Introduction
Ever wished you could build a custom app to solve a specific problem for your business, but coding seemed like a hurdle you couldn't jump?
Introduce the concept of no-code development as a game-changer, allowing anyone to create powerful applications without writing a single line of code. Frontly as your AI-powered assistant for building apps empowers anyone, regardless of technical background, to turn their ideas into reality.
The no-code movement is transforming how businesses create tools and automate your work. Frontly takes no-code a step further by harnessing the power of AI. Even if you have no coding experience, Frontly allows you to transform your ideas into functional apps that can automate tasks, improve communication, and boost your productivity.
What is Frontly
Frontly is an AI-powered front-end development tool for small business owners. With Frontly you can build custom internal tools to run your business better like Analytic stash boards, client login portals, and more. Frontly turns Google Sheets into a web application with a fully customizable admin page.
All these thanks to the power of AI, with just a simple text prompt.
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How Does Frontly Work?
Frontly uses the power of AI to help you create the first version of your application by asking you to describe what you want your app to do. Then it uses Google Sheets to store information to be presented using Frontly’s interface depicted as your App. Frontly also integrates other powerful tools such as Google Maps, Zapier etc. While also featuring AI, cNAME and white label
In the next section, we'll delve deeper into the exciting features of Frontly and explore how it can help you turn your app ideas into reality, even if you have no coding experience.
Properties of Frontly
1. Transform Google Sheets into a No-code Platform: Frontly lets you harness the power of AI to morph your traditional sheets into interactive dashboards and internal business tools. Frontly transforms your spreadsheets into secure, self-serve client portals.
2. Pre-built Blocks for Customization:The platform facilitates smooth customization with pre-built blocks, including Tables, Lists, Forms, and Charts. These blocks offer effortless creation of bespoke client portals, offering functionality and visually appealing interfaces for your data.
3. Granular Permissions: One of Frontly’s key features is its provision for granular permissions that grant access control for specific users. With this, you can flexibly grant viewing and modification access to certain users, enhancing data security and authorization.
What can you build with Frontly?
With Frontly you can create various internal tools for your business, using analytics from your sheets as your backend to store information. Frontly was designed for building custom internal business tools like
Keep in mind that Frontly is not designed to support public-facing, consumer products like e-commerce marketplaces, customer-facing SaaS tools, or apps where payments are core to the service.
Our personal experience
In my personal experience with Frontly, I created a basic internship tracker that gets its data from a Google form and can be managed by the administrator user.
Creating a Google form is an easy process you can do by yourself by following the on-screen instructions. Now go ahead and connect the responses page to your preexisting Google Sheets from Frontly. Every time someone answers the form the results will go directly to your Google Sheets.
This app is a management tool for new interns in a company. You can manage their position, status, start and end dates, and much more. The process was not difficult but there was a small learning curve. - Nikolas Chorianopoulos
Frontly Pricing
Features included in all plans
- No-code app development
- Build apps for internal: analytics, investor portals, CRM, and inventory management systems
- Build apps for external: custom partner portal with client/customer login to view their data in your system
- AI template generator
- Trigger automations in platforms like Pabbly, Activepieces, Make, Zapier, and more
- Flexible CRM
- Add modules like tables, forms, and buttons
- Add your own branding
- Custom actions, triggers, trigger emails, and more
- Set permission roles
- Dynamic content
- 20+ templates and all future templates
- Custom built logic: custom HTTP Requests and webhooks
Every plan has a 14-day free trail.
Integrations
While it doesn't offer a massive library of native integrations, users often praise its ability to connect with popular tools through workflow automation platforms like Zapier and Make. This allows some flexibility in connecting Frontly with services like Google Sheets or project management tools.
Ideally, future updates could expand Frontly's native integration options to streamline your tasks further.
