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GeneXus vs Hyland OnBase comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 18, 2024

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
7.1
GeneXus offers high ROI for large companies, excels in banking apps, and is effective for both extensive and limited user systems.
Sentiment score
5.3
Hyland OnBase boosts ROI by streamlining processes, reducing paper use, and enabling faster, secure digital document access.
I have seen a return on investment with Hyland OnBase because it provides a very reliable ECM platform for my organization, helps to remove the dependency on paper files and file folders, saves real estate costs, and facilitates the ability to work from anywhere.
Senior Software Engineer at Infosys
I have been able to see a return on investment as the time for approvals has been reduced, and since they are centralized, everything is in one place.
Project Manager at a manufacturing company with 11-50 employees
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
7.6
GeneXus customer service is fast, knowledgeable, cooperative, usually responding within 24 hours, and generally rated highly by users.
Sentiment score
6.2
Hyland OnBase offers reliable 24/7 support, though quality varies by partner; some users find premium support and integration beneficial.
Our vendor relationship facilitated integration with our system and offered additional service beyond the Hyland OnBase product.
Program Manager at a financial services firm with 11-50 employees
I would describe the customer service and technical support of Hyland OnBase as being based on the partner that is used.
Project Manager at a manufacturing company with 11-50 employees
I find technical support from Hyland to be good.
Product owner at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
8.4
GeneXus is scalable and adaptable, supporting growth from small projects to large systems with high ratings for ease and efficiency.
Sentiment score
6.9
Hyland OnBase excels in scalability and integration, supporting large enterprises despite high initial setup costs, potentially reduced by cloud services.
Transitioning to cloud-based services may reduce these costs in the future.
Product owner at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.1
GeneXus offers high stability with bi-monthly upgrades, rated 8-10 by users, best suited for simpler front-end applications.
Sentiment score
8.3
Hyland OnBase is highly rated for its scalability, stability, reliability, and low maintenance, resembling a Windows application.
Hyland OnBase was a stable solution that worked effectively for us.
Program Manager at a financial services firm with 11-50 employees
 

Room For Improvement

GeneXus requires better front-end, training, security, integration, collaboration, market awareness, UI, code speed, cost, community, alerts, performance, and language support.
Hyland OnBase requires user interface and pricing improvements, better training, migration processes, support response, and enhanced AI features.
The experience with the platform's learning curve is quite steep, especially for less technical staff.
Project Manager at a manufacturing company with 11-50 employees
The application could potentially be more open-source, allowing integration with more solutions.
Program Manager at a financial services firm with 11-50 employees
I find OnBase's monolithic architecture to be expensive, and adopting microservices could be beneficial.
Product owner at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees
 

Setup Cost

GeneXus offers costly multi-plan licenses but justifies the price by replacing multiple developers and including maintenance and upgrades.
Hyland OnBase offers modular pricing with varying licenses, potentially expensive in Latin America, but enterprise licenses enhance scalability.
The main factors that influenced my decision to choose Hyland OnBase over other options available on the market were the cost compared to others and the high document-handling capacity that Hyland OnBase can provide.
Project Manager at a manufacturing company with 11-50 employees
We also paid for workflow licenses, which allowed up to 250 concurrent users.
Program Manager at a financial services firm with 11-50 employees
I find pricing to be on the higher side due to its monolithic architecture.
Product owner at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees
 

Valuable Features

GeneXus offers rapid deployment, seamless tech integration, error detection, multi-language support, automation, and a user-friendly architecture.
Hyland OnBase optimizes business processes with workflow automation, storage, security, integration, and user-friendly interface for improved efficiency.
It provided data security features, allowing restrictions on sensitive documents, such as who could view or modify them.
Program Manager at a financial services firm with 11-50 employees
The impact of Hyland OnBase on our organization is that automating manual processes has had an incredible effect on our return on investment, and the man-hours saved by automating processes pays for the system, ranging from one to five hours.
Senior Software Engineer at Infosys
The best features that Hyland OnBase offers are the security it provides to control permissions and the traceability of documents.
Project Manager at a manufacturing company with 11-50 employees
 

