Ninox reviews

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Opmerkingen: I was searching to replace my mobile -- but very much showing it's age -- HanDBase. I was also long time proponent of the Helix database on the Mac which was becoming less friendly and not easily mobile. I needed to put a structure in place for my new business. My requirements were: Mac friendly, multi-platform, and mobile. I found Ninox on v1 and worked through the learning curve. Today, Ninox v2.4 gives me a central point to coordinate the activities, common data of all my cloud based processes including: QuickBooks Online, G-Suites for Business, MailChimp, RingCentral, and Asana. I can hardly wait till v2.5 to see what else I can do to make my business easier.

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Flexibility is a huge part of the Ninox platform. Ninox has the power of a multi-relation, multi-platform, mobile, scriptable database. And it can also be an easy no-scripting data gathering tool. As a small business owner, my needs develop on a daily basis. Ninox is my secret weapon to managing them in-house. When I need an ad-hoc tool to evaluate , template, and organize lists or piles of data... Ninox. When I want to take that ad-hoc tool and turn it into a multi-user process...Ninox.

Minpunten:

Steep structural learning curve. My experience with database systems began with D-Base4 on DOS. All of my previous databases were predicated on the idea that the record is not created until it is "entered". A Ninox record is entered when it is created. Adding data to it is an update. Here me know and believe me later... there is massive power in this approach. I was also concerned that my users would have problems understanding this, none of them have ever noticed. In this age of instant entry and not-saving, they think it is normal.

Manage business processes

Opmerkingen: Ninox is an easy-to-use platform for building databases.

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All in one software Working across different geographical locations App with a modern, intuitive interface Easy visualization Get started with templates No coding

Minpunten:

Beginners who have not worked with database management systems before may experience some difficulties at first

THE Database Solution

Opmerkingen: We have managed to use Ninox to solve problems across many business sectors for many different use cases. We have pushed it in many different directions and it always delivers. For the price, Ninox is an amazing tool.

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Ninox's greatest strength is its flexibility, in that you can literally create anything you need in it. Closely followed by it's ability to easily integrate with other software, for those times that you need to use other tools and move data between platforms.

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To date we have not found any issues that we cannot solve in Ninox, and so there is not anything that we do not like.

Amazingly easy to get into but hasn't evolved much

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So easy to pickup and use. Really quick to develop a business app which feels very empowering. However that's pretty much where it ends

Minpunten:

Too Mac centric, icloud as the sync option is ridiculous. Struggles on server edition with medium sized data sets, filtering becomes very slow. You cannot actually do much with your data, no real integration outside of Ninox. Poor implementation of report design and printing which exposes too much to the end user. Not enough separation between design and client use

Great Product, Outstanding Support

Opmerkingen: I have completed many different database solutions at present, my latest one is a quote engine, previously it would take about 3.5 minutes to produce one quote if I was lucky, I can now deliver quotes in about 20 seconds, start to finish. Someone asked for 6 quotes the other day, he asked how long it would take the get the quotes, I said they will be with you within 15 minutes, he was well impressed, exceeded my own target and his expectations.

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The ease of use, you can start building a database from scratch with very little experience. There are many templates to choose from and the support you get from the Ninox team is beyond 1st class. Ninox has saved me so much time and provided me with opportunities to develop more sales by using it.

Minpunten:

The English manual needs development, (I believe this is in hand) there is so much information in the head of the support team that needs to get into the manual. Layout needs improving, I don't like having to messing about with 'spaces' and line breaks, I would prefer that we can place an object in position and it sticks in place.

Could be easier to use

Opmerkingen: Just think it could be easier to use, more intuitive, less 'programmery'. I realise this is easy to say and hard to do, especially when speaking of a database, but there you go.

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One off purchase rather than a subscription Powerful Does the job that I need it to - create and track invoices and expenses Quick

Minpunten:

There are certain simple things - for example, auto-increments for invoice numbers that require 'programming-style' statements to set up.

