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What is OutSystems?
OutSystems is a low-code platform that aims to drive productivity, creating apps with continuous innovation. Visual development tools and automation powered by AI help customers tackle strategic challenges such as application modernization, workplace innovation, business process automation, and customer experience transformation. OutSystems helps to ensure that solutions are secure, resilient, cloud-ready, and built to scale.
OutSystems Features
- Supported: Visual development environment, extensible with custom code
- Supported: Integrate any existing system and database
- Supported: Deploy to any device
- Supported: No technology lock-in
- Supported: Model complex offline behavior
- Supported: Integrate native device capabilities (GPS, barcode, etc.)
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| Deployment Types | On-premise, Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based |
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| Operating Systems | Windows, Linux, Mac, Web-based, Android, iPhone-iPad, Windows Phone, Mobile Web App |
| Mobile Application | Apple iOS, Android, Mobile Web |
| Supported Countries | Asia, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Europe, Germany, India, Japan, Latin America, Mexico, Middle-East and Africa, United Kingdom, United States |
| Supported Languages | Arabic, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Hebrew, Hungarian, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Taiwanese, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian |
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The 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.
Reviewers rate Reusability highest, with a score of 9.5.
The most common users of OutSystems are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
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OutSystems has a wide range of use cases, making it a versatile tool for various industries and departments. Customers have used OutSystems to build applications that support sales, back-office processes, complex authorization issues, and point of sale systems. It has also been utilized in industries such as banking, insurance, utilities, and healthcare to develop B2B applications and improve operational efficiency. OutSystems is known for its ability to reduce time to market and the number of developers required for projects. It has been used to deliver web and mobile applications for financial services, insurance, and other industries. Customers appreciate the platform's rapid application development capabilities and its effectiveness in reacting quickly to business changes. OutSystems not only helps improve business processes but also enhances online sales capabilities for companies in the insurance industry. It has been widely implemented company-wide to create in-house solutions tailored to specific business needs. With OutSystems' API integration and database creation functionalities, users have successfully addressed various business problems across different departments. The platform has been instrumental in migrating old software, improving HR processes, and creating highly interactive web and mobile applications. Organizations have also used OutSystems as their preferred platform for custom development of large-scale enterprise applications. Deloitte has adopted OutSystems as one of its main development tools, allowing them to deliver faster and better products to clients in various markets. Overall, OutSystems helps organizations digitize their operations quickly, provides quick development and delivery of applications, improves user engagement through better user experience design, and aids in digital transformation initiatives.
Valuable Tool for Rapid Application Development: Users find that OutSystems is a valuable tool for developing applications quickly, especially for those who don't have coding experience. Many reviewers appreciate the low-code development environment which allows for faster application development compared to traditional methods.
Highly Praised Visual Design and Logic Structure: The visual design and structure of the application's logic in OutSystems are highly praised by users. Reviewers have found the modeling part of OutSystems easy to understand and appreciated it for rapid development and changes.
Cross-Platform Mobile Development Capabilities: Users appreciate OutSystems' ability to handle cross-platform mobile development for both iOS and Android platforms, eliminating the usual challenges associated with multi-platform development. Many reviewers value that OutSystems provides a single platform for web, iOS, and Android development.
Expensive Licensing Model: Users have found the licensing model of OutSystems to be expensive, making it less accessible for small-scale businesses. Several reviewers have expressed concerns about the high cost associated with using the platform.
Challenges in Customization: Some users have encountered difficulties when customizing already implemented themes in OutSystems. This process often requires overwriting styles of SilkUI, which can be complex and time-consuming. A number of reviewers have mentioned this as a drawback of the platform.
Longer Deployment Time: Compared to other technologies like C# or Java, deploying and publishing new versions of applications in OutSystems can take longer. Several users have stated that the process of deploying applications is slower with OutSystems, leading to delays in releasing updates and new features.
