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# Catalyst

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> Catalyst is a full-stack cloud-based serverless development tool that provides backend functionalities. Catalyst helps developers build microservices and web applications. Adapting a BaaS (Backend as a Service) model, Catalyst provides universal, server-side components as programmable elements.
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> Verdict: Rated **4.8/5** by 6 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**.

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## Overview

### Key benefits of Catalyst

 Accelerate innovation: Build apps and features and run experiments in hours instead of weeks. Enable faster and more secure development, deployment and operations.
 
 Zero server management: It lets businesses focus on core business logic and optimizing their applications. 
 
 Auto-scaling: As the application grows in volume in terms of adoption and usage, Catalyst can accommodate the increase in volume automatically, without developers having to worry about capacity planning and database allocation. 
 
 Cost savings: Usage-based metering is one of the biggest advantages of Catalyst. Businesses will be charged only when the functions are called, and avoid paying for unnecessary or underutilized services. Even better, with Catalyst, businesses need to pay nothing until their project is deployed to production. They can also avail a free sandbox that is a replica of the entire production environment. Catalyst users also get up to 125 million free invocations for the first year

## 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
- Customizable Fields
- Customizable Forms
- Customizable Reports
- Customizable Templates
- 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

- [Platform as a Service Software](https://www.getapp.za.com/directory/352/platform-as-a-service-paas/software)

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## Alternatives

1. [Jira](https://www.getapp.za.com/software/9953/jira) — 4.4/5 (15312 reviews)
2. [Rayven](https://www.getapp.za.com/software/117779/rayven) — 5.0/5 (24 reviews)
3. [Caspio](https://www.getapp.za.com/software/90524/caspio) — 4.6/5 (249 reviews)
4. [Ninox](https://www.getapp.za.com/software/107885/ninox) — 4.7/5 (193 reviews)
5. [Bizagi](https://www.getapp.za.com/software/109611/bpm-suite) — 4.4/5 (142 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\!\!
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> **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
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> 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
> 
> **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
> 
> **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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