Stacker

Vorteile

The best thing about Stacker is being able to create an app without code where I can customize it as I want. The easy way in which I integrate all the data and results in an app is fantastic because the processes that took me days to do are now much easier, its ease of use allows our team to interact with Stacker in a simple way by keeping track of it. to the different projects that are being executed in the app

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There is nothing in which he is dissatisfied, he has what is necessary to be able to meet the needs that we had internally in the company

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I have been able to create a solid MVP that supports our business.

Nachteile

Starting out and needing support, all of their materials are outdated. They were not communicating with their users. Their support was very slow. In recent weeks they have seemed to come to life with a little more activity, some new feature releases, but they seem to be lagging compared to their competitors.

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It has a lot of functionality and is usable.

Nachteile

It was hard to make things work as expected, cumbersome, even though there are a lot of features not flexible enough for our needs.

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It got our concept up and running pretty quickly and the logins of users is simple. I do like that they're adding in new data sources, which has potential in the future.

Nachteile

The cost of their tiers and features is very high for what you get, a lot of what seems like should be part of a basic set of features for any paid plan, you need to go to the highest level plan.

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Stacker is a brilliant platform to transform your existing Airtable database into a portal which can be accessed by internal or 3rd party users. We love the platform because it allows us to get 3rd party access to a very limited part of our database. Also, it helps us cut costs on Airtable licences since our internal staff can use it too.

Nachteile

First of all the UI -albeit very clean, needs a few advanced functions like custom action buttons, multi-layered navigation etc. But the stacker team seems to be very active in releasing new features fairly often, so hopefully these features are on the horizon. Also, it's not the cheapest thing to run -at 300usd per month for per each multi-role portal.

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Stacker is a great tool for managing complex tasks and projects. It is very intuitive and user-friendly, and makes organizing tasks and tracking progress easy. The user interface is clean and modern, and the various features are easily accessible.

Nachteile

Stacker does have some limitations, especially with regards to collaboration. It does not offer a real-time chat or collaboration feature, which can be a hindrance when working with multiple people on the same project.

Vorteile

- Ease of use
- Low price
- Brandable
- Feature rich
- Innovation speed
- Customer support
- Listening to users

Nachteile

- It's hard to keep up with my rising expectations but they are pulling it off. What's lacking are more advanced custom features like scheduling but overall they really are in a great space.

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This product allows us to build systems for our team and our clients, rather than forcing our clients to adjust their expectations to what traditional software allows.

Nachteile

There are some key features and functionality missing but these doesn’t concern me, as the stacker team is constantly gathering feedback and rolling out new features.

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Vorteile

The ability to integrate with Stacker, and build out a database in any way I needed. The ability to link sheets with each other has helped to boost productivity and efficiency in my day to day operations immensely.

Nachteile

The communication functionality seems glitchy and needs refined. I love that each page has a communication thread linked to it. This will help with client communications, though right now we are still using email for communications since this feature still needs a lot of work.

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The instant collaboration between the teams and file sharing with minimum code language it's very helpful. The templates available is helpful for current management. Creation and design of the forms is very easy and the interface is very helpful.

Nachteile

The filter options can be improved so that it will be helpful for the user. The version control of this platform is quite complicated to work and it takes little time.

Vorteile

With Stacker, we can easily share selected data with external users while maintaining a high level of control over user permissions and data visibility. The Stacker's customization features allow us to create virtually anything we require and facilitate collaboration on our data without granting access to our database, effectively preventing unwanted modifications.

Nachteile

While I'm not experiencing significant problems with Stacker, it would be beneficial to focus on further improvements, particularly concerning synchronization with another software database.

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As someone that loves spreadsheets, I am often alone when it comes to building, maintaining and using them. Stacker's front-end tools make building task management/workflow/data collection easy, and it never fails to impress the users. I can build an app out of a spreadsheet in a matter of minutes and it's already a better way for customers, employees and others to work together.

Nachteile

The lack of real-time updates between stacker & airtable. Next, and I'll admit I am still exploring this, but it would be nice to have more CSS/style options. Lastly, documentation is scattered and usually not very clear. I find it easier to just start playing with it, rather than reading the documentation, if there is any.

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We are a lighting repair and custom build company that works with sophisticated interior design firms on collectable and expensive antique lighting. With a unique service and B2B customer base, our old world business needed an update. We went from managing all the important design details and moving parts on packets of paper to Stacker and it has been a dream. Of course, it took some investment to get everything the way we want it but customers and employees have been happy with the change. Thank you Stacker team for always being available to work through things that come up. I would recommend Stacker to other businesses for sure.

Nachteile

It can take some time to load so be sure to design yours with your internet speed in mind.

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Airtable is awesome at storing, managing and transforming data. It is not awesome at sharing that data on a limited basis with third parties. Not only is the standard Airtable difficult for non-Airtable users to access, it is also very difficult to limit what you share. This is why I love the permissions features of Stacker. It allows me to share EXACTLY what I want my users to see from my Airtable data. It also does this in a user-friendly way (both on the development side and the user side).

