Informat Platform Features: A Comprehensive FAQ for Enterprise Teams in 2026

The Informat platform has evolved into a comprehensive enterprise application development environment, and prospective users — from business analysts exploring citizen development to enterprise architects evaluating platform capabilities — have detailed questions about what the platform can and cannot do. This FAQ provides clear, specific answers to the most common feature questions about the Informat platform in 2026, organized by capability area. Whether you are evaluating Informat for a specific use case or building a comprehensive understanding of the platform's capabilities, this guide provides the information you need.

Application Development Features

What types of applications can be built on Informat?

Informat supports a broad range of application types: data management applications (CRUD applications with relational data models, forms, views, and dashboards), workflow and process applications (multi-step processes with human tasks, automated steps, business rules, and SLA tracking), customer-facing portals (authenticated or public-facing web applications with branded experiences), mobile applications (progressive web applications optimized for mobile use with offline capability), integration and automation applications (connecting systems, transforming data, automating cross-system workflows), and analytics dashboards (aggregating and visualizing data from multiple sources with drill-down and filtering). The platform is strongest for data-centric, workflow-heavy, and integration-oriented applications — which describes the vast majority of enterprise application needs.

Can professional developers extend applications with custom code?

Yes. Informat provides multiple escape hatches to custom code for situations where visual development reaches its limits: custom server-side logic (JavaScript/TypeScript functions that implement complex business rules or algorithms not expressible through the visual environment), custom UI components (when the standard component library does not meet specific UX requirements), custom API integrations (when pre-built connectors do not exist for a required system), and custom data transformations and calculations. The platform is designed on a "low-code with code extensibility" model — the visual development environment handles the 80–90% of application functionality that follows standard patterns, and custom code handles the remainder, all within a unified development and governance framework.

Integration and API Features

How does Informat integrate with existing enterprise systems?

Informat provides multiple integration approaches: pre-built connectors for common enterprise systems (major ERP, CRM, HCM platforms, databases, cloud services), REST and GraphQL API connectors (configure integrations to any system exposing modern APIs), SOAP and legacy web service connectors (for older enterprise systems), database connectors (direct connection to SQL databases for data access and synchronization), and file-based integration (CSV, Excel, XML, EDI for systems that exchange data through files rather than APIs). All integrations are configured visually, with authentication, error handling, retry logic, and logging managed by the platform rather than requiring custom implementation for each integration.

Can Informat applications expose APIs for other systems to consume?

Yes. Every application built on Informat automatically exposes REST APIs for its data tables and business logic — no additional configuration required. These auto-generated APIs support standard CRUD operations, custom actions defined in the application, and can be secured with API keys or OAuth 2.0 authentication. For organizations requiring API governance, Informat platforms include API management capabilities — rate limiting, versioning, documentation generation, and analytics. This API-first architecture ensures that Informat-built applications can participate fully in the enterprise API ecosystem, both consuming and providing services.

AI and Automation Features

What AI capabilities are built into the platform?

Informat integrates AI across the application development and operation lifecycle: AI-powered application generation (describe your application in natural language and the platform generates the data model, UI, and workflows), AI-assisted development (intelligent suggestions during application building — field type recommendations, formula assistance, workflow optimization suggestions), AI document processing (extract structured data from unstructured documents — invoices, contracts, forms), AI-powered analytics (natural language querying of application data, automated insight generation, anomaly detection), and AI agent creation (build autonomous agents that handle routine tasks — data classification, content generation, decision automation). The extent of AI capability availability depends on the platform edition; advanced AI features are available in Professional and Enterprise editions.

Governance and Administration

How does Informat support enterprise governance requirements?

Informat provides a comprehensive governance framework that includes: centralized visibility into all applications built on the platform (who built them, what data they access, who uses them), tiered application classification with configurable review and approval workflows based on application risk profile, automated security and compliance scanning integrated into the development lifecycle, environment management (development, testing, production environments with controlled promotion between them), change management with version control and rollback capability, and comprehensive audit logging (all user actions, administrative changes, data access events recorded in immutable logs).

Conclusion

The Informat platform in 2026 provides a comprehensive set of capabilities spanning application development, integration, AI, governance, and operations — designed to enable both business users and professional developers to build the applications their organizations need, within guardrails that ensure security, compliance, and architectural consistency. For organizations evaluating the platform, the most productive next step is to identify a specific, high-value use case and build it — the platform's capabilities are best understood through hands-on experience rather than documentation alone. Informat's trial program supports exactly this approach, enabling organizations to evaluate the platform by building a real application that matters to their business.