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Verified User in Medical Practice

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

1/7/2022

"Caspio gets the job done, most of the time"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Caspio?

Caspio's platform is well designed and provides pretty much everything you need to quickly create database-centric apps. If you are not an SQL whiz they got you covered with powerful click & drag elements that allow to build pretty complex SQL commands. We have never had a problem with deployment on our sites and it provides fast DB access. Just be sure to normalize your database! The ability to embed JS and HTML within HTML BLOCKS has been a tremendous benefit for us as well. With these options there really is very little you can't accomplish within your datapages. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Caspio?

Caspio's trigger and task development environment can be challenging when you begin to develop beyond basic DB tasks. We have found that variables are not your friend in this environment as they tend to really "bog" down the performance of development. Caspio places limits on how many cascading "triggers" can occur within each script and this has caused us some headaches in working around this limitation. An update to the task and trigger environment last year improved performance tremendously but subsequently, there are quirks now in the interaction of the canvas. For instance - after working within the trigger or task canvas for a while a shadowy blur will begin to cover areas that you have worked on. While this does not prevent you from continuing it is very distracting. Regarding the overall management of your assets, you cannot create folders for any of your assets except for datapages. It would be beneficial to be able to organize all of your assets into folders as larger apps will encompass dozens of tables, views, localizations, styles, etc. You also cannot create dynamic global variables. They have to be static only. This means you cannot set a variable in one trigger and access it from another. This could be a limitation of SaaS development but for us, old school developers, it has been frustrating. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Caspio solving and how is that benefiting you?

We have developed a Scheduling and Resource management system for the medical industry using the Caspio platform. While it has had its challenges we feel this platform was a good choice for us even with its sometimes head-scratching limitations, as you really can get things done quickly. it is a low-code environment and those imitations do get in the way sometimes but we have been able to work around most of these. On the other hand, it is the low-code design that has allowed us to get many functions completed much quicker in addition to having less experienced developers assisting us. Once you get used to the concepts and get over the realization that you have to develop within a very structured environment, there is very little you could not accomplish.

Support - While the user community support forum is hit or miss on getting assistance, Caspio's support team has always been very responsive with the exception of just one issue that they keep telling us "they are working on". That issue is not affecting our development efforts, however. Product Management is responsive and pricing, while cleverly designed to get the most $ out of you as possible, is still reasonable IMO. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Charles C.

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Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

9/18/2021

"Caspio is GREAT but it is difficult to find developers who understand it fully"

4/5

What do you like best about Caspio?

The 'no code' environment is amazing. We can make changes to data pages with ease, preview them, and see if the change we did works, and then re-tweak it to make sure it's correct. It is reasonably fast and doesn't seem to bog down much at all. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Caspio?

It is hard to find developers who understand all of the ins and outs of Caspio. While the basic stuff has a very small learning curve, finding where to do things *, i.e., lookup tables*, calculated fields, and some other platform nuances, are unique and challenging. Even 'seasoned' and experienced Caspio developers have issues at times that are frustrating to resolve. The Caspio support is helpful in most cases, but sometimes they are not as thorough as they should be. In our particular case, we had a unique authentication issue. We had written support and got a very dismissive and vanilla answer to the problem. Our three developers could not resolve it for the life of them, and it was causing issues with registering our users. As our business is growing dynamically, this is problematic. Luckily for us, we got a new account rep, and she just happened to 'check-in on us' when taking over for a colleague. She was AMAZING. She tasked a senior developer who did a screen share with us not 24 hours later, and we resolved a HUGE issue in less than an hour.

Overall, it is a great platform, but even those familiar with it are not completely familiar with it, and at times you will need to find a good support liaison to solve some issues. Caspio is great in many ways. One more thing that is a bit disappointing is their front-end tools/widgets. IF Caspio could integrate something like JOT FORMS front end-user tools, it would be hands down the best solution ever. You can use javascript for some of these things, but that typically brings in yet another developer. Ugh.. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Caspio:

make sure you are prepared to have your developers experience a learning curve with the nuances of the platform. If they are the type that doesn't like to ask for help, you will struggle. Mightly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Caspio solving and how is that benefiting you?

Health care-related EHR systems issues and patient management. It's HIPAA compliant and, most of the time, very easy to get something working very fast. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Eric T.

Director, Trustcompare

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

10/20/2021

"High-powered web database development environment"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Caspio?

Caspio has enabled our team of financial analysts create and deploy data collection databases for running our financial benchmarking business. We don't need to be programmers with Caspio, just reasonably-good database users. We have created several client-facing applications and internal systems for management tasks. Features such as workflow and email automation gives us the ability to deploy high-quality, high-functionality sites and instantly make changes. If we were paying a developer for this work, we could not afford it, in terms of time and dollars.

Caspio has an amazing set of features and has just improved every year in the 8 years we have been using the system. It is our "go-to" application for any new ideas and we are constantly amazing ourselves with the flexibility and functionality of Caspio. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Caspio?

A bit of a learning curve to get up to speed, but it is not too bad. If you have good Access skills, you can generally figure out Caspio. To build advanced functionality, it helps if you have some JavaScript experience. Caspio does not document ALL that you can do, however, the online community is very supportive and helpful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Caspio solving and how is that benefiting you?

We are managing data collection and presentation sites for our financial benchmarking products. We are a small organization and do not have full-time web developers, but Caspio gives us the ability to do the work ourselves. Turnaround times are rapid, and we can deploy professional web applications without requiring external resources. We could not afford to hire out to get the functionality that Caspio provides. We have also created a process management site for working with an all-remote team to control our processes. Caspio's workflow capabilities help us ensure that our processes run automatically with no manual routing.

