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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Descartes Global Logistics Network

    Score5 out of 10
    N/AThe Logistics Technology Platform is a supply chain management offering from Descartes Systems Group headquartered in Ontario.N/A

    OutSystems

    Score6.4 out of 10
    N/AThe OutSystems Platform is a Platform-as-a-Service solution for rapid delivery of responsive web and mobile applications. It includes functionalities required to develop, deploy, manage and change web and mobile applications. It is targeted at the delivery of enterprise applications that require integration with backend systems, complex business rules and logic, usable interfaces and flexibility to change. It can be deployed in the cloud, on-premises or in hybrid environments.

    $4,000

    per month

    Pricing
    Descartes Global Logistics NetworkOutSystems
    Editions & Modules
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    Basic
    $4,000.00
    per month
    Pro
    $10,000.00
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Descartes Global Logistics NetworkOutSystems
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Descartes Global Logistics NetworkOutSystems
    Considered Both Products
    Descartes Systems Group
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    OutSystems
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    100%
    Would buy again
    52 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    44 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    52 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    97%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    33 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
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    98%
    Implementation went as expected
    40 Answers
    Features
    Descartes Global Logistics NetworkOutSystems
    Low-Code Development
    Comparison of Low-Code Development features of Descartes Global Logistics Network and OutSystems
    Feature
    Descartes Global Logistics Network
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    Ratings
    OutSystems
    7.9
    54 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Visual Modeling00 Ratings5.251 Ratings
    Drag-and-drop Interfaces00 Ratings8.052 Ratings
    Platform Security00 Ratings6.251 Ratings
    Platform User Management00 Ratings8.049 Ratings
    Reusability00 Ratings9.954 Ratings
    Platform Scalability00 Ratings9.951 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Descartes Global Logistics NetworkOutSystems
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (131 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (4 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.1
    (5 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.5
    (44 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Descartes Global Logistics NetworkOutSystems
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Descartes Systems Group
    Descartes Logistics Technology Platform has a control tower view which we have used a lot. It permits us to check on [the] real-time status of every truck, also has the features and option to communicate with the trucks' ELD, which gives us the most liable information about his current location and status.
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    OutSystems
    Well suited for internal exposure of business processes (invoicing, API layer to other systems, customer maintenance etc), whether a UI is required or not. Not so well suited for full fledged web design. An OutSystems application must serve one particular business need, if gets too much functionalities and responsibilities it tends to get chaotic and complex.
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    Pros
    Descartes Systems Group
    • An easy and free of hassle mobile application
    • Precise location of a truck in a map view
    • Identify possible delays to stops
    Incentivized
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    OutSystems
    • Developing end user interfaces with ease and speed with a modern look and feel.
    • First class low code development to reduce time to market with visual programming
    • Their technical support team is fast and responsive. We've yet to have any issues they could not resolve.
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    Cons
    Descartes Systems Group
    • Intelligence, it gets stuck in some areas of the country
    • Integration with [other] apps, we would appreciate a collaboration with [other] tracking apps that can share the same information if they are being installed [on] the same device
    • A better and clean dashboard, its face needs a renewal, a fresh look, adapted to the current trends
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    OutSystems
    • Price – The licensing model of OutSystems is very expensive and not suitable for small scale developments. This is offset by the time to develop and stability for larger scale developments
    • Flexibility on PaaS version – The PaaS hosted version of OutSystems limits your flexibility to access the front end and backend database systems which can significantly restrict your options on high data volume developments or where anything requiring slightly out of the ordinary access is required
    • Same price for PaaS and self-hosted system. Licensing model dictates that you pay the same price even when you host the system on your own hardware which effectively means you pay more to manage the infrastructure yourself
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Descartes Systems Group
    No answers on this topic
    OutSystems
    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.
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    Usability
    Descartes Systems Group
    No answers on this topic
    OutSystems
    OutSystems has a feature in which we can develop a functionality in a application and can use that functionality in another application without developing it again. That is main plus point for the development team so they can work with different functionalities rather focusing on the same thing again and again. if we want to make any change on the user side then we can make it live with just the deployment using the service center.
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    Descartes Systems Group
    No answers on this topic
    OutSystems
    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.
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    In-Person Training
    Descartes Systems Group
    No answers on this topic
    OutSystems
    Excellent material full of hands on that improve the understanding of the platform.
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    Online Training
    Descartes Systems Group
    No answers on this topic
    OutSystems
    The online training material is well designed and explanations are step by step, helping trainees to understand and follow each exercise and new concept.
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    Implementation Rating
    Descartes Systems Group
    No answers on this topic
    OutSystems
    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.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Descartes Systems Group
    It is a powered tool that can be used by any of the current logistics (and why not?, non-logistics companies), that need a reliable, accurate, and well-based amount of information of the fleet, with ease. Using the [latest] technologies, integrating a wide view of transportation, inventory, [and] custom status on a single but not simple platform.
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    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).
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    Return on Investment
    Descartes Systems Group
    • Positive, we can do our things faster than ever with using the information shown in the platform, avoiding unnecessary calls and interactions
    • Increasing the liability of the gathered information about trucks' actual/real location
    • A solution to improving our overall shipment visibility
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    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.
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