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Heroku vs Mendix comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

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Sentiment score
7.2
Mendix reduces development time by 30%-40%, enabling quick ROI and cost-saving through fast app development despite high license fees.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.5
Heroku's technical support is generally effective, but customer opinions vary on response times and community contributions aid resolutions.
Sentiment score
6.8
Mendix offers strong, responsive customer service with quick community support, prioritizing paying customers and partners while enhancing service quality.
I haven't often needed to seek direct support from Mendix teams as their online resources and knowledge database are comprehensive.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.8
Heroku is praised for its easy scalability, handling millions of users efficiently with robust performance and cost-effective resource management.
Sentiment score
7.0
Mendix is praised for scalability and flexibility, though challenges exist in cloud, database layers, and regional application scaling.
Mendix supports scaling well with its comprehensive online documentation and learning paths.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.4
Heroku's stability is generally highly rated, despite occasional AWS-related issues and rare unresolved concerns among some users.
Sentiment score
7.7
Mendix offers stable performance and reliable support, especially with recent updates, though complex projects may require tuning for optimal results.
 

Room For Improvement

Heroku faces challenges with slow restarts, high costs, and limited features, prompting user demand for better scalability and support.
The system needs enhancements in speed, integration, user experience, pricing, support, customization, AI features, and database management.
 

Setup Cost

Heroku's pricing includes dynos and add-ons, with monthly or annual billing, and offers a free tier to attract users.
Mendix's pricing is high for small businesses but suits large enterprises, with negotiable terms and pricing transparency.
 

Valuable Features

Heroku streamlines app deployment with easy scalability, Node.js support, GitHub integration, and extensive plugins for efficient development.
Mendix provides a low-code platform for rapid app development with integration, collaboration, and scalability, valued for its flexibility and speed.
Mendix provides the ability to create solutions that fill gaps that I would otherwise be unable to address with standard software.
 

Categories and Ranking

Heroku
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
29
Ranking in other categories
PaaS Clouds (12th)
Mendix
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
51
Ranking in other categories
Mobile Development Platforms (2nd), Rapid Application Development Software (8th), Low-Code Development Platforms (6th)
 

Mindshare comparison

Heroku and Mendix aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Heroku is designed for PaaS Clouds and holds a mindshare of 2.8%, up 2.8% compared to last year.
Mendix, on the other hand, focuses on Mobile Development Platforms, holds 22.5% mindshare, up 19.8% since last year.
PaaS Clouds
Mobile Development Platforms
 

Featured Reviews

Faizan Haider - PeerSpot reviewer
Used for server deployment and provides auto maintenance of databases
Heroku is deployed on the cloud. We can deploy our private and public projects over at Heroku. Most of the time, when we are starting any new project from scratch, we have to implement our MVP for that project or the core idea. We are unsure how our traffic flow will go or the actual production environment requirements. We don't want to spend the most on the server sites, so then we can use it with our go-to plan for Heroku, and all the resources are available in the basic plan with the minimum expenses. So, it helps us to deploy and make our features available online at the minimum cost. Once we know our needs, we can add the professional add-ons and shift it to another platform. Heroku supports any resource listed in the marketplace. We just have to deploy our AI solutions, and Heroku can also support AI projects. I would recommend the solution to other users. I advise users not to purchase extra add-ons but to make scalable resources so that they can use all the resources efficiently. Overall, I rate the solution a nine out of ten.
Sameer Verma - PeerSpot reviewer
Low-code, helpful support, and great native mobile capability
There is always a layer of custom code required. There is a misconception of low-code, or Mendix, or the industry in general. They are perceived as more of a dashboarding tool, and as a visualization platform only, rather than building a complete enterprise solution. That's more of an awareness marketing challenge they have, or the industry has. In general, AI needs to be better. The team and the company is running ahead with this a bit more. AI area is something which companies have started to pick up on, low-code wise, and they should invest in it more. I would like to see their data hub module become a little bit more mature. They need to expand their base as the concept is amazing. We just need to see more use cases and learn more capabilities there, and then definitely they need to fill in the AI piece of it.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
14%
Educational Organization
13%
Financial Services Firm
10%
University
6%
Computer Software Company
16%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Educational Organization
5%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Heroku?
I like the tool's scalability, CLI, and dashboards.
What needs improvement with Heroku?
I don't like that the web server crashes every day, every 24 hours. The pricing could be improved because scaling the database becomes costly. The Docker features are not great. You cannot use any ...
What is your primary use case for Heroku?
We use the solution for web applications and web APIs.
What do you like most about Mendix?
We also use Mendix Enterprise Integration for complex business logic. It's a low-code platform, so we run Mendix in the Mendix Cloud.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Mendix?
I would rate the pricing a six out of ten. The solution is a bit expensive compared to others, but in the long term, it is worth it. For instance, Microsoft Power Apps don't demand a huge investmen...
What needs improvement with Mendix?
We are all moving away from a monolithic product model to microservices. We are building an F2DUI application to decouple the front and back end. Mendix provides an integrated approach for both. Id...
 

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