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Valarie

Verified reviewer

Construction, 51-200 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Review Source: Capterra

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

4

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed June 2022

Highy Quality Services and Effective Platform.

Not much, just the performance on poor device capabilities and the technical team can be more responsive and available.

PROS

The capabilities are the best on accurate results generation and data quality management with responsive data integration functionalities. The tools navigation is effectively and the reports preparation options offers real time data results and the workflow capability is fantastic.

CONS

Smooth operations and the effective data analytics tool with powerful and easy features to access and the navigation is great.

Bob

Performing Arts, 201-500 employees

Used monthly for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed January 2021

Database Management Made Easy

Database management for a performing ARTS hall, and website for an HOA association.

PROS

PHPRunner always works! I never have to wonder if there are going to be issues when I build a new database.

CONS

I can't think of any. The software is fantastic, and support is better than that!

Reason for choosing PHPRunner

I did demo's of both programs three years ago. With PHPRunner I had a functional database and website built in less than an hour. With Scriptcase, I worked on a site for two hours and never did get it to work correctly.

Darryl

Automotive, 2-10 employees

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

3

EASE OF USE

4

FUNCTIONALITY

3

Reviewed July 2019

Could be an excellent system

PROS

I love the idea and thought behind this product. Great concept

CONS

Poorly implementation of the product. Also, lack of updates since inception. This could be great for people wanting to learn PHP.

Chuck

Verified reviewer

Management Consulting, 2-10 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed March 2019

Best RAD tool for web-based development in the world

We market and sell the following cloud-based solutions that were built with PHPRunner: Employee Performance Management (with built-in 360 Feedback); Customizable Industrial Skills Testing; and Employee Engagement and Survey solutions. All built and improved over several years using the capabilities of PHPRunner.

PROS

PHPRunner solves complex web-development problems with a holistic approach. It has a friendly Windows client for design and development. Your DB scheme can be developed within the client, using Maria-MySQL, MS-SQL, DB2, MS-Access, Postgres, Oracle, SQLite, ODBC, you name it. Authentication for your app with static or dynamic permissions is built-in and easily modified. A flexible interface with many design themes can be used to design your pages, including modern interface (grid sorting and rearrangement). Reports and charting (bar, line, gauge, pie, donut, stacked column, etc.) are easily done with the platform. Import and export of data is supported. Mobile web app interface can be included. Built-in menus with customization, built-in email capabilities, etc. etc. etc. Built-in distribution/update to your host. I could go on and on. Most importantly, event customization capabilities that allow you to tailor special features above and beyond the system is easily retained and re-merged as you enhance and add to your application. My experience goes back at least 5 major and many minor versions and over 8 years. Support is very good. They have REALLY helped me and my business!

CONS

There is very little to dislike. If anything, keep in mind that you should strive to stay reasonably current as web methodologies change (like the advancement of PHP versions). Keep up to date with your web host and their PHP and MySQL/Maria versions. Xlinesoft has done a great job improving and enhancing this offering, and in keeping the solution current with modern web technologies.

Kwabena

Research, 51-200 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

4

EASE OF USE

4

VALUE FOR MONEY

4

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

3

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed April 2023

Easily develop web applications with PHPRunner

Overall experience with PHPRunner has been awesome. Initially, there was a bit of a learning curve since I have not used such a tool before. But I became comfortable very quickly and started developing amazing web apps with it

PROS

PHPRunner is easy to use, especially if you have little or no PHP progamming background, it still be used. Also, the fact that you can connect it with so many databases. The web applications developed can be integrated with a database.

CONS

So far my experience has been good. I will however encourage the developers to introduce more and more features.

Reason for choosing PHPRunner

It was easy to use and inexpensive.

Robert

Verified reviewer

Computer Software, 2-10 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

4

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed March 2019

My Experience with phpRunner

I built and currently administer a web-based Payroll system, a Benefits system, and an Equipment Inventory, Performance and Location system.

PROS

I have been using phpRunner since 2008. I have tried most of the other rapid development software packages and in my opinion, phpRunner was the best choice. I love their latest feature, the new Designer GUI. If you're familiar with Microsoft Access, the Designer GUI is similar. You can drag & drop your fields. You have a properties selection area on the right side. The software is divided up like Access. You start with the Table area GUI, the Query GUI, setting up your field properties and search setting. Then a choice of Security settings. Then you have the Designer GUI and then the Events area. Once you finish building your project you can upload it to the server with their built-in FTP setup. Their support is great and has always been very helpful.

