Visual LANSA Reviews & Product Details

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.

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LANSA

Discussions

Visual LANSA Community

Languages Supported

English, French, Japanese

Solution Type

All-in-One

Overview by

Nichole Ballesteros

Value at a Glance

Averages based on real user reviews.

Time to Implement

4 months

Return on Investment

21 months

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User Insights

Average based on 82 real user reviews.

Implementation Time

4 months

Perceived Cost

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What is Visual LANSA, and what problem is it built to solve?

Visual LANSA is a low-code development platform for building and deploying enterprise applications. It combines visual development with traditional coding to help businesses modernize and integrate IT systems, then maintain and evolve those applications.

What languages does Visual LANSA support?

Visual LANSA supports 3 languages: English, French, and Japanese.

What company sizes and industries is Visual LANSA the best fit for?

Visual LANSA is most represented among mid-market and enterprise teams, with reviewer-reported use concentrated in several industries.

Company size: Mid-market organizations (51–1,000 employees)
Company size: Enterprise organizations (more than 1,000 employees)
Industry: Information technology and computer software
Industry: Logistics, supply chain, and warehousing

How long does it take to implement Visual LANSA across a team?

Implementation timelines vary, but 1–3 months is the most commonly reported range. Other teams describe shorter or longer rollouts, including cases that had not yet gone live.

Time to go live	Relative frequency
1–3 months	Most common
3–6 months	Also reported
Under 1 month	Also reported
6–12 months	Less common
Never / not yet live	Less common

What customer support options does Visual LANSA provide, and how do users find the overall support experience?

Support is available through 24/7 live-rep assistance, with self-service and contact options such as FAQs/forum, email/help desk, and chat. The support experience is often described as responsive, knowledgeable, and helpful, though users also point to cases where troubleshooting information or documentation did not fully resolve an issue.

What is the experience like for teams switching to Visual LANSA from another tool?

Moving to Visual LANSA is often tied to modernizing older IBM i and legacy applications, including environments built with RPG or tools such as Synon, HCL Notes/Domino, and PowerHouse. Users describe replacing screen-based or older applications with more modern interfaces while reusing existing data and business logic, and using a shared development environment to build across platforms. The transition can involve learning new development approaches and planning a gradual rewrite, but the appeal is faster development without maintaining separate codebases for each platform.

What features or capabilities could make Visual LANSA even more useful?

Visual LANSA could be more useful with clearer guidance and smoother tools for diagnosing and improving applications. The most recurring improvement areas include:

Expand documentation, examples, and troubleshooting guidance so developers can resolve issues and learn features more easily.
Improve the debugger, error messages, and overall development-environment performance.
Simplify installation, setup, upgrades, and deployment workflows.
Strengthen version-control and testing support, including integration with common developer tools.

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Glenn G.

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

7/13/2018

"LANSA Low-Code Development Platform"

5/5

What do you like best about Visual LANSA?

All we had to learn was LANSA, as it takes care of everything. At no point did we have to customize any HTML or JavaScript or dive into JSON, or any other technology. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual LANSA?

I can't think of anything right now..... Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Warehousing

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

8/29/2018

"Visual Lansa"

5/5

What do you like best about Visual LANSA?

The ease to code programs fast, I am able to generate code to bring customers in quick and easy. We are doing several customer integrations and find that Lansa is a fast way to do this. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual LANSA?

Having issues sometimes with IDE freezing or problems reconnecting after network issues. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Warehousing

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

8/29/2018

"Lansa developed WMS software supporting a nationwide WMS system for a 3rd Party Logistics firm."

5/5

What do you like best about Visual LANSA?

Easy and quick deployments of software enhancements to our WMS system on a tried and true platform. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual LANSA?

Not much to dislike, starting out as an RPG programmer, definitely benefits utilizing Lansa to code as much of the coding needed in RPG is already done for you. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Vera M.

IT Analyst

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

Originally submitted 7/27/2016

"One skill-set to build windows and web applications"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Visual LANSA?

One central repository, the master repository, which stores it all: fields and files definition, server side objects (functions), client side visual objects (reusable parts, forms, images, non-LANSA visual objects etc) and much more. The repository provides same business rules and data integrity across multi-platform applications and allows developers to build and support applications reducing time and effort. One easy to learn language, RDML/RDMLX, to build windows, web, mobile and IBM ISeries applications. RDML is a very intuitive and really an easy to learn language. I have seen developers new to Visual LANSA to take just weeks to learn it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual LANSA?

