QuickBase Reviews

I appreciate that QuickBase showed me the best way to organize data. QuickBase makes it easy to create a database and to update it with your needs. It is accessible and user friendly.

• Quickly and easily starts collecting data that informed us of the way we work.
• Makes a business case easily for the staffing model we needed. Conversely, we were able to adjust the data we collected easily to meet the requests of our leadership.
• Creates forms and other ways for our business partners to interact with us in a manner that has simplified our processes and helped our colleagues simplify theirs.

I would still like to see QuickBase use plain English for some of the features. Data collection is so important for business at this time, and making it even easier for the lay user would be a great improvement.

I would like to see QuickBase offer instant tips when setting up a new database. If you use a certain type of field, I would like to see a pop-up that lets the user know that a different kind of field might make data interpretation easier. This would be a great teaching tool.

I have used it for three years

I have never encountered stability issues. The database is as reliable as our internet connection.

The only issues we have encountered with scalability had to do with our own lack of expertise with data gathering. Some tips and tricks from QuickBase for the beginner would help. Otherwise, no scalability issues at all.

The quality of technical support is so good that we have never had to contact them outside of any local support provided within our company.

We used to keep track of our workload with Excel spreadsheets. This had limitations in many ways. The most obvious limitation was the inability to create different views of data for different needs. The other limitation was the inability to keep track of work in real time.

The initial setup was straightforward. At first, we replicated the fields we had been using in our prior data collection. We rejoiced in our newfound ability to create reports and to take input from other parties.

The pricing is fair. If you want full functionality, then you need the QuickBase app which costs $125 per seat.

You can set up an open access database if you have the license. This means that anyone else can access the database’s most public features as long as they have internet. If you want all users to have full access, they will need the app as well.

It is well worth the cost for the benefit we have gained from using QuickBase to collect data about our work.

We evaluated Microsoft Access. We chose QuickBase because it is a web based application and a lot easier to create and update.

Another department we work closely with had developed an Access database around the same time we built our QuickBase database. Within six months, that department had decommissioned its database and built a QuickBase with rave reviews from all users.

If you need to collect data in an easy way and you are not a database SME, QuickBase is a great way to start. I highly recommend it.

• Speed of development
• In-memory database functionality
• Robust security model
• Robust self-service reporting capability
• Excellent API for extending the native platform functionality

Our clients have used this to transform almost every business process, including the following:

• Sales Management: CRM, SFA, lead/opportunity management, and contract management
• Project/Operations Management: Projects, task management, resource planning, time entry, invoicing, and asset management
• Financial Management: Sales forecasting, cost management, budget planning/management, billing management, and invoice management
• HR Management: Recruiting workflow, on board/off board management, training and development management, and associate management
• Engineering/IT Management: Tracking IT assets, server assets, endpoints, and access controls

• The user interface is scheduled for an update
• Some additional APIs can be added
• Application lifecycle management process

I have been using the solution for twelve years.

We have not encountered any stability issues. QuickBase is very stable.

Technical support is OK. However, it is much better to work with qualified service personnel who understand your specific implementations and process goals.

We have used several other systems. We switched because QuickBase is so fast and flexible. It can keep up with our ever-changing processes. The total cost of ownership is an extremely good value.

It is very simple to start. The first application can be running in an hour. However, it is robust enough to handle very complex, business critical applications when the design/development is done by experts.

Pricing is very reasonable. QuickBase will negotiate with large enterprise accounts to ensure a good ROI for all.

It is subscription based, which we like as it is good for cash flow. You only pay for a user once and then they have access to as many apps as they want.

We have evaluated far too many platform tools to list. Overall, QuickBase is one of the best values as long as you are OK with having a standard user interface for the most part. In some ways, this is actually a plus, as it is easier to train. For this small tradeoff, they give you so much speed and flexibility. It is a real game changer.

