kintone

Pros

Kintone is an integral part of our daily operations, and its adaptability has made onboarding new team members seamless.

Cons

While Kintone is tailored to our specific requirements, occasionally, we encounter additional steps due to its bespoke nature. These workarounds can be time-consuming. Nonetheless, the Kintone support team’s prompt and attentive responses to our inquiries have been invaluable.

Pros

The support team. Their team is very willing to help out with any questions and to help build apps.
Integrations - Kintone has a very robust API and also boasts many 3rd party integrations. If whatever app you use already has an API, importing data is a breeze (same with automation).
Customizability - Everything is customizable. If you can use Javascript then everything and their dog is customizable.

Cons

One gripe I have is the lack of functions natively in the App form builder. An example I had is totaling 10 fields and getting the average. It is possible with the calculations fieldtype but every field needs to be filled for it to average correctly.

Alternatives Considered

Reasons for Switching to kintone

Pros

I have a strong background in relational database design, and I found that using Kintone was intuitive and efficient for my specific needs. The customization options allowed me to quickly build a solution for my student tracking requirements in just a matter of days, whereas other applications I tried took several weeks to achieve the same results. Additionally, Kintone's customer support team is a standout; they are always available to assist and speak in clear English which made communication effortless. Overall, I highly recommend Kintone as an excellent product for any business looking for a versatile and user-friendly work management solution.

Cons

Kintone is a powerful work management solution, but it does have some limitations. For example, the formatting options for phone numbers are limited, which can make it difficult to read large sets of data. However, the Kintone team has acknowledged this as an area for improvement. Additionally, Kintone relies heavily on integration with third-party applications to fully realize its potential, which can be an inconvenience. Despite these limitations, Kintone is still a versatile and user-friendly tool that can greatly enhance a business's workflow and management capabilities. It's just that it could be more polished.

Pros

The high level of expertise, capability and flexibility of our consultant.

Cons

We have to use a plug in to allow for more users.

Pros

It's great, it allows me to centralize all my information in one place which made collaboration and project management much easier.

Cons

There are some specific features or settings that I would like to be able to modify or adapt to further suit my needs and work processes.

Pros

Kintone is easy to use! It is set up in a way that allows you to think about your needs now and in the future.

Cons

Even though many aspects of Kintone are plug and play, I was needing some customization that required the assistance of the Kintone programer. [sensitive content hidden] was exceptional in explaining and assisting me in setting up our database.

Pros

What I like the most is its ease of use and its ability to customize and adapt applications without having any programming knowledge. I can create and modify workflows according to my specific needs.

Cons

One of the things that I did not like very much was the limitation in terms of the ability to customize the design of the applications. Although I can customize the fields and workflows, I would like more customization options in terms of appearance and aesthetic design.

Pros

I love how easy it's to use kintone, it has an intuitive interface that allows users of any background to build their apps without the need for extensive coding knowledge.

Cons

can't recall any limitations, it was great for our needs (maybe occasional delays in response time for certain inquiries, which was not a big issue)

Pros

Easy to navigate, no coding required, great customer support and training

Cons

I have not run into any issues/problems at this point!

Pros

The best thing about Kintone, in my opinion, is its user-friendly interface and the ability to easily customize the platform to meet specific needs. The ability to quickly create custom forms and reports is also very useful. Furthermore, kintone's integration with other services such as Google Apps, Salesforce, and Dropbox makes it incredibly powerful and simple to use.

Cons

Kintone's user interface can be difficult to use and understand at times, in my opinion. It also didn't have a lot of customization options, making it difficult to tailor it to my specific needs.

Pros

Kintone is user friendly and cloud based (accessible from any device). It is easy to share files and documents via Google Drive or Dropbox which can be easily integrated in kintone.

Cons

As it is a cloud-based tool, it requires an access to the internet and with a poor access to the internet the work is really annoying. Otherwise I didn't find any disadvantages.

