OutSystems vs Studio Creatio comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive Summary
 

Categories and Ranking

OutSystems
Ranking in Rapid Application Development Software
3rd
Ranking in Low-Code Development Platforms
2nd
Average Rating
8.4
Number of Reviews
46
Ranking in other categories
Mobile Development Platforms (1st)
Studio Creatio
Ranking in Rapid Application Development Software
23rd
Ranking in Low-Code Development Platforms
21st
Average Rating
8.8
Number of Reviews
12
Ranking in other categories
Business Process Management (BPM) (26th)
 

Market share comparison

As of June 2024, in the Rapid Application Development Software category, the market share of OutSystems is 9.9% and it increased by 13.8% compared to the previous year. The market share of Studio Creatio is 0.9% and it increased by 43.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Rapid Application Development Software
Unique Categories:
Mobile Development Platforms
20.2%
Low-Code Development Platforms
11.8%
Business Process Management (BPM)
0.2%
 

Featured Reviews

Ramon David - PeerSpot reviewer
Feb 16, 2024
Easy to learn, offers ability to deploy rapidly, enabling changes to applications every two weeks
We used OutSystems to develop different applications, especially those concerning environmental and sustainability governance OutSystems has streamlined or optimized our application development process. The primary benefit of using OutSystems was our ability to deploy rapidly. We could deploy…
Julio Falcon - PeerSpot reviewer
Sep 18, 2023
Leveraging process automation and advanced tools for streamlined operations
The process of process automation, specifically utilizing the BPM process designer, is at the core of our operations. To effectively navigate our solutions, we rely on a combination of essential components. These include the process designer, web service integration, and machine learning capabilities. Web service integration, for instance, is crucial. It allows us to access data from external sources, such as banks, for currency rate updates. This feature is indispensable for handling different currencies and maintaining up-to-date information. The machine learning tool provided by Studio Creatio plays a pivotal role. It assists us in configuring customer data and gaining insights into client behavior. This functionality has the potential to revolutionize how to approach issues like case reporting and forecasting possible solutions. It can also identify patterns and behaviors among customers, enabling to employ machine learning for similar tasks. Another valuable tool is dynamic case management (DCM). When combined with business process automation, DCM empowers us to manage complex documents and their lifecycles with precision. The flexibility of DCM proves vital for addressing specific customer needs. Notably, our reliance on coding has diminished significantly. In most cases, we find ourselves writing just a single line of code or occasionally making minor calls to specific tasks. Despite working on projects spanning several months, I can confidently say that I've rarely exceeded writing a hundred lines of code. This underscores the incredible efficiency of our approach, as we can meet even the most intricate customer requirements with minimal coding.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The technical support is perfect."
"It is a scalable solution...The initial setup of OutSystems is easy."
"The most valuable features of OutSystems are the user interface, the flexibility to quickly integrate with almost anything in the system, and the ability to connect with databases."
"The scratch coding is useful. The solution is easy to understand."
"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."
"For me, the most valuable feature is the flexibility the tools give us to change any customer requirements on the fly, when we are in a meeting. I also like how easy it is to deploy the code between environments and how easy it is to integrate OutSystems with other systems."
"Our previous solution had other overheads such as release management, version management, code management, monitoring, etc., all of which are built-in with OutSystems."
"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."
"It is a low-code platform, that is very intuitive."
"Studio Creatio is a very good and complete solution. It is very stable, and for customers who need a good response time, in the public cloud, Creatio provides the possibility to have a private server for a high level of transactions and good response time. Their support is great. They are very good, and they know the solution very well. Their response time is also great."
"The most valuable features of the solution are its CRM functionality and the fact that it is a no-code solution"
"Creatio also provides us with scalability, performance and agility."
"The low-code tools and business process management that Creatio provides are useful for our internal processes. It is also very easy to use."
"The most valuable features are performance, built-in variety of multiple task automation, and has international standards notations."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is that it is a low-code and no-code platform."
"The business process management is definitely the most valuable feature. What Creatio ended up doing with their software solution is giving you the power, in your own hands, in a way that is incredibly intuitive and well-structured."
 

