In running a business, there are always processes. Whether you are looking at the HR department, Sales, Marketing, Operations etc. Different departments have different processes. Processes takes time to be done and that’s why you have manpower in employees. When we talk about business processes, we are really talking about that daily routine and repeatable task which takes up the bulk of an employee’s time (and energy) everyday. In automation, we are trying to automate this portion by creating workflow and having the employee maintain it. Hence, we are going to review one powerful tool in this article called QuickBase, which is suitable for every business.

Read the full article here: https://donutatwork.com/office-productivity/2020/11/build-business-apps-with-low-code-platform-we-introduce-quickbase/

Quickbase sounds like a trusted low-code app development platform but my question is how good it is for startups and small ventures. Yes, I noticed it is offering a free trial plan but its team plan starts from $600/month which could be expensive for small businesses and startups. However, I found some reliable low-code platforms for the backend here with reasonable pricing structures.

Indeed, Back4App is a credible low-code app development platform with a real-time database, hosting, cloud functions and many other properties. Luckily, its pricing model is very flexible even you can begin using its features for $5/month. Its free plan confers 25k requests, 1 GB transfer and storage under its freemium plan. Similarly, Firebase is another great low-code app development platform that comes with numerous properties including authentication, database, hosting, testing and analytics properties. Its Spark plan is entirely free and you can also follow its Pay-as-you-go policy for different other ventures.

Some other low code development platforms are the following:

- Kinvey
- Airtable
- 8Base
- Xano and much more