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Knack Reviews & Product Details

Knack Overview
What is Knack?

Knack is a no-code development platform that lets businesses build simple web apps and online databases. The platform lets users import data from spreadsheets or define it from scratch. From there, users can build interfaces to display and manage that data using elements like forms, tables, and searches. Apps can be easily embedded into any website and then further styled or manipulated via jQuery.

Company Knack
Year founded 2010
Company size 11-50 employees
Headquarters New York, NY, United States
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82 Knack Reviews
4.3 out of 5
Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Nov 16, 2018
 Source
Overall Rating:
3.5
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Sarah P.
Program Coordinator
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"It helps keep all of your information stored in one place"
What do you like best about Knack?

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What do you dislike about Knack?

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What problems is Knack solving and how is that benefiting you?

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Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Apr 30, 2018
 Source
Overall Rating:
3.5
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Sam J.
Marketing Operations Coordinator
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"Great for a changing business"
What do you like best about Knack?

The flexibility Knack offers, you can build out a database app to manage incredibly simple or complex amounts of data that connect and interact in a multitude of ways

What do you dislike about Knack?

System can be kind of slow, can be difficult to figure out specific connections between different data objects, but overall is relatively easy to learn.

What problems is Knack solving and how is that benefiting you?

Database management with a high influx of records, constantly changing data needs are able to be addressed due to Knack's flexibility.

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Jul 08, 2017
 Source
Overall Rating:
3.0
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David R.
Technical Architect And Developer
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"A great, improving web-app builder and DB designer"
What do you like best about Knack?

Knack allows anyone to create a quite complex backend and frontend for their web-app. For those with knowledge in code, Knack provides a vast amount of customization using an API and custom CSS and JS built-in.

What do you dislike about Knack?

The frontend needs a bit of an update. Thankfully, this is now on Knack's planning list so it'll be implemented very soon.

What problems is Knack solving and how is that benefiting you?

The original plan was either to create a custom web-app using Google Sheets APIs. However, thanks to Knack, we were able to get it up and running in a matter of weeks, not months.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Aug 24, 2021
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Overall Rating:
2.5
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Romeo P.
Marketing
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"Great all in one system for small teams"
What do you like best about Knack?

Knack for Business has many CRM features, making it easier for you to rely on one system. Their system also works on many types of devices.

What do you dislike about Knack?

I think Knack for Business needs a refresh of its interface. A CRM system must also be easy to navigate and understand.

What problems is Knack solving and how is that benefiting you?

I liked having all of my invoices, notes, and contact info within one dashboard.

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Feb 09, 2018
 Source
Overall Rating:
2.5
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Casey S.
Admissions Coordinator
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"Don't knack it till you try it"
What do you like best about Knack?

Great tool for a customized CRM. Building your website is intuitive and simple for a moderately tech-savvy employee

What do you dislike about Knack?

Knack servers were built in the stone age - we have problems loading pages every day - if I had a nickel for everytime Knack was slow, I could quit my job

What problems is Knack solving and how is that benefiting you?

Knack is great because you can customize with no limits. The issue with this is that it requires a ton of background knowledge on who it all works. You can pretty easily build something that will function for your intended purposes but without someone who be committed to engineering it full time, you're better off with a CRM like base or sales force

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Feb 19, 2021
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Overall Rating:
1.0
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Emiliano H.
Data Architect
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"Looking for a competitor that works."
What do you like best about Knack?

Veyr easy to get a site going, reporting facilities are adequate.

What do you dislike about Knack?

The API is beyond ridiculous. All fields have meaningless names like "field_1542" and "object_67". The API does not return the values you write into it. It is insanely slow, needing multithreaded requests just so you get above 2 updates per second. That is if your updates come through, because we're hitting "504 Server Error: Gateway Time-out for url" frequently. The technology looks like it's been put together by a student early in his career, and not a talented student at that.

What problems is Knack solving and how is that benefiting you?