An inuitive possibility to approach the world of databases

Opmerkingen: It has everything for becoming a Perfect Tool for many purposes. I hope to impress my Sponsors with my Oeuvre Catalogue

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The friendly Support and easy way to make contact via Webinar and email. The way the customer‘s needs and Ideas are integrated, and That Templates can be Chosen and modified without Restrictions

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Don‘t have any objections yet. I only Need it for a work catalogue, but I think the Design should be easier to Individualize, using fonts and colours, shapes and a wider Range of icons to choose from.

Great database software for any level of code knowlege

Opmerkingen: I'm currently running my entire business management, warehouse and accounting with Ninox database. As someone who doesn't have any knowledge in database programming and coding, I was able to create and start using database in just 3 months.

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Easy to use, and fast to implement in any aspect of Business Management and Workflow Management. Easy to follow instructions, ang great forum for novices.

Minpunten:

I would like to see the ability for better reports customization, and more video tutorials.

High Flexibility

Opmerkingen: We develop ERPs, CRMs and applications as required.

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I appreciate the high flexibility, the good support and the possibilities to implement requirements quickly. Great connectivity to other systems.

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There is nothing to complain about. If you want to be impatient: The development is never fast enough!

The best experience with a database for only 35 bucks

Opmerkingen: After lot of years using FileMaker I decided to change to Ninox. Because I'm not really an administrator person. I'm just a freelance designer. I have MORE than enough with Ninox to create my invoice, to archive my expenses, clients, taxes database… I'm not using Ninox on a daily basis. Just when a new client appear, or when a new invoice is needed (sometimes with weeks in between). Cheap, easy, powerful enough, robust. Perfect for something like me.

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I love the easy of use. All is simple, direct and robust

Minpunten:

It would be great if Ninox could provide with a good collection of predefined scripts

Cat’s Pajamas!

Opmerkingen: This is copied directly from my reply to tech support for one of their assists with one of my DB’s.
“ I’m at work right now but can’t wait to get home to check this out. And I want to say that Ninox is like candy to a baby for me. I’m not the brightest bulb on the tree but I like puzzles and usually can poke the code long enough to get it to do what I want. In this case it was apparent that the best solution was going beyond my skill set. That said, I’ve dozens of DBs that go everywhere from standardizing my PM procedures at work, to helping with my finances, to running a handicapped pool tournament, to monitoring my meds. This app is in 1950’s slang, “the cat’s pajamas”. I appreciate your assistance with this and love your app!! Keep up the great work! ”

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At personal level, it is unsurpassed in it’s feature set and ability to grow with the user’s experience. I’ve found that it’s scalability is vast and would lend itself to anything from personal use, to family shared use, to small business. I only hesitate to recommend for large business as I have no experience with how a large multi-user environment would work (speed, reliability, etc).

Minpunten:

The grid system used to position fields in the forms you create can get really clumsy when a DB designed on an ipad or mac is viewed on an iphone. The fields shift around and do not retain the positioning that they have on ipad or mac. Unfortunately, this is necessary as creating a miniaturized version of the ipad or mac form would result in fields too small to be easily used, so this is a trade off. I haven’t designed any of my DBs specifically for an iphone display so they all get a bit wonky when I use my iphone to view them.

I am quite satisfied with Ninox, with its ready-to-go interface, sync ability, and its web access.

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I simply like that the databases are essentially ready to use. As a longtime user of FileMaker Pro, I did tire of the too-simplistic interface of a new database (I avoided modifying templates--often more work) that required building up of numerous forms to get going (I still have a lot of raw looking FMP databases meaning ugly as I was not willing to put the time into making it look good. With Ninox, the standard database looks good, and the other forms also are all ready and easy to build, which I appreciate. The focus is on the data, as the bulk of interface work is complete. Also, FMP has a cost for the web interface and syncing across devices, and Ninox makes it all so easy--this is greatly appreciated. I have nearly completed an FMP to Ninox switch for my databases; the clincher for me was yet another FMP update requiring great cost, and my old version was no longer cleanly workable with the new OSX update (constant crashing and loss of data entry or import), and Ninox seemed as has been a more efficient use of my dollars for a database.