Before you build anything business critical, make sure you work with a QSP. Be ready to roll up your sleeves, as a good app build forces you to define your process if it is not already nailed down.

In my experience, it is never 100%. You have to allow time and budget for making some tweaks along the way as the development forces you to make process decisions.

• Table relationships
• Easy reporting
• Easy app building

• Helps us manage our internal operations and MIS
• Provides an easy report pull: The application building becomes faster.
• No need for coding to set up the app, establish relationships, or set up lookup fields.
• Saves a lot of time

We are exploring more ways to build up solutions using QuickBase.

Referring to option of putting additional query to do charts. Say for example, a trend chart of moving average together with the monthly trend is probably not possible with the straight forward charting options available in QuickBase. I am not referring to any workaround here. If you have seen Power BI analytics, you may understand that better.

The inability to pull custom query output on the fly from the rows of record and then using that interim output for another Analytics, is a headache in Quickbase. The work around in that case is pull the different type of groups to a separate table, then use Summary Field to bring summary data back, makes the solution pretty complex.

Yet to do a lot on mobile compatibility. And it would be really good if indigenous mobile apps can be built by QuickBase where easy navigation to different Apps, data entry via forms & submit etc. is easy. And of course report view. I’m not expecting apps to be developed using mobile, just the user experience perspective when the whole world moving towards mobile devices.

We started using this solution three years ago. We used it for two years, and then stopped in between due to a price issue. We have been using it again for a year.

The stability is excellent as far as up-time is concerned. It slows down sometimes. That may be because of the high data storage.

We have been building small apps. We haven’t yet encountered a scalability scenario. However, I feel it has the capacity to scale.

Since I have been using this system, I knew the power of it.

Of late, it has improved a lot. This is one of the best tools for citizen development.

The installation was web-based. It was quick and easy.

For a small to mid-level company, managing the work and operation workflow can be built up. This can be excellent and can be used as a backbone to build up the eco-system among the other systems the company might be integrating with. However, the pricing for a small business may be on the high side, but this is still worth the investment.

It depends on the requirements of the company. Proper evaluation is essential. You need to identify the limitations.

For managing work, workflow, or to build up an eco-system integrating QuickBooks, Intacct Accounting, bill.com, or Salesforce, this can be great.

If your requirement is a business intelligence dashboard with complex analytics, you may face limitations.

• Allows users have anytime/anywhere access.
• Ability to create the box to fit your workflow. You are not forced to fit into someone’s box or idea of how your company should be run
• Fits small and large companies

• Saved us one or two full-time employees each and every year
• Ability to collaborate and transfer information from one staff member to another
• We have grown and changed the system as the business grows and changes

QuickBase deficiencies are only filled by third-party developers. For example, we need a third-party to create and save a document in PDF, MS Word, or MS Excel format. The document saving capability is probably the feature that we most often have to procure from an outside provider.

We have been developing on QuickBase for ten years.

Being a cloud platform, there will always be momentary downtime. However, QuickBase stability and reliability has always been good.

Maintenance is generally scheduled when traffic is minimal and is communicated to users well in advance.

Scalability is one of the key QuickBase features where you are able to start small and add feature sets to your application as needed.

Your application and ability is only limited by your own imagination. The sky is the limit with QuickBase. If you can dream it, QuickBase can do it.

QuickBase empowers its users with product help and an open API. They also have great documentation about how to use the API functionality and how the “coding” is different from other programs.

One of the core goals of QuickBase is to build a community of “citizen developers”. QuickBase is a platform which is considered low-code or no-code. You do not have to be a programmer to build or maintain the system.

We use QuickBase as a system to run our business. It started out as a simple CRM and grew into a ticketing system, asset management, and scheduling tool.

Previous to QuickBase, we used custom fields in QuickBooks, Outlook, Excel, sticky notes, employee memory, and everything else that did not work in concert with each other.

We used what was cheap, easy, and right in front of us. This became an option that was not in the best interest of the company. It was neither scalable for the growth of the company nor helpful for the sanity of the employees.

