Mendix

Score7.2 out of 10

113 Reviews and Ratings

What is Mendix?

Mendix is a low code platform-as-a-service offering with mobile and social extensions. Mendix was acquired by Siemens August 2018.

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Screenshot of Agile Project Management: Collaborate. Manage. Iterate.

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Platform User Management
Tools enabling admins to control user access and on-board and off-board users
Category average: 8.4
Visual Modeling
Visual modeling tooling allows business users to design processes visually.
Category average: 7.6
Platform Security
Security guardrails in place to help prevent malware, data breaches etc.
Category average: 8.4

Drag-and-drop Interfaces
Drag-and-drop interface for building applications
Category average: 8.6
Reusability
An internal repository where assets, modules, and even entire applications can be reused
Category average: 8.6
Platform Scalability
Apps developed by low-code platform must be scalable and capable of supporting large numbers of users
Category average: 8.5

#1 most frequent

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

25.2%

323 installations of 1,281

#2 most frequent

Manufacturing

13.6%

174 installations of 1,281

#3 most frequent

Information

7.6%

97 installations of 1,281

Verified User

Manager in Information Technology (5001-10,000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

By using Mendix, we’ve been able to overcome the challenge of hiring dedicated application developers for every small or routine application requirement. The platform enables us to build and deploy applications quickly, with minimal reliance on traditional development resources.

Pros

Working with Mendix is speedy, flexible.
We have built a Transport Bid Portal in 4 weeks with the help of Mendix.
Easy to deploy across the web.
We have Change Request approval in ERP.

Cons

Yes, it also has areas for improvement, like the limitation of coding.
The cost for a Mendix license is also higher-end.

Return on Investment

Time saving and Cost Saving.
Easy to start and user friendly.
Reduced the IT Costs and sped up application delivery.

Alternatives Considered

Power Apps

Other Software Used

Power Apps, MindTickle

Usability

Verified User

Analyst (1001-5000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Mendix is being used as our enterprise web platform for several customer facing portals. These applications solve a number of business needs, including: prescription engine, reporting tool, order interface, program enrollment, and much more. These applications are heavily integrated with our CRM, Salesforce.com.

Pros

Development is Mendix is generally quick going. The time from whiteboard to deployed application can be a matter of days. The business side loves this and allows for continuous enhancements and modifications.
We heavily use the feedback loop built within the application. This is used for our internal QA processes as well as for customers to submit ideas, bugs, etc. This has become a valuable asset to our team.
The business logic capabilities are quite comprehensive and allows going back to review "code" relatively painless

Cons

The documentation and user community could be stronger. With any other (well established) software, a quick Google of a problem will yield hundreds of results, solutions, blogs. That's not always the case with Mendix. This has improved, however, in the few years our organization has been using Mendix.
Styling pages, forms, etc., within Mendix is a bit tedious. Without a solid foundation of css, forget about making your app look anything like you would want, aside from the out-of-the-box styling packages/templates Mendix offers.
The Helpdesk Support is sub-par. Often times a few days will pass and a "try this... no no, try this. I meant try that..." idea(s) are thrown back. The true understanding and knowledge seems to lie with only a few individuals. Although, this too has improved in the years of using the software.

Raymond Reyes View profile

Information Technology Manager in Information Technology at JG Summit Holdings Inc (10,001+ employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Mendix functions as a Rapid Application Development/Low-Code Development Platform within our organization, primarily addressing our Web and Mobile App development needs. The platform has been instrumental in creating various applications, including digitizing the time capture process for plant employees, streamlining the workflow for our Request for Payment process, and facilitating other Supplier integration scenarios.

Pros

Low-Code Development
Citizen Developer
Platform as a Service (PaaS)

Cons

Offline Capabilities
Mobile app development
Code Extension

Return on Investment

Faster Time-to-Market
Cost Savings
Vendor Lock-in

Alternatives Considered

OutSystems, Microsoft Power Automate and Zoho Creator

Other Software Used

SAP Business Technology Platform

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James Hill

CEO (Chief Executive Officer) in Corporate at Aging Aircraft Solutions (1-10 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We're using Mendix Optimize My Plant application to help provide our customers' users in the shop access to plant simulation resources and data and to be able to tailor experiences to each different individual user type within our customer's organization.

Pros

We're able to really easily develop different views that are very specific to a customer's needs or customer's different types of user needs. So for example, the production managers can have a certain view that's relevant to them and then certain line managers can have views that are specific to them that allow them to run different scenarios which they define. So it allows us to easily build customized apps for each different type of user.

Cons

I think there always could be easier ways to build apps with Mendix, and I think they tend to be doing a very good job. I haven't seen the new Mendix 10 yet, but I've heard some about it and they've implemented a lot of improvements, AI features, and other things. So we look forward to using those features as we get more experience with Mendix 10.

Return on Investment

It allows us to create apps more quickly, and I don't have to have as many outside resources of developers to help us do that. We can just do it with our in-house team because our in-house team has the capability to work with Mendix pretty well. It saves us costs and allows us to get innovation out to our customers faster.

Usability

Richard Calverley

Global Aliances Manager at Eviden (10,001+ employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use the product to help business users develop front-end business logic around some of our core systems, such as SAP, so that we don't have to adjust or customize SAP core modules. Instead, we use Mendix as a low-code fast development platform to develop add-ons and customizations.

Pros

It allows business users to participate more readily in converting requirements into business process flows. I think that's what it does really well, as well as integration with hyperscalers for cloudification of application customizations.

Cons

I would say making sure that it has full integration across all the hyperscalers such as AWS, Microsoft, and Google. That would be a key area for me.

Return on Investment

It helps to speed up application development because of its low code by the fact that it's low code. It allows professional developers to focus more on specialized application development rather than the more routine application development that business IT and super users can do for themselves with some coaching from the IT department. So it's just allowing the more specialist professional developers.net, for example, Java in our organization to focus on more complex engineering application developments.

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