Frontly Reviews
Appsumo
Since Frontly is not a widely known tool, there aren’t many reviews online, but we managed to find some very positive reviews On AppSumo. Here is a summary of them:
1. Game Changer for Digital Workflows:
- Frontly is praised for its user-friendliness, catering to both beginners and advanced users
- It's described as a crucial tool for digital work, even for individuals without programming skills
- Some complexity is acknowledged, indicating a learning curve for users
2. Positive Experience from AppSumo Deal:
- A user found Frontly to be a valuable addition to their toolkit, particularly for streamlining your process and boosting productivity
- Despite initial setup challenges and a learning curve, the support team helped resolve queries
- Notable for simplifying complex tasks once users become accustomed to its interface
3. Great for Designing and Customization:
- Users found Frontly excellent for designing dashboards, internal applications, and client portals
- Customization options, including branding, were highlighted as strengths
- Some limitations in formatting were noted, but the overall functionality was praised
4. Surprising Power and Customization:
- Despite initial skepticism, a user appreciated Frontly's customization, AI integration, and user permission features
- Excitement was expressed about future developments, such as Google signups
5. High Praise for Workflow Optimization:
- A long-time professional expressed enthusiasm for Frontly's impact on their process, describing it as a "goldmine."
- The tool was seen as a game-changer, particularly when combined with other tech like Google Sheets and extensions
- Magic Sheets (or SheetMagic) was highlighted as a complementary tool that enhances data manipulation capabilities
6. Recommendation for Career-Defining Tools:
- The reviewer emphasized the transformative potential of Frontly.ai, suggesting it could redefine what users can achieve
- Mixing Frontly with other tools like Magic Sheets and Google Workspace extensions was recommended to maximize its benefits
- It was portrayed as a tool for unlocking new levels of productivity and innovation in one's career
Kevinckl
“Frontly is a powerful and versatile tool designed for creating a wide range of applications. Frontly's support is exceptional, with the founder actively engaging with the community on Discord, the community helps in quickly identifying and resolving any bugs. The tool has evolved significantly, transitioning from internal tools to full-fledged SaaS applications...”
Allengwinn, Verified Purchaser
“This is an incredible product. It allows you to create a fully functional business app and, get this, use a Google Sheet for the database…”
ChristopheHK
"My Google sheets are happy, my clients and I are happy too! Easy to use, great UI, flexible, AI app builder ans AI requests. What else? .... You have, also reactive, brilliant, effective..."
Silvi, Verified Purchaser
"Great tool, easy to use for beginners, can build apps quickly but also create complex apps..."
Conclusion
Frontly dismantles the traditional barriers to app development, making it accessible to anyone with a vision. Its intuitive interface, AI-powered assistance, and drag-and-drop functionality empower you to transform your ideas into powerful solutions without writing a single line of code.
Whether you're looking to boost internal efficiency, enhance client relationships, or optimize business processes, Frontly AI provides the tools to turn your workflow into an automated process and static data into dynamic dashboards.
Would I Recommend Frontly?
It depends! Here's a quick recommendation guide:
- Yes, for: Freelancers, small businesses, or those new to design prototyping who value ease of use and collaboration
- Maybe, for: Established design teams with moderate prototyping needs, willing to explore workarounds for integrations
- No, for: Teams requiring complex animations or intricate user flows, or those who heavily rely on existing design software with limited integration options
Frontly shines in its user-friendliness and ability to streamline collaborative design projects. If these aspects align with your needs, it's definitely worth exploring during the free trial to see if it fits your workflow.
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FAQs
- What is Frontly?
Frontly is a powerful software platform enabling business owners to create internal business tools that enable their team and clients to work more efficiently and securely manage data without any technical skills required.
- Where is Frontly hosted / can it be self-hosted?
Frontly is a fully-hosted solution, like Shopify or Squarespace, which means you don’t need to worry about anything, or any additional hosting fees outside of your Frontly plan. We do not currently have any plans to offer self-hosting.
- Can I set up a page that shows different data based on who is logged-in?
Absolutely! This is one of the core features of Frontly and we think we’ve made it really easy.View the tutorial here.
- Can I turn my existing Google Sheets into apps?
Yes! You can import your sheet and then manually build an app with it, or select your sheet during the AI-Generation process to generate an app using your sheet as the data. image
- Are there video tutorials showing specific use-cases?
You bet! Check out the official YouTube Channel for our up-to-date tutorial videos and other useful content.