Easy reporting on daily corona stats.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Jan 19, 2022
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
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"Knack Review"
What do you like best about Knack?

Knack offers a great variety of webnairs that demo which is super useful. It is nice to have access to all inclusive data.

What do you dislike about Knack?

I dislike being logged out from the site occasionally. For a multi tasker like myself, I am going back forth from multiple windows.

What problems is Knack solving and how is that benefiting you?

There are some bugs on the mobile app that can be easily fixed. Benefits include great customer service.

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Jun 18, 2021
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Overall Rating:
5.0
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
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"Great software for client information"
What do you like best about Knack?

easy to use for background information on client background/ easy to keep digital forms

What do you dislike about Knack?

sometimes we cant locate client profiles

What problems is Knack solving and how is that benefiting you?

easy to store information on client skin background. Easy for staff to read prior to service

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Dec 13, 2020
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Overall Rating:
5.0
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
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"Easy to use, great product"
What do you like best about Knack?

It was very easy to build our solution. We used a partner but it was all done in a couple of weeks for a very reasonable price.

What do you dislike about Knack?

Some of their competitors have more features.

What problems is Knack solving and how is that benefiting you?

Rapidly building low cost software solutions for our clients.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Aug 30, 2020
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Overall Rating:
5.0
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
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"Best entrepreneur tool"
What do you like best about Knack?

Development speed and Access control and localization

What do you dislike about Knack?

Some minor diffucult to inmprove the look and feel of the apps.

What problems is Knack solving and how is that benefiting you?

Organiza and control Information

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Aug 20, 2020
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Overall Rating:
5.0
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
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"So easy to build a seamless web app."
What do you like best about Knack?

You can do so much with Knack with little-to-no code and embed seamlessly into your website.

What do you dislike about Knack?

Lack of 2-way connectivity in database can impede functionality.

What problems is Knack solving and how is that benefiting you?

Creating a de facto social media application with matchmaking functionality.

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Jul 23, 2020
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Overall Rating:
5.0
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
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"Simple and easy"
What do you like best about Knack?

It gives me the flexibility to modify and make changes on the fly. I can build all sorts of apps to work with our business.

What do you dislike about Knack?

I think the graphics could be better on the front end. If you want to highlight a row based on one value, you have to select each column and set it up that way. Linking the objects is a little confusing. I would like to be able to select what fields I want to match in order to link a table but I guess it is not designed to do that.

What problems is Knack solving and how is that benefiting you?

I have built an IT help desk site for managing tickets, new hires, and IT services. I have built an app for our sales admin teams to manage incoming orders for equipment. Based on what we are currently paying for we have definitely saved a lot of money compared to putting in our own server and doing our own development or finding another service.

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Jul 23, 2020
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
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"Outstanding Platform That Will Change How You Work"
What do you like best about Knack?

The USABILITY and simplicity of the product. You can be up and running in under and hour and develop the product on the fly.

What do you dislike about Knack?

Lack of easy backup to prevent mistakes.

What problems is Knack solving and how is that benefiting you?

We eliminated many paper processes, enabled tracking and accountability, micro-managed approval of expenses, and are able to report in real time or on a weekly/monthly basis. Track expenses, employee approvals, dollar amounts, report performance, handle time off requests... If you can build it, your users will love it.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Jul 21, 2020
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Overall Rating:
5.0
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
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"Great software"
What do you like best about Knack?

Knack reminds me of Squarespace for database builders. It makes building large and fast databases easy - even for novices like me!

What do you dislike about Knack?

International support would be good. It doesn’t deal well with diacritical marks.

What problems is Knack solving and how is that benefiting you?

I have built a data drive business using the system at a fraction of the cost had I built it myself.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Jul 21, 2020
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
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"Great Platform"
What do you like best about Knack?

Knack allows you to rapidly develop and deploy fully functioning web applications. It's a great tool and can be as simple or as complex as you need. The native functionality is powerful and if needed can be expanded through custom code.

What do you dislike about Knack?

