Theme and Styles
    • Code Generation
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    Siemens AG
    • We're able to really easily develop different views that are very specific to a customer's needs or customer's different types of user needs. So for example, the production managers can have a certain view that's relevant to them and then certain line managers can have views that are specific to them that allow them to run different scenarios which they define. So it allows us to easily build customized apps for each different type of user.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Infragistics
    • Data interface (web services)
    • Documentation
    Incentivized
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    Siemens AG
    • Earlier versions lacked in UI/Ux. This is still improving.
    • Since everyone and anyone can create custom add ons (widgets), Mendix could improve their quality checks (but not as rigid as eg Apple).
    • Upgradeability used to be somewhat of an issue. Version 7 looks to be handling this better than previous versions.
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    Usability
    Infragistics
    No answers on this topic
    Siemens AG
    A 10 would say I have nothing to wish for. A 9 means I haven't seen anything better.This tool really helps you in the whole creation and maintenace cycle, so from requirements to building/modeling to testing to deploying to capturing feedback.
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    Support Rating
    Infragistics
    No answers on this topic
    Siemens AG
    Response times are quick and you will get updates regularly about the status of your request. Even with very technical questions they have specialists that can help you with your problems it will give you an answer or help you with a work around.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Infragistics
    They're different products. for grid design maybe Balsamiq is a bit better.
    Incentivized
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    Siemens AG
    Mendix would be my preferred system all the way. The system is designed for these kinds of works. I've worked with WP and DNN but they should be used just for websites. To create an app for a business value, I would suggest Mendix. Also, the offline capabilities of Mendix have greatly improved since the deployment of Mendix 7.13.
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    Return on Investment
    Infragistics
    • + Allowed for fast design and mock ups
    • + Allowed for efficient asset delivery to development team
    • + allows for revisions and updates; with code generation
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    Siemens AG
    • It helps to speed up application development because of its low code by the fact that it's low code. It allows professional developers to focus more on specialized application development rather than the more routine application development that business IT and super users can do for themselves with some coaching from the IT department. So it's just allowing the more specialist professional developers.net, for example, Java in our organization to focus on more complex engineering application developments.
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    App Builder Screenshots

    Screenshot of Use pre-built themes and typography (Material, Bootstrap & Fluent) or customize to match your own app theme and corporate branding on a per-control, per-screen, or per-app basis.Screenshot of With a rich layout system and complete toolbox of components, create screens and full apps in minutes instead of hours!Screenshot of Import Sketch and Adobe XD Designs! With one click, take your static designs and get interactive, responsive apps with real UI components and styling. Import designs from the design system into a real, component-based app. Figma import coming soon!

    Mendix Screenshots

    Screenshot of Agile Project Management: Collaborate. Manage. Iterate.Screenshot of Central App Management: Application Management Made Easy.Screenshot of App Store: Hundreds of building blocks to get you out of the gate.Screenshot of 1-Click Deployment: Efficient DevOps. Enabled.