CONS

Like with any software there is a small learning curve.

JEFF

Verified reviewer

Computer Software, 2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed March 2019

Easy and Efficient RAD Software for PHP applications

Basically, I am the CEO and developer for a company. I build PHP applications (of course, I'm using PHPrunner) for Training companies which helps them to load their learners and also allows their clients to see what training has been done and also see the trends every month. This has helped training companies boost their client bases which is a win for me.

PROS

It saves me from having to learn PHP coding from scratch and helps to rapidly build the applications without much coding. You can connect to multiple databases and you are not limited to just one. The themes are fantastic and you don't really have to do much improvisation. Dashboards are a fantastic feature and makes your application look more professional.

CONS

Nothing to dislike, just that sometimes you got to think outside the box if you want extra things to be done, but then again the support is fantastic. I submit a ticket and get a response the very next day and nowhere do I get this kind of service.

Al

Verified reviewer

Computer Networking, 2-10 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed March 2019

The Best PHP Software in the Business!

Ever since I started using PHP Runner, I have nothing but praise - From the software, their web hosting services and overall service, PHP Runner is number one in my book.

PROS

I love the fact that you can take an existing Database and with some programming migrate it right into PHP runner given you a professional and customizable web site for your database. I was able to take membership databases and incorporate them so that no matter where the customer was, they could add/edit and lookup data making it great for the gym membership databases that I was servicing.

CONS

The ability to support certain USB devices like signature pads - they all can not incorporate into the software.

Paul

Verified reviewer

Construction, 11-50 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed March 2019

Rapid deployment

It has been so easy to setup a user database to add jobs and send out invoices

PROS

The software makes the ability to rapidly deploy a GUI for database administration within a few minutes. It is quick and easy to use and when a custom solution is required the ability to put source is way and fantastic

CONS

There is nothing I don’t like. Each new release is like the perfect IT geeks birthday present

Oscar Alfredo

Verified reviewer

Information Technology and Services, 1 employee

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed March 2019

The best RAD software for PHP professional developers and PHP beginners

Firs of all i´m sorry for my english I've been developed php apps from scratch for many years, and i started to test a lot of RAD software and a lot of PHP frameworks to know how can i do my projects in a short time with nice quality and stability, and definitely PHPRunner was the boss, no i can develop web apps in a few weeks instead of a few months. Thx for such piece of software.

PROS

* Amazingly easy to use. *Short learning curve. *Any relational database supported. *Higly customizable *Event based programming *The new 10 version series has only and higly responsive layouts *good price for such benefits

CONS

*Renew price should be lower *In the future It should be a versión or an option to use with MVC based prgramming.

Alfredo

Information Technology and Services, 2-10 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra

OVERALL RATING:

4

EASE OF USE

4

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

4

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed September 2019

A well thoughout rapid deployment, eficient and reliable software

I have created a donation tracking system for HELPING HANDS ENDING HUNGER LLC used by over 40 schools in Georgia, that tracks unopened/untouched food items that are repurposed at the end of the week as donations which are coupled with food banks donations. The software tracks certain items, their weight, the amount of CO2 Recovery and the number of meals created and number of persons served. Producing reports of items handled and donated. Since the inception of this application is has tracked and allowed to evaluate the effort put fort by kids who are trying to help peers who might otherwise go hungry on weekends. Numbers so far since 2017: FAMILIES HELPED - 48,637; ADULTS - 86,092; CHILDREN - 124,059 POUNDS DONATED - 520.052; CO2 RECOVERY 327,119; MEALS 433,755 PHPrunner was used from the ground up for this application no other software was ever involved ==================================================================================== PHPRunner used by STRATEGIC MEDIA BOOKS to track the production of books from manuscript reception, production, to launch, sales and production of royalty payments, in over 50 titles for 35 authors...

PROS

It's ease of use to create basic applications that allows clients/users to grasp the concepts without complicated manuals

CONS

I would say that some of the examples presented in the help need a bit more expansion.

Reason for choosing PHPRunner

Les complicated to use...