Nachteile

The pricing of the higher level tiers is a little steep. If you're starting out with relatively few users, it can be very expensive. Once you have a few hundred users, the pricing becomes more manageable.

Vorteile

Aside from the core "customizable web interface to airtable" (which is amazing) being able to assign roles for visibility and permissions is great. It allows us to offer a streamlined product that isn't possible directly on airtable. Our biggest feedback pain point before we switched to Stacker was that airtable was too complex - you could hide fields but they were still there to confuse users.

Nachteile

Scaling is hard. With multiple clients running our workflow on Stacker it is impossible to keep all instances current. Whenever a change/fix/upgrade is made to our workflow then all of the client instances need to be updated manually. If, for example, a new feature is make available on Stacker to customise headers in the list summary view then this needs to be applied to all views on all client instances. Some sort of templating/version control is critical to making this work properly.

It would be great to have more control over the interface. Include links/embeds to non Stacker items in navigation etc.

Not having rich text editor is almost a deal breaker. This means we can't offer a way to edit content within Stacker but have to bounce people away to gdocs etc.

Vorteile

The new version is excellent and provides a user access system and GUI around Airtable (and other) data sources that makes building web applications so easy.

Nachteile

Stacker is quite expensive, especially for a single app, but if you are planning to build multiple apps it's ok. The UI functionality is still limited and needs to be improved for mobile among other things.

Vorteile

The ability to import the data from several sources. And the automation.

Nachteile

The fact that you can't launch what you have built without subscribing to one of their paid plans

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It was extremely easy to setup a front-end website for each of our clients using this system. It enabled us to easily develop on our existing system, while customizing for each particularly client. Clients are super happy with the easy to use interface as well.

Nachteile

It is still developing (so some features haven't been launched yet), but they do a great job of letting you know a rough roadmap. Hope to see more expanded features down the road.

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The product is simple to use. Part of that is lack of features and part of that is the design.

Nachteile

The speed of development is extremely slow compared to competitors.

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We launched a student portal using Stacker in a week and it has more than 1000 returning users at this point in time. I love the aesthetics of the app. It doesn't feel like a compromise when you are rolling out the app for users. I love the thought put into the app to make it more accessible.

Nachteile

Pricing is way too high, even though it's justified for its ease of use and speed. I hope the open sign-up feature becomes available faster. Bulk share link exports could be helpful too.

Vorteile

The permissions, while sometimes confusing, are very granular and make it possible to create complex portals for your airtable data.

Nachteile

The UI elements can be somewhat confusing, and the documentation and examples of these were fairly sparse the last time I looked. Setup required a lot of trial and error.

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Stacker + Airtable is a great way to deploy simple apps internally or to clients. The two put together make data management incredibly easy, and no-code building is always a plus!

Nachteile

No-code / WYSIWYG makes interface design constrained. Pricing plans aren't friendly if apps need to be deployed at scale (say, client-facing project trackers).

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I like that I can share information automatically with my clients and only information I want them to see

Nachteile

I wish that there were more suitable features that allows my clients to filter information the way that they need

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The better feature is that you don't need to create and manage the signup and login. Incredible fast to create a MVP that works. Extremely easy to use and to improve your web. This amazing team rollout a lot of features that users propose. Incredible support. Very proud of use Stacker.app

Nachteile

For me, the 2 features that must be developed is (they are working on at this review)
i) live sync of data
ii) public access (without signup)

Vorteile

Stacker integrates with Airtable to provide a powerful way to allow you to collect and use your data more effectively. It's easy to get started and the support team are first class. You can create a portal for your teams or clients that's easy to maintain and easy to use.

Nachteile

There are some limitations on the formatting of information that they are working on. It's hard to add any visualisation of your data for dashboard reporting, but the team are working hard to improve these areas.

Vorteile

I like the level of control Stack gives on all my Airtable data. Being able to limit access is a tremendous value add. One of the best things is customer service. Being able to speak with the engineers who built the product has given me a better understanding of how to use the product.

Nachteile

Understanding how permissions work is challenging

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We are heavy, heavy users of airtable with a large group of stakeholders that need access to the data contained in our airtables. Stacker finally provides a solution that allows us to share data without over or under sharing and having to structure workarounds to airtables limited permissioning.

We have now finally been able to roll out several solutions that we couldn't have previously done without Stacker.

Nachteile

Nothing so far. They move fast in development and are constantly rolling out new features.

Vorteile

Helps users organize and manage large amounts of data effectively, making it easier to find and analyze important information. Offers features such as data visualization tools and collaboration tools, which can help users understand and present their data in a clear and visually appealing way.

Nachteile

Relatively difficult for new users as it requires substantial amounts of training

Vorteile

- Puts a usable UI on the face of our custom airtable bases.

- Allows for orienting the team around the data at all times.

Nachteile

- If your airtable base has a lot of linked items, and I'm talked in the tens of thousands, then it can get slow with multiple users at once. Although, for most uses, this may not be a problem.

- There is no way to filter dropdown menus.

- The activity feed doesn't do push notifications to email.

