Google has communicated to customers that in addition to AppSheet, AppEngine custom development and Google Forms could also be considered as day-forward alternatives to App Maker.

There will likely not be full feature parity between the two offerings, which means that not all App Maker apps will be able to be recreated, or ported, in AppSheet. While App Maker was low code, AppSheet is a no-code, mobile-first development platform.

In close proximity to this announcement came the news of Google's acquisition of AppSheet. These are the most vocal in their consternation with the announcement of the shutdown.

These organizations spent a lot of time and effort designing, building, and rolling out apps using this tool. The volume of uptake around App Maker was not groundbreaking nor was it what Google was hoping for however, for many enterprises App Maker was exactly what they were looking for. So, what is App Maker, and why has the decision to retire it caused so much angst?Īpp Maker is G Suite’s low-code development environment and was included with G Suite Business and Enterprise editions, as well as with G Suite for Education.Ī low-code development tool typically provides business users with the capabilities to build simple applications themselves using drag and drop interfaces and only requires coding for more complex functionality.Īpp Maker delivered this with Google positioning it as a tool for organizations to fill gaps - or, more specifically, to replace existing manual processes and expand their scalability. Understandably, this announcement triggered a significant response, including a lot of frustration and even outrage from many Google customers and partners alike. This announcement shocked many, especially the organizations that have used App Maker to rebuild legacy applications, create custom business applications, and take their core processes to the cloud. On January 27, 2020, Google announced that it would be sunsetting the App Maker product.

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