What is our primary use case?
Alpha Anywhere is used for internal business apps as well as a few public-facing search portals.
What is most valuable?
Once you get through the learning curve, you can do a lot with it. It's very flexible.
What needs improvement?
It's a little dated, and it's a small community. If you need assistance, your only options are their forum and their help file, and that's pretty much it.
At times, it's a little buggy.
It can be slow to develop, and it's repetitive. There are many repetitive things.
They have been working on a calendar control for two years, and it's still in beta, which in my opinion is a bit excessive. They appear to be dispersed now that they have added this new product, Alpha TransForm, which has diverted some of their attention away from Alpha Anywhere, which they will deny.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Alpha Anywhere for eight years, since 2014.
We keep it up to date. We are using the latest version.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The stability of Alpha Anywhere could improve, especially from version to version. There have been several complaints that they should conduct more testing before releasing a version.
It throws random errors.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
We have a few hundred people who depend on this solution internally.
How are customer service and support?
Their technical support is their CEO, and he responds directly at all hours of the night.
I would rate the technical support a five out of five.
They are very knowledgeable. They are not as open to feedback, as they once were.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup was straightforward. It was not difficult to set up.
I would rate it a four out of five.
It took anywhere from a few hours to a day to deploy.
We need two people to deploy and maintain the solution. The maintenance is straightforward. It has a significant learning curve.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Prices vary, and they will enter into different contracts with different people.
We use the on-premises version. Their Alpha Cloud version is fully hosted in AWS, which means you get the full servers, all the resources, and everything you need.
When I compared them with other solutions, I would rate them a five out of five.
They are very affordable.
Make sure you understand the deployment models and select the best one from the cloud or on-premise.
If you're going to be developing for multiple end users, or even multiple customers, and deploying on their servers, you will need a server license for each location where you deploy. If you can run multiple instances for different customers on a single server, you can use a single license.
What other advice do I have?
I would rate Alpha Anywhere a seven out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
