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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

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 builder - Build core business apps (including backend, microservices , etc) - Outsystems, Mendix 6) Field force apps -> prontoforms, fulcrum, etc 7) Extension builder -> extension.dev 8) Test automation -> reflect.run Disclaimer: I am part of DronaHQ.

lysecret 5y ago
Love retool I used it daily :)
- 46_palladium 5y ago
  Retool is amazing!
  - smellgood71 5y ago
    I'm looking out for no-code low-code tool for side project that can help me with speed. How did you land at Retool or what should be the general criteria?
- spacemanmatt 5y ago
  Me too. The context in the PP is pretty handy to me. I am just getting into nocode for my organization.
  - lysecret 5y ago
    if you have some questions hit me up! :)
joaofiliperocha 5y ago
Is there any github list with this ?
tmcneal 5y ago
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 workflows. i.e. Use Retool instead of building UIs for internal apps, use Reflect to build automated tests instead of Selenium, etc.
- cjv 5y ago
  Reflect is a cool name, but nearly impossible to Google.
  - pajop 5y ago
    I used these search terms "reflect no code" and the first hit was https://reflect.run https://reflect.run :) https://www.google.com/search?q=reflect+no+code https://www.google.com/search?q=reflect+no+code
- istorical 5y ago
  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 full backend application. All of what I did with Zapier could have been implemented with a database, a bunch of scripting, and cronjobs, but using Zapier saved oodles of time and meant I was outsourcing the maintenance to their API integrators rather than to myself. I was able to do so much with triggers and webhooks I can only imagine what is possible now with their more recent code blocks feature and adding better environment variables.
  - juanplusjuan 5y ago
    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
lofatdairy 5y ago
Not a huge fan of integromat but I think zapier is probably fine.
1cvmask 5y ago
Is there a competitive landscape of all the different tools? Surprised I haven't come across one yet...
ArtWomb 5y ago
This is a very useful thread ;) Not sure where it would fit in, but Looker adoption is crazy. It's deeper though: no-code data modeling
- sokoloff 5y ago
  I write a fair percentage of LookML as a ratio of my total Looker data dashboard creation time. (It's maybe low-code or "somewhat easy code", but it seems pretty far from no-code to me. I'm still a fan.)
  - mst 5y ago
    For me, being able to do that is kinda the key requirement of such a platform. Make the easy things easy and give me an escape hatch.
gitgud 5y ago
4) should probably also include WYSIWYG website builder platforms like: WordPress, Squarespace and Wix... As their userbases dwarf all other systems mentioned
jacquesm 5y ago
I'd add Betty Blocks to the app builder section; and add a category for electronics laboratory automation and add 'Labview' for that category, there are many others as well.
la6471 5y ago
Python based anvil, most versatile
jinen83 5y ago
Edit: 9) Online DB tools -> Quickbase, Airtable, Knack, etc 10) Website builder -> webflow, softr, etc
kinderjaje 5y ago
I would add to this list no-code web automation and scrapers. I am founder of https://automatio.co https://automatio.co, but there other great tools like SimpleScraper, Axiom.ai, Browsers.ai etc

lysecret 5y ago

Love retool I used it daily :)

46_palladium 5y ago
Retool is amazing!
- smellgood71 5y ago
  I'm looking out for no-code low-code tool for side project that can help me with speed. How did you land at Retool or what should be the general criteria?
spacemanmatt 5y ago
Me too. The context in the PP is pretty handy to me. I am just getting into nocode for my organization.
- lysecret 5y ago
  if you have some questions hit me up! :)

joaofiliperocha 5y ago

Is there any github list with this ?

tmcneal 5y ago

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 workflows. i.e. Use Retool instead of building UIs for internal apps, use Reflect to build automated tests instead of Selenium, etc.

cjv 5y ago
Reflect is a cool name, but nearly impossible to Google.
- pajop 5y ago
  I used these search terms "reflect no code" and the first hit was https://reflect.run https://reflect.run :) https://www.google.com/search?q=reflect+no+code https://www.google.com/search?q=reflect+no+code
istorical 5y ago
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 full backend application. All of what I did with Zapier could have been implemented with a database, a bunch of scripting, and cronjobs, but using Zapier saved oodles of time and meant I was outsourcing the maintenance to their API integrators rather than to myself. I was able to do so much with triggers and webhooks I can only imagine what is possible now with their more recent code blocks feature and adding better environment variables.
- juanplusjuan 5y ago
  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

lofatdairy 5y ago

Not a huge fan of integromat but I think zapier is probably fine.

1cvmask 5y ago

Is there a competitive landscape of all the different tools? Surprised I haven't come across one yet...

ArtWomb 5y ago

This is a very useful thread ;) Not sure where it would fit in, but Looker adoption is crazy. It's deeper though: no-code data modeling

sokoloff 5y ago
I write a fair percentage of LookML as a ratio of my total Looker data dashboard creation time. (It's maybe low-code or "somewhat easy code", but it seems pretty far from no-code to me. I'm still a fan.)
- mst 5y ago
  For me, being able to do that is kinda the key requirement of such a platform. Make the easy things easy and give me an escape hatch.

gitgud 5y ago

4) should probably also include WYSIWYG website builder platforms like: WordPress, Squarespace and Wix... As their userbases dwarf all other systems mentioned

jacquesm 5y ago

I'd add Betty Blocks to the app builder section; and add a category for electronics laboratory automation and add 'Labview' for that category, there are many others as well.

la6471 5y ago

Python based anvil, most versatile

jinen83 5y ago

Edit: 9) Online DB tools -> Quickbase, Airtable, Knack, etc 10) Website builder -> webflow, softr, etc

kinderjaje 5y ago

I would add to this list no-code web automation and scrapers. I am founder of https://automatio.co https://automatio.co, but there other great tools like SimpleScraper, Axiom.ai, Browsers.ai etc