Cons

"OutSystems does not provide any native reporting resources. All reports must be created with other tools or as a webpage."
"The initial setup is a little difficult."
"The installation is a bit tedious."
"Since we first started using OutSystems, they switched their language support from Java and .NET to .NET only, which was a bit of a surprise. Their language support could be better in this sense, although on our resource side it is now a bit more flexible."
"The integration points need to be increased. People have also started to adopt this solution for their regular needs. That means it's not only the big enterprises that are adopting this solution. There are also small and medium enterprises that are adopting it. I've read that where you have large deployments, OutSystems starts to crumble a bit. That is the idea that no customer would know at the beginning and would also not like to hit the wall there. When it is on the client, there are a lot of applications already on low-code, and then suddenly you realize that you want to do some big applications, and you face hurdles. This is the general feedback for all such platforms."
"We'd like OutSystems to add stronger workflow-based automation similar to what Appian offers. It needs more workflow modeling and RPA features."
"It needs improvement in the AI capability."
"We had some lagging issues under high data loads, and the solution needed to be customized to improve this."
"The solution does not allow extensive customization of the UI. I would like to have much more control over the UI when I build a process. Currently on the UI where the fields are placed and the layout is set in place and you cannot change it. Your experience is going to be the same throughout whatever use case that you are building from customer to customer. You can not have much control over how it looks for each customer. This is an area where they can improve on."
"They can improve the business rules for defining the type and quantity of the business load. They already seem to be working on this improvement. Integration with the social networks will be very appreciated by the companies. It will be very useful for communication between the company and customers, that is, B to C relationships. Most of the customers or users have smartphones, and they use a lot of social networks. Companies need to stay connected with the customers. They have enabled integration with WhatsApp and Telegram in recent releases, which has been very useful."
"HRM is an area where Studio Creatio lacks and needs to improve."
"Creatio needs to stabilize their marketplace."
"The way bpm's infrastructure works, you can only have one data source on a page. It has to be connected to the object and you're pretty much locked in at that point... If you want to connect anything other than what exists in that object to that object, you're going to have to create a completely new home for it in that object."
"Studio Creatio is a new product in the market, making its lack of maturity an area of concern."
"I can have several types of contacts, customers, employees, partners, and so on, and I would like to have a different view for each type of contact in the list view. Currently, there is no way to configure this. This is something I would like Creatio to improve. In this time of COVID, it is very important that all such solutions improve omnichannel communications and omnichannel marketing. Companies need to communicate with customers by using not just the phone number and email but also by using social networks. All companies today need artificial intelligence, machine learning, the internet of things, and social communication."
"It does not have the ability to run one single large process."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"OutSystems is expensive, and they changed the pricing model in the last couple of years. It's changing too much and it's becoming unstable. They are constantly shifting their prices based on users, courses, and other factors."
"It is not an expensive product, especially if you have access to more features and deal with more projects."
"As for licensing costs, I'm not directly involved in that aspect."
"There is a free trial to use this solution and other options available, such as enterprise. There are different subscription plans."
"The subscription is billed on a yearly basis."
"OutSystems is a good solution, but it's not cheap."
"I believe they have two pricing options. One is approximately $4000 USD a year and the other is approximately $10,000 USD a year."
"It's not cheap. It's pretty expensive."
"It is fairly competitive."
"I rate the pricing a five on a scale of one to ten, where one is cheap and ten is expensive."
"There is a license required for this solution."
"From my standpoint, it blows out of the water all the other competitors out there that we were potentially looking at, and it was in a reasonable price range, whereas you have these other Fortune 500 companies that were asking for a ridiculous amount."
"I rate the product price a five or six on a scale of one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive."
"The pricing plans are not user-friendly because in many cases you have to buy different options to get additional features."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Educational Organization
26%
Computer Software Company
13%
Manufacturing Company
6%
Financial Services Firm
6%
Computer Software Company
18%
Financial Services Firm
14%
Insurance Company
8%
Educational Organization
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

Which solution is better for developing non-ITSM applications: OutSystems or Service Now?
The short answer is that OutSystems is far better for 2 main reasons. Firstly, with Service Now you are locked into that platform for good. The business model is to lock in and then keep pumping th...
What industries do you think OutSystems is most useful for?
I cannot really name an industry in which OutSystems cannot be beneficial. Who does not want to make top-notch applications that work in no time? And OutsyStems does exactly that. The low-code plat...
How did you decide which OutSystems edition was the best one for you?
We started using OutSystems fairly recently, so we are still on the free version of it. My company is still testing how we like the platform, but so far, we have been satisfied with it and will li...
What do you like most about Studio Creatio?
The most valuable feature of the solution is that it is a low-code and no-code platform.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Studio Creatio?
I would describe Studio Creatio as an averagely-priced product. I rate the product price a five or six on a scale of one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive.
What needs improvement with Studio Creatio?
Studio Creatio is a new product in the market, making its lack of maturity an area of concern. From an improvement perspective, the tool requires focusing on achieving a state of maturity. In futur...
 

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