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OutSystems vs Tray.io comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

OutSystems
Ranking in Low-Code Development Platforms
2nd
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
55
Ranking in other categories
Mobile Development Platforms (1st), Rapid Application Development Software (4th), Business Orchestration and Automation Technologies (6th)
Tray.io
Ranking in Low-Code Development Platforms
74th
Average Rating
7.0
Reviews Sentiment
5.3
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
Process Automation (55th), Cloud Data Integration (30th), Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) (24th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the Low-Code Development Platforms category, the mindshare of OutSystems is 4.8%, down from 10.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Tray.io is 0.3%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Low-Code Development Platforms Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
OutSystems4.8%
Tray.io0.3%
Other94.9%
Low-Code Development Platforms
 

Featured Reviews

Aditya Bhatt - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Technical Lead at a pharma/biotech company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Rapid delivery has transformed complex enterprise apps and supports faster cross-domain projects
Every platform or low-code platform tool is quite good in its own area, but there is always space to groom or enhance or improve. The same is with OutSystems as well. A couple of things from the integration point of view can be enhanced. If your application or the enterprise organization is tackling a huge data application where you have bulk amounts of data, it becomes a challenge for all the technologies and the same with OutSystems. You have to design your architecture in a very magnificent and decent way so that how you process your data so that load can be easily balanced. Data handling and huge data handling is a kind of challenge you may need to face. Then we have some vendor lock-in. If you are trying to migrate your application from OutSystems, then you probably get into this vendor lock-in system. Some organization may face challenges if some organization is on a small scale size. The small scale businesses may find OutSystems costly because of its high cost and pricing due to the licensing cost. Apart from that, OutSystems really plays well, and it needs a learning curve. If a traditional application or programming is there which your developers are skilled into and they are directly deployed into OutSystems, it may take some significant amount of time for them to get comfortable with OutSystems. There is a learning curve. OutSystems community is already in place, but it can more be enhanced regarding some aspects. They did organize lots of bootcamps and other user groups as well, but those can also be improved from the documentation point of view and having some integration guidebook as well. A couple of things which can be improved into OutSystems include the licensing cost, the vendor lock-in side, the learning curve, couple of integration aspects and customizations.
reviewer2754390 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Engineer at a consumer goods company with 51-200 employees
Automation has transformed onboarding workflows and still needs clearer error guidance
I would rate Tray.io overall about a seven, give or take, with a consideration of seven and a half. I chose seven for my rating mostly for cost-related reasons as I would not really recommend it for smaller companies or startups. Zapier would be a more beneficial solution for those, but if you are looking to scale up, I think it is worth the price, which is the only reason I would give it a seven rating. My overall review rating is seven. The learning curve for new users on Tray.io is somewhat noticeable, as when you first log on having never used a low-code platform, you need to take the time to really learn how the workflows are deployed and how to connect everything. However, once you are using it every single day, it is quite easy to catch up, though there is still a bit of a learning curve. Tray.io integrates fairly well with our existing tech stack, as we utilize Okta, Slack, Google Cloud platforms, AWS, and a multitude of software-as-a-service applications, and Tray.io automates many of these. From my experience alone, it helps with onboardings, offboardings, and title changes.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Reduces the manual labor in compiling and deploying applications and generating procedural code (by reducing development bureaucracy/processes, resulting in real gains). The LifeTime Server approach, requiring just a few steps to publish applications in production environments, is fantastic."
"OutSystems is a hybrid framework and supports my mobile and web application development needs. This means I don't have to write separate code for mobile applications. It adapts the UI and functionality, whether I'm developing for web or mobile interfaces. All I need to do is provide the layout during development."
"The OutSystems' most effective features for speeding up development cycles are the process orchestration and the drag-and-drop updating of business processes."
"Refactoring with TrueChange is very simple."
"It is very stable."
"OutSystems is scalable, and we have easily managed minor escalations and added redundancy to our app server, which was simple to set up."
"Once built, web/mobile components can be reused in all new developments. In addition, the OutSystems Forge is very useful. We can exchange components and even already-built applications, reducing costs to build specific solutions."
"We can do the validation before calling the API."
"Tray.io has positively impacted my organization by helping us keep our internal database and this third-party service in sync, and it has really helped us automate a lot of that work because it is fairly straightforward to maintain and develop."
"Tray.io has positively impacted my organization by reducing the amount of redundant tasks that our team performs by approximately 80%, and the numbers are quite significant with the workflows alone, as we are working towards creating and utilizing AI within these workflows as well."
 

Cons

"The solution is costly."
"I would like to see OutSystems improve its integration capabilities, especially with emerging technologies like AI and GPT."
"Since we first started using OutSystems, they switched their language support from Java and .NET to .NET only, which was a bit of a surprise. Their language support could be better in this sense, although on our resource side it is now a bit more flexible."
"OutSystems could improve by being more like GitHub. It would be more helpful for us for division management and version control for our application."
"I'd like to see AI features integrated into the solution."
"There are many tutorials available but they are very basic and good for learning the platform. To develop an enterprise-grade application, advanced tutorials need to be developed to help IT professionals design/develop high-quality/performance applications."
"The dashboards in OutSystems could improve. There are a lot of tabs in the service center that can be confusing."
"The tool needs to improve the efficiency of its widgets."
"As our product got more complex, we needed to add more and more complexity to Tray.io in terms of our setup, and that is when the benefits of it being no-code or low-code started to pale in comparison to the cost of making everything slightly more complicated."
"One way Tray.io could be improved, especially for people coming in with no real coding experience, is with more comprehensive error messages."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"OutSystems was open to a deal that worked for both sides."
"It is too expensive for small companies."
"For one developer to use, the cost is around $5,000."
"I would rate it five to six out of ten."
"There is a free trial to use this solution and other options available, such as enterprise. There are different subscription plans."
"The solution is expensive."
"OutSystems is a very expensive solution, and it has to be cheaper."
"It is not an expensive product, especially if you have access to more features and deal with more projects."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
12%
Computer Software Company
11%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Government
6%
Computer Software Company
15%
Outsourcing Company
12%
Healthcare Company
9%
Wholesaler/Distributor
9%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business19
Midsize Enterprise7
Large Enterprise31
No data available
 

Questions from the Community

Which solution is better for developing non-ITSM applications: OutSystems or Service Now?
The short answer is that OutSystems is far better for 2 main reasons. Firstly, with Service Now you are locked into that platform for good. The business model is to lock in and then keep pumping th...
What industries do you think OutSystems is most useful for?
I cannot really name an industry in which OutSystems cannot be beneficial. Who does not want to make top-notch applications that work in no time? And OutsyStems does exactly that. The low-code plat...
How did you decide which OutSystems edition was the best one for you?
We started using OutSystems fairly recently, so we are still on the free version of it. My company is still testing how we like the platform, but so far, we have been satisfied with it and will li...
What needs improvement with Tray.io?
It was not always easy to test our changes in Tray.io. In a software engineering context, you might imagine there being different branches and different environments to make changes where you can m...
What is your primary use case for Tray.io?
We run automation workflows with Tray.io to take data from our internal databases and update a third-party software that we use. Specifically, my company offers digital trade credit, and we use tha...
What advice do you have for others considering Tray.io?
I think in general it has been a positive experience with Tray.io, and while there are areas where it can be improved, overall it is a good product. I rate Tray.io a seven out of ten.
 

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