User Reviews

( 5 customer reviews )

Pros

- It's easy to adapt the program as our needs change and grow.
- Pat Bensky is very knowledgable in CatBase, and has taken the time to understand our particular needs, which makes working with the program much easier.
- The online tutorials are very useful, as are the specially tailored instruction manuals.

Cons

- Though they are always quickly fixed, there are a fair number of bugs in the program.
- The one-to-many and many-to-one relationship tables and data are sometimes hard to completely understand.

Overall

The program is an effective back-end database. Product support is always available within 24-48 hours, by phone or by email. The program is applicable to a variety of needs and uses, and can be modified to meet quite specific requirements.

Pros

Very easy to use, only problem I had was that I hadn't defined what I needed to do well enough in advance

Cons

Can't write your own scripts

Overall

Great product, would definitely recommend for any creating a directory that doesn't want to build their own application.

Pros

CatBase takes the labor out of creating huge, customer specific catalogs with photos. Our page layouts still require a fair amount of manual manipulation, but the sku inclusion and product classification/order are flawless.

Cons

The IT person doesn't like that the scripts can't be written/modified by him exclusively.

Overall

While we only scratch the surface of using all of CatBase's capabilities, my recommendation is very high. One must consider CatBase's superb functionality when shopping for a database publishing tool. The Customer Service is excellent! You don't need to write and test code for months; style sheets get the job done.

Pros

Catbase is a fantastic program that is easy to use from the first. There are plenty of great features that make life easier and it is compatible with leading industry packages such as Quark & In Design.

We use Catbase to produce both our Catalogue and website because it offers such flexibility. We are able to update our website with great ease at any time, adding new products, pictures, technical data and news items and we can now produce our 108 page Catalogue in next to no time - all thanks to Catbase.

Cons

I have been using Catbase since 1998 and I honestly don't have any negative comments.

Overall

The service and support at Catbase is the best I have ever experienced with an enthusiastic, helpful and knowledgeable team always on hand when you need them. I thoroughly recommend Catbase to help with your publishing requirements.

Pros

Bespoke changes for our particular requirements are no problem.

Cons

Some of the window displays a bit quirky

Overall

Our company uses this for very specific publications and have a tailored solution to meet our needs. Works very well for us.