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GeneXus vs Mendix 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
7.2
Mendix provides a free version, reducing development time and costs, leading to significant growth and ROI for users.
 

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
7.1
Mendix is praised for responsive support, active community, knowledge resources, though some note slow responses and improved resolution times.
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
8.4
GeneXus is scalable and adaptable, supporting growth from small projects to large systems with high ratings for ease and efficiency.
Sentiment score
7.0
Mendix scales well for enterprises, though users face challenges with large databases and public cloud constraints.
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
GeneXus offers high stability with bi-monthly upgrades, rated 8-10 by users, best suited for simpler front-end applications.
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

GeneXus requires better front-end, training, security, integration, collaboration, market awareness, UI, code speed, cost, community, alerts, performance, and language support.
Users seek better templates, UX/UI, integration, reporting, scalability, AI, and support, criticizing complexity and documentation.
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

GeneXus offers costly multi-plan licenses but justifies the price by replacing multiple developers and including maintenance and upgrades.
Mendix is pricier but reduces development time; ideal for large enterprises, region-specific pricing can be negotiated.
The app license costs between $13,000 to $14,000, which is prohibitive for startups.
 

Valuable Features

GeneXus offers rapid deployment, seamless tech integration, error detection, multi-language support, automation, and a user-friendly architecture.
Mendix offers rapid app development with low-code capabilities, visual interface, system integrations, Agile support, and robust 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

GeneXus
Ranking in Mobile Development Platforms
10th
Ranking in Low-Code Development Platforms
20th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.8
Number of Reviews
14
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Mendix
Ranking in Mobile Development Platforms
2nd
Ranking in Low-Code Development Platforms
6th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
53
Ranking in other categories
Rapid Application Development Software (8th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2025, in the Mobile Development Platforms category, the mindshare of GeneXus is 3.4%, up from 2.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Mendix is 21.3%, down from 21.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Mobile Development Platforms
 

Featured Reviews

XavierEspinoza - PeerSpot reviewer
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# .
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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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
14%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Construction Company
7%
Computer Software Company
16%
Manufacturing Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
9%
University
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about GeneXus?
GeneXus evolves with technology.
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 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

 

Overview

 

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
Genzyme, TNT, Yahoo, Capgemini, Roche, D&B, Aegon, kpn, AZL, Sky, Arch, Penn State Univeristy, BancABC
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