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Delivery Module Lead at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Consultant
​To market time has been reduced as development time has come down a lot.

What is most valuable?

Being a device agnostic solution and responsive design support are most valuable.

How has it helped my organization?

To market time has been reduced as development time has come down a lot.

What needs improvement?

Seamless integration with legacy application is what I would like to see the most.

For how long have I used the solution?

I started with v5.7 approximately two and a half years ago.

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What was my experience with deployment of the solution?

We've had no issues with the deployment.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

We initially faced issues with complex web services, but now Mendix have evolved and fix most of the major issues with web services.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

We've had no issues scaling it for our needs.

How are customer service and support?

Initially the support was very good and quick, but now it is taking more time and needs a few follow ups.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

I have not used a different solution similar to Mendix. I started using Mendix since my organization wanted it.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup was easy and straightforward. Just an exe to run. Also they provide good 18 Hrs training for you to get started with the product.

What about the implementation team?

We use the cloud option only for implementation, but In-house cloud deployment is also supported. You can chose your deployment option based on your need and type of application. They also provide third party cloud support like AWS, HP Helion etc.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

As far as I know, the licence is costly.

What other advice do I have?

Mendix is a good option for people looking for fast deployment and Multiple device support with single code. But they need to check if the licence cost fits to their budget. Other than that no issues. I have seen large scale applications also running in Mendix.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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it_user414093 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Consultant at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Real User
It massively speeds up IT projects in comparison to more traditional approaches.

What is most valuable?

  1. The fact that my customer/client can actually understand my ‘code’ – it makes it very easy to discuss and improve newly built software
  2. The online collaboration environment included in the platform, which massively improves the client/software integrator partnership
  3. The speed it gives us when doing a project. It massively speeds up IT projects in comparison to more traditional approaches

How has it helped my organization?

It’s not so much my own organization, but the clients my organization works for. They see faster time to market for new software, improved maintainability, and higher user satisfaction as the main improvements.

What needs improvement?

UX/UI design is still the largest area that can be improved, or at least be made easier. Mendix have been making massive steps in this area since release 5.18 though, so that’s promising. Next to that the integration possibilities have been expanding but can always use more options.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been using it for over four years.

What was my experience with deployment of the solution?

We had no issues deploying it.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

We have had no issues with the stability.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

There have been no issues scaling it for our customer.

How are customer service and technical support?

Excellent. Mendix support is usually fast and very helpful. Next to that, also the user forum is very helpful.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

I’ve used OutSystems in the past. We chose Mendix because the UI of the Modeling (Software Suite) environment is easier to use, and the online environment is much more advanced.

How was the initial setup?

Very straightforward from first version of your web-app to deployment.

What about the implementation team?

I work for a systems integrator that uses the vendors of the product to implement it for clients who don’t have an in-house team.

What other advice do I have?

Do the math, and take into account not just the money but also your user’s happiness and the ability to quickly respond to changing circumstances by changing your software.

Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer: We're an implementation partner
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it_user413343 - PeerSpot reviewer
Associate(Java Developer) at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Consultant
We were able to completely refactor middleware from SAP BPM to Mendix.

What is most valuable?

It as an integrated server with one-click deployment. The deployment of Eclipse to analyse a code-based environment with XML to domain mapping by having just the XSD. Visual Programming is fairly intuitive and intricacies of code syntaxes are abstracted so we could focus solely on logic building.

How has it helped my organization?

We were able to completely refactor middleware from SAP BPM to Mendix. This was done in a relatively short time and the product created a common language between developers and business analysts that facilitated the translation of business requirements, frequent validation, and/or modification to the technical solution. This actually reduced a few development cycles which gets crucial with short-term projects.

What needs improvement?

I think it has made some good/significant changes like Model API and a presence in AWS as well as integration with cloud foundry. Going forward some important improvements would be the inclusion of support for non-relational databases . Non-relational databases have had a fair presence in domains like Big Data and the ability to extract data out of them represented in Mendix and then go on for analysis could be an important feature .

For how long have I used the solution?

We've used it for one and a half years/

What was my experience with deployment of the solution?

We were not directly involved in deployments, but as far I can recollect we did not encounter many issues.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I cannot speak much about the stability of the cloud deployment which probably is more sought after. We haven't, however had any issues with the on-premises version.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

We have had no issues scaling it to our needs.

How are customer service and technical support?

8..5/10 - our modules were fairly complex with the most complex thing being our communication with SAP backend . We had a very good support from Mendix liaisons to counter challenges regarding the interfacing .

