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- Industry: Automotive
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Weekly for 1-5 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Easy low code app development
Reviewed on 17/2/2023
Creator is helping me to custom build apps for my specialist business operations and once done will...
Creator is helping me to custom build apps for my specialist business operations and once done will help our clients do business with us easier.
Pros
Easy to use with a lot of custom featues, no code knowledge required and lots of preset options to help build pages. The templates are helpful too!
Cons
Still learning some features and how to customise things more but so far it's been a good process!
- Industry: Information Technology & Services
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Weekly for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10
Zoho Creator - Rapid App Development
Reviewed on 24/4/2019
Mostly this has been used for prototyping and proof of concept for larger projects that end up...
Mostly this has been used for prototyping and proof of concept for larger projects that end up being developed on other platforms. It's great value for what you get. If you are using other elements of the Zoho suite there are good integrations and Creator would be great for adding functionality for the likes of first-line workers in the organisation.
Pros
Zoho Creator is an application development tool sold as a stand-alone SaaS product or as part of the Zoho One Suite.
Zoho Creator is a quick way to create applications without writing code. You can create forms, reports, pages and workflows largely through a drag-and-drop interface. There is a custom scripting language available for more complex requirements, but most users will be sticking to the no-code features.
This is a good solution for collecting data on web forms and presenting it in meaningful reports. Completed apps can be embedded on websites or made available to users within or external to the organisation. Apps created are responsive and designed to display well on desktop, tablet or smartphone.
Typical use cases are collecting data for surveys, tests and managing assets. With a bit of practice, you can create functional apps with triggers for email notifications and the like. Zoho Creator can be a good tool for agile teams to use for proof of concept for larger projects that may be developed further on other platforms.
Cons
Could be dangerous in the wrong hands - ease of use is a double-edged sword. You'll still want to retain control of these kinds of tools; it's easy for enthusiastic amateurs to get carried away!
- Industry: Education Management
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Weekly for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 5.0 /10
Zoho Creator review
Reviewed on 7/12/2021
Pros
The most thing I like about zoho creator is that it is easy to use and understand .
Cons
The most thing I don't like about zoho creator is that like other zoho products it take a long time for the support .
- Industry: Nonprofit Organisation Management
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Daily for 6-12 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10
Value for money product!
Reviewed on 12/3/2022
Pros
I like customizable data management and adding data to dashboards and customizing them according to our needs. It doesn't need many codings, however, sometimes there might be glitches which can be sorted out with some help from coders
Cons
The price is a little bit costly however they'll provide a discount for non-profits. So it really helps.
- Industry: Information Technology & Services
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Weekly for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10
Powerful App Builder for Non-Programmers
Reviewed on 13/10/2018
We have used Zoho Creator for both internal and public facing apps. It is probably the quickest way...
We have used Zoho Creator for both internal and public facing apps. It is probably the quickest way to get data collection forms on a web page. Power users can make use of Zoho Creator for simple data collection and reporting apps that need more than a spreadsheet but don't warrant the involvement of the development team. Great value, especially when included as part of the Zoho One bundle.
Good solution for the right business applications.
Pros
While there is a bit of a learning curve, Zoho Creator can be used by non-programmers to create quite sophisticated applications using a drag and drop form builder and report builder. There is also a scripting language for more sophisticated requirements, but many simple apps can be created with no coding at all. Customer support is generally good and responsive. If you are already familiar with other Zoho products (CRM, Survey, Forms etc.) you should be able to get productive right away.
Cons
Can be tricky to brand exactly as you might like; lots of settings and interface isn't as intuitive as it could be. You'll likely want some oversight from the development team for anything that will be public facing, but that would be the case for any app in the wild.
- Industry: Oil & Energy
- Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
- Used Weekly for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Amazing tool for database creation and application
Reviewed on 15/11/2022
The amazing thing about creating applications, rules, and approval flow. The ease of creating...
The amazing thing about creating applications, rules, and approval flow. The ease of creating tables with its different types of data, the ease of easy or complex calculations. The resources of the mobile application to be able to use it from anywhere.
