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25 reviewers had the following to say about Quick Base's features:
We were able to produce some nice reports along the way, making sure upper management knew the progress of the project the whole time.
We've used it to provide a jointly accessible portal for the projects we do for our customers, with standardized PM templates, including the ability to display a MS Project Gantt chart, action items, document sharing, risk tracking, contact list, design metrics, etc.
Pros
It can plug in with 3rd party applications and do inventory, pull reports automatically, really awesome stuff!
Cons
The product wasn't intuitive enough for us to customize ourselves, and found that over time, team members wouldn't collaborate on a project within QB because they found it "too difficult" or the interface wasn't intuitive.
Rating breakdown
Time used: 1-2 years
Frequency of use: Weekly
Likelihood to recommend
Quickbase helps our project manager with all info in one convenient location.
Pros
We hired a Quickbase Expert who worked with us to create a time tracking and project management portal that is perfect for our specific needs.
Cons
While it does integrate with Quickbooks desktop version, we often ran into sync issues.
Rating breakdown
Time used: 2+ years
Frequency of use: Daily
Likelihood to recommend
We use this software to track projects and status of quotations.
Helped to move our Custom Implant line from an antiquated software and combination of excel documents to an easy to use project management platform.
Quick Base is a useful and reliable all-in-one development platform that helps businesses and organizations collect, track and manage information in an efficient way.
Pros
It even has a stable pre-built marketplace and third party integrations.
Cons
It takes time for a representative to pick up.
Rating breakdown
Time used: 1-2 years
Frequency of use: Daily
Likelihood to recommend
I'm looking forward to seeing how this product grows and adapts as industries change over time.
Pros
QuickBase has allowed me to merge several tasks and activities that I was used to doing manually.
Cons
Integration with other programs wasn't as much of a breeze as I had anticipated.
Rating breakdown
Time used: Less than 6 months
Frequency of use: Daily
Likelihood to recommend
It's hard to quickly see what activity on a project is relevant without spending a significant amount of time opening several discrete Jobs and combing through for details.
I used QuickBase for 2 years to document software changes and project tasks.
Now end of year report are generated automatically where they used to take weeks to prepare.
Our application has become our CRM, Project Management, and Operational tracking ad reporting software all built into one with a lot of automation and integration to boot!
Pros
The design of the interface is basic, but they're in the process of rolling out a new UI called Mercury that looks great.
Cons
Quickbase does not provide a ton of customer support. They rely on an incredible community of users and developers as well as approved Quickbase Solutions Providers (QSPs) that customers can contract with for help with building their applications. But if you're looking to go at it on your own, you will have to dig if you need help with something. As savvy of as Quickbase user I am, it took me three years before I even learned that I had an account manager at Quickbase.
Rating breakdown
Time used: 2+ years
Frequency of use: Daily
Likelihood to recommend
Recommendations to others considering Quick Base
If you really want to get the most out of Quickbase and learn all that it has to offer, a trip to their annual conference called Empower is a must.
Quickbase is a very user friendly application. I have used in two process applications for my company. It doesn't require special advanced Software skills. It is very straight and simple.
Pros
If I have a question and ask the online support, I would get a reply within less than a day and they are most of the time with answers.
Cons
I would suggest a bit improved notification lists.
Rating breakdown
Time used: 6-12 months
Data is easily imported in and out of the database, reports are customizable, and alerts can be automatically sent to users.
I utilize features like automated emails, workflows/business logic, and custom dashboards with reporting to ensure my users always have the information most important to them.
Pros
-Intuitive user interface -Ad-hoc report builder (great for non-technical users) -No-code/low-code platform (quickly create and deploy apps/databases) -Custom dashboards for specific users/roles -Security of Intuit (TurboTax, QuickBooks, etc.)
Cons
-Improved mobile app -Increased branding/white-labeling
Thanks for the positive feedback, Rick! We love having you as a customer!
Pros
It catches like wildfire and sparks creativity in process design/redesign.
Cons
Their native Gantt chart is very limited.
Rating breakdown
Time used: 2+ years
Likelihood to recommend
Recommendations to others considering Quick Base
Grab the free trial and begin building. It becomes addicting.
Pros
Email notifications, customized databases, forms, rules, formulas etc.
Cons
We also like it for project management, however have found to use other collaboration tools that allow to do things more quickly such as leaving a comment, checking things off as done as well as some file version control. all things doable in QB, however we had some issues with the team doing the admin work of updating.
Rating breakdown
Time used: 2+ years
Likelihood to recommend
Recommendations to others considering Quick Base
The devil is always in the details. If you can get a demo of software, go for it. Build something in it. I normally ask to extend my demo to 30 days, allowing for some training time.
Pros
QuickBase allows you to customized the product to meet the needs of your business. As we continue to grow and evolve as a company it allows us to adapt to the changing needs of the company.
Cons
No access to track changes and view which users made the changes.
Rating breakdown
Time used: 2+ years
Likelihood to recommend
Recommendations to others considering Quick Base
You do not need to be a programmer to be able to customize this product. QuickBase makes it easy for a novice to learn the application and they provide both on-demand and web-based training sessions to help you along the way.
I think QB is doing a great job growing and we've enjoyed using their software.
Pros
We have used QB as an ATS, sale organizer, method of tracking jobs, contacts and internal employee information.
Cons
We've been able to build so many different tools, but I wish the interface was a better.
Rating breakdown
Time used: 6-12 months
Frequency of use: Other
Likelihood to recommend
Pros
Low-Code / No code interface, SaaS product, full data integration capabilities through well built API, great support and online community, fantastic 3rd party consultants and add-on vendors
Cons
UI customizations are limited without custom code, Can't create alternate keys or foreign keys not based on primary key values.
Rating breakdown
Time used: 2+ years
Frequency of use: Daily
Likelihood to recommend
Very much looking forward to the new UI rollout!
Pros
Our business has thousands of returns due for filing every month. Quickbase helps us make sure no returns are missed.
Cons
Wish that we could have projected project hours to help our managers gauge billable hours for ongoing projects.
Rating breakdown
Time used: 2+ years
Frequency of use: Daily
Likelihood to recommend
We now use QuickBase for almost anything from small project management, internal support ticket systems, marketing campaign management, lead retrieval and event registration to large-scale in-product workflow.
Even if you are looking to create certain more advanced functionality in Quickbase, for instance, interacting with other applications via the API, you have native connectors within Quickbase which is constantly growing, and you can use applications like Zapier to further than integration without requiring any programming knowledge.
Pros
- Easy of use (Great UI/UX) - Flexible Interface - Scalable - Supports a full API for integration to virtually any other application - Allows for scaling to a multi-user application, allowing for complex workflows to match business process
Cons
So, if you want to send out reports to your clients, or internally within the company, you would have to resort to 3rd party tools to allow for such functionality.
Rating breakdown
Time used: 1-2 years
Thanks for the fantastic review, George! Glad to hear QuickBase is working for you and your organization. We are always working to enhance QuickBase -- including updating our reporting options -- so please stay tuned for great new features in the future!