Our setup was pretty straightforward. We knew what we were doing wrong and knew what was missing with the other systems. We had a plan.

For companies that try to implement QuickBase and do not have agreement on internal processes, the development and setup can be that much harder.

The pricing for QuickBase is pretty straightforward, It is based on a per user/per month licensing fee.

The licensing fee is not dependent on user usage. The best way that we describe it to potential users is like getting your driver’s license.

The DMV charges the same for a driver’s license for both a person that just uses it to drive to church on Sunday and carpools or walks to work during the week, and for another person who drives hours each and every day.

At the end of the day, both are paying the same amount for the privilege of being able to drive the car.

QuickBase is the same. If you are in the system once a week and just use it to view reports, or if you are the plan administer and have QuickBase as your main focus day in and day out, the cost is the same.

Since we came from a multiple tools environment with holes in our process and systems that a truck could drive through, we knew when we saw QuickBase that it was like nothing else out there. It was almost an instant light bulb of knowing that we were at the right spot.

If you are looking to implement QuickBase, make sure that you have a vision and your team is aligned.

You do not need to know how to build the vision, but you need to know what the end result is. More importantly, your team needs to be aligned with that vision.

It is the best no-code platform and library of useful business applications we have found. We are expert developers in this space as well as users.

QuickBase allows you to easily import and use hundreds of common business apps from their library, or create custom apps without writing code.

You can deploy easy-to-use, secure, cloud-based, real-time database apps for your users in record time.

One of our QuickBase apps runs the core of our project-based services business.

It is an integrated CRM that provides:

• Project and time tracking
• Invoicing
• A document repository
• An affordable, central, real-time system with custom-fit functionality

This solution does this and more, all-in-one. It rivals any available alternatives, at any level.

The user interface could be even easier, smarter, and more powerful. We've had an early look at QuickBase's new interface. It looks amazing and should come out in the next six months. That shouldn't delay anyone from adopting it now.

We have used this solution for 13 years.

There have been no stability issues. There is very good uptime.

Technical support is good. There is good online help with a knowledge base and user forum, as well as recorded and live webinars for learning.

If you want to learn QuickBase to build and administer applications yourself, you need to put in time to learn QuickBase.

QuickBase trouble-ticket support will help you with issues or questions with the tools, too, but they will not teach you QuickBase.

If you're looking for business solutions instead of do-it-yourself tools to learn, you can bypass the learning curve and get contract help from a QuickBase solution provider.

QuickBase was our entry into centralized, digital business systems. We build QuickBase applications for client companies of all sizes that often replace manual processes or legacy systems.

If you're going to do it yourself, you can get a 30-day free trial within minutes. You can download it and use any of the hundreds of pre-built applications in the library. You can be up and running with an app in less than an hour with common applications. QuickBase Sales will help.

If you want more help, or if your needs are more custom/complex, you should contact a QuickBase solutions provider like my company. We will help you on a per-project basis.

The per-user pricing is pretty standard and straightforward. It offers a lower cost than customizable versions of Salesforce, for instance.

There are two options:

• The range of $25/user/month, for a minimum of 20 users.
• A lower cost of $15/month for a plan for up to 10 users with just basic functionality.

We have looked at the competitors and continually monitor them. Some are lower cost with somewhat less functionality. Some specialize in specific types of applications. Caspio and TrackVia are examples.

QuickBase is the most comprehensive product and best-backed. It is not the cheapest, although it is very affordable.

Talk with a QSP (QuickBase Solution Provider) or QuickBase Sales about your needs to make sure they're the right fit with this product.

Make sure you get on the right path to get the right solution in place for your organization.

You should find consultative help and not a hard sell. These are quality groups.

