The first "low code no code industry dual quadrant" of China Academy of Information and Communicatio

Organized by the China Communications Standards Association (CCSA) and hosted by the CCSA Cloud Computing Standards and Open Source Promotion Committee, the "2024 Low-Code/No-Code Industry Conference" was successfully held in Beijing recently. Under the theme "Intelligent Integration of Low-Code/No-Code, Modeling a New Future", the conference announced the latest evaluation results of the "Low-Code/No-Code Standard System" for the first half of 2024 and released research achievements including the 2024 Low-Code/No-Code Industry Dual Quadrant.

During the conference, Li Wei, Deputy Director of the Cloud Computing and Big Data Research Institute at the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT), released and interpreted the "2024 Low-Code & No-Code Industry Dual Quadrant" report.

This report advances specialized research based on the "IOMM Enterprise Digital Transformation Development Dual Quadrant 2023", addressing challenges in measuring enterprises' emphasis on specialized technologies and evaluating solution effectiveness during digital transformation. The dual quadrant framework consists of:

I. Transformer Quadrant:
Categorizing enterprises into 5 types based on transformation capability and value:

  1. Explorers: Enterprises recognizing low-code/no-code's importance and initiating preliminary exploration
  2. Practitioners: Enterprises conducting pilot projects in specific business units with phased achievements
  3. Innovators: Enterprises completing basic platform construction and achieving initial transformation effects
  4. Comprehensive Transformers: Enterprises implementing group-wide process innovation and holistic transformation
  5. Industry Pioneers: Enterprises establishing industry benchmarks and influencing ecosystem development

14 enterprises were listed, primarily from finance, telecommunications, and manufacturing sectors.

II. Enabler Quadrant:
Classifying enablers into 4 categories by technical service capability and industry empowerment value:

  1. Leaders: Enterprises with comprehensive solutions and extensive industry coverage
  2. Specialists: Enterprises focusing on specific industries with deep expertise
  3. Emerging Innovators: Enterprises demonstrating strong R&D potential
  4. Competitors: Enterprises with mature technical capabilities and expansion potential

20 enterprises were recognized, predominantly specialists and competitors, forming two service domains. However, no absolute market leader has emerged yet.

Key features include:

  • Transformation evaluation covers strategic planning, platform construction, operation management, and ecosystem development
  • Enabler assessment emphasizes technical innovation, solution maturity, service support, and industry penetration
  • Metric system incorporates both quantitative analysis and qualitative evaluation

This framework establishes a multidimensional evaluation system for enterprise digital transformation capabilities and technical service provider competencies in the low-code/no-code domain.