Caspio Reviews & Product Details

I really enjoy the Caspio user interface/use experience. It allows color coordinating, data field matching, and more to ensure your custom database is aligned in one dashboard. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

In the past, some data fields misaligned- but their support was quick to ensure everything was fixed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Caspio has the capability of creating apps with almost no coding Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Although it is a no code platform it still requires a lot of time to get trained on how you can make use of the platform Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

After being reassured several times that my use case was "simple" and shouldn't take long to implement I decided to move forward with subscribing. Needless to say that was not the case. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Aggressive sales team called with the promise of incorporating Caspio as database that would replace Microsoft Access and Excel. Heaving Data wrangling proved to be impossible on the platform. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

We liked some of the basic features of Caspio, but most of its other promises left much to be desired. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

We're not sure what Caspio offers to companies, but compatibility with Wordpress is not among them. We were told by their sales team that there were multiple ways, including plugins and API’s that would allow us to integrate our Wordpress site. In fact, there aren’t. For example, the limit on their API calls per month would not run our app for a day. Neither of these limitations were mentioned by their sales staff, even after repeated questioning about the costs from our CEO.

We had a fully working, functioning prototype in our old database we demo’d for the Caspio sales staff and they claimed they could match all the functionality. In fact, nearly every promise they made was specifically disproven, and, the solution seemed very limited. It’s UI features left a lot to be desired. In the end, we spent over $60k and 9 months before abandoning Caspio. We finally realized the “rathole” was simply not ever going to work. Every Caspio workaround caused another problem.

Their sole resolution was to have their technical staff work with our development team. Each time, they failed to create a reliable workaround. We finally had to walk away from tens of thousands in development costs because we figured out their routine— stonewall until their technology could catch up. It never could. And, tell us that we could upgrade (again) to get “that” feature. In the end, this wasn’t true. We upgraded and still, it would not do something simple.

Caspio is good at marketing, and willing to sell you anything. But its a rudimentary, overpriced solution. We ended up with Filemaker again (our old database). It’s newer versions are substantially more compatible, and Web friendly than SAS-based Caspio. Go figure? Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Easy to copy from Excel to Caspio DB then set up search forms for all the data entered. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

If you go over a set limit you must upgrade to a paid version. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Caspio is very intuitive and easy to use. We use Caspio to complete web forms that are necessary for completion of our job. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I wish there was a way to suggest edits through each form link rather than having to notify the employee responsible for publishing the Caspio links. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The ability to create your own web based programs to meet your own specific needs. Also the feature of unlimited users; no requirement to pay based on the number of users. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

A GUI would be nice to improve development time. Also the system lacks flexibility in passing parameters from one datapage to another. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What I enjoyed with caspio is the great functionality and how easy it is to build tables. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

When creating the drop down values in a table, I ran into issues with formatting when exporting the data. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ease of use and ability to create professional and functional applications on the fly. Very powerful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Nothing. I dislike not having enough time to spend developing apps. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I can quickly find prior audits and eval submitted by myself or others on the team. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Previously, on a different software, I would get emails when something was completed and would know that assigned audits were being completed. Now I have to log in to check. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like how user friendly this software is! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I dislike some in the capability restrictions for more advances databases Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Great tool for business users to create their own web applications without knowing how to code Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It does take time to become familiar with development controls and user interface. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Not needing progeamming knowledge is a big plus Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Interfaces are still behind the big players Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I love that I can easily and quickly create custom custom forms that are incredibly complex, and can tie several together in interesting ways. I can do this without hiring a programmer, and I can create backend forms to manage the data collected. I don't know what I'd do without this product. It has allowed me to turn around jobs in a couple of hours instead of a couple of weeks. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

A couple of minor bugs (improper nesting) have cropped up in the latest versions, and they're breaking my dropdown menus on my WordPress site. Caspio fixed the first one once I reported it, and I only noticed the second instance today. Also, while the logic capabilities on the form are better than anything else I've seen, I wish I had even more options. For instance, I'd like to be able to make an "Other" field both appear (from a hidden state) and then be required if the user selects "Other" in the dropdown menu above it. I can make it appear only if "Other" is selected, but I can't do that AND make it required. Also, there's an annoying issue where users' uploads are cleared if they get an error on form submission. They usually don't notice that they need to re-attach their files. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I helped implement Caspio as a solution in my agency nearly four years ago to meet a single simple need. Since then, usage of Caspio has increased to nearly 20 applications and several more concepts awaiting time and approval to implement. One of the greatest components of Caspio is the very simple learning curve. As a non-programmer, I was able to stand up a web application in hours instead of weeks or months. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

My biggest complaint is the authentication piece. If a user is not an admin for the instance, they have additional steps to log in. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It was fairly easy to get started on a basic database with simple search functions, but it also offers far more customizable options if you're willing to wade into those waters. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Once you move beyond the most basic set up, I found the learning curve got much steeper. If I wasn't working from someone else's template, I had a hard time implementing more advanced functions (such as those using parameters and creating linked apps). It involved a lot of trial and error. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Caspio has great customer support with minimal wait times and quick availability. They release a new update to their software every couple of months that introduces new ways to use their software as well as speed up creation time. They have different levels of security to purchase depending on your business type at different price points to fit your need. Many ways to deploy their applications throughout your site from embedding to iFrame. Love this product! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

So far, I've been using Caspio for 6 months and don't have much to complain about. Some features can be released a little early and not everything has been thought through. It's usually fixed in the next patch like most software though. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Caspio is easy to learn and use - even for a novice like me! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Documentation isn't as easy to find as I'd like. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Availability, ease of use and scalability Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Its boundaries, like no user ability to create and manage scheduled email triggers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.