System DevOps
Containers · Servers · Databases
The machines the application runs on.
Launching 2027
DevOps for App Platforms now has a home.
App platforms like Airtable, Notion, Supabase, Retool, Lovable and many more take unique expertise to maintain and manage. The DOAP Alliance is for the people who do that work, and for the platforms and partners that support them.
Operating PartnersOpenside
Who is behind this →DevOps has evolved
Read the full brief →Traditional DevOps has evolved with the advent of app platforms
System, application, database, security and AI DevOps are each their own industry. The power of new-age app platforms is that they consolidate and simplify that expertise. What remains are new challenges that require specialized expertise, which the DOAP Alliance is mission-driven to alleviate.
Application DevOps
Git · CI/CD · environments
The development and deployment lifecycle.
Database DevOps
Migrations · Backups · Rollbacks
The data.
- Security DevOpsAI DevOpsRun through all three
- Together: DevOps for app platformsSystem DevOpsContainers · ServersApplication DevOpsGit · CI/CDDatabase DevOpsMigrations · Backups
- App platformsAirtableNotionCodaSupabaseRetoolGlidemonday.comSmartsheet
- The DOAP Alliance
Alliance members
All member classes →We unite all parties in this ecosystem
The Alliance brings together the professionals responsible for DevOps on app platforms, their employers, the platform organizations, the agencies implementing and maintaining these platforms, and the partners servicing them.
You look after Airtable, Notion, Supabase or another app platform at work, often on your own.
Join as a DevOps professional- Who you are
- Practitioners who pay for their own membership.
- What you get
- Working sessions and networking with other members, webinars, the members’ forum, vendor discounts, the annual benchmark and the job board. Pricing depends on how many platforms you follow, starting with one.
Your business runs on app platforms, and you employ the people who keep them running.
Join as a sponsoring organization- Who you are
- Employers who buy membership for their staff.
- What you get
- Membership seats for your team, a company profile, and benchmark results for your organization.
You build one of the platforms our members work on.
Join as a platform company- Who you are
- The company behind a supported platform.
- What you get
- An observer seat on your Platform Steering Committee, early access to your platform’s benchmark results, and a participating-platform badge. Platform companies do not vote, and never see the exam, the survey questions or the member list.
Your team builds and looks after app platforms for other companies.
Join as a solution provider- Who you are
- Agencies and consultants.
- What you get
- A listing in the directory, badges for your certified staff, and referrals from member organizations that need help.
You offer software or services to people maintaining app platforms.
Join as a vendor or sponsor- Who you are
- Software and service companies that serve these professionals.
- What you get
- Sponsorship opportunities, and the chance to interact with members in a controlled environment. Opportunities to share content through approved channels.
- 01 · DevOps professionals
You look after Airtable, Notion, Supabase or another app platform at work, often on your own.
Practitioners who pay for their own membership.
Join as a DevOps professionalWhat you get
Working sessions and networking with other members, webinars, the members’ forum, vendor discounts, the annual benchmark and the job board. Pricing depends on how many platforms you follow, starting with one.
- 02 · Sponsoring organizations
Your business runs on app platforms, and you employ the people who keep them running.
Employers who buy membership for their staff.
Join as a sponsoring organizationWhat you get
Membership seats for your team, a company profile, and benchmark results for your organization.
- 03 · Platform companies
You build one of the platforms our members work on.
The company behind a supported platform.
Join as a platform companyWhat you get
An observer seat on your Platform Steering Committee, early access to your platform’s benchmark results, and a participating-platform badge. Platform companies do not vote, and never see the exam, the survey questions or the member list.
- 04 · Solution providers
Your team builds and looks after app platforms for other companies.
Agencies and consultants.
Join as a solution providerWhat you get
A listing in the directory, badges for your certified staff, and referrals from member organizations that need help.
- 05 · Vendors and sponsors
You offer software or services to people maintaining app platforms.
Software and service companies that serve these professionals.
Join as a vendor or sponsorWhat you get
Sponsorship opportunities, and the chance to interact with members in a controlled environment. Opportunities to share content through approved channels.
The manifesto
What the Alliance stands for
We declare these four core tenets as our standard.
We advocate for structured workflows that separate development from live production data. Even when platforms lack native environment tools, DOAP professionals strive to implement intentional staging, duplication, and verification processes before changes touch active business users.
AI is a force multiplier, but human judgment remains in the loop. We champion structured context engineering, auditable deployment trails, and rigorous review processes over raw generation speed.
Automated systems require automated oversight. We advocate for the implementation of centralized error logging, automated unit tests, and real-time alerts across all application platform pipelines.
We break down these artificial barriers. By training and certifying builders in elite DOAP methodologies, we transform self-taught creators into highly sought-after Application Platform Engineers and DevOps Professionals capable of commanding enterprise-grade compensation.
The pulse of the industry
We keep the industry standard in the state of DevOps for App Platforms.
Never before has anyone measured how teams protect, change and document how their business runs on these platforms. The State of DevOps for App Platforms Survey is an annual pulse on where the industry is at. We provide both a practitioner score and a platform score to help you and the platforms you rely on improve.
