Both platforms are great:
Sktch.io combines both aspects and even more.
Sktch.io is a no-code tool to build data-driven and functional websites, web-apps and even platforms.
I'm just starting the project and am looking for feedback but also advice on how best to market my product. (I definitely find it challenging to compete with these two giants!)
I know that Sktch.io gives much more freedom than the other platforms and allows creating unique stuff.
Here are a few examples:
There's the basic stuff like a simple blog website:
https://simple-blog.sktch.io/
A simple data-driven web-app:
https://todo-list.sktch.io/
But also things impossible to do with Bubble for example:
https://calculator.sktch.io/
Again, let me know what you think? Do I have a chance with my product? What should I focus on?
Why is this not possible with Bubble?
https://calculator.sktch.io/
You can try it yourself, maybe not impossible, but you'll have to spend countless hours making workflows to support all the functionality!
There are also things like loops that Bubble can't do, but that are easy with Sktch.io
I am not doubting you. I just want to know the limitation with bubble.
I am thinking about trying out bubble, thus I am a potential user of your product. Since your app is so new and your "company" so small, without knowing the tangible benefits of your product as compared to bubble, there is too much risk to use your product for my biz.
Thank you for the feedback, I really appreciate that 👊!
One of the way, I will try to mitigate the issue of people not trusting my "small" company rather than known and bigger competitors is to allow people to export their projects and host them themselves if they wish.
Would that be something that makes you choose Sktch.io over Bubble?
I also invite you to check out these tutorial videos:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0i2RAu1Dch2sfv2d22tudw/videos
It shows how easy and quick it is to build stuff with Sktch.io.
If Bubble is really your main competitor, you can also try to do direct comparison videos between your product and bubble. For example, with bubule, this is how you do something, but with my sktch.io, this is how you do it more easily. This is the easier way to show case how you are better than bubble. Tutorial is needed for people who have already been converted as a free or paid users. But comparisons and benefits are for those who are thinking about selecting a low-code product.
Bubble is not an easy site builder, as compared to other specialized site builders, e.g. Webflow, SquareSpace, etc. Bubble is supposed to be more powerful. Currenlty I am using Laravel. I will consider ReactJS too. For the alternative to the conventional product development, I will need a more powerful low-code site builder than a specialized simpler site builder. So "simpler" than bubble is not the main advantage. Completeness of functionalities to implement the functionalities and scalability for my biz are the most important criteria. I haven't tried Bubble yet. So I have no way to use your tutorial to evaluate the effectiveness of your product as a better alternative to Bubble.
For SEO and marketing, you may want to write many different articles about why it is better to use your product than Bubble, for example, because it is easier to create more stuff and it is more powerful because Bubble is missing key features, etc.
Thanks for the feedback I really appreciate that 👊!!
I will definitely make a comparison page showing the pros and cons of each platforms.
For static front-end stuff, Sktch.io is as easy as Webflow since the same design principles are followed. But on top of that, it provides the back-end tools (no-code) that makes it as powerful (and even more powerful) as Bubble.
Hmm. quick though - find one type of thing that can be built on yours that can not be on others. If that thing is common promote around that to builders wanting to do that. ie for me Adalo was that it made Desktop, iOS and Android apps from 1 place. Bubble didn't do that.
That's a very good advice, Tony!
I'll try to find an interesting demo project to build that would be simple, yet complex enough to not be feasible with Bubble!
Congrats. Funny, our approaches are similar it seems (https://code2.io). Code2 has been described as "Webflow meets Bubble" as well [0], although it's targeted more towards building production-ready apps.
[0] https://www.indiehackers.com/post/tools-suggestion-to-speed-up-my-web-development-process-b990b20d02?commentId=-M_vIL8KwkoItjOQ7Hyn