QuickBase is very easy to learn. Its extensive scope allows multiple users with diverse professional backgrounds to engage on a single platform. Users can access QuickBase and customize their views according to their specific needs. In both scenarios, they can access a shared data source or database, enabling seamless integration with other applications or tools. This versatility makes QuickBase a valuable tool for various industries, including pharmaceuticals, where performance and data accuracy are critical factors.
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Quickbase is the best low code tool with lots of features
What do you like best about the product?
I like the simple DB structure and Pipelines. Also the formula fields make work easy and as you want to do.
What do you dislike about the product?
Some design constraints we have. Sometimes Product teams want us to implement the fancy design that we cannot achieve in simple table forms
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Quickbase is solving a multitude of problems for businesses, primarily centered around streamlining processes, improving collaboration, and enhancing data management. Its flexible platform allows for the creation of custom applications without extensive coding knowledge, disparate data sources, and manual tasks. By providing a centralized hub for information and automating routine processes, Quickbase enables teams to work more efficiently, make better-informed decisions, and adapt quickly to changing business needs.
Easy to use and reliable.
What do you like best about the product?
Makes it very easy to build custom apps and collaborate with all our users. It has many features and a pretty extensive application store where you can import templates and customize to your needs.
What do you dislike about the product?
Email notifications can only be sent to licensed users. It would help to have that option even if limited to a certain number.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It lets us customize databases, forms, and emails mostly without the need to code. Tweaking the system is quick, easy, and cheap.
Its extensive scope allows multiple users with diverse professional backgrounds to engage on a single platform
What is our primary use case?
What is most valuable?
The most valuable feature of QuickBase is its dynamic form capabilities. These forms allow backend automation, making tasks like updating data based on specific conditions much easier. This automation, implemented using Python scripts, streamlines processes and increases efficiency. Users can focus on providing input by reducing manual intervention.
What needs improvement?
When learning QuickBase, I noticed a shift in its cost structure. It operated on a cost-efficient model tied to the number of users, with invoicing based on applicants. The recent changes have increased costs based on user activity, such as viewing reports or interacting with specific fields. This shift makes QuickBase more expensive to use as activity increases. Lowering these costs could potentially broaden QuickBase's user base, similar to how Microsoft PowerApps operates.
The visualization in QuickBase could be enhanced. Due to cost and usage efficiency concerns, our utilization of QuickBase is limited within our company. A few individuals are currently utilizing QuickBase. We need to consider the cost-to-usage ratio and prioritize increasing adoption.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using QuickBase for the past two years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
QuickBase does have some bugs. For example, when multiple users are using it simultaneously, there can be issues with traffic and database loading. Sometimes, loading times can extend for many hours.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The solution’s scalability is good. QuickBase has 40 applications, and each application has 40 users. There are approx 1000s of people using the application.
How are customer service and support?
I have contacted support because, in some cases, we know the solution and can build it. There are instances where the requirements are unclear, and we cannot identify them. In such cases, we can submit a support ticket to the QuickBase team, as they have access and can assist us. Even though we have purchased only limited features in the pipelines and automation, when we reach out to the QuickBase team, they provide helpful insights and assistance through IDRs.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
QuickBase and PowerApps share similarities. QuickBase stands out for its ease of learning, as it consolidates various features and coding into a single tool. There are some backend operations required. To enhance its appeal to a wider audience, QuickBase should consider making its pricing more accessible to users, as this could incentivize more people to adopt the platform.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup is simple. If you have the proper use case and insight, we can build and deploy it quickly.
To start using QuickBase, you must first sign in with your email ID. They offer a 30-day trial period, during which you can explore and build demo applications. These demos showcase basic features that help in learning. While learning, you may not initially encounter advanced features like automation and integration. These aspects become more apparent as you delve deeper into working with QuickBase.
What other advice do I have?
I started learning about QuickBase, its features, functionalities, and the automation that can be performed within the platform. QuickBase is a low-code platform. You don't need to write extensive code. Instead, you can use drag-and-drop functionalities to build applications. Additionally, QuickBase allows integration with third-party tools. While you may occasionally need to use HTML or other coding languages for more advanced customization or UI enhancements, it offers a no-code or low-code solution.
QuickBase offers basic customization options, primarily focused on creating home pages and basic reports for end users. While it provides some visualization capabilities like dashboards, it may not match the dynamic features of tools like Power BI. Clients interested in more advanced visualizations often integrate QuickBase with Power BI, utilizing the data from QuickBase for dynamic visualizations within Power BI. This integration allows users to leverage the strengths of both platforms, enhancing the overall user experience.
We have integrated with DocuSign, helping individuals who can't physically sign documents or need to obtain signatures, which can be automated. Once PDF attachments are uploaded and integrated with DocuSign, they are automatically sent to the relevant person for signing. Additionally, we have integrated with Power BI, SharePoint, and Teams. QuickBase offers numerous integration possibilities.
Overall, I rate the solution a nine out of ten.
Easy-to-learn platform with valuable integration capabilities
What is our primary use case?
Our primary use case for QuickBase is data management and report generation tailored to our client's specific formatting needs.
How has it helped my organization?