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I wish there were constant or global fields allowed. As a college teacher, I import test results, and the first page is usually the answers, which I have to enter each result for the 25 questions and then "Update Multiple Records", and then "Assign Constant Value", but that is just a workaround fix, as the results are simply added to each record. If I have a student taking a late test (a regular occurrence), I have to then re-enter the answers and assign constant value again because it's not a global or constant field. If I am missing something, let me know. Building calculations can be cumbersome with the many clicks across tabs to access the part you need; once I figure it out the pattern though I do switch to the text interface, and I'm glad that that's there. Wishful thinking: I would love there to be a map interface (I use this for data from archaeological sites and location-specific data from interviews with indigenous elders and community members). Currently, I log UTM coordinates (Northing, Easting, Elevation) or Lat/Long, but I have to export those to see the distributions. A throw to a Google Maps screen or other interfaces would be quite neat and time-saving and useful for data analysis. I imagine others would like to see something similar for mapping locations using customer address fields or showing all customers throughout the country or something.

Fantastic experience - Great software and amazing customer service

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The software itself is great, it's very easy to get going with your own database and set it up suited to your needs. However the real value for me has been the customer service and support. Ninox seem aware that to get the most out of their software, users may have to delve into the more technical aspects of databasing which can be pretty obscure if you're not familiar with it. Fortunately their staff was amazing at helping me implement exactly what I needed through online one on one support and webcasts, not only that my correspondence was mainly with one member of their team so it wasn't a different or random person each time - this is very much appreciated, and helps when you have to go over the specifics of your needs and business.

Minpunten:

There aren't really any "Cons" as such, as to be honest, I've had a near perfect experience. The only thing I would possible recommend is expanding the online documentation and reference to include useful or commonly used bits of code and formulas. It's worth noting that they already do this, as well as provide a number of templates for different kinds of databases, but it would be cool if there was a bit more in the way of examples and snippets. I use the program Max/MSP by Cycling74 and their documentation of their code come as actual working patches which you can copy into your own patch, as well as there being a vibrant online community with people sharing their own patches etc. This way it's quite easy to get something working by piecing bits and pieces together before learning the entire syntax. I'd love to see some sort of central repository for commonly used formulas and ideas such as this for Ninox.

Life changing :-)

Opmerkingen: We are not techies. The platform has been customised for us by a Ninox partner. He has done a fantastic job creating something that tracks multiple factors and is usable by staff with minimal training and IT skills. For instance the system will ring alarm bells if a child is not meeting basic world health organisation minimums across a whole range of factors. Working with Ninox we have moved from using Dickensian ledgers to a state-of-the-art system with almost no pain. This is remarkable, we still can't believe it.

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The functionality. Using the Ninox platform we have developed a database as part of our orphan care programme in Malawi. One of the key challenges in Malawi is flaky, often non-existent internet access. The Ninox software stands alone on multiple iPads so our nurses, with minimal training, can input data in rural villages. Back at the hospital when we get a good Wi-Fi signal the database synchronises automatically. This is pretty neat, we don't get data corruption or issues common with other products when duplicate data is input from different sources.

Minpunten:

Just sorry we didn't find it years ago. Also sorry we wasted time looking at alternatives.

Good product for a reasonable price

Opmerkingen: Great

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Completely open for customization., programming language with a great editor interface.

Minpunten:

Could have better templates and more functionality on the UX of the user interface

Ninox is an awesome app making app for business

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I have been using this product for more than a month every day for my dog care business. The Ninox app looks simple but is, in fact, a very powerful tool to create a complete database. For business, the cloud-based storage gives you seamless cooperation between users. In addition to that, update in coding and field modification is done live, affecting all user instantly, a great thing for small business growing fast and needing to adjust without making heavy updates. Client support is awesome. They answered all my question the next day (considering the time zone!) I work with multiple tables from client information to reservation then invoices. All of that is linked together in a way I can save time and find the information very fast! If you knew Bento from Apple, you'll love Ninox! If you didn't know Bento, then you'll love Ninox too!

