# Knack Reviews **Vendor:** Knack **Category:** [No-Code Development Platforms](https://www.g2.com/categories/no-code-development-platforms) **Average Rating:** 4.3/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 114 ## About Knack Knack is an AI-powered no-code platform for building custom, database-driven applications, internal tools, and portals. Businesses use Knack to create systems that manage data, automate workflows, and support day-to-day operations, all in one place. The platform combines a built-in relational database, AI app builder, customizable forms, and workflow automation. Users can define their data model, create user roles, and control access with granular permissions. Applications can be deployed as internal tools or external portals, and embedded into existing websites. Knack supports a wide range of use cases, including customer and vendor portals, custom CRMs, project and task management systems, inventory tracking, logistics and supply chain tools, membership and volunteer management, and government operations. Teams can start from scratch, from a template, or use AI to build fully custom applications tailored to their processes. Knack's healthcare-specific offering, Knack Health, allows organizations to build secure, HIPAA-compliant applications for patient intake, scheduling, care coordination, and operational workflows. The platform supports role-based permissions, record history logs, and secure data handling for protected health information (PHI), with a signed business associate agreement (BAA) available for covered entities. For more advanced use cases, developers can extend applications using a REST API, custom CSS, and JavaScript. Knack also supports integrations with 500+ third-party tools to fit into existing workflows. Knack is designed for flexibility and scale, making it a fit for SMBs, nonprofits, and enterprise teams that need systems tailored to how their business actually operates. ## Knack Pros & Cons **What users like:** - Users value Knack's **ease of use** , finding it user-friendly and simpler than traditional tools like Excel. (11 reviews) - Users love the **intuitive platform** of Knack, enabling quick and easy app creation without complexity. (7 reviews) - Users appreciate the **responsive customer support** of Knack, ensuring quick assistance and a smooth experience. (6 reviews) - Users appreciate the **ease of learning** with Knack, making it simple to build apps efficiently and intuitively. (6 reviews) - Users appreciate Knack's **simplicity** , finding it user-friendly and efficient for handling complex tasks easily. (6 reviews) - Users find Knack's **easy setup** invaluable, facilitating rapid productivity and effective data management without technical support. (5 reviews) - User-Friendly (5 reviews) - Easy Creation (4 reviews) - Performance (4 reviews) - Speed (4 reviews) **What users dislike:** - Users find the **missing features** like duplicate removal and search options limit Knack's usability for complex apps. (8 reviews) - Users find **limited customization** in Knack, hindering their ability to effectively organize and manage complex applications. (5 reviews) - Users express concerns about **feature limitations** , particularly regarding missing tools and basic functionalities in Knack. (4 reviews) - Users find **limited features** in Knack, hindering customization and functionality in larger applications. (4 reviews) - Users face **feature issues** with Knack, including lack of developer tools and filtering options for managing numerous pages. (2 reviews) - Integration Issues (2 reviews) - Users experience **slow performance** issues with Knack, impacting usability and scalability for larger projects. (2 reviews) - User Interface (2 reviews) - App Development (1 reviews) - Beginner Unfriendliness (1 reviews) ## Knack Reviews ### 1. Ten Year Knack user **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Non-Profit Organization Management | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 06, 2024 **What do you like best about Knack?** 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. **What do you dislike about Knack?** 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.). While the new Next-Gen version of Builder now has much better tools, we will not be able to migrate because of a major component of our system using JavaScript code and a DHTMLX product. **What problems is Knack solving and how is that benefiting you?** Knack has provided a platform for our very complex use case as a retirement community tracking resident information, activities, and a Master Calendar. ### 2. Strong Upgrade with the New Builder **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Craig H. | Business Development / Information Management, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 25, 2025 **What do you like best about Knack?** I’ve been using Knack for several years, across multiple apps and organizations. When I recently opened a new app and saw the new builder interface, I wasn’t thrilled. I had solid workflows in the old UI and was used to moving fast. But the new UI is a clear step forward. It’s fast, intuitive, and well-organized. I was up and running quickly, and before long I preferred it. The improvements weren’t just cosmetic — they make building smoother and more efficient. I think they really 'knocked it out of the park.' I had early concerns about JavaScript support in the new builder, but the team was responsive and quickly put those concerns to rest. One of the strongest parts of Knack is its balance. It's easy enough to get things working fast, but with plenty of depth and customization when you need it. **What do you dislike about Knack?** There are always little rare unique features you wish it had. But I would not be able to say there's anything I dislike. And quite frankly, some custom code will usually get the job done if any feature is not already there. **What problems is Knack solving and how is that benefiting you?