What they’re saying
"(Dabble DB) can help solve one of the modern knowledge worker's most enduring dilemmas by bridging the gap between the spreadsheet and the database."
"Simon Willison could hardly contain his excitement extracting and mashing this data through the online database service Dabble DB"
- Jemima Kiss, guardian.co.uk"...designed to quickly and easily create databases and forms so that anyone can enter information."
- Ramon Ray, Entrepreneur.com"dabble db: simplicity without sacrificing flexibility"
- Tanya Burek, Business Ready"These folks have created a very cool app."
- Michael O'Connor Clarke
"I'm clueless when it comes to programming, but I know how to scope a project for ROI; Dabble DB lets me do that same thing in a 2.0 sexified way. It's a terrific execution of a relatively old idea, but still scores highly across the board for the way they've done it."
- Kate Trgovac"This is an outstanding utility that brings the power of measurement to anyone."
- Ron Shuttleworth"Dabble is noteworthy because of the power it puts into the hands of the average person"
Backbone Magazine"I can't imagine the process being simpler!"
"Dabble has pretty much completely discontinued my need for Excel and Numbers - and that my friends is a beautiful thing. Not to mention I can create charts and graphs from all data entered, and incredibly valuable tool for reporting."
— Julia Roy"Problem: How to replace Microsoft Access with online service: Dabble DB
Solution: Dabble DB"
— blogger 'the eConsultant' suggests"So far, this is working out very well!"
— Taneya’s Genealogy Blog on her Creative Commons database http://generesources.dabbledb.com"I ran across your service last week, signed up, and I am absolutely blown away that I had put together what amounted to nearly everything I was hoping to accomplish in my [previous] database application after a couple of hours of tinkering - from scratch. You have no idea how long it took me to accomplish one third as much using [other programs]. I don't have it all worked out yet, but I can see how it can all come together. The user interface is simply stunningly intuitive, beautiful, and...well, like magic." — an email from new customer, Don Murray
"This is definitely something to keep in your arsenal of tools." — Bill White
"Fun with a database? It’s true." — And Yet It Moves
"The core, of course, is that the folks at Dabble DB listened to their users and tried to meet their needs. They also, which is often more rare, saw that their original idea had been taken to a place that they hadn’t originally thought of and adapted." — Blognation
"For years, many non-profit and member-based organizations used Microsoft Access to maintain their lists, but with Dabble DB, this is a better way to do this stuff." — Wild Apricot Blog
"One of the best of the Web 2.0 database tools is Dabble DB. It draws on the most-useful features of spreadsheets, databases and intranets to offer a unique data-management tool." —Robert Amrogi's Lawsites
"The platform is innovative, with a simple point-and-click interface." —Top Web Apps in Canada
- "It’s striking to see what can be accomplished in a few minutes with no programming." — Jon Udell
“Dabble DB is very Web 2.0 friendly,” says Bob Matsuoka, the founder of RunTime Technologies in New York City. “It’s a generic object database that works with simple data types, and is very easy to use.” You can upload your data in a spreadsheet in a matter of minutes and build a simple application that can cost a few dollars a month to host on their servers, or create a public application for free. —How to Get Started with Web 2.0, Information Week
Without gushing too much, I think it’s the best online application I’ve used, period. —Doug Winter, a convenient truth
Just went thru this website: Dabble DB. That’s an incredible piece of work. —Ben, Concrete Reflexions
… the awesomeness that is Dabble DB. —Kurt Schrader, Schrade.Blog
Google’s solution works, but dabble is magic. —Leo Simons, Review of Google Apps
We have been very impressed at how easy to use and powerful this online database is and how responsive the support team is to users questions. …a true Web 2.0 product! —Accore
I will say this has been unlike any experience I have had before… there are many things you have fixed immediately and suggestions you have taken… I sincerely appreciate the way you guys do business. —Thaddeus Schwartz, Sherlock Builders
All of this would have been incredibly challenging without Dabble. No doubt, I would have simply used a spreadsheet and missed out on the rich functionality of a database. —Matt Routley, Various Contrivances
My clients love Dabble. I’m regularly getting statements like “this is beyond my wildest dreams.” —Micah Perlin, Susterra Inc.
