With the pressures of digital transformation weighing heavy for every enterprise leader, time is of the essence. And as you watch competitors adapt to industry changes, it’s easy to start rushing your digital transformation efforts. This is why low-code platforms are gaining so much traction. But if your only focus is fast tracking digital transformation, you might be putting your efforts at risk. Full write-up: https://by.dialexa.com/low-code-vs-custom-platforms-choosing-the-right-approach-for-digital-transformation

1. Low-Code vs. Custom
Platforms—Choosing the
Right Digital Transformation
Approach
by Samer Fallouh
https://by.dialexa.com/low-code-vs-custom-platforms-choosing-the-
right-approach-for-digital-transformation

2. Dialexa
We are on a mission to make every
company a great technology company.
We work with organizations to define and
execute digital transformation strategies to
improve business operations and customer
experiences. Our services include:
• Multi-Year Technology Roadmap
• Platform Engineering
• User Experience Design
• Custom Software Development
• Hardware Prototyping /IoT

3. With the pressures of digital
transformation weighing heavy for
every enterprise leader, time is of
the essence. And as you watch
competitors adapt to industry
changes, it’s easy to start rushing
your digital transformation efforts.
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4. This is why low-code platforms
are gaining so much traction. But
if your only focus is fast tracking
digital transformation, you might
be putting your efforts at risk.
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this slideshare HERE

5. Long-term digital transformation success
means finding the right situations to use
low-code platforms and leaning on custom
development when necessary.
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this slideshare HERE

6. Low-Code Speed
Comes at a Cost
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7. You could list a few benefits of low-code platforms, but the main
advantage is speed. When you’re delivering applications with low-
code platforms, you don’t have to worry about coding rules for screen
sizes, scalability, traffic routing, or any other time-consuming pieces.
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8. To read more you can find the full article at
Low-Code vs. Custom Platforms—Choosing the Right
Digital Transformation Approach

9. Eliminating as much
coding with out-of-
the-box functionality
means you can get to
production faster.
And for businesses,
there’s nothing better
than cutting a multi-
year project down to
just a few months-
maybe even weeks.
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10. However, you have to temper expectations when
it comes to low-code platforms—especially once
you get down to the differentiated aspects of
your business. Speed is great, but keep these
disadvantages in mind to avoid racking up
unmanageable technical debt:
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11. • Limited Integration Options:
You can’t look at low-code
platforms in a vacuum. There
are so many different tools and
products that combine to define
your digital transformation
strategy. But when you rely
heavily on low-code platforms,
you’ll start to run into
integration problems (especially
with your legacy systems). For
systems that are core to your
business, you can’t sacrifice
custom integrations just to
move quickly.
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12. • Lack of Customization:
Data integration is one thing, but
the modular components of
low-code platforms limit
application customization as
well. Once you get neck deep in
a new system, you’ll want to
customize a specific component
to meet your specific needs.
But instead of customizing the
system, you’ll be forced to
change your business to meet
the capabilities of the low-code
platform.
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13. • Security and Reliability Concerns:
When you build a custom platform,
you know you can rely on it because
you know it inside and out. With low-
code, you take on certain risks
because you aren’t in complete
control. What happens if you’re tied
into a platform and the company gets
acquired? You could end up with a tool
you never wanted and have to manage
many complexities you never
expected. The lack of control also
causes security problems. If a
disgruntled employee at your low-
code vendor decides to build a
backdoor, your mission-critical system
becomes vulnerable. This is a risk you
can’t take when the system is part of
your core differentiation.
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14. Despite these challenges,
low-code development
can play an important
role in your digital
transformation approach.
They excel in proof-of-
concept scenarios
because you can execute
an idea quickly before
diving into more intricate
development.
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15. Or, if you need a short-term answer to a
business problem, low-code can give you
a solution as long as you understand you
may need to tailor a custom app to
business needs down the road.
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16. When you need a differentiated system,
custom development is the better path—
but that doesn’t mean it has to be slow.
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18. Dispelling the Custom
Development Misconception
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19. There’s a common misconception that custom
development is automatically slow. But custom
engineering doesn’t have to take years. You can take
advantage of agile processes to get an MVP in just a
few months. Just like in the waterfall vs. agile
debate, you can’t base your decision on speed—it
has to be about business needs.
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20. We found this out first-hand when we worked on
ParkHub. The original ParkHub idea was built using a
low-code platform. However, the main parking system
idea started to come to form and we had to make a
decision as we went to the next level.
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21. For all of the reasons we’ve discussed so far, we went
with custom development. But it didn’t take us years to
execute custom development for ParkHub. Within 3
months of development, we went from discussing
taking the next steps to successfully parking our first
event—the American Country Music Award Festival.
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22. There’s a time and place for both custom and low-code
platforms in your digital transformation strategy. The key
is to take a look at your unique business needs and make
the best decisions for the long-term success of your tech
infrastructure.
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If you are looking to undertake a
digital transformation initiative,
contact Dialexa today and see how
we can help make your company a
great technology company.
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Custom Platforms—Choosing the Right Digital