Your answersThe surveyYour answers, nine domains.
Your DOAP Scorenow
How strong you are as a practitioner of DevOps for app platforms. One number out of 100.Platform DOAP ScoreReleased in our survey report
How well your platform supports people in this role, from everyone’s answers for it together. Published with its report.- Building
- Scaling
- Optimizing
- Leading
Six scored practices, each 0 to 3, expressed out of 100. You get yours the moment you finish; the rubric is published with the report.
Your strength in DevOps practices.
Platform DOAP ScoreReleased in our survey report
- Building
- Scaling
- Optimizing
- Leading
The platform’s overall strength, as told by its users.
- Now opentaking surveys now
- Each platform is evaluated and scored on its own.
Certification
What we cover →The core tenets we educate and certify on
We mix industry best practices with platform-specific knowledge to provide tailored expertise for each approved platform across all 9 core tenets.
- Core conceptsAI
Used throughout all aspects
SecurityYour data’s privacy and security must be inherent in all aspects of your job.
- Protect
Backup, restore, and archive
- Change
Code management, deploy, rollback
- Observe
Schema monitoring, change visibility
- Govern
Users, auth, access control
- Documentation
In the platform and across teams
- Data
Cleansing, hygiene, integrity
- Integrate
What connects, and how, securely
- Support
From the platform, to end users
- Agents
Agent Ops: permissions, oversight, audit
Platforms
Find your platform and commit now.
The Alliance launches new platforms based on platform commitments. Spread the word so your platform is added as soon as possible.
Data-first app platforms15 platforms
Airtable
Baserow
ClickUp
Coda
Kintone
Knack
monday.com
NocoDB
Notion
Quickbase
Salesforce
Smartsheet
SmartSuite
Zapier
Zoho CreatorApp builders16 platforms
AppSheet
Appsmith
Bubble
Budibase
Claris FileMaker
FlutterFlow
Glide
Jet Admin
Mendix
Noloco
OutSystems
Retool
ServiceNow
Softr
WeWeb
Base44
Bolt
Lovable
Replit
Vercel
Convex
Firebase
Supabase
XanoDeployment and edge platforms6 platforms
Amazon Web Services
Microsoft Azure
Cloudflare
Google Cloud
Netlify
Railway01Training
A curriculum across nine domains, platform-neutral at the core and platform-specific where it matters.
02Certification
A platform-specific certification (e.g. DOAP-AT, DOAP-MON) for each Alliance platform, coordinated by a platform expert panel.
03Community
A place for the person who is “the Airtable person”, or the Notion person, or the Supabase person, and has never met another one.
04Career growth
The ultimate goal is to help our members be more successful in their careers and achieve DevOps zen through our community, training and certification.
Common questions
01What does membership cost?
Nothing yet, and nothing is charged before 2027. The join form asks what you would expect to pay, and that sets the tiers. Individuals pay for themselves; organizations pay per seat; platforms, agencies and vendors pay per organization.
02Is this only for Airtable?
No. The survey is for every platform: you say which ones you answer for, and each platform gets its own report. Forty-eight platforms are in scope, and each one moves forward when twenty people commit to it and a three-person steering committee is ready to seat.
03Who owns the Alliance?
Nobody who sells to you. It is being formed as a standalone benefit corporation, operated under contract by Openside, with Baseout as a founding partner on published, non-exclusive terms and BuiltOnAir as a community partner. None of them owns it, and the operating contract is disclosed.
04How is this different from a vendor’s certification?
A vendor certifies its product. DOAP certifies the practice: nine domains, platform-neutral at the core, written by the practitioners who do the work. No product names in the exam, and nobody who drafts exam content trains on it for pay.
05What happens to my survey answers?
You get your DOAP Score the moment you finish. Your answers go into the State of DOAP report in aggregate; the rubric is published with it, and no answer is shown against a name or a company.
06What if twenty people never join for my platform?
Then that platform stays collecting interest, and you are not charged for it. The Alliance itself launches when three platforms reach twenty; if that never happens, the pledges stay pledges and nobody pays for an institution that did not form.
07Can I propose a platform that is not listed?
Yes. There is one inclusion test: you build and operate an application on it, rather than only run code there. Propose it, it goes under review, and it opens the same way as every other one.
08When does certification open?
After the Alliance forms, which is targeted for Summer 2027. The curriculum and the exam follow the nine domains the survey already measures, so the survey is the first step toward it.
Launching 2027
We are ready to go. We just need your commitment.
We can’t wait to get this off the ground and bring our fellow experts together.
Your nameYour platform · before the Alliance forms
Member No. Founding member · 2027- Sep 2026 · nowFounding members join
Gathering initial interest: your name on the join form, and the first survey open, for every platform.
- Q1 2027Survey’s open
The industry report, the rubric published with it, and the first benchmark.
- Summer 2027The Alliance forms
Three platforms at twenty, steering committees seated, the benefit corporation filed.
- AfterCertification opens
The exam follows the nine domains the survey measures.