Is Noloco or OutSystems better?

Neither clearly leads. Noloco starts at On request and OutSystems at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.

Which is cheaper, Noloco or OutSystems?

Noloco starts at On request and OutSystems at On request.

Does Noloco or OutSystems run on more platforms?

Noloco runs on Web. OutSystems runs on Web, iOS, Android.

What is Noloco best used for?

Noloco is most often used for giving clients a branded portal onto their own records in an airtable base, replacing shared spreadsheets with a permissioned internal tool for an operations team, a lightweight crm over a postgresql database that already exists, partner or contractor dashboards where each party must see only its own jobs and documents. Of those, giving clients a branded portal onto their own records in an airtable base and replacing shared spreadsheets with a permissioned internal tool for an operations team are not what OutSystems is typically brought in for.

What can Noloco do that OutSystems cannot?

Noloco covers Row-level permissions, Multiple data sources, Client portals, Workflows. OutSystems covers Visual application modelling, Generated deployable code, One-click deployment, AI-assisted development.

No-Code · head to head

Noloco vs OutSystems

Noloco

No-Code

Client portals and internal tools built over data you already have

From: On request
Rated: -

Full review Website

OutSystems

No-Code

Enterprise low-code platform priced by application complexity units, not just users

From: On request
Rated: -

Full review Website

The short version

Each has a real cost: Noloco pricing follows user counts, and a client portal is by definition many low-activity users, so an agency with a few hundred client logins climbs the bands quickly for people who sign in twice a month.; OutSystems application Objects grow with every screen, table and API an app gains, so a successful app that keeps adding features can push the account into AO overage charges that were not modelled at initial budget time.
They diverge on capability: Noloco covers Row-level permissions, OutSystems covers Visual application modelling.
Prices and features above were last checked on 1 September 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Noloco and OutSystems actually diverge.

Attributes where Noloco and OutSystems differ
Attribute	Noloco	OutSystems
Pricing model	quote	Application Object consumption plus internal and external user packs
Platforms	Web	Web, iOS, Android

Identical on both: starting price (On request), free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated), category (No-Code).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Noloco

Row-level permissions
Multiple data sources
Client portals
Workflows
Forms and record detail pages
White labelling

Only in OutSystems

Visual application modelling
Generated deployable code
One-click deployment
AI-assisted development
Application Object governance
Prebuilt integrations

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Noloco

Giving clients a branded portal onto their own records in an Airtable basenot OutSystems
Replacing shared spreadsheets with a permissioned internal tool for an operations teamnot OutSystems
A lightweight CRM over a PostgreSQL database that already existsnot OutSystems
Partner or contractor dashboards where each party must see only its own jobs and documentsnot OutSystems

OutSystems

An enterprise replacing custom .NET or Java application development with a governed low-code platform at scalenot Noloco
A company building customer-facing portals where the external-user pricing tier (packs of 10,000) is materially cheaper than licensing customers as internal usersnot Noloco
An IT department that wants generated, inspectable code rather than a proprietary black-box runtimenot Noloco
An organisation with a large existing application portfolio needing centralised governance across many apps built by different teamsnot Noloco

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Noloco

Pricing follows user counts, and a client portal is by definition many low-activity users, so an agency with a few hundred client logins climbs the bands quickly for people who sign in twice a month.
Limits are inherited from the data source. Airtable record ceilings, API rate limits and slow queries appear in the portal your customers use, and no setting inside Noloco can fix them.
Design control is deliberately narrow. You get a consistent application shell rather than a bespoke interface, which is fine for operations and a problem for anything marketing-led.
It is a small vendor competing directly with Airtable Interfaces and Softr, both far larger, so roadmap pace and long-term viability are legitimate procurement questions.
Output is responsive web only, with no native mobile application and no offline mode, so field staff on poor connections are not served by it.

