Name: Google App Maker (discontinued)
Rating: 7.3 (10 reviews)
Author: Discontinued Products

Help Desk

Web and Video Conferencing

Customer Support

Software Repositories

WebOps

Development

Academic Advising

Classroom Management

School Management

Education

Business Intelligence (BI)

Collaboration

Visual Collaboration

Workspace Planning

Enterprise

Accounting

Payment Orchestration

Finance and Accounting

Applicant Tracking

Contractor Management

Corporate Learning Management

Corporate Wellness

Employee Engagement

Employee Monitoring

HR Management

Leave Management

Payroll

Talent Intelligence

Talent Management

Workforce Analytics

Workforce Management

Human Resources

Archiving

Browser

Cloud Storage

Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS)

Converged Infrastructure

Data Center Outsourcing (Europe)

Data Masking

Fraud Detection

Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS)

Master Data Management (MDM)

Network Performance Monitoring

Network Security

NoSQL Databases

Office Migration and Repair

Operating Systems

SOA Governance

Single Sign-On

Web Access Management

Information Technology

A/B Testing

Ad Serving & Retargeting

All-in-One Marketing

Computer-Assisted Translation

Content Management

Creative Collaboration

Cross-Channel Campaign Management

Email Marketing

Gamification

Grant Management Software

Local Listing Management

Marketing Automation

Social Media Customer Service

Social Media Management

Survey & Forms Building

Web Analytics

Marketing

Project Management

Professional Services

Customer Relationship Management (CRM)

Sales

Cloud Computing Security

File Integrity Monitoring

Security

3D Modeling

Assisted Living

Equipment Rental

Jail Management

Membership Management

Military and Defense

Municipal

Nonprofit CRM

Utilities

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Support Rating

Visual Modeling

Drag-and-drop Interfaces

Platform Security

Platform User Management

Reusability

Platform Scalability

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Low-code development tools allow non developers to build simple process applications with little oversight. These tools simplify the application building process, and are frequently used for simple process applications.

Visual modeling tooling allows business users to design processes visually.

Drag-and-drop interface for building applications

Security guardrails in place to help prevent malware, data breaches etc.

Tools enabling admins to control user access and on-board and off-board users

An internal repository where assets, modules, and even entire applications can be reused

Apps developed by low-code platform must be scalable and capable of supporting large numbers of users

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App engine

Difficult to use

Data sources

Data source

Not perfect

Data management

Not for beginners

Business email

Integrates with google

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Coding experience

Learning curve

Editing features

Wysiwyg editor

Easy to learn

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App Maker is our internal "citizen developer" platform at work. Any department is free to use it to create apps and automate common tasks, though it's used most by our sales engineering department as a great way to deploy internal applications and departmental assistance pieces with minimal cost and effort. It's a fast way for non-developers (though they do need some experience with coding) to take care of things without submitting to the dev queue and waiting for the internal development team to jump on a small project.

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.

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.

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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