** I build tools for multiple teams and organizations, each with unique requirements. Knack makes it easy to deliver tailored solutions quickly. It’s accessible enough for anyone to get started, but also powerful enough for more advanced users to build complex data and workflow systems for small to mid-sized businesses. ### 3. For rapid application development and prototyping, Knack is still the most complete system out there **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Consulting | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 22, 2025 **What do you like best about Knack?** After a short but steep learning curve you become very productive, very quickly. For most common business applications Knack will have a template that can be used to start you off, and even if you start from scratch you're able to create a data model very quickly and then have Knack build your basic pages. It's easy to understand and simple to use. The UI customisation is not perfect yet, but if you have a basic understanding of CSS you can create beautiful user interfaces easily enough. The ability to build in business logic attached to fields, views or forms is very useful and intuitive. **What do you dislike about Knack?** Performance has been an issue in the past, this is improving all the time as Knack get their act together from an engineering point of view. I feel that more views should be supported by now (Kanban, Gantt etc.) and that they've fallen behind a bit on dashboard widgets (there's only so much you can do with a pie chart, bar chart and line chart) and it doesn't really support data-warehouse or Business Intelligence applications well enough at the moment. But all of these challenges have workarounds so they don't become blockers on projects. **What problems is Knack solving and how is that benefiting you?** I build apps for a wide range of customers across a number of industries, I have created – or helped create – Quotation Management systems, Manufacturing Estimating solutions, CRM, ERP even MRP. I don’t think there’s a Business Application segment that I haven’t created an app for using Knack. ### 4. Awesome Super Flexible Database **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Daniel R. | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 29, 2025 **What do you like best about Knack?** I can do just about anything I or my users can think of. Knack fits perfect for our database needs. **What do you dislike about Knack?** Certain standard features such as duplicate removal are not native and this can be VERY challenging. **What problems is Knack solving and how is that benefiting you?** Knack allows us to registration any student in the state of Florida for our courses quickly and efficiently. Knack has allowed the ENTIRE district to progress monitor and problem solve for students in every school taking our courses. Knack allows me to be a thinker and problem solver rather than always being a "doer". ### 5. Forget Exce **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Nic M. | Director, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 05, 2025 **What do you like best about Knack?** Knack is easy to configure and use. It makes light work of the heavier loads. Forget the complexities of Excel. Knack does it better and much more. And I'm not using much more in the way that marketing professionals do. Knack can do much more than Excel when it comes to inventory and sales data. **What do you dislike about Knack?** Knacks only short coming is the lack of some native integrations into pre-existing tables such as Sales and Products for Shopify as an example, but the API is easy to use so we've solved that problem. **What problems is Knack solving and how is that benefiting you?** Knack allows us to replace complex back end integrations and gives our clients visibility into what and how their data is being managed and synced between different applications. Acting as a middleware is some instances but with easy to understand interface. Managing inventory with drop-shipping across multiple 3PLs, especially where assembly is required and multiple child-products are being consumed when selling the parent item is important for many of our clients. Knack makes it easy to consolidate data from multiple sources and tables to create the desired workflows. ### 6. Excellent, Easy No Code! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Construction | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 02, 2025 **What do you like best about Knack?** The first differentiator with Knack was having the benefit of an Onboarding Expert who walks you through what to expect, what can be achieved and how to get started! Second, the availability of template apps that load in only minutes is phenomenal! That's a great way to get a solid lay of the land. Third, the platform itself is very intuitive. After planning a basic design on paper, you're able to build an app literally within a day! **What do you dislike about Knack?** Some minor capabilities are not available, however, Knack offers generous resources and support for ways to create work arounds in these cases. **What problems is Knack solving and how is that benefiting you?** Knack gave me the ability to rapidly deploy a solution that my Users could adopt right away, transitioning easily from paper processes to online, without a huge learning curve. ### 7. Knack helps me solve my clients data issues **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** David P. | Principle, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 21, 2020 **What do you like best about Knack?** Knack is simple enough for about anyone to build very useful database apps. But at the same time, it is extremely robust allowing very high end functionality for users with a little more experience. **What do you dislike about Knack?** The somewhat limited ability to do better formatting and page layouts on detail reports and forms. **Recommendations to others considering Knack:** Take a little time learning the very basics of database structure, and review some of their training articles, and your learning curve will go up very quickly. **What problems is Knack solving and how is that benefiting you?