If you are entering the no-code space today, it can be extremely overwhelming. There are countless tools that look and feel like they're solving the same problem and catering to the same audience so it gets frustrating to navigate without the help of a guide. This can discourage new makers/founders and turn them away from no-code. My intention is to help them with this simple practical (yet imperfect) guide. This is a starting point but not to be assumed as an all-encompassing wiki. It's just a cheat sheet.
But who am I? I'm KP, a no-code maker and community builder building products in public since Oct 2018. I've built and shipped 8 no-code products so far which include ideas like Cuppa, LetterDrop and Build In Public. I now run the On Deck No-Code Fellowship. Based on my personal experience and conversations with other prolific makers, here are some platforms and tools you must know: (the ones with a * are my favorites)
Beginner-friendly and non-technical founder friendly:
- Carrd*
- Dorik* similar to Versoly, Unicorn Platform, Mobirise, Tilda and Landen
- Pory* similar to Softr and Table2Site*
- Siteoly, similar to Spreadsimple and Sheet2Site
- Super
- Adalo
- Thunkable
- Bravo Studio
- Webase
Beginner-friendly AND mobile-first:
With a bit of a learning curve:
- Webflow*
- Bubble*
- Draftbit (low code)
- AppGyver (low code)
- Div Joy (low code)
- Bildr (low code)
- Xano (low code)
- Clutch.io (low code)
Membership platforms:
Automations:
Learning:
- Templates
- Tutorials
Communities
Podcasts about no-code:
Newsletters about no-code:
Resources:
- NocodeList
- Nocode MBA (Check out this super useful article!)
- Nocoloco
- This thread has many tools/platforms mentioned
- What can you build with Bubble?
Extras:
Showcases
Success stories:
- Nuage Stays (Reached $5m ARR)
- Tools: Airtable, Zapier
- Qoins (raised $770k seed)
- Tools: Bubble
- Scribly (Reached $20k MRR)
- Tools: Webflow, Airtable, Zapier
- Orapa (Reached $5k MRR)
- Tools: Webflow, Airtable, Memberstack, Zapier
Use Cases
- build a website (ex: https://theangelphilosopher.com/ https://www.buildinpublic.xyz/)
- build a social network (ex: https://www.getcuppa.io/, https://www.grabchai.online/)
- build a SaaS (ex: https://vidpops.com/)
- build a marktetplace (ex: https://nuagestays.com/)
- build a content directory (ex: https://nocodelist.co/, http://newsletterstack.com/)
- build info/content products (ex: https://newsletteros.com/, https://humanos.pro/)
- build mobile apps (ex: https://www.glideapps.com/templates/mobile-restaurant)