Reasons for switching to PHPRunner

Need more than just a desktop application and Alpha Anywhere although a good item, would have required a longer time curve to get up and running

Leon

Biotechnology, 10,000+ employees

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra

OVERALL RATING:

4

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed March 2019

Very Rapid Application Development!

PHPRunner has allowed us to please our researchers quickly and easily! It is making it easier for us to get our data into highly structured format earlier in the process.

PROS

Our team works in the research environment so we need to be able to move fast. The biggest issue in R&D is people saving all of their data in Microsoft Excel. In the past, creating a database and an associated interface took too long and so people were never interested in using a database. Now with PHPRunner we can have an interface in front of the research team after one meeting and less than an hour. Then we can rapidly work through changes as they need. So we have moved from weeks to hours. Almost always, the PHPRunner has more options out of the box than the user is expecting and hoping for. Search, Advanced Search, printing, saving to PDF, Export usually excite the users. Being able to connect to our company Active Directory makes it nice for the users because they don't need to have yet another username and password. All of our PHPRunner users are programmers so it is a very easy jump for them.

CONS

Wish it had some more options for look and feel. All the apps that we create look fairly similar. We have not taken the time to write custom CSS. On import, it would be nice if PHPRunner built the code to do the look-ups into a related table so we don't have to do the prelook-up to find the ID number and do that conversion ourselves.

Mc

Computer Software, 2-10 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

4

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed May 2022

Phprunner is revolutionary

6 years developing systems for governments

PROS

For 6 years now, we have developed over 20 complex systems using runner. Great product with specifically a database management interface. We love it for it's fast deployment approach.

CONS

The forum is not always helpful. There is need for new templates the existing ones are really outdated.

Reasons for switching to PHPRunner

Use friendly, tech support is fair

Willard

Computer Software, 2-10 employees

Used more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed November 2020

An Amazing Tool

my experience with PHPRunner has been really awesome. Using PHP runner, i built my first web app and it was very motivating to be able to achieve this without writing a single line of code. PHP Runner is an excellent tool for developing professionally appeasing web apps and desktop apps.

PROS

The software is very intuitive and easy to use and has powerful features for searching and querying data as well as importing /exporting data. Steps for creating an application are presented in the simplest form you will ever find and allows you to develop web/desktop applications rapidly and lets you deliver solutions with minimal or no code at all. I also like that the software allows you to easily create dashboards with dynamic charts and graphs. The software also allows you to customize reports even when your project has been deployed very easily.

CONS

PHP Runner is a very mature product and allows you to do most tasks you will have to do. Though I found it a bit difficult to implement complex SQL operations, It still remains a remarkable tool and best RAD tool I have used so far.

Carlos

Computer Software, 2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

4

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed December 2020

Awesome product

The interface is very intuitive and with a bit of digging you can easily accomplish great things.

PROS

The User Interface is really easy to use. There are many options available to lay out your application. Code generated is robust and supports PHP 7. Support is really responsive. Documentation is good. Forums are a great resource for ideas. Development is active.

CONS

I used another product before this that was a little less wizard driven and therefore in my opinion a bit easier to customize the apps. You could also on the fly select the language that you wanted to generate, but I think that bloat took over and the product died.

Reason for choosing PHPRunner

The User Interface is much more intuitive.

Reasons for switching to PHPRunner

Codecharge is no longer being developed.

Yuriën

Information Technology and Services, 2-10 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra

OVERALL RATING:

4

EASE OF USE

4

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed March 2019

PHPRunner the best PHP code generator and form builder

I have developed several webapps using PHPRunner. One of the apps takes care of tracking all opportunities, manage all support renewals and manages our contacts (customers and vendors) within our company. Another app made with PHPRunner is for my church where me have to register bible studies attended and when we are on missions register everything from visitor to servants.

PROS

Ease of use Ability almost customize everything to your wishes

CONS

No real obvious cons. I guess I can say pricing, but what is a good piece of software worth nowadays.

Anonymous

2-10 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed March 2019

Awesome software!

I've created five applications to edit data on our MySql server, and have been able to give the users everything they have asked for.

PROS

It allows me to VERY quickly create complex applications on the web that tie in to SQL servers (and others). Support is the best in the business. Response is far quicker than almost any other company.

CONS

I like everything about it. Anything that I needed added, was considered and added if possible.

Saundra

Facilities Services, 2-10 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

4

VALUE FOR MONEY

4

CUSTOMER SUPPORT