High-productivity application platform-as-a-service
Experience true rapid application development and productivity with a developer-centric application platform as a service that fosters creativity and accelerates all stages of development.
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What's Application Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS)?
Application Platform as a Service (aPaaS) allows developers to create and launch applications in the cloud without building and maintaining the infrastructure associated with app development.
Why application platform-as-a-service?
aPaaS reduces complexity and solves many development problems
Handling infrastructure tasks comes with big costs
Server hardware, networking equipment, cloud resources, and paid software licenses quickly add up.
- As your project grows, your costs increase
- Difficult to scale and allocate server resources
Too many dev tools take the fun away from the building
Communication gaps, messy development tickets, and inconsistent documentation often result in deployment mistakes.
- No time to build the features that matter most
- In disorganized dev spaces, details get lost
aPaaS benefits in web app development
Design, build, deploy, and scale applications more quickly and cost-effectively
Rapid app development
Why code from scratch when you can drag and drop flexible components to get there sooner? Everything from logic flows to automations is developed in a simple visual way, without coding or extensive setups.
Choose any front-end stack
You can choose any coding framework or technology to build the front-end. Enjoy full flexibility and control of user experience, while the development platform handles all the infrastructure tasks.
Integration everywhere
Integrate with any API and publish across different platforms. Easily create and manage API endpoints in ondeva for sharing data, complete with custom configurations and documentation, including HTTP response status.
aPaaS vs PaaS: The Key Difference
Gartner created the aPaaS sub-category as part of PaaS. As the market matured, aPaaS was recognized as a distinct category. With aPaaS, developers were looking for platforms that offered not just infrastructure but also high-level tools and services specifically designed for rapid application development and deployment.
Later, in 2016, further segmentation was introduced: the aPaaS category was divided into high-control aPaaS and high-productivity aPaaS (hpaPaaS). Both segments provide cloud services. High-control aPaaS is based on third-generation languages and typically used by IT professionals for microservice-based applications; high-productivity aPaaS is model-driven and used by developers or citizen developers.
How does aPaaS work?
aPaaS is characterized by low-code capabilities (with little-to-no coding), model-driven development, and visual programming approach (Gartner 2024)
aPaaS features developers appreciate
Additional aPaaS functionalities that make developers' lives easier
One single development platform
Everything you need to create, test, deploy, and scale your web application at your fingertips. You don't need multiple licenses and development tools to build great apps, which saves time and costs.
Managed infrastructure and scalable servers
Servers are managed on our side, with the ability to scale up and down. Reliable service that can handle fluctuating traffic and meet your performance demands.
Continuous integration & one-click delivery
Your application is always up-to-date and ready to be deployed without the need to manage multiple development environments.
Custom APIs for interoperability
Integrate with any API and publish across different platforms. Easily create and manage API endpoints for sharing data, complete with custom configurations and documentation, including HTTP response status.
Complex data management
A powerful data service to help you get started faster. Upload datasets, build tables, and manage data in compliance with GDPR. On the front end, you can provide dynamic data updates to users via graphics, maps, and CSV downloads.
Collaborative environment
Add team members, assign roles, and set visibility for areas of the app. Collaborate easily with features like versioning and synchronized changes. Multiple developers and business users can work simultaneously.
aPaaS, Low-code Platforms, and ondeva
How aPaaS became low-code
In 2019, the Gartner® Magic Quadrant for Enterprise High-Productivity Application Platform as a Service was turned into the Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Enterprise Low-Code Application Platforms.
Most vendors from the hpaPaaS list and some vendors from the aPaaS list moved to the low-code platforms list. ondeva falls into both the former aPaaS and the current low-code development platform categories.
With ondeva , you can develop large-scale web applications or modernize existing legacy systems by moving some business functions into the cloud. ondeva 's resources can be utilized as a layer of computing, networking, and storage power that is accessible without the need to manage the infrastructure.
Beyond these infrastructure resources, you can use a visual development environment to design web pages and workflows without coding. Additionally, you can generate content with AI or build AI-powered apps.
Hear from developers who use ondeva
Meet the teams that accelerate building with ondeva :
From the start, the start-up platform was envisioned as a large-scale project built with ondeva. It was a complete success!
"Our giant baby performs and scales"
Claudia Menz, CEO Gründerplattform
An NGO can now compile complex data independently, flexibly, and in a clear manner - without development resources.
“You've finally freed us from Excel!”
Internationally operating NGO
ondeva helped us create web applications and tools for startups and the self-employed in weeks instead of months!
“Delivering digital tools is easy as 123"
Benjamin Wölfing / AC, Everest
Get started with a powerful development platform in 3 simple steps
Streamline all standard development workflows with ease
Step 1: Import your data
Add your tables to ondeva, then handle and structure the data.
Step 2: Build your logic
Set rules for the way your application behaves on the backend and frontend.
Step 3: Design your product
Use your own front-end stack or perfect the appearance of your application in ondeva.
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ondeva development platform FAQs
Find answers to the most common questions about ondeva and platform-as-a-service.
aPaaS provides full-stack development capabilities, including development tools, database management, business analytics, and more.
Learning ondeva is easy for a professional developer. The visual setup and extensive documentation will guide you through the process. ondeva follows standard development workflows; it is faster, more flexible, and without coding.
Thanks to its serverless capability, ondeva can handle large volumes of requests and adjust server capacity. For example, ondeva 's architecture ensured that one of our client's projects could handle over 5 million users annually.
We're fully GDPR compliant, and security is our main priority. You can review and test everything using version control and backups before you go live.
ondeva is actively maintained and used by many clients and agencies. We consider evolving user needs when updating and developing the Platform.
