Quickbase

Quickly allow someone to build a proof of concept to help determine a process flow. This helps showcase to users and management the abilities of Quickbase and how much more powerful it is versus traditional access of Excel.

Flexible to allow for on the fly modifications. So often an application is built knowing how to cover 80% of the process and as the exceptions become visible, it's easy to incorporate fixes in the system.

Quick report building and sharing. Access and other programs take a ton of time to do what can be done in seconds in QuickBase.

Quickbase support is very prompt and knowledgeable.

Gantt charts and their predecessor fields. Building scheduling apps is limited with their Gantt and predecessor fields.

The form builder is rather cumbersome.

I'd love to see a relationship diagram or a visualization in the Dynamic Form Rules because I can get lost in how many I've built and where there might be overlap.

Many to Many relationships are rather difficult to create.

Very flexible! Can be configured to work how you need it.

The view is also pretty flexible so that individual users can see just what they need to see.

Always adding new features and refining old ones! If there's something you wish you could do, just give it a few months!

I really have no complaints with Quick Base.

Quick Base is great at being easy-to-use. With minimal training, employees are actively using Quick Baes every day.

Quick Base is easy to develop. Being a low-code platform, users of all levels can develop applications.

Quick Base could improve on the graph capabilities when using a multi-user field. Sometimes we want to show how many tasks a person has, but when it is a multi-user field, every combination of people is separate line.

It would be great to have an audit trail that can be viewed by users. Sometimes we wish to see who has changed something but don't have the level of granularity we are looking for.

Quick Base allows the users to build very low-cost applications for business processes where it would have been cost prohibitive to build in a traditional software development model.

Our organization out grew our prior solutions for managing tasks, processes, and projects. Quick Base handles a slew of scenarios it empowered business users to build their own applications in a matter of minutes.

Quick Base is working on its mobile platform and this is an important area for improvement.

We would like to see an easier way to do many to many relationships, which Quick Base is working on.

Quickbase provides an easy to use interface to build custom applications without a lot of programming experience.

Quickbase has strong native integration capabilities that can allow a developer to use an excel source and replace it with a QB app in just a few minutes.

Quickbase has an excellent comprehensive API layer that allows for quick and easy integrations with other systems.

Quickbase could really use some improvement in allowing users to easily and simply customize the UI to better meet their needs.

I would love to see alternate keys be available for building foreign key relationships on tables as well as multi-column key values.

One of the greatest things about QuickBase is that it's simple to start building and implementing, allowing individuals from all backgrounds to jump right in and create a working database.

One thing that I've always wished QuickBase would do is add workflow functionality (aka triggers) where certain actions would initiate specified actions elsewhere in the database. I know they've recently added WebHooks, but it's not a feature that the average user could work with due to it's required level of knowledge. It should be set up more in line with how the notifications work.

Allow for adding custom Javascript to specified pages. We currently need to jump through hoops to add our own custom Javascript (many times to accomplish what could be done with triggers if they were available).

Add more customization to Calendars. Ability to display by day/week, drag & drop, custom colors.

Availability to integrate with other systems

Roles, permissions and security are easily manageable

Dashboard are customizable

Better reporting

More enhanced UI

User-friendly design, embedded timeline, and dashboard.

Powerful features like webhook, actions, etc.

Easy to train a colleague within a no code application environment.

Requires a basic understanding of a relational database and unique skills to launch the first app.

Basic training resources are strongly needed.

Not compelling in the market against other well-known application/database products.

If you are looking for applications with your own rules QuickBase does a good job.

QuickBase is a robust build it yourself tool for web applications.

Very helpful support team. You don't have to wait for QuickBase employees to respond to the questions you raise...Even the partners are available to address your questions.

Extensive documentation is available to help.

Very few video tutorials. The one available is very fast and to the point.

Make a list of the most common issues the users face and create video tutorials on those subjects.

As an online, cloud service, it alleviates any software installation and maintenance needs.

It is one of the few online solutions that provides real data relationships between entities allowing for powerful reporting.

Its dynamic forms for both viewing and editing data are superb for customising the way different people and roles interact with the data.

Its user interface is still fairly old and requires the entire page to shift into Edit mode to update a single field.

Record level access rights across related entities is an absolute pain to get correct.

It is missing modern ways of letting users to interact with the data, e.g. drag drop between lanes etc.

QuickBase makes navigation throughout the dashboard fairly easy to use and understand.

The interface is clear and concise without unneeded fillers.

There are options available to export data to other applications outside of QuickBase to increase usability.

The applications need more guidance to set up initially. Unless you are extremely familiar with out it works, it takes time to set up an application for initial use.

The reports and graphs set ups are also a little complicated to set up unless you know what you're doing. There are fields that require prior knowledge of how they function or what purpose they serve, as there are not helpful hints throughout the process. A wizard would be more beneficial for novice users to guide through the set up process.

Graphing and reporting are also limited to some degree. There are different types of graphs and reports that can be generated, however, if data is exported to Excel or a similar application to manage data, it is easier to make more detailed graphs with the same data. Excel also offers more editing options like changing font types and sizes, colors, etc. There are none of these options available for graphs made within the QuickBase application.

There is a large base of QuickBase applications developed by other customers in a wide range of categories that are readily downloaded and modified to suit our needs.

