Quickbase
Quickbase, Inc., provides a low-code application development platform called Quickbase. Headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, the company was divested from Intuit in March 2016. In Jan 2019, Private-Equity firm Vista Equity Partners announced buying a majority stake in Quickbase from Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe for a reported $1 billion. History. In 1999, Joe Rice, Jim Salem, and Claude von Roesgen developed OneBase, a web-based multi-tenant architecture based database service to enable easy access, consolidation and sharing of business information. That fall, Intuit added oneBase to its product portfolio, which includes QuickBooks and TurboTax. In 2000 , Intuit renamed oneBase and launched Quickbase, described at the time as a "web-based tool for sharing information that will revolutionize how small businesses and workgroups collaborate with employees, vendors and customers". In 2005, Quickbase was chosen as PC Magazine Editors' Choice. The same year, Quickbase won the SIIA Codie Award for "Best Business Software Product or Service." In 2015, Intuit announced plans to divest itself from Demandforce, Quickbase and Quicken operations. Quickbase received a 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 2016, Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe completed its acquisition of Intuit Quickbase. In January 2019, Vista Equity Partners purchased majority equity in the company for more than $1B. Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe remains a minority stakeholder. In August, Quickbase buys Cloudpipes, which provides integration and automation tools for business applications through a cloud-based platform. In January 2020, Quickbase Inc. was included on Built in Boston's list of Best Midsize Places to Work in 2020. Services. Quickbase is a low-code platform that allows non-technical developers to build, customize and connect secure cloud applications  without compromising IT governance and control. 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.