GoCanvas Reviews

Pros
The fact that Canvas takes away so much extra leg work behind the scenes, freeing up time for our employees to focus energy on more critical tasks.

Cons
The only recommendation I would have is to make functional improvements on multiple departments or groups sharing the same apps and functions. For example, a franchise group with several locations that need to keep consistency with apps across the locations

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Likelihood to recommend: 10/10

Pros
The ease of creating forms and end user experience has made rolling out the software , well, easy. The departments are in charge of their own forms and any changes which avoids delays they would otherwise experience contacting IT.

Cons
Currently, there is not the ability to attach documents to the form. We have the need to include official documents to some of the forms that have been created. We are working around that by taking a photo which works in some cases.

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Likelihood to recommend: 10/10

Pros
Extremely easy to build and use apps even for "non-tech" people. Powerful system allows you to build complex routing with ease PDF designer allows you to capture information you need for client while retaining all information you might need in the app for export and evaluation. They are always looking for ways to simplify and improve the program. They communicate changes well and consistently I don't have to read chicken scratch from techs anymore

Cons
Tech support to solve problems is not very deep or responsive.

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Likelihood to recommend: 10/10

Pros
I appreciate the ease of creating web forms to collect data along with the signature function. User adoption of the software is painless.

Cons
Unless you love reading through many rows of data, the reporting functionality is probably not for you. I use zapier to automate the export of my data into google sheets so that I can easily run reports. GoCanvas is costly considering it is basically a data collection tool without the ability to do even the most rudimentary analysis.

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Likelihood to recommend: 6/10

Pros
Takes time to make the apps the way you want it, but can be powerful with time invested to setup. Data collection is solid. Lots of different functionality, but still needs other functions.

Cons
Submission reports are clunky and not as clean and customizable as I would like. No multi-photo uploads. Super expensive for companies wanting to scale quickly. They lock you in at rates for a year at a time and every time you grow they re-up the agreement without bulk discount rates. If you want support, be ready to leave lots of messages and then wait days for help. You will have to figure it out on your own basically. (Google is your friend.)

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Likelihood to recommend: 3/10

Pros
Ease of using the apps ease of building the apps Mobile function is excellent

Cons
I am unable to get any badges, banners, or sound notifications on my iphone.

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Likelihood to recommend: 10/10

Pros
Almost everything; creating an app is easier than falling off a log, and even our users are capable of filling them out.

Cons
The licensing structure is awful. Not being able to add users without totally resetting your license renewal is easily the worst licensing system imaginable. I have tried to think of a worse one, but never could. As much as I love the service overall, I have to constantly fight my managers to continue justifying the cost, and am constantly tasked to find a replacement to save money which is a huge strain on my time. Admittedly this is partially poor management, but the licensing structure does not help matters.

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Likelihood to recommend: 9/10

Pros
It is very easy to use. It takes a bit to learn how to set up documents, but once learned it gets better. I also like how we can go into a form and change a few things and it automatically updates. So when others access GoCanvas it syncs and all is up to date, right then.

Cons
Can't think of anything at this time.

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Likelihood to recommend: 10/10

Pros
I can build an app in minutes to collect any data imaginable.

Cons
Creating PDFs seems to be cumbersome. It would be nice to have more custimizable formats for creating PDFs. Right now everything has to fit into rows and columns only.

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Likelihood to recommend: 9/10

Pros
Its customizability is very good, and we've used multiple apps within the program for different reason, for internal documentation and for clients. Nice way to move away from paper records where possible.

Cons
Adjusting some of the options/menus within an app once it was activated wasn't always straight forward, even with the help. Most were easy once I asked tech support, but wasn't always clear when in the program.

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Likelihood to recommend: 10/10

Pros
The paper eliminated, filing in the cloud. And being able to check up on inspections and required training to make sure it's taken place.

Cons
The support team has overcome every obstacle I've run into so there really is no down side. We search by time frame and sometimes I'd like to be able to search across multiple Apps for a specific individual's submissions but this is small beans in comparison to all Go Canvas has enabled us to do

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Likelihood to recommend: 10/10

Pros
GoCanvas is simple to learn and use. If you either cannot or don't have time to learn the software, their customer support can help design and setup almost any form that you can envision.

