QuickBase, Inc.

QuickBase, Inc.
Private
Industry Platform as a service
Digital transformation
Enterprise Software
Founded 1999
Headquarters Cambridge, Massachusetts
Products
  • QuickBase platform
Number of employees
 Approximately 260 (2016)
Website www.quickbase.com

QuickBase, Inc., formerly a division of Intuit, provides a low-code application development platform called Quick Base. Headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the company was divested from Intuit in March 2016 and is backed by Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe.[1][2] Quick Base is used by more than 6,000 customers, including half of the Fortune 100,[3] across a variety of industries and use cases, including process and project management, asset and order tracking, customer and contracts management, time and expense, sales and HR applications.

Services

Quick Base is a low-code platform[4] that allows non-technical developers to build, customize and connect scalable, secure cloud applications mapped to unique business challenges without compromising IT governance and control. The platform addresses a broad set of business use cases through its customizable application platform that includes workflow and process automation, forms, and personalized charts and reports driven by customizable business logic.

The platform is known for empowering citizen developers[5] in the line of business to deliver "right for me" cloud applications with the visibility and accountability required by IT. This methodology unites IT and the business to accelerate business transformation across the organization through rapid prototyping of processes and apps that are built, deployed, and customized without requiring traditional professional application development resources.

History

QuickBase, Inc. was originally Turning Mill Software and founded by Joe Rice in January, 1999 after several months of developing the product at his home. Quick Base, the low-code platform, was originally called oneBase, a web-based database service for the easy access, consolidation, and sharing of business information.

In 1999, Intuit Inc. acquired Turning Mill Software, adding oneBase to its product portfolio, that includes QuickBooks and TurboTax.

In 2000, Intuit renamed oneBase and launches QuickBase.[6]

In 2005, QuickBase was chosen as PC Magazine Editors' Choice[7] and won the SIIA Codie Award for "Best Business Software Product or Service."[8]

In 2015, QuickBase received 4/5 star review in CloudPro Magazine[9] and won the SIIA CODiE Award for Best Real Estate/Construction Management Solution[10] and finalist for Best Cloud Platform as a Service.[11]

In 2015, Intuit announced plans to divest itself of Demandforce, QuickBase and Quicken operations.[12]

In 2016, Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe completed its acquisition of Intuit QuickBase.

References

  1. ↑ "Intuit sells QuickBase to private equity firm". ZDNet. Retrieved 2016-03-08.
  2. ↑ "Intuit Plans to Sell QuickBase Business to Private Equity Firm". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2016-03-08.
  3. ↑ "Intuit Announces Sale Of QuickBase Low-Code Platform". forbes.com. Retrieved 2016-03-08.
  4. ↑ "Citizen Developers: Low Code Is Now Enterprise-Class". Forbes.com. Retrieved 2016-05-16.
  5. ↑ "How A Forrester Analyst Learned Citizen Developers Exist". cmswire. Retrieved 2015-12-23.
  6. ↑ "Intuit Unveils Web-Based Tool For Sharing Information". Intuit.com. Archived from the original on 2005-12-20.
  7. ↑ "QuickBase for Corporate Workgroups, Spring 2005 Version". PCMag. Retrieved 2005-05-18.
  8. ↑ "Best Business Software Product or Service". SIIA.net. Retrieved 2005-04-14.
  9. ↑ "Intuit QuickBase review - An extraordinarily powerful and flexible database SaaS". CloudPro. Retrieved 2015-10-23.
  10. ↑ "Winner In: Best Real Estate / Construction Management Solution". SIIA.net. Retrieved 2015-05-20.
  11. ↑ "Best Cloud Platform as a Service". SIIA.net. Retrieved 2015-05-20.
  12. ↑ "Intuit to Divest Itself of Demandforce, QuickBase and Quicken". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2015-08-20.
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