Low-code comparison:

9 ways OutSystems
outperforms the competition

Choosing a low-code platform is a big decision—one that will determine the pace
of innovation and the quality of the apps you build.

At OutSystems, our core mission for 20+ years has been to help IT leaders build
the software that matters most. We accelerate cloud-native development with
unimpeachable quality, enterprise-grade SDLC, managed infrastructure, and AI
that’s built into our DNA.

Here are 9 differentiators between the OutSystems platform and other low-code
platforms to help you make the right decision.

01 OutSystems
Has broad AI support
embedded into the
Low-code alternatives
Have spotty AI add-ons
to try and capitalize on
AI at the core platform to boost the AI gold rush.
developer productivity,
ongoing code analysis
and security checks, and
intelligent, automated
lifecycle management.

Impact
Improve app quality and time-to-market
without requiring a higher headcount.

02
OutSystems Low-code alternatives
Makes it easy to Offer roadmap promises,
operationalize but lack the ability
Apps infused generative AI (GenAI) to innovate with
with GenAI with market-leading GenAI today.
tools, integrations with
LLMs, and templates
for integrating GenAI
into apps.

Impact
Build GenAI-powered apps in minutes—
not months—without needing a
specialized AI team.

03
OutSystems Low-code alternatives
Generates real code Run interpreted code that
(C#, JavaScript, impacts performance and
Real code, SQL) that runs at denies access to the real
not interpreted native speed. code underneath.

code
Impact
Your applications don’t take a hit from
interpreted code and instead run at maximum
performance and provide scalability.

04
OutSystems Low-code alternatives
Enables the use and reuse Require you to copy-paste
of composable modules components into each
Smart across applications with app, leading to application
composability cascading changes that maintenance nightmares.
make maintenance a snap.

Impact
Save time, accelerate CI/CD, and
improve developer efficiency.

05
OutSystems Low-code alternatives
Makes features available Require customers
immediately. Updates to wait for “big bang”
Evergreen are deployed with no product releases and
architecture application downtime cause downtime when
and no internal effort. patching issues.

Impact
Never hit pause for an update, and always
work with our latest innovations.

06
OutSystems Low-code alternatives
Supports a thriving Offer limited communities,
developer community fewer resources and
A robust with bustling forums, training opportunities,
community learning paths, local and less community-

for developers and global events, and driven innovation.

a marketplace with
community-built apps.

Impact
Upskill your development team. Leverage
thousands of prebuilt components created
by the OutSystems global community.

OutSystems Community Join now

700+ 3K+ 1M+

members community apps completed courses

07 OutSystems Low-code alternatives

Enables one-click Require manual
publishing to the cloud, deployment of containers
Enterprise- automatically optimizes and planned scaling,
grade resources, and scales to which can lead to over-

deployment meet demand. and under-provisioning.

and scale
Impact
Always meet demand, while spending
more time developing and less time
managing infrastructure.

08 OutSystems
Delivers application
Low-code alternatives
May only sell user and app

All-in cloud infrastructure licenses, requiring extra

with 99.5% uptime, and work (and extra costs)
hosting and AI Agent Builder all with to procure virtual cloud
infrastructure the base fee for ODC. computing resources.

Impact
Simplify procurement, and uncover
potential savings.

09
OutSystems Low-code alternatives
Provides the tools, Face limitations with
performance, scale, advanced use
Critical automation, and AI so cases like GenAI, and
use cases your apps can scale to extensibility with other

at scale support any use case— systems, making them

from internal apps to more appropriate for
mission-critical core simple apps.
systems to massive
global B2C apps.

Impact
Standardize and streamline your SDLC
with one platform for all use cases,
including elastic architecture, managed
infrastructure, and built-in AI.

What customers say

“Before OutSystems, we typically “To digitize this company, we

released every six weeks. Now had to bring innovation and
we deploy twice every week. development in-house and get
Changes that took a month the business and IT working in
before now take ~48 hours. All unison. OutSystems gives us the
at scale; fast, reliable, secure agility to make that possible.”
experiences for millions of
Ingo Paas
customers in 200+ countries.”
Chief Information Officer
Tom Mazzaferro
Chief Technology Officer

“Quite simply (we use OutSystems) because it’s the only

way we can develop these digital, high-touch customer
experiences at a very rapid pace.”

Ron Puno
Business Process Automation Head

What analysts say

7x #1 #1 Recognized
consecutive in three of in customer for our
leader in low- five critical satisfaction “commitment
code capabilities to innovation”

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