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NextGen Release 11.7 - TCO/ROI Analysis

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Evaluation Categories
60-75%
Cost Savings
250-400%
ROI
Leaders
Magic Quadrant

NextGen Positioning

Leaders Quadrant alongside Mendix, Microsoft, and OutSystems - reflecting universality, real implementations, flexibility, multilingual support, and economic efficiency in local market.

1. Vendor Overview

Company Profile

  • Legal Form: NextGen, international development, corporate structure
  • ✅ Experience: 10+ years, large team, various industries
  • ✅ Market Presence: Financial stability and growth

Key Markets & Clients

  • ✅ Industries: Banks, finance, retail, public sector
  • ✅ Sectors: Manufacturing, logistics, local Digital Transformation
  • ✅ Support: Partner network, key regions, local localization

2. Platform Architecture

Deployment Models

  • ✅ Cloud, on-premise, hybrid support
  • ✅ All deployment options, including local Cloud

Architecture & Scalability

  • ✅ Microservice/modular architecture
  • ✅ Enterprise load, DevOps, clustering
  • ✅ Fault tolerance, disaster recovery

Security & APIs

  • ✅ ISO 27001, SOC2 certification supported
  • ✅ REST API, SDK, plugins
  • No public marketplace

3. Core Capabilities

Visual Development

  • ✅ Drag-and-drop editor
  • ✅ FormsDesigner, visual editors

Process Automation

  • ✅ BPM/workflow tools
  • ✅ Agents, Maven, workflow engine

Application Development

  • ✅ Web applications
  • 🔶 Mobile: adaptive interface, no separate SDK

DevOps & Multichannel

  • ✅ Versioning, rollback, publishing
  • ✅ Email, SMS, messengers, chatbots

4. Integration Layer

Protocol Support

  • ✅ REST, SOAP, Webhooks, TCP/IP
  • ✅ Queues support
  • 🔶 No GraphQL out of the box

Enterprise Connectors

  • ✅ ERP, CRM, banking systems
  • ✅ SAP, Oracle, Microsoft, Salesforce, 1C
  • ✅ IntegrationService, plugins, custom connectors

Analytics & Legacy

  • ✅ ETL, BI/analytics, data pipelines
  • ✅ OLAP, BI integration, data export
  • ✅ Legacy systems support

5. Data Layer & DB Support

Database Support

  • ✅ MSSQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle
  • ✅ MySQL, NoSQL, cloud DBs
  • ✅ All major DBMS supported

Data Governance

  • ✅ Access control, audit trail
  • ✅ Centralized audit, RBAC
  • ✅ Import/export, data migration

Analytics & Scalability

  • ✅ Data warehouse/data lake
  • ✅ BI/analytics integration
  • ✅ Storage scalability

6. Security & Compliance

Authentication

  • ✅ SSO, LDAP, OAuth2, SAML
  • ✅ Corporate standards
  • ✅ RBAC/ABAC, MFA

Data Protection

  • ✅ Encryption (at rest, in transit)
  • ✅ Password policy
  • ✅ Logging, audit trail

Compliance

  • ✅ GDPR, ISO, regional law
  • ✅ Implementation specifics by region
  • ✅ Incident response

7. Scalability & Performance

Enterprise Load

  • ✅ Clustering support
  • ✅ Scalability supported
  • ✅ SLA, fault tolerance

DevOps & Monitoring

  • ✅ Auto-scaling, CI-CD
  • ✅ Containerization
  • ✅ Metrics, monitoring, alerts
99.9%
SLA Monitoring
Auto
Scaling
DevOps
CI/CD Ready

8. UX/UI & User Experience

Business Tools

  • 🔶 No-code/low-code for business
  • 🔶 Visual editors, not full no-code

Customization

  • ✅ Interface customization
  • ✅ Themes, white label

Documentation & Localization

  • ✅ Developer documentation (API, SDK)
  • ✅ Multilingual (Arabic/English)
  • 🔶 Knowledge base, no large community

