We performed a comparison between OutSystems 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."OutSystems' low-cost approach has positively impacted our productivity, because we were able to develop faster with OutSystems, enabling us to implement many changes during our sprint."
"We can quickly develop an application using the tool."
"You can go huge - so it is definitely a scalable solution."
"OutSystems' best feature is that you can build tests with the flow, so even the tests are made in the PDD framework in a low-code way."
"We have no complaints surrounding both the scalability and stability of this solution."
"It is easy to use."
"Speed of delivery: We were able to reduce development time by 30%."
"OutSystems is a low-code solution. Most features are like drag-and-drop, so it's pretty easy to work. Thus it helps the organization by saving time for developers."
"The most important impact is the reduction in product lifecycle costs."
"We very much like the XAML design techniques, multiple layout and pages, MVVMCross support, and portability across different platforms."
"The initial setup is very simple."
"It brings about good code sharing strategies, which bring down cost and maintenance efforts."
"Because of the C# programming language, we can train our .NET developers to learn Xamarin and develop mobile apps easily."
"The Xamarin platform can reduce overhead significantly through code-share and reuse. The typical team size for a Xamarin project is significantly reduced compared to purely native projects."
"The combination of forms for cross-platform UI and C-Sharp for the programming language are my two favorite features."
"Their leadership is exceptional at both listening to the customer base and delivering innovative, best-in-class products."
"The documentation needs to be more robust."
"The solution's testing framework needs to be improved, and the workflow should be slightly more mature."
"Currently, in mobile applications, we don't have push notifications."
"The new version could be improved."
"The prices should be lower. It is a little bit too high for a small market."
"I like the OutSystems platform. I am working on integrating it with another platform using APIs, however, it has proven to be difficult. The main issue I am facing is obtaining authorization tokens as well as access and refresh tokens. It may be due to my lack of knowledge of APIs as it is new to me."
"In my opinion, the support and the pricing could be better."
"Mobile apps should have been fully native."
"The file size is a bit big, so you have to make certain layers."
"The Xamarin.Forms could improve."
"All Xamarin library issues need to be taken care of as a top priority."
"Regarding improvements, there are still some limitations with Xamarin, particularly regarding access to core functionality in Android and iOS."
"We have noticed that there have been stability-based performance issues with this product, which need to be improved."
"For those who use only XAML to design the UI, it would be better if there was a better XAML previewer or designer."
"There are compatibility issues between versions of various Xamarin components."
"The debugging functionality could be improved in Xamarin Platform because sometimes it takes very long to move through the stages of setting up the application build to the final deployment on a mobile app that resides in a physical device."
OutSystems is ranked 1st in Mobile Development Platforms with 46 reviews while Xamarin Platform is ranked 4th in Mobile Development Platforms with 39 reviews. OutSystems is rated 8.4, while Xamarin Platform is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of OutSystems writes "Useful natural speech to algorithm, reliable, and beneficial automatic task". 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". OutSystems is most compared with Microsoft Power Apps, Appian, Mendix, ServiceNow and GitHub CoPilot, whereas Xamarin Platform is most compared with Ionic, Appium, Apple Xcode, Mendix and Tricentis Tosca. See our OutSystems vs. Xamarin Platform report.
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