Which low-code development platforms are attracting enterprise attention? What are the characteristics of each of them? How to choose the best low-code development platform for your enterprise?
The low-code development platform is a revolutionary application building solution designed to help enterprises quickly create and deploy applications while reducing development and maintenance costs. In China, there are a number of low-code development platforms, some of which have gained widespread attention and recognition, such as Cloud Table Platform, AppCube, Drip Table, YonBuilder and Yunzhijia. Yunbiao low-code platform is one of the most popular low-code development platforms in China. It is favored by enterprises for its ease of use, customizability and wide user base.
This article will introduce in detail the following five low-code development platforms: 1. Cloud Table Platform; 2. AppCube; 3. Drip Table; 4. YonBuilder; 5. Cloud Home
1. Cloud meter platform
As a domestic "enterprise-level" low-code platform, Cloud Table has many advantages:
Visual development: CloudTable low-code platform provides a visual development environment for non-professional developers, making application creation easy and simple. In today's digital age, the development of internal enterprise applications requires efficient and easy-to-use tools. The Cloud Table low-code platform is widely used and suitable for various complex business scenarios. It can also be flexibly customized according to the individual needs of enterprises. It has become the first choice for internal application development of many enterprises.
Original drawing table development: Original table programming technology, based on self-developed spreadsheet kernel, similar to Excel operation mode, compatible with more Excel formulas and functions, and more in line with user operating habits. Supports privatized deployment, public cloud deployment and hybrid deployment, supports load balancing and distributed deployment, and meets the deployment requirements of different enterprises. Complex core applications can be developed to meet military-level applications. It is truly code-free and has a lower threshold for use.
Personalized development, independent and controllable: The benefits of building these products on the cloud table platform are that enterprise management is independent and controllable. The management of these systems is different for each enterprise. It is difficult for standard products to meet the needs. Cloud table can meet the needs of enterprises very well. Personalized needs can quickly respond to the business needs of the enterprise, and the enterprise can control it by itself. When the system changes later, it can be modified by itself, making the customized system independent and controllable without asking for help.
2、AppCube
As a low-code platform launched by Huawei Cloud, AppCube provides enterprises and developers with many advantages such as ease of use, high customizability, rich functions, and powerful scalability. Its user groups cover multiple industries and fields, including finance, education, medical care, retail and manufacturing. AppCube provides a series of development tools that can help users quickly build various business applications, including human resources management, project management, customer relationship management, etc. In addition, Huawei AppCube's low-code platform is highly customizable and can meet the needs of different users, greatly simplifying the development process, thereby saving time and costs.
Although the cost of AppCube is relatively high, the price may be prohibitive for many small and medium-sized companies. But for large companies with sufficient budgets, they need an efficient and customizable development platform, and AppCube is a choice worth trying.
3、Drip Table
Drip Table is a low-code platform launched by JD Cloud, which can help enterprises quickly build applications while reducing development and maintenance costs. Among them, the water drop drag canvas is an important design of the platform, which allows users to easily create and arrange the UI elements and components of the application.
The design of the water drop drag canvas has the following characteristics:
* Users can drag elements and components directly on the canvas. This is actually building the system by dragging and dropping without writing code.
* The water drop drag canvas supports a variety of UI elements and components, and users can choose different elements and components according to their needs.
* The design of water drop drag canvas makes Drip Table a low-code platform with high ease of use and customizability.
Although this low-code platform is in its infancy, its ease of use and high customizability make it a solution with broad application prospects.
4、YonBuilder
YonBuilder is a domestic low-code platform owned by UFIDA Group. Its advantages lie in ease of use, high customizability, rich functions and powerful scalability. Compared with other low-code platforms, YonBuilder provides higher customizability, and users cover multiple industries and fields.
Although YonBuilder is a low-code platform, its page design is relatively complex. Users can quickly build application interfaces through drag-and-drop operations, but advanced features may require some coding knowledge to implement.
The YonBuilder platform’s pricing plans are not transparent enough, and users may need to contact the sales team for more information. However, based on the approximate pricing of UFIDA products, YonBuilder’s pricing may be on the expensive side.
It should also be noted that although existing SaaS applications (such as financial cloud, human resources cloud, marketing cloud, etc.) are relatively mature, these applications are not developed from scratch. On top of these applications, YonBuilder establishes the underlying PaaS platform to support higher-level application development and deployment.
In addition, it started with financial software and has strong advantages in the financial field. If your main focus is on the financial field, you can consider YonBuilder.
5. Cloud Home
Cloud Home is a powerful and easy-to-use low-code platform that provides a series of tools to help users easily build various business applications, including but not limited to human resources management, project management, customer relationship management, etc. Its low-code platform is highly customizable to meet the needs of different users.
However, Cloud Home also has some shortcomings. One major issue is its higher price, which can put a financial burden on small businesses. Users also reported that Cloud Home is not as good as other low-code platforms in certain functions, such as data analysis.
In addition, Cloud Home’s documentation and help center are relatively sparse, and it may take more time to learn and solve problems.
So, if a small business needs an affordable low-code platform that suits your specific needs, you'll want to consider the pros and cons of Cloud Home to see if it fits your needs.
The emergence of low-code development platforms makes the development and deployment of applications more convenient and faster, thus bringing more business opportunities and economic benefits to enterprises. In addition, with the continuous development and popularization of technologies such as cloud computing and big data, low-code development platforms are gradually becoming one of the important means of enterprise digital transformation. Through the low-code development platform, enterprises can quickly build applications that adapt to market needs, enhance the core competitiveness of the enterprise, and bring more business value to the enterprise.
Hopefully this article has given you a little more insight into low-code development platforms.