Mobile App Development Platform Comparison Choose Better From The Best
Platform Type & General Comparison
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Build custom Mobile Apps with Business Logic without coding
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Solution Providers, Marketing Agencies, Enterprises
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No Lockin (Deploy Anywhere)
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Free To Try (Freemium)
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SaaS : Software As A Service
Provide Backend to Mobile Apps
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Developers who needs primitive backend and knows coding
Build Apps based on Generic Modules
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Direct SMB owners who wants out of the box mobile apps
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Data + App Control locked to AappMachine platform
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Free To Try (Freemium)
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PaaS : Product As A Software
Build Complete Mobile Solution with Smart Backend and API
AppMachine.COM
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BaaS : Business As A Software
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Data Hosting, Analytics, Cloud Code
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Data locked to Parse Server
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Free to Onboard (Freemium)
Build Apps only based on Pre-defined modules
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Database Hosting : Free to Host anywhere
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Database Type : Complete MySQL Driven
Data Type : Complete MySQL Driven
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Data Limit : Unlimited
Custom DB Queries : Allow
Importing Existing Data : Allow
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File Storage : Allow
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Database Hosting : Managed
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Database Type : Restricted
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Database Hosting : Managed
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Data Type : Module based
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Importing Existing Data : Limited
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File Storage : Not Allowed
Data Type : Limited
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Data Limit : 20GB
Custom DB Queries : Allow
Importing Existing Data : Not Allowed
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AppMachine.COM
File Storage : Not Allowed
Database Type : Fixed Fields based on Module Data Limit : Not Available Custom DB Queries : Not Allowed
Backend + Data Management CONFIGURE.IT •
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Backend Data Management:
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Notification and Scheduler : Allow Allow Code Customization : (PHP + Any client side framework)
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Custom Business Logic : Allow Back End Hosting : Free to host anywhere Background Jobs (Cron): Allow
Backend Data Management: Primitive Data Browser (Like Excel Sheet)
Dynamic Admin Panel (Fully PHP Based - 100% Customizable)
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AppMachine.COM
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Notification and Scheduler :
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Module based Basic Data Management
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Allow Code Customization :
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Custom Business Logic : Limited
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Back End Hosting : Managed
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Background Jobs (Cron): Not Allowed
Allow Code Customization : Not Allowed
JS + Node.JS
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Notification and Scheduler : Not Allowed
Not Allowed
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Backend Data Management:
Custom Business Logic : Not Allowed
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Back End Hosting : Managed Background Jobs (Cron): Not Allowed
Data API CONFIGURE.IT •
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Basic CRUD API : Allow
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Basic CRUD API : Not Allowed
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Custom API Development : Allow
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API Development Method :
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Visual Configuration (Without Coding)
API Development Method : Coding Required
API Development Method : Not Available
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3rd Party API : Not Allowed
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3rd Party API : Limited
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3rd Party API : Any API ready
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Basic CRUD API : Allow
AppMachine.COM
Custom API Development : Not Allowed
Custom API Development : Not Allowed
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Application Development :
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Web Based Editor with Dynamic Configuration of UI
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Platform Support : iOS Android (Coming Soon) Analytics : (Coming Soon)
Push Notifications : Allow
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Push Notification
Segmentation : Allow
Application Development : Not Available
and Logic
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AppMachine.COM
PARSE.COM
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Platform Support : iOS, Android, Windows, Mac, .NET and others
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Analytics : (basic)
Push Notifications : Allow
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Push Notification Segmentation : (Paid)
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Application Development :
Web based module configuration. Limited UI flexibility
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Platform Support : iOS, Android, WP8
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Analytics : (basic) Push Notifications : (basic) Push Notification Segmentation : Not Allowed
Mobile App Development Continue CONFIGURE.IT • • • •
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Native Apps out of the box : Allow Custom UI for Apps : Allow 3rd Party SDK Integration : Social + Many others
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Mobile App Code : Completely Customizable Native Code Download
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App Templates : Custom Templates
Native Apps out of the box : Not Allowed
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Native Apps out of the box : Allow
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Custom UI for Apps : Not Available
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Custom UI for Apps : Enterprise Users only
3rd Party SDK Integration : FB, Twitter
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3rd Party SDK Integration : General Social Platforms
Mobile App Code : Not Applicable
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Mobile App Code : Not Available
App Templates : Not Allowed
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App Templates : Navigation Blocks
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AppMachine.COM
Development Workflow CONFIGURE.IT • • • •
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Development Team Management : Not Allowed
Real Time Preview of Application : Not Allowed
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Real Time Preview of Application : Allow
Individual Screen Refresh while previewing app : Not Allowed
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Individual Screen Refresh while previewing app : Not Allowed
Backend Deployment : Not Allowed
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Backend Deployment : Not Allowed
Re-usability : Not Allowed
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Re-usability : Not Allowed
Development Team Management : Not Allowed
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Real Time Preview of Application : Allow
Backend Deployment : One Click deployment to remote server Re-usability : At every stage (field, tables, modules, controls, screens, entire projects)
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Development Team Management : Allow
Individual Screen Refresh while previewing app : Allow
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PARSE.COM
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Reference • http://www.configure.it/ • http://www.configure.it/mobile-app-development-platforms-comparison /
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