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Betty Blocks vs OutSystems comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Betty Blocks
Ranking in Rapid Application Development Software
27th
Average Rating
7.6
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No-Code Development Platforms (8th)
OutSystems
Ranking in Rapid Application Development Software
2nd
Average Rating
8.4
Number of Reviews
50
Ranking in other categories
Mobile Development Platforms (1st), Low-Code Development Platforms (2nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2024, in the Rapid Application Development Software category, the mindshare of Betty Blocks is 0.2%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of OutSystems is 7.8%, down from 8.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

Hans De Groot - PeerSpot reviewer
Jan 23, 2023
The solution is stable and has good support, but is expensive
Betty Blocks, when I started with it, was similar to a back-end platform with the ability to have a standardized back-office UI out of the box, which is perfect for a lot of situations. For more customer-facing UIs, we had to create the front end ourselves, building endpoints with HTML and JavaScript. Then Betty Blocks started in 2018 with the page builder. This allowed us to create drag-and-drop interfaces. That was quite cumbersome. Now Betty Blocks is entering a new generation of it - next generation forms - which should be a lot better. The most valuable feature is the back end. The way we can create action flows for things such as sending emails, creating PDF reports, or connecting to web services is very complete. I never experience a lack of functionality in it. The standardized back-office UI is said to be deprecated over time, which is a shame, because it is a real time-saver and is one of their strong points, only if it was kept up-to-date.
Vadivelan Rajendiran - PeerSpot reviewer
Oct 18, 2022
The visual program provides the advantage of only requiring one skill set for both the front and backend
We are using all aspects of OutSystems. We use it in almost all of our applications, application development, migration, and modernization. Basically, we use it for almost any traditional technology like .NET and Java OutSystems requires only one skill set for both the frontend and backend. As…

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The most valuable feature is the back end."
"The most important features of this tool are its visual modeling capabilities and drag and drop functionality. You can see what you are coding which makes it easy to understand and maintain. They have also created a big revolution in digital transformation by introducing native mobile app development under the same IDE."
"The scratch coding is useful. The solution is easy to understand."
"OutSystems is easy to use."
"OutSystems is a hybrid framework and supports my mobile and web application development needs. This means I don't have to write separate code for mobile applications. It adapts the UI and functionality, whether I'm developing for web or mobile interfaces. All I need to do is provide the layout during development."
"Speed of delivery: We were able to reduce development time by 30%."
"Refactoring with TrueChange is very simple."
"In terms of user support and community engagement, I rate the tool a ten out of ten."
"The product is mostly stable."
 

Cons

"I would like to see full integration with AI."
"What I find lacking in the software is its ability to query the database."
"In many cases, they make choices where flexibility is a little bit degraded, but if you leave everything open and the flexibility is great then the usability is a little bit less."
"The technical features are good, but the actual commercialization is out of reach."
"Since we first started using OutSystems, they switched their language support from Java and .NET to .NET only, which was a bit of a surprise. Their language support could be better in this sense, although on our resource side it is now a bit more flexible."
"While I can't speak to the market impact, as a developer, I've seen significant reductions in development time across different versions of our applications. One area for improvement would be the UI controls in Service Studio. Sometimes, controls don't appear in the IDE, requiring us to check them in the web browser instead. Overall, our experience with OutSystems has been positive, though improvements in UI development would be welcomed."
"I'd like to see AI features integrated into the solution."
"The product could benefit from improved connectors to integrate with outside platforms."
"OutSystems does not provide any native reporting resources. All reports must be created with other tools or as a webpage."
"The installation is a bit tedious."
"Mobile apps need improvement."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing structure that we have been working with was based on a number of blocks."
"The pricing is quite high, but the pricing is also not very transparent."
"The tool’s licensing is based on the user’s usage."
"As for licensing costs, I'm not directly involved in that aspect."
"You should contact OutSystems for more details but my opinion is that it is not for small business budgets."
"The product is expensive and I would rate its pricing a seven out of ten. You need to pay a yearly subscription to use the product."
"It is very high price."
"It is not an expensive product, especially if you have access to more features and deal with more projects."
"There is a need to make yearly payments towards the licensing costs attached to OutSystems. It is an expensive product."
"Pricing could be a concern. You have to pay yearly, even after you have completed your development."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
27%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Real Estate/Law Firm
7%
Educational Organization
7%
Educational Organization
31%
Computer Software Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
7%
Manufacturing Company
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Betty Blocks?
We sign three-year contracts with Betty Blocks which are reevaluated at the end of each contract. The complexity of the application is what makes the price. I've had a bad pricing experience with B...
What needs improvement with Betty Blocks?
I've recently worked with low/no code solutions from other manufacturers. Some of them have nice functionality in building drag-and-drop frontends. I hope that the next generation forms of Betty Bl...
What is your primary use case for Betty Blocks?
We have multiple use cases for the solution. One is an application for fundraisers, which is a construction that I sell to charities and use Betty Blocks as the application platform. We created a p...
Which solution is better for developing non-ITSM applications: OutSystems or Service Now?
The short answer is that OutSystems is far better for 2 main reasons. Firstly, with Service Now you are locked into that platform for good. The business model is to lock in and then keep pumping th...
What industries do you think OutSystems is most useful for?
I cannot really name an industry in which OutSystems cannot be beneficial. Who does not want to make top-notch applications that work in no time? And OutsyStems does exactly that. The low-code plat...
How did you decide which OutSystems edition was the best one for you?
We started using OutSystems fairly recently, so we are still on the free version of it. My company is still testing how we like the platform, but so far, we have been satisfied with it and will li...
 

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