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Allegro CL vs LiveCode

Allegro CL

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LiveCode

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FigureAllegro CLLiveCode
Price fromFree$36/mo
Free planYes—
Free trial—Yes
Open source——
Web—Yes
WindowsYesYes
macOSYesYes
LinuxYesYes
iOS—Yes
Android—Yes
Self-hostedYes—
Plans published34
Spec score · Integrated Development Environments8.3 (#11)8.1 (#24)
DeploymentApplications can be delivered as a DLL or standalone image, and the Enterprise Edition includes Allegro Runtime for dynamic standalone applications.The maker describes publishing apps for web, iOS, Android, and desktop from one project.
HeadquartersLafayette, California, USAEdinburgh, Scotland
IntegrationsThe product page lists AllegroGraph, Oracle and MySQL direct connections, ODBC, Java interoperability, FTP, and SSL socket streams.The Zapier connector, which the page says is coming soon, is described as connecting Create to services including Google Sheets, Slack, Airtable, HubSpot, Salesforce, Shopify, and Stripe.
PurposeAllegro CL is a Common Lisp development system for developing and deploying neuro-symbolic applications that combine symbolic reasoning, large language models, and graphs.LiveCode Create is a platform for building web and native apps using a visual editor and Copilot.
SupportFranz provides product documentation, FAQs, and patches, and accepts bug reports and technical questions by email.The downloads page lists email support and telephone assistance during UK business hours, Monday to Friday, 9 am to 5:30 pm.

Plans

Allegro CL

  • Free Express EditionFree
  • Enterprise EditionPriced on request
  • Professional EditionPriced on request

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LiveCode

  • Native$36 a month
  • Web$36 a month
  • Universal$55 a month
  • EnterprisePriced on request

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