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About Plant an App
Plant an App is allows users to build powerful web applications that suit their business needs. Anyone, from business users to professional developers, can use the low-code development platform to build customizable solutions that work seamlessly with a company's existing IT infrastructure.
Plant an App closes the gap between business users and professional developers and is trusted by organizations of all sizes from around the globe.
In terms of what industry or type of application is Plant an App suitable for, the answer is simple - almost anything! Plant an App comes with hundreds of prebuilt components that will let users easily build tailor-made solutions that work for them and their business.
Plant an App is both a no-code and a low-code platform simultaneously. No-code provides the versatility for anyone to be able to quickly build web apps, while low-code provides the ability to achieve anything through code. We support many programming languages, such as Javascript, SQL, Git and Razor, as well as other tools and cloud services.
Plant an App has an ever-growing community, cloud-based functionality, and expansive repository of updated assets, ensure a platform that is designed for the future. By partnering with Plant an App, your business will receive the digital resources, skills, and support needed to develop without restraint.
Plant an App pricing
Plant an App has a free version and offers a free trial.
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Plant an App Reviews
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Anthony
- Industry: Hospital & Health Care
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 6-12 months
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Review Source
5
Reviewed on 27/07/2021
Low Code Development of Medical Communication Solution
Plant an App has been the first development team we have worked with. The team provided to us has been excellent to work with despite the time zone differences. The regular weekly online meetings and introduction to a task platform has allowed regular communication, often allowing answers to be made to questions from the developers as they are posted. The development team has provided a transparency to the build process, giving us the confidence of being able to complete the brief even with the changes in the scope of the application.
Pros
The Low Code Plant an App platform has allowed the rapid and flexible development of a medical communication solution leveraging on the underlying DotNetNuke platform. It has allowed our company to work closely with the Plant an App development team, being able to see the program development in real time. The ability to be able to use the platform as development is progressing allows rapid application testing and ability to change direction of development without the need to large changes to base code such as in traditional programming. The ongoing development of the Plant an App platform as well as the Low Code Café sessions is constantly adding new features and solutions every week. Our small company started with limited programming knowledge. In 3 months of working with the developers we have been able to learn to develop our own components, entities, SQL, workflows and razorscript code to add to the application development.
Cons
The main issue I have faced is trying to implement a different skin into the application that makes use of the current bootstrap features. This can limit some UI design features, but does not take away the underlying power of the platform. As with any software tool, upgrades to underlying components can always cause issues with past projects. But with the regular updates from the Plant an App development team we are confident that this design feature will be available in the not too distant future.
Tycho
- Industry: Internet
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Review Source
5
Reviewed on 12/01/2023
Game changer. We are in a great spot, now.
From business perspective: our development speed has increased 6 times. And maintenance of a lot of code is basically out sourced as it is leveraged by the platform. Hard to quantify what that saves per year but it is a lot.Projects run smoother as we are able to iterate faster.
Pros
The first encounter was very pleasant. The UI feels intuitive and creates a feel of certainty. As agile software development means a lot of new insights (customers often redefine specs when they see what they got) and iterations, Plant an App allows this flexibility. After a few days you really understand the concept and how all features are connected and available. Tons of actions that you can use for not only forms but also ini workflows, automations and API's.
Cons
Would be great to have more hands on documentation.
Reasons for Switching to Plant an App
We selected Plant an App for several reasons. First of all, it was way easier to start. The UI is very comprehensive which allows us to have more people work on our products. Second, their support has been great. Easy access, swift responses and in 1-on-1 sessions never felt they were on the clock. Last: we have been able to create anything. You can do bits with no-code, you can do more fancy stuff with low-code but also inject your own custom code if you want.
Jeff
- Industry: Nonprofit Organization Management
- Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Review Source
4
Reviewed on 17/06/2021
Great No-Code Low-Code Option
DNN Sharp and Plant an App have allowed us to quickly deploy a new comprehensive app for one of our key functions in our organization.
Pros
We've used DNN Sharp for years and as Plant an App was developed we were intrigued by the responsiveness of the developers to user input on functionality. It takes the flexibility of the original tools and brings them into a much more user friendly environment. I'm looking forward to transitioning many of our existing tools to the new platform.
Cons
The only challenge we face is knowing which context we are working in as well as which pattern of code is needed for various functions. Do we use C#, java or SQL logic?
Response from Plant an App
Your insights are much appreciated, Jeff!
The programming languages used for the low-code part are in most cases interchangeable and depend on user preference. However, in some cases some would perform better than others - for example, using SQL if the need is to operate on data or Javascript if the need is to manipulate some JSON objects.
I will take this subject to the team to prepare resources that would assist with this decision. Might be a very good subject for a Low-Code Cafe or a course on the Low-Code Academy.
Replied 21/06/2021
phil
- Industry: Retail
- Company size: 201–500 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Review Source
5
Reviewed on 23/07/2021
Low Code speed with the flexibility of custom development, a winning combination
I have automated many business processes, decreasing the labor-intensiveness dramatically, and providing a cleaner, more integrated solution than the disparate processes that were in place before. It allows for building much more complete solutions than other no/low code platforms (like caspio), while providing flexibility to NOT having a licensing model that is per user and penalizes success (like most of the other low code platforms we looked at).
Pros
the flexibility of the product, the ability to rapidly build custom solutions, the wealth of existing options for building a complete solution, including the useful plugins to provide an end-to-end solution for the business. it is also a very cost-effective solution compared to the per-user licensing most other products in this space use.
Cons
since it is right now more of a niche tool, not a lot of resources (other than the plant-an-app website itself and their seminars) out there for trouble-shooting or learning excercises, but plant-an-app does have a responsive community to help resolve issues
Mark
- Industry: Internet
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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Review Source
5
Reviewed on 05/10/2021
Low Code Rapid Application Development
My overall experience with Plant an App has been extremely positive. It puts rapid development within my reach, there are multiple opportunities to learn and grow, there is interaction with the company and a community around the product. The biggest thing is creating successful solutions on time for clients.
Pros
This software allows me to create online applications rapidly. It does so by packaging actions that would ordinarily require a programmer to develop into prebuilt building blocks with changeable settings. Plant an App simplifies the creation of database interactions, workflows, scheduled procedures, API's and more to the act of filling in the right settings. It still allows me to extend functionality with code if desired. It enables me as an integrator to create applications and deliverables that otherwise would have been out of my reach.
Cons
Like most software in this genre, this product is relatively new and some change in features and organization and licensing are to be expected short term. That said, there is direct contact available with company reps and opportunities to contribute to the success of the product.
