First-everThe 2027 State of DOAP Survey is open.Take the survey

Business application platform with a database core.

Collecting interest
The DOAP Score

How well Kintone supports the role

AI-generated estimate44/100 · Building6 points to Scaling
  1. Protect44
  2. Change36
  3. Observe36
  4. Govern32
  5. Documentation60
  6. Data33
  7. Integrate51
  8. Support53
  9. Agents41
  10. Security58

The synopsis

AI-generated draft
  • ProtectBuilding44

    Kintone offers the basics of backup and restore, with gaps the practitioner has to cover.

  • ChangeBuilding36

    Kintone offers the basics of code management, staging and rollback, with gaps the practitioner has to cover.

  • ObserveBuilding36

    Kintone offers the basics of schema monitoring and change visibility, with gaps the practitioner has to cover.

  • GovernBuilding32

    Kintone offers the basics of users, authentication and access control, with gaps the practitioner has to cover.

  • DocumentationScaling60

    Solid native support for documentation in the platform and across teams; the practice is repeatable on Kintone.

  • DataBuilding33

    Kintone offers the basics of data cleansing, hygiene and integrity, with gaps the practitioner has to cover.

  • IntegrateScaling51

    Solid native support for integrations and how they are secured; the practice is repeatable on Kintone.

  • SupportScaling53

    Solid native support for support from the platform and to end users; the practice is repeatable on Kintone.

  • AgentsBuilding41

    Kintone offers the basics of using AI in the job, and managing it inside the platform, with gaps the practitioner has to cover.

  • SecurityScaling58

    Solid native support for access, secrets, audit and compliance; the practice is repeatable on Kintone.

An estimate until the survey closes; then the number from everyone who answered for Kintone, labeled survey-generated, published with its report.

Steering committee and working groups

Three bodies, seats open.

The people who run Kintone’s corner of the Alliance. A steering committee of three decides; the certification working group writes the exam; the ops working group keeps the community.

  • Platform Steering Committee3 per platform

    Everything specific to one platform. Reports to the Board.

    Seats open
  • Platform Certification Working GroupPer platform

    The deep experts. Drafts platform-specific questions and scoring for the Committee to approve.

    Seats open
  • Platform Ops Working GroupUncapped

    Content and moderation within the platform’s community.

    Seats open
Express interest in a seatThe join form asks where you would serve.

Supported by its practitioners. Kintone has not joined as a participating platform member.

Launching 2027

Join for Kintone.

Every name on the join form counts toward Kintone’s twenty, and toward a seat on its steering committee.

  1. Sep 2026 · nowFounding members join

    Gathering initial interest: your name on the join form, and the first survey open, for every platform.

  2. Q1 2027Survey’s open

    The industry report, the rubric published with it, and the first benchmark.

  3. Summer 2027The Alliance forms

    Three platforms at twenty, steering committees seated, the benefit corporation filed.

  4. AfterCertification opens

    The exam follows the nine domains the survey measures.