Are you looking for a cost-effective, flexible, and scalable alternative to OutSystems to build your feature-rich apps? Look no further. App Builder is the only cloud-based, low-code platform designed to help businesses and development teams streamline time to market, reduce IT backlogs, and quickly achieve digital transformation.
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According to our most recent report, nearly every company now uses low-code for software development. But it’s important to understand the key differences between platforms. With AI features, customization options, transparent and flexible licensing, and ease of use, App Builder provides a more flexible platform than OutSystems.
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| Vendor Lock-In | No Lock-In | |
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| Steep Learning Curve | Easy to Use | |
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| Best for: Enterprises and large organizations SMBs |
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Bridging the gap between design, development, and business, our low-code platform fosters collaboration and accelerates app-building cycles, reducing development time by 80%. As a leading OutSystems alternative, App Builder empowers organizations and teams with pixel-perfect code generation, an extensive toolbox, and AI capabilities so they can build and drive innovation with the right tools. No limitations or hidden costs.
Unlike OutSystems, where working with high-volume data and user interactions often requires additional development effort, we make this process effortless.
App Builder provides a robust library of 65+ UI components for large datasets and complex visualizations.
Easily drag and drop the controls you need directly to the canvas in a complete WYSIWYG app-building experience.
Anything you craft with App Builder has the look and feel of a professionally designed enterprise-grade app without requiring a design team.
Leverage AI-driven features to easily generate views or images based on plain language prompts.
Match any branding requirement with various theming and styling options—no clunky visual editing involved.
Developers’ major concern when using low-code tools is limited control over generated code or apps’ functionality. However, with App Builder, you can achieve developer freedom and refine UX.
You can apply customizations, create color palettes for charts, change themes, preview and generate clean, production-ready code, publish to GitHub, or download a zip.
There’s no vendor lock-in.
App Builder ensures seamless design import with the brand-new Figma UI kit that maps to real, framework-agnostic UI components for Angular, React, Web Components, and Blazor.
Convert Figma designs to code instantly.
Eliminate error-prone hand coding and designer-developer handoffs.
You can quickly add, edit, and use any data source (Rest API) you want.
No more relying on predefined datasets. Set up any data input and benefit from integration with different sources: databases, spreadsheets, and APIs.
App Builder works with external tools and services like GitHub and Reveal for embedded analytics.
We do not need to write much documentation anymore about how a certain function should work and behave, we just design it.
Holger Indervoort
Product Manager for
PTV Map&Guide Internet
Decreased cost per acquisition by 65%
PTV Map&Guide Internet is a transport route planner that also provides the ability to calculate costs, wear and tear, tolls, driver salaries and more. For drivers, owner-operators, and dispatchers of transport companies, PTV Map&Guide internet provides real-world intelligence.
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We do not need to write much documentation anymore about how a certain function should work and behave, we just design it.
Holger Indervoort
Product Manager for
PTV Map&Guide Internet
Decreased cost per acquisition by 65%
PTV Map&Guide Internet is a transport route planner that also provides the ability to calculate costs, wear and tear, tolls, driver salaries and more. For drivers, owner-operators, and dispatchers of transport companies, PTV Map&Guide internet provides real-world intelligence.
Read Story
We do not need to write much documentation anymore about how a certain function should work and behave, we just design it.
Holger Indervoort
Product Manager for
PTV Map&Guide Internet
Decreased cost per acquisition by 65%
PTV Map&Guide Internet is a transport route planner that also provides the ability to calculate costs, wear and tear, tolls, driver salaries and more. For drivers, owner-operators, and dispatchers of transport companies, PTV Map&Guide internet provides real-world intelligence.
Read Story
We do not need to write much documentation anymore about how a certain function should work and behave, we just design it.
Holger Indervoort
Product Manager for
PTV Map&Guide Internet
Decreased cost per acquisition by 65%
PTV Map&Guide Internet is a transport route planner that also provides the ability to calculate costs, wear and tear, tolls, driver salaries and more. For drivers, owner-operators, and dispatchers of transport companies, PTV Map&Guide internet provides real-world intelligence.
