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Danielle
Verified reviewer
Transportation/Trucking/Railroad, 51-200 employees
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed March 2018
The future of data capture for businesses!
This platform is helping us streamline our business by speeding up the data and information flow between the field and our office.
PROSOur favorite things about GoCanvas are that it's easy to set up on the backend (meaning you don't need formal IT training), it's easy for our employees to fill in the forms on their phones, and their customer support is GREAT! They are always very quick to respond to questions or comments.
CONSI honestly don't have anything bad to say about the platform. We've had nothing but great experiences all around.
Lena
Veterinary, 2-10 employees
Used daily for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
3
VALUE FOR MONEY
3
FUNCTIONALITY
3
Reviewed April 2022
GoCanvas is a Temporary Scheduling Software Solution
I found GoCanvas to be a great software in general. It is easy to use and allows you to build forms, collect data, and transfer data to most any platform. It is easy to search and filter your information as well. I would have continued to use it if I were able to customize it to fit a grooming salon. I still would recommend it to others.
PROSI liked how easy it is to create forms and implement them into our website. I like how the information is stored and sent to us, it is very easy to understand and sort.
CONSThe lack of customization to fit the pet industry.
Reason for choosing GoCanvas
The price was better and it seemed easier to use.
Mike
Transportation/Trucking/Railroad, 51-200 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
1
EASE OF USE
1
VALUE FOR MONEY
1
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
1
FUNCTIONALITY
1
Reviewed February 2024
Stay away from GoCanvas! They have no regard for the customer even a long time customer
Horrible, I was with them from there first beta test and it was good in the beginning but now is different with different management. I needed to lower the amount of users we have and they will not let us and are holding us hostage for a year because they want every last dollar from us. We were not leaving them but we had to lower our number of users and they told us to pound sand and then want us to sign another contract. What a scam.
PROSWell I thought they were loyal to their customers but instead they just want to soak you for every dollar without regards to you as a customer.
CONSDon't ever try and lower the number of seats or you are SOL because everytime you add a seat they up your contract and they will not let you lower anything you are stuck until the contract ends. Not even Microsoft soaks you like that.
Michelle
Verified reviewer
Transportation/Trucking/Railroad, 2-10 employees
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
4
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed December 2018
GoCanvas - who knew replacing forms with apps would be so easy
Our ability to capture, retain, analyze and share information quickly and clearly is better than it ever was with paper forms. From the start the help in setting up the programs and initial training made a very scary and intimidating process a breeze. I never have to go looking for paperwork only to find it incomplete and illegible. I have rarely been as satisfied with a software as I have been with this.
PROSExtremely easy to build and use apps even for "non-tech" people. Powerful system allows you to build complex routing with ease PDF designer allows you to capture information you need for client while retaining all information you might need in the app for export and evaluation. They are always looking for ways to simplify and improve the program. They communicate changes well and consistently I don't have to read chicken scratch from techs anymore
CONSTech support to solve problems is not very deep or responsive.
Beth
Verified reviewer
Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing
Used less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
Reviewed October 2015
GET IT!
GoCanvas has been incredible to work with. Our business is in Electrical Contracting, and GoCanvas designed a form on their app so that our employees don't need to fill out paper work tickets anymore. They also installed a barcode scanning system, so that our employees can scan items that they take from our warehouse to use at the jobsite. GoCanvas also give the ability to export those work tickets into a CSV or XML file, which means we can actually import those scans from their work tickets into our job costing software. It does so much more than we ever expected it to, which has made our switch to GoCanvas a seamless transition, and our employees who use it love it! But the best part about GoCanvas is their Customer Service. I've had issues mapping some updates I made to the app, and was in a hurry to get it taken care of (before our employees were going to scan), and they got my message and called me immediately. Their response time is great, and they make sure they actually help solve the problem if there is one. I can't say too many good things about their company, and would highly recommend them to anyone looking to consolidate their paper forms into a paperless app.
PROSCustomer Service Adaptability Ease of Use
Vendor Response
Thanks for your thoughts and feedback! We appreciate it!
Replied March 2016
Trevor
Verified reviewer
Environmental Services, 2-10 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed November 2021
GoCanvas - Business Digitisation
Creating a live interaction with customers as well as maintaining WHS obligations.
CONSYou do have to put a lot of effort into the set up process to maximise the return from GoCanvas but the implementation team are exceptional during this phase.
Lori
Verified reviewer
Civil Engineering, 11-50 employees
Used daily for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed August 2018
Great product!
Implementing GoCanvas mobile forms has made an enormous improvement in getting pertinent information from job sites to our Project Managers in house. Paper forms completed in the field were not submitted timely and when submitted were often illegible. Now, we receive them daily in perfect form. Project Managers are now able to really manage what is happening in the field which has reduced downtime, unnecessary overtime, and makes month end pay request processing much easier, which translates to more timely payments to contractors and our firm!
