Excellent value for all use cases
September 14, 2023

Excellent value for all use cases

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
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Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Quickbase

Quickbase is used as an extension of current enterprise systems to provide a more flexible workflow for items such as forecasting, capital planning, budgeting. Other use cases include asset management and evaluations where off the shelf software is difficult to integrate or report through or customizations aren't feasible. Additionally Quickbase is used to replace Excel/PDF based workflows that were traditionally handled/communicated via email, where the value add in Quickbase is to provide a single source for entry and reporting. These processes have been replaced with comprehensive workflows for approvals, reminders and alerts while also providing clear history and tracking for audit that was otherwise not possible without Quickbase.

Pros

  • Roles & Security/Application governance
  • Robust API / Developer Suites
  • Workflow management/controls
  • Reporting capabilities

Cons

  • Mobile / Offline experience
  • Enterprise audit capability and better account level analytics/reporting
  • Clear and concise pricing/contract terms
  • Immense time savings
  • Reduction in data errors / discrepancies
  • Increase visibility / better communication of data via consolidation and quality control/validation.]
Out of the box softwares come with out of the box assumptions that are difficult to mold your workflow to so companies generally adapt part of their workflow to how the software works and then when that fails revert to doing it outside of any system. Quickbase does the opposite where you can create an application big or small to meet the exact needs of that use case and so the application and your workflow are always in sync. There will always be a place for systems such as accounting software that solves such a specific use case that it should not change much, but in all other cases the software should work for you Quickbase can always fill that gap in almost every use case.

Do you think Quickbase delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Quickbase's feature set?

Yes

Did Quickbase live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Quickbase go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Quickbase again?

Yes

Quickbase is well suited for workflow driven processes/applications of all cases in all industries. I would advocate that with the proper design and planning almost any use case/scenario can be achieved and improved upon through a Quickbase implementation. However, Quickbase should not be used in place of highly controlled/rule based systems such as Accounting, Payroll, Inventory Management etc. These types of highly transactional / complex rule based systems are best suited for pre-built / pre-defined systems based on industry best practices that are already baked in. Quickbase is a fantastic system but provided that it is a do-it-yourself system, everything is effectively a ground-up build of an application and systems that require immense subject matter expertise and focus can be difficult to implement.

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