Vorteile

We run a lot of our company's processes through Airtable and we have been looking for a solution for a long time that would allow our clients to interact with our data in a controlled manner. Stacker was exactly what we had been looking for. It was easy to set up, easy to build, and has pretty very seamless for our clients.

Nachteile

I'd love if data retrieval was at a faster interval than 15 minutes and I wish there were just a few more features to be able to customize the portal to create a better user experience.

Vorteile

I have a database on Airtable that hosts a lot of product information. Connecting with Stacker was a natural extension to show all the information in an organized and beautiful way to clients. It took minutes to start and one day to make a state of the art layout that ensures information is organized and easy to understand.
Stacker can do almost everything Airtable can do. It's easy to update and a great way to get an MVP going!

The team on Stacker is reliable in stressful situations. You can trust that your site will be up and if anything happens they will fix it ASAP. This makes me very peaceful as I know I'm in good hands!

Nachteile

There are a lot of features that I know the Stacker team is working on. Such as conditionality, intercom, and payment. I wish these features were available today.

Vorteile

With Airtable it was love at first sight, it enables us to add more structure and integrity to our data but it lacked one thing - a portal that we could invite our clients in to.

That's where Stacker steps in and provides us with a flexible and well-styled frontend - we love it and it just keeps getting better and better.

Nachteile

There was a learning curve but we soon found our feet and their support is brilliant.

Vorteile

Stacker solves such a huge need for us. We've been able to create a client-facing portal for our users without writing a line of code.

Nachteile

There are still a number of features that I'm looking forward to, but they've implemented a transparent process of user feedback. I'm able to upvote features that I'd like to see added.

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Showing users their data (and only their data) is hard, but Stacker makes it easy.

Without having to do any of the heavy lifting of creating a system to permission my users, I'm able to focus on the pieces of the user experience that matter - creating a simple way for my customers to see all of their relevant data within a few clicks.

Nachteile

I was an early(ish) user, so the pool of other portals that I could "emulate" was limited.

Now, there are many more examples to look to, but every Stacker admin needs to think deeply about how they want their users to interact with the app that they build.

Vorteile

Our project database had 4 years of development in Airtable and sheets; the obvious answer here is compatibility.

Nachteile

There are a few weird bugs - having to embed share urls instead of embed blocks; some permissions quirks i wish could be streamlined - but everything works very straightforward and is user friendly to implement. Anything that has felt like a bug stacker's team has jumped on *immediately* to diagnose and they've implemented fixes within hours on multiple issues i've raised.

Vorteile

Ease of use. It was very simple to connect to my airtable base and begin creating. Giving users a login is also a great component.

Nachteile

There are tutorial/instructional guides, but they are hard to find. They don't exist natively in a help section that you can see from your setup home. There also isn't any good youtube videos explaining things. This would help customer adoption tremendously. Having videos that address various use cases and nifty solutions would be amazing.

Refresh rate, manual syncing of table structure.

Issues i've had with the "created by" field.

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Stacker is incredibly useful at getting you to market quickly with a CRM (public and internal) backed by Airtable databases. The feature set has almost doubled in the few months I’ve been using it.

Nachteile

I think the price point is a bit high, but it’s certainly been a great help to getting us live without heavy internal development work.

Vorteile

The ability to share a data with an individual. The ability to give users access to their data.

Nachteile

It is not always intuitive. Even though I have used the app building features multiple times, I still have to "re-think" it every time.

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Stacker is a good tool which involves much various features in it. Its could be very helpful and booster for your job with their serving. To simple say, güzel düşünülmüş bir yazılım well thought software

Nachteile

In my oppinion biggest cons of Stacker is pricing for now. And probably this is the biggest reason why people getting use Stacker or quit using.

Vorteile

Very powerful, intuitive and easy to set up for admins and end users. I would even say that it is hard to build something that ends up being hard to use for your end users!

Nachteile

My only qualm with Stacker is that the data does not update in real time from Airtable, like anybody that has built an application has come to expect. At best, you can expect the data updated in Airtable to be reflected in Stacker in 5 minutes.

Vorteile

Excellent front end solution. I knew exactly what I needed and Stacker helped me realize it without having to learn code.

Nachteile

Would love for some new features. Nonetheless i see theyre adding more every day which is great.

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This is a great frontend app for Airtable. The combination of the two are a no code dream come true.

Nachteile

Still not as customizable as I'd like, but they're getting there.

Vorteile

Once I became acquainted with the UI and all our sheets were integrated, it was simple to use and update.

Nachteile

Integration was difficult but easier than I thought it would be. I think it's missing important features.

Vorteile

Stacker allows the rest of our company to submit Jobs to us and get real-time feedback and updates on how the project is going - something that has been invaluable to us and wasn't possible before.

Nachteile

Stacker is ever-changing and evolving - so some of the features that we would use most are still being added.

Vorteile

The ability to seamlessly integrate with Airtable.

How easy it is to make changes to the layout, and the ability to have user roles/permissions.

Nachteile

There are a lot of latency issues, sometimes Stacker can be super slow to work on.