The report, by independent research analyst Forrester, shows how each provider measures up, and aims to help banks select the right solution for their omni-channel banking strategy.

Once again, the report lists the Backbase Digital Banking platform as the ultimate market leader. When it comes to empowering banks to create compelling digital experiences, or helping them optimize complex legacy environments — Backbase is the leading option.

"Backbase’s Digital Banking Platform is the leading solution on the digital banking platform market. Ovum recommends that banks shortlist Backbase’s Digital Banking Platform when searching for a competitive digital banking platform solution."

This research evaluates 14 MADP vendors across four use cases of growing demand for mobile apps.
IT leaders should assess these vendors, including the recent expansion in developer tooling, and move from traditional coding to business-led visual techniques.

Backbase is doing exceptionally well, and this demonstrates that the constant evolution and improvement of our products is being recognized. We’ve been delivering great mobile apps and complete omni-channel projects for the past few years for the world’s leading FIs, and it’s wonderful to have Gartner see this.

In its 2014 review Gartner states: “Backbase is among the most innovative vendors in the portal market. Backbase’s lean portal is at the center of its ability to address the speed in deploying a UXP that is often sought, but rarely achieved, by organizations with portal initiatives.”

“Backbase has established a solid niche in the financial services vertical industry, with its portal-less portal, which is particularly strong in the banking industry, and it is now moving toward the UXP market. Backbase considers itself to be a “lean UXP,” due to its ease of deployment and development.”

Backbase has a strong, compelling vision of a UXP, with good integration between its WCM and website optimization tools, and powerful compositing features. It has good support for mobile development, both native and hybrid applications.

“Lean portals are unburdened by the bulk and legacy of comprehensive suites. Where they may lack accommodation for integration with legacy systems and some add-on components, they often get customers to their desired value more quickly than portal products from larger, more-established providers.”

This report provides a detailed snapshot of the various vendors in this space. It will be useful to familiarize staff on the range of functions available, and to build a short list of suppliers during vendor selections.

“Backbase offers a lightweight portal offering that encourages client-side development and simple integration mechanisms. It is one of the few products in the market that is purely widget based. This, coupled with its strong client framework, makes it quite suitable for building applications that have richer client functionality compared to other products.”