Mendix for Manufacturing

My main use case for Mendix  is to create smart applications in a fast way, applications that have integrations, use of AI, custom widgets, and so on. A quick, specific example of an application I've built with Mendix  is an application with video calls, which stands out for me, and it's an application that I am really proud about. In this application, we have like two people talking in a video call and then the agent on the other side can take pictures from the user's phone, because the user's used his or her phone to join the call via a Mendix application, and then they talk to each other with a video call, pictures, drawing pictures, that kind of stuff.

The best features Mendix offers are easy deployment, fast application creation, easy to build logic, and lots of marketplace modules and components to use in your applications, so you don't have to reinvent the wheel. If you need to eventually customize code, you can do it by using JavaScript and Java, which just make things faster.

Mendix has positively impacted my organization, especially for clients, who are getting lots of benefits, particularly speeding up changes, because they eventually need to change business rules, or they need to change how their business works. Mendix makes sure that happens fast, and about the video call application I created, they now speed up their customer service by having that video call feature, meaning they don't really need to send engineers physically to the client's location to see what's going on. All they need to do is do a video call, take a few pictures remotely, and that's it. No need to drive, no need to spend fuel, money with the engineers' location relocation; saving money is the most valuable thing.

After implementing Mendix, they reduced by 98% the engineers' relocation, as 98% of the cases are now being done by video calls instead of in-person appointments, which says a lot, even though the company didn't provide any numbers on how much is saved.

It would be great for AI in Mendix to read my whole project and understand the whole business, so all I need to do is ask, hey, what does this button do, and why is that button there? AI could answer me why we have that button, and what that button does. I know that this is something in progress by Mendix; eventually, we will get that feature, but this is something that we definitely need because new developers that join a project might struggle to understand the whole business, especially in complex applications. I chose eight instead of a higher or lower number because Mendix would be a 10 if we have the feature that I just mentioned, like asking why that button is there and getting a clear answer about its business purpose. It would also be a 10 if we have a faster Studio Pro, like not taking too much time to process things, especially when projects are too large; those two aspects would make it a 10 for me.

I have been using Mendix for the last eight years.

Mendix is stable.

You can scale Mendix using a private cloud, but if you want to scale it to a bigger instance, you have to contact a Mendix partner or the same Mendix partner that sold you the license.

Customer support for Mendix is very good; we open a ticket, and they answer, of course depending on your plan, but it's very useful. I would rate customer support a nine.

Positive

Before Mendix, I used to be a high-code developer, so I didn't really use a platform or solution; I coded with React, Node.js, MongoDB, which aren't actually platforms but open-source solutions.

In the project that I'm working with, we are using the Mendix Cloud and with just a few clicks, we can deploy the application acceptance or production, which has made my work easier and more efficient because I don't really need to understand how DevOps works. I don't need to understand Kubernetes  or Docker . All I need to do is to build my app and deploy it by just doing a few clicks. About the speed of development of app creation, I think it's just a matter of open Studio Pro, create the app, do all the pages logic we need, and then push to the point. So that's pretty much it.

My company has a business relationship with Mendix as a partner, specifically an official partner.

Not much about pricing, as it's something that you have to reach a Mendix vendor to see what the possibilities are. From the pricing shown on the Mendix webpage, we have a basic package where you pay 60 Euros a month for five users and 10 Euros per additional user. This is all I know about pricing, but for a different size of Mendix Cloud, you have to consult an official Mendix vendor or partner.

I evaluated OutSystems  before choosing Mendix.

Right now, I'm working with AI, which is pretty new to me, but I'm learning a lot and Mendix makes sure we can use AI in a very smart and fast way by using the platform. My advice for others looking into using Mendix is to start with the basics; don't get rushed. Things will come up eventually and always ask for help. There are forums and lots of communities; you're not alone. It's a great platform to learn a lot and make a lot of money with it, so keep it going. The review rating for Mendix is 8.

Public Cloud

Amazon Web Services  (AWS )

What do you like best about the product?

Mendix is a great piece of software. It makes the creation of applications so much easier than with other tools. And the security features causes your app to always be secure, which is of course also great.

What do you dislike about the product?

It's a bit expensive so I don't think it's always profitable to use Mendix for B2C apps for example

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

Create applications fast and secure

What do you like best about the product?

What I like best about the Mendix platform is that it accelerates the speed of software development.

What do you dislike about the product?

One of the things that I dislike about the Mendix platform is inability to run asynchronous operations efficiently and effectively. It's possible, I'll grant Mendix that, but I do think that there's a lot to improve to make it useful in production environment.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

I'm predominantly solving business problems for client organizations. What we typically see is where an organization will typically or actually have a spreadsheet to administer some information, manage it and draw insights from it. We can do it better, more effectively and more user friendly than a canvas of rows, columns and cells. This is benefitting me in the sense that I get to solve these issues.

What do you like best about the product?

I like how it allows people who do not necessarily have knowledge and skills to be working in web development, to still participate and learn the necessary skills and gain the necessary knowledge.

What do you dislike about the product?

It is low-code, which is nice for the reasons described above but also means there sometimes are limitations that are difficult to work around.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

It allows relatively fast development, which benefits the organisation works for of course.