Create business apps by describing what your team needs. Zite builds the app, its database, and the logic that runs it. Build a CRM that's shaped around how you sell, a tracker that matches your process, and a portal your clients log in to.
Free to start. Unlimited users on every plan.
What counts as a business app
A business app is software built around one job your company does, whether that's tracking inventory, approving purchases, onboarding a client, or managing a pipeline. It stores records, shows each person what they need, and automatically moves work along.
A spreadsheet stores the information but doesn't do anything with it. Off-the-shelf software tools can take action, but they’re built around how most companies work, not how yours is.
Custom business application development used to mean hiring a developer, approving a budget, and waiting months. Now you describe the tool you need. Zite builds it in under an hour.
From description to working app in three steps
- Describe what you need: Tell Zite the job in plain language, such as “Track equipment across three sites, where technicians log checkouts and managers see what's overdue.”
- Zite builds it: You get the database with the right tables and fields, the screens each role needs, and the workflow logic behind reminders, approvals, and status changes.
- Adjust and share: Edit the database like a spreadsheet, trace the workflows to see what was built, then invite your team. Each person sees only what you allow, and adding people never changes the bill.
Business apps teams create with Zite
The same builder covers most of what a business runs on:
- Custom CRMs: A pipeline with your stages, your fields, and your follow-up rules, rather than a generic template you work around.
- Inventory and asset tracking: Stock levels, equipment checkouts, assignment history, and low-stock alerts.
- Client portals: External logins where each client sees only their own projects, files, and invoices.
- Request and approval trackers: Intake forms that route to the right approver, with thresholds and status visible to everyone.
- Onboarding systems: Per-client or per-hire checklists with document collection and sign-off.
- Operations dashboards: Live views of the numbers your team checks daily, built from your own records.
- Internal directories: Searchable records your team relies on, with the right access per group.
Zite suits teams outgrowing spreadsheets, such as operations, small businesses, agencies, nonprofits, and local government, and it covers customer-facing tools like portals and dashboards too. It builds web apps rather than native iOS or Android apps, and it isn't designed for consumer apps like social platforms or games.
Why teams build instead of buy
Buying is faster when your process is standard. Building wins in three situations, and most companies hit at least one:
- The tool doesn't fit: You're maintaining workarounds, exports, and side spreadsheets to make off-the-shelf software match your process.
- You're paying for what you don't use: Licensing a heavy product and using only a fraction of it per seat every month.
- Nobody sells what you need: Vendors build for the processes most companies share, but the one that makes you different is the one they skip.
Cost and time used to be the reasons for not building. At under an hour of work and a monthly subscription, building is now often the cheaper choice.
What every app includes
Every app you build comes with these five things:
- A proper database: Linked tables and fields in a spreadsheet-style view, editable without SQL, so your data stays legible.
- Your existing data, connected: Point Zite to the Airtable base, Google Sheet, or Notion database you already keep. You can also import a CSV into Zite's own database.
- Visual workflows: Approvals, notifications, and status changes laid out visually, so you can trace what happens and tell Zite what to change.
- Role-based access: Staff, managers, and external clients each see only the records they are authorized to view.
- Unlimited users: No plan charges per seat, so adding your team and your clients doesn't change the bill.
Custom domains and your own branding start on the Pro plan, so the tools you send to clients feel like yours.
Software you can see inside, trusted by real businesses
Companies like Bombas and Domino's build apps on Zite.
Zite comes from the team behind Fillout, used at scale for forms and data collection, and your apps run on secure cloud infrastructure.
Pricing
Three self-serve plans, billed monthly, with unlimited users on every one:
- Free: $0 a month. Unlimited users, limited credits, and a starter database.
- Pro: $25 a month. More credits, a larger database, a custom domain, and Zite branding removed.
- Business: $89 a month. Higher limits, unlimited custom domains, advanced AI models, and white-label emails.
Pricing is billed monthly.
Frequently asked questions
How do I create a business app without coding?
To create a business app without coding, describe the app you need in plain language, and a no-code AI builder generates it. With Zite, you get the database, the screens, and the workflow logic together, then adjust them visually. No programming and no separate database to connect.
How long does it take to create a business app?
Creating a business app takes less than an hour for a single-purpose app. A few minutes to generate, then time spent checking the database, setting permissions per role, and correcting the logic. Larger systems take days rather than months.
What kinds of business applications can I create?
The business applications you can create include CRMs, inventory trackers, client portals, approval systems, onboarding checklists, and operations dashboards. Anything built on structured records with a few roles and automated steps qualifies. Regulated calculations, such as payroll, are better handled by dedicated software.
Is it cheaper to create a business app than to buy software?
Creating a business app is usually cheaper than buying software. Zite costs $25 to $89 a month with unlimited users. Paying someone to build the same tool for you usually starts in the tens of thousands. The savings are largest when your process needs off-the-shelf workarounds.
Can clients and partners access apps I create?
Yes, clients and partners can access apps you create. Role-based access gives external users their own logins. Each one shows only that person's records, which is how teams build client and partner portals.
What are the limits of creating business apps with Zite?
The limits of creating business apps with Zite are that it builds web apps rather than native iOS or Android apps. It also isn't designed for consumer apps like social platforms or games. Zite is newer too, so the template library is still growing.
Related reading
- Best business app builders
- Best internal tool builders for business teams
- How to make an app from scratch with zero code experience
- Custom business software
- Best no-code app builders with databases
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