High-productivity application platform-as-a-service
Experience rapid application development with a developer-centric application platform as a service that fosters creativity and accelerates all stages of development.
foundations
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.
problem space
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
Building software without code since 2015
Meet the companies that operate and digitize their services with ondeva
“From the start, the start-up platform was envisioned as a large-scale project built with ondeva. It was a complete success!”
Claudia Menz
CEO, Gründerplattform
Building software without code since 2015
Meet the companies that operate and digitize their services with ondeva
“From the start, the start-up platform was envisioned as a large-scale project built with ondeva. It was a complete success!”
Claudia Menz
CEO, Gründerplattform
impact
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 low-code components to get there sooner? You can start configuring, testing, and iterating within hours. Get your idea live in record time.
- Choose any front-end stack
You can choose any coding framework or technology to build your app. 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.
Build for free with ondeva
No infrastructure. No coding. Try ondeva today and create your first app - on us.
key takeaways
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.
architecture
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)
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feature highlights
aPaaS features developers appreciate
Additional aPaaS functionalities that make developers' lives easier.
Visual setup
Design pages, construct logic, data tables, and APIs with no code required. With a visual builder, everything from complex logic flows to automations is developed in a simple visual way.
Security
Ondeva is 100% GDPR-compliant. We follow security-by-design principles, meaning your data isn’t accessible by default - no manual privacy settings required. Build with confidence and control.
Scalability
As your usage grows, so does ondeva. Scalability is built into our product, so you can go from tiny to tremendous without any interruption. We take care of the infrastructure resources for you.
Complex data
A powerful data service to help you get started faster. Upload datasets, build tables, and manage data. On the front end, you can provide dynamic data updates to users via graphics, maps, and CSV downloads.
Collaboration
Add team members and build collaboratively. You can assign roles and define the visibility of the app’s areas based on each member’s development or business experience. Use version control to coordinate edits in the team.
AI power
Take app creation to the next level with automatic content generation for web pages, emails, and buttons. Integrate LLMs into your applications and build innovative AI-augmented software.
market overview
aPaaS, Low-code Platforms, and ondeva
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.
getting started
Get started with a powerful application development platform in 3 simple steps
ondeva handles hard development tasks so you can build innovative apps effortlessly
Import your data
Add your tables to ondeva, then handle and structure the data.
Build your logic
Set rules for the way your application behaves on the backend and frontend.
Design your product
Use your own front-end stack or perfect the appearance of your application in ondeva.
resources
Read and learn from the community
If you run into any issues, we will be here to support you. Understand our features through our blog articles, extensive documentation, video tutorials, or responsive customer support team.
discover ondeva platform
Explore how the full stack comes together in ondeva
FAQ
Ondeva development platform FAQs
Find answers to the most common questions about ondeva and platform-as-a-service.
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.
Build for free with ondeva
No infrastructure. No coding. Try ondeva today and create your first app - on us.
