OutSystems Reviews

We use OutSystems to analyze disparate applications that are about to become obsolete.

As we currently can't afford it, we are still in the testing and evaluating phase.

You can use this solution to build applications very rapidly. It can also easily be deployed on mobile devices and applications as well.

The biggest challenge for us is the licensing model and the cost of OutSystems. The apps that we are interested in have a very large user-base and OutSystems drastically ramps those costs up.

I have dealt with this solution for roughly 18 months.

We have no complaints surrounding both the scalability and stability of this solution.

We use ServiceNow for CMDB and ITSM related needs; we don't use ServiceNow for application development, so for us, the two aren't comparable. I don't have any experience with SericveNow's capabilities in that space. 

Our team had no issues with the technical side of the initial setup. Ultimately, they were able to create prototypes and build apps really quickly. But I think where we failed was with the commercial side of it, in terms of the licenses and the costs surrounding deployment.

I believe our functional labs were up and running within a couple of days; however, we have not deployed it on a wider scale as we can't afford to.

Our in-house team of one or two people took care of everything.

OutSystems is a good solution, but it's not cheap. 

On a scale from one to ten, I would give this solution a rating of five. The technical features are good, but the actual commercialization is out of reach.

For some of the business processes, we want the process owners to be able to set up their own flow-throughs, process flows, workflows, etc. They don't need to have any kind of prior coding experience. They should be able to establish workflows for their respective processes by just dragging and dropping elements as part of self service without relying on IT (where possible).

OutSystems has really brought about citizen developers in my organization without any real coding experience to be able to develop their own work slows in their area of work.

The flow editor is the most valuable feature. It is simple and intuitive, and it can guide you step-by-step.

From an ecosystem perspective, it has a highly integrated flow editor, user interface, and data logic behind it. It has a very connected local ecosystem.

One of the biggest areas for improvement is that every time an existing data element is modified, it creates a new data element. It doesn't really modify that particular data element. So, a user has to follow an extra step of removing the existing data element and bringing in the new and modified data element that is being added, which sort of goes into negative productivity.

I have been using this solution for about four and a half years.

OutSystems' tech support is very good. They're fairly responsive.

It is one of the good solutions available in the market. I would rate OutSystems an eight out of 10.

We use the product for developing applications.

It improved our output, mostly in the reactive and mobile applications we developed. 

We used almost all of the features, themes, styling guide, and approach components. They are useful in our applications. 

Technical support could be better, and out-of-the-box performance could be improved. 

We have been using OutSystems for five years.

We had some lagging issues under high data loads, and the solution needed to be customised to improve this.

The solution is scalable.

Technical support would get a three out of five, as there is some wait time involved and some solutions were not adequate. This is an area for improvement. 

Neutral

We previously used Darknet but switched to OutSystems because it offered some more tools and features.

Setup was easy and there are a lot of forums to help, I would rate it five out of five in that respect. 

We had an in-house setup, requiring only one person.

It depends on the use case, but we found the solution to be pretty expensive.

Setup is easy, the solution is also easy to learn and there is a lot of community support on forums to help. Aside from the cost, OutSystems has been good for us. I would rate OutSystems a seven out of ten.

Created an operational-risk-management and issue-management application.

We got discounted pricing from them in writing and built for a year, but now they require 50% more.

• Fast for server-side development. 
• Easy to learn. 
• GUI is good.

• You need jQuery/CSS skills for customization of the GUI. 
• Reporting is very light. 
• No built-in BI.

I am using OutSystems to deliver in-house applications for developing intra-company applications.

Before OutSystems we used to take six to seven months to build applications. Now, using OutSystems, it just takes two to three months, max. The best part is that one or two developers can create a full application.

I really like the one-click publish feature in OutSystems. In other development tools/languages, it's not as easy. I also like how easily I can manage all my projects in one place.

