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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Alpha Anywhere

    Score9.9 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

    Creatio

    Score9.4 out of 10
    N/ACreatio offers an agentic CRM and workflow platform. Its offerings include Creatio Studio, a no-code agentic platform to build applications and AI agents with natural language and visual designers, and a CRM suite with embedded AI agents across Creatio Marketing, Sales, and Service. The platform also includes industry workflows across 19 verticals and a range of marketplace add-ons. Creatio products can be purchased separately or as a unified CRM solution to…

    $10,000

    per year (minimum price for new users)

    Pricing
    Alpha AnywhereCreatio
    Editions & Modules
    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
    Growth
    $25
    per month per user
    Enterprise
    $55
    per month per user
    Unlimited
    $85
    per month per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Alpha AnywhereCreatio
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsQuestions? Call us: +1 781.229.4500Creatio Sales, Creatio Marketing, and Creatio Service are available as add-ons for $15 per month, per user. Creatio AI is included in every tier of the Creatio platform (Growth, Enterprise, and Unlimited). Creatio AI starts at $5,000 per year
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Features
    Alpha AnywhereCreatio
    Low-Code Development
    Comparison of Low-Code Development features of Alpha Anywhere and Creatio
    Feature
    Alpha Anywhere
    8.4
    4 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Creatio
    8.5
    37 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Visual Modeling8.53 Ratings00 Ratings
    Drag-and-drop Interfaces6.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform Security8.84 Ratings8.035 Ratings
    Platform User Management8.94 Ratings9.037 Ratings
    Reusability9.24 Ratings9.035 Ratings
    Platform Scalability8.54 Ratings8.036 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Alpha AnywhereCreatio
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.9
    (6 ratings)
    8.0
    (59 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
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    9.9
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    Availability
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    Performance
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    7.3
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    Support Rating
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    10.0
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    Online Training
    -
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    8.2
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    Implementation Rating
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    9.6
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    Configurability
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    Ease of integration
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    Product Scalability
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    8.2
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    User Testimonials
    Alpha AnywhereCreatio
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Alpha Software
    The speed of development from concept, through development and delivery of the end product is so impressive [with Alpha Anywhere]. There is an impressive array of genies and helper functions meaning that you can focus on what matters, the end user experience. It is not a "No code" solution but it is a very impressive "low code" solution which allows detailed access under the hood to tweak the applications to your own needs and the needs of your clients.
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    Creatio
    Creatio is well suited in following scenarios: Complex Business process modelling and automation, Low code No code development which is best for efficient timelines, customized reporting and dashboarding, seamless integration with other technologies. Scenarios where Creatio is less appropriate: Solutions which require high cutomizations on the frontend side as this can be done by javascript modifications but it increases the load on the page and slows it down.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Alpha Software
    • Our company had been creating small business applications since the 1980's, when we used DBase IV (don't laugh... that's what was available). Then, we got more "sophisticated" with Microsoft Access. Clearly, we would always be limited with what we can do with those two programs. By accident, during an Internet search, we saw and ad for Alpha Anywhere (back then, it was called Alpha V). After working with the 30 free trial for just two weeks, we retired Access, for good. The best part was Alpha's flexibility in its use of "back end" data tables. That allowed us to use existing Access tables as we redesigned the front-end program (Alpha ships with its own DBF system, but we prefer SQL-Based tables). You can choose, SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle, Access, Paradox (actually, too many to name) for your tables. You can even create links to Excel spreadsheets or QuickBooks Tables. It's outstanding!
    • Alpha allows developers to create very large and very complex programs. However, it's also a great choice for RAD (Rapid Application Development) for those who need to be up and running quickly or for less experienced programmers. Actually, the interface truly allows for "codeless" development of your application (more on that later). That means you can design a fully functional application, without typing a single line of code. They have some examples on their website.
    • My favorite part of Alpha is that it is constantly adding features and functions that allow us to do more with our applications. In fact, one of my biggest problems is that I need more time to learn and practice the added features as fast as they are introduced
    • Prior to Alpha Anywhere, we never considered creating/developing "mobile" applications (for tablets, smartphones, etc.). Alpha created a unique "panel" system that makes those application work great... and allows for the design of very sophisticated Apps.
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    Creatio
    • Creatio's client success team is super. The team is collaborative, solution-oriented, and client-driven. We have weekly meetings with the team. They show up prepared with solutions/ideas to business requests and they are clearly engaged.
