# Quickbase review (2026): is it worth $35 a month per user? > Low-code platform for custom work apps and workflows Checked Nov 12, 2026 ยท graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA. Quickbase is a low-code platform where teams build apps with forms, reports, dashboards and workflows, aimed at operations, project and compliance work. It is priced per user on top of a platform minimum fee, and its AI builder, Pave, drafts apps from a prompt. - **Category:** Spreadsheets & Databases - **Made by:** Quickbase - **Website:** https://www.quickbase.com - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Pricey if you are small, as the platform minimum on top of $35 per user is not shown. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 12, 2026, Quickbase is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $35 per user / month, priced annually, plus a platform minimum. - **Pricing model:** Free trial - **Free plan:** None. - **Free trial:** 30-day free trial with all Business plan features. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Team | $35 per user / month, priced annually, plus platform minimum | Dashboards, 13+ report types, workflow automation, audit logs, encryption. Cost excludes the platform minimum. | | Business | $55 per user / month, priced annually, plus platform minimum | Adds SSO and SCIM, Gantt charts, sandbox and FDA and HIPAA compliance. Cost excludes the platform minimum. | | Enterprise | Custom | Adds advanced performance tools, advanced data encryption and data warehouse integrations. Sold through sales. | Read from https://www.quickbase.com/plans-and-pricing on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Quickbase before buying. ## Key features - **Visual app builder:** Build apps and workflows visually, from app templates or an AI prompt. - **Reports and charts:** Grid, map, calendar and kanban reports plus line, pie and bar charts, with personalized dashboards. - **Workflow automation:** A visual workflow builder, custom emails, secure links for outside stakeholders and document creation. - **Quickbase AI:** AI features for building apps, turning spreadsheets into apps and an agent over your apps; an AI Intelligence Pack add-on is optional. - **Security and compliance:** Audit logs and encryption on Team; Business adds SSO, SCIM, sandbox and FDA and HIPAA support. - **Extensions and APIs:** RESTful APIs on every plan and nine extensions such as XL Docs and JuicedSign as an add-on. ## Good for - Operations and project teams building tailored internal apps - Construction, manufacturing and compliance teams - Larger organizations that need SSO and sandbox environments ## Worth knowing - Listed per-user prices do not include a platform minimum fee; its amount is not shown on the page. - Plans are sold through the contact form; the free 30-day trial includes Business plan features. - SSO, SCIM, Gantt charts, sandbox and HIPAA support need the Business plan or higher. - Extensions and the AI Intelligence Pack are add-ons. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.0 out of 4**, graded Nov 12, 2026. Quickbase is a low-code platform for work apps with forms, reports, dashboards and workflows, and an AI builder called Pave. Team is $35 per user a month on top of a platform minimum the page doesn't state, and SSO and Gantt charts need the $55 plan. - **Value for money: D.** Team is $35 per user a month priced annually, plus a platform minimum fee the page does not show. Spreadsheet tools sit at $12 in the middle and $31 for the dearer quarter. - **Free plan and trial: D.** A 30-day trial with all Business features, but the page doesn't say whether it needs a card. There is no free plan. - **Features: B.** App builder, reports and charts, workflow automation, AI, security and compliance, extensions and APIs. Nothing in the listing shows a missing core piece. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. It is a web app where the work is building the apps, so there is a learning curve. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web only, with extensions and APIs. No desktop or phone app is listed. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Quickbase's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among spreadsheet and database tools - Quickbase's GPA of 2.0 is higher than 4 of the 42 other spreadsheet and database tools we grade, and level with 4. - It stands best on features (B, above 19 of 42) and worst on value for money (D, above 1). - Its paid plans start at $35 a month for each person, against a middle price of $11.38 for the category: 29 of the 35 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.7 out of 4. 7 tools score higher and cost less. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/spreadsheets ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** To replace Quickbase you would be making a builder that other people can use without writing code. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 34 of the 42 other spreadsheet and database tools grade higher. It costs $420 a year. - You could make: Reports: an app builder makes this well. - You could not: A builder that other people can use without writing code. - You could not: Connections to other products, each kept working as those products change. - You could not: A tool that builds and hosts other apps. - You could not: Databases with views, filters and links between them. - You could not: It is priced for each person, which means accounts and billing for a team. - You could not: AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself. - You could not: What a company asks for before it lets staff use something: single sign-on, SCIM, HIPAA and audit logs. - You could not: The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. **Tags:** Databases, No-code, Workflow automation, App builder, AI features, Reports, Public API ## Alternatives - [Knack](https://toolgpa.com/tools/knack): No-code online database and web app builder. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/knack-vs-quickbase) - [Caspio](https://toolgpa.com/tools/caspio): Low-code platform for database-driven web apps. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/caspio-vs-quickbase) - [Kintone](https://toolgpa.com/tools/kintone): No-code database apps with workflows and team discussion. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/kintone-vs-quickbase) - [Ragic](https://toolgpa.com/tools/ragic): No-code database builder with a spreadsheet-style interface. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/quickbase-vs-ragic) - [Claris FileMaker](https://toolgpa.com/tools/claris-filemaker): Low-code platform for custom database apps on desktop, iOS and web. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/claris-filemaker-vs-quickbase) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026: - https://www.quickbase.com/plans-and-pricing - https://www.quickbase.com/ Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/quickbase Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).