We performed a comparison between Appian, OutSystems, and QuickBase based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Microsoft, Oracle, OutSystems and others in Rapid Application Development Software."What I found most valuable in Appian is that it lets you drill down on multiple things through the structure of the reporting and UI side. It's also low-code, yet it results in quick deliverables."
"The tech support is quite good."
"The tool is very flexible."
"The solution's most valuable features are the regular periodic and quarterly updates, they are very useful updates. They keep improving the solution more often, and that helps the platform or code always be up to date with the latest features."
"The technical support is excellent."
"The setup is easy."
"There is no need to worry about vulnerabilities in the system, because Appian built a secure system."
"Technical support is helpful."
"It provides for faster development and better software releases."
"Scalability proved to be an exceptionally beneficial feature."
"Speed of delivery: We were able to reduce development time by 30%."
"The most valuable feature of OutSystems with discipline and the development processes. Instead of each developer doing tasks on their own with their own approach, et cetera, the solution would help bring some organization to the development process."
"The most valuable feature of OutSystems is the drag and drop and toolchains in the small AI developing environment. Additionally, the documentation is helpful."
"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."
"You can go huge - so it is definitely a scalable solution."
"I find it to be a genuinely cool and effective platform for my development needs."
"The reporting tool: It helps in data analytics to provide the solution more efficiency."
"QuickBase reminds me when a software license or a hardware support contract is near expiration so that I can initiate our company's procurement process in time and not miss a deadline."
"It is low-code. We are able to go in and create apps quickly. It is very helpful for the size of our company. We're a mid-size company, and at this moment, we don't need anything externally. We don't have to go out and consult a consulting firm to build something from the ground up. So, the ease of that and being able to get development quickly up and running has been good for us."
"It has helped streamline and simply track status and collection of data from suppliers and other internal departments."
"I run my own business and the solution allows me to invoice and pay for additional resources. It has helped me in terms of invoicing, quoting, and doing recruitment measures."
"Considering factors like functionality and price, the product proves to be worth the investment."
"It provides a well-organized method for overseeing everything, especially considering the remote work aspect."
"I am impressed with the product's automation which makes everything easy."
"The solution could improve by being more responsive when dealing with large quantities of data. Additionally, they can make the decision or rules engine better. It cannot handle too many rules or too many decisions at once."
"The product’s pricing could be improved from the developers' perspective."
"If that had more DevOps capabilities, it would be an excellent product."
"We would like to have more granular control for interface styling."
"It is difficult to set up the on-premise version."
"The tool itself is pretty good, but the main area that we struggled with was the backend. The frontend development is really good, but the backend modeling can be streamlined a little bit. There are good integrations, but tying them through the data layer and then up into the frontend could be improved a little bit. It does read/write on the data source, and you can configure it to just write or just read, but there is a little bit of work involved."
"Sometimes, clients expect us to implement ERP using Appian, which is very complicated. In such cases, I don't believe that Appian is a good tool for that."
"Appian could improve their customer-facing initiatives."
"The prices should be lower. It is a little bit too high for a small market."
"We'd like OutSystems to add stronger workflow-based automation similar to what Appian offers. It needs more workflow modeling and RPA features."
"Its ability to create and run automated tasks could be better."
"The largest obstacle currently associated with OutSystems is its high cost and limited availability of skilled personnel. Despite being a rapid application development platform, having a highly skilled individual familiar with the platform can be much more beneficial than an inexperienced individual. Because there is a shortage of people with the necessary OutSystems skills, utilizing the platform can become expensive. This makes little sense, considering that a rapid application development platform should be accessible to the average person. However, having a highly skilled individual can greatly increase productivity, making the cost worthwhile."
"The initial setup is a little difficult."
"The resource availability needs to be increased."
"Writing custom code still needs to be done via Integration Studio. This might have been added to the IDE."
"The product's high price is an area of concern, where improvements are required."
"Third-party integration -- they are working on it and I find their brand-new still-in-beta Webhooks very promising."
"The dashboard is not organized."
"It would be beneficial for the QuickBase team to focus on improving the integration of cloud-based storage platforms within their product. In use cases like ours, where QuickBase serves as a centralized source of truth for construction projects, having seamless integration with platforms like Dropbox or OneDrive would greatly enhance the product's capabilities."
"Whenever we do onboarding, or we get new employees, there tends to be a delay of not just a week but a couple of weeks, and sometimes even a few weeks of being able to see certain new employees in the system."
"Access to more standard default layouts and sample builds would be useful, and access to more training on use and flexibility."
"There is room for improvement in terms of user-friendliness."
"They could enhance the ability to link records between tables directly without the need for additional automation to increase space and time."
"Unfortunately, there is still no new report formatting available natively, and would still require 3rd party developers to help with that. ."
