--- title: Visual LANSA Reviews meta\_title: 'Visual LANSA Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 82 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how Visual LANSA works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 4.5 review\_count: 82 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-09' parent\_category: name: Rapid Application Development (RAD) url: https://www.g2.com/categories/rapid-application-development-rad --- # Visual LANSA Reviews & Product Details Claimed ###### Profile Status This profile is currently managed by Visual LANSA but has limited features. Are you part of the Visual LANSA team? [Upgrade your plan](https://sell.g2.com) to enhance your branding and engage with visitors to your profile! Visual LANSA is a low-code, Integrated Development Environment (IDE) that allows you to build mobile, responsive web or desktop applications (Windows, browser, mobile devices) for cloud (AWS, Azure) or on-premises (Windows, IBM i, Linux). LANSA’s unique single language concept insulates developers from worrying about browser, mobile and server compatibility, allowing them to focus on building applications with the advantage of low-code simplicity when you can and full-code business logic when you need it. LANSA incorporates an integrated meta-data repository and business rules engine to protect data integrity and reduce application development and support effort. LANSA has an application framework which provides the architecture, infrastructure and plumbing code of a pre-built commercial business application. Its zero-code prototyping tool, which includes built-in security, navigation and flexible searching, is a ‘living’ prototype because it evolves into a finished application as real components are snapped into it. The framework provides a desktop-style user experience in the browser that enables users to work on multiple tasks concurrently and switch between them easily and seamlessly.  * * * Seller [LANSA](https://www.g2.com/sellers/lansa) Discussions [Visual LANSA Community](https://www.g2.com/products/visual-lansa-ide/discuss) Languages Supported English, French, Japanese Solution Type All-in-One Overview by Nichole Ballesteros Show More ## Value at a Glance Averages based on real user reviews. ### Time to Implement 4 months ### Return on Investment 21 months [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/visual-lansa-ide/pricing) ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![OutSystems](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "OutSystems") OutSystems 4.5/5(1,801) ](https://www.g2.com/products/outsystems/reviews) [ ![Zoho Creator](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Zoho Creator") Zoho Creator 4.3/5(165) ](https://www.g2.com/products/zoho-creator/reviews) [ ![Mendix](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Mendix") Mendix 4.4/5(420) ](https://www.g2.com/products/mendix/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/visual-lansa-ide/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 82 real user reviews. Implementation Time 4 months Perceived Cost $$$$$ [Log in to unlock pricing and user insights](/login) PY Ping Y. Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 11/23/2023 "Developer friendly IDE easy to use great tool" 5/5 What do you like best about Visual LANSA? Developer friendly, easy to learn and use, easily to merge to existing ERP applications, not require high programming skills, easy to maintain programs, repository organized everything and easy to access, VL makes complex ERP application user frienly, it has more fantastic features over IBM business i series, I love this great siftware! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Visual LANSA? Has used Lansa for many years, really has nothing to complain. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Visual LANSA solving and how is that benefiting you? Web application development needs at least java script and HTML skills, Visual Lansa provides the tools easily to design web application and access backend IBM i platform database, it gives programmer more options and take all the advantage of Visual Lansa on web development. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Seller invite ![velu m.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "velu m.") VM velu m. System Engineer Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 11/24/2023 "Review on Lansa" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Visual LANSA? It provides an IDE to develop mobile and web application development supports cloud,windows,linux and MacOS. Since its a low code IDE developing the application is faster. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Visual LANSA? The IDE is bit slower sometimes. And also it requires training before use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Visual LANSA solving and how is that benefiting you? The Time taken to development of an application is less compared to other IDE's.It also supports multiple platforms so its portable and also can be operated in any environment. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Munendra K.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Munendra K.") MK Munendra K. Software Developer Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 11/22/2023 "Visual LANSA is very simple IDE to develop mobile app and web." 4.5/5 What do you like best about Visual LANSA? Visual LANSA is a very useful IDE to easily develop mobile apps and web-based applications. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Visual LANSA? Visual LANSA is good but if you face any issues than you can not find much content regarding this. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Visual LANSA solving and how is that benefiting you? Visual LANSA is a single language platform because it is provide the all tools in a one platform. