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Mendix vs WorkflowGen comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Mendix
Ranking in Rapid Application Development Software
7th
Ranking in Low-Code Development Platforms
2nd
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
64
Ranking in other categories
Mobile Development Platforms (1st), Agentic Automation (9th), Business Orchestration and Automation Technologies (12th), AI Software Development (14th)
WorkflowGen
Ranking in Rapid Application Development Software
31st
Ranking in Low-Code Development Platforms
36th
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
Business Process Design (25th), Business Process Management (BPM) (35th), Process Automation (41st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2026, in the Rapid Application Development Software category, the mindshare of Mendix is 3.9%, down from 4.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of WorkflowGen is 1.5%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Rapid Application Development Software Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Mendix3.9%
WorkflowGen1.5%
Other94.6%
Rapid Application Development Software
 

Featured Reviews

Guru Moorthy Jothi - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Software Developer at RapidData
Low-code platform has accelerated enterprise app delivery and has reduced team size
Mendix has evolved as much as possible, and they are currently planning to automate tasks using AI agentics and other features. Every day presents a learning opportunity for developers using Mendix and the teams involved in improving the platform. One needed improvement I have noticed while working with Mendix is in native mobile development, which still lacks features available in other development environments like Android Studio or Flutter. Certain components that should be available in 2026 are still not present in Mendix, making it difficult to explain limitations to customers. This aspect needs further attention, especially for native mobile development.
CO
SAP Solution Lead at Johnson & Johnson
Good for automatically triggering workflows, but needs to be more customizable
We use this product for many different reasons related to our business We use it a lot for creating workflows to transfer materials between plants, which is a signature part of what we do. The most valuable feature is the ability to automatically trigger the workflow. This solution needs to be…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The integrated security saves a lot of time, especially when it comes to setting up user-roles and security. Also, database updates work automatically. There is no need to write queries to update the database, once you make an update."
"We respond much quicker to challenges, our clients are more profitable and our staff love the opportunity to model and not write boring repetitive code."
"The initial setup is easy."
"Mendix provides the ability to create solutions that fill gaps that I would otherwise be unable to address with standard software."
"Overall the platform is really good."
"Most valuable is the fact that the Mendix platform provides all the tools for creating and deploying business applications in one complete package."
"I have been using this solution for customer authentication, as well as scientific applications, and it has performed brilliantly so far."
"Suite allows you to easily and smoothly integrate with pretty much anything. It is also cloud-enabled. It provides a full Cloud Foundry-driven cloud environment with one-click deployment."
"Took few hours to build workflows with ready-to-use templates, so we had improved productivity."
"It’s easier, more controlled and automatized checks of the budget through this system."
"We use it a lot for creating workflows to transfer materials between plants, which is a signature part of what we do."
 

Cons

"I would like to see more documentation as well as how-to documents."
"Mendix could improve by allowing the customization of different programming languages, such as Python and C++."
"Since it's low-code, I would like Mendix to be web-based, so we shouldn't need to install Mendix to create an app."
"Needs multiple database connections so an app can directly read/write data to/from multiple databases. This would enable easy splitting of big applications that have complex entity relationships."
"In the next version I would like the Rest Service Module to be incorporated into Mendix, similar to the way web services work."
"Mendix is slightly less scalable than I'd like."
"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."
"Improvements for Mendix include that sometimes it gets hung while loading."
"The reports for users. The reports with more details; we have to generate them by the database."
"Yes, for email notification but it could also be with company network."
"This solution needs to be more customizable."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Initially, we started with a year for approximately $25,000, and if we need to expand the number of seats then we will increase it."
"Its cost is higher than competitors. The cost mostly includes licensing. It is charged per user. The cost model could be better. When you have a big company, what does per user mean? If I have a company where I have 40,000 people who will go to access it but only 200 do, how do you license it and who do you pay for? If they hit it once, do you pay for it? The licensing is complex for a big company. It is easy for us to buy all we can eat, get an enterprise license agreement, and call it good."
"There is a license required to use Mendix. The solution's price is high, but it is best suited for enterprise companies that have the budget. It is not for small or medium-sized businesses."
"Mendix seems a bit expensive. But in terms of wanting to have less developers and higher velocity, the total cost of ownership is fine. It's not cheap, though."
"I would not recommend the solution to small and medium-sized businesses because it’s expensive. It’s great for big organizations. I rate the pricing as a three out of ten."
"The solution is a bit expensive compared to others"
"Mendix is not open source, but its license cost is cheap, particularly when compared to the Appian license. The license model would depend on how many users you have and how many applications you are creating. If you are creating a single app, you just need to have a single app license, so it's free. If you want a multiple app license to cover two thousand or three thousand users, for example, internal users or external users, then you need to pay for the license. There's also a license model for above three thousand or four thousand, or five thousand internal and external users."
"Pricing used to be complex, but Mendix has improved that quite a bit."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
15%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Construction Company
9%
Outsourcing Company
8%
Comms Service Provider
21%
Construction Company
14%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business30
Midsize Enterprise7
Large Enterprise25
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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Mendix?
My experience with Mendix's pricing, setup cost, and licensing is that the pricing is moderate—not too low and not too high. The setup cost is average, and since it is a licensed-based tool, a basi...
What needs improvement with Mendix?
Mendix has evolved as much as possible, and they are currently planning to automate tasks using AI agentics and other features. Every day presents a learning opportunity for developers using Mendix...
What is your primary use case for Mendix?
My main use case for Mendix is to create enterprise-level applications for banking sectors and industrial expertise solutions with integration-level coding. One specific example of an application I...
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Sample Customers

Genzyme, TNT, Yahoo, Capgemini, Roche, D&B, Aegon, kpn, AZL, Sky, Arch, Penn State Univeristy, BancABC
Comcast, Deloitte, Mitsui & Co Ltd, Sanofi Pasteur, Textron, XL Group. WorkflowGen accelerates business process adaptability in 70 countries for 500+ organizations and 1,000,000 users.
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