Pros
What I like most about this application is the ease and resources available so that the user with less experience in application development can intuitively generate an application that meets the needs of the moment.
Cons
So far everything is adjusted to the required needs.
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Easy way to create and manage the database.- Industry: Semiconductors
- Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 6-12 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10
Ideal for developing very specific applications
Reviewed on 20/6/2022
Pros
I really like that by collecting data with Zoho Creator forms it is much easier to organize and analyze the information to suit your work process. Create simple apps without the need for a developer, or build complex apps to meet your specific business process needs.
Cons
Zoho Creator needs to have better training tools for non-developers and its interface could be more intuitive to improve user experience.
- Industry: Banking
- Company size: 201–500 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
An Incredible Builder of Mobile Applications
Reviewed on 14/1/2019
Zoho Creator has always been one of my top softwares because of its incredible capabilities and...
Zoho Creator has always been one of my top softwares because of its incredible capabilities and ease of use when making simple mobile applications.
Pros
With Zoho Creator, I do not need to have the best programming skills to build a mobile app. The process is not difficult at all. Zoho Creator is a great online platform that makes it easy to build simple but excellently-looking mobile applications. I like the ease of use of Zoho Creator.
Cons
Zoho Creator continues to be my favorite builder of mobile applications. The only con I have about it is the slow support team.
- Industry: Utilities
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10
We created a custom CRM using ZOHO CREATOR
Reviewed on 4/12/2018
If i could give this app 11 stars, i would. It really is one of the best CRM custom creators I have...
If i could give this app 11 stars, i would. It really is one of the best CRM custom creators I have come accross.
Pros
We enlisted the help of a zoho developer to help us create a custom CRM for our commercial energy brokerage. The cloud-based app along with an android app along with speed of access makes this application the go-to app for our CRM needs.
Cons
It is written using a coding language called Deluge. It is not simple and as such i would advise enlisting the help of a zoho coding expert. Zoho have a list of developers who can help.
- Industry: Banking
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Cost-effective App Builder
Reviewed on 21/1/2019
Fantastic experience with Zoho Creator. Easy to use and cost-effective.
Fantastic experience with Zoho Creator. Easy to use and cost-effective.
Pros
Zoho Creator is an effective tool for building applications for your business. We like using it because we do not have to be experienced in programming and other sophisticated tools to start using it for building apps. The apps we always build with Zoho Creator are great and they boost our daily operations.
Cons
Unreliable customer care support team. No other valid reason to complain about Zoho Creator because it has been good to our team.
- Industry: Computer Software
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Daily for 6-12 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Incredible cloud software with low-code
Reviewed on 17/2/2023
When it comes to supply chain management, we use to maintain inventories, sales orders, order...
When it comes to supply chain management, we use to maintain inventories, sales orders, order replacements for depleted supplies, and create shipments.To acquire all the data, we use Zoho. automate the personalization of emails based on the data we collect. Emails should be sent.
Pros
Because this application requires little to no coding, you can design and automate your own workflows and processes. You may link to a plethora of programmes to automate your physical labour as well. It offers a drag-and-drop feature for creating forms, but you should be familiar with Deluge to build a function and truly take advantage of this.
Cons
As a minimal code software, there are some limitations.Deluge knowledge is required in order to use this.It occasionally takes an eternity to load or save any forms.They lack an application that can be installed on Windows or Mac.
- Industry: Computer Software
- Company size: 201–500 Employees
- Used Weekly for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10
The Zoho Creator Review
Reviewed on 29/1/2023
My overall experience with Zoho creator was good.
My overall experience with Zoho creator was good.
Pros
Zoho Creator can be a good platform to start application development for those who do not have a lot of experience with coding. They can easily build their application as per their need using their drag-and-drop features. It is one of the best no-code platforms that once can try.
Cons
There is nothing to dislike about zoho creator. But the only thing is that you can build to a certain extent because, with no code platforms, you have some limitations like simple applications can be build easily but it is pretty hard to build complex applications with these no code platforms.