Pros

The Software offers great features to perfectly planning your project work with your team and generate effective result. It's very easy to use and eye-catchy UI.

Cons

Personally, I didn't face any issue with the tool right now.

Pros

Kintone was so easy; logical interface with drag-and-drop functionality that makes creating your first app easy. Or you can upload a spreadsheet and decide how you want the data to display.

Cons

Some of the functionality, such as setting up reminders, was complicated and required assistance from customer support. There is no way to "mass delete" notifications.

Pros

You can build it just about any way you want to fit your needs.

Cons

There are some limitations on what you can do based on what plug ins are available.

Alternatives Considered

Reasons for Switching to kintone

Pros

It is easy to use and create a workflow application personally I like the ease of use, learning and configuration I highly recommend it

Cons

Mostly it's easy to use except for the information retrieval level it's not flexible enough

Pros

Its a great repository for all of the specifications of each project and a great and easy tool for historical lookback when we have to reference old projects and do re-prints of books.

Cons

We have to use this AND gmail/outlook still... so we are still utilizing email and then having to fully do data entry into the software.

Pros

Easy app development for the administrators, easy use for the users

Cons

About Permissions for fields on the Settings page, I'd like you to include fields which are on the "Table" contents because this feature is not standard function.

Pros

It is incredibly simple and fast to get a new app built and launched. Some of the smaller ones go from idea to launch in a matter of minutes. These are programs that would have taken hours or days to develop in Microsoft Access.

Cons

There is some basic functionality that I expect in any database or data management software that Kintone lacks. For instance, the ability to have a drop-down menu that also allows for a user-typed input (what Access calls a combo-box). If this existed in Kintone, it would help me to simplify a great many apps.

Pros

Workflow process management, auto-notification, detailed level setting of permissions

Cons

Project management feature is not strong enough.

Pros

It's flexibility, ease-up use, and because I'm a database nerd - the database on the back-end is setup exceptionally well. EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT structure and overall product.

Cons

There really isn't anything to NOT like about this software. I do see some areas of potential however - for instance - maybe adding a matrix feature in the app dev part. But nothing to complain of.

Pros

Kintone is quick and easy to setup and use.

Cons

You cant organize the home page very much.

Pros

Kintone makes any business better by allowing self-designed business processes. Everything is built & nested within our collaborative work-space leading to a lead in proficiency. It's also extremely easy to use to stay on top of key notifications throughout the day.

Cons

Workspaces you join can sometimes be cumbersome if you're accustomed to another layout but it gets easy quickly. Sharing applications & stats can sometimes take a moment to upload but only when collaborating simultaneously.

Pros

Kintone offers a lot of functionality where you have form-based processes. It allows you to capture meaningful data from forms, create specific permissions all the way down to specific fields, create lots of apps, and generate reports from data fields. It was pretty easy to pick up on how to do everything we wanted and didn't cause a lot of brain damage on figuring out the platform.

Cons

You can't set permissions for tables within forms. We got a quote from them to do this, but for our client it wasn't going to be worth it.

Pros

The software is customizable to any need.
The apps are able to be tied together through related records which is vital to our business.
There are many standard apps that can be downloaded for free and edited and/or used as a model instead of building an app from scratch.
Customer service for Kintone if very responsive and able to send an app template to assist when a premade app is unavailable. The template can then be installed and customized to suit the unique needs of the user.
History is tracked in each app to show the changes made over time. This is an extremely useful feature.
The entire interface is user-friendly and easy to learn.

Cons

I would like to be able to customize the portal and change the layout (such as move the location of the spaces and announcements).
While there is a lot of information in the help section, it could be formatted in a more user-friendly format.
I would like to be able to change the order in which the apps are listed in the apps section.

Pros

It is easy to use. The apps were amazing. We are in the process of replicating our workflow from a spreadsheet to Kintone.

Cons

More integration to e-commerce platforms and inboxes.