How is illa solution is different from budibase,tooljet,app smith which are also providing similar things and have been before this project?

[Greatz08]

please if possible explain in detail feature wise else discussion wont be fruitful :-)

[wenzhuo2022]

Hello, as low-code platforms, we solve the same problems. However, there may be some differences in specific features and user experience details. Specifically:

1. Canvas experience: Illa and Appsmith are similar in terms of providing a highly flexible layout with collision and squeezing handling between components. This ensures that existing layouts are not easily disrupted, and allows you to easily place components wherever you want. In comparison, Budibase has a relatively fixed layout, which may impose greater limitations in certain scenarios. Tooljet does not have collision handling between components, which may lead to overlapping, making it less suitable for the low-code scenario. You can try dragging and dropping some components yourself to experience this.

2. Multiple-page or single-page applications and layouts: Illa supports adding multiple pages and adding multiple views to a single page. Additionally, you can easily add fixed panels, headers, and footers to your pages, making it easy to navigate within your application. While Budibase may have similar support, Appsmith and Tooljet might have some limitations in this regard.

3. The most important point is that we understand that in most cases, the number of editing (development) users is small compared to the number of end users. Therefore, to minimize costs, we provide free access for end users. You can upgrade to Premium and only pay for the development users, while inviting an unlimited number of end users for free.

Additionally, we offer the following features:

1. Storage: With our platform, you can store content directly in ILLA Drive without the need to connect to external storage platforms like S3. This simplifies the content storage process.

2. AI Agent: By connecting to our AI Agent, you can leverage its capabilities in SEO, marketing, and other areas. It can generate marketing copy, emails, product descriptions, and more, significantly reducing marketing costs.

3. Flow (Automation) Functionality: The Flow feature is commonly used in marketing and development scenarios. If you are a developer, you can easily send deployment progress from platforms like GitHub and Circle CI to your work instant messaging (IM) tool such as Slack using Flow. If you are a data analyst, Flow can help you automate tasks like sending regular data reports. Marketers can use this feature to schedule email campaigns to be sent to customers at specific times.

I'm not exactly sure about your specific needs. If you explore on your own, you may discover even more pleasant surprises. I look forward to your usage and hope it meets your expectations.

[Greatz08]

@wenzhuo2022 yeah i know as low-code platforms, you do solve the same problems,But its much better for your product to differentiate from other similar market solutions.The Reason for this is that people like to compare features and then choose what's best for their need and in what price range they are getting that, all these things matter from consumer point of view.Do not think that comparison with other similar products will degrade their or your solution just that it gives users better picture "easily" and they can decide what can be best and it creates healthy competitive environment for both your product and your opponent and both grow and improve in their own way so in the end from this both you and user benefit from this so please think about it and try to create detailed comparison chart on website to compare many things with similar solution and where you lack you can improve and this will 100% for sure boost confidence of users in your solution,Many solutions like posthog,lunary etc in open source community have done it very nicely and i believe you must do it too rest upto team illa.
All the best