I believe there is an opportunity for Visual LANSA to improve the creation of local repository in order to setup a development environment in windows. Currently it is a time consuming process that takes hours or even days depending on the size of your repository. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Visual LANSA:

Visual LANSA is a truly a one skill-set product to build multiplatform applications Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Visual LANSA solving and how is that benefiting you?

We have developed a fully visual LANSA application for our warehouses across many Canadian provinces. The warehouse application is integrated with JD Edwards Sales Order module. It is also integrated with a conveyor system and an Automated Case picking Robot system. We have also developed a web ordering application that re-uses most of the objects written for our warehouse application. Our Visual Lansa development is fully integrated with ALDON in order to track the software promotions thru our 4 environments: Development, QA, User acceptance and Production staging. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Edward B.

Senior Software Engineer

Farming

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

Originally submitted 4/14/2017

"LANSA for Application Development"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Visual LANSA?

We use Visual Lansa and the accompanying LongRange product to provide enterprise solutions to our internal users, mobile sales force, and customers through a web portal. The Visual Lansa IDE allows us to rapidly produce low-code solutions served from our IBM System i and delivered to personal computers, laptops, tablets, and smart phones across the world. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual LANSA?

Finding effective solutions for source code management and version control is cumbersome. There are few viable third-party solutions and none that I consider cost-effective. Effective integration (and tightly knit) with GitHub and/or TFS and with platforms like JIRA would make Visual Lansa a more productive development platform for a cross-functional development team. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Visual LANSA solving and how is that benefiting you?

We use the Lansa Suite of Products to leverage the power and stability of our IBM mid-range server and deliver high quality applications to users on a wide-ranging computer environment spanning multiple continents and with a myriad of user devices. Our greatest ROI, thus far, has been an online/offline mobile application that we have been able to put in the hands of our sales force and give them access to data never before available when servicing our agricultural client base. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Jeffrey D.

VP Finance & Technology

Real Estate

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

Originally submitted 5/3/2016

"We give our users EXACTLY what they want"

5/5

What do you like best about Visual LANSA?

Software engineers are extremely productive in a short amount of time. Object-oriented architecture, high-level programming language, centralized business repository. VL hides complexity and allows us to deploy our custom applications to our users rapidly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual LANSA?

I wish we had a larger base. Time to get the word out! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Visual LANSA:

Highly recommend. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Visual LANSA solving and how is that benefiting you?

We literally solve business problems on a weekly basis. However we get there, it all comes down to the bottom line. We have developed all of our applications in VL with the exception of Human Resources and Payroll. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sagar N.

Technical Lead

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

1/12/2018

"Great Development platform for iSeries based applications"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Visual LANSA?

The concept of one single programming Language (RDML/x) for a wide range of development needs. Developing iSeries based applications is not complex anymore with Visual LANSA. Timely Support from LANSA for any issues/challenges/How to stuff. Diversity of products from LANSA to service customers on various lines of Business. Concept of Single and Active repository. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual LANSA?

Data List limitation (9999) on RDML based applications. Dependency on Windows Virtual Machine if we are on a lower version of LANSA and OS is Win 7 or higher. Upgrade could be a tedious process when we are on a lower version and did not upgrade for a long time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Visual LANSA:

Along with Visual LANSA, consider the other Integration product of LANSA such as Integrator that helps in interfacing with other applications. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Visual LANSA solving and how is that benefiting you?

Web Service Integration using LANSA's products is made very powerful and efficient. We would have relied on other technologies if LANSA did not offer this. We have consumed many Webservices from various Service Providers and everything went very smooth. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

Originally submitted 4/11/2017

"Lansa V14.2"

5/5

What do you like best about Visual LANSA?

One stop development tool. No additional skill set necessary like jquery, css etc. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual LANSA?

VL Web has a little bit of a learning curve for those of us who have been developing web applications using WAMs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Baojun Y.

Sr. PA

Retail

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

Originally submitted 8/4/2016

"15 years of development and maintenance in 3 organizations."

5/5

What do you like best about Visual LANSA?

Even though there are many IT staff in my company, only 4 people are in my team, which supports several other departments. We like VL because it provides quick solutions to our business user needs, and the development cycle is clear and fast. Another good thing is that the VL application can be built on multiple databases. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual LANSA?

For the past 13 years, I have had no dislikes so far. Neither have my coworkers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

P R.

Head of Software

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

7/3/2018

Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores.

"For modernising iSeries systems, it's great"

3.5/5

What do you like best about Visual LANSA?

The Lansa IDE is surprisingly rich: right-click and copy element name is probably my most used function. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Visual LANSA?

Too many varied software pieces; the installation of workstation is difficult for a non-Lansa user; too much reliance on iSeries knowledge for most development. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.