Cross Platform Tool Benchmarking 2014

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Cross-Platform Tool Benchmarking 2014 Find the
right tool for your app project
June 2014
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CPT Benchmarking CPT Market Landscape CP Tools
and services comparison CPT user feedback Top
10 lists
CP Tool Benchmarking 2014
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• Cross-Platform Tool Benchmarking 2014
• The 2nd edition of the annual study

• CPT market overview
• 40 CP Tools and services comparison
• Ratings of 2,188 CPT users
• Top 10 lists
• 20 benchmarking criteria
• 53 Pages
• Published July 2014
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The CPT Benchmarking 2014 represents the global
CPT user community
CPT user participation by region
Europe
North America
38
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Asia Pacific
27
Africa
Central South America
2
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Legend
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Benchmarking studies belong to most preferred
information channels of CPT users
Preferred information source for CP Tool selection
CPT Benchmarking
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CPT Benchmarking CPT Market Landscape CP Tools
and services comparison CPT user feedback Top
10 lists
CP Tool Benchmarking 2014
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There are 6 categories current CP Tools and
services fall into
Categories of CP Tools and services
low
App Factories
Web App Toolkits
Cross-Platform Services
Complexity
Cross-Platform IDEs
Web 2 Native Compiler
Cross-Platform IDEs for Enterprise
high
Web Apps
Hybrid/Native Apps
Output
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There are only 16 CP Tools with brand
awareness of 20 or more
Developers awareness of CP Tools and services

• Comment An increase or decrease in awareness is
  assumed whenever there has been a 5 absolute
  change as compared with 2013.

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Andorid ahead of iOS 76 of CP Tool users
publish on Android
Platforms CPT users publish their apps on
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Output, quality of reference apps and costs are
the primary selection criteria for choosing a CP
Tool
Primary selection criterion for choosing a CP Tool
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User base varies between vendors. Some
report 100,000s of users (including free trial
users)
User numbers by CT Tools and services
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Information communication issues are the main
barriers to CPT markets growth
Major barriers to CPT markets growth

• Comment An increase/decrease is assumed whenever
  there has been a 5 absolute change as compared
  with 2013.

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CPT users have an optimistic view on the further
incorporation of CP Tools into app development
In 3 years CP Tools will be used to develop...
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CPT Benchmarking CPT Market Landscape CP Tools
and services comparison CPT user feedback Top
10 lists
CP Tool Benchmarking 2014
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iOS and Android are the must have output
platforms for a CPT vendor
Platform support by CP Tool and service

• The top 5 platforms which are supported by CP
  Tools and service providers are iOS, Android,
  WP8, BlackBerry 10 and HTML5.
• iOS and Android are the must have output
  platforms for a CPT vendor.
• Over the course of a year, WP8 has made a
  significant progress in terms of the number of
  tools which support native WP8 app output.

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The majority of CP Tools require no programming
skills
Compatible programming skills by CP Tool and
service

• The majority of tools can be used without any
  programming skills. Drag drop solutions allow
  anyone to develop an app.
• Web developers experienced in using Java Scrip,
  HTML and CSS are targeted by a larger share of
  CPT vendors.
• Some CP Tools like GeneXus and Magic XPA require
  their users to learn their propriety language and
  commands.

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Smartphones and tablets are the most widely
supported devices
Supported devices by CP Tool and service
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• Most CP Tools focus on supporting app development
  for smartphones and tablets.
• Only few address the needs of desktop PCs,
  TV-sets, game consoles, in-Car devices or feature
  phones.

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CPT Benchmarking CPT Market Landscape CP Tools
and services comparison CPT user feedback Top
10 lists
CP Tool Benchmarking 2014
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33 estimate 50 time savings thanks to CP Tools
Estimated time savings realized with CP Tools
Faster
Slower
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Users of the leading CP Tools report different
extent of time savings
Top 10 CP Tools Greatest time savings
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Quality of apps developed with CP Tools is rated
as same or better than of purely native apps
Quality rating of apps developed with a CP Tool -
compared to native development
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Overall quality of apps developed with CP Tools
better than of natively developed
Top 10 CP Tools Best overall app quality
(design, usability and performance cum.)
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50 of CPT users say that developing apps with CP
Tools led to low costs and great results
Cost-performance ratio of developing apps with CP
Tools
Poor value way too high total costs and bad
results Costly in total more costly than pure
native development and unconvincing
results Average not significantly cheaper than
developing from scratch and sufficient
results Okay cheaper than developing from
scratch and good results
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CPT users claim that the tools deliver good value
for money
Top 10 CP Tools Cost-performance ratio
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• A detailed overview of the CPT markets landscape
• Comparison of 40 CP Tools and services along
  other than already mentioned qualities
• CPT user ratings more Top 10 lists
• Results based on the responses of 2,188 CPT users
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  Benchmarking 2014
• A comparison of 14 leading CP Tools (Adobe Air,
  Corona SDK, Cocos 2D, jQuery Mobile, KonyOne,
  Marmalade, PhoneGap, Unity, Qt, Sencha Touch,
  Titanium, V-Play, Windows Visual Studio, Xamarin
  
• 50 different benchmarking criteria
• User profile for 150 CP Tools
• User profiles and usage for 14 leading CP Tool
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