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Zoho Creator is an easy way to create data collection forms on the fly
Reviewed on 12/7/2018
Zoho Creator is a quick way to create a web form for user submissions, for anything from an...
Zoho Creator is a quick way to create a web form for user submissions, for anything from an internal survey, to a work-related data collection form, or a web site submission form from customers.
Pros
A user can get up and running with Zoho Creator within about ten minutes. It is very intuitive and requires very little set-up. Any time I need to collect data, Zoho is my go-to app for form creation, and it is easy to distribute the forms securely using a link, a password, or to embed it in another site. Zoho has great customizable workflows if you are able to handle minimal programming.
Cons
The user interface is very basic and could probably use an update to modernize a bit. It would also be nice if the front-end interface could be more highly customized. I use Zoho Creator mostly to create forms that I'm sending to people who don't require something super pretty with lots of graphic design. If i needed a visually compelling form, Zoho would not be my choice because it isn't rich in those features.
- Industry: Legislative Office
- Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
- Used Weekly for 6-12 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10
Zoho creator
Reviewed on 13/1/2023
Pros
Zoho Creator is an excellent online platform that makes it easy to create simple yet beautiful mobile applications
Cons
The negative thing I noticed is that they have a very slow support team
- Industry: Computer Software
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Perfect for internal apps, to complete workflows - not much code required to get started
Reviewed on 26/9/2018
It solves some very specific tasks we have internally such as case reporting, profit analysis,...
It solves some very specific tasks we have internally such as case reporting, profit analysis, purchase order workflow.
Pros
We can develop applications to satisfy some specific requirements internally. Most of the applications can be developed using drag and drop, and some simple code.
Cons
It is still limited to what can be done on the page, numerous improvements are needed such as picking objects or variables from lists - just not there, so you end up having to note them down.
- Industry: Telecommunications
- Company size: 10,000+ Employees
- Used Weekly for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Wonderful Software to Create an Application
Reviewed on 28/9/2020
Undoubtedly, Zoho Creator is a very useful tool to make an excellent application. I like to use it...
Undoubtedly, Zoho Creator is a very useful tool to make an excellent application. I like to use it as it has the entire necessary feature in it which is essential for creating an application. It works seamlessly well. Only thing is that I would love to see enhancement in the interface of this software.
Pros
Zoho Creator is a very interesting tool. I can create a perfect application as per my requirement using this software. It is a very helpful tool. There is a drag and drop interface which helps a lot while creating an application; I use it a lot.
Cons
Zoho Creator is an extremely wonderful software to use. However, I don’t like its interface. It is very basic according to me. There should be more improvement in it. Except for this problem I don’t have any other problem with Zoho Creator.
- Industry: Management Consulting
- Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10
Great software. If you need customization, you need to try it.
Reviewed on 7/6/2017
Was less costly than our previous software solution with more customization as long as we were...
Was less costly than our previous software solution with more customization as long as we were willing and able to learn how to use Zoho to its full potential.
Pros
The software is easy to pick up and build simple applications or customize pre-made application to suit your needs. But also you can build some complex applications, don't be fooled. We use the software daily in a large corporate environment for various tasks such as a sales lead contact directory by modifying a pre-made application and also we built a ground-up application for a service ticketing system/workflow management.
Cons
What could use improving is the documentation for the more complex functions when building an application. There is lots of help, but sometimes for the more complex tasks I am doing it may take a few days to find what I need. But I will say that there is much more documentation and also help videos than in the past.
- Industry: Architecture & Planning
- Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Great product at a great price
Reviewed on 3/11/2016
I use this relational database to manage over 600 architectural licenses and association memberships...
I use this relational database to manage over 600 architectural licenses and association memberships. One database contains all of the licenses for 100 architects for all fifty states plus several Canadian provinces. The other database contains the continuing education (CE)requirements for each jurisdiction. The reports and query modules are used to alert me to expiration dates and how many CE credits that licensee needs before renewing. States and provinces may impose heavy penalties if the licensee does not have the required credits, or renews late.
