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I like appsmith for internal apps. Tried budibase and retool, but feel appsmith is better. They are also ridiculously responsive on discord - fixing bugs, givin

by akudha 5y ago

I like appsmith for internal apps. Tried budibase and retool, but feel appsmith is better. They are also ridiculously responsive on discord - fixing bugs, giving advice etc. Not affiliated with any of them.

Aeolun 5y ago
I like that getting appsmith running is just one docker command away. I don’t like their weird syntax around writing code, {{}} everywhere!
- arey_abhishek 5y ago
  We hear you. We have a new upcoming JS editor that'll enable you to write normal JS.
arey_abhishek 5y ago
Thank you for mentioning Appsmith! We do spend a lot of time on support, glad that you noticed it.
- chris-orgmenta 5y ago
  Out of interest, what makes all of these companies pursue 'internal tools' only (i.e. the tools can't be used for customer facing apps)? Is the current sticking point auth & keeping data segregated?
  - satyrnein 5y ago
    I had assumed it was because people are pickier about look and feel for customer facing stuff than these platforms can support, but the point about auth is interesting.
budibase 5y ago
Out of curiosity, why did you feel appsmith was better than budibase and retool - as a no-code platform?
- akudha 5y ago
  Appsmith just clicked for me. It just feels nicer to work with appsmith than retool, for example. I don't think it is just the capabilities of the three tools, I guess they are comparable. Retool has been around for a while, gets a ton of praise, raised a lot of money too (I don't know these info about budibase). It is just that appsmith feels nicer to work with, even though the UI is quite similar to retool. I know appsmith's support is very very good, I have no clue about the other two. I am sorry I am not able to give you a concrete answer, beyond the vague I like it :( I guess there might be others who think appsmith sucks and retool rocks. It is one of those things where some people like some UI and the other people hate the same. Another example is clickup, I like the tool in general (I do have complaints) and I pay for it but there are lots of people who hate it.

by akudha 5y ago

Aeolun 5y ago

I like that getting appsmith running is just one docker command away. I don’t like their weird syntax around writing code, {{}} everywhere!

arey_abhishek 5y ago
We hear you. We have a new upcoming JS editor that'll enable you to write normal JS.

arey_abhishek 5y ago

Thank you for mentioning Appsmith! We do spend a lot of time on support, glad that you noticed it.

chris-orgmenta 5y ago
Out of interest, what makes all of these companies pursue 'internal tools' only (i.e. the tools can't be used for customer facing apps)? Is the current sticking point auth & keeping data segregated?
- satyrnein 5y ago
  I had assumed it was because people are pickier about look and feel for customer facing stuff than these platforms can support, but the point about auth is interesting.

budibase 5y ago

Out of curiosity, why did you feel appsmith was better than budibase and retool - as a no-code platform?

akudha 5y ago
Appsmith just clicked for me. It just feels nicer to work with appsmith than retool, for example. I don't think it is just the capabilities of the three tools, I guess they are comparable. Retool has been around for a while, gets a ton of praise, raised a lot of money too (I don't know these info about budibase). It is just that appsmith feels nicer to work with, even though the UI is quite similar to retool. I know appsmith's support is very very good, I have no clue about the other two. I am sorry I am not able to give you a concrete answer, beyond the vague I like it :( I guess there might be others who think appsmith sucks and retool rocks. It is one of those things where some people like some UI and the other people hate the same. Another example is clickup, I like the tool in general (I do have complaints) and I pay for it but there are lots of people who hate it.