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OutSystems vs Tray.io comparison

 

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

Categories and Ranking

OutSystems
Ranking in Low-Code Development Platforms
2nd
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
55
Ranking in other categories
Mobile Development Platforms (1st), Rapid Application Development Software (4th), Business Orchestration and Automation Technologies (6th)
Tray.io
Ranking in Low-Code Development Platforms
74th
Average Rating
7.0
Reviews Sentiment
5.3
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
Process Automation (55th), Cloud Data Integration (30th), Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) (24th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the Low-Code Development Platforms category, the mindshare of OutSystems is 4.8%, down from 10.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Tray.io is 0.3%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Low-Code Development Platforms Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
OutSystems4.8%
Tray.io0.3%
Other94.9%
Low-Code Development Platforms
 

Featured Reviews

Aditya Bhatt - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Technical Lead at a pharma/biotech company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Rapid delivery has transformed complex enterprise apps and supports faster cross-domain projects
Every platform or low-code platform tool is quite good in its own area, but there is always space to groom or enhance or improve. The same is with OutSystems as well. A couple of things from the integration point of view can be enhanced. If your application or the enterprise organization is tackling a huge data application where you have bulk amounts of data, it becomes a challenge for all the technologies and the same with OutSystems. You have to design your architecture in a very magnificent and decent way so that how you process your data so that load can be easily balanced. Data handling and huge data handling is a kind of challenge you may need to face. Then we have some vendor lock-in. If you are trying to migrate your application from OutSystems, then you probably get into this vendor lock-in system. Some organization may face challenges if some organization is on a small scale size. The small scale businesses may find OutSystems costly because of its high cost and pricing due to the licensing cost. Apart from that, OutSystems really plays well, and it needs a learning curve. If a traditional application or programming is there which your developers are skilled into and they are directly deployed into OutSystems, it may take some significant amount of time for them to get comfortable with OutSystems. There is a learning curve. OutSystems community is already in place, but it can more be enhanced regarding some aspects. They did organize lots of bootcamps and other user groups as well, but those can also be improved from the documentation point of view and having some integration guidebook as well. A couple of things which can be improved into OutSystems include the licensing cost, the vendor lock-in side, the learning curve, couple of integration aspects and customizations.
reviewer2754390 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Engineer at a consumer goods company with 51-200 employees
Automation has transformed onboarding workflows and still needs clearer error guidance
I would rate Tray.io overall about a seven, give or take, with a consideration of seven and a half. I chose seven for my rating mostly for cost-related reasons as I would not really recommend it for smaller companies or startups. Zapier would be a more beneficial solution for those, but if you are looking to scale up, I think it is worth the price, which is the only reason I would give it a seven rating. My overall review rating is seven. The learning curve for new users on Tray.io is somewhat noticeable, as when you first log on having never used a low-code platform, you need to take the time to really learn how the workflows are deployed and how to connect everything. However, once you are using it every single day, it is quite easy to catch up, though there is still a bit of a learning curve. Tray.io integrates fairly well with our existing tech stack, as we utilize Okta, Slack, Google Cloud platforms, AWS, and a multitude of software-as-a-service applications, and Tray.io automates many of these. From my experience alone, it helps with onboardings, offboardings, and title changes.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Scalability proved to be an exceptionally beneficial feature."
"It is a stable solution, and the initial setup is straightforward."
"Agile development is really worth it."
"OutSystems is a hybrid framework and supports my mobile and web application development needs. This means I don't have to write separate code for mobile applications. It adapts the UI and functionality, whether I'm developing for web or mobile interfaces. All I need to do is provide the layout during development."
"OutSystems is easy to use."
"Setup is easy, the solution is also easy to learn and there is a lot of community support on forums to help."
"The visual program of OutSystems is one of the major advantages of this solution."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is that it allows users to easily build applications."
"Tray.io has positively impacted my organization by reducing the amount of redundant tasks that our team performs by approximately 80%, and the numbers are quite significant with the workflows alone, as we are working towards creating and utilizing AI within these workflows as well."
"Tray.io has positively impacted my organization by helping us keep our internal database and this third-party service in sync, and it has really helped us automate a lot of that work because it is fairly straightforward to maintain and develop."
 

Cons

"The initial setup of OutSystems is not easy. It is a very heavy application that requires a lot of hardware and software resources."
"Technical support would get a three out of five, as there is some wait time involved and some solutions were not adequate."
"The latest version of the app generation tools could be more user-friendly."
"The PDD framework can't be used for the behavioral-driven development way of working."
"The documentation needs to be more robust."
"The technical support is not very good but I still give it a six out of 10."
"The integration Studio could be improved. It needs a tool in which we could develop C# code and then integrate into OutSystems. The application could have a better UI."
"OutSystems could improve by being more like GitHub. It would be more helpful for us for division management and version control for our application."
"As our product got more complex, we needed to add more and more complexity to Tray.io in terms of our setup, and that is when the benefits of it being no-code or low-code started to pale in comparison to the cost of making everything slightly more complicated."
"One way Tray.io could be improved, especially for people coming in with no real coding experience, is with more comprehensive error messages."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"You should contact OutSystems for more details but my opinion is that it is not for small business budgets."
"The subscription is billed on a yearly basis."
"It is very high price."
"Pricing could be a concern. You have to pay yearly, even after you have completed your development."
"OutSystems is expensive, and they changed the pricing model in the last couple of years. It's changing too much and it's becoming unstable. They are constantly shifting their prices based on users, courses, and other factors."
"It is not an expensive product, especially if you have access to more features and deal with more projects."
"I believe they have two pricing options. One is approximately $4000 USD a year and the other is approximately $10,000 USD a year."
"For a single application, it's too expensive."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
12%
Computer Software Company
11%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Government
6%
Computer Software Company
14%
Outsourcing Company
11%
Construction Company
11%
Wholesaler/Distributor
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business19
Midsize Enterprise7
Large Enterprise31
No data available
 

Questions from the Community

Which solution is better for developing non-ITSM applications: OutSystems or Service Now?
The short answer is that OutSystems is far better for 2 main reasons. Firstly, with Service Now you are locked into that platform for good. The business model is to lock in and then keep pumping th...
What industries do you think OutSystems is most useful for?
I cannot really name an industry in which OutSystems cannot be beneficial. Who does not want to make top-notch applications that work in no time? And OutsyStems does exactly that. The low-code plat...
How did you decide which OutSystems edition was the best one for you?
We started using OutSystems fairly recently, so we are still on the free version of it. My company is still testing how we like the platform, but so far, we have been satisfied with it and will li...
What needs improvement with Tray.io?
It was not always easy to test our changes in Tray.io. In a software engineering context, you might imagine there being different branches and different environments to make changes where you can m...
What is your primary use case for Tray.io?
We run automation workflows with Tray.io to take data from our internal databases and update a third-party software that we use. Specifically, my company offers digital trade credit, and we use tha...
What advice do you have for others considering Tray.io?
I think in general it has been a positive experience with Tray.io, and while there are areas where it can be improved, overall it is a good product. I rate Tray.io a seven out of ten.
 

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