A) Tools: @unicornplatform, @umsohq
B) Use cases
- You can simply drag & drop elements onto a page
- Build a marketing website in less than 60 mins
- Easily edit your marketing copy & communication to customers
"Our startup's $2 million revenue runs on a $80/month NoCode stack."
When I shared this, I got many questions around the tools used.
So, today I share 7 types of NoCode tools along with:
1. Specific use case each solves
2. Real examples
3. Alternatives
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A) Tools: @unicornplatform, @umsohq
B) Use cases
- You can simply drag & drop elements onto a page
- Build a marketing website in less than 60 mins
- Easily edit your marketing copy & communication to customers
C) Example
- We built our entire website of https://t.co/mdQsG3XKpg containing over 50+ pages on Unicorn platform
D) Alternatives
- @carrd
- @webflow (covered later)
A) Tool: @airtable
B) Use cases
- Advanced and more UI-friendly excel
- Easily collect data using an intuitive form
- Neatly present the data on your website in intuitive layouts
C) Example
- To help individuals laid off due to COVID, we built a page listing those who could be hired: https://t.co/QRmyRdLvWk
D) Alternatives
- Tools like Sheet2site, Table2site work well with Airtable to make quick websites
A) Tool: @webflow
B) Use cases
- Build beautiful custom layouts without Code
- Leverage its "CMS" to make numerous automated pages
- Use particularly if you are a designer and want to implement custom design to pixel perfection
C) Examples
- We built both Scale (https://t.co/WYOMSbhe0S) and Founder origin stories (https://t.co/Bccnk2ttJc) on Webflow
D) Alternatives
- Bubble (https://t.co/EBjaMRd1FQ): However, if focus is pixel perfect design, Webflow is much better.
A) Tools: @zapier, @integromat
B) Use cases
- Automate recurring manual effort
- Store data in CRM, send automated mails, integrate tools, etc.
- @zapier is more intuitive but costly, @integromat has a steeper learning curve but handles complex cases
C) Example
- Almost all our dynamic flows are handled by Zapier or Integromat. User signup -> storing their data in our db -> sending them a mail
D) Alternatives:
- Parabola (@parabolahq)
- Automate (@automate)
A) Tools: @MemberstackApp, @memberspace
B) Use cases
- To convert your static website to have signups/logins and to also manage SAAS memberships
- Restrict content or pages to only paid users
C) Example
- We built a dashboard for new projects viewing, sharing invoices, etc. using the above set of tools: https://t.co/GzLnfE0dSr
D) Alternative
- Bubble offers an in-built authentication system but doesn't manage subscriptions
1/ Showing projects
— Karthik Sridharan (@KarthikS2206) October 19, 2020
a. Airtable is the primary database. Project details are added/edited by our team here.
b. A button in Airtable triggers Integromat which transfers all these details to Webflow.
c. A simple collection list is implemented in Webflow to showcase the projects. pic.twitter.com/SAg1JQ32G9
A) Tool: @bubble
B) Use cases
- Job-boards, marketplaces, internal tools => build varied applications using its "workflows" & database
- Quite self-sufficient and removes the need to depend on other tools
- Responsive design is a not the best
C) Example
- Our internal tool is entirely built on top of Bubble and saves ~160 human hours per month (has sensitive data, so can't share video)
D) Alternatives:
- Adalo, Glide: More suited for mobile apps (discussed next)
A) Tools: @glideapps, @AdaloHQ
B) Use cases
- Build complex mobile apps with a simple drag & drop functionality
- Automate user actions with in-built workflows
- Use their own DB or even GoogleSheets to store data
C) Example
- Not used these products myself, but a really cool example is of the apps made to help organise & share COVID resources with people: https://t.co/5mpFJSKvWv
D) Alternatives
- No credible alternatives that I know of
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"Our startup's $2 million revenue runs on a $80/month NoCode stack."
— Karthik Sridharan (@KarthikS2206) June 7, 2021
When I shared this, I got many questions around the tools used.
So, today I share 7 types of NoCode tools along with:
1. Specific use case each solves
2. Real examples
3. Alternatives
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1. IQ is one of the most heritable psychological traits – that is, individual differences in IQ are strongly associated with individual differences in genes (at least in fairly typical modern environments). https://t.co/3XxzW9bxLE
2. The heritability of IQ *increases* from childhood to adulthood. Meanwhile, the effect of the shared environment largely fades away. In other words, when it comes to IQ, nature becomes more important as we get older, nurture less. https://t.co/UqtS1lpw3n
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(Note that the Flynn effect shows that IQ isn't 100% genetic; it doesn't show that it's 100% environmental.)
4. IQ predicts many important real world outcomes.
For example, though far from perfect, IQ is the single-best predictor of job performance we have – much better than Emotional Intelligence, the Big Five, Grit, etc. https://t.co/rKUgKDAAVx https://t.co/DWbVI8QSU3
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