Low-code development has emerged as a disruptive force in recent years within the software landscape, revolutionizing the way organizations build and deploy applications. Forrester’s Developer Survey revealed that 71% of organizations were in the process of adopting low code for core as well as customer-facing apps. With its promise of rapid development, increased productivity, and democratized access, low code has gained significant traction across industries and is poised to reshape the future of software development.

Following our previous article which focused on the people-centric impact of low code, we now explore the top 10 benefits of low-code application development as we witnessed in our clients to serve as inspiration for ambitious organizations ready to join the low-code revolution.  

1. Accelerated Time-to-Value

In today's hyper-competitive market, speed is of the essence. Low-code development enables organizations to accelerate their time-to-market by providing pre-built templates, drag-and-drop components, and reusable modules that streamline the development process. This rapid pace of development allows organizations to seize market opportunities, respond to customer needs, and stay ahead of the competition.

With low-code platforms, developers can quickly prototype, build, and deploy applications, reducing development cycles from months to weeks or even days.

As a low-code/no-code development platform, Rierino Core accelerates the creation of custom solutions even for more sophisticated core business use cases. From complex cart operations to user tracking applications, it transforms microservices into easily understandable and reusable building blocks and allows the creation of workflows and business logic through a drag-and-drop interface. Even its own admin UI can be customized to fit various organizational requirements through drag-and-drop controls. The extensive library of pre-built modules such as PIM and CMS typically expedites the launch of new microsites from a month to under a week.

2. Increased Productivity

Low-code development improves developer productivity by eliminating repetitive tasks, reducing the need for manual coding, and providing intuitive design tools that empower developers to focus on high-value tasks. With low-code platforms, developers can rapidly create sophisticated applications without extensive coding knowledge, freeing up time and resources to innovate and experiment with new ideas.

By automating routine tasks and streamlining workflows, low code enables organizations to do more with less, driving efficiency and productivity across the board.

Rierino Core saves valuable developer bandwidth by transforming the heavy development effort into basic configurations and automating all suitable tasks. Documentation and testing efforts are also minimized where each API is automatically converted to OpenAPI documentation, and testing capability is natively provided synchronized to the latest version. By reducing the time required for coding and testing, Rierino enables organizations to roll out innovative solutions to market faster than ever before. Take, for example, a government entity looking to create a full-fledged community portal to encourage corporate sustainability is able to do so within a couple of months instead of through lengthy roadmaps.

3. Cost Savings

One of the most significant benefits of low-code development is its ability to reduce development costs. By streamlining the development process, minimizing the need for specialized skills, and automating manual tasks, low-code platforms enable organizations to achieve significant cost savings in terms of development time, resources, and infrastructure expenses.

With low-code development, organizations can build and deploy applications more affordably than ever before, maximizing their return on investment and freeing up capital for other strategic initiatives.

In addition to driving efficiencies by streamlining the development lifecycle, Rierino Core helps free up bandwidth throughout the organization. Through its intelligent automation features that eliminate repetitive tasks such as data quality checks or multi-system data entries, it reduces operational overheads while minimizing human error. A multinational online retailer was able to unlock over 50% higher efficiency in their product information management flows through this approach. Furthermore, Rierino Core's built-in MLOps capabilities enable enterprises to leverage machine learning algorithms and models seamlessly within their applications, enhancing efficiency and driving innovation.

4. Flexibility and Agility

In today's rapidly evolving business landscape, organizations need to be agile and adaptable to stay competitive. Low-code development offers unparalleled flexibility and agility, allowing organizations to quickly respond to changing business requirements, market conditions, and customer demands. With low-code platforms, developers can easily modify and iterate on applications in real time, enabling organizations to pivot, experiment, and innovate with speed and confidence.

This agility to experiment enables organizations to stay ahead of the curve, seize new opportunities, and drive continuous improvement and innovation.

Rierino offers unparalleled flexibility and agility, allowing organizations to quickly adapt to changing market dynamics and customer preferences. Its hyperflexible data model allows any customization to take effect in real-time such as enriching the product information provided for a specific category based on buyer insights. It also facilitates endless customizations on the information shared, whether it is product descriptions or blog content, based on any available attribute from customer segments to location and weather.

5. Citizen Developer Empowerment

One of the most revolutionary aspects of low-code development is its ability to empower citizen (i.e. non or less-technical) developers within the organization to build and deploy applications without extensive coding knowledge. With low-code platforms, citizen developers can easily create sophisticated applications using intuitive drag-and-drop interfaces, pre-built templates, and reusable components.

This democratization of development enables organizations to harness the creativity and expertise of employees from diverse backgrounds, driving innovation and fostering a culture of collaboration and experimentation.

With Rierino's intuitive interface and guided training assets, any individual can become a functional user in their domain within 1-2 weeks. Mission-centric access personas further empower different roles across the organization with relevant and easily managed focus areas. This way, a marketer can work on creating campaigns and promotions where a business analyst would create or customize the related campaign templates, and a data scientist would build and deploy machine learning models that ensure they reach the right audience.

6. Enhanced Collaboration

Low-code platforms foster collaboration between business stakeholders, IT teams, and developers by providing a common platform for ideation, design, and development. With features such as real-time editing, commenting, and version control, low-code platforms enable seamless communication and coordination among team members, ensuring that everyone is aligned and working towards the same goals.

This improved collaboration accelerates the development process, reduces errors, and fosters a culture of innovation and teamwork.

