Mendix, by Siemens, is an enterprise low-code platform: visual models, microflows, and the Maia AI, for business and IT teams. Luna Park is a visual IDE for full-stack web apps, compiled to Vue and Node.js code you host anywhere, at a fixed price.

- **Flat price.** One license, whatever your traffic or users.
- **Standard code.** Vue and Node.js you can run without Luna Park.
- **Start today.** Open the editor in your browser, with no setup.

![Sunset Park in the Luna Park editor](https://luna-park.app/static/assets/builder-DAXbtfYB.png "Sunset Park, a demo site built with Luna Park.")


## At a glance

Both build apps with visual logic. The main differences: audience, pricing, and code export.

| | Luna Park | Mendix |
|---|---|---|
| **Made for** | Teams and independent builders | Enterprise business and IT teams |
| **Logic** | Visual scripting graphs, compiled to JavaScript | Microflows and nanoflows, run by the Mendix runtime |
| **Output** | Vue, Node.js, PostgreSQL | Mendix runtime (Java), React client ([source](https://docs.mendix.com/refguide/mendix-client/react/)) |
| **Code export** | [+Vue + Node.js source] (Pro) | [-Mendix model package] ([source](https://docs.mendix.com/refguide/export-app-package-dialog/)) |
| **Hosting** | [+Anywhere] Managed hosting in late 2026 | [+Cloud, private, on-premises] ([source](https://www.mendix.com/pricing/)) |
| **Pricing** | Free, or Pro at €25/month or €300 once | From €918/month per app ([source](https://www.mendix.com/pricing/)) |
| **Governance** | [~Basic] | [+Enterprise-grade] |
| **Platforms** | [=Web] [=PWA] [=Desktop] [=Android] [=iOS] | [=Web] [=PWA] [=Android] [=iOS] |

## Example: a waitlist form

Visitors enter their name, email, and favorite ride, and get a ticket number.

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### Luna Park

1. Place the fields and a button, each field bound to a variable.
2. On click, a graph sends the variables to a backend route and shows the ticket.
3. The route inserts a row in the `Waitlist` table and returns its id.

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### Mendix

1. Add a `WaitlistEntry` entity with an auto-number attribute.
2. Create a page with a data view on a new entry.
3. Call a microflow on save: validate, commit, show a confirmation page.
4. The page displays the ticket number.
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![The click logic of the waitlist form](https://luna-park.app/static/assets/logic-C66duI84.png "On click: read the fields, call the route, show the ticket.")

![The Join Waitlist backend route](https://luna-park.app/static/assets/route-DQo3hM8a.png "The route: receive the body, insert a row, return its id.")
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## Code export

Mendix exports a model package, which runs on Mendix. Luna Park compiles every project to plain Vue and Node.js, which you download with Pro and run without Luna Park.

![The waitlist component compiled to Vue](https://luna-park.app/static/assets/code-BUYWx0sG.png "The waitlist, compiled to Vue and TypeScript.")

## Other differences

- **Pricing.** Mendix bills per app and per user, from €918/month for one app. Luna Park has one fixed license, whatever the number of apps or users.
- **Scale of the organization.** Mendix brings governance, long-term support releases, and SAP integration for large companies. Luna Park targets teams that want to move fast and keep standard code.
- **Mobile.** Mendix builds offline-first native apps with React Native. Luna Park's [mobile apps](/docs/deployment/mobile) run the web frontend in a native shell.

## Which one to choose?

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### Luna Park

- You want a fixed price for all your apps.
- You want standard code you can run without the vendor.
- You are a team, not an enterprise IT department.

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### Mendix

- You need enterprise governance and support.
- You run on SAP or need private, sovereign cloud.
- You need offline-first native mobile apps.
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## Before switching

- Luna Park has no enterprise governance suite or SLAs today.
- Until [managed hosting](/pricing) launches in late 2026, you [host the backend](/docs/deployment/deployment).

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Based on Mendix as of October 2026. See [mendix.com](https://www.mendix.com) for current features and prices.
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