Zoho Creator Partner Hackathon 2025

It's your time to build!

Brace yourselves for a smarter app-building experience! This year you'll have access to CoCreator, powered by Zia, to save time building apps from scratch—just enter a prompt and turn your idea into a prototype in minutes. Then customize it to deliver a robust, impactful app submission.

Who can participate?

The hackathon is open only to Zoho Partners.
There's no cap on the number of solutions you can submit.

What’s the entry fee?

There isn't one! You can participate in this virtual hackathon from the comfort of your home, with no costs involved.

What we’re looking for:

A clear use case tailored to a specific industry, demonstrating how it solves a real-world problem
Seamless integration with other Zoho applications or third-party services
Effective utilization of built-in features, such as AI models, Blueprint, ZML dashboards, widgets, mobile compatibility, and more
Strong presentation of your app, including intuitive UI/UX, sample data, and well-designed layouts

What’s up for grabs?

The prestigious title of Master of Creator 2025
Opportunities to collaborate with Zoho on joint go-to-market (GTM) initiatives
Showcasing your app on our Partner Solutions Hub
A $500 credit added to your Zoho Wallet
An all-expense-paid trip to the Creator Partner Summit 2026 in Chennai, India

Terms and Conditions

What can you win?

Winners receive an all-expense-paid trip to our Chennai HQ.

What are the stages?

Registration and ideation (June 16 - 30)

Registration

Register for the hackathon using the form below.
Fill in your team's details (name of each member).
Fill in personal details (profession/experience).

Ideation

Idea briefing with concept and impact
Application use cases
App architecture/expected feature set

Note:

After registration, you'll receive a signup link via the email you provided. Please use an email address that's not the one associated with your official Zoho Partner account.
If you’re new to Zoho Creator, here are some resources to help you get started.

Development (June 16 – July 31)

Build

Develop your application.
Product support is available on demand.
If you wish, you can integrate your application with third-party tools.

The app must be shared with the Zoho Creator team using the app-sharing feature or DS download, along with a walkthrough video demonstrating your app.
Details will be shared in the email with a custom link to upload.
Any app not shared before the deadline will not be taken into consideration.

*For repeat participants, please note that you can't submit the same application as the previous year.

Evaluation and results (Aug 1 – Sep 30)

Evaluation

Your app will be reviewed by an expert panel based on multiple criteria.

Result

Winners will be notified via email.
An official announcement will be shared on our website.

The arena — Zoho Creator

Zoho Creator is a low-code platform that helps diverse user personas build custom applications with little or no coding knowledge. By offering a range of capabilities, it facilitates efficient and rapid application creation through visual interfaces and prebuilt components. The platform supports integration with external services, workflow automation, and multi-platform deployment, making it suitable to go from idea to app in no time!

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