I am looking into starting development with Mendix, currently not a customer. However, we are a relatively small business with 35 people employed. We are using a multitude of tools right now for CRM, task management, project management, etc. I have been searching for an all in one application out of the box, but non-exist.g Custom designed software is too much of an upfront cost for us plus we will constantly need changes.
Mendix seems like it could be a good fit. With that two questions:
1. How often is the database backed up on the free version? What about as a subscriber? I am inclined to start developing and as a feature set per department is done on board those 4-6 people and eliminate their software from our portfolio. Once I get 2-3 groups on I should be okay budget wise to subscribe. But, am I taking a big risk with data at the front side by the live applicaiton route in the free program?
2. There is a lot of discussion of an "app" created by Mendix. Is it truly capable of creating a fairly robust fully featured application? Or am I asking too much of it?