Rierino Core excels in fostering enhanced collaboration among teams by offering intuitive features that simplify business logic and streamline workflows. With its easy-to-follow interface, teams can effortlessly design and implement complex business processes, ensuring clear understanding and alignment across departments. This particularly comes in handy with multi-country teams that primarily collaborate through digital channels. Additionally, Rierino's embedded business intelligence (BI) capabilities empower users to make informed decisions by providing real-time insights and analytics directly within the platform. Smart data quality checks ensure traceability and accountability by validating data integrity at every stage of the development lifecycle.

7. Scalability

Scalability is essential for organizations looking to grow and expand their operations. Low-code platforms allow organizations to scale applications quickly and efficiently to accommodate growing user bases, evolving business needs, and emerging market opportunities. With low-code development, organizations can easily add new features, modules, and integrations to applications without compromising performance or reliability.

This scalability enables organizations to future-proof their applications and adapt to changing business conditions with ease.

Rierino's low-code platform is built to support scalability, offering robust features that enable seamless growth and adaptability for businesses of all sizes. Being stress-tested in large-scale, fast-paced ecommerce environments with millions of customers and SKUs, Rierino has demonstrated its ability to handle high-volume transactions and demanding workloads with ease. Moreover, Rierino's flexibility extends to its deployment architecture, as it can seamlessly transition from a single server setup to thousands of servers, ensuring optimal performance and reliability at any scale. Additionally, Rierino's hyper-composable approach to development allows organizations to scale cost-effectively by leveraging reusable components and modular architectures, enabling them to expand their infrastructure efficiently without compromising quality or performance.

8. Improved User Experience

Low-code development enables developers to focus on creating intuitive, user-friendly interfaces that enhance the overall user experience. With built-in design tools and templates, developers can quickly prototype and iterate on user interfaces to meet user expectations and preferences.

This focus on user experience drives higher adoption rates, increased customer satisfaction, and improved business outcomes.

Rierino Core is designed to elevate user experiences by offering a suite of features that prioritize customization, adaptability, and hyper-personalization. With Rierino's fully customizable admin UI, organizations can tailor their interfaces to suit their unique user preferences without writing a single line of code. This can mean suppressing selected fields on a screen for external users or adding custom validation rules based on common issues. Additionally, Rierino's low-code approach enables easy adaptation to any frontend channel, whether it's web, mobile, or other emerging platforms. This flexibility allows organizations to reach their customers wherever they are, delivering seamless experiences across all touchpoints. Moreover, Rierino's hyper-personalization capabilities enable organizations to provide customers with unique and engaging experiences tailored to their preferences and behaviors. For example, an online retailer can leverage Rierino's machine learning algorithms to customize its landing pages as well as recommend personalized product bundles based on a variety of inputs.

9. Integration Capabilities

Integration is essential for organizations looking to leverage their existing IT investments and connect with third-party applications, databases, APIs, and services. Low-code platforms offer robust integration capabilities, allowing developers to seamlessly connect with external systems and services.

This enables organizations to create comprehensive solutions that leverage data and functionality from multiple sources, driving efficiency, innovation, and business value.

Rierino sets itself apart with its unrivaled integration capabilities, serving as a seamless bridge between legacy systems and modern technologies. The platform can act as a more intuitive layer for orchestrating legacy systems such as ERPs, enabling organizations to modernize their infrastructure without the need for costly and time-consuming overhauls. With Rierino, organizations can effortlessly adapt to the API requirements of external tools and services, facilitating seamless communication and data exchange between disparate systems. Moreover, Rierino's ability to ingest and process data from various sources in real time enables organizations to make informed decisions and take immediate action based on the latest information available. Rierino functions as a true ’backend for frontend’ solution, empowering organizations to build front-end applications that leverage its powerful backend capabilities, including data management, security, and scalability.

10. Compliance and Security

Compliance and security are top priorities for organizations looking to protect sensitive data and mitigate risk. Low-code platforms address these challenges head-on by integrating robust security measures, including stringent authentication protocols and data encryption, to ensure data integrity and confidentiality. With built-in features such as role-based access control and audit trails, low-code platforms empower organizations to enforce strict governance policies and maintain transparency across all user activities.

This ensures that applications built on low-code platforms adhere to industry regulations and security best practices, protecting sensitive data and mitigating the risk of breaches and compliance violations.

Rierino's limitless flexibility enables businesses to adapt and comply with any country-specific or internal rule. From including validation steps to make sure the right contractual information is communicated with the right customer group to customizing delivery and VAT requirements, organizations can easily set up business rules and workflows with the most up-to-date insights. Thanks to its cloud-agnostic approach, it can also accommodate any privacy requirements where sensitive personal data does not leave the country or the company’s data centers.

Getting Started with Rierino Core

Low-code development offers organizations a powerful and transformative approach to application development, enabling them to accelerate innovation, improve efficiency, and drive digital transformation across the enterprise. By leveraging low-code platforms, organizations can unlock new opportunities for growth, agility, and success in today's dynamic and competitive business landscape.

As you prepare to embark on your low-code development journey, partnering with a trusted platform like Rierino can access a world of possibilities for your organization. At Rierino, we are committed to empowering organizations to realize their digital transformation goals with confidence and efficiency. With our intuitive low-code platform and extensive suite of features, you can expect to accelerate your development timelines, drive productivity gains, and achieve cost efficiencies that will propel your business forward. Get in touch with our experts today to start your digital transformation with intuitive and powerful low code.