** I'm a builder that helps clients implement Knack solutions. I've done a lot of projects, many that focus on inventory management, custom CRMs, volunteer management, process audits, and on boarding processes. ### 8. Choose your own adventure **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Roger D. | Founding Director, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 28, 2025 **What do you like best about Knack?** I appreciate Knack's flexibility, power and user-friendliness for basic tasks. **What do you dislike about Knack?** The flipside of its power is that there are many features we're not managing to use because of our own internal, technical limitations. **What problems is Knack solving and how is that benefiting you?** We're a nonprofit that runs a grants program and we're using Knack to store and search all of the data we collect from our grant applicants and grantees. ### 9. 4 years of use **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Leisure, Travel & Tourism | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 15, 2025 **What do you like best about Knack?** I like the set price, regardless of users, this makes it easy for me to create an app without fear of the cost each month. Originally i had planned to use knack to create apps as proof of concept, before commiting to further development. I was pleasantly surprised that we actually don't need to develop some of the apps, as knack as many features that cover the needs i have. **What do you dislike about Knack?** Some of the table structure takes some thinking about, but nothing that can't be overcome. **What problems is Knack solving and how is that benefiting you?** Knack allows us to build apps quickly and efficiently. It allows us to have multiple users, with the correct restrictions in place ### 10. An Honset reiview after about 5 years **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Engin M. | Director, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 20, 2020 **What do you like best about Knack?** Simple to use if you have a basic understanding of coding **What do you dislike about Knack?** Dated looking web app needs to be more flexible in design **Recommendations to others considering Knack:** just do it **What problems is Knack solving and how is that benefiting you?** Created and on line portal to allow users to upload and monitor print jobs. Also another CRM app that has realy stremlined production through to invoicing. ## Knack Discussions - [Is knack Hipaa compliant?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/is-knack-hipaa-compliant) - [What is knack help?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-knack-help) - [What is knack database?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-knack-database) - [What is knack software?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-knack-software) - [View Knack pricing details and edition comparison](https://www.g2.com/products/knack/reviews/knack-review-574055?section=pricing&secure%5Bexpires_at%5D=2026-05-31+08%3A23%3A01+-0500&secure%5Bsession_id%5D=8222d7fd-650c-48a7-8f09-ddbd45fb9ebd&secure%5Btoken%5D=41b170d0469b69777aa728e6d2bfc5f68b9e888ad23689dd2d783ca379329385&format=llm_user) ## Knack Integrations - [QuickBooks Online](https://www.g2.com/products/quickbooks-online/reviews) - [Zoho CRM](https://www.g2.com/products/zoho-crm/reviews) ## Knack Features **Sales Force Automation** - Contact & Account Management - Partner Relationship Mgmt. (PRM) - Opportunity & Pipeline Mgmt. - Task / Activity Management - Territory & Quota Management - Desktop Integration - Product & Price List Management - Quote & Order Management - Customer Contract Management **Marketing Automation** - Email Marketing - Campaign Management - Lead Management - Marketing ROI Analytics **Content** - Document Collaboration - Versioning - E-Signature - File Request - Feedback **Management ** - Data Schema - Query Language - ACID - Complaint - Data Replication **Functionality** - Ease of Use - File Management - Multi-Language Support - Customization - Straight-Out-the-Box Functionality - Help Guides - Patching & Updates **Customization** - Custom Fields - Conditional Logic - Multi-page Forms - Design **Customer Support** - Case Management - Customer Support Portal - Knowledge Base - Call Center Features - Support Analytics **User Interface Design** - WYSIWYG Editor - Customized Branding - App Templates - Workflow Management **Collaboration** - Billing and Invoicing - Instant Messaging - Project Management - Analytics - Time Tracking - Mobile Application **Support ** - Text Search - Data Types - Languages - Operating Systems **Additional Functionality** - Embedded Forms - Notifications - Payments - Mobile Forms **Reporting & Analytics** - Reporting - Dashboards - Forecasting **Data Control** - Data Migration - Data Synchronization - Data Security **Security** - Database Locking - Access Control - Encryption - Authentication **Mobile & Social** - Social Collaboration Features - Social Network Integration - Mobile User Support **Publishing** - Application Deployment - Platform Compatibility - Lifecycle Management **Performance ** - Disaster Recovery - Data Concurrency - Workload Management - Advanced Indexing - Query Optimizer **Agentic AI - No-Code Development Platforms** - Adaptive Learning - Natural Language Interaction - Proactive Assistance **Platform** - Customization - Workflow Capability - User, Role, and Access Management - Internationalization - Sandbox / Test Environments - Document & Content Mgmt. - Performance and Reliability - Output Document Generation **Integration** - Data Import & Export Tools - Integration APIs - Breadth of Partner Applications **Generative AI** - AI Text Generation **Agentic AI - CRM** - Autonomous Task Execution - Multi-step Planning - Cross-system Integration - Adaptive Learning - Natural Language Interaction - Proactive Assistance - Decision Making **Database Features** - Storage - Availability - Stability - Scalability - Security - Data Manipulation - Query Language ## Top Knack Alternatives - [Quickbase](https://www.g2.com/products/quickbase/reviews) - 4.5/5.0 (1,488 reviews) - [Caspio](https://www.g2.com/products/caspio/reviews) - 4.5/5.0 (167 reviews) - [Airtable](https://www.g2.com/products/airtable/reviews) - 4.6/5.0 (3,185 reviews)