Every business keeps records – customer contacts, order history, support logs, inventory, you name it. If you’ve ever had the task of building a database to manage these records, you know what a headache it can be.

Very soon our friends a Smallthought will launch DabbleDB, a web-based database, that will change all that.

I’ve been playing with Dabble for a few months now and I have to say that I’m really impressed by it. Dabble has all the things we look for in a business web app. It works great in teams, its easy to get started (signup takes 5 minutes), and its affordable.

What impressed me most about Dabble, though, is how fast you can create new databases. Most database apps, like FileMaker or Access, require a lot of setup before you can start really using them with your data. First you design your fields, then your views, then your logic. It can take days.

With Dabble, it’s much simpler. You simply add new fields as you need them. Dabble will take care of ensuring they are the the format and linked together properly. Adding views on your data is just as simple. One click to add a field here, another click to add a field there and you are done.

I was able to setup a new contact database for Sproutit, for example, in about 15 minutes. FileMaker or Access would have taken a few hours at least.

Like all other database products, Dabble is easiest to use once you’ve seen someone else use it too. Thankfully, Smallthought has posted a great demo movie of Dabble to give you a taste of what it can do.

If you want to keep better records for your business, but you aren’t ready to invest a few days trying to setup a database, then let Dabble do it for you. We have here at Sproutit and we love it.

Check out the dabble demo and signup for their launch announcement list

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