I work with OutSystems at work and this seems interesting, but I don't understand how it's a "free platform" given the amount of work and complexity to maintain such a project. Are there plans for monetization later down the line?
From my (somewhat limited, < 1 year) experience with low-code, here's what I think is most important to hit:
A good balance between development speed and power, even if that means supporting "extensions" manually written in a non-low-code environment;
Powerful integrated debugging features;
Stability, i.e. platform updates should not break existing code, or keep it to a minimum;
Integrated support for external systems (be it SQL/NoSQL databases or REST/SOAP/something else APIs);
Finally, as a nice to have, switching stacks should be as easy as possible. Fully automating the process might be too high of a goal, but providing a bunch of migration tools to keep manual work to a minimum would be a huge advantage.
Thank you for your feedback. Yes, there are plans to monetize it down the road. The community edition is free and we will be introducing paid editions in the future.
I am very curious to understand what you think about this article that I published today about the problems with proprietary low-code platforms: dev.to/fastcodeinc/low-code-platfo...
The paid editions will mostly be consisting of visual development tools and additional add-on modules. We haven't yet decided on the price points for the paid editions, but they will be priced per developer seat per year. All the information about our community edition is available from our features page: getfastcode.com/features.
Generally, low-code platform vendors such as OutSystems sell to the IT executive (top-down selling), whereas we are selling to the developer (bottom-up selling).
Have you seen any other startups doing anything similar to what we are doing?
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I work with OutSystems at work and this seems interesting, but I don't understand how it's a "free platform" given the amount of work and complexity to maintain such a project. Are there plans for monetization later down the line?
From my (somewhat limited, < 1 year) experience with low-code, here's what I think is most important to hit:
Wish you luck with your startup!
Thank you for your feedback. Yes, there are plans to monetize it down the road. The community edition is free and we will be introducing paid editions in the future.
I am very curious to understand what you think about this article that I published today about the problems with proprietary low-code platforms: dev.to/fastcodeinc/low-code-platfo...
I will definitely keep an eye on your platform, since a lot of what is said in that article lines up quite well with my ideal low-code setup!
Do you guys have an idea of what features will be kept from the Community Edition vs paid ones? Also, what kind of pricepoints are we talking?
The paid editions will mostly be consisting of visual development tools and additional add-on modules. We haven't yet decided on the price points for the paid editions, but they will be priced per developer seat per year. All the information about our community edition is available from our features page: getfastcode.com/features.
Generally, low-code platform vendors such as OutSystems sell to the IT executive (top-down selling), whereas we are selling to the developer (bottom-up selling).
Have you seen any other startups doing anything similar to what we are doing?