Products QuickBase platform Headquarters Cambridge Type of business Private | Website www.quickbase.com Founded 1999 | |
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Industry Platform as a service
Digital transformation
Enterprise Software Number of employees Approximately 260 (2016) CEO Rick Willett (16 Nov 2016–) | ||
QuickBase, Inc., formerly a division of Intuit, is a low-code application development platform provider headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The company was divested from Intuit in March 2016 and is backed by Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe. QuickBase is used by more than 6,000 customers, including half of the Fortune 100, 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.
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QuickBase is a low-code platform for citizen development for building, customizing and connecting 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 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. QuickBase, 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.
In 2005, QuickBase was chosen as PC Magazine Editors’ Choice and won the SIIA Codie Award for “Best Business Software Product or Service.”
In 2015, QuickBase received 4/5 star review in CloudPro Magazine and won the SIIA CODiE Award for Best Real Estate/Construction Management Solution and finalist for Best Cloud Platform as a Service.
In 2015, Intuit announced plans to divest itself of Demandforce, QuickBase and Quicken operations.