PROSGoCanvas apps are amazingly easy to create. With just a little instruction or even by watching a few tutorials, most any level user will be able to create apps tailored to your specific needs.
CONSFor our particular business, we need the ability to scan and attach documents, not just photos. We have to use a workaround for this and wish the software could handle PDFs in addition to photos. But that's very specific to our needs; overall, there isn't much to dislike!
Scott
Verified reviewer
Real Estate, 1,001-5,000 employees
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed March 2018
The response to the issue was very fast
Quick forms that can be deployed to users with the ability to analyze the input in Excel
PROSThe ease in which a form can be created and deployed to users. I also like the ability to export the data in order to perform analysis.
CONSUnable to attach additional files to the form. There are reports that are not static that I would like to be able to have saved and added to the form prior to submission
Kate
Verified reviewer
Environmental Services, 51-200 employees
Used daily for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed May 2019
Well worth the wait
Building the Customer PDF took 6 months. It was very complicated, and that plus the geographical distance between US/UK meant that this took longer than expected. The result is very good however, and was worth the wait.
PROSThe apps were very easy to set up, in most cases we went live with the apps the same day. The builder is very intuitive and flexible.
CONSThe apps was very easy - no complaints. The custom PDFs are difficult if you need to do handovers etc.
Tommy
Verified reviewer
Used daily for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed June 2018
GoCanvas is fantastic. We use this system in our service company and it has saved a lot of time.
Saves the company time and the presentation to the customer has helped our close rates greatly.
PROSThe customer support is wonderful as well as the ease of use. It also integrates with a lot of other programs on the market.
CONSNo cons at this point. The implementation was very easy and the support has been first class. This software is a wonderful to have and makes doing business much easier.
Troy
Construction, 11-50 employees
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
2
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
1
FUNCTIONALITY
3
Reviewed October 2019
Don’t buy and expect support
Friendly and helpful at the beginning and then the billing problems. Shortly thereafter support stopped. Have to wait days to get help.
PROSTakes time to make the apps the way you want it, but can be powerful with time invested to setup. Data collection is solid. Lots of different functionality, but still needs other functions.
CONSSubmission reports are clunky and not as clean and customizable as I would like. No multi-photo uploads. Super expensive for companies wanting to scale quickly. They lock you in at rates for a year at a time and every time you grow they re-up the agreement without bulk discount rates. If you want support, be ready to leave lots of messages and then wait days for help. You will have to figure it out on your own basically. (Google is your friend.)
Reason for choosing GoCanvas
Recommended to us by an employee. Helped us get our startup running, but now we regret using it.
Adanga
Chemicals, 501-1,000 employees
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed April 2019
Great product, Super support team
Our maintenance workers get their job assignments on a tablet. The submitter enters the work order, it goes to a maintenance supervisor for approval and assigned to a maintenance worker. When job is complete it goes back to original submitter to ok work was done appropriately and then submitted. We do all our training exams on tablets and laptops and all of our inspections (forklift, vehicle, ladder, fire extinquishers, eye wash stations, hoists, cranes, scales and all filed with no paper!)
PROSThe paper eliminated, filing in the cloud. And being able to check up on inspections and required training to make sure it's taken place.
CONSThe support team has overcome every obstacle I've run into so there really is no down side. We search by time frame and sometimes I'd like to be able to search across multiple Apps for a specific individual's submissions but this is small beans in comparison to all Go Canvas has enabled us to do
Trent
Construction, 11-50 employees
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
3
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed August 2019
More efficient than paper forms
I can build an app in minutes to collect any data imaginable.
CONSCreating PDFs seems to be cumbersome. It would be nice to have more custimizable formats for creating PDFs. Right now everything has to fit into rows and columns only.
Reason for choosing GoCanvas
Price and ease of use.
Becky
Apparel & Fashion, 11-50 employees
Used weekly for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed October 2021
Dependable & easy to use
The reporting aspect of my job needs to be quick and GoCanvas facilitates that. It also needs to be dependable as I drive hours to a location and can't easily return. GoCanvas has not failed me.
PROSI can count on GoCanvas to always connect and have ample space to convey information to my company. It is easy to use - basically self-explanatory. You can go back and change information if necessary. Adding photos is simple and has the option to add from your gallery or take the photo right then. There is a note section at the end that is perfect for any extra comments.
CONSOne thing I find irritating is that you can not move forward to the next page until all questions are answered on the current page. Often I do not get the information on each page in the order expected. It would be much more effective to be able to go forward to the page I need at the time.
Michael
Warehousing, 51-200 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
4
FUNCTIONALITY
3
Reviewed September 2023
Go Canvas Review
Always a good experience, easy to use.
PROSEase of using the system, anyone on shift has no issue following direction and completing the reports.
CONSSometimes slow to get into, but that is not the Canvas system causing this issue.
