Mendix is good, AppCreator is better
Looking for the best Mendix alternative? Check out AppCreator. With its robust on-premises low-code capabilities, it is an intuitive and cost-effective alternative to Mendix.
Download AppCreatorWhat makes AppCreator a viable alternative to Mendix
- Ease of use
- Getting started
- Data and analytics
Ease of use
AppCreator's low-code scripting language, Deluge, comes with an internally hosted integrated development environment (IDE) providing features like smart debugging, code correction, and drag-and-drop code blocks. The platform's ability to embed HTML and JavaScript code in its dashboards facilitates accelerated visualization and deep customization. It's short learning curve and intuitive drag-and-drop features enables AppCreator to ensure citizen developers can quickly get up to speed in deploying enterprise-grade applications. IT teams benefit from the ability to deploy prototypes rapidly and reduce application development life cycles.
With Mendix, the scope of advanced customizations and AI-model building is minimal for citizen developers, and this often prolongs the necessary IDE design time. Advanced customizations can only be achieved on Mendix Studio Pro through Java and JavaScript for professional developers; citizen developers have to rely entirely on professional developers or IT teams to accomplish this. However, if your organization has a lot of seasoned developers, leveraging Mendix can be efficient with its support for these classic programming languages.
Getting started
AppCreator does not require any prior programming language knowledge to get started. It features intuitive drag-and-drop interfaces from its form builder and a powerful point-and-click workflow builder that do not require any special training to leverage.
To get started with Mendix, you must be familiar with the Mendix Domain model, which is central to the architecture of the platform. Once this knowledge is acquired, applications can be swiftly developed. However, the Java actions, JavaScript, and SQL aspects of Mendix require prior knowledge of these languages.
Data and analytics
AppCreator comes with rapid application development, customized portals, offline data access, and offline-to-online data processing. It also provides various powerful enterprise data management application features, like a unified enterprise data service hub.
Mendix requires the creation of a data model as the first step. Then, specific interventions from the user are required to create tables, data types, or attributes, and ultimately relationships. Provisions for users to configure and maintain sub-forms are absent, and a limited set of form templates are offered.
However, Mendix's JavaScript capabilities can be leveraged to create dashboards that make analytics appealing within the platform.
Why should you choose AppCreator over Mendix?
Features
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AI-powered data cleansing during application creation via form import
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Easy setup
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Simple system requirements
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Short learning curve
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Easy application extensibility
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No need for special knowledge about domain model logic
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Auto-validation in form fields
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Subforms in forms
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Page builder
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Easy PDF creation
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Easy dashboards
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Widgets
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Mobile application builder
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Approval workflows
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Report widgets supported on native mobile pages
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Built-in auto translation
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Generate multi-device apps automatically
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Built-in support for full rebranding of apps
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Android SDK and iOS SDK
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Making the best of AppCreator
Host multi-platform apps
Automatically obtain bespoke iOS and Android versions of your applications with no additional programming or effort.
Reduce IT complexity and cost
Save time and effort when compared with traditional development methods. Low-code applications are easy to deploy and require minimal prior programming expertise.
Accelerate digitization
AppCreator is a holistic digitization platform, delivering custom app development, business process management, data management, and integrations management. All this can be achieved up to 10x faster compared to conventional programming approaches.
Deploy apps effortlessly
Embrace a rich ecosystem of intuitive visual builders, ready-to-use code snippets, form and report templates, and built-in connectors to help you rollout applications fast.