QuickBase vs JIRA
May 24, 2017
QuickBase vs JIRA
Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with QuickBase
I have used QuickBase as a collaborative task tracking solution for teams for over a decade. It has been implemented for both individual teams and multiple teams that need to share information. Its ability for simple and fast customisation has allowed us to take a base solution and customise it to our unique needs.
- 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.
Given the fact that QuickBase is in the cloud, with Intuit conducting all software upgrade and maintenance, there is zero maintenance to the actual platform that the end user has to worry about.
Building your custom application is not trivial but it is also not too complex. An understanding of databases is required and if you have that, you can create masterpieces.
Building your custom application is not trivial but it is also not too complex. An understanding of databases is required and if you have that, you can create masterpieces.
- JIRA Software, Atlassian Confluence, Pivotal Tracker, VersionOne and CA Agile Central (formerly Rally)
We were looking for a collaborative team task tracking solution and reviewed many different products that were dedicated to solving such a problem, or had the capability.
QuickBase can both allow you to create it from scratch or apply a pre-defined template from its market place. In both cases you can then customise it to your needs.
The major downside with QuickBase is that its data entry is still outdated versus the alternatives.
QuickBase can both allow you to create it from scratch or apply a pre-defined template from its market place. In both cases you can then customise it to your needs.
The major downside with QuickBase is that its data entry is still outdated versus the alternatives.
QuickBase requires anyone customising the application to have a basic understanding of databases, it is essentially an online database. With this know how, elegant applications can be quickly created.
- Building and deploying business applications faster
- Improving collaboration across one or more teams
- Solving a specific business challenge
QuickBase provided us with an online collaborative task tracking solution. Ultimately we transitioned off QuickBase onto a dedicated product, as the user interface on the alternative products, was a better experience.
Updating QuickBase is simply updating the configuration for your application. Yes, you can your application though Quickbase allows you to save copies to ensure you can roll back as required.