Great online tools and reporting for both basic and advanced users
February 15, 2017
Great online tools and reporting for both basic and advanced users
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with QuickBase
It is primarily used as a CRM tool for hosting lists of target physicians/pharmacies and calls on them. Other teams use our own software for similar things, but Quickbase handles the backend/database side of it.
- Ease of reporting
- Quick to deploy and make changes
- Great for handling advanced applications as well as simple ones
- Some functions for formulas do not work very well, such as detecting null values for any required fields
- The data import/export links are only on the home page of each table, when they should be available on every page under More
- Customizing the home page of a table should customize that report, instead of the default report for the table
We have definitely been able to build and deploy our applications quickly with Quickbase. A typical app for us can be set up in about two hours, opposed to several more that we've seen with other similar services and any changes are instantly available to all users.
The workflow of creating, editing, and reporting on the data felt much smoother with Quickbase.
Designing the database can be a bit tricky for certain functions, but a non-technical user can certainly make basic applications, which will suit most purposes.
- Building and deploying business applications faster
- Improving our ability to drive insights from our data
- Solving a specific business challenge
- Building and deploying an application (or multiple applications) that meets our exact needs
We have new questions, stats, and other datapoints being added several times a year and it is always easy to add them in Quickbase apps. It's usually simply adding a new field and report that uses it (or adding to an existing report). Adding new options for existing fields is even easier and can be set up dynamically, which is great.
Using QuickBase
| Pros | Cons |
|---|---|
Like to use Relatively simple Easy to use Well integrated Consistent Quick to learn Convenient Feel confident using Familiar | None |
- Reporting
- Creating and updating applications
- Adding new fields/datapoints
- Importing data could use some improvement with identifying the appropriate fields
- There aren't many options for reformatting dates (IE: showing a date as Feb 15 2017 isn't supported)
- Exporting data loses any customized header names from reports
- It is difficult to identify if a record is currently being created or edited
Yes, but I don't use it - It's not usable. It can't be customized in any way and bypasses any form rules. Our company advises all uses (which mostly use iPads) to never use the mobile interface, and use the full site version instead.