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We had previously been working on 3GL solutions such as Java and C++. We also had some work done in AllFusion Gen 7.6 that led us to explore other model driven tools. We had a few choices but took up Mendix mostly because it had natural integration with customized Java/Scala code . Our vision was to further use the product to enhance/refactor our legacy solutions of other projects and incidentally high percentage of them were in Java .

How was the initial setup?

Pretty straightforward . Mendix is a one-stop solution with most things integrated and it would require only a few changes such as custom configurations for various aspects like the database, to bootstrap a project and start building solutions.

What about the implementation team?

We implemented the solution in an offshore/onshore model with technical expertise from a Mendix liaison. There are fairly complex modules (SAP Connector) which might need expert help if one is trying to use them in their solutions so it would be great to have an expert from their side .

What was our ROI?

Not sure about an exact metric count on this but as a subjective answer it did reduce development cycles. The official claim was somewhere between a five to sixfold increase but it was hard to corroborate that with actual metric.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The pricing is still a bit on the higher side and with other players in the MDD domain Mendix might need some price cuts to maintain/grow its popularity. It has already been placed once in the Visionary quadrant by Gartner and could really further build on that with competitive pricing to create farther appeal. Again, the issue with pricing is a completely personal opinion and I am pretty sure there are other factors to be considered before the final offering could be made by the Mendix.

What other advice do I have?

The product is easy to use and learn. The tough part is orienting your thinking to a model driven solution, or to better put, to an effective optimized solution. This would require some practice and some challenging use cases.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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it_user413280 - PeerSpot reviewer
Mendix Consultant at a tech consulting company with 51-200 employees
Consultant
​Its graphic interface, which allows you to develop rapidly and in a structured way is a valuable feature.

What is most valuable?

  • Its graphic interface, which allows you to develop rapidly and in a structured way.
  • The fact that it is an all-in-one solution, producing a system that is ready to run immediately

How has it helped my organization?

This question is not entirely relevant for us, since our organization develops Mendix systems for clients.

What needs improvement?

I cannot think of any immediate issues. Mendix has an active community, providing requests, advice and add-ons. Each new Mendix version incorporates suggestions from this community. I believe this is why it meets the needs of most users very well.

For how long have I used the solution?

We've been using it for two and a half years.

What was my experience with deployment of the solution?

We had no issues wit the deployment.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

When a mainframe system with a very large database and batch process was rebuilt in Mendix, we came across performance issues.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

We had no issues scaling for the needs of our customers.

How are customer service and technical support?

Customer Service:

It's good.

Technical Support:

It's good.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

I haven't used any solution that's similar.

How was the initial setup?

It's very straightforward. I used to be a mainframe tester and was able to start developing in Mendix in a short period of time.

What about the implementation team?

The applications can run in the Mendix cloud, making implementation very easy: Mendix provides an easy to use interface.

They can also run on premise, implementation will then be dependent on the client's application environment.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

As a developer I have very little knowledge of this.

What other advice do I have?

You should try it. You can set up a new project for free in a very short time.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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it_user8394 - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager of Operations with 501-1,000 employees
Vendor
Mendix Application Builder

Mendix is a product (and company) that caught my attention in the recent days. It boasts of a very easy drag-and-drop UI builder, a business process modeler , a built-in collaboration workspace and an agile model built-in to each project.
I started this off by signing up for the product. It appears that a “free” email account does not work. It required me to enter a corporate email account. Once I did that, registration was done quickly and I was able to download the product quickly.
One cool feature I liked was that it made it really simple to invite other interested parties (in the organization) to get started. I was able to download and install the business modeler. I am running win7 with 4GB memory and it was no big deal to install and get it up and running
Once up, I noticed that there were a few sample projects. Unfortunately, none of them made sense with regard to what I had in mind. So , I got started with creating a brand new project. The business modeler is pretty intuitive and I was able to quickly develop a data model and scaffold a screen with CRUD operations. I had some problems with getting the form to work. But after seeing some youtube videos, I was on my way.
I also had an issue with the pop-up form options and could not figure out a way to get rid of it. But after some more youtube videos, I was well on my way.
A couple of more features that I really like are the built in workflow builder and the social media features. Mendix has made it really easy to define workflows, statuses and tie that to forms. Also, the social media features make it easy to collaborate with your social network.
All in all, this is a good product. Oh and by the way, the forms can be desktop based or mobile based.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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it_user4401Developer at a transportation company with 1,001-5,000 employees
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What I like at Mendix is that it allows the user to directly capture feedback to an application, right at the screen to which the feedback is associated to. After that, the feedback gets into a queue that developers can access and answer them. At the company that I work for, we used Mendix also to slot the feedback for sprints of future releases.