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Re: Ask HN: Which NoCode platforms are fine?

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Hey, I'm the co-founder of TrueSource.io, a no code data publishing platform. Basically, we turn datasets to data apps, providing full infrastructure, front-end (filters, formatting, visualization, etc), and added value features for data providers like user and access management, alerts & notifications, API integrations, etc.

Feel free to give us a spin and give me feedback: https://www.truesource.io

Re: Ask HN: Which NoCode platforms are fine?

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NoCode platforms can be further divided into sub category of tools. Depending on your need you got to look at using one or multiple tools. 1) BPM tools: build workflows & business processes. Tools like Appian, Pega, kissflow, etc 2) Form builders: jotform, typeform, etc 3) automation: Zapier, integromat, etc 4) Frontend builder - Consumer apps -> bubble, adalo, etc - Internal apps -> Retool, DronaHQ, Appsmith 5) App…

Love retool I used it daily :)

Me too. The context in the PP is pretty handy to me. I am just getting into nocode for my organization.

Re: Ask HN: Which NoCode platforms are fine?

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I have used Retool to create a (well-received) PoC of an internal-facing admin app. I was pretty impressed, even though it had some rough edges. Setting up UIs was relatively painless thanks to many out-of-the-box integrations, and it was surprisingly easy to implement auth/error handling/component dependencies. The thing I liked the most is that it's not really a "no code" - you need to be technical to build good ap…

Curious what your friction consuming a custom API is. That's my next stop with Retool.

Re: Ask HN: Which NoCode platforms are fine?

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Co-founder of Reflect here: Thanks for the mention! I think a lot of people think of "no-code" tools as something exclusively for non-developers; things like Webflow and Bubble for creating apps. I don't think that's ever really been the case, Zapier being a great example of that, but there's been a lot more tools coming to market in the past couple years that actually work well as a way to replace tedious code-based…

Yeah I'm a dev but was a team of one embedded within a sales and marketing org at a a medium-large size startup with a mandate to automate and find growth hacks for sales + marketing, and I was able to use Zapier with its Salesforce integration, google sheets integration, Twilio integration, Marketo integration to do a lot of work that I wouldn't have had time to build, support, and do maintenance on if I'd built a f…

sounds interesting! we’ve seen the same pattern across dozens of customers and are building a business on top of it. would love to chat if you’re down: juan [at] sayprimer.com

Re: Ask HN: Which NoCode platforms are fine?

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It depends a lot on what you consider “Low Code” and what your target is. Corporate users tend to look at Mendix, OutSystems, etc. because they are typically looking at building end—to-end solutions, and those give you front-end, APIs and ORMs (or, rather, abstract all of those away). Most OSS or IoT folk will immediately point to Node-Red or n8n.io, which look similar but are actually quite different in focus (n8n i…

I tried a bit OutSystems and its learning curve is incredibly steep for what they claim to be. It all starts with a specialized Eclipse based environment to install and to learn and only goes downhill from there. I don't know any business user able to use it, and for a regular programmer it's just another language/environment to learn. Not sure why it's a thing.

At least before you had to run Windows to build OutSystems apps.

Re: Ask HN: Which NoCode platforms are fine?

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Ours! (https://www.allcancode.com). Kidding aside, I can only tell you how our no-code platform is different and addressing some of the mentioned problems.

First of all, there are no technological lock-ins, you can export high-quality, human-readable code and use it outside the platform if you like.

We especially made it for professional IT & development teams to accelerate how they build custom web & mobile apps, without the need to know and stay updated with all the frameworks.

There are no production limits whatsoever. Its capabilities basically can only compare to traditional development.

If you want to try it out, just go ahead, it's completely free to sign up and start using it

Re: Ask HN: Which NoCode platforms are fine?

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Ours! ( https://www.allcancode.com ). Kidding aside, I can only tell you how our no-code platform is different and addressing some of the mentioned problems. First of all, there are no technological lock-ins, you can export high-quality, human-readable code and use it outside the platform if you like. We especially made it for professional IT & development teams to accelerate how they build custom web & mobile apps,…

Let me add that Allcancode is the only platform that supports true hybrid development combining low-code/no-code with full-code in the same project!

Re: Ask HN: Which NoCode platforms are fine?

#130

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Just out of curiosity, how much do you pay for that stack per year?

Stacker is about $3000 a year; Integromat is about $1500; Airtable is $240 per user per year and I think I’ve got six users (but you’d only need one to do what I’m doing); Twilio is pennies - maybe $100 a year; Carrd is insanely cheap - $49 a year I think; Typeform is around $600 a year So I guess I’m laying out somewhere in the region of $5250 a year or $450 a month. That’s split across several projects. The beauty…

Phew, I'd be deathly afraid of relying on that much proprietary software. Good luck all the same!
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