Item: Quickbase
Rating: 7
Author: Verified User

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

It is used per department - allows us to track customer related problems.

Pros and Cons

Speedy table creations
Cloud based - no need to worry about redundancy

Reports - lacks drill down tables, and other style tables that can be found in applications like SQL server reporting services (SSRS)

Ease of Building Custom Applications

Yes - without a double rapid building, and ease of maintaining has helped.

Alternatives Considered

Microsoft SQL Server

Faster to deploy that SQL server. Also eliminates the need to create a large infrastructure for backups and redundancy - especially in a global environment.

Citizen Developers Using Quickbase

No additional IT help needed. Actually might have been the easiest part!

Goals with Quickbase

Building and deploying business applications faster
Improving our ability to drive insights from our data

I never used a quickbase provided application - but rather created by own. The speed/turn around time to deliver results to my management was quick, and I was able to focus on the business logic/rules rather than the complexities of creating the underlying database.

Likelihood to Recommend

QuickBase is well suited for rapidly creating tables, and basic reports. I don't think it is well suited for completing complex reports. The automatic emailing of reports is also great.

QuickBase Review

Overall Satisfaction with QuickBase