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Logistics and Supply Chain](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Logistics and Supply Chain") UL Verified User in Logistics and Supply Chain Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 11/24/2023 "Amazing user friendly dev platform" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Visual LANSA? It being super user-friendly for people like me who do not know much about coding is the best part of Lansa Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Visual LANSA? Some limitations on templates could be improved and a few more could be added for different users and used case scenarios Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Visual LANSA solving and how is that benefiting you? As a fact LANSA uses low code dev platform and it helps in creating different and multi platform apps using a single code database Hence we as a company are really happy with what LANSA offers Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![César R.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "César R.") CR César R. Software Engineer Computer Software Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 2/1/2023 "Visual Lansa allows us to develop integrated solutions with just one skill set." 5/5 What do you like best about Visual LANSA? With Visual Lansa, platform interconnection is easy and developing web-based applications is a no-brainer. The best thing is having all this with just one development language and loads of out-of- the-box templates to help one get started. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Visual LANSA? The documentation is quite good but could be better...There's still a tiny developer community. Although there's a visual lansa forum, there should also be some (example) stack overflow usage. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Visual LANSA solving and how is that benefiting you? Visual Lansa helps a lot when using IBM i, especially when we need integration with other platforms, consuming webservices or even building web/mobile applications. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite on behalf of seller ![S M Irfan Hussain, P.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "S M Irfan Hussain, P.") SP S M Irfan Hussain, P. Project Manager Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 10/3/2022 "Visual LANSA, an easy solution for your business" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Visual LANSA? A very easy and rapid platform to develop business applications. Very little development efforts are required to build the solution. You can flexibily manage the deployment. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Visual LANSA? The User Interface can be improved, as multiple clicks are required on many occasions to complete a single configuration. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Visual LANSA solving and how is that benefiting you? For any business you require an application to manage your information, and Visual LNSA is best to develop such application with minimum efforts Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite CR Cheyney R. Systems Administrator Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 8/30/2021 "Centralize Data/Web Enable System i" 5/5 What do you like best about Visual LANSA? I really like the flexible integrated developer environment, which was very easy to learn and use, along with the simple language to get things done. I can do everything I need to within the single IDE. Because of the ease of use I was able to start programming and contributing to our team's first project fairly quickly. With our second project we took advantage of the built-in Google Material Design controls in creating a mobile application. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Visual LANSA? The installation and the configuration of the developer client seem to be overly complicated. But, once set up, it's smooth sailing until the next upgrade requires license keys to for installation. I think the installation process can be improved. Fortunately, the installation hasn't been required that often so it's not that big of a deal. Also, some better calendaring options would be nice. We, with the help of LANSA support, had to do some really complicated programming to pull off a scheduling application. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Visual LANSA: LANSA is an easy to learn solution for building Windows, Web, and Mobile applications that helped us centralize data and web-enabled business pocesses on the Series i to achieve our goals. The LANSA support team has continued to offer help and guidance in achieving those goals. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Visual LANSA solving and how is that benefiting you? We are using Visual Lansa to centralize not just data but also some processes to the Series i. So far we've replaced two end-of-support legacy applications that required special clients and are in the processes of designing a third. Each of those systems required a significant amount of resources to run, including their own servers. By using LANSA we will not only centralize the data, but also reduce the number of servers required to run our business processes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite on behalf of seller HR Hashim R. Programmer Analyst Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 8/27/2021 "We are using Visual LANSA for a while at our company managing customer orders." 5/5 What do you like best about Visual LANSA? VL is easy to develop and user-friendly software, also easy to make changes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Visual LANSA? I have no dislike to mention, but I am waiting to see more examples of VL functions. I mean a variety of samples. