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I have an Enterprise story on this. The low code tool I was using increased the price x10 on me after the first 3 years. The price increase was poorly managed,
by kfk 3y ago
I have an Enterprise story on this. The low code tool I was using increased the price x10 on me after the first 3 years. The price increase was poorly managed, they looped me out and tried to talk directly to the IT leadership which was a disaster for them because they had 0 experience handling Enterprise contracts. I don’t think these low code tools are worth the trouble of dealing with their inexperienced sales people. Maybe some low code tool companies are better, but I am done with them anyways. Most of these tools promote bad coding practices like no clear split of dev and prod, no version control, no testing. I am not sure if these low code companies know what they are doing and how complex it is to maintain an enterprise app over 5/10/15 years.
- ethbr0 3y agoName and shame!
- cowanon222 3y agoNot the poster, but Microsoft Powerapps had a massive price jump a few years ago, followed by a pretty large decrease last year. Through the grapevine I have heard the same about Mendix and Outsystems - in my company we found that hiring internal developers is cheaper than paying the licenses at scale. (About a 10k employee company) It may work for smaller depts and apps, but Retool or Airtable is often sufficient for these teams, and much easier for non-developers to learn. We do use Appian and Pegasus for some smaller depts.
- ethbr0 3y agoMicrosoft product positioning on Power* seems extremely weird from the outside, which I chalk up to internal division politics. It's like they can't decide if they want to give it away to grab market share or make money off it. And pricing updates reflect whichever group wins the last debate.