Crowd Machine
Modular, Code-free Business Apps for Competitive Edge

Companies today look to modernize their applications and adopt cloud technologies to remain ahead of the curve. However, developing code-intensive applications is not only time consuming but an expensive process. Most companies lack the resources to develop efficient applications in time to capture market opportunities. Crowd Machine is a company that perfectly addresses the needs of modern businesses through its code-free software development platform that is entirely hosted on cloud. “No developers required, a smart employee with basic technology understanding can easily build, test, execute, and manage business applications on our platform,” says Craig Sproule, a software development industry veteran and CEO of Crowd Machine. Used by companies in 73 countries, Crowd Machine’s no-code development platform brings remarkable improvements in time to market.

The company’s platform not only supports modular app development, but also brings fresh thinking to the entire software lifecycle process. Instead of relying on code-based development strategy to implement a new functionality, Crowd Machine invented a set of patterns that save companies from spending resources on understanding computer language and tackling the traditional intricacies of app development. This flexibility enables a user to go from requirement gathering to development through user acceptance testing very rapidly and in a transparent iterative manner. They can reduce time and effort in upgrading their apps, as the processing patterns leverage third party resources and data to add new functionality. Different modules of an app can be used across many business functions repeatedly, saving time and cost.

Crowd Machine allows clients to involve their customers early in the app development process to avoid surprises at a later stage. “The Crowd Machine platform allows clients to take feedback from customers on app performance, feature requirements, layout and overall usability. This ultimately ensures a seamless deployment into production,” says James Hanley, COO, Crowd Machine.

A business user can begin using the platform by undergoing a simple training through the Crowd Academy learning module, which is web-enabled and free.

The module allows a user to learn the basic skills of code-free app development. Once finished, the user can utilize the core app development module, Crowd App Studio, to design the logic and build an application. Users can not only develop apps, but by utilizing the Crowd Machine GO module, they can also compile data in a convenient and suitable format, and interact with the data and underlying applications (e.g. Oracle, SAP, Salesforce ). Crowd Machine GO can also enable the development of new interactive data viewing experiences by launching automated actions (activity patterns developed by IT or users) and setting up dashboards and reports. The platform is automatically scalable as it doesn’t require provisioning of web servers and databases at any point in the production environment. What’s more, it allows users to monetize their newly developed apps by sharing them with the Crowd Machine user community through Crowd Share. Interestingly, Crowd Share allows apps to be used as components of other apps as well. Apps can be built either in the cloud environment or within the client infrastructure, using internal IT resources. The company aims to enhance Crowd Share’s features to help multiple industries with new capabilities.

In one instance, a company was striving to develop an application to enhance the productivity of its sales group. While they lacked internal IT resources for app development, their budget constraints precluded working with a third-party professional services provider. The company, in partnership with Crowd Machine, achieved their goals by quickly developing and deploying the new apps they needed to excel. Another large financial services company worked with Crowd Machine to develop a customizable asset-based lending app, replacing repetitive manual tasks and spreadsheets with automation and client delight.

Crowd Machine is driving forward to continue to lead the no-code app development revolution and help clients to bring business apps to life.