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Visual LANSA: Visual LANSA is easy to code and user-friendly. You can create more in less time. Most of the coding errors are upfront (not at compile time), making the programmer's life easier. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Visual LANSA solving and how is that benefiting you? Mostly we have VL for receiving our customer orders and send them invoices. By moving to VL on the WEB, we significantly resolved many customer issues. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite on behalf of seller JF JESUS F. Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 1/15/2020 Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores. "Easy to work with and very powerful tool" 5/5 What do you like best about Visual LANSA? The fact that it allowed us to create or modify solutions in a fraction of the time that it would take with other platforms. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Visual LANSA? Nothing actually i think its a great tool Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Visual LANSA solving and how is that benefiting you? We created a platform that allows our clients to administrate their entire human resources department Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: Seller invite ![Verified User in Computer Software](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Computer Software") UC Verified User in Computer Software Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 7/16/2019 "Best development tool I know" 5/5 What do you like best about Visual LANSA? All complicated and technology based programming work can be done with a few commands. LANSA prevents from getting lost in unforeseeable skill requirements and makes it possible to program most modern applications without having to be a specialist in all those underlying technologies. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Visual LANSA? I have to write 40 characters although there is nothing I could complain about at the moment :-) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Visual LANSA solving and how is that benefiting you? LANSA is used for all projects that are not or only with great effort realizable in RPG - that means projects that make it necessary to combine different IT worlds, e.g.: sending emails directly from IBMi to customers, web service interfaces to connect ERP with PC based stock management software or with external webshops; Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: Seller invite ## Questions about Visual LANSA? Ask real users or explore answers from the community Get practical answers, real workflows, and honest pros and cons from the G2 community or share your insights. [ Ask about Visual LANSA ](https://www.g2.com/products/visual-lansa-ide/discussions/new) GU Guest User What is Visual LANSA used for? 0 Upvotes 0 [ Join the conversation ](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-visual-lansa-used-for) [ View all Discussions ](https://www.g2.com/products/visual-lansa-ide/discuss) ## Pricing Insights Averages based on real user reviews. ### Time to Implement 4 months ### Return on Investment 21 months ### Perceived Cost $$$$$ [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/visual-lansa-ide/pricing) Visual LANSA Comparisons ![Product Avatar Image](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/small_square/small_square_aab77c0248895bef22781874141e5a39/outsystems.png "Product Avatar Image") OutSystems 4.5/5(1,801) [ Compare Now ](https://www.g2.com/compare/outsystems-vs-visual-lansa-ide) ![Product Avatar Image](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/small_square/small_square_e025495629467c034988b39be1f3803d/zoho-creator.png "Product Avatar Image") Zoho Creator 4.3/5(165) [ Compare Now ](https://www.g2.com/compare/visual-lansa-ide-vs-zoho-creator) ![Product Avatar Image](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/small_square/small_square_80c57973e4c385303794b8c97958640b/visual-studio.jpg "Product Avatar Image") Visual Studio 4.5/5(4,004) [ Compare Now ](https://www.g2.com/compare/visual-lansa-ide-vs-visual-studio) ##### ##### Visual LANSA Features Application Design UI Code Extending Programming Code Extending Customized Branding Data Control Data Migration Data Synchronization Data Security Publishing Application Deployment Platform Compatability Lifecycle Management [ View More Features ](https://www.g2.com/products/visual-lansa-ide/features) ##### Categories on G2 [Low-Code Development Platforms](https://www.g2.com/categories/low-code-development-platforms)[Application Development Platforms](https://www.g2.com/categories/application-development-platforms) ##### Explore More [Best industry-standard sales performance tools](https://www.g2.com/discussions/best-industry-standard-sales-performance-tools)[What are the best insurance suites for replacing multiple legacy systems with a unified policy, claims and billing platform?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-are-the-best-insurance-suites-for-replacing-multiple-legacy-systems-with-a-unified-policy-claims-and-billing-platform)[Which financial fraud prevention solutions minimize false positives that overwhelm analyst teams?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/which-financial-fraud-prevention-solutions-minimize-false-positives-that-overwhelm-analyst-teams) [Is FACTS Financial Aid Management worth it for small private schools?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/is-facts-financial-aid-management-worth-it-for-small-private-schools)[Which content analytics software is easiest to use?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/which-content-analytics-software-is-the-easiest-to-use)[Best absence tracking software with mobile access](https://www.g2.com/discussions/best-absence-tracking-software-with-mobile-access) [Show MoreShow Less](javascript:void(0);)