The user interface is intuitive and facilitates easy customization.

Reporting is also easily customized and helps much with app and user management.

Document files managed via the document management app are downloaded when selected rather than opened. I would rather see them opened with an option to download.

Quickbase is ideal for sharing and editing data by a group.

Reports are easy to create.

Being web based makes it computer agnostic.

Built in ODBC support ... sometimes it would be nice to have data flow to other business applications

Designing applications is not intuitive or easy for an end user.

Better documentation

Very user-friendly. For building and end user use.

Tech assistance is invaluable. Response time is quick.

Reports are easily created and manipulated.

Formulas can be difficult to create.

Ability to retrieve deleted data is cumbersome.

Allows a novice to create a useful application without coding.

Automatically creates a mobile app that is easy to use.

Gives a beginner some easy customizing choices.

Better report creation. Need to allow the creation of printable reports and the ability to share reports outside the user list.

Better form creation, especially for data entry. I used to use MS Access to create applications and had the ability to create user friendly forms with layouts giving the user understandable instructions and tips plus moving the cursor to the appropriate field.

Would like to see a no code process to create pop up views and pop up data entry windows so you do not leave the main form to get data into a child record.

Linear workflow is relatively easy to set up and easy to see where items are hung up

Ability to set up a clean dashboard to track WIP

Because it's web-based it allows us to transact with our vendors outside our firewall (we could not do this with SharePoint )

We'd like to be able to do more development ourselves instead of hiring an outside contractor - this means easier creation/more user-friendly to personnel without programming/IT background

Form creation is relatively easy, but collecting the data in a robust database that was easy to query would be really great

QuickBase acts as a single source of data for all stakeholders

Access control based on different roles makes it an excellent collaboration tool

Business rules can be embedded within QuickBase to manage workflow

Integration of JAVA Scripts helps to automate data creation, update, and data aggregation

QuickBase enables 'self service' for stake holders who needs visibility into live database for decision making

Ability to use formulas in exact forms

Have the ability to show email distribution list in notifications/subscriptions

Have the ability to define one-to-one relationship between tables in order to have the ability to transfer text fields from child table to the master table

Quickbase is a collaraboration tool. It allows multiple users to access the application.

Quickbase is scalable. It can be used for simple repository of documents to large scale project management tool.

Quickbase has a great support database and a large community of users who are ready to assist.

Quickbase is adaptable. The various uses can tailor any project and our clients have even signed up to using Quickbase in their own companies.

Drag and Drop options for photos or attachments. We create multiple attachment fields but very tedious for users to add one attachment at a time.

Quickbase app for both Android and Iphone users. I have the Quickbase saved in my browser's favorites but a nice quick action to use a phone app displaying all Quickbase applications.

The search function is very quick. That is important to us so we can find information without having to wait.

Creating filters, once trained, is very helpful for pulling reports.

Being able to share with other team members at different security levels is helpful.

It has somewhat of a steep learning curve.

Occasionally I have to look 3 or 4 different places to remember where a specific function is. I eventually find it, but it would be nice to be more simplified.

A better example section or help section would help people to find functions they are looking for more quickly.

I'm still a bit confused on the terminology that Quickbase uses, but when I update some of the projects we have in Quickbase, it can be done easily, but I feel like there could be a reduction in steps that would help updating become more efficient. It's all about being able to update quickly and easily.

Allow users from multiple locations to access the site.

Track task completion.

Create useful reports and quickly check off tasks in the report instead of having to go into each and every project.

Sometimes I cannot "end up" in a cell - I have to click on it - which results in time wasted.

It's difficult to enter mass amounts of data via upload - at least for our product.

Ability to track multiple events for given locations

Ability to provide scheduled automatic reporting

Ability to provide graphical reporting to visually depict results

Ability to drill down into reports and separate various data

For my purposes, I do not see any room for improvement.

Dependability. The system has been "down" a handful of times in 9 years.

Very customizable - we have been able to make the system do anything we need it to do.

Support - support has been awesome and we have received the advice or assistance we need quickly and accurately.

The price has risen quite a bit since we first started using Quickbase, but the account mangers have been more than fair as they work with us to keep an affordable rate.

QuickBase is easy to customise to your own particular application or requirement.

QuickBase permits easy exporting of data into external applications for more detailed analysis - alternate presentation.

The 'grid edit' facility in QuickBase enables multiple records to be viewed in a simple format.

The QuickBase report builder is simple and easy to use and permits data to be interpreted/converted into meaningful business information.

More recently I received more comments regarding QuickBase not running so well on mobile devices/phones /tablets etc....

It would be good if it were easier to delete aged/unwanted data. ( This could be a limitation of my ability!).

It would be good if it were easier to create 'richer' dashboards from which to navigate.

Easy to create and deploy applications.

Grid edits and imports make bulk inserts very simple and painless.

API is available for automation and integration with other systems.

Cost is a major prohibitor of expanding beyond our current number of users.

Creating complex joins between tables can be very tricky.

User management is siloed, making it hard to manage users across applications.

Generating quote numbers.

Interfacing with QuickBooks and generating graphs.

Ease of creating a new database.

Pricing model is limiting for us as a small business not being able to afford to use it for a larger number of users.