Best Application Development Tools Companies in China
The 35 best Application Development Tools companies in China in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Gitee.
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Ranked: Best Application Development Tools companies in China
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Employees | Founded | Founder | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BAU DB Provider of database application with excel spreadsheets | — | — | Deadpooled | — | 2013 | Eric Au Founder | — |
| 2 | Block Manic Mobile application development solutions provider | — | — | Funding Raised | — | 2018 | Victor Tong CTO & Co-Founder | — |
| 3 | CalcFusion Cloud-based solutions for the development of spreadsheet based applications | — | — | Deadpooled | — | 2014 | Bertrand Navarre Founder & Director | — |
| 4 | CL1CK Provider of a website building platform | — | — | Unfunded | — | 2020 | Ryan Wan Founder | — |
| 5 | CrossUI Mobile app development tool without coding | — | — | Unfunded | — | 2004 | Jack Li Founder | — |
| 6 | Danmai Platform Provider of a SaaS platform intended for clients to develop mini programs on Wechat. | — | — | Deadpooled | 20 | 2016 | — | — |
| 7 | dcloud DCloud is a provider of web development services designed to support HTML5. | — | — | Private | 25 | 2012 | — | — |
| 8 | GitCafe Open source code hosting platform | — | — | Unfunded | — | 2011 | Hailong Zhang Founder & CEO | — |
Top 12 Application Development Tools companies in China
#1
Series B · Shenzhen, Guangdong Province · founded 2009$107Mraised▾
Software development and source code management solutions provider. The features of the product include code management, project collaboration, integration with code and workflows, visible progress management, static code analysis, API docs generation, etc.
- Jun 2023Series B$107M
- Dec 2019Seed—
#2
Series B · Minhang, Shanghai · founded 2015$13.9Mraised▾
Platform offering IDE based application development software. The platform offers a set of frameworks that enable developers to build customized applications. It offers modeling tools, deployment tools, debuggers, monitoring tools, etc. The platform also provides independent and controllable code genes.
- Oct 2022Series B$13.9M
- Jun 2021Series A—
#3
Series A · Shanghai, Shanghai · founded 2012 · 50 employees$3.2Mraised▾
Mingdao is an enterprise social collaboration platform designed for China market. Company’s products enable users to communicate on a platform. Secured 20 million yuan ($3.24 million) from Whales Capital in Pre-A Series financing.
- Jul 2021Series A—
- Aug 2013Series A$3.2M
#4
Series A · Beijing, Beijing · founded 2014 · 34 employees$19.5Mraised▾
APICloud is a mobile application platform for developers. The platform combines cloud and end functions such as data storage services, API usage analysis, and big data analysis. It claims to help in implementing mobile application development, testing, release management, and lifecycle management operations for enterprises. The clients of the company include intel, Haier, PATAC, etc.
- 2018Series A$14.5M
- Jan 2015Series A—
- Dec 2014Series A$5M
#5
Acqui-Hired · Wuhan, Hubei · founded 2019 · 30 employees$1.1Mraised▾
Hipa provides a codeless application development platform. It provides a solution to develop enterprise applications. The features include table view to quickly sort, filter, and view information, automatic chart, data association, and aggregate operation. The clients of the company include WisdomGarden, tower, etc.
- Jul 2021Series A—
- Dec 2020Seed—
- Apr 2020Seed$1.1M
#6
Series B · Beijing, Beijing · founded 2012 · 121 employees$16.1Mraised▾
AppCan provides an HTML5 based cross platform mobile app development solution. Supports iOS, Android, Symbian mobile platforms, and Windows. Appcan provides specialized IDE integrated with a standard UI framework, mobile phone simulator, local compilation packaged service, for simple, rapid and efficient development of HTML5 mobile applications. Offers three modes, Easy mode can make simple and quick personalized mobile applications using the templates. WEB mode is specific to the site of the developer to launch a package of packaged solutions, developers use the WEB model on the web portal for packaging, and can set up online personalized application icons, start interface, etc. NATIVE mode is for web developers to launch local development solutions for developers to provide visual programming tools, developers can use the AppCan SDK development tools in the local development of mobile applications.
- Dec 2014Series B$16.1M
- Mar 2014Series A—
#7
Series B · Shenzhen, Guangdong Province · founded 2014 · 34 employees$10Mraised▾
Coding is a cloud development platform that allows developers to code anytime from any browser, and enables them to collaborate in real time. Since its launch in 2014, Coding claims they have accumulated over 10k users. Social media has been its main driver for user acquisition so far. It recently raised 10 million RMB in series A funding from IDG. All its services are free as of now but it plans to offer premium services soon.
- Mar 2015Series B$10M
#8
Series A · Guangzhou, Guangdong · founded 2009 · 36 employees$1.5Mraised▾
Guangzhou Jiuzhang Information Technology offers Cloud, which is a Platform-as-a-Service for enterprise development, integration, and management. Developers can use the platform for various web development, mobile development, and back-end development cases. It can act as a central platform for integration and docking of different software systems as well. The platform can also be used to manage various processes in office administration, CRM, HR, sales, purchasing, inventory, personnel, finance, and manufacturing ERP. The product is available on a subscription basis. Tubatu is a notable client.
- 2018Series A$1.5M
#9
Series A · Hangzhou, Zhejiang · founded 2019—raised▾
Open source based low code application development platform. It enables users to build applications without coding. The platform leverages APaaS and middle-tier architecture to streamline enterprise digital business with low-code solutions. The low code solution allows users to build interface design, model design, process design, data visualization, and mobile design. Features include contenarization, multi cloud deployment, and more.
- Nov 2023Series A—
- 2019Angel—
#10
Seed · Haidian, Beijing · founded 2021 · 20 employees—raised▾
Platform offering low code application development software. It provides a low code platform, components, and templates to build internal applications. It also includes a components library that assists users in developing application interfaces.
- Mar 2023Angel—
#11
Seed · Shanghai, Shanghai · founded 2019—raised▾
Platform offering low code application development software. It enables developers to build cross-platform applications. It disintegrates functions, abstract business logic, etc.
- Sep 2022Seed—
#12
Seed · Changsha, Hunan · founded 2020—raised▾
Platform offering low code application development software. It enables developers to build business applications, data models, etc. The platform provides visual development features such as form design, report design, business templates, etc. It also offers code customization features to adapt to various development scenarios.
- May 2022Seed—
- Angel—
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