Read Story
We do not need to write much documentation anymore about how a certain function should work and behave, we just design it.
Holger Indervoort
Product Manager for
PTV Map&Guide Internet
Decreased cost per acquisition by 65%
PTV Map&Guide Internet is a transport route planner that also provides the ability to calculate costs, wear and tear, tolls, driver salaries and more. For drivers, owner-operators, and dispatchers of transport companies, PTV Map&Guide internet provides real-world intelligence.
Read Story
We do not need to write much documentation anymore about how a certain function should work and behave, we just design it.
Holger Indervoort
Product Manager for
PTV Map&Guide Internet
Decreased cost per acquisition by 65%
PTV Map&Guide Internet is a transport route planner that also provides the ability to calculate costs, wear and tear, tolls, driver salaries and more. For drivers, owner-operators, and dispatchers of transport companies, PTV Map&Guide internet provides real-world intelligence.
Read Story
We do not need to write much documentation anymore about how a certain function should work and behave, we just design it.
Holger Indervoort
Product Manager for
PTV Map&Guide Internet
Decreased cost per acquisition by 65%
PTV Map&Guide Internet is a transport route planner that also provides the ability to calculate costs, wear and tear, tolls, driver salaries and more. For drivers, owner-operators, and dispatchers of transport companies, PTV Map&Guide internet provides real-world intelligence.
Read Story
We do not need to write much documentation anymore about how a certain function should work and behave, we just design it.
Holger Indervoort
Product Manager for
PTV Map&Guide Internet
Decreased cost per acquisition by 65%
PTV Map&Guide Internet is a transport route planner that also provides the ability to calculate costs, wear and tear, tolls, driver salaries and more. For drivers, owner-operators, and dispatchers of transport companies, PTV Map&Guide internet provides real-world intelligence.
Read Story
We do not need to write much documentation anymore about how a certain function should work and behave, we just design it.
Holger Indervoort
Product Manager for
PTV Map&Guide Internet
Decreased cost per acquisition by 65%
PTV Map&Guide Internet is a transport route planner that also provides the ability to calculate costs, wear and tear, tolls, driver salaries and more. For drivers, owner-operators, and dispatchers of transport companies, PTV Map&Guide internet provides real-world intelligence.
Read Story
We do not need to write much documentation anymore about how a certain function should work and behave, we just design it.
Holger Indervoort
Product Manager for
PTV Map&Guide Internet
Decreased cost per acquisition by 65%
PTV Map&Guide Internet is a transport route planner that also provides the ability to calculate costs, wear and tear, tolls, driver salaries and more. For drivers, owner-operators, and dispatchers of transport companies, PTV Map&Guide internet provides real-world intelligence.
Read Story
We do not need to write much documentation anymore about how a certain function should work and behave, we just design it.
Holger Indervoort
Product Manager for
PTV Map&Guide Internet
Decreased cost per acquisition by 65%
PTV Map&Guide Internet is a transport route planner that also provides the ability to calculate costs, wear and tear, tolls, driver salaries and more. For drivers, owner-operators, and dispatchers of transport companies, PTV Map&Guide internet provides real-world intelligence.
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I think that App builder make it easy for anyone to create their own mobile app without coding. They are affordable, fast, and offer customizable templates.
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You don’t need to be a skilled UX/UI designer or developer to create simple interactions by setting up states that are activated by events. Instead of needing to repeatedly redo an element, the screen part allows you to specify it once and reuse it across the project as needed. Everyone can quickly learn how to use this software because of its low learning curve.
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It provides the drag-and-drop option to create awesome Ui for the application. It provides a prebuilt template and component with a customizable option to create the application fast and easily.
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App Builder’s user interface is incredibly user-friendly, making it easy to navigate and utilize the platform’s features. The drag-and-drop functionality simplifies the app development process.