Users commonly recommend the following actions for utilizing OutSystems effectively:
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Start with small applications and invest in training and professional services to maximize benefits.
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Engage OutSystems in designing the governance model from the beginning and establish a Center of Expertise to govern adoption.
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Utilize OutSystems' training and implementation support, consider test automation and automated deployments, and establish a training program for developers.
These recommendations highlight the importance of careful planning and utilizing available resources for successful implementation and increased productivity with OutSystems.
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September 18, 2017
OutSystems Review
- Low code
- Mobile development platform
- Life cycle management
- Pricing not feasible
- Lack of adoption
- No comprehensive API management
August 21, 2017
Just believe in OutSystems
- The best example I can say is dealing with web services (REST/SOAP). if you write Nava or .net code for connecting a WSDL. But here we just need to provide A WSDL file that's all. Everything will be taken care by Outsystems.
- Another example of the way we design a UI in Outsystems is 100 times easier than writing HTML/bootstrap - you can easily integrate javascript/ JQuery.
- One more is about BPM. You can easily design your BPM.
August 01, 2017
Awesome tool to work upon
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
- Very easy to create and use tables (we are using Oracle on the backend).
- Creating and using web services is very effective (doesn't matter if you are exposing or consuming web services).
- Creating a mobile application is so easy and fast.
- License costing is a bit high, but again value for money.
- Solution deployment time is a bit high.
July 28, 2017
It's fast, fun, and it works
- Integration with external systems like SAP and REST webservices. Data is easy to read, edit, delete...
- Web development is really fast and the starting point alone saves a week of work with sessions, logins, acess management...
- App development is now cross-platform (iOS and Android only).
- There is a single community of OutSystems' experts online, so support is much faster than finding the right site to ask. You just need to search for the right topic in the forum.
- You can connect to several database technologies, generate code in .Net or Java, and there is no lock-in.
- It is so much faster (officially 6 to 10 times, but it feels more).
- There is a list of improvements suggested by the community on the site.
- Native apps to Windows Phone are missing.
July 12, 2017
The powerful platform
- Low-code developments
- Mobile developments
- The capacity of the platform
- The access to the tools is confusing
December 21, 2016
A very agile platform capable for small and large projects
- We moved to OutSystems from IBM stack and immediately identified decrease of development hours up to 30%! The visual development really works!
- The one metadata layer for all parts of a big solution is something like forgotten heaven :)
- You add a parameter to an entity - and then you immediately can see it at Screens, Integration layer, Pront Forms, DMP etc. Compare this with SOA-based solution...
- BPM (process flow) can be really less resource-consuming. Sometimes this is a real bottle-neck.
- It's really hard to sell the license structure to end user. Non-IT people simply do not understand it. And anyway no one can make prognoses on this (from 5years TCO perspective for example).
December 21, 2016
OutSystems, rethinking development
- Generate software based on a model instead of coding.
- Great control on the development cycle (Development/Testing/Acceptance/Production) using Lifetime for deployment.
- All based on industry standards like Java/.Net/MS SQL Server/Oracle (so no vendor lock on the results).
- Business Processing Engine.
- The platform controls all the parts. While great for development and overall maintenance, it could lead to discussions with your DBA (who has to trust the platform). As a developer I love the platform, as a DBA I would like more control.
- By making software development model driven using flows, you are forced to rethink the way of programming. It makes it easier, but sometimes the way of working leads to code which could be optimized (standard problem in model based software development).
- Most of the code is generated, so the technical knowledge of the inner working of coding are not Essentials. This could lead to degration of this knowlegde. As part of this, most technologies will only be used when OutSystems supports it. They do a good job on implementing these things. But things like Node.js would be nice.
December 20, 2016
Great experience using OutSystems
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
- It is very easy to start prototyping with OutSystems, in minutes you build a data structure and user interface and start showing results to customers. With the same ease, one can make changes in exsting applications and show changes to address customer needs.
