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# Open as App

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> With Open as App, everyone in your company can turn business data into powerful custom apps.

In every company, there are numerous locations where data is stored, edited, or analyzed. Most of the time, this is done via spreadsheet applications like Microsoft Excel or Google Sheets or via database systems. Naturally, those are not really user-friendly for mobile devices. With Open as App, you can mobilize your data, accelerate your business and protect your know-how\! 

From your existing data, it just takes a few clicks to create powerful mobile apps that will simplify many of your internal processes.

With our unique technology, users can instantly transfer database and Excel content, charts, calculations, forms, or formulas into user-friendly apps with greatly enhanced functionality. Great examples for common use cases are, dashboards to view most relevant KPIs, calculators for sales offer calculations, lists to update inventory or lead lists from mobile devices, and more.
> 
> Verdict: Rated **4.9/5** by 9 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**.

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## Quick Stats & Ratings

| Metric | Rating | Detail |
| **Overall** | **4.9/5** | 9 Reviews |
| Ease of Use | 4.9/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Customer Support | 5.0/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Value for Money | 4.6/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Features | 4.3/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Recommendation percentage | 100% | (10/10 Likelihood to recommend) |

## About the vendor

- **Company**: Open as App
- **Founded**: 2016

## Commercial Context

- **Starting Price**: US$90.00
- **Pricing model**: Flat Rate (Free version available) (Free Trial)
- **Pricing Details**: Basic Starter Plan - Free

You can use Open as App completely for free with the Basic Starter Plan. With that, you can create 1 app and share it with 1 other user. 

Business Plan - 90$/month 

- Create unlimited Apps which you can share with up to 10 other users. 
- Premium features like PDF creation and collection and storage of signatures
- Excel Files of up to 1 MB

Enterprise - Let's talk

- Single Sign-On (SSO) Support
- Advanced user management and permissions
- Excel Files of up to 10 MB
- 3rd party integrations
- Database (MySQL, MS SQL, Postgres) support
- **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+
- **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based, Android (Mobile), iPhone (Mobile), iPad (Mobile)
- **Supported Languages**: English, French, German
- **Available Countries**: Albania, Andorra, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Ecuador, Estonia and 57 more

## Features

- API
- Access Controls/Permissions
- Change Management
- Collaboration Tools
- Compatibility Testing
- Content Management
- Customisable Branding
- Customisable Templates
- Data Import/Export
- Data Security
- Data Synchronisation
- Data Visualisation
- Database Support
- Deployment Management
- Design Templates
- Drag & Drop
- Feature Library
- Forms Creation & Design
- Graphical User Interface
- Integrated Development Environment

## Integrations (4 total)

- Google Sheets
- HubSpot CRM
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft SQL Server

## Support Options

- Chat

## Category

- [App Building Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.uk/directory/4598/app-building/software)

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## Reviews

### "My all time favourite app to visualize spreadsheet calculations\!" — 5.0/5

> **Jaco** | *1 February 2020* | Marketing & Advertising | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: Finally\! A way to turn my spreadsheet into a visual dashboard. What a feast\! I
> 
> **Cons**: There is nothing that I do not like about this app. It allows me to show complex calculations in an easy way
> 
> Our sales teams needed a tool to show how vendors what increase in earnings they can expect if they apply our solution. This app allows us to set up a custom input based on that vendors own numbers and backend calculations spits out the answer. Invaluable\!

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### "Eine TOP-APP Entwickler" — 5.0/5

> **Felix** | *6 August 2024* | Banking | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: Die Flexibilität ist es. Ich kann selber die App bauen.
> 
> **Cons**: Alles gut. Es gibt nichts. Ich bin sehr zufrieden\!
> 
> Ich habe sehr sehr gute Erfahrung gemacht\!

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### "Great platform" — 5.0/5

> **Austin** | *19 September 2024* | Consumer Services | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: Easy to use and the people are nice to work with.
> 
> **Cons**: Hours of operation if you are in the US but understandable that they cannot operate 24/7.
> 
> Good place for building an app and the implementation was easy.

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### "Amazingly simple yet powerful way to leverage existing Excel applications into mobile Apps." — 5.0/5

> **Richard** | *14 July 2022* | Machinery | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: The fact that it can easily handle our most complicated spreadsheets with thousands of engineering calculations.
> 
> **Cons**: The sometimes tedious task of creating Styles, like RGB codes to change colors etc.
> 
> We have been able to take previously on-site only Excel applications for design, tech support and customer service and easily deploy them to our teams in the field.

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### "Business Ethic" — 5.0/5

> **Norah** | *8 May 2020* | Law Practice | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: As you know we are all living in crisis mode and economically things are very tight, however, \[SENSITIVE CONTENT HIDDEN\] at Open as App has been awesome in assisting with a reprieve for three months until hopefully, our situation turns around.  I love the app. So Grateful to your company for your generosity.

Thank you \[SENSITIVE CONTENT HIDDEN\], your Company I trust will succeed.
Norah Colman
Bavin Inc.
> 
> **Cons**: Just the link to the actual calculator when opening it,  is time-consuming.   The opening has a long intro.
> 
> I have been using it for some time now and I have been very happy with it.  Living is South Africa with the exchange rate it is rather pricey, but if you in Europe it is very cost-effective.

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