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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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.

    $0

    Oracle Java SE

    Score8.1 out of 10
    N/AOracle Java SE is a programming language and gives customers enterprise features that minimize the costs of deployment and maintenance of their Java-based IT environment.N/A
    Pricing
    MendixOracle Java SE
    Editions & Modules
    Free Edition
    $0
    Pro Edition
    1,250
    per month (billed annually)
    Enterprise Edition
    1,675
    per month (billed annually)
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    Pricing Offerings
    MendixOracle Java SE
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    MendixOracle Java SE
    Considered Both Products
    Siemens AG
    No answer on this topic
    Oracle
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    11 Answers
    96%
    Would buy again
    23 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    86%
    Delivers good value for the price
    6 Answers
    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
    16 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    91%
    Happy with the feature set
    10 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    24 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    89%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    8 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    13 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    9 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    22 Answers
    Features
    MendixOracle Java SE
    Low-Code Development
    Comparison of Low-Code Development features of Mendix and Oracle Java SE
    Feature
    Mendix
    9.0
    9 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Oracle Java SE
    -
    Ratings
    Visual Modeling9.39 Ratings00 Ratings
    Drag-and-drop Interfaces8.99 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform Security9.09 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform User Management9.49 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reusability8.89 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform Scalability8.99 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    MendixOracle Java SE
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (66 ratings)
    9.0
    (33 ratings)
    Usability
    8.5
    (12 ratings)
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.8
    (14 ratings)
    8.0
    (19 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    MendixOracle Java SE
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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.
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    Oracle
    Oracle Java SE is well suited to long-running applications (e.g. servers). Java Swing (UI toolkit) is now rather outdated, lacking support for modern UI features. JavaFX, the potential replacement for Swing, has now been separated out of Java core. Ideally, there would be a path to migrate a large application incrementally from Swing to JavaFX, but due to different threading models and other aspects, it is difficult. At this point, it is probably better to use an embedded web browser (e.g. JxBrowser) to provide a modern UI in HTML/Javascript and keep just the business logic in Java.
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    Pros
    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.
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    Oracle
    • Plenty support built into the tool and IDE like Maven, Ant, Eclipse, IntelliJ.
    • Strong object-orientation language and clear project structure.
    • Wrapper underlines hardware and memory management so the developers can focus on business and implementation.
    • It offers a huge library and framework support from third-parties and the community.
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    Cons
    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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    Oracle
    • Commercial Licensing in 2019. Oracle will charge commercial organizations using Java SE for upgrading to the latest bug fixes and updates. Organizations will now need to either limit their implementation of Java SE or may need to drop it altogether.
    • Slow Performance. Due to the all of the abstraction of the JVM, Java SE programs take much more resources to compile and run compared to Python.
    • Poor UI appearance on all of the major GUI libraries (Swing, SWT, etc.). Through Android Studio, it is easy to get a native look/feel for Java apps, but when it comes to desktops, the UI is far from acceptable (does not mimic the native OS's look/feel at all).
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    Usability
    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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    Oracle
    Oracle Java SE provides the new features along with timely security patches. New features like Record patterns and pattern matching for switches are very useful. With every new release of Java, it is getting better. Sequenced collections are also an interesting feature added to Java. With all these new features, backward compatibility is also maintained.
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    Support Rating
    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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    Oracle
    Java is such a mature product at this point that there is little support from the vendor that is needed. Various sources on the internet, and especially StackOverflow, provide a wealth of knowledge and advice. Areas that may benefit from support is when dealing with complex multithreading issues and security libraries.
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    Alternatives Considered
    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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    Oracle
    Chose to go with Java instead of Python or C++ due to the expertise on the ground with the technology, for its ease of integration with our heterogeneous setup of production servers, and for the third party library support which we've found was able to address some challenging aspects of our business problem.
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    Return on Investment
    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.
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    Oracle
    • The different versions make it harder to work with other companies where some use newer versions while some use older versions, costing time to make them compatible.
    • Licenses are getting to be costly, forcing us to consider OpenJDK as an alternative.
    • New features take time to learn. When someone starts using them, everyone has to take time to learn.
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    ScreenShots

    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.