[Selection] 6 no-code tools to quickly launch products and automate processes

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A few years ago, starting any online business was associated with a number of difficulties. It was necessary to find developers to launch the site - if even a step away from the functionality of conventional designers was required. In the case when it was also required to create a mobile application or a chat bot, things got even worse, and the budget just for the launch seriously increased.

Fortunately, no-code tools are becoming more common today, which allow you to solve previously quite complex tasks easily and without the need to write at least a line of code. In the new article, I have collected several such useful tools that I use myself, and which allow you to quickly launch high-quality IT products without large investments.

Siter.io: creating professional websites

This tool allows you to create a complete website design without having to write any code. Something similar to Figma, but here the plus is that with the help of Siter, the site can also be easily “deployed” to a domain. That is, you can draw a design and make the site available to visitors completely without any code.

There is a function to import files from Sketch and Figma, which is very convenient. Opportunities for teamwork, tracking and rolling back changes, working with animations and design templates, including for online store sites - the service has powerful functionality and seriously saves time and money.

Bubble: creating mobile applications

Mobile application development has always been a very expensive pleasure, which also requires a lot of time. With apps like Bubble today, it's fairly easy to create a decent looking app without the need for coding.

It works like this: the user selects application components from the standard library, and then customizes them. As a result, with the help of this service, you can go from the idea of ​​an application to a functional prototype many times faster (and cheaper!) than with the traditional approach of finding developers.

landbot: chatbot builder

Chatbots over the past few years have gone from extremely hot topic, to a half-forgotten phenomenon, and as a result, they have firmly entered the life of many online businesses. Companies use bots to support users, automate order taking and sales, collect important information, and much more.

At the same time, making a chatbot even with limited functionality on your own is not so easy. You need to know a couple of programming languages, deal with the integration of the product with various social networks and instant messengers. The more applications you need to support, the more difficult the task will be. The Landbot service helps to alleviate it. With it, you can "assemble" your bot in a convenient editor.

Of course, too complex AI bots cannot be created in this way, but it will be easy to automate the helpdesk or distribute customer requests to various departments within the company.

postcards: a service for creating beautiful email newsletters

Statistically, email remains one of the most effective ways for businesses to communicate with their audience. At the same time, a few years ago, the creation of high-quality mailings required the presence of an entire technical team. In addition to copywriters and designers, we needed layout designers and developers who can set up sending emails and make sure that they display normally on various devices.

As a result, email marketing, despite the seeming simplicity of email itself, became a rather expensive tool for a small company. The Postcards service is designed to solve this problem. With it, you can create beautiful mailing lists, work together on emails, and then export the result to a familiar MailChimp type sending system in a couple of clicks:

And all this works in the drag-n-drop editor without any code.

Gumroad: payment service for startups

For any online business, one of the main tasks is to accept payments. In order for a business to grow, payment functionality must work smoothly, without errors, and be universal.

Yes, there are website builders that have built-in payment gateways, but they are often not very flexible and also tie founders to themselves. It will be much more difficult to move from one website creation platform to another if you have to transfer all billing as well.

Gumroad allows you to design payment options for your site without having to write any code.

Suitable even for those who want to test demand with a single product, rather than building an online store.

Parable: data integration and business process automation

Another difficulty for founders of startups without technical skills is the automation of routine business processes, the integration of various tools to solve this problem. Very often you need to use some kind of API that just cannot be connected, you need to write code.

The Parabola service allows you to create automations for various workflows using a simple editor and integrate various business applications at every step.

For example, a service can download sales data from one service, load it into a table by applying a certain filter, and send emails based on this data.

Conclusion

It is important to understand that with the help of no-code tools right now it will not be possible to create a truly large-scale product, rather they help to test the idea, improve some business processes.

At the same time, the development of no-code tools is an important trend that allows more people to create products, launch online startups and solve problems of different consumer groups.
What business development tools and task automation without code do you use? Write in the comments - we will collect the most detailed list in one place.

Source: habr.com