Ask HN: Which NoCode platforms are fine?

Re:Ask HN: Which NoCode platforms are fine? by akudha on Monday October 25, 2021 @02:17PM (#28991242)

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.

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Re:Ask HN: Which NoCode platforms are fine? by arey_abhishek on Monday October 25, 2021 @03:44PM (#28992202)

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

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Re:Ask HN: Which NoCode platforms are fine? by chris-orgmenta on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @12:50AM (#28996516)

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?

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Re:Ask HN: Which NoCode platforms are fine? by satyrnein on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @11:42AM (#29001796)

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.

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Re:Ask HN: Which NoCode platforms are fine? by Aeolun on Monday October 25, 2021 @08:39PM (#28995087)

I like that getting appsmith running is just one docker command away.

I don’t like their weird syntax around writing code, {{}} everywhere!

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Re:Ask HN: Which NoCode platforms are fine? by arey_abhishek on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @06:32AM (#28998598)

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

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Re:Ask HN: Which NoCode platforms are fine? by budibase on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @03:44AM (#28997507)

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

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Re:Ask HN: Which NoCode platforms are fine? by akudha on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @10:46AM (#29001065)

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.

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