OutSystems
Enterprise AI development platform for building, orchestrating and governing custom apps and AI agents
By OutSystems · 4.1/5 Value-Position score (estimate)
Positioning guardrails
Best for
- Large enterprises standardizing app and AI-agent delivery on one governed platform
- Teams modernizing legacy systems (COBOL, Lotus Notes) or extending SAP without full replacement
- IT organizations that need DevSecOps, compliance and lifecycle controls around pro and citizen developers
- Building custom AI agents that integrate with existing core systems and data
Ideal size: Enterprise IT, 25+ developers people · Regulated or large enterprise with existing DevOps and governance functions
Not for
- Small teams wanting a low-cost, fully self-service app builder
- Pure code-first engineering shops that reject visual, model-driven development
- Buyers who need published list pricing before talking to sales
- Personal Edition users needing production workloads or an uptime guarantee
Value metrics scorecard
Time-to-Value
Roughly 4-6 weeks to first production app
~30 days to first production value
Total Cost of Ownership
On request
Custom quote priced on application objects (complexity), non-anonymous end users and add-ons; free Personal Edition for non-production
Implementation Friction
4/5
Engineering + admin effort required
Value-Position score
out of 5 · model estimate
Full cost breakdown
Mandatory implementation fee
None
Seat tiers
Starts with 1 medium production app (~150 Application Objects) and 100 internal users
Add-on costs
- 24x7 professional support upgrade
- Additional non-production and production runtimes
- Self-hosted / on-premises option
- 99.95% uptime guarantee upgrade
- Additional compliance certifications such as SOC 2 Type II and PCI DSS
- Additional internal and external end users
- Mobile app shielding
Company & support
Who is behind OutSystems, and how your team gets help once it is live.
Company
- Founded
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- Headquarters
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How you get support
- PhoneNot listed
- EmailNot listed
- Live chatNot listed
- Support portal / ticketsNot listed
- Community forumNot listed
- Help centre / docsNot listed
- Dedicated account managerNot listed
- In person / on-siteNot listed
- Hours
- Business hours
- Response time
- Not stated
Pricing page states professional support during business hours (8x5) on ODC and Personal Edition, with 24x7 professional support available as a paid advanced add-on. No specific support channels are named on the pages reviewed.
“Not listed” means the vendor’s public pages don’t mention that channel, not that it is unavailable. Ask about it during evaluation.
Market position
Where OutSystems sits against its closest alternatives. Pick any two of cost, speed, friction and buyer score, and up to 9 companies to compare.
Quadrant view
Typical annual cost × Time-to-value
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Companies on the chart 6 / 10
- OutSystems
- Route4Me
- ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus
- DocuWare
- Nintex
- BatchMaster ERP
Add or change companies
Up to 10 companies including OutSystems. Listed closest first.
Stack fit signal
Compatibility with standard B2B ecosystems.
No supported MCP path today, so it cannot be driven from an AI client.
AI & MCP readiness
What OutSystems ships in AI, and what it asks of your ecosystem.
AI features shipped
Mentor is positioned as an AI partner across app generation, delivery and monitoring of the SDLC. Agent Workbench supports building and orchestrating custom AI agents inside business processes, with governance items such as agent guardrails, RBAC, human-in-the-loop approvals, audit logs and agent evaluations. AI cost is described as tied to executions, capacity or usage metrics. No vendor page…
Your data & models
- Trains on your data
- Not recorded — ask the vendor
- Runs on
- Not recorded
- AI pricing
- Billed by usage or credits
In your ecosystem
- AI connection
- Not supported
- Model key
- Not recorded
- AI usage audit
- Basic visibility
Compliance attestations
* IAPP AIGP certifies individuals, not products. It means named staff hold the credential — not that the platform does.
Bottom line
OutSystems is an enterprise AI development platform pairing low-code visual development with agentic AI: Mentor for AI-assisted delivery across the SDLC and Agent Workbench for building and governing custom agents. It targets large, regulated organizations modernizing legacy systems and delivering mission-critical apps and AI agents at scale. Pricing is a custom quote based on application objects, end users and add-ons, with a free Personal Edition for non-production use. SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, HIPAA, GDPR and FedRAMP (with Knox) are claimed.
Frequently asked questions
How is OutSystems priced, and what will it cost us annually?
The pricing page does not publish rates. Subscriptions are quoted on the scale and complexity of apps (measured in Application Objects; a typical medium app is about 150), the number of non-anonymous internal and external end users, and optional add-ons such as additional runtimes, 24x7 support, 99.95% uptime, self-hosting and extra compliance certifications. A free Personal Edition exists but is limited to test applications, up to 100 internal users, with no uptime guarantee. Expect a sales-led estimate rather than self-serve list pricing.
How quickly can we get a first application into production?
Vendor customer evidence suggests weeks, not days. The Red Cross mobile app was built in six weeks, TX Group delivered a complex billing engine in seven months, and Bosch cut assembly-line team ramp-up from four weeks to four days. As an enterprise platform with governance, DevOps and integration work, a realistic first-production milestone is roughly one to two months depending on scope, security review and legacy integration.
Is OutSystems secure and compliant enough for regulated workloads?
The security page states the platform is FedRAMP-Moderate Authorized in partnership with Knox and holds SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001 and ISO 22301, with compliance for GDPR, HIPAA and PCI DSS plus national standards such as ENS, ACN and DESC. Controls include encryption in transit and at rest, WAF and DDoS protection, isolated runtimes, least-privilege access, BYO identity provider and integration with SIEM/APM tools. HIPAA support depends on deployment model and a Business Associate Agreement, so confirm scope during compliance review.
What AI capabilities do we get, and does AI cost extra?
Sources describe Mentor for AI-assisted generation, delivery and monitoring across the SDLC, Agent Workbench for building and orchestrating custom agents, plus governance features including guardrails, role-based access, audit logs, human-in-the-loop approvals and agent evaluations. The AI page states AI development cost is typically tied to executions, capacity or usage metrics alongside subscription levels, so AI consumption is effectively metered rather than a flat included feature. No vendor page names which foundation models are used.
What happens if we later want to leave the OutSystems ecosystem?
The pricing FAQ states that OutSystems generates standard, open code based on widely used frameworks and languages that can be extended and integrated with other systems, so customers retain control over their applications. Vendor lock-in is framed as low for the generated code itself, though platform-specific tooling, governance configuration and CI/CD setup would not transfer automatically.
Which systems and legacy environments does it integrate with?
Customer evidence and security documentation reference extending SAP, wrapping and modernizing COBOL and Lotus Notes environments by exposing APIs, and integrating identity via SAML, OAuth, SSO, Microsoft Entra ID and BYOP options. Security monitoring integrations such as Splunk, Dynatrace and New Relic are described, and the platform supports on-premises, private and public cloud deployment through the OutSystems Private Gateway.