Airtable vs Quickbase | TrustRadius

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Score 8.6 out of 10

Based on 357 reviews and ratings

Score 7.6 out of 10

Based on 591 reviews and ratings

Feature Rating Comparison

Airtable

Quickbase

Task Management

Resource Management

Gantt Charts

Scheduling

Workflow Automation

Team Collaboration

Support for Agile Methodology

Support for Waterfall Methodology

Document Management

Email integration

Mobile Access

Timesheet Tracking

Change request and Case Management

Budget and Expense Management

Airtable

Quickbase

Visual Modeling

Drag-and-drop Interfaces

Platform Security

Platform User Management

Reusability

Platform Scalability

Pros

Airtable has the best customization features out there. They allow you to customize you spreadsheets or tables in a variety of formats. They allow you to customize a variety of field types, field sizes and various colors.
Airtable has a great collaboration feature that makes it easy to share and grant access to tables and a variety of information.
Airtable has great compatibilities that allows you to directly upload spreadsheets from excel into a customizable table.
Airtable is easy to teach and understand quickly, and does not take time for someone who is not technically advanced to understand

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Verified User

Consultant in Marketing

Marketing and Advertising Company, 11-50 employees

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Easy data accessibility. Everything is linked together. It has never been easier to find the data we need.
Constant updates to keep up with the current features other tools have implemented.
Great support for integrating with other tools through multiple methods.

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Manager in Quality Assurance

Food Production Company, 11-50 employees

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Cons

Pricing model: we don't like how we have to pay per user.
Calendar view: we wish the calendar view was better, or if there were different types of calendar views. Right now there is just one.
Complicated: some parts of the app are a little complicated.

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Co-Founder, Business Director

Alabaster CoReligious Institutions, 1001-5000 employees

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Having more native integrations would be nice. Currently we are working with a partner of Quick Base to hook our Outlook program into it. It would be great to not have to have a third party link.
Sometimes the Tables can move slow the more information you use to create forms that you want.
The fact that it can't read my mind yet!

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Workflow Management Specialist

J. J. Keller & Associates, Inc.Publishing, 1001-5000 employees

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Likelihood to Renew

Airtable 10.0

Based on 2 answers

We will 10/10 renew the use of Airtable because it has brought great value to our team. Not only is Airtable affordable, but it's also user-friendly and helps our team be efficient. We no longer need to rely on Excel spreadsheets being passed from person to person via email. Furthermore, we aren't dealing with corrupt Excel spreadsheets and the need to salvage data when a file is accidentally altered.

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Verified User

Manager in Marketing

Biotechnology Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Quickbase 1.5

Based on 39 answers

With Salesforce being such a presence in business operations, we've had to "fend off" being asked to replace our QB apps with in-house/out of the box apps from Salesforce. With the cost of Quick Base and having to justify keeping it instead of Salesforce, it's been a challenge we've been fighting.

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Stephen Morrell

Principle Business Process Analyst

Boston ScientificMedical Devices, 10,001+ employees

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Usability

Airtable 8.7

Based on 21 answers

It's such a friendly program to use, and there's just so many resources available to people trying to learn it or build new things. Their support is great, and they make it easy to find answers to your questions. It's easy to use but difficult to master, that might be a better way to put it.

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Verified User

Director in Marketing

Marketing and Advertising Company, 1-10 employees

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Quickbase 8.7

Based on 31 answers

Quick Base has done everything we have asked it to do and then some. Our original goal was to have one system for CRM that encompassed both the sales process and the customer management. We have gone w-a-y beyond that with analytics, project management, system bug logging, and historical effort reporting.

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Information Content, Design, and Delivery

FISCAL Credit SuiteComputer Software, 1-10 employees

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Reliability and Availability

No score

No answers yet

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Quickbase 8.3

Based on 22 answers

Once we did get Quick Base configured and customized it was reliably available when we needed it. We may have had one or two occasions when the product was inaccessible but those were few. The greatest challenge with its availability was its difficulty with integrating with our systems.

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Richard (Ric) Hazel

Senior Project/Process Analyst

FedEx Customer TechnologiesTransportation/Trucking/Railroad, 10,001+ employees

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Performance

No score

No answers yet

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Quickbase 5.9

Based on 20 answers

Some of our tables that hold over a million records are starting to perform poorly, with some summaries taking over 20 seconds to load. This may be an indication that it is best to archive old data when reaching large volumes like this.

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Verified User

Analyst in Information Technology

Pharmaceuticals Company, 201-500 employees

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Support Rating

Airtable 8.0

Based on 58 answers

We find support easy to find, responsive and knowledgeable. In addition to a large selection of well-done help articles and webinars, there is a forum with quick support coming from Airtable staff and other users. We haven't had any issues in getting the information and support that we've needed.