Our clients greatly appreciate the reporting feature, which allows them to view data. This capability enables them to analyze information according to their specific business requirements.
What is most valuable?
The product's most valuable feature is its ability to link tables like SQL in a cloud environment and seamlessly visualize data in table format. Additionally, it provides an efficient way to create and view reports.
What needs improvement?
Areas for improvement in QuickBase include incorporating certain formulas like VLOOKUP, commonly used in platforms like Excel. Additionally, they could enhance the ability to link records between tables directly without the need for additional automation to increase space and time.
For how long have I used the solution?
We have been using QuickBase for a year.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
In my work experience with QuickBase, I haven't encountered any signs of bugs or instability. It has proven to be stable and reliable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
It is a scalable product. Currently, our project has three teams, each consisting of approximately 100 members, utilizing QuickBase.
How are customer service and support?
I have contacted the technical support team three to four times for assistance with certain features. Their response time and ability to find a resolution are quite good.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup is generally straightforward, but the testing process behind feature updates may sometimes cause delays in their rollout. Incorporating every feature of Excel into QuickBase can be challenging and may take some time. However, once achieved, it can be utilized as a highly effective tool.
What other advice do I have?
The impact of QuickBase's integration capabilities with other tools has been positive. I've successfully integrated it with two to three business applications, and the experience has been quite good. The seamless integration with different applications effectively enhances the in-house features. It is a more modular version of Excel, particularly beneficial for projects requiring collaboration across multiple locations. However, Excel remains a suitable option for teams situated in one location. Considering factors like functionality and price, the product proves to be worth the investment.
It is easy for a beginner to learn to use QuickBase for the first time. The instructions, manuals, and videos provided within the tool are exceptional for learning how to use it. After viewing the videos, users can easily build applications with various features.
I rate it as an eight. There's still room for improvement in the UI. Nevertheless, it is a useful tool. Sometimes, I notice a lag in the software during business hours due to the high volume of data being circulated. It needs to perform optimally. The feature to export data in a required format also has limitations, especially regarding the number of records that can be exported.
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
its easy to scale any workflow to apps
What do you like best about the product?
The customer service, easier formula syntax and being able to control UI/UX of different types of users
What do you dislike about the product?
Building relationship between tables often brings ambiguity sometomes
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Quickbase is helping us to track thousands of documents allows us to track the most important one and accelerate our workflow
Easy to use Quickbase
What do you like best about the product?
Quickbase application is helpful to create application quickly with low code or no code where we can quickly create the application by drag and drop fields. We can also integrate this platform with third party accounting software or any third party application.
What do you dislike about the product?
Sometimes i personally feel that dashboard quickbase is providing is not as professional as other products like Microsoft Power BI
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
With the help of Quickbase we have replaced spread sheet which helps our client to track the information on a real time basis. As it is providing real time information to client in reasult we are making client work easy which helps our client to work more in Quickbase.
Deep but manageable service for creating custom applications
What do you like best about the product?
Quickbase's offerings can be utilized to create applications from simple to exceptionally complex. The "no code" design allows for users inexperienced in application development to create impressive results.
What do you dislike about the product?
Even with the expansive tutorials and learning materials provided, it can be very difficult for some users to work with the platform. While programming experience is not required, building applications may be extremely challenging for those who are not familiar with programming principles.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Quickbase can be used to create custom applications to fulfill needs that may not be feasible (or available) to purchase a contract or license for individually.
Quickbase Review from New User Perspective
What do you like best about the product?
Quickbase is pretty. The team provides lots of training and support to help users get unstuck and understand the intracacies of the platform. I was able to learn and stand up a very basic app independently withing my first 2 weeks of using the app. I am in QB every day I'm at work and can typically stand up a new upgrade or solution within a few minutes when it's straight forward. Our account manager is easy to contact and very willing to help expand our instance with features and integrations to our proprietary systems. I love that it can be so pretty that people don't realize when they're filling out a form that it's actually creatign a record in this huge web of related data and it's easy to make sure an end user doesn't have the permissions to get in and see or edit anything they shouldn't.
What do you dislike about the product?
Occasionally I run into funky permissions/ default setting that will cause an automation to fail and it becomes a bit of a hunt to figure out what is causing the error, especially as a new user (4 months). Most of my users do not fully understand that it is a very pretty relational database with tons of added functionality so I find myself auditing and correcting thier sloppy data entry because they aren't considering the impact those mistakes have on the data as a whole.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Quickbase is helping my team take in information about potential partners, track the recruitment process, and acts as a container for all the required documentation both for specific partners as well as for the entire recruitment process. It helps streamline the work and keep everything in one spot so we look to it as our source of truth.
QB AI looks amazing!
What do you like best about the product?
I like the usability and versatility of QuickBase! I am new to QB and am enjoying learning the ins and outs and what it can do!
What do you dislike about the product?
I would like to see a an option to revert or view previous versions of pages/tables/requests in quickbase.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It is consoladating information.
QuickBase Saves So Much Time
What do you like best about the product?
I love how much time QuickBase saves me and forces our SOPs across the company.
What do you dislike about the product?
The Zapier integration is super limited!
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Reducing our gray work and helping have instant live reporting.
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