{"id":68415,"title":"✨ Gluetrail - empowering non tech teams to build internal tools, in minutes","tagline":"No code SaaS allowing no tech teams to build internal tools autonomously","body":"**TL;DR** [**Gluetrail**](https://www.gluetrail.com/) is a no-code SaaS application that allows non-technical teams to build internal tools autonomously, on top of their existing business systems and databases. Have a look at our [**template library**](https://www.gluetrail.com/templates) or contact us with any use case you’d like help with; sign up [**here**](https://www.gluetrail.com/) to request free trial access.\n\n### **🛠️ THE PROBLEM WITH BUILDING INTERNAL TOOLS**\n\n* **Operational teams rely heavily on internal tools.**\n* They know best the challenges they need these tools to solve, and have **the most urgency** for them.\n* But **they are not autonomous to build and maintain them**.\n\nWhy? Because building internal tools requires knowing how to write and maintain code.\n\n_A short story about a simple use case is worth a thousand words…_\n\nJohn from the Ops team wants to drive his sales team’s productivity by building and sending forms on Slack (with buttons, input, datetime etc.) and process that information back to his CRM, HubSpot. For example, sending a form like this to update deals’ close dates that are past due:\n\n![](https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/-4DOLazJmJHGcHsg7aHXz2Ssy1rlRWy3zkaHokyGVxRQ8K05Cz56ohVxpjpkX_qd4RFynIJUOEBIW2dgkIKaPG31AugDRGZEQENIL7nNp-LoeqXd6fUiF3JsEotM1Kdt1jpHjWGL-IoIGI2xFerDYkw)\n\nHe looks at options to build this but none of them are suitable:\n\n* **Ask his dev team**: his request is low priority in the backlog and he knows he’ll have to go back often to the dev team for maintenance after the tool is built.\n* **Leverage internal tools builders**: these tools are built for developers and require knowing how to code. The technical bar is too high for John to get started and build quickly.\n* **Use no-code workflow tools**: his use case requires building end-user interfaces (Slack notifications with a form and buttons), which is something these tools don’t handle easily without having to code.\n\n### **🤖 THE SOLUTION**\n\nHere's a [**1mn video demo**](https://www.gluetrail.com/use-case/video-demo) of how John built, in Gluetrail, his Slack notifications allowing reps to update HubSpot, without any code.\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post\u0026id=68415\u0026key=user_uploads/1188344/7e6a88e2-b8e6-4f67-94b4-fd7f5abc2685)\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post\u0026id=68415\u0026key=user_uploads/1188344/cc1c8bf2-c3f7-4835-a999-4a0fc67a17aa)\n\n[Gluetrail](https://www.gluetrail.com) empowers non-technical teams to build business critical internal apps autonomously, literally in minutes. We do this with:\n\n* **A no-code interface**\n* **Automations and UI components** to build web, Slack or Chrome extension based interfaces \n* **Integrations** with 3rd party systems like HubSpot, Salesforce, Notion, OpenAI, Slack, Postgres, BigQuery and others.\n\nOur [template library](https://www.gluetrail.com/templates) features some use cases you can replicate in Gluetrail. \n\n### **🚀 Give it a try!**\n\nWe offer **14-day free trials to get started**. Our pricing is license based for internal tool builders and front-end users, and comes with unlimited app builds and runs.\n\nYou can get in touch with us by **signing up on our** [**website**](https://www.gluetrail.com) (we’ll follow up quickly!) or emailing us directly at [annecharlotte@gluetrail.com](mailto:annecharlotte@gluetrail.com).  ","slug":"HnT-gluetrail-empowering-non-tech-teams-to-build-internal-tools-in-minutes","created_at":"2023-01-13T11:01:42.171Z","updated_at":"2026-05-24T07:56:41.349Z","total_vote_count":43,"url":"https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/HnT-gluetrail-empowering-non-tech-teams-to-build-internal-tools-in-minutes","share_image_url":"//bookface-static.ycombinator.com/assets/ycdc/yc-og-image-c440a0ad1dacfb86eeeb343717479cc54d256614449b4ef719977a0a451f8bc8.png","company":{"id":27818,"name":"Gluetrail","slug":"gluetrail","url":"https://www.gluetrail.com","logo":"https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/655e9f2acbaad108c6e7539ecb81f7a1ce60e8cc.png","batch":"Winter 2023","industry":"B2B","tags":["Artificial Intelligence","Productivity","Sales Enablement","Marketing","Customer Support"],"search_path":"https://bookface.ycombinator.com/company/27818"}}