LANSA FAQs

    • Who is LANSA best for - their role(s) within what kind of companies.

      The Visual LANSA low-code platform is geared toward professional developers creating enterprise applications. Every Visual LANSA developer becomes a full-stack developer so developers from all backgrounds, including RPG development on the IBM i, can quickly create both web and desktop applications up to 10x faster than traditional coding.

    • How does LANSA benefit them?

      Visual LANSA can create responsive web applications up to 10x faster than traditional coding. Develop one application to run across all devices. Create server side and client side applications in the same IDE using the same low-code techniques and the same language (RDML) when needed. Visual LANSA's unique blend of low-code methodologies and using the RDML language means developers have more control over customization and application creation than other low-code platforms. Developers do not need to leave the IDE when creating complex solutions, legacy integrations, or other areas that are not covered by other low-code platforms.

    • How technical do users need to be to use LANSA's software?

      A developer with familiarity of any programming language will be able to quickly learn the Visual LANSA low-code platform.

    • What makes LANSA a leader in this space?

      LANSA's unique approach to low-code offers developers more control and versatility than their competitors. Combining low-code with the ability to write code (RDML), and not just HTML or JavaScript like many other low-code platforms, allows the Visual LANSA platform to create complex enterprise applications more efficient and substantially faster. When you take Visual LANSA's design, couple that with being on the leading edge of upcoming technologies, such as progressive web apps, it is easy to see why Visual LANSA is a leader in the low-code market.

    • Who are LANSA's biggest competitors (3-5 companies)?

      Mendix, Outsytems, Appian

    • How/why is LANSA better than those competitors (or most others in their market)? What about LANSA is unique, stronger, easier, etc.?

      The Visual LANSA low-code platform is more versatile than any other low-code platform on the market. The ability to use the RDML language when an application surpasses the capabilities of low-code means developers do not need to use another language or platform to create a work around. A Visual LANSA developer stays in one IDE, only needs to know one language, to create an entire enterprise application portfolio.

    • What kind of features can customers expect LANSA to release in the near future? And longer term?

      When Visual LANSA 15.1 releases around October of 2020, developers will be able to create Progressive Web Apps in the same manner as creating any other Visual LANSA application. Upon the the launch of PWAs, further versions of Visual LANSA will continue to enhance PWAs with improvements to off-line capabilities. Every release of Visual LASNA features numerous security improvements, future releases will follow this trend. Also, with release of 15.1, developers will now be able to easily modify an application's CSS right inside the IDE.

    • Which popular or common software does LANSA integrate with?

      With the partnership announcement with CDATA that followed the release of Visual LANSA 15.1, we now easily integrate with over 200 other software platforms. SAP, Marketo, Google Analytics, Oracle, Sage, Salesforce (just to name a very few) are all easy to integrate with through CDATA connectors. Aside from CDATA connectors, developers can use low-code techniques to access numerous APIs offered by thousands of software platforms.

    • Software pricing can often be complex. If it's pretty straightforward, list tiers, pricing (per year, seat, etc) and limits for LANSA. If it's not simple, use broad estimates or ranges for typical setups.

      Free trial: Free for 90 days * 10 concurrent users * Unlimited Applications

      Entry Level: Starting at $16.66/user/mo * Up to 100 Concurrent Users * Unlimited Applications

      Mid Tier: Starting at $13.34/user/mo * Up to 250 Concurrent Users * Unlimited Applications

      Enterprise: Starting at $8.34/user/mo * Up to 1000 Concurrent Users * Unlimited Applications

    • Does LANSA offer a trial or free download available?

      Yes, Visual LANSA has a free trial as well as a self-guided free trial experience to make evaluating our software even easier. Upon downloading our free trial, trial users will be invited to the free trial experience hosted in our free online eLearning ecosystem, Learn LANSA.

    • Does LANSA offer any kind of training/education for their product?

      LANSA has a wide variety of training and education. Learn LANSA is a brand new online eLearning ecosystem dedicated to help train new and experienced Visual LANSA developers. Learn LANSA is an ever expanding offering of courses and tutorials that is completely free. LANSA also as an in-depth online technical documentation site, https://docs.lansa.com/15/en/, as well as blocks of mentoring available to purchase when more technical aspects are needed to be covered.

    • Describe the implementation process and timeline for LANSA software.

      Visual LANSA is a simple install that can be done by the developer or network administrator. Upon installation, developers can begin to immediately developing Visual LANSA applications.

    • What are the LANSA support options? List all.

      LANSA offers full support including a support portal as well as a support hotline.

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