In 2023, I launched 2 SaaS Startups (Evallo.app and Anntho.com) in just 2 months , by myself, without hiring developers – thanks to low-code tools.
Here are 4 reasons why your next app should be built using low-code.
Speed
The number 1 goal when you startup is to validate your idea quickly – or find product market fit as the experts call it.
Traditional software development methods take 6-8 months to launch the first version of your app.
With low code tools – you can launch your MVP in 2-3 weeks.
Which is really powerful.
So while you competitors can only validate twice a year – you could validate new ideas every month. That’s 6 – 8 times more.
That’s a huge advantage.
Here’s another advantage – once you build one app – you can reuse many parts of the app for your future apps. So you actually get faster each time you build an app.
In the startup world – speed is everything – and low-code tools can make you the flash!
Focus
Once you build you first app, you’ll quickly realise that success is as much in the marketing and sales of the app as much as the development of the app.
You see – building a SaaS and not spending time marketing it – is like working on a party and not inviting anyone!
When you build with low-code tools, you get the time/ bandwidth to focus on these other important parts of the business as well.
- You get more time to speak to customers.
- You get to build better landing pages.
- You get to focus on your copy.
- You get to focus on customer onboarding.
- You get to focus on customer experience.
- You get to focus on customer retention.
You get to focus on making your app a success.
Remember, people don’t want your app, they want a solution to their problem – and low-code helps you focus on the solution, not just your app.
Affordability
Most low-code tools allow you to build MVPs for Free.
For example, Supabase (A firebase alternative) allows you to build apps with upto 50K users on their FREE plan.
More than enough to get started.
Traditional methods require you to buy hosting, buy services, hire developers etc.
With low-code, you can get this for FREE.
Scalability
Many people think that low-code apps are not scalable.
Most first generation low-code apps are not only scalable but certain apps like Flutterflow allow you export and own the code.
Recently we learned that Axis bank, one of India’s leading banks built their mobile app using Flutterflow.
If it’s good enough for a leading Indian bank, it’s good enough for you.
But not just that not only low-code tools allow you to build and validate quickly, it allows developers to collaborate with you.
So once you’ve validated your app – you can hand it over to developers seamlessly and they can take over.
So stop being on the fence about low-code tools and start building your first app.
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