I've been SUFFERING through their AWFUL "technical support" for 2 years now. It seems like every time I'm in trouble with their software, they have some excuse. The MOST RECENT is that they have removed the customer forums (where customers could get REAL help, not the Skadate awful technical support!) They say "Oh, the new forum will be up on Monday. I highly doubt it, but even if it is, it's RIDICULOUS that they didn't leave it up for existing customers to access while they build a new one.

I'm toward the tail-end of a site redesign, and there's a bug (there's LOTS of bugs!) that is stopping me - yet their technical "support" isn't available until Monday - and they removed the one thing that has helped them - the community forums.

Aside from that, Skadate DOES NOT SCALE! Their database is SOO SLOW that you have to throw TONS of resources at it just to make it usable. Their "mobile app" is even worse! It's not responsive, and they charge paying customers for the app (which is awful to start with), then they charge for "customization" which is worse than the base application!

SERIOUSLY AVOID SKADATE AT ALL COSTS! COME UP WITH ANY OTHER PLAN THAN USING THEM!

Skadate – AVOID THEM!

Sadly, I started a website using the Skadate software, and it has been a nightmare from day 1.

LOTS of people have complained about Skadate. I’m not the first. BUT, the most people I can steer AWAY from Skadate, the better. They operate under the name "Skalfa LLC" as well.

One of the *ONLY* redeeming things about Skadate / Skalfa, was the customer community forum. There were THOUSANDS of entries with hundreds and hundreds of solutions to the countless problems Skadate has… and today, when I’m trying to figure out and solve a problem with the software, they’ve REMOVED the forum!

I only found out because their "Pre-sales" live chat person told me that it was taken down, but they are putting it back "on Monday." I HIGHLY doubt they’ll have it back up on Monday – and I suspect they will have removed all of the useful history. BUT, let’s say that they DO bring it back up, and all of the existing information is there… WHY did they take it down in the first place? They could have left it up, but disabled the ability to add new comments, so that CUSTOMERS could still make use of the information while they retool it. (For REAL software development companies, THAT is how they do it!)

Again – BEWARE of Skadate / Skalfa!

Trust me, this is just the latest in a DOZEN issues I’ve gone crazy over. I’ve just never written about them – but going forward, I’m going to share EVERYTHING they say, in the hopes that other SUCKERS like me don’t fall for their sales pitch.