Business application platform with a database core.
How well Kintone supports the people who look after it
- Protect44
- Change36
- Observe36
- Governance32
- Documentation60
- Data33
- Integrate51
- Support53
- Agents41
- 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.
- GovernanceBuilding32
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.
This is an estimate until the survey closes. After that, it is the score from everyone who answered for Kintone, labeled survey-generated and published with its report.
Three bodies, seats open.
The people who run Kintone’s part of the Alliance: a steering committee of five that makes the decisions, a certification working group that writes the exam, and an ops working group that looks after the community.
- Platform Steering Committee5 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
Kintone has not joined as a participating platform member. It is here because the people who use it registered for it.
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Every name on the join form counts toward the twenty Kintone needs to open, and toward seating its steering committee.
- Sep 2026 · nowFounding members join
Gathering initial interest: your name on the join form, and the first survey open, for every platform.
- Q1 2027First survey opens
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.