OutSystems

Application Objects grow with every screen, table and API an app gains, so a successful app that keeps adding features can push the account into AO overage charges that were not modelled at initial budget time.
Internal users are sold in packs of 100 and external users in packs of 10,000, so a company just over a pack boundary in either category pays for a full additional pack rather than a handful of extra seats.
Entry-level ODC pricing starts around 36,300 US dollars a year before any AO overage or extra user packs, which puts it out of reach for smaller teams evaluating low-code options.
Cloud infrastructure and hosting costs are frequently separate from the platform licence, so the all-in bill is higher than the headline subscription figure suggests.
Migrating a large application portfolio off OutSystems once built is difficult, since the generated code and platform-specific patterns are not designed for a clean export to standard frameworks.

Pricing, plan by plan

Noloco

On request

Noloco$undefined/year
- Tiered plans differentiated by user counts, data sources and white labelling
- Trial period rather than a permanent free plan
- Higher tiers add custom domains, advanced permissions and priority support

OutSystems

On request

ODC Entry$undefined/year
- Entry-level Application Object allowance included
- Internal users sold in packs of 100
- External users sold in packs of 10,000
ODC Enterprise$undefined/year
- Custom AO, user pack and environment volumes
- Negotiated multi-year enterprise agreements
- Premium support and dedicated infrastructure options

Which should you pick?

Choose Noloco if

You need row-level permissions.
You also want multiple data sources.

Noloco review

Choose OutSystems if

You need visual application modelling.
You work on Web, iOS, Android.
You also want generated deployable code.

OutSystems review

Questions people ask

Is Noloco or OutSystems better?: Neither clearly leads. Noloco starts at On request and OutSystems at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Noloco or OutSystems?: Noloco starts at On request and OutSystems at On request.
Does Noloco or OutSystems run on more platforms?: Noloco runs on Web. OutSystems runs on Web, iOS, Android.
What is Noloco best used for?: Noloco is most often used for giving clients a branded portal onto their own records in an airtable base, replacing shared spreadsheets with a permissioned internal tool for an operations team, a lightweight crm over a postgresql database that already exists, partner or contractor dashboards where each party must see only its own jobs and documents. Of those, giving clients a branded portal onto their own records in an airtable base and replacing shared spreadsheets with a permissioned internal tool for an operations team are not what OutSystems is typically brought in for.
What can Noloco do that OutSystems cannot?: Noloco covers Row-level permissions, Multiple data sources, Client portals, Workflows. OutSystems covers Visual application modelling, Generated deployable code, One-click deployment, AI-assisted development.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Noloco: Do I need Airtable to use it?

No. Airtable is the most common source but PostgreSQL, MySQL, Google Sheets, HubSpot and built-in Noloco tables all work.

OutSystems: What is an Application Object?

A unit OutSystems uses to measure application complexity, counting elements such as screens, database tables and exposed APIs; more AOs mean a bigger licence requirement.

Noloco: Can external clients log in without paying for seats?

Client and internal users are counted differently, but they are still counted, so a portal with many client logins moves you up the plan bands. Check the current band definitions before committing to a per-client model.

OutSystems: Is there a free tier?

OutSystems has offered free or trial tiers historically for evaluation, but production use at any scale runs on paid ODC plans.

Noloco: How is this different from Softr?

Both build portals over existing data. Noloco leans harder on permissions and multiple database sources; Softr leans on templates, speed to a first version and a bigger ecosystem.

OutSystems: How does external user pricing work?

External users, typically customers or partners, are sold in packs of 10,000 at roughly a hundredth of the per-seat cost of internal (employee) user packs.

Noloco vs OutSystems

Noloco

OutSystems

The short version

Where they differ

What each one covers

Only in Noloco

Only in OutSystems

What people use each for

Noloco

OutSystems

Where each one falls short

Noloco

OutSystems

Pricing, plan by plan

Noloco

OutSystems

Which should you pick?

Choose Noloco if

Choose OutSystems if

Questions people ask

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

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