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Kinvey vs Mendix: What are the differences?
Developers describe Kinvey as "Cloud Backend as a Service for any app". Kinvey makes it ridiculously easy for developers to setup, use and operate a cloud backend for their mobile apps. They don't have to worry about connecting to various cloud services, setting up servers for their backend, or maintaining and scaling them. On the other hand, Mendix is detailed as "Low-code platform used by businesses to develop mobile & web apps". It is a low-code software platform. It provides tools to build, test, deploy and iterate applications.
Kinvey and Mendix can be categorized as "Mobile Backend" tools.
Some of the features offered by Kinvey are:
- User Management- Add any number of users, using the authentication systems of your choice.
- Business Logic- Kinvey's custom business logic allows you to host your code in our cloud.
- Data Storage- Instantly and securely sync data between your app and Kinvey backend.
On the other hand, Mendix provides the following key features:
- Centralized App Governance
- Drag & Drop Forms Builder
- Enterprise Integration
Mendix is an open source tool with 30 GitHub stars and 276 GitHub forks. Here's a link to Mendix's open source repository on GitHub.
Pros of Kinvey
- Easy setup5
- Excellent documentation2
- Great free tier for testing prototypes2
- MongoDB2
- Will be discontinued sometime in 20231
- Great customer support1
Pros of Mendix
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Cons of Kinvey
- Base plan starts at $2,500 / year1
