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I have used Knack to write two relatively complex database solutions. While I had to get used to some non-standard database terms (e.g. connection vs. join), I found it extremely easy to learn and use. The best thing about Knack is the support. Except for a brief span a couple of years ago, their responsiveness and helpfulness has been superb. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Knack does not have any developer tools that let you create a workable testbed and transfer code to the live app.
There is no way to filter or search for a particular page in Builder which is a problem when your app has over 100 pages. Likewise it does not let you group your pages easily or categorize them (e.g. Active, Retired, Pending, etc.). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
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- Knack covers most use cases my clients throw at me
- Great native features for building a database, and laying out a user-friendly front-end
- Flexible with the use of it's JavaScript/CSS editor
- Easy to use API/webhooks for integrating with external applications
- Knack team are friendly, responsive, and include partners/customers in their decision-making
- A great network of fellow experts and forum for all users Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
- Live app layouts could use better customatisation
- Conditional logic on complex live app forms can be tricky to manouever
- Back-end could be optimised to speed up development process Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Knack is a fantastic no-code database tool for building business solutions.
It especially comes into it's own when you need to have large groups of users needing varying forms of access. Think Customer portals or HR processes.
The technical infrastructure of the system makes this easy to accomplish - and the licencing model supports this as well (they do not charge per user). Most of my client's systems have large numbers of very infrequent users (one had over 200,000!).
Becuase it is so easy to control what different users can see and interact with, it soon becomes the corner stone of your operation and can replace many seperate systems and spreadsheets in an entirely integrated solution.
Partnered with an Integration/Workflow tool like Make, you can automate your whole business. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Like others have said, I would like to see an improvement to the standard 'look and feel' of a finished Knack app - but this is on the way quite soon.
I would also like more workflow tools built into the product - although you can use Make for this quite simply. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
It gives you a means to create an interactive platform for your team to collaborate on without having to learn coding. In my case use it is a secondary software that allows the company to effeciently manage a growing team and address the primary software's short comings for some of the most riskiest aspects of our line of business. With knack, our growth is manageable and there is a degree of team member effeciency that allows us to stay adminstratively lean. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
I had to learn by doing as it can be hard to wrap your head around all the interactions and work arounds. From figuritively shaking records to get formulas to work or the dance that you need to perform to pull information from one record to another, there is a way but it is complex to get there. I dislike that I can't park a SaaS on a domain and not have it revert to the knack host. I have told them this feedback multiple times without it being addressed. This kinda matters when trying to resell or not freak your consumer by jumping them to another domain. It also has terms and conditions implications. I ultimately have concluded to learn coding and build it from the ground up. I think knack is good for those who only want to wade in instead of diving into the deep end. I don't regret finding, using and depending on Knack. I just wish it could be the full solution for what I am specifically trying to do, build an EHR SaaS. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Over the current 6 years, I have been a privileged builder of Knack applications for several clients, all of which have value somewhere between instrumental and essential to their organizations.
Knack is especially helpful because it is really not a closed system, but can be core of a grand ecosystem. With Knack you can store and interface with data within, and build algorithms, rules, and all that. But it can also be the nucleus of your task world by ennabling you to automate, interact and transform your workflows and processes.
Knack's commitment to data integrity has produced a characteristic slow-turning ship when it comes to enhancing the product. Yet, this actually bolsers my confidence in the product.
There is a quality network of developers who are always cheerful and helpful to pitch in to help. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Lacks a couple features I that would make data management easier on some days but let's face it - my own lack of omniscience is often at fault for not building right in the first place and wasting time on tweaks. On a few superficials, i wish Knack could look better on the UI but that is in works. It is often wished that the UI were as robust as the back end to update records. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
It's just so damn easy to create custom applications that work the way I want them to. Started using it about 10 years ago when I ran operations for a start-up marketing agency and has carried into managing my current marketing, ecommerce and inside sales teams. I love the ability for anyone in the organization to access the apps created. When my wife started her event management company a few years back, I got a separate license to build out all the contracts, invoicing and expense managment aspects. I even created an app to manage the maintenance schedules and records for our RV and other vehicles. And mind you, I'm a marketing guy, not an IT guy. Now I will admit to having a high geek factor and a lot of experience with relational databases, but it's still super intuitive when you get your mind wrapped around the construct. The support has also been consistently top notch. I use the chat feature and someone is back in touch quickly. They also follow-up on things like known bugs that take a while to fix. If Knack went away, I'd probably just retire! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
I do wish it had more robust visualizations. Pretty much just bar, pie and line charts plus a pivot table. Certainly helpful, but a little more would be nice. The speed has gotten much better, but still have to clear my cache regularly to keep from getting the spinning Knack symbol. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
I'm not a programmer by any means, but I find Knack pretty straightforward to use. Lots of help available on the internet if you get stuck. In particular I like the templates, which I've found pretty straightforward to alter for my own use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The one thing that would be really useful, would be an Android App that could be used offline. I'm fairly often at client locations without Internet connection, and an offline app would really help. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The logic is intuitive. Configuring the software to do what we need is possible 95% of the time, age for the trickier bits there is a community of awesome power users who share code to plug in. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
I have been using knack for over 10 years. I honestly can't think of a dislike. There are things that I cannot do, but they fail into the category of my planning skills, or not being realistic. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
I needed a flexible database to plug into our Squarespace website. I selected Knack after reviewing a couple of other options and Knack was the best and most affordable fit. Each time I thought I might need technical support for the data import and design tasks I was able to solve the problems myself. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Very little but I would like to see a feature added that would allow me to limit the fields a user can select in filtering data. I hear that feature may be in the works. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
It's super easy to build and modify an app! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Knack is built on a painfully slow platform that lacks data integrity. Over 10 years on the platform, we've seen little to no progress on this front. Support has gone downhill over the years as well. Knack is great for small projects, but if you want something that will scale even a little, look elsewhere! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
It is a robust system that during our usage over several years, has had no outage or major issues. It is highly flexible and allows us to make chalnges internally to reflect the rapidly evolving science sector we are part of, without the need for a coder. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
For use in the UK, they are not registered with the Information Commissioners Office. Therefore, that needs to be justified to large insitutions, that we are part of. It is cheap join and Knack are already compliant. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
