Lucas Hilty (The Dock)

Over the past year, we've spun up a few apps on Frontly. With thoughtful updates and a thoughtful team supporting the platform, Frontly is an exception to the overpromise/underdeliver pattern I've come to fear in web apps. I'm looking forward to building more...

I began using Formaloo more than a year ago. I was intrigued by its promise of piping data into apps. As I've used Formaloo, I've bumped up against a variety of bugs, most of which have been solved by the support staff. More significantly, I've come to understand that Formaloo promises things that aren't yet reality. They sell their vision for app building, portal building, and interconnected forms before it's really there. This can be disappointing, especially when ETAs get bumped repeatedly. But when Formaloo is evaluated for what it is, not for how it compares with its marketing, it remains a powerful tool. Even though the vision isn't entirely reality yet, the vision still informs the ethos of the product.

We've been using Stackby for around a year. Several ways we're using it: - as a relational database managing events/speakers/sessions - as a dashboard tracking image permissions for a publishing product In both cases, Stackby is replacing Excel. It's a more intuitive, visual, and capable solution (because, relational databases). There's a lot of potential here, and over the past year the team has improved the product greatly. I love that you can embed views in other sites. I've compared this to Microsoft Lists (aka the new SharePoint experience). Stackby is cleaner, faster, and more integrated with other providers. As others have mentioned, this software will grab you not only because of its speed and functionality, but because of the solid support of the team.