Rapid Information Systems Ltd.

Rapid application platform

Rapid is an easy to use open source platform for creating powerful web, mobile, and form applications. It lowers the skillset required to build applications and supports collaboration, re-use and sharing, radically reducing development time and cost. It is highly flexible and any integration is possible.

Features

  • Drag and drop, low code, application development
  • 100% browser-based, nothing to install
  • Easily create and integrate responsive web applications
  • Easily create offline mobile applications and progressive web apps
  • Easily create complex forms with save, resume, and summary
  • Open legacy systems with integration and modern UI
  • Easy to extend with custom code
  • Strong security with user roles and integration, for example AD
  • Modern reusable languages - HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, jQuery, Java
  • Produces highly optimised code for scalability

Benefits

  • Reduce time and cost of creating software
  • Create in house using less-skilled workers to produce amazing results
  • Keep full control of your software
  • Mobile working, integration, automation
  • Open and extend legacy systems
  • Supports agile, rapid prototyping, and remote working
  • Single platform for web, offline mobile, forms, webservice APIs
  • Quickly create applications for web, mobile, forms, and webservice APIs
  • Reduces overheads due to free / open source software
  • Radically reduces time to live for shorter development cycles

Pricing

£20,000 a licence a year

Service documents

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Framework

G-Cloud 13

Service ID

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Contact

Rapid Information Systems Ltd. Rapid Information Systems
Telephone: +7739998228
Email: info@rapid-is.co.uk

Service scope

Software add-on or extension
Yes, but can also be used as a standalone service
What software services is the service an extension to
Whilst many completely stand-alone application are also developed with Rapid, it is often used to provide live two-way integration to multiple legacy systems, especially in social housing. For example joining up call centres with a single search and view of housing management, asset management, documents, sub-contractors, appointments, and more.
Cloud deployment model
  • Public cloud
  • Private cloud
  • Hybrid cloud
Service constraints
None
System requirements
Chrome 20+, Firefox 17+, IE9+, Safari 6+

User support

Email or online ticketing support
Email or online ticketing
Support response times
Within 30 minutes 9-5, Monday to Friday. Weekend and out of hours support response within 1 hour, available at extra cost.
User can manage status and priority of support tickets
Yes
Online ticketing support accessibility
None or don’t know
Phone support
Yes
Phone support availability
9 to 5 (UK time), Monday to Friday
Web chat support
Web chat
Web chat support availability
9 to 5 (UK time), Monday to Friday
Web chat support accessibility standard
None or don’t know
How the web chat support is accessible
Users can chat, upload files, initiate screen share.
Web chat accessibility testing
None
Onsite support
Yes, at extra cost
Support levels
Priority 1: Business Critical – The client requires urgent support to
perform its statutory duties.
Priority 2: Material Fault ‐ Interruption to normal service – The client is
still able to perform the majority of the statutory duties.
Priority 3: Cosmetic Fault
Priority 4: Change Request

No additional cost per standard levels. Engineer provided as necessary.
Support available to third parties
Yes

Onboarding and offboarding

Getting started
We provide onsite training, user documentation, and videos. Each new user receives a minimum of 2 days complimentary consultancy to help them make best use of the product.
Service documentation
Yes
Documentation formats
PDF
End-of-contract data extraction
On a per-request basis. It is also likely the data is already stored on users existing legacy back-office applications and database.
End-of-contract process
The contract includes annual support and maintenance. Additional costs can include bespoke build support (requiring investigation into customers' build or data), and any additional consultancy or training.

Using the service

Web browser interface
Yes
Supported browsers
  • Internet Explorer 11
  • Microsoft Edge
  • Firefox
  • Chrome
  • Safari
  • Opera
Application to install
No
Designed for use on mobile devices
Yes
Differences between the mobile and desktop service
We provide mobile clients for Android, iOS, and Windows Phone that allow Rapid apps to run completely offline as well as integrate with local hardware such as camera, GPS, phone, etc. We have also added progressive web app (PWA) support and all hardware integrated services previously available only through the mobile clients are now available though mobile browsers.
Service interface
Yes
User support accessibility
None or don’t know
Description of service interface
There is a secure administrative area where privileged users can monitor and administrate the service in considerable detail.
Accessibility standards
None or don’t know
Description of accessibility
Supports screen readers
Accessibility testing
None
API
Yes
What users can and can't do using the API
There are a number of tools within Rapid to create APIs. In addition existing Rapid actions can be called as webservices. This allows the setup of users, creation of apps, etc.
API documentation
Yes
API documentation formats
  • HTML
  • Other
API sandbox or test environment
Yes
Customisation available
Yes
Description of customisation
Rapid is a highly flexible application development platform. Apps are created by adding pages and arranging controls with events that fire actions. Controls can be arranged visually in pages by low-skillset users. Actions are visually added to events in the same easy to use tool. Advanced users can make their own controls and actions by modifying definition files. Actions have an additional Java class which can be programmed to perform any required task on the server backend.

Scaling

Independence of resources
Each Rapid application instance is installed on it's own virtual machine.

