How can no-code help you launch your start-up?

The time has come: you want to create your start-up and you need a site or an application. Not sure where to start? Finding a developer is no longer a necessity. No-code will let you build a site or an application more easily. The Scroll Agency helps you understand what no-code is and explains how it can benefit your start-up launch.

What is no-code?

No-code is defined as the opposite of code. When you want to develop a website or an application to launch your start-up, you might think you need to master code, and more specifically at least one programming language. But no-code today consists of not using any computer code. Its purpose is to let someone who wants to build a site, an application or simply a landing page carry out their project without coding and without calling on a developer, all in record time.

No-code owes its success to its power, which lets it quickly develop complex sites and applications without writing a single line of code.

As with sites and applications, no-code can also automate internal company processes like data management, customer relations, and more.

No-code's power rests on several main principles, including these three main ones:

-        Automatic code generation

-        Use of templates to design sites and applications

-        Use of visual tools with a pre-programmed graphical interface

Thanks to skills different from programming and dedicated tools, no-code lets you create or modify a site, an application or automate a process. With no-code, a user can create a designed and animated website that meets their needs, all without adding a single line of HTML, CSS, JavaScript or any other code.

What are the advantages of no-code to launch your start-up?

As you've guessed, no-code brings several advantages to creating your start-up. It can bring time savings, financial savings, or act on your team's cohesion. Discover the main advantages no-code brings to your start-up launch.

As a start-up, save time with no-code

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With no-code, you can save time on developing your project. Depending on your needs and the tools you'll need to use, the time required won't be the same. In most cases, no-code tools let you develop faster than classic code, provided the project isn't too complex or the developer has the required skills. To save time and not need to go through a learning phase specific to each tool, you can outsource your project by working with no-code specialized agencies like the Scroll Agency for example.

No-code costs your start-up less

Using no-code to launch your start-up can mean significant savings. Hiring a developer to build a site or an application represents a higher price because of their scarcity on the market. Choosing no-code can save your start-up up to 50% on the cost of developing a site or an application.

No-code stays current 

Most no-code tools you'll use to launch your start-up are current and kept up to date by their creators. The advantage of these tools is that they'll always let you build trendy projects with features and designs that match today's taste.

Thanks to no-code, improve team cohesion in your start-up

Teams in start-ups are often very small and team cohesion is very important. No-code being very accessible, it lets every team member work on the site or application development. The team can then share common goals. Here, no-code strengthens collaboration between start-up members and therefore team cohesion.

Which no-code tools to use to launch your start-up?

In case you don't know where to start with no-code, we've gathered several tools that could be useful for your start-up launch.

Webflow

Webflow is an application that lets you build a website without writing a single line of code. It offers different plans that benefit start-ups as well as SMBs. It lets you create showcase sites or e-commerce sites, and you'll find many different templates to get started.

Like many no-code tools, development in Webflow is based on the drag-and-drop principle via a very visual graphical interface.

If until now you didn't know Webflow and, like many people, you were using or planning to use the WordPress CMS, start by reading our Webflow vs WordPress comparison.

At Scroll, we specialize in no-code and Webflow is one of the main tools we use. It's one of our favorite tools — we built the Scroll site with it. We use it daily to create and improve our clients' websites. That's why we even set up a unique offer to create design sites faster and more flexibly for our clients: the Webflow agency.

Bubble

We hear a lot about Bubble because it's a very powerful no-code tool. Like many other no-code tools, Bubble offers application creation via drag-and-drop. The tool's specificity is that it lets you build logic within pages, building more powerful and more complex applications. Thanks to "workflows" in Bubble, you can create interactivity within pages, make buttons dynamic, build an authentication system. Workflows being very flexible, you can build applications very different from one another.

Bubble is also one of our main tools at Scroll. We use it daily on many projects. That's why, like Webflow, we set up the Bubble agency. Thanks to our complete mastery of Bubble and our know-how in this field, we support our clients on diverse and varied projects. We use Bubble's power to offer unique, tailor-made applications in record time.

Adalo

If you're afraid of getting lost in different interfaces, turn to Adalo. Adalo is a no-code tool that lets you build complete, powerful web and mobile applications without knowing how to code. Adalo's specificity is its emphasis on simplifying the interface and its operation to make it truly easy to use.

Compared to Bubble, Adalo offers fewer complex features for application creation, but is simpler to pick up.

Adalo offers a large number of templates to help you get started, even if you don't have the creative spark. It also has a marketplace where users can add their own creations.

Examples of start-ups launched with no-code

No-code has been trending more and more over the last few years, and many start-ups have managed to launch thanks to it. Here are three examples of start-ups born through no-code.

The Scroll agency

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Yes, we also launched thanks to no-code. Our site is entirely built on Webflow.

At Scroll, we mainly turn to start-ups, SMBs and small businesses to help them with all their digital challenges: building websites, web applications or tailor-made tools. We use no-code technologies to offer complete, truly tailor-made solutions.

Most of our clients want to create a new website, a new brand identity, or work on their SEO. Some also need to build specific tools that don't exist on the market.

Today, using no-code lets us develop every type of project faster, more easily and in a more personalized way than most of our competitors.

Comet

Comet is a platform that connects freelancers and companies. Its difference from usual freelance platforms is its ability to offer companies freelance profiles that match the project and the company's values as closely as possible, to create the perfect "match".

Companies share their project with Comet, and in less than 48 hours Comet proposes a pool of carefully selected freelancers.

Comet launched with no-code — its entire site was built with Bubble. Thanks to that, Comet was able to deliver more than 300 projects for more than 150 companies in 2017.

Lambda School

Lambda School is an online education platform built around a very specific model. Students don't pay tuition upfront but commit to pay 17% of their income for 2 years after finding their first job.

To successfully launch the start-up, Lambda School used many no-code tools that let them involve more people in automating and designing the project. To build, develop and iterate on the platform, they used Typeform, Webflow, Airtable, Zapier, Calendly, Retool, Salesforce, and more.

The Scroll agency helps you launch your start-up with no-code

As you've understood, at Scroll, we specialize in building web applications in no-code. Do you have a web application project for your start-up? Whether it's a creation or a redesign, our team members support you to offer tailor-made solutions, to build with you on the no-code tools suited to your needs. To discuss your project and learn more, don't hesitate to reach out.

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