9. Ecosystem & Marketplace

Marketplace

  • 🔶 Ready modules/connectors
  • 🔶 Plugins, extensibility, no public marketplace

Developer Support

  • ✅ Third-party developer support
  • ✅ SDK, API, extensibility

Partner Network

  • 🔶 Integrator/VAR network
  • 🔶 Training, no mass certification

10. Support & Training

Support Levels

  • 🔶 SLA (24/7, premium support)
  • 🔶 Organizationally possible, technically supported

Knowledge & Training

  • ✅ Knowledge base, documentation
  • ✅ Forum, chats
  • 🔶 Training courses, certification on request

Flexibility

  • ✅ Industry/client support flexibility
  • ✅ Customization, local localization

11. Pricing & Licensing

Licensing Models

  • ✅ Per user, per app, per usage
  • ✅ Perpetual/SaaS options
  • ✅ Flexible models, clien-friendly

Pricing Flexibility

  • 🔶 Free trial/freemium by agreement
  • ✅ Special rates for government
  • ✅ Flexible upgrade terms
60-75%
TCO Savings
5-Year
TCO Transparency
Gov
Special Rates

12. Innovation & Roadmap

🤖

AI/ML Support

ScoringScripts, ML/AI, IoT, advanced analytics - hyperautomation capabilities

🗺️

Roadmap

Roadmap available on request, not public - focused development approach

🤝

Co-Development

Collaborative development with customers and partners - fully supported

💡

Innovation Focus

Continuous R&D investment in emerging technologies and market needs

13. Customer Success & References

Implementation Examples

  • ✅ Public services, business, startups
  • ✅ Wide range of industries
  • ✅ Regional implementations

Customer Feedback

  • ✅ Client feedback, NPS
  • ✅ Real scenarios from various industries
  • ✅ User stories and case studies

Business Results

  • ✅ MVP in 2-4 months
  • ✅ ROI 250-400%
  • ✅ 60-75% budget savings
🚀
2-4
Months to MVP
📈
250-400%
ROI
💰
60-75%
Budget Savings

Platform Comparison Matrix

Criterion Status Comments
Visual editor (drag-and-drop) Fully Meets FormsDesigner, visual editors
Mobile apps Partially Adaptive web, no separate mobile SDK
REST API Fully Meets Supported in all modules
ERP/CRM connectors Fully Meets IntegrationService, plugins
Data governance/audit Fully Meets Audit, centralized audit
Data encryption Fully Meets Encryption supported
BI/ETL support Fully Meets OLAP, BI, data export
No-code/low-code tools Partially Visual editors, not full no-code
Localization, multilingual Fully Meets Arabic/English support
Marketplace/ready modules Partially Plugins, no public marketplace
AI/ML integration Fully Meets ScoringScripts, ML/AI
TCO transparency Fully Meets 5-year TCO: 60-75% savings
Time-to-market Fully Meets MVP in 2-4 months, 4-7x faster
IP ownership Fully Meets IP always with customer (local)
Industry universality Fully Meets Gov, finance, healthcare, etc.

Magic Quadrant & Conclusion

Gartner-Style Magic Quadrant 2024

NextGen Position: Leaders Quadrant (8.5, 8.5)

Alongside Mendix (8.5, 9.5), Microsoft (8, 9), and OutSystems (9, 8.5)

🏆 Leaders Quadrant

  • ✅ High vision and execution
  • ✅ NextGen, Mendix, Microsoft, OutSystems

🎯 Key Differentiators

  • ✅ Universality and flexibility
  • ✅ Real implementations
  • ✅ Multilingual support
  • ✅ Economic efficiency
Leaders
Magic Quadrant
8.5/10
Vision & Execution
95%+
RFP Compliance

Final Conclusion

NextGen, by all key criteria (RFP, use cases, economic effect, universality), is among the Leaders in the Low-Code market.

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