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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    GeneXus

    Score9.1 out of 10
    Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
    GeneXus, from the company of the same name headquartered in Uruguay, is a low-code development platform powered by AI.N/A

    Mendix

    Score7.4 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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    GeneXusMendix
    Editions & Modules
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    Free Edition
    $0
    Pro Edition
    1,250
    per month (billed annually)
    Enterprise Edition
    1,675
    per month (billed annually)
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    GeneXusMendix
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional DetailsStarting from: $600.00/month—
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    Community Pulse
    GeneXusMendix
    Considered Both Products
    GeneXus
    Chose GeneXus
    GeneXus has a wider approach in terms of the platform it supports. It has been in the market evolving with technology changes for more than 30 years. It has a better business model for the users, instead of charging for the amount of developments we make or the amount of users …
    Incentivized
    Siemens AG
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
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    100%
    Would buy again
    11 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    86%
    Delivers good value for the price
    6 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    6 Answers
    91%
    Happy with the feature set
    10 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    89%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    8 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    6 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    GeneXusMendix
    Low-Code Development
    Comparison of Low-Code Development features of GeneXus and Mendix
    Feature
    GeneXus
    8.7
    6 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Mendix
    9.0
    9 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Visual Modeling8.46 Ratings9.39 Ratings
    Platform Security8.96 Ratings9.09 Ratings
    Platform User Management8.66 Ratings9.49 Ratings
    Reusability8.96 Ratings8.89 Ratings
    Platform Scalability8.96 Ratings8.99 Ratings
    Drag-and-drop Interfaces00 Ratings8.99 Ratings
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    Enterprises
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    Score9.1 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    GeneXusMendix
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.1
    (6 ratings)
    9.0
    (66 ratings)
    Usability
    8.9
    (5 ratings)
    8.5
    (12 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (6 ratings)
    7.8
    (14 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    GeneXusMendix
    Likelihood to Recommend
    GeneXus
    Develop a large and complex product, integrated with multiple tourism service providers, reservation systems, and e-commerce sites, with constant needs to adapt to changes and innovation in business and technology, with a small development team that must have a lot of business knowledge
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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
    GeneXus
    • It allows to focus on the solution instead of seeing technical or implementation limitations as it is multiplatform.
    • Development times are shorter due to its easy implementation and on the same platform manage the database, services and front.
    • Being multiplatform allows us to implement the solution in different technologies.
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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
    GeneXus
    • Some errors at building time that are difficult to figure out. In the deployment and executions, sometimes you get errors not easy to figure out.
    • Now it's fast, but when you create a large solution, it slows down.
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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
    GeneXus
    Usability of the tool by a developer who is well trained in the use of GeneXus and with good judgment is excellent. It allows them to know good practices in the generation of code for the database as well as for the backend and the frontend. It allows us to achieve better standardization within the development team and to present solutions and solve complex problems in a very simple way.
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    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
    GeneXus
    Sometimes the support takes a little while, but in the end they always have good answers and the people who answer you are very prepared even for questions outside of GeneXus.
    Incentivized
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    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
    GeneXus
    GeneXus has a wider approach in terms of the platform it supports. It has been in the market evolving with technology changes for more than 30 years. It has a better business model for the users, instead of charging for the amount of developments we make or the amount of users we have, it only charges per developer station.
    Read full review
    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
    GeneXus
    • Being able to work with a multidisciplinary but small team of professionals with a lot of focus on the needs of the business
    • GeneXus to take care especially the permanent evolution of the technology
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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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    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.