OutSystems is an enterprise low-code platform: visual modeling, its Mentor AI, and governed deployments for large 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.

- **Public pricing.** Free or Pro, with prices on the website.
- **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 | OutSystems |
|---|---|---|
| **Made for** | Teams and independent builders | Large enterprise IT |
| **Logic** | Visual scripting graphs, compiled to JavaScript | Visual client and server actions |
| **Output** | Vue, Node.js, PostgreSQL | .NET backend, React frontend ([source](https://www.outsystems.com/platform/application-development)) |
| **Code export** | [+Vue + Node.js source] (Pro) | [~Detach process] Documented for O11 ([source](https://success.outsystems.com/Support/Archive/11/The_Detach_Process)) |
| **Hosting** | [+Anywhere] Managed hosting in late 2026 | [+Cloud, private, on-premises] ([source](https://www.outsystems.com/pricing-and-editions/)) |
| **Pricing** | [+Public] Free, or Pro at €25/month or €300 once | [-On quote] App objects + users ([source](https://www.outsystems.com/pricing-and-editions/)) |
| **Governance** | [~Basic] | [+Enterprise-grade] Access control, audit, DevSecOps |
| **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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### OutSystems

1. Create a `WaitlistEntry` entity with an auto-number id.
2. Add a screen with a form bound to a local variable.
3. On save, a client action validates the form and calls a server action that creates the entry.
4. Show the returned id on the screen.
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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

Luna Park compiles every project to plain Vue and Node.js, which you download with Pro. OutSystems documents a detach process that turns OutSystems 11 apps into .NET and React code, tied to leaving the platform.

![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.** OutSystems is priced on quote, from application objects and end users. Luna Park has public, fixed prices, whatever the size of the app or the number of users.
- **Scale of the organization.** OutSystems brings governance, compliance options, and SLAs for large IT departments. Luna Park targets teams that want to move fast and keep standard code.
- **Stack.** Luna Park apps are Vue, Node.js, and [PostgreSQL](/docs/backend-data/database), which any web developer knows.

## Which one to choose?

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### Luna Park

- You want public, fixed pricing.
- You want standard code from day one.
- You are a team, not an enterprise IT department.

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### OutSystems

- You need enterprise governance, compliance, and SLAs.
- You need on-premises or sovereign deployment.
- You want a vendor with a long enterprise track record.
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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 OutSystems as of October 2026. See [outsystems.com](https://www.outsystems.com) for current features and prices.
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