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Significantly improves designer-developer handoff by turning Figma designs into code in some of the most popular app development frameworks – Angular, React, and Blazor
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At our company, we appreciated the same powerful WYSIWYG drag-and-drop interface and pixel-perfect code output (Angular, Blazor, React, Web Components) as the cloud version but fully behind our firewall. It comes with more than 65 UI components, starter templates, routing and Figma integration and instant previews all hosted securely on our infrastructure.
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The App Builder AI and code generation features make this low-code tool stand out. The fact that I got live previews so quickly and the ability to generate clean, production ready code for popular frameworks is great. Then, in just a click, I could publish it straight to GitHub and save a ZIP file.
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I’m not a developer, but I was able to create working dashboards and interactive apps without writing code. The drag-and-drop UI, sample apps, and built-in themes made it easy for me to get started.
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I love how intuitive the WYSIWYG drag-and-drop interface is. Even if you’re not a developer, you can assemble UI screens quickly, build apps from scratch, and generate/preview production-ready code in Angular, React, Web Components, and Blazor. It’s a complete low-code IDE backed by a comprehensive toolbox with reusable UI controls.
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This low-code tool has a short learning curve and anyone can build dashboards and configure interactive apps without writing a single line of code. Reusable components and the AI functionality save time across the project. I also liked the fact that I could start with a sample app, giving me the opportunity to inspect the code and learn best practices.
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It has all the power of the cloud App Builder drag-and-drop app experience, Figma UI kit, instant code gen and preview, and UI components, but it runs entirely behind our firewall. That means enterprise-grade security without giving up the ease of use.
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The reusable components are framework-agnostic, which means I can design once and use them across Angular, React, Blazor or Web Components. This makes our development stack more flexible, especially when projects have different requirements.
Katie Mikova
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By embracing low code and democratizing app development, companies can fundamentally transform the way their businesses operate, enabling faster, more agile product development and achieving shorter time to market. But why is this important?
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Harnessing the power of low code and AI is a strategic move that drives business growth and innovation at faster rates. And now with App Builder AI, businesses have an even greater advantage. App Builder AI combines the simplicity of low-code platforms with the intelligence of AI, enabling teams to build and deploy applications faster and more efficiently than ever before.
App Builder is the best and most comprehensive OutSystem alternative, streamlining everything from design to code. It is designed for companies of different sizes and teams with different technical backgrounds. A comprehensive library of 65+ UI components includes the fastest grids and high-performance charts for every scenario. But most importantly, App Builder generates editable, clean, production-ready code for Angular, React, Web Components, and Blazor.
Key features include:
App Builder provides flexible subscription plans with on-prem and embedded versions, a multi-year discount, and a 14-day free trial. On the other hand, OutSystems has pricing rates and a free edition for 10 days.
App Builder has an easier learning curve than OutSystems. It comes with a drag-and-drop UI and a complete WYSIWYG app-building experience. There is also an app preview option, which makes it easier for everyone to inspect the code and the app. Developers with different skills and expertise, citizen developers, and C-level executives find App Builder much more intuitive.
Both tools ensure rapid app development. However, App Builder excels in a way that provides flexibility, more low-code and AI functionalities, reusable components for different frameworks, a WYSIWYG drag-and-drop interface, and more. It also reduces the design-development friction by eliminating time-consuming handoffs, allowing developers to build an app from scratch by using a sample app or transforming Figma designs to code in a click without extensive coding.
Various sectors and companies of different sizes choose App Builder as an OutSystems alternative because of its cost-effectiveness, flexibility, customization options, and pricing model. For example, there are Financial Services and Banking, Retail and eCommerce, Manufacturing and Logistics, Education and Learning, and more.
There are no limitations to using App Builder. People can easily transition from one platform to another because App Builder has no vendor lock-in and provides all the tools teams need to build data-rich and high-performance web applications with grids, charts, and any feature they want.
You can easily start by trying App Builder for free or choose the plan that fits your needs and budget. We offer a 14-day free trial. Once it ends, you can directly purchase the product to access the full capabilities. If you need more time to evaluate, please contact our sales department and consider a small trial extension to help with your decision.
