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Adobe ColdFusion vs Betty Blocks comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 17, 2024

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Categories and Ranking

Adobe ColdFusion
Ranking in Rapid Application Development Software
17th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
14
Ranking in other categories
Low-Code Development Platforms (14th)
Betty Blocks
Ranking in Rapid Application Development Software
36th
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No-Code Development Platforms (16th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2026, in the Rapid Application Development Software category, the mindshare of Adobe ColdFusion is 1.6%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Betty Blocks is 1.2%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Rapid Application Development Software Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Adobe ColdFusion1.6%
Betty Blocks1.2%
Other97.2%
Rapid Application Development Software
 

Featured Reviews

Kalpesh-Shah - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Manager at a retailer with 10,001+ employees
Rapid web delivery has improved productivity and now supports faster multi‑client deployments
Adobe ColdFusion should continue modernization with AI and other new technologies. While plugins already exist, the product needs to stay ahead of the curve in making new development changes and fast bug enhancements with new features. Regarding Adobe ColdFusion's AI capabilities, you don't want to have everything used automatically via AI. You always want to have control and validation. Someone has to review it, press the button, and approve it before deployments take place. Even with the AI feature, you always want that particular transition where someone has to manually do it. AI is good and can reduce so many things, but you want to have a fail-safe mechanism. Regarding Adobe ColdFusion's AI capabilities, the learning curve is significant. It is a new AI capability, but it is not currently 100 percent. I would say it is about 60 to 70 percent. The technology with AI is new, and the product should continue to improve. There are always gaps that need to be addressed.
Hans De Groot - PeerSpot reviewer
Owner/Operator at Informatieewerkplaats
The solution is stable and has good support, but is expensive
Betty Blocks, when I started with it, was similar to a back-end platform with the ability to have a standardized back-office UI out of the box, which is perfect for a lot of situations. For more customer-facing UIs, we had to create the front end ourselves, building endpoints with HTML and JavaScript. Then Betty Blocks started in 2018 with the page builder. This allowed us to create drag-and-drop interfaces. That was quite cumbersome. Now Betty Blocks is entering a new generation of it - next generation forms - which should be a lot better. The most valuable feature is the back end. The way we can create action flows for things such as sending emails, creating PDF reports, or connecting to web services is very complete. I never experience a lack of functionality in it. The standardized back-office UI is said to be deprecated over time, which is a shame, because it is a real time-saver and is one of their strong points, only if it was kept up-to-date.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Apart from providing a mature, reliable, consistent platform, Adobe also offers outstanding customer service and product support."
"No need to import libraries from outside the environment."
"Adobe ColdFusion has positively impacted my organization, my church, by saving time and making things easier."
"Adobe ColdFusion reduces development cost, with less boilerplate code compared to Java or .NET, and smaller teams can maintain large systems at lower costs, with strong back-end support for enterprise systems."
"I would like to say that its best feature is its different kinds of connectors. We have lots of in-built connectors."
"The ability to write SQL queries was very helpful as we did not need to bother our DBAs in writing stored procedures for simple tasks."
"This tool was very easy learn, yet powerful enough to manage many sites on a single instance."
"We save enormous amounts of time in development using this tool."
"The most valuable feature is the back end."
"All these components are separately tuneable, which makes it a very strong platform, and we believe that this should be considered in the enterprise market."
 

Cons

"Need to be able to Be able to inject Python, Java, Groovy, or PHP code into a CFML page."
"In terms of improvement, Adobe ColdFusion is already top-tier in terms of runtime engine for large data and document generation, but I suggest reevaluating the licensing model to shift away from perpetual licenses to more flexible consumption-based licensing models, making it a pay-as-you-use system rather than a flat annual server fee."
"My major concern is the fact that Adobe is not actively pushing the development of ColdFusion since they bought Macromedia."
"ColdFusion’s third-party authentication is currently limited to just a couple of companies, like Google and Facebook, and a few third-party SAML authenticators. From my personal perspective, adding LinkedIn and Microsoft would greatly benefit me."
"Another improvement I would like to mention about Adobe ColdFusion is that the tooling for mobile development could be enhanced."
"Adobe ColdFusion can be improved if there was an AI feature integrated through prompt engineering, which would be very helpful, though I have not checked for that in an updated version."
"I do not think Adobe ColdFusion is very scalable."
"Previously when I was trying to create some data, it was very difficult to get real-time data from Workfront."
"What I find lacking in the software is its ability to query the database."
"I would like to see full integration with AI."
"In many cases, they make choices where flexibility is a little bit degraded, but if you leave everything open and the flexibility is great then the usability is a little bit less."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"If you really want to save money, there is a free open source CFML engine (former Railo, now Lucee) out there."
"It is a very effective solution and worth the price."
"The tool's pricing is high but it's totally worth the investment."
"The pricing structure that we have been working with was based on a number of blocks."
"The pricing is quite high, but the pricing is also not very transparent."
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Top Industries

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Manufacturing Company
11%
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8%
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Large Enterprise11
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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Adobe ColdFusion?
The experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing is a bit too much for small to medium-sized businesses. I believe they should revisit those factors.
What needs improvement with Adobe ColdFusion?
In terms of improvement, Adobe ColdFusion is already top-tier in terms of runtime engine for large data and document generation, but I suggest reevaluating the licensing model to shift away from pe...
What is your primary use case for Adobe ColdFusion?
I use Adobe ColdFusion mainly for evaluating and demonstrating why it is the primary tool we use for development. We are tasked with building a centralized dashboard for a logistics company. We nee...
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