OutSystems Reviews

The solution helps to build mobile and web applications on SOAP and REST. You can integrate it with backend systems by submitting a code.

The tool needs to improve the efficiency of its widgets.

I have been working with the solution since 2017.

The tool is very stable due to its strong architecture. The solution’s downtime is also very less. We have hardly had any issues. The product is able to route the traffic to another place if there are any issues.

The tool is scalable. It can accommodate changes in business requirements. My company has around 1000 users for the tool.

The product’s deployment is simple. The tool is a cloud solution. You need to setup an account and access its packages. You just need to download and install it.

The tool’s licensing is based on the user’s usage.

I would rate the solution a ten out of ten.

We use the product for developing applications.

It improved our output, mostly in the reactive and mobile applications we developed. 

We used almost all of the features, themes, styling guide, and approach components. They are useful in our applications. 

Technical support could be better, and out-of-the-box performance could be improved. 

We have been using OutSystems for five years.

We had some lagging issues under high data loads, and the solution needed to be customised to improve this.

The solution is scalable.

Technical support would get a three out of five, as there is some wait time involved and some solutions were not adequate. This is an area for improvement. 

Neutral

We previously used Darknet but switched to OutSystems because it offered some more tools and features.

Setup was easy and there are a lot of forums to help, I would rate it five out of five in that respect. 

We had an in-house setup, requiring only one person.

It depends on the use case, but we found the solution to be pretty expensive.

Setup is easy, the solution is also easy to learn and there is a lot of community support on forums to help. Aside from the cost, OutSystems has been good for us. I would rate OutSystems a seven out of ten.

I was only testing OutSystems.

The most valuable feature of OutSystems is the drag and drop and toolchains in the small AI developing environment. Additionally, the documentation is helpful.

The dashboards in OutSystems could improve. There are a lot of tabs in the service center that can be confusing.

I have been using OutSystems for approximately one month.

OutSystems is stable.

The scalability of OutSystems is good.

I am the only one using this solution. I am a student at a university.

The support from OutSystems is good.

I rate the support from OutSystems a five out of five.

Positive

The initial setup of OutSystems is easy. You only need to sign up. It takes approximately 15 minutes.

I did the implementation of the solution by myself.

There is a free trial to use this solution and other options available, such as enterprise. There are different subscription plans.

The enterprise version of the solution is approximately $1,500 annually.

The maintenance of the solution can be done by one person.

I would recommend this solution to others. There is a portable version available for them to try.

I rate OutSystems a nine out of ten.

I am using OutSystems to deliver in-house applications for developing intra-company applications.

Before OutSystems we used to take six to seven months to build applications. Now, using OutSystems, it just takes two to three months, max. The best part is that one or two developers can create a full application.

I really like the one-click publish feature in OutSystems. In other development tools/languages, it's not as easy. I also like how easily I can manage all my projects in one place.

I think OutSystems needs to improve in many areas. First, sometimes Service Studio becomes really slow and even hangs for long periods. Also, if I have not published my module in some time, and some kind of Service Studio exception occurs, I lose my work.

I would give it an eight out of 10 because they need to improve in many areas to make this a great platform.

Created an operational-risk-management and issue-management application.

We got discounted pricing from them in writing and built for a year, but now they require 50% more.

• Fast for server-side development. 
• Easy to learn. 
• GUI is good.

• You need jQuery/CSS skills for customization of the GUI. 
• Reporting is very light. 
• No built-in BI.

First and foremost, OutSystems is one of the most robust platforms I've ever tried. Our primary goal was to reduce the overall development time and deliver to the customer faster than anyone else can. 

During the evaluation phase of OutSystems, we realized that it not only reduces development time but also helps in the overall delivery of our project/product. This platform provides our developers the edge they need to create, deploy, change, and manage mobile and web apps quickly and efficiently. With OutSystems' platform, developers can easily develop and build applications that work on any device, as well as cater to the needs of all types of employees, customers, and partners.

Even with it being a low-code platform, we have never encountered a problem that cannot be solved within OutSystems. We developed many enterprise-level applications in half the time when compared to traditional development tools.

Our primary focus is always our customer success and satisfaction. By using OutSystems, we started delivering results quickly to our customer without compromising the quality of the product. Performance and security are key factors for an IT application/product. With OutSystems, these goals can easily be achieved. We are pleased to say that we are making our customer happy by delivering a quality product in less time.

It has so many features and almost every one of them is awesome. It makes our development life easier. 

The most important features of this tool are its visual modeling capabilities and drag and drop functionality. You can see what you are coding which makes it easy to understand and maintain. They have also created a big revolution in digital transformation by introducing native mobile app development under the same IDE.

Integrations with external systems with SOAP and REST are easy to implement off-the-shelf, but a developer can always implement specific libraries for other integrations.

OutSystems is a great platform if used by those who are experienced. 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.

During the initial phase we encountered many issues with the platform that were limiting us but, as we became experienced with the platform, we were able to achieve almost everything that other development platforms can do.

There are certain design standards which, if you don’t follow them, will cause many problems in scaling up your product/application. How you use this product depends on your experience.

The technical support is not very good but I still give it a six out of 10.

We were using traditional development tools like Java/.NET but the overall development time was longer compared to Outsystems. Also, our previous solution had other overheads such as release management, version management, code management, monitoring, etc., all of which are built-in with OutSystems.

They have pretty good documentation to set up the environment and you just need to follow the instructions.

Pricing could be a concern. You have to pay yearly, even after you have completed your development.

I started using this solution in 2012 and still am using it for many of our customers and internal projects. OutSystems is a robust, low-code platform that can make a big difference in your customer satisfaction. The overall features of the platform and continuous improvement make it more adaptable than other tools.

I'm using OutSystems to build an ERP system and a customer portal.

OutSystems' best feature is that you can build tests with the flow, so even the tests are made in the PDD framework in a low-code way.

The PDD framework can't be used for the behavioral-driven development way of working. They're working on improving that, but it's taking a long time. OutSystems also doesn't have branching, which means if there's a production issue, it's not so easy to fix.

I've been using OutSystems for a year and a half.

OutSystems is stable.

OutSystems is scalable.

We've had good contact with OutSystems' consultants.

The initial setup was straightforward.

We used a team of OutSystems developers.

I would advise anyone considering implementing this solution that you need a senior OutSystems developer to help your in-house developers because it can be quite hard to work with in the beginning. If you have a senior OutSystems developer who can help with best practices, then you're good to go. I would give OutSystems a rating of seven out of ten.

The primary use case is to build applications for internal users.

• Speed of delivery: We were able to reduce development time by 30%.
• Able to automate manual processes in various departments.

• Great built-in features to get us up and running in no time.
• Their out-of-the-box UI is quite good.
• Easy deployment
• Refactoring with TrueChange is very simple.
• Monitoring and logging are built into it.

• Writing custom code still needs to be done via Integration Studio. This might have been added to the IDE.
• When shared extensions are updated, all the applications are redeployed.
• Mobile apps should have been fully native.