The native UI of Knack is a bit bland. It is simple and effective but isn't as pretty as it could be. However, with custom JS and CSS it can be modified to be more modern.

What problems is Knack solving and how is that benefiting you?

Customer-facing portals are easily built allowing your users to interact with the data they need. It's very quick to set this up and integration with other platforms is possible through Zapier or API connections.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Jul 20, 2020
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Overall Rating:
5.0
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
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"Extremely powerful platform, opening up so many possibilities to the no-code world"
What do you like best about Knack?

The simplicity of the platform, allowing to create new creative and complex solutions in a heartbeat.

What do you dislike about Knack?

It's not the cheapest one out there, but the support has been outstanding! I'm also still looking for user authentication solutions that integrate with our existing tech setup.

What problems is Knack solving and how is that benefiting you?

Custom-built engineering solutions are not realistic for small organisations like ours, and are expensive to maintain. Knack has instantly fixed this for us. And we are building a solution that allows us to manage the whole system in-house in a cost-effective way.

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Jul 20, 2020
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
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"Knack has allowed our organization to quickly build and deploy apps for a low cost."
What do you like best about Knack?

It is easy enough for someone with basic technical skills to pick up and learn fairly quickly. Once you have the basic grasp of how to build the database and app, it is easy to create and deploy secure apps for multiple different scenarios. For example, we were able to launch an app quickly to help collect data on our Covid-19 initiative in a matter of weeks, with minimal effort. Knack does all the heavy lifting in terms of security and back end support. All you need to worry about is how to build your app you need to solve your problem.

What do you dislike about Knack?

At times, it can be a bit unforgiving if you make mistakes and build relationships the wrong way for example. You have to learn that the hard way at times, but knack is improving at explaining best practices. While there isn't any version control per se either, the product does the job well it needs to do.

What problems is Knack solving and how is that benefiting you?

We are solving the problem of deploying secure apps for pilot projects in our organization that need quick turnarounds with small budgets. We are able to do this with Knack.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Jan 04, 2018
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
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"Knack junkie"
What do you like best about Knack?

This incredible platform makes building just the right database with user friendly interfaces easy.

What do you dislike about Knack?

I would like more native integrations and more control over interfaces design

What problems is Knack solving and how is that benefiting you?

I am using knack to bring all of the company data across many platforms together and create a dashboard for strategic planning. I also build small apps for client questionnaires or employee surveys.

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Jul 26, 2016
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Overall Rating:
5.0
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
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"Quick and easy database with zero programming."
What do you like best about Knack?

Easy to use interface. No programming required. I like how you can set up users and create place for them to edit the the content directly.

What do you dislike about Knack?

I haven't really found anything we dislike yet. I do find it can get a bit complicated when you have lots of objects in various relationships. Maybe if there was a way to visualize it more that may help.

What problems is Knack solving and how is that benefiting you?

We were able to create a database very quickly. We had all the data, but needed it to be accessible online in a mobile-friendly format. The cost to custom build a database was very high and included a long timeline. Using Knack was an amazing alternative that served our needs better than the custom solution!

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Sep 18, 2021
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.5
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
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"Easy to use, quick to deploy"
What do you like best about Knack?

I've looked at many online database providers, and I kept coming back to Knack because of the ability to have as many users as I want without any associated costs. My app has hundreds of users, and it costs me nothing. Every other database solution I evaluated charged per user. I also like the ease of use. I don't have to manage the API or the security of the system. Knack handles that, which frees my time.

What do you dislike about Knack?

I don't like that you can't see the internal IDs and foreign keys. Knack handles that b ehind the scenes, but it would be better if you could at least see them.

What problems is Knack solving and how is that benefiting you?

I have created an online database for all of the schools in our state. Each school creates an account and enters its staff members. The second they enter the data, it's available to all of our schools. I've also created an app that allows each school to request approval for playing an out-of-state team. This process is entirely digital now, where in the past, it involved fax or scanned documents emailed to schools and different state associations.