- With OutSystems you can show your clients on a high level what you are working on. It needs only a little explanation and the web screens and logical actions can be "read" by clients. Of course, it is obviously up to the developer to use logical names for actions, web screens etc.
- I think starting to work with OutSystems is easy for any person having basic knowledge and understanding of developing apps. One should not compare it to developing in C# or Java (extensions using for example Java, are still possible). Developing with OutSystems is more like a drag and drop and plug and play experience than code writing.
- The templates for formatting browsers are very nice to have, but in the end that is based upon a CSS definition so if you want to make fancy changes you have to dive into CSS.
- I would have expected some more features for database management. Basically, all database management is handled by OutSystems. Of course, this could also be seen as an advantage for those who do not want to enter the world of database management.
November 21, 2016
OutSystems first impressions
- The learning curve in Outsystems Platform is quite fast and easy.
- It is a technology that greatly facilitates development due to the great abstraction it offers.
- Today with OutSystems we can respond to almost all the challenges in the area of web and mobile development.
- The version driver could be more agile.
November 10, 2016
OutSystems is changing my life
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
- I need to develop an application fast and do not have the time to learn to code. OutSystems does the coding part for you and the developer only has to understand the logic. There is no coding.
- Although I am a beginner I have managed to build and publish my first "exercise" application within two weeks. Even if I did know some coding I would not have been able to manage the construction and logic for the application within the next ten years.
- I have always been curious to develop applications but never managed to build anything. Getting my hands dirty is exciting. Any newbie can fire away from the word go.
- Another absolutely fantastic feature is the visual design and structure of the application's logic. I may be uninformed, but I have never seen anything like it.
- Doing an online course - i.e. no help - took me some time to get the hang of navigating in the development area. Hopefully their course developers will use questions and errors from novices like me to improve the course design where needed.
- Although the theory videos are well meant I can't wait to work through them all right now. I will come back to them later. Perhaps that's one of my mistakes. I want to get my hands dirty - NOW. I would much prefer it if the theory could be "built into" the practical exercises. But that's just me.
- Initially I got stuck here and there, but Outsystems ALWAYS managed to assist me to get past a problem. I appreciate that tremendously. The community forum is a great help. Sometimes answers or suggestions to solve errors may take a while because of my time zone.
- I am a bit concerned that it may be difficult to do a design model of my own. Having to figure out the data types and the detailed logic without the guidance of a designed exercise, but being a beginner I trust OutSystems has something in store for me in the "Intermediate Level".
September 22, 2016
Positive initial experience selling and developing with Outsytems
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
- Prototyping. It is extremely fast to get prototypes of applications.
- Mobile applications. Outsystems has many available components for the mobile environment.
- Deploy. It saves a lot of tasks involved in the deployment of applications in the different stages of development.
- Pricing. We think that pricing of Outsystems is based more on standards of developed countries.
- We think that we manage only 1/4 or 1/3 of the cost of developed countries.
- Capacitation. It is very difficult to have on-site training. It would very useful to have alternatives to this type of training.
- Language: There is almost nothing in Spanish as official training for other type of materials for selling for example.
September 21, 2016
The freedom to dream BIG again!
- The platform allows us to move from Windows client to web client in less than half the time and budget.
- The platform gives us more control over our app life cycle and deployment process than we ever had before.
- Outsystems allows us to easily integrate with other systems and we are able to quickly extend the platform using C#.
- It would be nice to have a development environment for my MacBook Pro, this is not a show stopper, just a nice to have.
September 02, 2016
First impression at first few months
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
- Outsystems has an amazing IDE with almost everything you need in a project.
- You can find the things that aren't in IDE, like environment setup and others, in a very intuitive admin area.
- The AI on IDE is impressive and can avoid many of problems that took hours of development to address.
- The community is the best and offers so many components to help people to achieve their goals asap.
- I'd like to work with composite primary keys.
- It could have some better report tools, create reports for printing with pagination, headers, footers, groups and so, still being a headache.
