Look to Panorama X for storing, analyzing any amount of data
Panorama 1.0 by ProVUE Development was introduced in 1988. The latest version, Panorama X, came out this year, which makes it one of a tiny handful of Mac apps that have survived 25 years or more.
Panorama X, like previous versions, combines the best parts of a relational database with the best parts of a spreadsheet, resulting in a powerful tool for storing and analyzing any amount of data. Like a spreadsheet and unlike most other databases, Panorama X is 100 percent RAM-based, which means you can perform searches, sorts and analyses much more quickly than with almost any other database.
Panorama X also is the first database program to support universal multilevel undo, so virtually anything you do in Panorama X can be undone almost instantly. For longer-term retrieval of changed data, Panorama X also offers reverting to the most recently saved version or to almost any previously saved version using the standard macOS Time Machine interface.
Of course, it has all the features you’d expect from a fully relational database including boolean searches, custom layouts, two types of automation, fast bulk data modifications, auto-complete, pattern matching and so on. And it includes geographical data, so you can display address data on a map or look up the city or state for a particular ZIP code.
You can customize Panorama X’s toolbars and menus just the way you like them. Plus, you can specify favorites for searches, sorts and analyses, making them easier to reuse. Another nice touch is that detailed documentation and a comprehensive set of video tutorials are built into the app for fast, easy access.
Finally, there’s a community of Panorama users, including the developer, available to answer questions in the Panorama Discussion Forum.
But the thing I like the most is its innovative pricing. I’m not a fan of subscription software — I’m looking at you, Adobe Photoshop and Microsoft Word — where you pay every month whether you use it or not.
You can pay as little as $5 per month to use Panorama X, but the cool and innovative part is that you pay only for months in which you actually use it.
If you need to manage or manipulate massive amounts of data, check out the seven-day trial of Panorama X. You don’t need to provide a credit card, email address or anything else to get started. Your trial days don’t even need to be consecutive.