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  • glenschild
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    Re: AT seems great. Why no posts?

    It definitely has its place in the market. Pricing is only one factor in figuring out if it is the right product for you or the business you develop for. Every use case will be different but if you or your client has a need for multiple different forms and integration with back end systems then the combo of Alpha Transform with Alpha Anywhere definitely needs to be considered.

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  • Davidk
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    Re: AT seems great. Why no posts?

    Originally posted by gagsoft View Post
    Hi Guys
    In my part of the world the pricing (Rand / Dollar Exchange) puts it totally out of my reach.
    Shopped around and found something not so pricy and no subscription.
    They do suggest the annual upgrade which covers support and any updates in between.
    What this product does is the total reverse.


    It generates an app from an existing SQL database that is fully customizable and can be opened in other tools for further development. It can also output your app in release mode (requires Android Studio) as .apk file for publishing to Google Play. You can also open the generated project in Xcode which requires a Mac computer (Which is good news to me as I am still doing my other Alpha projects in a virtual Windows machine) to output .ipa file for publishing to Apple App Store. It can save you tons of time and is suitable for both beginners and experienced developers alike.

    Peter G
    But it's a secret... is it? Why would you post information like this without any details?

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  • gagsoft
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    Re: AT seems great. Why no posts?

    Originally posted by scrimej View Post
    The pricing page makes it sound like it is 35/user per month. Does anyone else read that like I do?


    [ATTACH=CONFIG]45579[/ATTACH]


    How do you obtain a sandbox license?
    Hi Guys
    In my part of the world the pricing (Rand / Dollar Exchange) puts it totally out of my reach.
    Shopped around and found something not so pricy and no subscription.
    They do suggest the annual upgrade which covers support and any updates in between.
    What this product does is the total reverse.


    It generates an app from an existing SQL database that is fully customizable and can be opened in other tools for further development. It can also output your app in release mode (requires Android Studio) as .apk file for publishing to Google Play. You can also open the generated project in Xcode which requires a Mac computer (Which is good news to me as I am still doing my other Alpha projects in a virtual Windows machine) to output .ipa file for publishing to Apple App Store. It can save you tons of time and is suitable for both beginners and experienced developers alike.

    Peter G

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  • gagsoft
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    Re: AT seems great. Why no posts?

    Does this mean 35 / month that covers 3 users.
    I am a one man band.
    Still a bit out of my reach though.

    Peter G
    Last edited by gagsoft; 03-31-2019, 09:13 AM.

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  • scrimej
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    Re: AT seems great. Why no posts?

    The pricing page makes it sound like it is 35/user per month. Does anyone else read that like I do?

    trransform_pricing.png

    How do you obtain a sandbox license?

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  • Dave McCormick
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    Re: AT seems great. Why no posts?

    The $500,000 price is for a special purpose unlimited SKU.

    The price starts at $35/month for 3 users for commercial use and goes down with volume.
    There is a reseller program, which further reduces this price.
    Testing, development and personal use is free with a sandbox license.

    - dave

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  • Dave McCormick
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    Re: AT seems great. Why no posts?

    The best link for TransForm Tuesday videos is: https://www.alphasoftware.com/transf...day-video-list

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  • Davidk
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    Re: AT seems great. Why no posts?

    Originally posted by Slones View Post
    And how to attend them?
    Here's a link to past TransForm Tuesday videos... https://www.gotostage.com/channel/95...a4b3733c8fdba2

    Register for future webinars... https://www.alphasoftware.com/events-webinars

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  • Slones
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    Re: AT seems great. Why no posts?

    Originally posted by madtowng View Post
    Last but not least, they do have the TransForm Tuesday webinars each week.
    And how to attend them?

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  • madtowng
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    Re: AT seems great. Why no posts?

    There are all kinds of things AlphaSoftware is doing with Transform.
    I believe you can still get a one year "sandbox" license so you can kick the tires.
    I believe Transform can be used as a quick,robust front-end, complete with functions,
    methods, and APIs.
    I'm sure if you send an email to [email protected] they will either get you
    a license, or in the alternative, let you know where to send the email to get a license.
    Last but not least, they do have the TransForm Tuesday webinars each week.

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  • mikeallenbrown
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    Re: AT seems great. Why no posts?

    Originally posted by Peter.Greulich View Post
    I don't know, Ted. I'm thinking $40,000.00 is not too bad for Developer and IIS. And $40,000.00 is not too bad for a renewal. But I'm drawing the line at HALF A MILLION BUCKS for Transform Unlimited. Given my budget. You know what I mean?

    https://store.alphasoftware.com/shop...sp?PRODID=1723
    https://store.alphasoftware.com/shop...sp?PRODID=1729
    https://store.alphasoftware.com/shop...sp?PRODID=1746

    [ATTACH=CONFIG]45511[/ATTACH]

    [ATTACH=CONFIG]45512[/ATTACH]

    [ATTACH=CONFIG]45514[/ATTACH]
    And that's per core ...

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  • Ted Giles
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    Re: AT seems great. Why no posts?

    The real price for a 3 user pack is $35/month Jonathan.
    As far as using it, although I don't use that product, the focus on forms seems a bit limiting to me be but it's their marketing department and they sometimes get it wrong I suspect.
    If this was my product, I would have made it adaptable to front end any major Db type. I think that the Phonegap side prevents that but I could be wrong.
    As an example, I would use it to capture and upload evidential images. It does a lot more than just forms.
    Working within the Native Shell of a phone or tablet is a bit of a "black art", so this no-code solution takes a lot of the pain away.

    Suggest you devote 1 hour on the trial app, you may see other opportunities to use it in anger. It is really easy to set up.
    Not selling it you understand as I have my own different toolkit already paid for.

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  • Jonathan Freestone
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    Re: AT seems great. Why no posts?

    Im assuming that is some weird screw up on the website. Alpha Anywhere cannot surely be that expensive, especially when most services these days are moving to a monthly subscription model to remove the barrier to entry that a 40K lump sum would be.

    Or am I missing something?

    We also havent bought transform yet, or tried it out. But I cannot really see a use case for it as we dont often fill out a form that we dont need to edit again.

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  • Ted Giles
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    Re: AT seems great. Why no posts?

    You don't think that the marketing department screwed this up just a little do you?

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  • Peter.Greulich
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    Re: AT seems great. Why no posts?

    I don't know, Ted. I'm thinking $40,000.00 is not too bad for Developer and IIS. And $40,000.00 is not too bad for a renewal. But I'm drawing the line at HALF A MILLION BUCKS for Transform Unlimited. Given my budget. You know what I mean?

    https://store.alphasoftware.com/shop...sp?PRODID=1723
    https://store.alphasoftware.com/shop...sp?PRODID=1729
    https://store.alphasoftware.com/shop...sp?PRODID=1746

    AA 40K Jan 2019.png

    AA Renew 40K Jan 2019.png

    AA Transform Unlimited 500K Jan 2019.png

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