Minpunten:

Some features are missing, but are in plans to be on the next version. Those are quite cased specific features, so you may not need them depending on your needs. But seeing how they take care of their product and clients I'm sure their next version will amazing!!

Great product that keeps getting better

Opmerkingen: Created a database for an orphanage in Africa, so that data could be input via iPads.

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It is very easy to create a database, and it's easy for end-users also. The screens and navigation are all user-friendly. Its cross-platform and offline capabilities on iOS make is a standout product, and the support from the Developers is excellent. Great online community too.

Minpunten:

Some of the coding behind the scenes isn't as straightforward as VBA, and some of the functions aren't entirely intuitive, but after ready some tutorials, it becomes apparent.

Dynamism is a must in the bussiness world today, Ninox makes you grow !

Opmerkingen: Is making grow our Bussines and work with Teams on-line

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Easy of use and programming, best support ever ! Rough and strong database, sync and cloud work for Teams. Really good iPad app.

Minpunten:

User interface in the forms could be more attractive and functional, CRM integration under development. Tables relationships are not bi-directional.

Love the product and the easy use of making my own application!

Opmerkingen: We use it every day for keeping records for our spray work. Maps, Chemcial lists, mixing ratios, log hours on helicopters and planes.

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The ability to customize almost every part of the program. From start to print view. The added signature field is nice so that we can have security in agreeing with our customers to save them and us from legal issues.

Minpunten:

Maybe a little better user interface. More style to the look of the program. Little better design controls in print view.

Wonder App

Opmerkingen: I have been using Ninox for two years to keep track of my photography business. I created a phone app where I log the jobs, client's data, prices, etc. I export the specific xl sheets to process payroll and keep track of financials. I'm not a techie person but this app let me do what I spent a few years looking for but couldn't find.

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Flexibility, easy of use, and the technical support

Minpunten:

you have to be careful when handling tables. An accidental touch of the screen can make a column hide.

Best software for my daily workflow

Opmerkingen: I have created my hole CRM by myself with the help of this great support

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easy to handle, best support ever, low costs compared to similar databases

Minpunten:

nothing to mention, everything is fine, really!

The best software experience i had in a long time

Opmerkingen: The best thing since sliced bread.

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Onboarding was so easy, moving from an Excel environment​ was so easy, within less than half a day I was able to operate Ninox and see the value it held for my business. I even moved my private life onto Nino. The support was unbelievable, I really did not expect the extend Ninox was prepared to assist me.

Minpunten:

Creating large templates for input fields is difficult and manually entering data is slightly cumbersome​.

Amazing software, great customer service.

Opmerkingen: I will definitely keep on using it. It's an amazing software. It's simple, easy to set up, and for its price, they have a great customer service support which is one of the most important things when buying new software.

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The software itself is great for its value, it's very easy to get going with your own database and set it up suited to your needs, simple, easy, and far from complicated. Their customer service support is stellar, I've had a few questions and issues and they've reached out to me in no time and helped me solve all the problems I had.

Minpunten:

The only con I have experienced so far: It doesn't have the functionality to import images in a "batch" setup to match with records in the database where a field is reserved for an image.

Top Notch Business Solution

Opmerkingen: Awesome. One of my favorite applications.

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Ninox makes it easy to build a ​business database system for your organization.

Minpunten:

That the world isn't flat and they are across the world. But hey they do pretty darn well considering.

A professional solution for a good price.

Opmerkingen: Great support, frecuent updates with real improvements and the relation between tables are really good.

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Ninnox offers an excellent solution for those who require to create databases really fast without compromising advanced tools and an straightforward design that let the users learn it really fast and applied to their projects. Great Support Professional solution Deeply editable

Minpunten:

There are certain aspects that can be improved like the correct print layout on iOS devices, the possibility to recover deleted data and the split screen option to check two tables at the same time.