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Mendix pros and cons

Vendor: Mendix
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PROS

Mendix allows seamless integration with various platforms and provides a cloud-enabled environment with easy deployment.
Its model-driven, low-code development environment is suitable for rapid application development and customization.
Mendix supports Agile methodology, offering tools for managing user stories and version control, facilitating team collaboration.
The platform is highly scalable, robust, and flexible, offering drag-and-drop features and strong integration capabilities.
Mendix includes comprehensive learning resources and certifications, enhancing user proficiency and understanding.

CONS

Mendix struggles with providing a comprehensive widget creation studio and version management for independent modules, hindering flexible customization and advanced functionality.
The cost of Mendix is considered prohibitive, especially for startups, with license fees reaching $13,000 to $14,000, presenting a significant barrier to entry.
Mendix requires experienced developers to effectively use its complex architecture, as the limited availability of experts and resources poses challenges in adoption and development speed.
The lack of direct technical support and comprehensive documentation can lead to slower issue resolution and a steeper learning curve for new users.
Integration capabilities of Mendix, such as with engineering applications and third-party services, require improvement, as current processes can be cumbersome and time-consuming for developers.
 

Mendix Pros review quotes

MT
Jun 24, 2018
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.
Somnath-Ghosh - PeerSpot reviewer
May 29, 2022
What I found most valuable in Mendix is that it's very much suitable for mobile apps such as native Android or IOS supported mobile apps. The multiple features of the platform are very, very attractive and very popular. Mendix has technical features such as microflows and nanoflows. You can also access data models in the platform. These are the features that are very, very strong in Mendix. I got my hands dirty on other low-code platforms, but I have not seen such strong features in them compared to the microflows, nanoflows, and data model access that are in Mendix, including creating and integration. The platform has out-of-the-box adapters or out-of-the-box-connectors that you can integrate with different interface applications such as SAP, Salesforce, Oracle EBS, etc.
Mitchel Mol BGS - PeerSpot reviewer
Sep 24, 2025
Mendix isn't just an IDE or a coding language; it's a whole platform where you don't have to worry about hosting or monitoring your application, tracking project progress or user stories, as everything is essentially provided by the platform, and it has a very active community helping you out if you have any questions at all.
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Sameer Verma - PeerSpot reviewer
Nov 16, 2022
They are leading in the smart manufacturing, and connectivity space.
RB
Mar 3, 2021
There are free online learning and certifications if a user would like to learn more and better understand the solution.
Hardy-Jonck - PeerSpot reviewer
Nov 27, 2021
The most valuable features are the decorative style, model-driven development, and the fact that Mendix validates flows. Mendix is quick to develop because it's a low-code platform. It's very robust, flexible, open, and scalable. It's for a low-code customer. The tooling is also really good and it has mobile capabilities.
JK
Feb 19, 2021
We find it intuitive and easy to use.
Bondoc-Popescu Marcian-Petrut - PeerSpot reviewer
Sep 30, 2022
You can scale the solution.
DhanasekarMohan - PeerSpot reviewer
Jul 4, 2024
When I often want to pitch Mendix, if there is something out of the box that is not available, I can always extend Mendix. Whether it's the front end or the back end, It can be extended with Java. I've also built many widgets using Mendix.
Marjolein Pordon - PeerSpot reviewer
Jul 11, 2022
The initial setup is easy.
 

Mendix Cons review quotes

MT
Jun 24, 2018
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.
Somnath-Ghosh - PeerSpot reviewer
May 29, 2022
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.
Mitchel Mol BGS - PeerSpot reviewer
Sep 24, 2025
In recent years, the IDE has been more buggy and slower, and although there have been more features added, I would like to see more stability, as some areas that used to work for a fairly long time are now slower in my development, which feels like a step back.
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Sameer Verma - PeerSpot reviewer
Nov 16, 2022
There is always a layer of custom code required.
RB
Mar 3, 2021
There's no direct tech support.
Hardy-Jonck - PeerSpot reviewer
Nov 27, 2021
An improvement I would like to see is the ability to version manage independent modules. Their version management for software repositories must be better. It's good and you can do it, but it needs work.
JK
Feb 19, 2021
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.
Bondoc-Popescu Marcian-Petrut - PeerSpot reviewer
Sep 30, 2022
In the beginning, it is difficult to learn and work with.
DhanasekarMohan - PeerSpot reviewer
Jul 4, 2024
We are all moving away from a monolithic product model to microservices. We are building an F2DUI application to decouple the front and back end. Mendix provides an integrated approach for both.
Marjolein Pordon - PeerSpot reviewer
Jul 11, 2022
Mendix needs to think about itself offering machine learning and artificial intelligence.