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

AI app builder with a built-in database, auth and hosting, from the Fillout team.

Collecting interest
The DOAP Score

How well Zite supports the role

AI-generated estimate51/100 · Scaling19 points to Optimizing
  1. Protect51
  2. Change41
  3. Observe62
  4. Govern50
  5. Documentation51
  6. Data44
  7. Integrate55
  8. Support43
  9. Agents59
  10. Security49

The synopsis

AI-generated draft
  • ProtectScaling51

    Solid native support for backup and restore; the practice is repeatable on Zite.

  • ChangeBuilding41

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

  • ObserveScaling62

    Solid native support for schema monitoring and change visibility; the practice is repeatable on Zite.

  • GovernScaling50

    Solid native support for users, authentication and access control; the practice is repeatable on Zite.

  • DocumentationScaling51

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

  • DataBuilding44

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

  • IntegrateScaling55

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

  • SupportBuilding43

    Zite offers the basics of support from the platform and to end users, with gaps the practitioner has to cover.

  • AgentsScaling59

    Solid native support for using AI in the job, and managing it inside the platform; the practice is repeatable on Zite.

  • SecurityBuilding49

    Zite offers the basics of access, secrets, audit and compliance, with gaps the practitioner has to cover.

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

Steering committee and working groups

Three bodies, seats open.

The people who run Zite’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. Zite has not joined as a participating platform member.

Launching 2027

Join for Zite.

Every name on the join form counts toward Zite’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.