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    Appcelerator (discontinued)

    Score7 out of 10
    N/AAppcelerator was a mobile app development platform acquired by Axway in 2016. It has been discontinued.N/A

    SALTO Systems

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/ASALTO Systems, in Oiartzun, offers electronic locking solutions and SDKs for entities in hospitality, and Salto KS, an API they state does not only preserve a brand but creates a completely customized access control solution.N/A
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    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    User Ratings
    Appcelerator (discontinued)SALTO Systems
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    User Testimonials
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    Likelihood to Recommend
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    I do not think I can recommend Appcelerator at this point due to the issues with Appcelerator studio, lack of good debugging support, lack of thorough documentation and forums and the additional cost overhead of licenses. The pros are just that it allows for cross-platform development. However, Cordova does a much better job of it and excels at places where Appcelerator currently struggles
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    SALTO Systems
    With the responsibility of securing a hospital, SALTO performs well. We have all but one public entrance completely secured by badge access only. This eliminates a lot of threats to our employees, our patients, and visitors to Republic County Hospital. SALTO helps provide peace of mind.
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    Pros
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    • Adds structure to your code through Alloy framework.
    • Easy to integrate with iOS SDK and to build and run iOS apps.
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    SALTO Systems
    • Security
    • Access tracking
    • Data storage
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    Cons
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    • It is very hard to debug your code. Breakpoints never worked for us even with the latest Appcelerator Studio and we had to rely on log statements to debug.
    • There is a need to purchase licenses from Appcelerator to run the code on a device or for creating iOS distribution builds. This is an additional cost when you have already paid for Apple developer program for precisely these things.
    • If things are broken due to lack to support between Appcelerator and a new iOS version, you pretty much have to rely on a new version release from Appcelerator for the issue to be fixed.
    • It is difficult to create enterprise distribution builds where the distribution certificate is owned by your organization's team and you only have a development certificate for the same.
    • The forums on developer.appcelerator.com are seldom helpful. It is hard to find solutions for issues even on other forums like stack overflow.
    • Documentation needs to be improved.
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    SALTO Systems
    • I don't have any negative experiences with SALTO.
    • I have no suggestions for improvement.
    • I can't think of any recommendations for change.
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    Appcelerator makes you write a structured code whereas Cordova just packages your code and you are free to structure it. Appcelerator bridges your javascript code with native code and that would make it run faster than javascript code in Cordova apps. However, with recent mobile browsers, you would hardly notice any performance deterioration with Cordova apps. Appcelerator struggles with issues related to its IDE, debugging, documentation and forums and additional costs. Cordova makes it much more simpler to develop cross-platform apps with better developer support, debugging support, documentation and forums minus the additional costs.
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    Return on Investment
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    • We were able to build and deploy a mobile app with Appcelerator. However, the platform still has issues and does not cover our needs as much as some of its competitor like cordova does.
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