DabbleDB is the kind of app that makes you sigh and think, thank God there is still some innovation in the world. —Julian R. Harris
Dabble DB is essentially a database tool for people who have real jobs to do. It makes connecting data and gleaning real information from it simple and intuitive and I can’t believe more people are not raving about it! It is one undoubtedly one of the best business-oriented online services to have emerged in 2006. —Theory Vs Practice
Several months ago I switched all contact data from a local Microsoft Access database to Dabble DB…. After some hiccups in importing my contact list from Access, I was rapidly able to access and maintain the data and create a variety of easy to use and search views. I can download backups to my own machine whenever I want and access the data securely from any web browser and internet connection. I like the Dabble DB service — it’s slick and reasonably priced.
I’m glad I made the switch. I practically live out of this database when I’m working. When my main (Windows XP) machine died I was relieved that continuing on was so easy to do whether I was using my old Windows 2000 machine or the Macintosh running OS X. Dabble DB didn’t care as long as I could use a web-connected browser. —Dennis McDonaldI’ve been using Dabble DB for the past couple of months to create and manage a modestly complex editorial calendaring program for a magazine with which I work. It has to be one of the best-designed, most thoroughly thought-out pieces of software of any kind I’ve ever had the pleasure to use. —Dan Shafer
If you haven’t checked out Dabble DB yet, you absolutely must. It’s simply one of the coolest Office 2.0 apps on the web right now. The more I use it, the more I love it. —Steve Dembo, Teach42
My heaviest usage via the browser includes Dabble DB (my contact and prospect tracking, which has replaced MS Access). … People are not turning away from machine-centric applications because they are running away from something but because they are finding web-served applications that do what needs to be done … and more. —All Kind Food
It’s one of the few new applications that supports the way people think and work and provides a clear upgrade path from existing tools. Definitely 5 stars. —Dan Itkis, Office 2.0
The benefit of unifying all of that data tracked in spreadsheets is just too much to even comprehend given the pricing model that the company is offering the service for. … Check out the demo and tell me this isn’t one of the coolest things you’ve ever seen! —Bieber Labs
All of the data was in a form that allowed me to analyze it in a myriad of ways with very little effort. I found myself waking up in the morning with a new way to look at the data and literally minutes after I sat down, I had the view of the data as I wanted. —Bob Monsour, Second Half
Dabble DB is one of the greatest applications we’ve found over the last few years. … We also think that every business would benefit from having Dabble DB. —Datacom Daily
It’s a great replacement for all those MS Excel, MS Access, and FileMaker databases we have sitting around our hospitals and offices. —The Healthcare IT Guy
It has a clean and simple interface, but it's also very powerful. It’s obvious that a great deal of thought, work, and refinement has gone into this product. —WorkHappy.net
Dabble is in that magic category where it does something that you realize you need after you’ve tried it, and there’s nothing else that does it. —Tim Bray
…one of the most innovative pieces of software since the spreadsheet. —Stuart Sierra
…an exemplary role model for a desktop app-like experience. —Steal this Idea
I think Dabble DB points the way to a truly networked and collaborative workplace, one that uses the Web as its platform. I can’t wait till these types of apps infiltrate the workplace! —Richard McManus, ZDNet.com
…with its hosted open structure and wide support of simple APIs, it opens a whole new realm of uses for databases…. —Technoogle
This looks pretty useful — you might maybe think of it as a next generation spreadsheet because it makes adding structure so easy. —Tim Haines
This Office 2.0 alternative to Microsoft Access not only has the best user interface currently available, but the team developing it…is one of the most supportive I came across in my quest for building a good Office 2.0 setup. —IT|Redux
Dabble DB is the most powerful service of the bunch with large customization options and application flexibility. —Todd Finley
I’m a fan. I think that’s the simplest way to sum up how I feel about Dabble DB right now. I think it rates somewhere between the lava lamp and sliced bread. —Steve Dembo
Too complicated you say? Too hard to grasp? Watch the video. Be impressed. —morethanseven.net
