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New no-code database app looking for feedback

πŸ‘‹ Hey IH No-Coders,

I'm working on a no-code database app with granular, role-based permissions: DocFrame. Think fine-tuned table, column and row-level permissions tied to roles that you assign to your users.

I am looking for beta users and feedback from no-code veterans like you. πŸ˜…

The Problem

Folks using Airtable might already be familiar with the problem that DocFrame is solving. Right now, it's the #5 product suggestion in Airtable's community and the #3 unsolved product suggestion.

Airtable Community Product Suggestions Screenshot 2020-01-03

I felt this pain-point while working for a biotech startup that needed a simple order management system. We couldn't build it with no-code tools because none of them had the table, column, and row-level permission configurations we needed to be HIPAA compliant. We looked at Smartsheet, Airtable, and a couple of others but no dice.

We ultimately had to build it with a low-code tool we already had the budget for, Salesforce. The experience was time-consuming, expensive, and involved more Java/APEX code than any sane software engineer would want to write. 😫

The Solution - DocFrame

DocFrame is a no-code database app where building table, column and row-level permissions can be done in an afternoon, instead of a 6-sprint epic, and requires no coding whatsoever - not even a formula!

Our mission is to unlock a new category of use cases for no-coders that require advanced user permissions. With more and more no-coders building apps we love, we must have robust tools to protect our user's privacy.

Remember, DocFrame is in beta

I opened up DocFrame beta to the public on New Years for anyone to use for free until enough bugs are ironed out for us to ask for some $/month.

https://docframe.app/try-for-free

If your team would like to use DocFrame to manage sensitive data that falls under some privacy regulations (i.e., HIPAA, GDPR, CCPA), please send us an email so we can setup a time to meet virtually and discuss your ideas.

We do not recommend using DocFrame to manage data subject to privacy regulations until we launch the final product.

Hopefully, we can launch the final product soon with some help from our beta users.

Thanks πŸ™

on January 3, 2021
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    does DocFrame allow to connect our existing DB on AWS/DO/similar DB hosting service - or we must start from scratch on a DB that is hosted by DocFrame?

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      Thanks for your question! DocFrame is a hosted database app, so the schema and the data is stored in DocFrame. To migrate from an existing SQL database you could copy the schema over from your current database to DocFrame and export the data from your DB in CSV format then import into DocFrame.

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        thanks for reply - unfortunately that is not an option for us! the only way we could use an app like DocFrame if it allowed us to use our existing DB underneath the web app.