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GridBuddy Connect Reviews & Product Details

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What do you like best about GridBuddy Connect?

GridBuddy Cloud saves our organization time by seeing our data from multiple objects in our instance in one view and allowing us to make updates from there. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about GridBuddy Connect?

Would love a quick/button click way to be able to convert existing reports into editable grids Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is GridBuddy Connect solving and how is that benefiting you?

Click reduction: displays data in a form which eliminates the need for multiple page loads to edit data.

Data Quality Improvement: Having fields in need of editing/updating together in one place engenders improved data quality, and generates more reliable reports Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

GridBuddy Connect Overview

What is GridBuddy Connect?

GridBuddy Connect, from Validity, is the data productivity platform that keeps your team more focused on growing your business than updating your data. Since growth-minded teams need accurate data at their fingertips, GridBuddy Connect combines data from separate systems into an editable, spreadsheet-simple view. Users finally have all insights they need in one place, and they can engage confidently using the right data. Update and work with your data faster. Make in-line updates and quickly navigate your data through a spreadsheet-simple user experience. Zero in on data using filters and expansive search features, bring attention to the fields that matter most with conditional formatting, use actions to expand your grid’s functionality, and use your grids for in-line editable, multi-object reporting. Connect your Salesforce, Microsoft Dynamics 365, and Zendesk data for richer insights. Unite data from separate databases, instead of manually combining exports and clicking between multiple systems. Centralize your Salesforce data from multiple orgs for fast navigation and deeper insights, boost productivity by uniting your Dynamics 365 data into one simplified view, and connect your Zendesk customer data for another layer of knowledge. Utilize job-specific workspaces. Organize your data views to meet the needs of each user. Get up and running faster with preconfigured, ready-to-use ReadyGrids, used tabbed workspaces to create a set of grids based on your team’s workflow, and tailor grids to the personal needs of each user.

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Product Description

Combine any data across multiple objects into a single view—create easily configure spreadsheet-like workspaces where anyone can quickly create, mass update, and delete records without clicking around multiple screens.


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Businesses run better and grow faster with trustworthy data. Tens of thousands of organizations across the world rely on Validity solutions – including Everest, DemandTools, BriteVerify, GridBuddy Connect, and MailCharts – to target, contact, engage, and retain customers effectively. Marketing, sales, and customer success teams worldwide trust Validity solutions to help them create smarter campaigns, generate leads, drive response, and increase revenue.


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Recent GridBuddy Connect Reviews

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Evren T.Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
0.0 out of 5
"A product that used to be great..."
When it worked, it was an incredible product, but it's been over a year since it was last stable. Easy to integrate. Good UI/UX.
Jerry Y.
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Jerry Y.Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
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"Terrible"
There is nothing good about the product that we have been using.
David T.
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David T.Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
1.0 out of 5
"Product is too slow for use in Australia"
Support in UK (Sheridan) was very helpful.
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GridBuddy Connect Media

GridBuddy Connect Demo - Conditional formating
Alert users to data that needs their attention.
GridBuddy Connect Demo - Filters and expansive search
Access a more precise and concentrated view of your data with cross-object filtering. Expansive search functions allow you to search 50x more records across your entire dataset, not just the page you’re on.
GridBuddy Connect Demo - Multi-object in-line editing
Update and view records across different objects in one view.
GridBuddy Connect Demo - Tabbed workspaces
A single, tabbed view that combines the grids your team needs to do their specific jobs.
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Evren T.
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Salesforce Administrator
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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Verified Current User
Review source: Organic
What do you like best about GridBuddy Connect?

When it worked, it was an incredible product, but it's been over a year since it was last stable. Easy to integrate. Good UI/UX. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about GridBuddy Connect?

Daily downtime, untrained support that is also incredibly hard to get time with, random data mismatch issues between Salesforce and Gridbuddy Connect without any rhyme or reason which happens sporadically, making it impossible to trust what you're seeing on the grid. After all of the problems we've had, they never even got us in front of a product manager. Avoid at all costs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is GridBuddy Connect solving and how is that benefiting you?

Allowing our agents to view and modify data with ease. No longer the case as the data sync issues make it so you cannot trust what you see on the grid(s). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Jerry Y.
JY
Director of Technology & Engineering
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Validated Reviewer
Verified Current User
Review source: Organic
What do you like best about GridBuddy Connect?

There is nothing good about the product that we have been using. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about GridBuddy Connect?

I have been using GridBuddy as the Director of Technology for a real estate company and unfortunately, my experience has been far from positive. In the past eight months, we have experienced 5 instances of downtime which greatly impacted our business operations.

The support we received from GridBuddy was terrible. They lied to us about having "world class support" and ended up outsourcing it to India, despite promising to hire support in Florida. Our contacts within the company, including the Director of Sales and Sales Manager, were either fired or left their positions.

I would not recommend GridBuddy to anyone in the real estate industry or any other industry that requires consistent and reliable software. The constant downtime and lack of support make it a poor investment for any company. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is GridBuddy Connect solving and how is that benefiting you?

Conditional formatting for Salesforce data, but it's not benefiting us when it goes down every month. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Emily H.
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Founder and Principal Advisor
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Validated Reviewer
Verified Current User
Review source: Organic
What do you like best about GridBuddy Connect?

