Best Google App Maker alternatives in 2020

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Google App Maker

After Google announced a gradual shutdown of its Google App Maker platform, you may be on the hunt for a new low-code app development tool. Luckily, there’s plenty of time to review your options before the service shuts down entirely next year. This post will review the best low-code development platforms on the market to speed up your workflows and help scale internal operations.

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AppSheet

AppSheet offers a bunch of proprietary support videos, allowing for a better onboarding and learning experience than many other tools. At $5 per user per month, it’s also incredibly affordable. AppSheet integrantes with Google Sheets, which means easy access to your datasets in a familiar platform. Additionally, AppSheet allows you to instantly preview what your app will look like on mobile and other platforms while developing, which can be useful for cross-platform apps.

#Mobile App Dev Platform #Project Management #Application Builder 19 social mentions

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Microsoft PowerApps

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Salesforce Lightning Platform

For small to medium sized businesses, it’s hard to pass up Retool for flexibility and price. While not free, AppSheet is similarly low-priced at $5 per user per month to begin with and is already integrated within Google Sheets and infrastructure. Many companies are already using the Microsoft Office365 suite of tools, making Microsoft Power Apps a great option as well. Salesforce Lightning may be the best option for your company if your company relies solely on Salesforce data, but you may run into trouble integrating other components into Salesforce Lightning applications.

#Project Management #BPM #No Code

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Zoho Creator

Zoho Creator’s scripting language is Deluge. While Zoho advertises Deluge as “the programming language for non-programmers,” it’s still going to take some time to learn – which is not ideal if you’re looking for something to build an app quickly with little experience. There are multiple versions of Zoho Creator in deployment, sometimes making it difficult to find the right documentation for the product.

#Project Management #Rapid Application Development #Workflow Management

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Appian

Appian excels when used to create form-based apps. The product does allow building custom UI components, but only by using Appian’s in-product customization tools. Appian’s reasoning for this is security and to ensure JS compliance across browsers and devices.

#BPM #Project Management #Automation 5 social mentions

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WaveMaker

WaveMaker has a built in IDE for more extensive customization. This allows users to work as simple or advanced as they are comfortable with. Unlike most low-code app development platforms, if there is not a premade widget that fits your needs, you’re able to write your own and seamlessly integrate it into your app. WaveMaker also includes a built in version control system (VCS) to easily track your team’s changes and revert back to a more stable version if a problem occurs.

#Low Code #App Development #Enterprise Software

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Retool

For small to medium sized businesses, it’s hard to pass up Retool for flexibility and price. While not free, AppSheet is similarly low-priced at $5 per user per month to begin with and is already integrated within Google Sheets and infrastructure. Many companies are already using the Microsoft Office365 suite of tools, making Microsoft Power Apps a great option as well. Salesforce Lightning may be the best option for your company if your company relies solely on Salesforce data, but you may run into trouble integrating other components into Salesforce Lightning applications.

#No Code #Rapid Application Development #Productivity 89 social mentions