OutSystems Named a Leader in Low-Code Platforms for Professional Developers by Independent Research Firm

Recognized for a best-in-class AppGen platform, superior UX development, and scalable architecture

OutSystems, a global leader transforming how companies innovate through software, today announced it has been named a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: Low-Code Platforms For Professional Developers, Q2 2025. The report — which assessed the industry’s most significant low-code platforms — recognizes OutSystems Developer Cloud (ODC) for its UX features, data modeling capabilities and support for high-scale applications.

From our founding, we have been committed to empowering CIOs, developers and IT teams to innovate and solve business challenges with software,” said Luis Blando, Chief Product and Technology Officer at OutSystems. “We believe this recognition by Forrester is a testament to that unwavering commitment, and validates our continued efforts to unlock new paths of innovation for our customers, maximizing everything that AI is now able to provide, while ensuring a grounded and future proof approach to their modernization initiatives.”

The Forrester Wave™ is among the premier guides for buyers considering their purchasing options in a technology marketplace and is based on analyst analysis and opinion, and customer feedback. Through rigorous evaluation, Forrester has recognized OutSystems as a Leader in this year’s Wave for the following reasons:

• Strategy: OutSystems goal of avoiding the categories and tradeoffs of traditional software market segments through a best-in-class AppGen platform is superior and aggressive. OutSystems balances critical core improvements with the requisite AI enhancements and plans for technical differentiation in areas like mobile development.
• Capabilities: Superior in UX development and suitable for highly custom B2C web app and mobile experiences. Data modeling tools stand out and its AppGen authoring experience can generate simple CRUD applications entirely from prompts.
• Customer feedback: Customers praise the platform’s UX development capabilities, its features for driving component reuse, and its scalable architecture.

“Customers praise the platform’s UX development capabilities, its features for driving component reuse, and its scalable architecture.…OutSystems’ ODC is the obvious choice for firms focused on unusually large-scale applications and is a strong choice for professional low-code development strategies generally,” noted Forrester in the report.

Learn more about OutSystems Developer Cloud here.

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