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8base vs. Alpha Anywhere

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
8base
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
8base calls itself a Developer Acceleration Platform using low code to empower developers and businesses to create and host powerful software applications quickly and easily. The vendor says their differentiators include: Developer acceleration platform Low-code BaaS GraphQL, Serverless Autoscaling Role-Based Access Controls SDK UI Kit Command Line Interface Data…
$0
Alpha Anywhere
Score 9.9 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
The Alpha platform is a unified mobile and web app development and deployment environment with distinct "no-code" and "low-code" components. The vendor says that using the Alpha TransForm no-code environment, business users and developers can take full advantage of all the capabilities of the smartphone to turn any form into a mobile app in minutes, and power users can add advanced app functionality with Alpha TransForm's built-in programming language. IT developers can use the…
$35
Pricing
8baseAlpha Anywhere
Editions & Modules
FREE
$0
DEVELOPER
$25
one-time fee
PROFESSIONAL
$150
one-time fee
CUSTOM
Contact
one-time fee
Alpha TransForm (no-code component)
35/month
Alpha Anywhere Business
$1,499/year
Alpha Anywhere
$1,499/year
Alpha Anywhere Business Pro
$2,499/year
Alpha Anywhere Enterprise
Call Us +1 781.850.4600
Volume Discounts
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
8baseAlpha Anywhere
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional Details—Questions? Call us: +1 781.229.4500
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Community Pulse
8baseAlpha Anywhere
Considered Both Products
8base

No answer on this topic

Alpha Anywhere
MH
Marc Hotchkiss
CEO (Chief Executive Officer)
Chose Alpha Anywhere
No contest. Caspio comes the closest and I liked its built-in database. Access is obsolete. Sheets are nice to use but not as a database
Glen Schild | TrustRadius Reviewer
Glen Schild
Proprietor
Chose Alpha Anywhere
I stopped evaluating alternate products several years ago as Alpha Anywhere has continued to develop and keep up with technological advances to my satisfaction. Having made the decision to focus development with Alpha Anywhere, I have not looked back and continue to develop at …
Chose Alpha Anywhere
Alpha Anywhere is a full-stack IDE. It’s no code and low code, but you can also custom code if you need to. About 10% of our application is no code. 80% is low code and 10% is custom code.
Russ Brown | TrustRadius Reviewer
Russ Brown
President and Founder
Chose Alpha Anywhere
Alpha Anywhere is a more robust, complete and lower cost solution for rapid desktop, web and mobile application cross platform development.
Features
8baseAlpha Anywhere
Low-Code Development
Comparison of Low-Code Development features of Product A and Product B
8base
7.0
Ratings
18% below category average
Alpha Anywhere
8.4
Ratings
0% above category average
Visual Modeling9.00 Ratings8.50 Ratings
Drag-and-drop Interfaces7.00 Ratings6.50 Ratings
Platform Security5.00 Ratings8.80 Ratings
Platform User Management8.00 Ratings8.90 Ratings
Reusability7.00 Ratings9.20 Ratings
Platform Scalability6.00 Ratings8.50 Ratings
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Score 9.9 out of 10
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Score 9.9 out of 10
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User Ratings
8baseAlpha Anywhere
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(0 ratings)
8.9
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
8baseAlpha Anywhere
Likelihood to Recommend
Although we are not a startup and 8BASE allows our backend to be production-ready instantly and thus better support and management of our hardware and scale are automatically progressive with our business. It leaves us more time for hardware development. Recommending to consider acquiring both for all types of companies.
Pete Burks | TrustRadius Reviewer
Pete Burks
Director of IT
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We use Alpha Anywhere to develop large scale business applications. So far, we haven't found any real limitations. This is exemplified by my response to my customers who frequently ask, "Is it possible..." I always interrupt them before this sentence goes any further by telling them, "with our development platform, anything's possible" (then we have to discuss whether the time/cost is worth the added benefit of what they're requesting).
PS
Phil Samuels
President
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Pros
  • Non-technical people can use accessible software.
  • Cost
  • The simple set up.
Pete Burks | TrustRadius Reviewer
Pete Burks
Director of IT
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  • We import our medication files.
  • We save the patient’s History & Physical documents to S3 buckets. The documents range from 30-300 pages.
  • We export billing files to the Medicare mainframe.
  • We run over 80 audits on each chart per day.
Lee Vasic | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Cons
  • the UI is complex to handle at first.
  • Lags in many applications.
Pete Burks | TrustRadius Reviewer
Pete Burks
Director of IT
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  • There is no drag and drop form designer however this is not a big problem once you get used to it and through the use of genies, templates, etc.
Russ Brown | TrustRadius Reviewer
Russ Brown
President and Founder
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Alternatives Considered
No answers on this topic
I stopped evaluating alternate products several years ago as Alpha Anywhere has continued to develop and keep up with technological advances to my satisfaction. Having made the decision to focus development with Alpha Anywhere, I have not looked back and continue to develop at pace for my existing and growing client base.
Glen Schild | TrustRadius Reviewer
Glen Schild
Proprietor
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Return on Investment
  • It is stable in its security.
  • Simple development has allowed us to handle less wasted time.
  • Short-term goals are easily met.
Pete Burks | TrustRadius Reviewer
Pete Burks
Director of IT
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  • We see it is becoming more & more valuable in our business
  • Our competition has everything we do, except a Clerking program which we developed in Alpha
  • Converting to the Cloud hasn't been cheap for us but we feel it will be well worth it
MH
Marc Hotchkiss
CEO (Chief Executive Officer)
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ScreenShots

Alpha Anywhere Screenshots

Screenshot of Inspection Solutions is a mobile business app designed for inspectors who need to inspect construction vehicles in the field, but showcases functionality relevant to many other field apps. The app includes the critical features now required in modern field services apps, such as offline capability, bar code scanning, voice annotation and digital ink. It is a native-quality hybrid app created using the Alpha Anywhere V4 rapid mobile application development and deployment platform.Screenshot of Pumpjack Pro is a sample application for Alpha Anywhere designed for inspecting pumpjacks - those machines that look like bobbing horse heads above oil wells. Features include: - Pass/fail buttons - Photo capture - GPS location capture - Indicator meters - A popup cheat sheet - A popup video - A signature capture control - Offline operationScreenshot of DevCon 2016 is an offline-capable mobile/web application for navigating the Alpha Software Developers Conference. Although this is a real, working application it also makes a great sample application for anyone who wishes to build a Conference Schedule Application in Alpha Anywhere.This application was created using out-of-the-box Alpha Anywhere functionality with a minimum of custom JavaScript so it is easy to modify. Developers can make modifications to this sample inspection app directly from within the Alpha Anywhere IDE. - Updates Against Live SQL Data - Works offline - Can be Used as a Web or Mobile Application - Can be Modified for Your Own UseScreenshot of Alpha TransForm Data Colleciton AppScreenshot of Alpha Anywhere Punch List appScreenshot of Alpha TransForm inspection app