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Mendix vs Salesforce Platform comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 18, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

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

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.8
Mendix support is inconsistent; community resources and premium partnerships offer better help, but response times often vary.
Sentiment score
6.8
Salesforce customer service is praised for responsiveness and expertise, but technical support has mixed feedback on response time.
 

Room For Improvement

Sentiment score
4.9
Mendix users face complexity, high costs, and need better AI integration, UX/UI, scalability, security, support, and customization tools.
Sentiment score
4.5
Salesforce Platform struggles with high costs, complex interface, integration issues, and needs improved automation, AI, and pricing flexibility.
Salesforce could improve by adding more capabilities to the dashboard, such as additional fields for more filters and more control over what I would like to see.
Salesforce could improve by offering AI features or functionalities to help business decision-makers analyze business history, suggest forward strategies, and participate in events.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.0
Mendix is scalable for businesses of all sizes but may face challenges with extensive users or specific environments.
Sentiment score
7.7
Salesforce Platform efficiently scales for various user counts, supports customization, and accommodates both small and large organizations effectively.
Salesforce's scalability was not a problem.
 

Setup Cost

Sentiment score
5.0
Mendix pricing varies by region, with costs potentially high for enterprises; pricing can depend on user, application, and bulk agreements.
Sentiment score
4.8
Salesforce Platform is considered costly, with complex pricing and negotiation needed, though some find its features justify the expense.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.7
Mendix is reliable and well-rated, ideal for low-code solutions in manufacturing, backed by major entities like Dubai Municipality.
Sentiment score
8.2
Salesforce Platform is praised for its stability, minimal glitches, rare issues, timely updates, and overall reliable performance.
On occasion, we had to log in and out frequently, open tickets with our IT team for account reconfiguration, or request permissions to access the system.
 

Valuable Features

Sentiment score
8.4
Mendix provides rapid, scalable low-code development with easy integration, robust features, and excellent support, lowering ownership cost and accelerating development.
Sentiment score
8.2
Salesforce Platform enhances productivity with quick delivery, scalability, integration, customization, user-friendly features, and comprehensive CRM capabilities.
Salesforce offers control over the opportunities to see where we are and gives me high-level dashboards on each opportunity stage.
The most valuable features of Salesforce are its level of customization and integration.
 

Categories and Ranking

Mendix
Ranking in Mobile Development Platforms
2nd
Ranking in Rapid Application Development Software
8th
Ranking in Low-Code Development Platforms
6th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
50
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Salesforce Platform
Ranking in Mobile Development Platforms
3rd
Ranking in Rapid Application Development Software
7th
Ranking in Low-Code Development Platforms
5th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
92
Ranking in other categories
PaaS Clouds (7th), No-Code Development Platforms (2nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of December 2024, in the Mobile Development Platforms category, the mindshare of Mendix is 22.5%, up from 19.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Salesforce Platform is 9.3%, up from 7.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Mobile Development Platforms
 

Featured Reviews

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.
ChrisTook - PeerSpot reviewer
Reliable with good reporting and custom dashboards
I don't have any huge love for it. I don't have any huge love for most of the tech solutions I use. Working in software sales could be better. The tasks, the reminders, and keeping myself on point, for example, in that sense, the forecasting could all be better. It could be maybe a bit more user-intuitive. I've been using the Lightning version for the last couple of years. There were a couple of features that were lost from Salesforce Classic to Lightning, though I recognize some of the improvements. Better UI and UX would be great. They should offer more help built into the platform itself. It would be really useful if, for example, in the reporting tab, I could have a little wizard or something which says, "Hey, this is your first time visiting the reports tab. Here are details and Youtube videos," et cetera.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
16%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Educational Organization
5%
Computer Software Company
16%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Government
10%
Manufacturing Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

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...
How would you choose between Microsoft PowerApps and Salesforce Platform?
I think it depends on your use case. If your organization uses Microsoft Enterprise products, PowerApps will work better in your environment. Similarly, if you have a Salesforce integration in pla...
How does Salesforce Platform compare with Azure?
Microsoft’s Windows Azure platform is not easy or intuitive to deploy. The difficulty will be impacted by the type of application that you are trying to use the platform to build. Organizations tha...
Do you build applications using low-code or pro-code builders on Salesforce Platform?
At my organization, we have only used Salesforce Platform's low-code builder. The reason for this is not because we do not like the pro-code option, but because we do not see the need of using it, ...
 

Also Known As

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Salesforce1, Force.com, Salesforce App Cloud
 

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Sample Customers

Genzyme, TNT, Yahoo, Capgemini, Roche, D&B, Aegon, kpn, AZL, Sky, Arch, Penn State Univeristy, BancABC
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