We performed a comparison between GeneXus and Xamarin Platform based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Mobile Development Platforms solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."GeneXus evolves with technology."
"The integration module is the most valuable feature of this solution for our business, as it allows our clients to create new systems based on their outdated databases, across all API's."
"With the solution, I can work a normal day. I can plan my work and any other activities for days ahead."
"I like that it's very compatible with other tools. The most important feature is getting the developer to focus on the project's business case. It's not about focusing on how I can command this or how I can develop a front end, or how I can work with the advantages. The developer should focus on the business case of the project. No need to focus on connecting the database to the server or connecting the server and the front end. The developer can concentrate on the views."
"The most valuable feature is that GeneXus works with several languages. It's possible to develop chatbots and other functionalities."
"The front-end features are the most valuable."
"With GeneXus, we can create logical representations of transactions in the form of objects."
"In Knowledge Base, being able to model the workflow before developing the screens is great. We first work with the tables or the transactions using GeneXus and then we work on the screens."
"The combination of forms for cross-platform UI and C-Sharp for the programming language are my two favorite features."
"Xamarin Platform enables you to use a single code language. This is beneficial for Android, iOS, and Windows platforms, so they can be developed over application or built over application."
"The solution is easy to understand and has banking integrated. The shorter development time, the bugging and as well as availability of a lot of documentation on the web. Also the native integration is easy."
"Xamarin Platform's best features are its single codebase, the support from Microsoft, and the free libraries."
"You can just write one XM channel core and it'll be used for both iOS and Android."
"The most valuable features of the Xamarin Platform are that it has cross-platform development, one code base serves a purpose on both, and the grid layout is a lifesaver."
"On the market, compared to everyone else, they're the top solution. They're the best solution out there that I could see."
"It brings about good code sharing strategies, which bring down cost and maintenance efforts."
"I told them to add something about Angular. They're already working on adding it."
"The tool needs to be tuned before being used. You need some experience to get the best out of the tool."
"The graphical interface could be improved. I also notice some performance problems on hardware that should be more than adequate. GeneXus uses a lot of RAM and other computer resources."
"It's expensive for a company."
"GeneXus's user interface has room for improvement."
"The front-end with GeneXus is not as good as the back-end."
"GeneXus is a wonderful tool for the backend. It's the best in the world, but for the frontend, GeneXus needs to improve. There should be easier steps for managing various aspects, such as alerts and messages to show to the end-users."
"Documentation is always an issue. In order to develop with GeneXus, there is very little documentation. The documentation is not clear enough in order to develop a great tool."
"The Xamarin.Forms could improve."
"The solution does not include Hot Reload which is painful because it causes us to wait quite some time for huge builds."
"They need to take a step towards independence from the UI platform. It takes a lot of time to adapt the native controls."
"Xamarin Platform can improve if there was a virtual test environment so we did not have to have a Mac system for the iOS testing. At this time You must have a Mac to deploy or generate IBA profiles."
"The monitoring of the remote devices is not good as it should be extended along. It would be useful if the log is more integrated with the central console. I am not sure it can be accessed but it would be better."
"In Xamarin.Forms, we have the option to preview our UI designs, but the functionality can be limited. So, this is not fully functional. Since I have some knowledge of iOS, where when you write code or design in the storyboard, your design is immediately visible in the preview."
"Xamarin's profiling tools are only available for the highest tier of MSDN subscription and compatibility with platform-native profiling tools is rather lacking. This causes friction when working on performance-related issues."
"The debugging functionality could be improved in Xamarin Platform because sometimes it takes very long to move through the stages of setting up the application build to the final deployment on a mobile app that resides in a physical device."
GeneXus is ranked 8th in Mobile Development Platforms with 13 reviews while Xamarin Platform is ranked 6th in Mobile Development Platforms with 39 reviews. GeneXus is rated 8.6, while Xamarin Platform is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of GeneXus writes "Fast, stable, and allows us to model a workflow before developing the screens". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Xamarin Platform writes "It's about to be retired and replaced with an inferior product, but offers excellent cross-platform development capabilities". GeneXus is most compared with Oracle Application Express (APEX), Microsoft Power Apps, OutSystems, Mendix and Magic xpa Application Platform, whereas Xamarin Platform is most compared with Appium, Ionic, OutSystems, Apple Xcode and Mendix. See our GeneXus vs. Xamarin Platform report.
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