• I especially appreciate the development speed. Complex database applications can be deployed and articulated in QuickBase with great speed compared to most all other database platforms.
• Due to relatively low technical know-how requirements, the primary business stakeholders can implement rapid changes directly, rather than having to involve a full-blown IT team. Infrastructure changes that used to take hours, days or longer can now be made within minutes or hours.
• Having the primary business stakeholders "under the hood" creates other synergies beyond speed.

We are actually a consultant / QuickBase Solution Provider, but we also use QuickBase internally for all operations. We would not use any other database product for internal operations. We do consulting work for many customers every day, on many different platforms including QuickBase, and so we know that QuickBase is the best tool for handling our operations.

Enterprise uses requiring large data sets and large numbers of users. QuickBase is developing a new back end that will improve data and user volume limits dramatically.

I have used it for 10 years.

There were no stability issues.

The current version of QuickBase has some data and user limits, but soon these will be a thing of the past.

QuickBase has very good technical support, equal to the best I have ever seen.

We are a database solution provider and consulting agency, so we have used a lot of different databases, both internally and for our clients.

We have migrated many applications to QuickBase. The process is straightforward.

Make sure the pricing works for you. See http://www.quickbase.com/plans...for more information.

We have worked in depth with many database platforms in our consulting work for a diverse and lengthy list of clients.

Make sure the pricing works for you. If it does, then implement it. You will be happy with it.

I evaluated the overall platform to determine the best product to support customized application development. The valuable features are the entire framework including:

• Database
• Forms to reports: Maximizes workflow, notification, and dashboard drill-down capabilities
• The PaaS capability:  Covers many of the critical requirements
• Out-of-box dynamic chart
• Report functionality

QuickBase allowed us to rapidly build and deploy applications to automate and streamline our organization’s functional activities. The tool allows me to manage my business by navigating through my dashboards, providing real-time analytics.

An example was the development of an application that provided the leadership team with a 360 degree view of their business’s tightly integrating budget, assets, project management, employee skills & competency, and other systems.

These applications have enabled operational and management reporting in which real time changes can be made.

QuickBase offers a low-development platform for non-programmers. They have many opportunities to enhance user interface development to help administrators build seamless and efficient form management and controls.

We have been using this solution for five years.

QuickDase to date has been a positive experience for both administrators and users of the system. The cloud offering has been solid with availability. It was able to provide recovery services to an administrator error in which critical data was deleted.

There were no issues with scalability. We continue to grow the application user and content data without any evidence of latency.

The QuickBase initial setup allowed us to use their 30-day trial period. Prior to the end of this period, we were able to roll out a production ready system, supporting 150 users, who were managing day-to-day engineering project activities.

QuickBase has offered an affordable service with respect to price per user/feature. My recommendation would be to address growth expectations with respect to the number of users and additional storage requirements. A site license may be more beneficial to large user communities and enterprise configurations.

We evaluated the following options:

• Daptiv
• Remedy AWS
• Google
• Microsoft Azure
• Microsoft SharePoint
• EasyProject
• Other smaller commercial applications

Give the trial period a shot. Evaluate QuickBase with two types of strategies:

• Simple Office Collaboration & Automation: Roll out as a self-service user environment for managing collaborative programs with web-enabling spreadsheets, documents, and localized databases.
• Application Delivery: Elect an individual advocate with database modeling and reporting skills to consider more sophisticated workflow and user-interface requirements.

No coding is required. This is especially important to me because I do not have any formal training in programming, nor do I have any interest in start to learn it now.

With QuickBase, I don't have to worry about trying to find and fix programming errors. When talking to clients about developing and supporting apps for them, they all seem relieved that their project won't take months to get "programmed".

We can track all of our projects and can customize them to our very specific and changing needs.

The graphics user interface still looks like 1999.

We have used this solution for ten years.

I did not encounter any issues with stability.

I did not encounter any issues with scalability.

We used Excel, but not the multi-user version.

It has a simple setup. It's SaaS, so there is no software to install.

We evaluated Caspio.

Hire someone in-house who understand database structures and data normalization