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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    PlanSource

    Score5.8 out of 10
    N/APlanSource BenefitsOne is an employee benefits engagement platform, from PlanSource headquartered in Orlando, Florida. The solution presents streamlined workflows and real-time integrations, as well as a mobile-friendly enrollment experience that’s designed to maximize HR efficiency and plan adoption.N/A
    Pricing
    OutSystemsPlanSource
    Editions & Modules
    Basic
    $4,000.00
    per month
    Pro
    $10,000.00
    per month
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    OutSystemsPlanSource
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    OutSystemsPlanSource
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    OutSystems
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    52 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    44 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    52 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    97%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    33 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    98%
    Implementation went as expected
    40 Answers
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    Features
    OutSystemsPlanSource
    Low-Code Development
    Comparison of Low-Code Development features of OutSystems and PlanSource
    Feature
    OutSystems
    7.9
    54 Ratings
    6% below category average
    PlanSource
    -
    Ratings
    Visual Modeling5.251 Ratings00 Ratings
    Drag-and-drop Interfaces8.052 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform Security6.251 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform User Management8.049 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reusability9.954 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform Scalability9.951 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Zoho Creator
    Score7.7 out of 10
    Ease
    Score9.9 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    AppSheet
    Score8.2 out of 10
    Employee Navigator
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Oracle APEX
    Score9.1 out of 10
    ADP Mobile Solutions
    Score8.4 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    OutSystemsPlanSource
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (131 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.2
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.1
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.5
    (44 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    OutSystemsPlanSource
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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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    PlanSource
    Less appropriate for small groups with one very simple health plan. More appropriate for 20+ EE groups with multiple plans and supplementary benefits.
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    Pros
    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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    PlanSource
    • Puts all of your healthcare selections in one place making changes, drops, and additions are taken care of in one place instead of having to contact every vendor individually.
    • Keeps an accurate record of real time enrollment which helps when you are in an account manager role and handling client questions concerning their health plans.
    • Provides tools to keep the client and yourself organized. Several Open Enrollment messaging tools and places to add any educational documents for the different health plans.
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    Cons
    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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    PlanSource
    • The more advanced options, such as HCM, could have a slightly more user-friendly dashboard for users who are not daily computer users.
    • Needs to be easier to customize the homepage. Clients are always interested in adding in their own pictures, colors, welcome message position, etc.
    • Needs to have a function where the employer can send a document for the employee to sign, open and capture the employee's signature, send back to the employer and save in the employee file.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    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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    PlanSource
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    Usability
    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.
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    PlanSource
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    Support Rating
    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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    PlanSource
    No answers on this topic
    In-Person Training
    OutSystems
    Excellent material full of hands on that improve the understanding of the platform.
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    PlanSource
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    Online Training
    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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    PlanSource
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    Implementation Rating
    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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    PlanSource
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    Alternatives Considered
    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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    PlanSource
    I have looked at GoCo, Kronos and Zenefits. I selected PlanSource because I felt it was the most customizable for a variety of clients across the board. The interface seemed functional but slightly professional looking than it competitors. PlanSource also seemed well established and that it was capable of handling my client needs.
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    Return on Investment
    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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    PlanSource
    • Positive - Reduces time spent contacting vendors of enrollment changes. When you are dealing with several hundred employees and their dependents across several vendors that time starts to add up.
    • Positive - Point of value when trying to gain or up sell a client.
    • Negative - You do need to meet the minimum number of people on the platform as per your contact to avoid having to pay a fee to PlanSource. If one of your larger clients leaves that could be a potential issue.
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