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# Catalyst

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> Catalyst by Zoho is a cloud-native serverless application that empowers software developers to build highly scalable custom applications in a matter of hours instead of months. 

Catalyst takes care of everything, from server provisioning to managing and monitoring, so that businesses can build next-generation applications for their users and customers faster. Even better, Catalyst drastically lowers infrastructure and maintenance costs and businesses do not have to worry about managing servers or other operational complexities. 

From WebClient hosting on the frontend to caching, database management, and multimedia management, Catalyst acts as a complete serverless suite for application development. With complete customization potential, Catalyst is a game-changer for the pro-code community.
> 
> Verdict: Rated **4.8/5** by 6 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**.

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## Quick Stats & Ratings

| Metric | Rating | Detail |
| **Overall** | **4.8/5** | 6 Reviews |
| Ease of Use | 4.8/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Customer Support | 5.0/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Value for Money | 5.0/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Features | 4.7/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Recommendation percentage | 100% | (10/10 Likelihood to recommend) |

## About the vendor

- **Company**: Zoho
- **Founded**: 1996

## Commercial Context

- **Starting Price**: US$9.00
- **Pricing model**: Usage Based (Free version available) (Free Trial)
- **Pricing Details**: Pricing includes a fixed fee/project/month + a usage fee.
- **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, Mac (Desktop), Windows (Desktop)
- **Supported Languages**: English
- **Available Countries**: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei and 151 more

## Features

- API
- Access Controls/Permissions
- Activity Dashboard
- Activity Tracking
- Agile Methodologies
- Application Management
- Authentication
- Auto Extraction
- Cloud Computing
- Collaboration Tools
- Configurable Workflow
- Custom Development
- Customisable Forms
- Customisable Reports
- Customisable Templates
- Customizable Fields
- Data Aggregation and Publishing
- Data Import/Export
- Data Security
- Database Support

## Integrations (4 total)

- Algolia
- Stripe
- Zoho CRM
- Zoho Cliq

## Support Options

- Email/Help Desk
- FAQs/Forum
- Knowledge Base
- Phone Support
- Chat

## Category

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

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5. [Scalingo](https://www.softwareadvice.co.uk/software/500547/Scalingo) — 4.9/5 (27 reviews)

## Reviews

### "Zoho Catalyst^Honest Feedback" — 5.0/5

> **Tarun** | *12 January 2023* | Information Technology & Services | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10
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> **Pros**: Very easy to use for novice developers and no charge in development environment makes this is a no brainer\!\!
> 
> **Cons**: This server less platform can become massive. I believe the only two basic capabilities not there are; Need more development language/framework support, Advancement on Database Side.

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### "Quick Start Tool for Developer" — 5.0/5

> **Anurag** | *22 December 2022* | Computer Software | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: Free Sandbox\!\! so you don’t need to pay for anything until you go live with a web app or mobile app.
> 
> **Cons**: We don't have option to export the Data for ZCQl but definitely it will be available in future
> 
> To understand platform and how to use it is quit easy. Also there support team is hyper active.

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### "Perfect extension of your existing Zoho tools" — 4.0/5

> **Antoine** | *21 December 2022* | Computer Software | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: Ease of use. Integration with the other Zoho tools like Zoho CRM
> 
> **Cons**: Lack of real live examples and samples to start.
> 
> We use catalyst to build addons for Zoho CRM and Zoho Creator when the tools don't have the right functionality or flexibility

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### "Serverless Features and cloud application deployment are amazing" — 5.0/5

> **Ramakrishna** | *12 January 2023* | Information Technology & Services | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: Zoho Catalyst has become a boon for us  where we have developed APIs within a few hours and deployed to be used as a middleware as well as hosted VueJS applications for widgets , API Services, Web services, Pricing and process transactions with payment gateways
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> **Cons**: File storage limitations can be improved.
> 
> The overall experience has been amazing where it has a very simple to use dashboard and help documentation ant tutorials are quite helpful

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### "Awesome platform to build software application" — 5.0/5

> **Veerabalvannan** | *25 December 2022* | Information Technology & Services | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10
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> **Pros**: We can build a software application without worrying about backend servers. Features like  user Authentication, API gateway, OCR, Face Analytics, Barcode Scanning,... are really impressive.
> 
> **Cons**: Whenever we face an issue, we got timely assistance from their support team. So there is no Cons.

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