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Heroku vs Mendix comparison

 

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

Scalability Issues

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Sentiment score
5.8
Mendix is scalable for businesses of all sizes but may face challenges with extensive users or specific environments.
 

Valuable Features

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8.4
Mendix provides rapid, scalable low-code development with easy integration, robust features, and excellent support, lowering ownership cost and accelerating development.
 

Room For Improvement

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5.8
Mendix users face complexity, high costs, and need better AI integration, UX/UI, scalability, security, support, and customization tools.
 

Stability Issues

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Sentiment score
8.3
Mendix is reliable and well-rated, ideal for low-code solutions in manufacturing, backed by major entities like Dubai Municipality.
 

Customer Service

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Sentiment score
6.8
Mendix support is inconsistent; community resources and premium partnerships offer better help, but response times often vary.
 

Setup Cost

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4.5
Mendix pricing varies by region, with costs potentially high for enterprises; pricing can depend on user, application, and bulk agreements.
 

Categories and Ranking

Heroku
Average Rating
8.4
Number of Reviews
29
Ranking in other categories
PaaS Clouds (12th)
Mendix
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
50
Ranking in other categories
Mobile Development Platforms (2nd), Rapid Application Development Software (7th), Low-Code Development Platforms (5th)
 

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 22.1% mindshare, up 19.5% 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%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Computer Software Company
16%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Government
5%
 

Company Size

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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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