Review from a partner and user of the Mendix platform
May 23, 2017

Review from a partner and user of the Mendix platform

Aswin van Braam | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Mendix

As a Mendix partner, we also use Mendix to support internal business processes. The first internal app we built with Mendix was a support portal in which our customers can register support calls and follow their progress. The second app we built was an expenses app that is available on both desktop and mobile. The big advantage to creating Mendix apps is that you can build exactly what you want. You don't need to change your business processes because your "standard" software cannot support them.
  • There is an active community of Mendix developers/users who can provide answers to your questions in a very short timeframe.
  • Very fast (RAD) and Model driven (MDD) development.
  • LEGO-like building of your apps due to use of standard building blocks.
  • Document templates compared to the rest of the model are very time consuming to create and maintain.
  • The fast development pace of Mendix sometimes means new versions have to be treated with caution, they might contain (small) bugs in functionality that worked properly in earlier versions.
  • As I said before we developed a support portal and an expenses app for both desktop and mobile. That way we were able to help our customers in solving their issues.
  • We also developed an internal app in wich we can administrate our expenses. The whole proces is now more effective and less time consuming.
Mendix is well suited for businesses that need custom applications where they maintain control and can make changes/additions on the fly. On the other hand, a smaller company looking for an application with standard function may be more suited looking for an off the shelf solution.
The learning curve is steep, but most things worth working hard for have a having take work and have a learning curve. The fact that we are in control of the creative side of modelling and that we can edit/change those parts of the app we are not satisfied with are, amongst others, the things I like alot.