The Mendix Startup Program

The ISV Startup Program is a specially tailored version of the ISV Program, which targets more established companies. Given Mendix’s background as a startup, we understand the unique challenges and needs of startups looking to launch a new venture! The selection criteria for the Startup Program takes this into account, placing a heavy focus on the potential of the founders to execute on their solution idea. The Startup Program was born out of our desire to help newer startups get a leg up over their competition. As such, for our Startup Program participants, we waive our revenue share for one year.

With Mendix, you can build a wide range of transactional, event-driven, and adjacent applications for all kinds of industries, regardless of complexity, performance, or scale. The Mendix Solutions Gallery showcases all kinds of applications built using Mendix. Also see the Mendix evaluation guide for more information on what types of projects are good fits for Mendix in general. Additionally, you may access a no-strings-attached, complimentary Mendix sandbox environment to evaluate Mendix.

The Mendix ISV Startup Program enables early stage companies to monetize their domain expertise. It allows startups with innovative, disruptive ideas to develop and sell a software solution built on Mendix. So, when considering which solutions are best for the Mendix Startup/ISV program, the answer is straightforward – solutions that solve a customer’s business problem are the “right” solutions.

For Out Of The Box (OOTB) software solutions, most configurations should be built into the application itself so that they do not require the Mendix Modeler to configure. Configuration via the Mendix Modeler is generally part of a Mendix implementation. However, this should remain limited to encourage repeatability and low cost of maintenance. Integrations, if required by the application, are an exception to this and are generally okay to configure in the Mendix Modeler.

Any application that is not repeatable and/or requires significant customization outside of general integration is unsuitable for this program. Extension of the base solution beyond the original scope of the solution is possible. However, such extension would require the end-customer to purchase a separate Mendix license in addition to the solution.

While we provide free access to the Mendix platform, you are responsible for building, marketing, and selling your solution to ensure your company’s success. For those that are new to Mendix, we highly recommend getting support from Mendix partners to give you a jump start and to ensure your application adheres to the Mendix best practices. Additionally, we provide the Mendix Academy as a way to learn about building applications on Mendix. You can leverage the free and paid training to quickly get up to speed. As a startup, you get a special discount for the paid trainings.

For additional Mendix support, we have a vibrant community of hundreds of thousands users and active contributors. On the Mendix Community site, the community comes together for all the tools and information they need. On the Mendix Forum, community members help provide support and advice to the rest of the community, and 70% of questions get answered within 30 minutes.

On the Mendix Community site, you can also find out about updates on the Mendix Marketplace, product releases, webinars, meetups, new blog posts, new Academy content, and documentation.

Startups are expected to leverage their own resources to independently market and sell their solution without dependency on Mendix’s resources or sales channels.

Such use cases fall outside the provisions of all Mendix ISV programs, including the ISV Startup Program. Please refer to the Mendix pricing page for more information about purchasing a Mendix license. Check out the newly introduced Mendix Basic license starting at only USD$60/month!

To learn more about the Mendix ISV Program contact us below or learn how you can expand your business by becoming a Mendix ISV Startup.