To explore the application prospects of low code platforms, it is important to understand who actually uses low/no code platforms. The “2021 China Low Code/No Code Market Research Report” released by Haibi Research Institute shows the user portrait of low/no code platform: male, post-85, highly educated, technical personnel, Internet industry, middle and high income, mainly in first and second-tier cities.
In terms of purchase preference, payment by time and customized demand are the most popular, while charging by number of users is not. Data security, ease of use, feature richness, ease of process management, and data model richness are key factors influencing purchase.
From the point of view of users of low/no code platform, the best price range is [500,5000] yuan/year, the highest acceptable 20,000 yuan, if more than 20,000 yuan, the purchase of 100 million yuan is lower. It can be seen that the price acceptance of users is low.
In terms of application types, the general trend of application types developed on low/no code platform is still mobile terminal, which is closely related to the popularity and development of mobile Internet in China market, while foreign countries prefer PC terminal. From the perspective of subdivided application types, small program is the type with the highest development demand at the present stage. From the perspective of future application development changes, app application development demand will continue to rise, and will form the first echelon with small program, the second echelon is Web and iOS/Android, and the third echelon is Windows/Mac and H5.
In terms of business types, ** currently focuses on data, equipment, collaborative office and RESEARCH and development, and its demand for new technologies will increase significantly in the future. ** From the perspective of future demand growth trend, data warehouse, artificial intelligence, blockchain and other advanced technologies, and production and manufacturing have high demand growth space.
In terms of industry scenarios, Internet, professional services, retail, finance, manufacturing and education are the key application industry scenarios. From the comparison of segmentation types, scene application is more applied in professional service and manufacturing industries, product research and development is more prominent in education, cultural tourism and government industries, and platform ecological type is better at Internet, retail, finance, transportation, catering and medical treatment.
Previously, low code was more used as a tool to help developers reduce the reusability of department modules in the software development process. With the increase of reusable modules and the development of cloud computing, microservice architecture and other technologies, low code platform is gradually abstracted through platform architecture design and engine development. At present, with the popularization of RPA and AI technology capabilities, there will be more pan-automation and intelligent capabilities to enable enterprise applications.
Companies increasingly attention by digital tools to realize all kinds of demand, and these require high demand presents the user experience, diversification of scenes, short life cycle, such characteristics as high integration requirements, the traditional commercial software or custom development way, has obviously unable to meet the needs of corporate customers, low code platform gives more developers, low/no code development ability, IT can also have a positive impact on IT teams within an organization, enabling them to focus on improving their core competencies, with low/no code platforms almost a given.