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Amazon AWS vs Mendix comparison

 

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Executive Summary

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
7.9
Amazon AWS is praised for cost-efficiency, scalability, quick deployment, and positive ROI, especially during critical periods like COVID-19.
Sentiment score
7.2
Mendix provides a free version, reducing development time and costs, leading to significant growth and ROI for users.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.8
Amazon AWS provides reliable customer service with skilled support staff, enhancing user satisfaction through responsive and knowledgeable assistance.
Sentiment score
7.1
Mendix is praised for responsive support, active community, knowledge resources, though some note slow responses and improved resolution times.
Amazon AWS has good technical engineers available, making their customer service reliable.
Mendix provides proper support, troubleshooting options, and a helping community.
I haven't often needed to seek direct support from Mendix teams as their online resources and knowledge database are comprehensive.
The technical support from Mendix is very good.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.8
Amazon AWS is highly valued for its scalability and flexibility, effectively supporting diverse user needs and business applications.
Sentiment score
7.0
Mendix scales well for enterprises, though users face challenges with large databases and public cloud constraints.
Amazon AWS provides strong scalability features, but the scaling process could be made more straightforward.
Mendix supports scaling well with its comprehensive online documentation and learning paths.
Mendix provides options for handling scalability and maintainability through features like validation, workflow and nanoflow minimization, and user components, enabling projects to be easily managed and scaled.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.1
Amazon AWS is highly reliable and stable, with minimal downtime, though architecture design impacts performance, making it a preferred choice.
Sentiment score
7.4
Mendix is stable and reliable, with quick bug fixes, adaptable support, and high ratings for performance and stability.
I recently encountered an issue with deploying applications on the Mendix sandbox, which took a week to resolve.
 

Room For Improvement

Amazon AWS needs better cost transparency, user interface, integration, documentation, security, support, and training to enhance user experience.
Users seek better templates, UX/UI, integration, reporting, scalability, AI, and support, criticizing complexity and documentation.
Amazon AWS could improve its user interface to make it more user-friendly, especially for people who are not highly technical.
Access to the database is limited in Mendix's public cloud, preventing direct database interaction or inspection.
It is not one hundred percent stable.
 

Setup Cost

AWS pricing is scalable and competitive but complex, with tools available to manage potential unexpected costs for enterprises.
Mendix is pricier but reduces development time; ideal for large enterprises, region-specific pricing can be negotiated.
Currently, Amazon AWS is known to be on the higher price range because popular and in-demand services often come at a premium.
The app license costs between $13,000 to $14,000, which is prohibitive for startups.
 

Valuable Features

Amazon AWS leads in cloud hosting with scalable services, pay-as-you-go model, robust infrastructure, and global reach.
Mendix offers rapid app development with low-code capabilities, visual interface, system integrations, Agile support, and robust scalability.
Amazon AWS offers flexibility and scalability.
Mendix's integration capabilities are impressive, allowing for rapid and on-the-fly integration of almost anything imaginable.
Mendix offers validation, workflow and nanoflow minimization, user components, and follows best practices, making applications easily manageable and scalable.
Mendix provides the ability to create solutions that fill gaps that I would otherwise be unable to address with standard software.
 

Categories and Ranking

Amazon AWS
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
255
Ranking in other categories
Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) (2nd), PaaS Clouds (2nd)
Mendix
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
53
Ranking in other categories
Mobile Development Platforms (2nd), Rapid Application Development Software (8th), Low-Code Development Platforms (5th)
 

Mindshare comparison

Amazon AWS and Mendix aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Amazon AWS is designed for Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) and holds a mindshare of 13.0%, down 22.8% compared to last year.
Mendix, on the other hand, focuses on Mobile Development Platforms, holds 21.3% mindshare, down 21.8% since last year.
Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS)
Mobile Development Platforms
 

Featured Reviews

Arun Srivastav - PeerSpot reviewer
Allows for automatic scaling of resources and provides built-in firewalls and security features, eliminating the need for external security solutions
One thing that's a bit different is that we're still accustomed to speaking to someone directly. AWS doesn't offer that kind of support. It's only through bots. You're speaking to chatbots, and that can sometimes be frustrating because there's no person on the other side. AI is not a substitute for a person. AWS marketplace is very strong, but somehow AWS doesn't promote it much. They have a huge customer base across the globe, and if products were launched in their marketplace, they could sell like hotcakes. They should improve their marketplace and promote the same product across the globe. They can take a cut, but they should promote it. That's something they don't do very much. So, AWS should promote its marketplace software. The company should promote it aggressively. Currently, they keep it very subtle. If you ask for it, they'll help you out. But they don't seem to advertise, "You're building a product on our platform? Why don't you sell it in our marketplace?" Improvement in AI: AWS is a little behind Microsoft Azure in terms of AI. AWS is still getting there, but the kind of examples and help files available in Azure for AI are much better. So AWS still needs to work on its AI functionality.
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.
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Comparison Review

it_user8586 - PeerSpot reviewer
Aug 14, 2013
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
16%
Computer Software Company
13%
Educational Organization
10%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Computer Software Company
16%
Manufacturing Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
10%
University
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

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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 have some idea about the licensing part, and it depends on the person and the number of applications.
What needs improvement with Mendix?
Currently, I do not see any improvements needed in Mendix. However, I have not used Mendix for the last few months, so I lack insight into any new features that might have been added.
 

Comparisons

 

Also Known As

Amazon Web Services, AWS
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