# Stacks Reviews
**Vendor:** Blockstack PBC  
**Category:** [Blockchain as a Service Providers](https://www.g2.com/categories/blockchain-as-a-service)  
**Average Rating:** 4.3/5.0  
**Total Reviews:** 2
## About Stacks
Blockstack is leading the way to a decentralized computing era. Blockstack is a decentralized computing platform that puts users in control of their data and identity. Apps built on Blockstack make data breaches and trust violations an antiquated notion.




## Stacks Reviews
  ### 1. Privacy in Data Sharing

**Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Manpreet S. | Assistant Manager, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** November 28, 2023

**What do you like best about Stacks?**

The data security and it's privacy while we transfer the data to different people in the organisation are commendable. Data is the most important asset of any organisation, its security is always a concern for everyone wherein blockstack does a great job of avoiding data leak through its encrypted medium

**What do you dislike about Stacks?**

The selection of applications within the ecosystem may be less comprehensive compared to what is offered on traditional, centralized platforms.

**What problems is Stacks solving and how is that benefiting you?**

We can decide which data to share, with whom to share it, and who retains their data. No one else have the access to it which keeps it secured.

  ### 2. Emerging Platform For Decentralized Apps, But Needs a Bit More Work!

**Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Nina L. | Project Manager, Information Technology and Services, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** August 30, 2019

**What do you like best about Stacks?**

Blockstack has the best customer support in the blockchain space, hands down. They have a Slack channel, use Twitter actively and respond to emails overnight whenever my team and I have questions. They are providing a clear path to distribution for agencies and firms looking to develop decentralized apps as well as a clear path to monetization for some apps as an alternative to industry leaders like Apple and Google.

**What do you dislike about Stacks?**

I dislike that, for one, they require so much documentation from our team to get up-and-running. We had to submit our identification, tax forms, licenses, articles of organization from our domestic state as well as some other required documents. This severely impacted the time we would've used to finish up development for our apps that already exist on the Blockstack Browser ecosystem.

**Recommendations to others considering Stacks:**

I recommend trying out Blockstack for your team and seeing if it suits your needs. It's early-stage, so it's not for everyone, but it can be an awesome alternative to the industry bemoths like the App Store or Play Store for releasing applications with a clear path to monetization, especially for web agencies and firms.

**What problems is Stacks solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Blockstack has not yet realized their dreams of consumer demand or adaptation. Chances are, if you're publishing an app with Blockstack it's a strictly business audience demographic you're appealing to. But for us at Blyn, that was perfect! 

We wanted to solve the problem of creating decentralized workplace tools for enterprise and small businesses through software-as-a-service. We solved the age-old problem of authentication and authorization for saaS apps by using Blockstack's SSO solution. We realize this has saved us HOURS of overhead in development and production publication. We look forward to using Blockstack even more in the future.


## Stacks Discussions
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## Stacks Features
**Administration**
- Plugins and APIs
- Cost Control
- Process Control

**Functionality**
- Smart Contracts
- Token Creation
- Automated Provisioning
- Industry Specialization

**Performance**
- Consensus
- Security and Privacy Policies
- Scalability

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