Categories and Ranking

GeneXus
Ranking in Low-Code Development Platforms
24th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.8
Number of Reviews
14
Ranking in other categories
Mobile Development Platforms (12th)
Hyland OnBase
Ranking in Low-Code Development Platforms
15th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.4
Number of Reviews
16
Ranking in other categories
Business Process Management (BPM) (14th), Enterprise Content Management (6th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2026, in the Low-Code Development Platforms category, the mindshare of GeneXus is 1.1%, up from 0.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Hyland OnBase is 2.0%, up from 1.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Low-Code Development Platforms Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Hyland OnBase2.0%
GeneXus1.1%
Other96.9%
Low-Code Development Platforms
 

Featured Reviews

XavierEspinoza - PeerSpot reviewer
Internal System Coordinator at Red CEDIA
Offers a simplified architecture with outstanding integration capabilities
The integration capabilities of GeneXus are highly valuable for our organization. The metadata obtained within the logic of different systems is also vital. Due to the solution, our company team doesn't have to work with multiple languages and integrations can be made with C Sharp. JavaScript can also be used with GeneXus, the tool takes charge of all the rest and has a simple architecture. The solution can be used out of the box without facing any issues and nothing much needs to be done with frameworks. In our case we need to use Python with GeneXus, we use Ironpython to embed python code in C# .
Abdul_Jabbar - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Software Engineer at Infosys
Automated workflows have transformed document handling and support daily approvals and billing
The best features Hyland OnBase offers in my experience include being a robust storage solution that integrates well with the Epic solution, allows Unity Forms to be easy to create and use, and has Distribution Services for sending email notifications as reminders.Out of those features, the workflow engine has made the biggest difference for me because it is excellent for automating approval processes, and we use Hyland OnBase for legal requests, hardware requests, travel requests, corporate credit card requests, and file transfer requests. WorkView is an incredible module for gathering and displaying summary information, and we utilize it highly in our subsidiary to manage our legal contracts, their financial billing process, and their travel. We also use the Document Import Process coupled with Unity API for writing custom code to automate processes to send and receive data from other systems that are not yet API enabled. The impact of Hyland OnBase on our organization is that automating manual processes has had an incredible effect on our return on investment, and the man-hours saved by automating processes pays for the system, ranging from one to five hours. I measured the man-hours saved through the tracking of workflows and automation processes. Additionally, Hyland OnBase has allowed us to move away from moving paper around various departments, providing workflow management to keep approval inside the system and out of the email boxes, eliminating the need for paper storage, and saving storage costs with other vendors.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
14%
Comms Service Provider
10%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Outsourcing Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Government
11%
Computer Software Company
8%
Healthcare Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business12
Large Enterprise2
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business6
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise13
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with GeneXus?
GeneXus needs to be more consistent in functionality without any errors. Code generation is highly time-consuming for GeneXus, but in some cases, it saves time as well. Some errors will take too lo...
What is your primary use case for GeneXus?
Our company uses the latest version of GeneXus. The solution is used in our company to develop various enterprise systems, and GeneXus is used as an integrator, which further facilitates low-cost d...
What advice do you have for others considering GeneXus?
The tool's use case depends upon the requirements. The solution is ideal for integrations to modernize systems. GeneXus is also used in a site to develop systems with functional programming for big...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Hyland OnBase?
The main factors that influenced my decision to choose Hyland OnBase over other options available on the market were the cost compared to others and the high document-handling capacity that Hyland ...
What needs improvement with Hyland OnBase?
I believe Hyland OnBase could improve by making its user interface more user-friendly.I am referring to the learning curve, and I can tell you that the experience with the platform's learning curve...
What is your primary use case for Hyland OnBase?
Hyland OnBase serves as the primary document management solution for all of my company's documents.A concrete example of how I use Hyland OnBase for document management within my organization is th...
 

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Sample Customers

Canal de Panamá, Gerdau, Coca-Cola, Mercado Libre, DHL, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, TECNISA, Mexican Polak Group, Ferrovalle, Canon, Azteca, KPMG, TURBUS, Santander, BBVA
Honda France Industries, Hill County Texas, Hylant Group, ING Lease France, State of South Carolina, Syracuse University, Swindon College, Rhode Island Department of Human Services, Rochester Institute of Technology, Moen, Odense University Hospital
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