Mendix vs. WaveMaker

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Mendix
Score 8.4 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.
$0
WaveMaker
Score 9.2 out of 10
N/A
WaveMaker is a platform-as-a-service (PaaS) from the company of the same name in Mountain View, California.
$500
per user/month
Pricing
MendixWaveMaker
Editions & Modules
Free Edition
$0
Pro Edition
1,250
per month (billed annually)
Pro Edition
1,250
per month (billed annually)
Enterprise Edition
1,675
per month (billed annually)
Enterprise Edition
1,675
per month (billed annually)
WaveMaker Online
$500
per user/month
WaveMaker Enterprise
Contact Sales
Developer based pricing
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
MendixWaveMaker
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesYes
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalOptional
Additional Details
More Pricing Information
Features
MendixWaveMaker
Low-Code Development
Comparison of Low-Code Development features of Product A and Product B
Mendix
8.5
9 Ratings
1% below category average
WaveMaker
9.3
2 Ratings
8% above category average
Visual Modeling8.29 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Drag-and-drop Interfaces8.69 Ratings8.92 Ratings
Platform Security8.89 Ratings9.52 Ratings
Platform User Management8.69 Ratings9.52 Ratings
Reusability8.29 Ratings9.52 Ratings
Platform Scalability8.39 Ratings9.52 Ratings
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Small Businesses
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Medium-sized Companies
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Quixy
Score 9.8 out of 10
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Quixy
Score 9.8 out of 10
Enterprises
Quickbase
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Score 9.2 out of 10
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Score 9.2 out of 10
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User Ratings
MendixWaveMaker
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(66 ratings)
9.2
(4 ratings)
Usability
8.2
(12 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
7.7
(14 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
MendixWaveMaker
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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WaveMaker Inc
WaveMaker is a great platform for enterprise and SME's because it can save a lot on resources and time. The price is very low compared to the other competitors of WaveMaker and the best thing about WaveMaker is its no lock-in policy, you can always download the code and work on other IDEs. Overall an amazing platform.
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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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WaveMaker Inc
  • WaveMaker has helped us create internal applications in very short amount of time at a very low cost.
  • The interface is really clean and it is easy to understand, you need not be an expert coder to work on WaveMaker.
  • You can download your developed application and deploy it on any server you wish. There is no lock in whatsoever.
  • The support team is super supportive and they are genuinely interested in solving your problems.
  • WaveMaker helps you develop web and hybrid applications simultaneously, so you will be saving a lot of time and effort.
  • WaveMaker is constantly upgrading and the team makes sure that they inform the users about the upgrades.
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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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WaveMaker Inc
  • I believe that for this case, is important the technical support, which solves you or give workarounds that work for your issues. It answers in 24 hours, in labour days.
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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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WaveMaker Inc
No answers on this topic
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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WaveMaker Inc
There were instances where we had specific requests and the support team was really helpful because they were really concerned about getting me a solution.
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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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WaveMaker Inc
WaveMaker is much cheaper and performs better.
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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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WaveMaker Inc
  • WaveMaker has helped us reduce the number of developers working on the application development.
  • It has helped us save a lot of time.
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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.