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Ionic

7 Reviews and Ratings

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3 Reviews and Ratings

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Ionic

    Score8.7 out of 10
    		N/AIonic empowers teams and businesses to build, secure, and deliver enterprise-grade mobile and web apps. The vendor states that with Ionic, enterprise development teams can speed up and simplify app development, including: Build app experiences with over 100 UI building blocks Edit and customize using familiar web languages (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) Connect to new or existing cloud services or backend systems Deploy directly to app…N/A

    Superblocks

    Score9.8 out of 10
    		N/ASuperblocks is an IDE for internal tooling – a programmable set of building blocks for developers to create mission-critical internal operational software. The Superblocks Application Builder to assemble flexible components and connect to databases and APIs. Users can create REST, GraphQL, and gPRC endpoints call them programmatically from code or 3rd party web-hooks while Superblocks handles infrastructure.

    $41

    per month per creator

    Pricing
    IonicSuperblocks
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Starter
    $41
    per month per creator
    Pro
    $70
    per month per creator
    Enterprise
    $141
    per month per creator
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    IonicSuperblocks
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    IonicSuperblocks
    Platform-as-a-Service
    Comparison of Platform-as-a-Service features of Ionic and Superblocks
    Feature
    Ionic
    -
    Ratings
    Superblocks
    8.6
    2 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Ease of building user interfaces00 Ratings8.12 Ratings
    Scalability00 Ratings9.92 Ratings
    Platform management overhead00 Ratings9.92 Ratings
    Workflow engine capability00 Ratings8.92 Ratings
    Platform access control00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
    Services-enabled integration00 Ratings6.92 Ratings
    Development environment creation00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Development environment replication00 Ratings8.82 Ratings
    Issue monitoring and notification00 Ratings8.92 Ratings
    Issue recovery00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Upgrades and platform fixes00 Ratings9.82 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    IonicSuperblocks
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.8
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    IonicSuperblocks
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Ionic
    - Inexpensively and rapidly creating multi-device (Android, iPhone) native apps. - Quick ramp-up time allows for rapid development. - Open source tools can be used to develop. - Lightweight code-based can be easily shared and developed in a team environment. - Use of React, Vue, and angular leverages well-known coding and application design frameworks that are transportable.
    Incentivized
    Jeff Hanson
    Lead Developer
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    Superblocks
    Superblocks is great for building internal tools for your company. We have our finances running on Superblocks, our client services running on it, as well as a lot of internal tooling for our product. You can build full-apps using their API builder, Workflow builder, Scheduled Jobs, and UI builder. All without having to handle your own infrastructure. It's meant to be one extra abstraction layer on top of other developer infrastructure tools like AWS, Vercel, etc.
    Nima Gardideh
    CTO (Chief Technical Officer)
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    Pros
    Ionic
    • Nice command line interface for repetitive development and deployment tasks.
    • Realtime preview (in web browser) during development.
    • Easy to update and keep current (open source) via command line.
    • Provides nice set of mobile widgets for consistency across devices.
    Incentivized
    Jeff Hanson
    Lead Developer
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    Superblocks
    • Easy to use User Interface builder for building internal apps
    • Scheduled Jobs and Workflow builder in multiple languages
    • API builder for support your User Interface for your internal apps
    Nima Gardideh
    CTO (Chief Technical Officer)
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    Cons
    Ionic
    • Slightly better documentation when it comes to command line build troubleshooting.
    • Increased widget library (even though it's much improved today).
    • Native chart/graphing widgets.
    Incentivized
    Jeff Hanson
    Lead Developer
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    Superblocks
    • More flexibility on UI component designs
    Nima Gardideh
    CTO (Chief Technical Officer)
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    Alternatives Considered
    Ionic
    Android Studio
    • Busy
    • Confusing
    • Marginal IDE
    • Large footprint
    • Single device development
    IonicFramework
    • Lean, no IDE needed
    • Web browser preview
    • Multi-device development
    • Scripting of build packages for deployment
    Incentivized
    Jeff Hanson
    Lead Developer
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    Superblocks
    Nima Gardideh
    CTO (Chief Technical Officer)
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    Return on Investment
    Ionic
    • The ability to create a mobile app quickly by a single developer (saving $20K).
    • Increased customer satisfaction.
    • Avoids outsourcing costs of $10k-$20k.
    Incentivized
    Jeff Hanson
    Lead Developer
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    Superblocks
    • We've saved thousands of developer hours that would have otherwise spent on maintaining infrastructure
    Nima Gardideh
    CTO (Chief Technical Officer)
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