    • Creatio's infrastructure team has been critical to our ability to execute our cloud strategy. They have worked with us to set up our testing and production environments within Azure, assisted in testing, and are responsive and flexible to our unique requirements.
    • Creatio has been very flexible to requests for customization. We have taken their low-code out-of-the-box solution and "Ringlerized" it. The benefit for us is an application that meets our niche business needs.
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    Cons
    Alpha Software
    • I really enjoyed product when the database was a part of it, less maintenance
    • Converting to the cloud has been challenging
    • Security setup should be simpler, like Softr or Stacker
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    Creatio
    • When we started using Creatio in 2022 the new user interface had just been released and did not include all the features we needed; however, we used a more classic user interface and were still satisfied with the results.
    • The ability to capture a digital signature directly within the application was missing in the base system; however, Creatio connected us with a partner that provided a solution for this specific situation.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Alpha Software
    No answers on this topic
    Creatio
    We have always used a CRM and Creatio has proven to be much more effective in meeting our needs than our previous provider. Its customizability will allow us to adapt this product as our business may change in the future.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Alpha Software
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    Creatio
    Because it is so easy to use and navigate through - even the most technophobic people in our company are using it on a regular basis. It is easy to change around and switch through different sections and keep neat and tidy.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Alpha Software
    No answers on this topic
    Creatio
    Other than the daily maintenance window where the server may be inaccessible for a few minutes, there have been no issues with accessing our Creatio site. The daily maintenance window is outside normal business hours so it does not affect our Users - just myself when I am looking to implement changes.
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    Performance
    Alpha Software
    No answers on this topic
    Creatio
    Some Users have reported slow responses from the server at times which seems to be localized. Users are based across four different time zones and the issue is intermittent.
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    Alpha Software
    No answers on this topic
    Creatio
    The people at the Creatio offices world wide are very friendly, patience and always happy to help. I have a huge respect for them, especially the people that were based in the Ukraine. Still in these strange times they always keep the focus on the customer, where we would have totaly understanded it if it was any different. So huge compliments to the whole team, keep up the energy and the good work
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    Online Training
    Alpha Software
    No answers on this topic
    Creatio
    Most of the roadblocks to learning were not discovered until the users were actually in the system using it on a day to day basis. Our Customer Success Manager has offered to setup additional training sessions as needed to close the gaps in our learning. Some areas which required some additional training are setting up filters, dashboards, and generating reports.
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    Implementation Rating
    Alpha Software
    No answers on this topic
    Creatio
    The project manager for our implementation was great to work with and took the time to understand our business. We felt very comfortable going into the project with a reasonable scope of work to provide us with a functional version of Creatio to meet our needs. Unfortunately, we came across multiple challenges with this partner in their deliverables and timelines. Thankfully Creatio was able to provide support resources to ensure we were able to launch. We have since changed partners for our third-party support.
    Incentivized
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    Alternatives Considered
    Alpha Software
    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.
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    Creatio
    The user-friendliness of Creatio was a big selling point along with the low-code initiatives, both of which were important to our business. With Salesforce, unlimited wasn't really unlimited. You couldn't deploy an on-site instance and the overall cost of the system far outweighed the ROI. These are all things Creatio offers, out-of-the-box.
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    Scalability
    Alpha Software
    No answers on this topic
    Creatio
    I can see the promise of how it can be customized to other aspects of our business.
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    Return on Investment
    Alpha Software
    • Allows for a great return on investment since you can quickly become very productive and complete more projects and applications in a shorter period of time with hand coding and the normal programming headaches of PHP, C#, Angular, etc.
    • You can afford to take on more and smaller projects since they will require far less time to complete than more traditional development environments.
    • Alpha Anywhere is continuously updated coming out with new features and capabilities on essentially a daily basis. Continuous improvement and frequent updates allows you to always stay ahead of the curve and competitors.
    • Alpha Anywhere allows you to offer lower cost solutions that will be completed in less time and that will be much easier to support and maintain.
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    Creatio
    • We went from manually processing Work Orders into Invoices once a day - representing significant impact to turn around speeds - to submitting automatically in real time, eliminating a great deal of human transcription errors and freeing up a great deal of operations time
    • Custom Implementation automation in Creatio has eliminated 4-6 hours of configuration work per sale in comparison to our old manual methods
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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

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