Cons
Nothing in life is perfect. GoCanvas is still working to fill the gaps of what it cannot yet do. I wish the GoCanvas submissions would interact with my database software but it will not and that is not a GoCanvas issue either. My database software company will not talk (literally or figuratively) with GoCanvas. Despite this setback, GoCanvas is still a better option (in our opinion) than using the mobile version of the database software.

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Likelihood to recommend: 10/10

Pros
- Simplicity to create your own forms - Customization open to get the best forms possible

Cons
- cannot remember as some items have been fixed with each update to serve our need

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Likelihood to recommend: 9/10

Pros
It is very easy to use in the field when I am meeting with a homeowner. They can sign my contracts right in their living room and it goes straight until a PDF. I like the layout of the program and customization. It has made my field team much more efficient and look more professional in the field.

Cons
If we have to change any documents, it is a bit difficult for our admin to do so. We have used it for a few years and there aren't many things that I would say are cons for Go Canvas.

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Likelihood to recommend: 8/10

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Pros
GoCanvas is one of the most disruptive technologies available in the market today. SMBs no longer have to rely on costly software development. You can deploy an app within minutes and that changes the game!

Cons
Pretty much nothing as their support team and community are very helpful.

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Likelihood to recommend: 10/10

Pros
For clients in higher education looking for a premier online learning product built for social learning, Canvas is the product for you! Having worked in other learning management systems which encourage users to 'document dump' and treat their online courses like correspondence courses, I was quite pleased to design courses and teach in such a high quality learning management system. Additionally, appearance, text size, and other learning environment concerns are appropriate to the higher education context, particularly as accessibility is concerned. This is an excellent product!

Cons
As a fully featured product, there is a bit of a learning curve in using the product well. That said, i'm not sure how to avoid this in a robust learning management system.

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Likelihood to recommend: 10/10

Pros
That everything from the app to the pdf can be tailored to fully meet our requirements.

Cons
Nothing! It was easy to set up, easy to use, tweak, and easy for all users to understand and begin to use.

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Likelihood to recommend: 10/10

Pros
You customize your form very easy from the dashboard. We are presently using 12 apps that we designed. A team of 10 people are suing them everyday. No real issues, things can be changed on the fly if need be.

Cons
Nothing really. It took a little time to lean the app building. The learning curve was not very steep at all.

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Likelihood to recommend: 9/10

Pros
The functionality and ease of use make this platform great for any business who is looking to get up to par with a paperless system

Cons
i honestly cant think of any flaws with the software system. it is very will built and easily accessible and usable for all levels of management.

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Likelihood to recommend: 10/10

Pros
Canvas manages to reduce the amount of physical paperwork to such a degree I don't know if we could ever go back to manually doing the majority of what we use it for again without some *major* pains across all departments.

Cons
While the platform works for most of what we would use it for there are some issues that are only evident when using it for various IT administrative functions; e.g. no fields for data formatting that is unique to an IT function like IP addressing requirements, limited support for handling handheld scanners, lack of time-stamping for what account has been updating what data, etc.

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Pros
The workflow and dispatch options, the email delivery options all apps, the simple and easy to learn app builder, the data reference options.

Cons
The cost is a little high, but still worth it. Notifications don't always come through on workflow. Sometimes the work being done by users doesn't save.

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Likelihood to recommend: 9/10

Pros
It does what it says and paperless documentation has streamlined our process

Cons
The learning curves to build new forms.

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Likelihood to recommend: 9/10

Pros
The ease of use from an admin and user perspective. Offline functionality is essential for us and GoCanvas delivers.

Cons
GoCanvas lacks some of the features that other products have. Features they have that other products do not (the dispatch calendar for example) are not built out well enough to be useful for our business. The essential features are there, but I eagerly await the addition of extra functionality as we constantly run into issues of, 'Wouldn't it be great of GoCanvas did this?!' Again, what GoCanvas lacks in features they make up for in droves on the user interface and ease of use. This has made company-wide implementation a relatively easy proccess.

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Likelihood to recommend: 8/10

Pros
Ease of use and anytime I need the help your just a phone call away with someone always willing to help.

Cons
My only complaint about the software is every time I make a change to an app it creates a new version therefore when I have to do a download of a project that has already been running for a year I have to make sure I am downloading the data from every version.

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Likelihood to recommend: 9/10