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Verified User

C-Level Executive in Corporate

Computer Software Company, 11-50 employees

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Quickbase 6.9

Based on 54 answers

The help and documentation are top notch and available 24/7. The community also provides an additional layer of assistance and creativity in problem solving. For bugs and support the QuickBase team themselves are second to none. Immediate response with a case number and personalized support. They do not quit until they've solved your issue - even if your issue is that you're confused about how something works and misinterpreted or couldn't find the documentation. They'll helpfully and knowledgeably walk you through any problem from the syntax of a difficult formula to enterprise level governance and data management issues.

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Application Specialist/Systems Coordinator

Direct Line Tele Response-Answering ServicesTelecommunications, 51-200 employees

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In-Person Training

No score

No answers yet

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Quickbase 9.1

Based on 2 answers

It is very easy to get training from their University portal and still if we don't know their, then we can ask their support too.

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Finance Executive

Analytix Business SolutionsAccounting, 501-1000 employees

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Online Training

No score

No answers yet

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Quickbase 9.1

Based on 3 answers

Quick Base already is having a separate portal of providing training to customers and it is very easy to use and updates as per the new features added in to the application

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Finance Executive

Analytix Business SolutionsAccounting, 501-1000 employees

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Implementation Rating

Airtable 9.0

Based on 2 answers

Training all users was an important part of the implementation, which did take considerable time and effort. At first glance without training, the content calendar can be overwhelming because of the amount of data. The features within Airtable seem to be endless but our team was able to identify the most important to be successful.

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Verified User

Manager in Marketing

Biotechnology Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Quickbase 8.5

Based on 37 answers

I was not directly involved with the initial account implementation, only a bystander. For the app I directly implemented for my department only, I wish I had know to create an app diagram first. I don't remember if that was suggested. I think that would be a great help tip tool when a new app is created, to have a page with a check list of what is needed or how to get started. If you are a regular app builder, then you can bypass it or have the ability to turn it off in the app settings.

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Verified User

Professional in Marketing

Information Technology and Services Company, 51-200 employees

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Alternatives Considered

Airtable combines the simplicity of a spreadsheet with the possibilities that come with a database, all within one tool. We have chosen it after a short evaluation. It is incredibly easy to use after a short training, making it a great tool compared to the typical spreadsheet-based apps.

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Digital Marketing Manager

NoradaneMarketing and Advertising, 11-50 employees

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While Salesforce has a much larger market share, I prefer Quick Base when it comes to custom app development. Even with Lighting, many of Salesforce's back-end tools needed to customize forms and processes are not actually low-code and require a pretty good understanding of Ajax and other coding languages. Salesforce is also more expensive per user than Quick Base for comparable plan levels.Where Salesforce shines over Quick Base is that you can start with an "out of the box" solution like their Salescloud CRM that will work on day 1 and then tweak from there.

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Founder, Business Process and Systems Consultant

BE LeanInformation Technology & Services, 1-10 employees

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Scalability

No score

No answers yet

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Quickbase 6.6

Based on 11 answers

It has evolved really well with our company, but there is a hard limit to the table size that has begun to affect us and not let us grow. The table size limit is set at 500 MB and we have had to jump through quite a few hoops to be able to get by.

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IT

Kennedy Fabricating, Inc.Oil & Energy, 11-50 employees

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Return on Investment

The ROI is simple: Airtable has created a more efficient workplace. We have fewer meetings, certainly. But any meetings we do have are much more efficient and impactful. Everyone walks in having used Airtable to prepare for the meeting (uploading needed docs, etc.), and the meeting is held using Airtable as the agenda. Airtable is updated and continues to be used after the meeting, so everyone stays on the same page.
Airtable also makes planning events much more streamlined. Contracts, rental agreements, rosters, etc. are uploaded. Dates are set with reminders. People know what they are responsible for planning the event and for what role they will play during the event.

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Corporate Director Of Human Resources

Duke HospitalityHospitality, 201-500 employees

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Improved Customer Satisfaction by reducing time to market that too with a product with a great user experience.
Huge Cost Saving by FTEs reduction and Improved productivity
Added efficiencies
The client asking for QuickBase but having a huge user base, due to licensing cost we have to offer another alternative solution.

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Assistant Manager

AccentureComputer Software, 10,001+ employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

Yes

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

Airtable Editions & Modules

Edition

Plus	$10.00¹
Pro	$20.00¹
Enterprise	Contact Sales

per month (billed annually)

Additional Pricing Details

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General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

—

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

—

Entry-level set up fee?

No

Quickbase Editions & Modules

Edition

Premier	$600¹
Platform	Contact sales team
Enterprise	Contact sales team

per month/billed monthly

Additional Pricing Details

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