We performed a comparison between Mendix and Microsoft PowerApps based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Microsoft PowerApps is the clear winner in this comparison. Microsoft PowerApps offers slightly better integrations with third-party applications and is considered to be more user-friendly. It also has better service and support. As Microsoft is a very popular ecosystem with many of our users, it is the simple choice for better seamless integration. Mendix is slightly less scalable and not as user-friendly, thereby making Microsoft PowerApps an easy choice.
"We find it intuitive and easy to use."
"It is low code, where the developers can still develop in Java. That to us is very appealing."
"There are free online learning and certifications if a user would like to learn more and better understand the solution."
"The solution is stable."
"We also use Mendix Enterprise Integration for complex business logic. It's a low-code platform, so we run Mendix in the Mendix Cloud."
"The development environment is model-driven. We can use the information from this for our business engineers to make the information models, and they can also execute the model."
"It is a brilliant solution."
"Mendix code and coding logic are very visual. It looks like a flow chart rather than lines of code. Rapid development is what drew us to Mendix."
"The solution is very good. It's very full. You can do almost anything."
"I would say that it's a very advanced product because it empowers people to do simple things, which previously may have required people to have some technical skills."
"It is easy to design automation processes."
"Flexibility, easy setup, and fairly quick results are valuable features of the product."
"It offers integration with several Microsoft products, including SharePoint and Outlook, in my opinion, is a huge plus."
"The features I find the most valuable are the 365 and Microsoft applications integrations and the automation."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft PowerApps is the user interface."
"I like how fast I can develop an application and put it in production with PowerApps. I think the integration is also excellent. The platforms is growing, so they are constantly adding more connectors on all these things."
"There should be more integration with engineering applications and tighter integration for user authentication, such as single sign-on, etc. They have some of that. It just could be stronger."
"The platform still has many areas for improvement. If I compare apples to apples, the PWA features of Mendix could be improved, for example, I wouldn't recommend creating a B2C or B2B marketplace or web portals on Mendix, but there's a tendency for people to still do it through the systems provided by my company, particularly implement B2B or B2C marketplace, versus using eBay or Shopify. On the web portal front, Mendix still needs to improve."
"In the beginning, it is difficult to learn and work with."
"Feature-wise and in terms of technical aspects, Mendix is excellent, but its pricing is steep."
"What is lacking is the support of higher level modeling features, like the modeling you do is relatively low level, yet it is still close to programming. We would like to see a more business-oriented modeling environment, like BPMN."
"I would like to see more documentation as well as how-to documents."
"There are not enough developers who are using Mendix. The knowledge base available online and in the market is not as rich as other competitors."
"One area for improvement is its integration capabilities. Creating a pluggable widget or integrating it with other systems is challenging. In terms of features, it would be great to see advancements such as AI services and the integration of third-party services. Additionally, connecting external devices to the application requires multiple steps. Improving this will make it easier for the developers."
"I would like to see more improvement, for example, in direct collaboration."
"Microsoft PowerApps could improve the speed of Power Automate, it is not very fast."
"I would like to have more options for changing the layout because customizing something as simple as colors is very hard."
"They probably need to improve intelligent document processing."
"When it comes to PowerApps, debugging can be difficult at times. It would be beneficial to simplify it."
"We'd like more features and less to no coding."
"The notion people have is that no code equals no knowledge, and that's simply not true. Even though you don't have to write codes, you still have to know what you're doing."
"One area where the solution lacks is the limited size of the database it offers its users."
Mendix is ranked 5th in Rapid Application Development Software with 48 reviews while Microsoft Power Apps is ranked 1st in Rapid Application Development Software with 77 reviews. Mendix is rated 8.4, while Microsoft Power Apps is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Mendix writes "Low-code, helpful support, and great native mobile capability". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Power Apps writes "Low-code, low learning curve, and reduces manpower". Mendix is most compared with OutSystems, Appian, Oracle Application Express (APEX), ServiceNow and Salesforce Platform, whereas Microsoft Power Apps is most compared with Oracle Application Express (APEX), ServiceNow, Appian, Microsoft Azure App Service and OutSystems. See our Mendix vs. Microsoft Power Apps report.
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