7 Tools to Build Custom Apps Across Each Stage of Digital Transformation

Transforming into a business with effective digital workflows isn’t an end goal that is easily stumbled into. In fact, one of the biggest barriers to success is understanding where to even start.

It takes thoughtful forward movement to digitally transform a workplace. So let’s talk about the main phases of digital transformation to help you figure out what stage you’re already in and what you need to do to move forward.

Phase 1 - Digital enablement
Phase 2 - Digital optimization
Phase 3 - Company-wide digital transformation

Where is your business in the main phases of digital transformation? No matter where you are or where you’re heading, there is an app development solution that will help you digitalize your current experience and move closer to a full-fledged metamorphosis.

Glide
Glide is a web and mobile application builder that enables “citizen developers” — aka people who need to construct IT-approved apps with no coding experience — to create digital tools that improve workplace efficiency and effectiveness for themselves and others.

With Glide, businesses can build and ship custom applications that look great on both iOS and Android in just days, instead of spending months and thousands of dollars on expensive, from-scratch design and development.

Appy Pie
Appy Pie is a website and application building platform that allows businesses to create no-code software that digitalizes their products, services, and processes.

Pre-set templates and color themes, customizable features, detailed app analytics, and a very simple start-to-publish workflow come together to create a system that makes it easy for even less knowledgeable creators to use Appy Pie to build business apps.

AppMachine
AppMachine focuses on helping users in the music, restaurant, education, travel, and sports industries create custom apps with no coding knowledge — as well as resellers who want to create and sell pre-built apps in these verticals.

Appery.io
Appery.io is a low-code mobile app, web app, and progressive web app (PWA) development tool.

With drag-and-drop capabilities and a JavaScript platform — a text-based programming language that enables interactive features — business and technical users can work together to create their own apps in just days.

Pega
Pega tapped into the market demand for app development by creating their Low-Code Factory that empowers citizen development.

Salesforce
Salesforce is one of the most popular CRMs platforms for uniting marketing, sales, ecommerce, customer service, and IT to build great customer experiences.

Often, it’s one of the more robust systems within a business’ toolbox, making it the ideal platform upon which to layer tools that increase organization-wide functionality and transparency. Enter Salesforce’s app builder.

ServiceNow
ServiceNow is fully-featured software that connects and empowers the people, functions, and systems within a digital business. And one way it does that is through its App Engine, a low-code solution that helps development teams build apps and automated workflows in hours.

Success revolves around digital transformation.

Now that you know what digital transformation means and are able to identify where you are in your journey, it’s time to choose the tool that will reshape your business.

I wrote more about this here - https://www.glideapps.com/blog/build-custom-apps?utm_source=indie-hackers&utm_medium=promo-post