Stacker

Avantages

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

Inconvénients

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

Avantages

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

Inconvénients

Starting out and needing support, all of their materials are outdated.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.

Avantages

It has a lot of functionality and is usable.

Inconvénients

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

Avantages

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.

Inconvénients

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.

Alternatives envisagées 

Pourquoi passer à Stacker

Avantages

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.

Inconvénients

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.

Alternatives envisagées 

Pourquoi passer à Stacker

Avantages

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.

Inconvénients

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.

Avantages

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

Inconvénients

- 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.

Alternatives envisagées 

Pourquoi choisir Stacker 

Pourquoi passer à Stacker

Avantages

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.

Inconvénients

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.

Alternatives envisagées 

Pourquoi choisir Stacker 

Pourquoi passer à Stacker

Avantages

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.

Inconvénients

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.

Avantages

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.

Inconvénients

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.

Avantages

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.

Inconvénients

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.

Avantages

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.

Inconvénients

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.

Avantages

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.

Inconvénients

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

Avantages

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).

Inconvénients

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.

Avantages

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.

Inconvénients

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.

Avantages

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.

Inconvénients

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.

Avantages

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

Inconvénients

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

Alternatives envisagées 

Pourquoi choisir Stacker 

Pourquoi passer à Stacker

Avantages

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.

Inconvénients

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.

Avantages

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

Inconvénients

The speed of development is extremely slow compared to competitors.

Avantages

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.

Inconvénients

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.

Avantages

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

Inconvénients

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.

Avantages

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!

Inconvénients

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).

Avantages

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

Inconvénients

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

Avantages

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

Inconvénients

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)

Avantages

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.

Inconvénients

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.