Analytics

Service usage metrics
No

Resellers

Supplier type
Not a reseller

Staff security

Staff security clearance
Other security clearance
Government security clearance
None

Asset protection

Knowledge of data storage and processing locations
Yes
Data storage and processing locations
  • United Kingdom
  • European Economic Area (EEA)
User control over data storage and processing locations
Yes
Datacentre security standards
Complies with a recognised standard (for example CSA CCM version 3.0)
Penetration testing frequency
At least once a year
Penetration testing approach
In-house
Protecting data at rest
Physical access control, complying with SSAE-16 / ISAE 3402
Data sanitisation process
Yes
Data sanitisation type
Explicit overwriting of storage before reallocation
Equipment disposal approach
Complying with a recognised standard, for example CSA CCM v.30, CAS (Sanitisation) or ISO/IEC 27001

Data importing and exporting

Data export approach
There are a variety of ways. Rapid is a flexible solution and can be made be made to export data from any user action. SOAP, RESTful, and JSON APIs are available too.
Data export formats
  • CSV
  • Other
Other data export formats
PDF
Data import formats
  • CSV
  • Other
Other data import formats
PDF

Data-in-transit protection

Data protection between buyer and supplier networks
TLS (version 1.2 or above)
Data protection within supplier network
Other
Other protection within supplier network
Data-in-transit within the network is not currently protected. Should it be required by customers it would be TLS.

Availability and resilience

Guaranteed availability
Rapid aims for 99.95 percent uptime. Refunds on downtime can be negotiated.
Approach to resilience
This is dependent on configuration/request. Loadbalancing, clusters, and fail-over are all supported.
Outage reporting
Email alerts

Identity and authentication

User authentication needed
Yes
User authentication
  • 2-factor authentication
  • Identity federation with existing provider (for example Google Apps)
  • Dedicated link (for example VPN)
  • Username or password
  • Other
Other user authentication
Rapid is a flexible solution with various adaptors/plugins. Authentication adaptors can be created that support any mechanism. In addition to username and password IP address and user-agent string can be included in authentication as well as mac address, IMEI, IMSI, and SIMNO on mobile devices.
Access restrictions in management interfaces and support channels
Username, password, IP address, user-agent string, mobile device ID
Access restriction testing frequency
At least once a year
Management access authentication
  • 2-factor authentication
  • Identity federation with existing provider (for example Google Apps)
  • Dedicated link (for example VPN)
  • Username or password
  • Other
Description of management access authentication
Rapid is a flexible solution with various adaptors/plugins. Authentication adaptors can be created that support any mechanism. In addition to username and password IP address and user-agent string can be included in authentication as well as mac address, IMEI, IMSI, and SIMNO on mobile devices.

Audit information for users

Access to user activity audit information
Users contact the support team to get audit information
How long user audit data is stored for
User-defined
Access to supplier activity audit information
Users contact the support team to get audit information
How long supplier audit data is stored for
User-defined
How long system logs are stored for
Between 1 month and 6 months

Standards and certifications

ISO/IEC 27001 certification
No
ISO 28000:2007 certification
No
CSA STAR certification
No
PCI certification
No
Cyber essentials
Yes
Cyber essentials plus
No
Other security certifications
No

Security governance

Named board-level person responsible for service security
Yes
Security governance certified
No
Security governance approach
We adhere to customer requirements.
Information security policies and processes
The CEO is ultimately responsible for the Information Security and thus also for the implementation of this policy. Responsibility for the implementation may be delegated to a named Information Security Responsible [e.g., Finance/Operations/IT].

The Information Security Responsible is responsible for the determination of which (if any) regulatory or other compliance requirements apply to the Company (e.g., PCI, HIPAA, GLBA, DFARS), as well as maintenance of documentation, implementation of the Policy and fulfilling the regulatory/compliance requirements of the Company.

The individual manager/team leader is responsible for compliance with the Policy, procedures and guidelines within his/her own group of personnel.

The individual employee is responsible for working within the rules of the Policy to protect the Company's data.

Every individual in the Company is tasked with immediately reporting any potential infringement of the Policy to the next available supervisor.

Operational security

Configuration and change management standard
Supplier-defined controls
Configuration and change management approach
The product produces a report of all files including a hash to compare configurations. These reports are saved at each modification to produce a history. Security impact is considered as part of regular penetration testing,
Vulnerability management type
Supplier-defined controls
Vulnerability management approach
Operating system security patches are applied automatically. Respective server webpages (generally Apache Tomcat) are monitored for reported on new patched vulnerabilities. Depending on the severity of the vulnerability patches are applied as soon as possible, or regularly every 6 months.
Protective monitoring type
Supplier-defined controls
Protective monitoring approach
Tools psad and fail2ban are installed on all servers for automated scanning of log files and blocking of suspect IP addresses. In addition emails are sent which we investigate as soon as possible.
Incident management type
Supplier-defined controls
Incident management approach
Users report events via our support portal.
Incidents are investigated and users regularly communicated with as to progress.
Reports are provided as the incident is closed.

Secure development

Approach to secure software development best practice
Supplier-defined process

Public sector networks

Connection to public sector networks
No

Social Value

Covid-19 recovery

Covid-19 recovery

Multiple post-COVID new and remote ways of working, digital transformation.
Tackling economic inequality

Tackling economic inequality

Open source software, working to fix the plumbing, and end anti-competitive locked-in proprietary software which is a source of economic inequality.
Equal opportunity

Equal opportunity

Open source software, working to fix the plumbing, and end anti-competitive locked-in proprietary software to increase equal opportunities, especially access to solutions, tools and technology. Equal opportunity employer too.

Pricing

Price
£20,000 a licence a year
Discount for educational organisations
No
Free trial available
Yes
Description of free trial
The community edition can be installed and used for free. It includes all features required to make applications but does not include extra features like AD integration, connection pooling, address search, etc.
Link to free trial
https://github.com/RapidInfoSys/Rapid/releases

Service documents

Request an accessible format
If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need versions of these documents in a more accessible format, email the supplier at info@rapid-is.co.uk. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.