I think OutSystems needs to improve in many areas. First, sometimes Service Studio becomes really slow and even hangs for long periods. Also, if I have not published my module in some time, and some kind of Service Studio exception occurs, I lose my work.

I would give it an eight out of 10 because they need to improve in many areas to make this a great platform.

I'm using OutSystems to build an ERP system and a customer portal.

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.

The PDD framework can't be used for the behavioral-driven development way of working. They're working on improving that, but it's taking a long time. OutSystems also doesn't have branching, which means if there's a production issue, it's not so easy to fix.

I've been using OutSystems for a year and a half.

OutSystems is stable.

OutSystems is scalable.

We've had good contact with OutSystems' consultants.

The initial setup was straightforward.

We used a team of OutSystems developers.

I would advise anyone considering implementing this solution that you need a senior OutSystems developer to help your in-house developers because it can be quite hard to work with in the beginning. If you have a senior OutSystems developer who can help with best practices, then you're good to go. I would give OutSystems a rating of seven out of ten.

It is a stable solution, and the initial setup is straightforward.

I think the resource ecosystem could be improved. There are not enough resources on the market.

Multiple LDEV support would be great to have in the next release.

I've been using OutSystems for three months.

It has been stable so far.

It looks as though it will be a scalable solution.

The initial setup is straightforward.

I would suggest that you go for at least five or six environments. Typically, they provide three environments, and I think you should go for more, perhaps. six environments by default.

On a scale from one to ten, I would rate OutSystems at eight.

First and foremost, OutSystems is one of the most robust platforms I've ever tried. Our primary goal was to reduce the overall development time and deliver to the customer faster than anyone else can. 

During the evaluation phase of OutSystems, we realized that it not only reduces development time but also helps in the overall delivery of our project/product. This platform provides our developers the edge they need to create, deploy, change, and manage mobile and web apps quickly and efficiently. With OutSystems' platform, developers can easily develop and build applications that work on any device, as well as cater to the needs of all types of employees, customers, and partners.

Even with it being a low-code platform, we have never encountered a problem that cannot be solved within OutSystems. We developed many enterprise-level applications in half the time when compared to traditional development tools.

Our primary focus is always our customer success and satisfaction. By using OutSystems, we started delivering results quickly to our customer without compromising the quality of the product. Performance and security are key factors for an IT application/product. With OutSystems, these goals can easily be achieved. We are pleased to say that we are making our customer happy by delivering a quality product in less time.

It has so many features and almost every one of them is awesome. It makes our development life easier. 

The most important features of this tool are its visual modeling capabilities and drag and drop functionality. You can see what you are coding which makes it easy to understand and maintain. They have also created a big revolution in digital transformation by introducing native mobile app development under the same IDE.

Integrations with external systems with SOAP and REST are easy to implement off-the-shelf, but a developer can always implement specific libraries for other integrations.

OutSystems is a great platform if used by those who are experienced. There are many tutorials available but they are very basic and good for learning the platform. To develop an enterprise-grade application, advanced tutorials need to be developed to help IT professionals design/develop high-quality/performance applications.

During the initial phase we encountered many issues with the platform that were limiting us but, as we became experienced with the platform, we were able to achieve almost everything that other development platforms can do.

There are certain design standards which, if you don’t follow them, will cause many problems in scaling up your product/application. How you use this product depends on your experience.

The technical support is not very good but I still give it a six out of 10.

We were using traditional development tools like Java/.NET but the overall development time was longer compared to Outsystems. Also, our previous solution had other overheads such as release management, version management, code management, monitoring, etc., all of which are built-in with OutSystems.

They have pretty good documentation to set up the environment and you just need to follow the instructions.

Pricing could be a concern. You have to pay yearly, even after you have completed your development.

I started using this solution in 2012 and still am using it for many of our customers and internal projects. OutSystems is a robust, low-code platform that can make a big difference in your customer satisfaction. The overall features of the platform and continuous improvement make it more adaptable than other tools.