Adoption of low-code tools hovers at nearly half of respondents, according to a TechRepublic survey. While awareness of the potential benefits of low code is widespread, most business executives report their companies lack experience to implement it, Creatio reports.

Within industries, financial firms are the furthest ahead in low-code adoption, with 44% citing moderate to very high progress, according to a ServiceNow/ESI survey. The healthcare sector lags farthest behind, with only about a third of such organizations reporting moderate to very high progress, and 41% making no progress.

Among the companies that have adopted low-code development, more than half report moderate to very high value, the ServiceNow/ESI study found.

The TechRepublic survey also noted that early adopters say they’re using low code to automate workflows (17%), create new applications (15%), speed up development time (15%), and automate data collection and reporting (14%).