- I would love a specific license for (very) small businesses ;)
August 12, 2016
Outsystems Rocks
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
- Relational Databases are the system's prowess. Its very easy to see how entities relate through the Entity Diagrams.
- The Drag and drop features allows developers to focus on logic instead of syntax which the platform does in the back end
- The ability to add extensions in any language or programming platform is amazing
- The ability to refresh all references all at once at a click of a button for different eSpaces could be a very welcome feature. We have 5 business layers and if a change is made in the core layers it has to propagate across all layers and it's a manual process which is tedious
August 03, 2016
Outsystems - Development at the speed of afterthought!
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
- Easy to begin
- Robust low code solution
- Layout can be cumbersome
July 21, 2016
OutSystems - Business and IT finally aligned!
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
- Fast response to change requests
- Removes complexity from the development process
- Provide an easy to use IDE to develop both, mobile and native apps in a revolutionary way
- Strong fit with Cloud architecture
- They are doing an amazing visual components pallet called SILK, and I think there is lots of space for improvements there.
June 09, 2016
Outsystems a All In One Platform
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
- Very rapid development
- Very simple in debugging problems
- The simplicity of service studio
- Being Agile
- When you have a web service with recursive structures, you have to go to integration studio to integrate that web service. It's boring and tiresome.
June 07, 2016
Imagines and performs with OutSystems
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
- It is simple and quick to create solutions.
- It's easy to implement improvements to the developed applications.
- End-users are development partners through feedback possibilities.
May 17, 2016
The future in rapid application development.
- Rapid development of enterprise grade web applications
- All the tools for the full life cycle of an application
- Very robust and proven technology (built on .NET or Java)
- License cost can be high initially
May 10, 2016
OutSystems Review by ISB Smart Solutions
- Speed of development
- Automation of version control and deployment
- Error elimination using the TrueChange capabilities
- Current mobile offline functionality is difficult to implement, we are looking forward to the new release P10
May 06, 2016
Amazingly simple and fast
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
- Make a HTML5 responsive site in a blink of an eye, with no design,or high tech background needed.
- Very active community to support users and provide ready-to-use applications or integrations.
- Cloud options makes the applications always available.
- Native Apps.
- Native integrations.
May 05, 2016
The Benefits of OutSytems
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
- Low-code - the action flows are very quick to debug, as you can quickly troubleshoot and identify problems.
- Engaging - some developers can be dismissive of the product, but once they use it, most will adopt the platform as their tool of choice.
- In the right hands the tools allows for rapid development.
- Many common tasks can be done quickly, e.g. search and admin screens for tables are generated simply by dragging and dropping the tables onto a form.
- OutSystems seem to be keen on improving the product and listening to their user community.
- Longer term development version branching in the platform, i.e. developing major branches while maintaining existing code is lacking, although the handling of versions and synchronising day to day developments is good.
- Lacking reporting tools for the production of ad-hoc management information.
- There are very minor niggles with the action flows; e.g. lacking things like a version history showing developers and what they changed, the ability to disable code branches easily, small stuff.
May 04, 2016
Powerful and robust platform
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
- Rapid application development
- Strong architecture design
- Strong scalability
- Very helpful and knowledgeable community
- Integrated Developer Environment could allow for more screen retail on smaller monitors
- Better CSS integration
- Better font integration
May 03, 2016
Along with the tide - OutSystems
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
- Time to market for a product or a application is significantly less.
- Once the application is deployed on the production server, changes if any can be easily applied.
- The learning curve is low and there is no need to learn a new language or a tool every month.
- A good training program can help the new users. And bit of documentation too.
April 28, 2016
Development with the OutSystems Agile Platform
- Changing existing software for changes that later appear in the design process.
- Fast integration with a number of software products like SAP.
- A wide variety of free components in the OutSystems Forge you can use in your applications.
- Flexibility in the columns of structures to present in your application.
- Forcing mandatory fields from within the database with the use of catalogs.