If you find yourself constantly asking users to stop tracking data in excel and start using Salesforce, this is the tool for you! Allows users to edit and create records inline and view multiple levels of data in one view. Has greatly supported user adoption and we're always finding new ways to use it. Fantastic, personal support. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about GridBuddy Connect?

We have experienced a few glitches (related to record types or having to enter in system fields) but the GridBuddy team has always responded quickly and worked with us to resolve these issues, if not immediately in an upcoming release. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering GridBuddy Connect:

Will take some effort to learn the tool and configure the grids. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is GridBuddy Connect solving and how is that benefiting you?

We use GridBuddy tabs instead of listivews and related lists. This allows users to filter, group/sort, edit and add data inline. We primarily use the tool for tracking program participation/attendance. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Non-Profit Organization Management
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Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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Review source: Organic
What do you like best about GridBuddy Connect?

The integration with Salesforce. Being able to input data into the Grid and upon saving it automatically updates our fields in Salesforce in real-time.Save a lot of time for data entry.

I also love how responsive the support team at Validity. They are amazing. The quick response they provide in troubleshooting any issues that may occur. They also provide great resources if/should the issue arise again for another user in the organization. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about GridBuddy Connect?

The new look of the Grid that's embedded into our web page. It's clunky and takes up more space than the previous Grid Legacy we installed and used before the implementation of Gridbuddy Connect. I also dislike that you have to open another link to see changes made to the Grid filters instead refreshing and your changes reflected. I also experience a huge delay with entering notes into the Grid fields and saving. As I had previous use this tool to take notes in meetings. I was unable to do so with Grid Buddy Connect. With the amount of time it took to save one field I wasn't able to keep up with the meeting and had to switch to an excel document. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is GridBuddy Connect solving and how is that benefiting you?

Being able to update our fields in SF on Mulitple records in real-time. This saves us a ton of time from navigating record to record. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Clara S.
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What do you like best about GridBuddy Connect?

The tools saves a lot of time and it is easy to use Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about GridBuddy Connect?

When having more than one object hierarchy, not being able to filter by the second object Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is GridBuddy Connect solving and how is that benefiting you?

Saving time thanks to mass updates and easy one-by-one updates without the need to open individual records Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

David T.
DT
CTRM Solution Consultant / Applications Vendor
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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Review source: Organic
What do you like best about GridBuddy Connect?

Support in UK (Sheridan) was very helpful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about GridBuddy Connect?

Product Manager did not communicate directly on any performance issues raised. Very disappointing. No Asia server sites. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is GridBuddy Connect solving and how is that benefiting you?

Planning tool Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

BC
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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Verified Current User
Review source: Organic
What do you like best about GridBuddy Connect?

Salesforce initial setup and flow was intended for an audience with larger Projects and few customers. Our business relies on consistent and regular contact with our customers. As such each click of a button in salesforce, and the short nut stacking seconds lost become the difference between serving many more customers each day and getting to them quicker. Grid buddy had allowed us to make more outbound calls to our customers and document that interaction in real time while organizing follow-ups concurrently. and saving and updating in mass. it has simply transformed salesforce from a difficult and tedious user interface (suitable flor other business, but not ours) to one that feels like a viable tool that we simply cannot be without. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about GridBuddy Connect?

Nothing immediately noteworthy, Im sure there is a few niggles, but the team at validity has always been there to support us through those hurdle. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is GridBuddy Connect solving and how is that benefiting you?

Salesforce, which we had already invested in, was simply not suitable in its given state, and we needed to make it work. Gridbuddy transformed the interface and made the entire experience a suitable and viable solution after-all. Without Gridbuddy, salesforce was a chore to use in our multi platform setup. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Food & Beverages
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Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Validated Reviewer
Review source: Organic
What do you like best about GridBuddy Connect?

The Support Team with Sophia and Raf. They showed me cool tricks within the product and custom code to reach my business needs. Very helpful and a true learning experience to better my own knowledge and tools. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about GridBuddy Connect?

Some of the limitations of the out of the box software provided by Gridbuddy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is GridBuddy Connect solving and how is that benefiting you?

I am using this to display financial records for year over year data for contract mgmt—a helpful and beneficial integration with SF Lightning. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Transportation/Trucking/Railroad
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Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about GridBuddy Connect?

It is easy for users to use and easy to build and implement Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about GridBuddy Connect?

If you have too many parent/child relationships it can be a little clunky - but that has been getting better over time Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering GridBuddy Connect:

Work with your Gridbuddy team for best practices from their own experience and their customers. That is how i have seen a lot of our best Grids and workspaces Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is GridBuddy Connect solving and how is that benefiting you?

Having one place for my team to go in and update basic things on their pipeline all at once. My team can manage around 20 opptys at once, and they and update amount, close date, updates all at once!

one Stop shop Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Darren K.
DK
Director Global Operations
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
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Verified Current User
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What do you like best about GridBuddy Connect?

GridBuddy is super easy to use - very intuitive. It eases the burden of data entry. Because of that, our users actually keep the data current, which helps our overall analytics and forecasting. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about GridBuddy Connect?

Due to the nature of displaying several datapoints within the same grid, the layout can sometime yield wasted space. But there are ways to hide/display additional items to help minimize wasted space. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is GridBuddy Connect solving and how is that benefiting you?

Users are not likely to find and add/correct data unless it is very easy for them. GridBuddy allows users to easily fix any missing/incorrect data with minimal clicks. Our data quality has increased since using GridBuddy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.