If you’ve thought of an excellent idea for creating an application and wanted to bring it to life, you’re not alone! But creating a custom application is a long and complex process that requires the expertise of developers, UI/UX designers, and quality assurance engineers, as it could be a critical step in expanding your business and improving sales results. But suppose you are unfamiliar with app programming software and design. In that case, you can hire an in-house developer/an external agency to build your app or use Business Process Management(BPM) software to prevent higher costs, which were there in the former case. Despite the variety of BPM Software available in the market, Zoho Creator stands out. It offers a user-centric, low-code interface that speeds up development processes.

What is a Low-Code App Development Platform?

Low-code app development provides a Graphical User Interface (GUI) for developing applications without traditional coding. You can use it to create mobile apps or web apps quickly and easily using drag-and-drop application components. Several small business owners, business analysts, managers, and others who aren’t developers can build and test apps using these platforms. In addition, the user-friendly GUI facilitates the integration of third-party applications.

Introduction to Zoho Creator

The Zoho Creator platform is an easy-to-use low-code tool for building custom apps, designing workflows, and setting up unique rules that help your business grow. The app allows users to access data from a remote location using their mobile devices. According to the company, the software is regularly updated, backed up, and adheres to the highest security standards.

Key Features of Zoho Creator 

1. Build an App Quickly and Easily

With Zoho Creator, it’s easy to make great apps without being a seasoned coder or programmer. Its drag-and-drop interface allows you to create custom business apps within minutes. The program has options for sharing input forms, dashboards, and reports via URL. Users can access, view, and modify the data in these forms and reports via mobile devices.

2. Pre-Built Application Templates

With Zoho Creator, you can choose from a collection of pre-built app templates to build solutions tailored to your needs. Among the categories, you can select sales and marketing, IT and administration, operations, education, and human resources.

3. Business Workflow Automation

You can automate workflows and add logic to your apps using this platform. Besides validating inputs, it can also automate business processes by triggering actions according to the information. Plus, with this feature, you can:

4. Advanced Capabilities with Zoho Creator Mobile Apps:

The advanced capabilities include:

• Add, delete, as well as edit data within the mobile app
• Analyze, search, classify, and group data
• Support for all deluge events
• Keep up with notifications
• Obtain approval for requests
• Submit data via offline mode
• Phone-based payment acceptance

5. Host Anywhere

You’re able to host apps wherever you want, such as:

• On-Premise – You can install, store, and access your apps on the local server or non-cloud-based platform.

• Zoho Cloud – You can install, store, and access your apps on your secure, battle-tested servers with just a click.

• Azure and AWS (Beta) – You can host your apps on the cloud service of your choice.

6. Zoho Creator integrations

Zoho Creator integrates well with a broad suite of Zoho apps, including:

• Zoho Books
• Zoho Calendar
• Zoho CRM
• Zoho Invoice
• Zoho Subscriptions
• Zoho Support
• Zoho Reports
• Zoho Recruit

It seamlessly integrates with other third-party applications, including Dropbox, Quickbooks, Google Apps, Salesforce, and Zapier.

Conclusion

We, CRM Masters, are Zoho Premium Partners. And thereby hold profound expertise in Zoho. Solutions tailored by our experts for your business will indeed leverage the power of Zoho for you. Let us know if we can help you or provide assistance in any case.