TrustRadius Insights for Appsmith are summaries of user sentiment data from TrustRadius reviews and, when necessary, third party data sources.
Business Problems Solved
Users have reported significant time savings when using the platform to build internal tools. The intuitive drag-and-drop interface allows for faster development, resulting in efficiency gains of up to 10 times compared to traditional methods. Customers appreciate the ability to create fully customized apps that perfectly meet their business needs without extensive coding. This flexibility has been particularly useful for small groups of individuals who need to create user interfaces and trigger on-demand runs. The platform's intuitive features also make it accessible to users without formal development experience, empowering them to create internal applications. Additionally, reviewers have mentioned that the tool's drag-and-drop interface streamlines the front-end development process, making it easier and more efficient. With its ability to quickly generate dashboard pages for clients, generate reports, and achieve specific functionalities, the tool is prized for accelerating development time and lowering costs for common internal tools. Its open-source nature has also been appreciated for keeping costs down in the early stages of a company. Overall, users have found the product valuable in removing barriers to creating internal tools and increasing overall productivity in their companies.
As an organization we need apps to track internal KPS and data. Appsmith is a great tool to build internal apps for your teams. It can connect to multiple data sources as well as Google Sheets. You can transform data using JS and can also use their premade blocks to create front-end UI. You can populate UI elements with data dynamically by using JS query. You can use JS almost anywhere in the application and that makes this a very powerful tool to build any complex and dynamic apps.
Pros
Connect to external data sources like Google Sheets
Using JS to manupulate data
Can use JS almost everywhere within design
Cons
UI could be more responsive. Its bit hassle to create a UI which would fit mobile devices.
If there are multiple UI blocks it gets cumbersome to adjust their size and appearance as you have to do it one by one.
Likelihood to Recommend
It is best suited if you want to build a tool for internal use purpose. It is even better suited if you have your data in Google Sheets. You can build apps with functionlity of CRUD where you can not just view but modify and add new entries so you can make good internal CRM tool or HR tool or anything that you need with the flexibility that Appsmith offers.
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Engineer in Information Technology (10,001+ employees)