Item: Quickbase
Rating: 8
Author: Casey Kelby

Overall Satisfaction with QuickBase

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I use QuickBase as a data base of products to estimate the cost and price for our customers. Data from QuickBase is put into our quotations to provide insight for manager approval before a quotation is sent to our customers. Currently only our industry-specific division of sales is using QuickBase. This allows us to make informed decisions about the actual cost to produce materials versus what our customers have paid in the past.

Pros and Cons

Pros

Customization is excellent. You can make form fields be exactly what you need them to be.
Reports are easy to create and sort.
Dashboards are drag-and-drop which makes it easy for certain users to see exactly what they want to see.

Cons

Visually, the forms and reports look kind of clunky and not so modern. There are a lot of erroneous filtering abilities that would be nice to turn off in certain reports and views.

Alternatives Considered

AppSheet and Microsoft Access

AppSheet is great for turning a spreadsheet into a function app on the go, but not for manipulating and viewing data in any other format than the one you set. Microsoft Access is only available on computers; I needed something I could access on the go from my phone or tablet. Having QuickBase be web hosted is excellent for my needs.

Likelihood to Recommend

QuickBase is very relevant where a lot of data is being entered into spreadsheets. QuickBase allows so much filtering and customization for how data is viewed, it would be perfect for someone who wants to see certain views of spreadsheets. If you are allowing customers or sending forms directly from QuickBase, you may be disappointed with the user experience.

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