Quick-after the initial time invested

Overall Satisfaction with Quick Base

It is use by the entire company across all departments. Our primary app is a large complex highly customized Project Management app. We set up and track every proposal and contract from beginning to end. We handle a variety of different projects in several industries, included but not limited to design, strategy, production, installation and maintenance.

Pros

  • It is very easy to customize with Quick Base. When a project or type of project needs to accommodate a new process change, it is usually something that can be addressed in minutes or under an hour.
  • Created new customized reports is a breeze. Need to add or remove a couple of columns -or change the sort or subtotaling - generally can be completed in minutes.
  • Email Notifications. We often have important deadlines for deliverables, invoicing and report submissions. Rather than relying on staff’s memory or external calendars, they are many options on how one can setup email notifications and auto report distributions.

Cons

  • Table icons - For new users, the table metaphor and the icons can be confusing and/or uninviting. The app developer should be able to hide the table menu display and icons.
  • Forms design and layout. In 2018, I expect to have a more WYSIWYG input form design. It’s currently awkward and time consuming.
  • The overall user interface is very dated- looks “1999-ish”. I know that they are working on improvements, but it is still way behind new users expeditions for a GUI.
While each of the above has its own strengths and advantages, it’s the ability to quickly customize Quick Base in-house that always set it ahead of the others.
Very well suited for keeping structures data all together in one place.
Not well suited for keeping all the communcation streams togther - for example , all the emails about a project.

Using Quick Base

Business development
Design
Production
Installation
Maintenance
Accounting
1 - “ITish”

Need relational database background with an understand of normalization
Report writer experience also useful

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