The most significant benefit from Caspio is that once we started using the system on a small task, we could see more cases where we could use Caspio to expand our business. We now look for how we can leverage Caspio to create new products for sale to our clients. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Verified User in Hospital & Health Care

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

10/4/2021

"VERY RELIABLE AND DIVERSE TOOLS TO USE TO CREATE"

5/5

What do you like best about Caspio?

MOST HELPFUL IS THE CUSTOMER SUPPORT THAT IS ALWAYS A REAL HELP. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Caspio?

AT TIMES THE HELP CENTER HAS OLD INSTRUCTIONS THAT ARE NO LONGER AVAILABLE AND IS NO INFORMATION ON HOW TO GET UPDATED INFO, SO I HAVE TO ASK THE HELPDESK FOR HELP. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Caspio solving and how is that benefiting you?

MY COMPANY RUNS AN ONLINE PORTAL THAT OUR EXTERNAL CUSTOMERS USE TO GET INFORMATION ON THEIR CLEINTS. THIS IS A GREAT HELP TO THEM AND TO US AS WE DON'T HAVE TO SPEND ALOT OF EXTRA TIME SENDING THEM THE INFORMATION THEY NEED, THEY ARE ABLE TO ACCESS IT FOR THEMSELVES. AND THEY LIKE HAVING THAT AUTONOMY. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Clayton R.

VP, Operations

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

12/8/2021

"Great tool, minimal experience required"

5/5

What do you like best about Caspio?

I was impressed with the tool. I was able to get up and running within a couple of weeks of training. Online videos and how-tos were beneficial. I looked at several other options and am happy with my decision. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Caspio?

My only issue is how it is integrated with the web front end. It does not work well with content management systems (WordPress, Drupal, etc.). They recommended that I use straight html rather than a CMS; however, this does add some overhead. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Tzofit G.

Senior Director, Information Center/Archives

2/1/2022

"Caspio is a great SaaS tool!"

5/5

What do you like best about Caspio?

Caspio has been unparalleled in its usefulness to my department -- helping me create applications that would have taken my IT department years to create -- and not as well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Caspio?

I would love to be able to easily copy rows of data -- similar to an Excel environment. I have to do a lot of copying and pasting (if I am not doing an import). There is also a lot of scrolling across the screen -- I want to be able to hide columns in my tables when working on the backend tables. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Doug L.

President

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

2/19/2022

"In Three Weeks, Caspio Replaced Dozens of Cumbersome GoogleSheets"

5/5

What do you like best about Caspio?

The wizard architecture makes low-code achievable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Caspio?

Monthly payments are a factor -- but are probably not that much different than the cost of a commercial programming language subscription. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Caspio:

If you've done any coding in the past, Caspio is for you.

If you've never done any coding in the past, Caspio is still for you.

It checks all the boxes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Caspio solving and how is that benefiting you?

Gathering brief weekly reports from our field workers. Caspio allowed us to write them, prompting them with "last week's numbers." Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Syeda A.

Associate Director Quality assurance & institutional effectiveness department

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

11/16/2021

"Best thing about caspio is you don't need any previous experiences. It's just too awsome ."

4.5/5

What do you like best about Caspio?

Creating tables with versatile data types. Possibility for quick datapages. I like everything abt caspio. Although I didn't get time to do much but it's amazing Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Caspio?

I want to know how to raise a ticket.

Also I will have to be highly xpert in using caspio to be able to judge it's down sides. My experience until now is amazing Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Caspio solving and how is that benefiting you?

We have developed many databases

Our data is now we'll organized.

We are confident in submitting data to ministry bcz we have organized our data more accurately with caspio.

We are able to centralize systems for data collection & management.

All our process which were manual & prone to errors & less productivity have now been converted through caspio to Systems that are significantly automated. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Verified User in Hospital & Health Care

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

12/10/2021

"Great tool for medium sized business"

4/5

What do you like best about Caspio?

The flexibility this platform provides by not having to be a professional developer is key for keeping IT resource costs under control. I do not have experience with competitors, but after working with the platform for a year and a half, I have no interest in seeking other solutions at this time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Caspio?

There are a few drawbacks, such as triggered actions not functioning with bulk imports, however this is something that I believe is on the horizon. Import automation is a bit clunky but I imagine the Caspio team is working to improve this portion of the platform as well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Caspio:

Some data modeling and DB administration concepts are helpful, but truly anyone can begin using this product. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Caspio solving and how is that benefiting you?

Our organization's entire DB structure lives in Caspio, as well as our internal portal. It saves us a huge amount of capital NOT having to employee consultants to develop a website for us to use internally. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Verified User in Entertainment

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

2/17/2022

"Great for starting a basic database application, with lots of functionality to dive into if need be."

5/5

What do you like best about Caspio?

Caspio is a very efficient method to develop an MVP. And can easily be integrated into a published website. I like the fact that there is a huge amount of training, and how-to videos. Caspio is pretty intuitive and any time I run into an issue I have been able to get customer support to help me through the issue in a reasonable time frame. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Caspio?

Lets say you need to add a question to a form. It automatically goes to the bottom of the form. Then you have to click the up arrow to move that question up one row at a time. On long forms this becomes really redundant and cumbersome. If I could easily add a question to the middle of a form by dragging and dropping that would be great. Or if I could select multiple questions at once and move them all at once that would also be great. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Caspio solving and how is that benefiting you?

I needed to rapidly build a database that people could sign up to and enter various types of data. I needed to do this with no other team members and for very little overhead. I have been able to do that. There is so much more functionality on Caspio than I am currently using so that is great to know there is more for me to grow into. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.