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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    National Instruments Measurement Studio

    Score6 out of 10
    N/ANational Instruments headquartered in Austin offers Measurement Studio, integrating with Microsoft Visual Studio to deploy engineering applications.N/A

    OutSystems

    Score6.5 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

    Visual Studio

    Score8.8 out of 10
    N/AVisual Studio (now in the 2022 edition) is a 64-bit IDE that makes it easier to work with bigger projects and complex workloads, boasting a fluid and responsive experience for users. The IDE features IntelliCode, its automatic code completion tools that understand code context and that can complete up to a whole line at once to drive accurate and confident coding.

    $45

    per month

    Pricing
    National Instruments Measurement StudioOutSystemsVisual Studio
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Basic
    $4,000.00
    per month
    Pro
    $10,000.00
    per month
    Professional
    $45.00
    per month
    Enterprise
    $250.00
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    National Instruments Measurement StudioOutSystemsVisual Studio
    Free Trial
    NoYesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    National Instruments Measurement StudioOutSystemsVisual Studio
    Considered Multiple Products
    NI (National Instruments)
    No answer on this topic
    OutSystems
    Chose OutSystems
    We spent a year on our due diligence to make sure Outsystems would be able to satisfy current replacement application needs as well as deliver on new experiences. We looked at competitive products, custom coding, and best-of-breed combinations of all our current application.
    Incentivized
    Chose OutSystems
    I was not involved in the decision to choose the product used. I've been in the company for less than one year, and they have used OutSystems for five years more or less. From what I am told by the department, they chose it for ease of use and quickness to learn.
    Incentivized
    Chose OutSystems
    OutSystems is more dedicated to web development and not so much as a marketing and analytics tool. It's easier to make more custom solutions.
    Incentivized
    Microsoft
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    100%
    Would buy again
    52 Answers
    98%
    Would buy again
    40 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    44 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    40 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    52 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    41 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    97%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    33 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    32 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    98%
    Implementation went as expected
    40 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    36 Answers
    Features
    National Instruments Measurement StudioOutSystemsVisual Studio
    Low-Code Development
    Comparison of Low-Code Development features of National Instruments Measurement Studio and OutSystems and Microsoft Visual Studio
    Feature
    National Instruments Measurement Studio
    -
    Ratings
    OutSystems
    7.9
    54 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Microsoft Visual Studio
    -
    Ratings
    Visual Modeling00 Ratings5.251 Ratings00 Ratings
    Drag-and-drop Interfaces00 Ratings8.052 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform Security00 Ratings6.251 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform User Management00 Ratings8.049 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reusability00 Ratings9.954 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform Scalability00 Ratings9.951 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    National Instruments Measurement StudioOutSystemsVisual Studio
    Likelihood to Recommend
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (131 ratings)
    9.1
    (118 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (4 ratings)
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.1
    (5 ratings)
    9.2
    (15 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.5
    (44 ratings)
    8.8
    (15 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    National Instruments Measurement StudioOutSystemsVisual Studio
    Likelihood to Recommend
    NI (National Instruments)
    No answers on this topic
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    When working with base C# code for desktop and web projects, then Microsoft Visual Studio is ideal as it provides the libraries and interfaces needed to quickly create, test and deploy solutions. It is when slightly more complex scenarios are required that issues can arise. The built-in integration for things like PowerBI Paginated Reports and dashboards is far from ideal.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    NI (National Instruments)
    No answers on this topic
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    • I like how the tabs and panels are organized; everything is gathered together so you can find what you're looking for quickly.
    • If you can't find something, there's a thorough search engine that searches all of Visual Studio's features.
    • The Team Foundation Server feature is fantastic since it allows us to easily deploy and roll back changes on the server.
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    Cons
    NI (National Instruments)
    No answers on this topic
    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
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    • Would be great if there was a better way to save and restore open tabs.
    • The built-in test runner can be improved, for example, by adding the ability to save a set of commonly run tests, etc.
    • Better integration for Microsoft SQL server would be great.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    NI (National Instruments)
    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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    Microsoft
    VS is the best and is required for building Microsoft applications. The quality and usefulness of the product far out-weight the licensing costs associated with it.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    NI (National Instruments)
    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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    Microsoft
    I love the overall usability of Microsoft Visual Studio. I’ve been using this IDE for more than 20 years, and I’ve seen it evolve by leaps and bounds. Today, with AI and code-suggestion/completion features, developers no longer need to remember countless libraries, methods, or language syntax, or invest a huge amount of programming effort to complete a project. It truly offers everything a developer needs to program, debug, test, and deploy in a single IDE.
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    NI (National Instruments)
    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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    Microsoft
    There are many resources available supporting Visual Studio IDE. Microsoft whitepapers, forum posts, and online Visual Studio documentation. There are countless demonstration videos available, as well. If users are having issues, they can call Microsoft Support, but depending on the company's agreement with Microsoft, the number of included support calls will vary from organization to organization. I've found that Microsoft support calls can be hit or miss depending on who you get, but they can usually get you with the right support person for your issue.
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    In-Person Training
    NI (National Instruments)
    No answers on this topic
    OutSystems
    Excellent material full of hands on that improve the understanding of the platform.
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    Microsoft
    IT is very complicated to understand all the functions that the environment has if you are not familiar with this type of development environments. It is important to select a good in-person training to achieve to understand all the possibilities and the capacity of the application. In this case, you will be able to develop a lot type of different applications.
    Incentivized
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    Online Training
    NI (National Instruments)
    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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    Microsoft
    If you are not accustomed to develop in this type of development environments it would be complicated to follow all the parts of the course because if the course does not include a great tour with all the concepts to develop you will not have the option to understand all the functions.
    Incentivized
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    Implementation Rating
    NI (National Instruments)
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    NI (National Instruments)
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Microsoft
    I personally feel Visual Studio IDE has [a] better interface and [is more] user friendly than other IDEs. It has better code maintainability and intellisense. Its inbuilt team foundation server help coders to check on their code then and go. Better nugget package management, quality testing and gives features to extract TRX file as result of testing which includes all the summary of each test case.
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    Return on Investment
    NI (National Instruments)
    No answers on this topic
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    • Using the integration between Visual Studio and our source control service, the cost of re-work and losing code is drastically reduced.
    • Paid versions of Visual Studio enable developers to be so much more productive than hacked-together open source solutions that it's hard to imagine developing in Windows without it.
    • When combined with support subscriptions and the vast array of free online help options available, Visual Studio saves our developers time by keeping them coding and testing, not wasting their time trying to guess their way out of problems or spend endless hours online hoping to find answers.
    Incentivized
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