Pros
Flexibility: I can add and modify fields and drop lists, create and modify reports and queries, perform bulk edits.
Cons
While backing up the data, it does not tell me when it's done. Sometimes it's done but the status is still "backing up." Usually refreshing the page helps.
- Industry: Architecture & Planning
- Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Easy to learn, immediate results, excellent support, flexible.
Reviewed on 12/10/2017
I use this software to manage over 400 architecture licenses. It is also used to keep track of the...
I use this software to manage over 400 architecture licenses. It is also used to keep track of the continuing education (CE) units required by each jurisdiction. These two databases are relational in nature. The reporting tools I use alert me to which licenses are up for renewal and how many CE units are needed in order to renew. Very valuable tool since a lapsed license will put the firm at legal risk.
Pros
Flexibility and it is easy to get up and running without a lot of effort. Good import/export tools and great reporting functions
Cons
The fact that the results columns from a basic search are not editable. Also, the "view" results when you click on a record has limited fields. Must view the whole record using the "edit" feature instead.
- Industry: Banking
- Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10
Low-code platform to quickly create apps faster
Reviewed on 4/7/2022
Powerful automation with easy workflow management and Clouds integration that makes it easy to...
Powerful automation with easy workflow management and Clouds integration that makes it easy to collect and analyze data with effective collaboration to develop quality app faster.
Pros
Excellent Cloud access to innovative technologies and great integration with third-party solutions and also for support multiple languages.
Cons
Advanced app development features comes at a price.
- Industry: Hospital & Health Care
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10
Zoho creator the best bang for the buck application database
Reviewed on 5/2/2019
Pros
This was the best replacement we founds for SharePoint Access Applications. With this quick web interface for collecting and entering data you can be up and running quickly with a basic knowledge of excel
Cons
The user security leaves a lot to be desired. You can control who has access to each application however you can not control access to the specific lookups and data entry form in an application
- Industry: Legal Services
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Weekly for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10
Perfect for In-House Custom Database Needs!
Reviewed on 23/10/2018
Pros
User Interface design is pretty straightforward - drag and drop.
The Deluge scripting language is really easy to pick up and a lot of the problems you'll need to solve have already been addressed with zoho-specific solutions.
Cons
You are absolutely locked into the interface design aspects for reports and input forms. Nothing is going to look pretty. Any kind of custom formatting is going to require some hacking and testing before you come up with a workable solution.
- Industry: Hospital & Health Care
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Daily for 6-12 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10
I love it!
Reviewed on 14/3/2017
I started using Zoho's emails first and then gradually other features. Great company, cheap and...
I started using Zoho's emails first and then gradually other features. Great company, cheap and effective. Their interface is better than Google Apps for sure - Put the two side by side and compare, you will see.
Pros
Great value for money.
Cons
Their live ticket generation system takes way too long.
- Industry: Pharmaceuticals
- Company size: 201–500 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 6.0 /10
Good but HUGE scope of improvement
Reviewed on 26/3/2019
Except for the poor and overloaded customer support, great to use.
Except for the poor and overloaded customer support, great to use.
Pros
Superb product. Helps you save time and manpower. Great integrations and API linkage.
Cons
Requires too much of coding. Not too easy for start but maybe a couple of tries and you are can do it...but you need to learn a bit of coding.
- Industry: Staffing & Recruiting
- Company size: 201–500 Employees
- Used Daily for 6-12 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10
Far outweighs its competitors
Reviewed on 2/2/2019
Pros
I am amazed at what our IT guys have created using Zoho Creator, the fact that we had been struggling using a different program for so long is mind boggling when we could have had what we do now!
I’m looking forward to expanding to other products and incorporating more tasks in the near future.
It intergares with Xero to make invoicing a lot easier and saves hours of work!
Cons
See I can’t really fault it and anything that I’ve asked for has been implemented for me without much hassle at all. I can do my job faster so I cannot complain.