

For some reason, even though it’s 15 years later, nobody else has been able to come up with anything similar.Įvery once in a while I go and look at what’s out there. But I still don’t have the whole package.

I cobbled together a replacement with Google Docs and Sheets for some functionality, Filemaker for other functionality, WordPress for the rest of what we needed. Then DabbleDB was acqui-hired by Twitter and the database shut down. I then switched my entire company over to it and we all loved it with a passion. I switched over to it and discovered that it was not only powerful and flexible, but a joy to use. A fully relational database, fully online, with a fantastic pricing model. I forked over the money for it back when it was only a few hundred dollars, and there’s a discount for upgrades - but the upgrades aren’t free.įifteen years ago, a product called DabbleDB came out. The desktop version for individual users is $540 dollars. The cloud version - and it’s not a real SaaS product, just the same server software, but running on an Amazon server - starts at $100 per month for five users, three apps and only 2 GB of storage. Unfortunately, both its pricing and its delivery is still stuck in the dark ages. It’s extremely powerful and flexible and has a fantastic scripting language that is a joy to use. Then it turned into a full relational database alternative to Microsoft Access. Whoa! Back when it started, it was just a flat file system. I have been using Filemaker now for … 30 years. ( Full pricing details here.) I’ll do a full review later but, right now, it looks like Notion has everything that I want, including all the mobile device support. Upgrading to unlimited users is $4 a month, and team plans that includ administrative tools and other features start at $8 per user per month. It supports PDF exports for things like invoices and contracts. The basic plan, which includes sharing with up to five collaborators, is free. 2021: Lately, I’ve been testing out a new online collaboration tool called Notion.
