Knack Reviews & Product Details

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

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

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

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

sometimes we cant locate client profiles

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

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.

Some of their competitors have more features.

Rapidly building low cost software solutions for our clients.

Development speed and Access control and localization

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

Organiza and control Information

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

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

Creating a de facto social media application with matchmaking functionality.

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

Lack of easy backup to prevent mistakes.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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!

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.

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.

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.

The fact that nearly anyone can use it to make what they actually want is very useful. It works on both normal PC desktop and mobile devices allows for flexibility. They offer a couple weeks free to try and test out the product to ensure it is right for your group. Also the fact when you speak to people they are really in America is becoming more and more important to our group when looking for vendors.

We have noticed that at times it will knock us out of work and after testing and review we think it's because we have multiple tabs open working on things at the same time. Other than that not too much negative to think of here.

We were able to build the app we needed to add all on our own. After doing so we found it very useful how you are able to track and review the information in Knack. It was the difference maker at helping track large amounts of data we had then.

Plu and Play, don't need to know how to code to create a custom platform for your needs.

Sometimes hard to get a rapid response from support.

Allows us to do updates and have them deploy to all users instead up updating each users interface.

It allows me to build databases which i can acces completely remotely. I find tht thatis a great benefit for it. Simple to use, so eveyone in the organisation can learn it.

The support is lacking. When needed it takes a while to get answers or help from them. Also the community support is not good

It helps solving problems in no time where as before it took a year to find a solution for a problem. Now it's just a matter of days

Knack is a great tool for a customized CRM.Its easy to use ,relatively inexpensive and can make your life so much easier!.

The thing I don't liked in "knack" is that it does not auto save when inputting data to fields,so we can lose data inputs.

I had a great experience with knack developer support while building a custom solution.

I am not responsible for knowing how to change the back end of knack, but I know that a lot of changes are made on a normal basis that make this system extremely versatile and adaptable to our needs as a company.

I dislike the visual aspect. I think it could be a lot more modern/aesthetically pleasing to the user.

We manage almost all of our program information in Knack, and there is honestly more information in there than I know how to access, but I know that every department uses knack for different reasons and all of it is kept well organized.

We really like how Knack lets us completely tell the marketing team what we want created so it takes away the back and forth and makes it easy for everyone to understand the mission at hand.

There is nothing we dislike. I guess maybe the only thing that can be changed would be the ability to have a dashboard and see what you have Knacked previously.

The biggest problem is the lack of the communication between sales and marketing. With both departments so overloaded with work Knack eliminates 100 back and forth emails.