Jon
Real Estate, 10,000+ employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed October 2018
A Fantastic Tool For Improving Efficiency and Quality of Service
We have replaced paper property inspection forms which has not only added value to the service provided to our clients, but it has increased efficiency massively and has gone even further by protecting the company from certain liability claims by evidencing every property inspection in its entirety, with supporting photographs etc.etc.
PROSThat everything from the app to the pdf can be tailored to fully meet our requirements.
CONSNothing! It was easy to set up, easy to use, tweak, and easy for all users to understand and begin to use.
Juan Manuel
Telecommunications, 201-500 employees
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
3
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed April 2021
A great way to improve your efficience and productivitty
Great tool, immense versatility, top tier support.
PROSI cannot explain how this software enhanced my teams productivity. It's really easy to create your own personalised forms, it just requiere to know a little about programming. The custom automatic PDFs make our data completely understandable. And being able to export it to a CSV or JSON format help us build BI reports over other tools would have taken ages if we have used pen and paper, and later pick that up with a computer.
CONSThe tool is not the cheapest in the market, but honestly, it's worth it.
bayu
Oil & Energy, 501-1,000 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
4
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed March 2021
Doing what it's supposed to do well
It does what it supposed to do well for simple to medium complex forms/ apps. For simple form it has no issue at all. For forms with more complicated and high volume of data, it has issues with some limitation here and there, e.g. only 75 rows of data will be displayed on the mobile device.
PROSApps/ form are very easy to customize and develop.
CONSLimitation to use big reference data. Not really flexibility on PDF designer.
Paul
Marketing and Advertising, 2-10 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
3
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed December 2016
We use GoCanvas everyday and wont go back to paper contracts
GoCanvas was the first and the only solution that we decided upon for our paperless contract documentation. We love the easy to use an app and the ability to scale with future employees. If We had one complaint it would the learning curve it takes to set up a new form. But once you understand how to build it everything is a snap.
PROSIt does what it says and paperless documentation has streamlined our process
CONSThe learning curves to build new forms.
Rhonda
Construction, 11-50 employees
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed June 2018
Time Saver
It has made working with the crew in the field easier, has saved us money, our clients like the information that we are giving them in order to see what is going on in the projects that we are working on for them.
PROSSaves us so much time , money, I cant believe that we did business with out it. This product has made my life easy with the workers in the field.
CONSOk, so i tried to put N/A it would not let me , i cant find anything wrong with GoCanvas, it exceeds my expectations .
John
Management Consulting, 2-10 employees
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed June 2016
Thanks GoCanvas - its the new JOTS!!!
GoCanvas has absolutely changed how JOTS Computer Services, Inc. delivers services to its customers. Truly as simple as Click-Submit-Done, Yes, that easy. From sales, tech support to the development team, GoCanvas delivers the Wow factor in all that they do. Thanks GoCanvas!
PROSThe continuous and creative development of the GoCanvas App. Never gets stale, always looking to improve the user experience, ease of use and value of the App.
CONSI have honestly experience no cons with GoCanvas.
Luis
Machinery, 5,001-10,000 employees
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed May 2019
GoCanvas experience
We have been able to create reports to share with our clients the work we do in their machines, we are in charge of technical service and it is very useful to create the reports in real time and present them immediately after the work
PROSIt is easy to use, we can provide our clients with a formal and well-designed report, adapted to our needs
CONSWe need a little more personalized training to what we want to do, maybe explanatory videos
Rocco
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
3
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
4
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed November 2017
Great to use for any type of field service work. Company listens to your feedback. Price has gone up
Functionality on smartphones. Ease of use to create customized forms. Ability to customize what the recipient sees.
CONSPrice has gone up significantly in the last few years. It can do a lot but is sometimes slow to load.
Nick
Telecommunications, 501-1,000 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
3
FUNCTIONALITY
3
Reviewed May 2020
PDF Editing
Easy to learn how to write applications
CONSMany customizable features still missing
Reason for choosing GoCanvas
Cost effectiveness and east of use
Anonymous
Used daily for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
1
EASE OF USE
2
VALUE FOR MONEY
1
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
1
FUNCTIONALITY
2
Reviewed June 2018
Technical Support a complete joke! Crashes constantly, but does the job when it works.
Easy to produce reports. Quick to make changes. Works offline with acceptable crash recovery and only 10% loss of data when it crashes.
CONSTechnical Support? What Technical Support? I have placed 13 phone calls in one month to address mission critical bugs - 12 of them went to voicemail and were never returned. I ended up calling sales who basically told me to send a ticket (which also didn't get addressed). By far, the worst experience I have ever had as a paying B2B customer, and I just pray that I don't ever get an issue which I can't figure out my own workaround. Employees are constantly jumping ship and the social media is drinking the cool-aid. Basically if you have an issue, you are on your own, especially after you convert from trial. During trial they were occassionally responsive but once I'm a paying customer.