We performed a comparison between GeneXus and Xamarin Platform based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Mobile Development Platforms solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most valuable feature is that GeneXus works with several languages. It's possible to develop chatbots and other functionalities."
"This solution works extremely quickly in terms of enabling an application in a production environment."
"It is fast in creating systems and connects to the database quickly."
"The front-end features are the most valuable."
"I like the testing models, which allow me to create unit or interface tests of my programs. It helps us avoid missed deadlines because we can detect all the errors before deploying the new versions of the solution. And I also like the integration with coding managers like DevOps or Jenkins. It enables us to do versioning."
"In Knowledge Base, being able to model the workflow before developing the screens is great. We first work with the tables or the transactions using GeneXus and then we work on the screens."
"I find the implementation process of GeneXus to be easy."
"The solution provides ease of programming and the speed of delivery of demands."
"We were able to optimize the service organization for one of our clients."
"The best part while using the Xamarin Platform is a cross-platform application. We could execute iOS and Android while writing a single line of code."
"You can just write one XM channel core and it'll be used for both iOS and Android."
"Plugins like MvvmCross make a developer’s life easy."
"It allows us to reuse our knowledge of C# and .NET Framework."
"The most valuable features are: One language for all platforms: C#; XAML for UI in Xamarin.Forms; provides 100 percent coverage of APIs on each platform."
"Xamarin Platform enables you to use a single code language. This is beneficial for Android, iOS, and Windows platforms, so they can be developed over application or built over application."
"It usually saves time for application development. We write once and the code works everywhere."
"GeneXus's user interface has room for improvement."
"There are issues in integrating it with other solutions."
"We would like to see more extensions and more user controls added to the front-end of this solution, in order to help developers manage the website."
"The front-end with GeneXus is not as good as the back-end."
"It's expensive for a company."
"The tool needs to be tuned before being used. You need some experience to get the best out of the tool."
"It would be helpful to have additional assisted processing with training."
"I told them to add something about Angular. They're already working on adding it."
"The problem that I faced was that the communication, the roles, and the responsibilities, weren't defined between Microsoft and Xamarin."
"The major I see with Xamarin right now is that there is no visual editor"
"We have noticed that there have been stability-based performance issues with this product, which need to be improved."
"For beginners, the entire setup can be overwhelming because it involves setting up development environments for iOS, Android, and Windows at the same time if you want to target all three."
"The architecture in the Xamarin Platform has to improve, there are some features missing."
"Regarding improvements, there are still some limitations with Xamarin, particularly regarding access to core functionality in Android and iOS."
"All Xamarin library issues need to be taken care of as a top priority."
"Needs to improve the customization of its screens."
GeneXus is ranked 8th in Mobile Development Platforms with 13 reviews while Xamarin Platform is ranked 4th in Mobile Development Platforms with 39 reviews. GeneXus is rated 8.6, while Xamarin Platform is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of GeneXus writes "Fast, stable, and allows us to model a workflow before developing the screens". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Xamarin Platform writes "It's about to be retired and replaced with an inferior product, but offers excellent cross-platform development capabilities". GeneXus is most compared with Oracle Application Express (APEX), Microsoft Power Apps, OutSystems, Mendix and Magic xpa Application Platform, whereas Xamarin Platform is most compared with Ionic, Appium, Apple Xcode, OutSystems and Mendix. See our GeneXus vs. Xamarin Platform report.
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