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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Google App Maker (discontinued)

    Score7.3 out of 10
    N/AGoogle AppMaker was a low-code development environment. App Maker is included with G Suite Business and Enterprise editions, as well as with G Suite for Education. It was discontinued in early 2021.N/A

    TrueContext

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ATrueContext (formerly ProntoForms) provides an enterprise-level low-code field-focused application. The solution is used to create apps and forms to collect and analyze field data with smartphones and tablets – either as a standalone solution or as a mobile front-end to enterprise systems of record.

    $25

    per month per license (billed annually)

    Pricing
    Google App Maker (discontinued)TrueContext
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Essentials
    $25
    per month per license (billed annually)
    Advanced
    $45
    per month per license (billed annually)
    Enterprise
    Contact Sales
    Volume discounts available
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Google App Maker (discontinued)TrueContext
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    Google App Maker (discontinued)TrueContext
    Low-Code Development
    Comparison of Low-Code Development features of Google App Maker (discontinued) and TrueContext
    Feature
    Google App Maker (discontinued)
    9.3
    1 Ratings
    10% above category average
    TrueContext
    -
    Ratings
    Visual Modeling8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Drag-and-drop Interfaces9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform Security10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform User Management9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reusability10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform Scalability10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Survey Format & Appearance
    Comparison of Survey Format & Appearance features of Google App Maker (discontinued) and TrueContext
    Feature
    Google App Maker (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    TrueContext
    9.0
    1 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Custom logo/branding00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Survey Content
    Comparison of Survey Content features of Google App Maker (discontinued) and TrueContext
    Feature
    Google App Maker (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    TrueContext
    9.0
    1 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Changes to live survey00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Question design help00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Multiple question types00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Survey Logic
    Comparison of Survey Logic features of Google App Maker (discontinued) and TrueContext
    Feature
    Google App Maker (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    TrueContext
    9.0
    1 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Survey logic flexibility00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Survey Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Survey Reporting & Analytics features of Google App Maker (discontinued) and TrueContext
    Feature
    Google App Maker (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    TrueContext
    9.0
    1 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Response tracking00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Data export00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Standard reports00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Custom reports00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Analytics00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Survey Administration & Security
    Comparison of Survey Administration & Security features of Google App Maker (discontinued) and TrueContext
    Feature
    Google App Maker (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    TrueContext
    9.0
    1 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Access controls00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Compliance00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Survey Distribution
    Comparison of Survey Distribution features of Google App Maker (discontinued) and TrueContext
    Feature
    Google App Maker (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    TrueContext
    9.0
    1 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Respondent restrictions00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
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    Medium-sized Companies
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    Score8.2 out of 10
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    Enterprises
    Oracle APEX
    Score9.1 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Google App Maker (discontinued)TrueContext
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.2
    (5 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.7
    (3 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Google App Maker (discontinued)TrueContext
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Discontinued Products
    App Maker is exceptionally strong when you need things to just get done, but your internal development team has a full queue. Or maybe you don't even have an internal development team! If you need a check-in system, an applicant tracking system, an office cleaning checklist with notifications and reports, etc. you can use App Maker to throw something together and make sure your team can use it. You can also collaborate on it, so teams can make this part of their process improvement goals.
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    TrueContext Corporation
    Prontoforms is suited for complicated business needs that are able to integrate seamlessly into one of the out-of-the-box solutions available. For simple recording to a spreadsheet, pdf, word document, database, etc. without any additional integrations, better (and in some cases free) solutions may work. For custom integrations, cost and effort may get expensive.
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    Pros
    Discontinued Products
    • Minimal coding experience required. Javascript is a must-have, but the documentation is excellent, and once you're past the learning curve, it's great!
    • Great WYSIWYG editor. It's easy to see the layout and still have deep control over what you're putting together.
    • Excellent integrations with G Suite. There are methods built-in that allow you to easily authenticate and work with the G Suite APIs.
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    TrueContext Corporation
    • Conditional logic
    • Linking to data sources
    • Integration to Salesforce and ServiceMax
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    Cons
    Discontinued Products
    • Definitely not for beginners. App Maker certainly isn't usable by "everybody," but it's excellent for those who are willing to learn and get their hands dirty!
    • Experienced developers will have issues. The target user is someone who doesn't want to (or know how to) use something like App Engine or Kubernetes. People with more experience will certainly see limitations and find it difficult to use to the fullest extent.
    • Data sources can be iffy to manage. It used to be that App Maker would use a sheet or "Drive table" as a data source, but it now requires a GCP data source like CloudSQL.
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    TrueContext Corporation
    • Limitations to form formatting
    • Need more data source integrations
    • All of the different components need to synchronize automatically and more often.
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    Usability
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    TrueContext Corporation
    As Prontoforms markets itself as a low code, user-friendly drag and drop solution, it definitely excels in the area of user experience. While those who are more on the technical side will appreciate the standard options available as part of its custom integration tools. The learning curve has never been an issue.
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    Support Rating
    Discontinued Products
    App Maker is a very "do it yourself" platform. There is a huge amount of documentation and plenty of examples to begin learning, plus a vast community support through StackOverflow that can assist anywhere that you're stuck, but the great thing is that it's all up to you. If there are specific features that don't work, Google is always there to help troubleshoot.
    Incentivized
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    TrueContext Corporation
    The customer support for pronto forms was great for me in the only instance that I have had to use it. I called the phone number for ProntoForms customer support, they were quick with the correct answer for me and very reassuring.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Discontinued Products
    App Maker is really kind of new in its own space. We haven't seen the level of functionality, nor the deep integrations, with anything else. It can replace a lot of products, and we've seen it in place in many applications across our organization, so it's been able to reduce our spend on products that offer specific functionality and still need to be customized.
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    TrueContext Corporation
    We looked for versatility of product and cost effectiveness when trying to choose vendors. Even though the product can be set up by the user or administrator, the more complex parts of the form required help to be done right. Vendors needed to be able to offer their services to get this done in a timely fashion. ProntoForms hit all the marks. We looked at other vendors and they just couldn't replicate or form closely enough.
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    Return on Investment
    Discontinued Products
    • We have seen a reduction in time spent on manual processes by being able to automate functions in Google Sheets, take input with special functionality, and have App Maker do the work for us.
    • We have seen the internal development queue decrease, which allows us to focus on larger projects that couldn't be handled by App Maker.
    • We have seen ownership and process improvements increase in certain departments, as they are able to get to work themselves.
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    TrueContext Corporation
    • Return on Investment is immediate and possible from the first submission.
    • Saved us hours when it came to implementing forms on websites
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