Mendix review (2026): is the free plan enough?
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Mendix report card
Fair · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 12, 2026
Best for enterprise low-code business apps
Mendix is an enterprise low-code platform, and its free package covers prototypes and small apps with unlimited users. Paid Standard starts at about 918 euros a month for one app and cloud compute costs extra. The IDE is built for Windows.
Who Mendix is for
- Fits if your company builds business apps across a department
- Works for IT teams deploying to Azure, Kubernetes or SAP
Who Mendix is not for
- Pricey if you're a small team: Standard begins around 918 euros a month
- Not for you if you want US dollar prices, since only euros are shown
- Watch out: cloud compute isn't included, and Premium is quoted individually
- Watch out: Studio Pro supports Windows 11, with Apple Silicon Macs in beta
Why Mendix gets a 2.4
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- DValue for moneyAbout 918 euros a month for one app, and the page doesn't say monthly or annual, in a category whose paid plans start at $16 to $25. Compute is extra.
- BFree plan and trialA free package with no card: the full platform, unlimited users, one environment per app and the academy. Built for demos and small apps.
- BFeaturesVisual IDE, agentic development, many deployment targets, process orchestration and a free academy. The listing shows no gap in the core job.
- CEase of useNo store rating on record. Enterprise low-code with a learning path and certifications, so expect a learning curve.
- BPlatforms and integrationsWeb plus a Windows IDE, with AWS, Azure, SAP BTP, Snowflake, OpenShift and Kubernetes. No phone app is listed.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Mendix's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. The pricing page showed no readable prices in the text we pulled, so prices rest on the listing. How we review and grade.
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<a href="https://toolgpa.com/tools/mendix#review"><img src="https://toolgpa.com/badge/mendix.svg" alt="Mendix: 2.4 GPA on ToolGPA" width="196" height="56"></a>Where Mendix stands among AI app builders
Mendix's GPA of 2.4 is higher than 26 of the 52 other AI app builders we grade, and level with 11.
It stands best on free plan and trial (B, above 45 of 52) and worst on value for money (D, above 0).
Its paid plans start at about $1,025.59 a month, against a middle price of $20 for the category: 50 of the 50 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.7 out of 4. 12 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 53 AI app builders we grade, cut by the letter each got. Mendix’s own letter is outlined.
- DValue for moneyAbove 0 of 52, level with 10
- BFree plan and trialAbove 45 of 52, level with 7
- BFeaturesAbove 37 of 52, level with 13
- CEase of useAbove 0 of 52, level with 32
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 13 of 52, level with 36
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 51 AI app builders. Further left costs less, and higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Point at a dot to see which tool it is.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Keep Mendix, or make your own?
Keep it
To replace Mendix you would be making a tool that builds and hosts other apps. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
It costs $12,307.08 a year.
What you could not
- A tool that builds and hosts other apps.
- A real app for Windows. Something home-made would be a web page.
- It plugs into other products, AWS, Azure and SAP BTP among them.
- AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself.
- Sharing with other people, which means accounts and invitations.
- The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job.
What this rests on. Mendix’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
What is Mendix?
Mendix is an enterprise low-code platform for building, deploying and running business applications, with agile project tools, a collaborative visual IDE and a growing set of AI development features. It can be deployed to Mendix Cloud or to a customer's own cloud, and is part of Siemens. Pricing is quoted in euros and depends on whether you license one app or an unlimited number.
Worth knowing
- Prices are shown in euros; the US-dollar price and the billing basis (monthly or annual) are not shown on the page.
- Standard and Premium licenses do not include cloud compute resources, which are priced separately by deployment option.
- Premium is quoted individually, and the Mendix Cloud, Azure, Kubernetes and other deployments cost extra on Standard.
- The Studio Pro 11 IDE is supported on Windows 11; the docs say Apple Silicon Macs run it in beta.
Key features
- Collaborative visual IDE
- Multi-user development across skill levels in a single IDE, with agile project management built into the platform.
- Agentic and AI development
- The site lists agentic development, AI governance and AI model development among its platform areas.
- Flexible deployment
- Deploys to Mendix Cloud, dedicated cloud, Azure, Kubernetes, SAP BTP, StackIT or your own servers, mostly at additional cost on paid plans.
- Process orchestration
- Part of the platform menu alongside an enterprise knowledge graph and integrations.
- Free academy
- Online learning paths and certifications are included on every package.
Mendix pricing
As of Nov 12, 2026, Mendix has a free plan, and paid plans start at €918 per month and up for One App (euros as displayed; billing basis not stated).
- Starts at
- €918 per month and up for One App (euros as displayed; billing basis not stated)
- Free plan
- Free package: build and deploy demos, prototypes or small apps with a deployment environment and unlimited users, no credit card required.
- Free trial
- None listed
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Free | €0per month | Full platform for prototypes and small apps, with one deployment environment per app and the free online academy. |
| Standard (One App) | €918per month and up, for one app | Department-wide business apps: up to 3 environments per app, ops dashboard, IDP integration, 9-to-5 support and a 99.5% uptime guarantee. Cloud resources cost extra. |
| Standard (Unlimited Apps) | €2,295per month and up, for unlimited apps | The same capabilities as One App for a portfolio of apps. The page says the platform is identical and only the price differs. |
| Premium | Custom | Mission-critical systems: horizontal scaling, high availability, multi-region failover, a private marketplace, 24/7 support and a 99.95% uptime guarantee. |
Read from mendix.com on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Mendix before you buy.
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Common questions
Does Mendix have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 12, 2026. Mendix is listed for Web and Windows.
Does Mendix have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 12, 2026. Mendix is listed for Web and Windows.
Is Mendix open source?
Mendix is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 12, 2026.
Sources for this page
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