Mendix Reviews

• Micro flows, because of the ease of use for complex development structures
• Wide variety of in app store Widgets such as Deep Link, Active Directory integration, graphs (bar/spider charts), and geo location functionality
• Ability to customize the style sheets 
• Mobile development framework
• Java integration with Mendix
• Remote debugging
• The ease of use for complex development structures
• SAP integration 

We developed a tool/product called Survey Quest. The tool enable the user to do perform surveys and  improveme them as well as its functionality.

The out of the box crud screens can be made more user friendly, but then again it is a business application tool to quickly generate crud screens for enterprise application, not focused on public facing/entertainment values.

I've used it for two years.

There were no deployment issues.

The system was performing not as quick/fast as it should have.  

There were memory leaks after a week of it being live. We need to clear the memory once a week.

It was straightforward.

We developed a solution in house.

ROIs at this stage is not good because of the high license fees.

We also looked at Microsoft/Java options. We initially thought the license fees and speed of development was too slow.

I was involved developing a solution.  We also did a site for skillsmap in mendix that was live for one and a half years. 

Mendix is an excellent tool to put the business in charge again for realizing IT projects. In the pension project we worked in sprints of two weeks in which we created functionality which was going to be tested by the business instantly. In this way the business stayed connected with the IT solution and was in charge of the project. Mendix is an excellent tool to execute the scrum way of working in a successful way.

Often the business comes to the conclusion that it is not working as they had thought it would after they have seen a first version. In Mendix it is really easy to show this first version and to change it according to the business needs.

After two weeks the business will be able to  see what they had in mind and will be able to validate whether the IT people have understood what they meant but also whether the solution is going to work as they had in mind.

We haven't had any issues with deployment.

We haven't had any issues with stability.

We haven't had any issues with scalability.

Currently, we are testing this solution for application development.

You need experienced programmers and developers to understand this solution. We had a very experienced developer use the solution and they had difficulties, the training for developers could be better.

We have used the solution in the past 12 months.

The solution is stable.

We have tried to contact commercial support by phone and email but they never responded to any of our attempts. Their support is currently not good.

The solution was good in our tests but we could not get a hold of the company for further inquiries. This is the reason I gave such a low score below.

I rate Mendix a five out of ten.

Rapid development

Prototyping

The ability to deploy functionality daily, weekly, or monthly has greatly increased our competitive advantage in the market.

More than 3 years

No

No

No

Enterprise level customer support, with strong user community

Good

Yes, traditional development methodologies were found to be too slow and cumbersome

No, there is alot of support for getting started, from videos to tutorials.

in-house

Mendix has a unique place in the market and is a great tool. Ensure that you are using it for the correct product/project -- one size doesn't fit all.