Use cases

Flashboard is built for indie developers, startups, freelancers, and agencies who need to manage their database content without building admin panels from scratch or integrating with a complex CMS.

You vibe-coded an app

You finished your app with Lovable, Cursor, Bolt, v0, or Replit. It works. Users are signing up. Now you need to manage your data, and you don't want to go through another few weeks of prompting just to build an admin panel or CMS.

Connect your database to Flashboard and get a complete admin panel and CMS in under 2 minutes. Edit customer data, write blog posts with a Notion-like editor, upload images to your storage, and manage everything from one place. All without writing another single prompt.

Do I need to build an admin panel or CMS for my vibe-coded app?

Not anymore. Flashboard generates both from your existing database schema. Manage your app's data and your content in the same place.

Can I use it as a CMS for my blog or landing pages?

Yes. Store your content in PostgreSQL and edit it with Flashboard's Notion-like rich text editor. Write HTML content, upload images, and publish directly to your database.

What if I don't know SQL?

You don't need to. Flashboard gives you a visual interface for everything: filtering, sorting, editing records, writing content, and uploading files. If you can use Notion, you can use Flashboard.

Will Flashboard work with my Lovable, Cursor, or Bolt database?

Yes. Flashboard connects to any PostgreSQL database. If your AI tool uses PostgreSQL or Supabase (most do), you can connect it. Check our integrations page for specific instructions.

Your startup is outgrowing manual queries

You've been running SQL queries to manage customer data and update content. It worked when you were small, but now you're spending real engineering time on internal operations. Every support request or content update means a developer context-switching.

Flashboard generates an admin panel and CMS from your existing schema in under 2 minutes. Your team manages customer data. Your marketing team updates landing page copy. No development time, no maintenance burden.

Should my startup build or buy an admin panel?

Building a custom admin panel typically takes weeks of engineering time, even with modern admin frameworks. For most startups, that time is better spent on user-facing features. Flashboard gets you a working admin panel and CMS now, so you can decide later if you need something custom.

What if we already have custom admin pages?

Most teams end up needing custom admin interfaces for their core workflows. That makes sense. But you don't need custom code for everything. Use Flashboard for the rest: customer lookups, content editing, order management, and the dozens of smaller admin pages you'd otherwise have to build and maintain yourself.

Can my marketing team update content without engineering help?

Yes. Give your marketing team access to Flashboard, and they can update landing pages, blog posts, and product descriptions directly. Rich text editing, image uploads, everything they need. No more content update tickets or separate Squarespace/Webflow site for marketing pages.

When should we stop using manual database queries?

When queries start eating engineering time. If you're context-switching to run support queries or update content, it's time. Flashboard handles the interface so your engineers can focus on your product.

Is it worth the cost?

Flashboard's Team plan includes unlimited seats. Compare that to the engineering hours you'd spend building and maintaining a custom solution, or to per-seat pricing that scales with your team.

You're delegating customer support

You're hiring your first support person, or maybe your third. They need access to customer data, but you can't give everyone database credentials. You need controlled access with clear boundaries.

Flashboard lets you create separate panels for different teams. Configure which tables are visible, which columns are shown, and whether editing is allowed. Your support team gets a panel for customer data. Your content team gets a panel for the blog. Everyone sees exactly what they need.

How do I give my support team database access safely?

Create a team in Flashboard and connect a panel to your database. Configure which tables and columns are visible, and whether records can be created, edited, or deleted. Invite your support members. Each person gets their own login, and you can enforce two-factor authentication (2FA) for the entire team.

Can different teams have different access?

Yes. Create separate teams, each with their own panel connected to your database. Your support team's panel shows customer data. Your content team's panel shows blog posts and landing pages. Same database, different views.

Can I restrict what data they can see?

Yes, down to the column level. Hide sensitive columns like passwords or internal notes. Show only what's needed for the job. Update the configuration anytime without touching your database.

Will non-technical team members be able to use it?

Absolutely. Flashboard is designed for team members who've never seen a SQL query. Filtering, searching, editing records, writing content with the rich text editor. It all works like a simple web app. Most teams are productive within minutes.

You're a freelancer or agency

Your clients want to spend 100% of their budget on user-facing features. They say they'll figure out operations later. But you've launched enough projects to know better: they'll need to manage their data the moment the software goes live.

Flashboard lets you include a complete admin panel and CMS without eating into development hours. Connect it to your client's database during handoff. They get a professional interface they can actually use. You move on to the next project.

My clients don't want to pay for admin panels. What do I do?

Stop trying to convince them. Include Flashboard in your deliverables and skip the conversation entirely. Your clients get what they need, you don't spend hours building something they didn't budget for.

What about other admin panel tools?

Most are too complicated and still require development hours to set up and maintain. Flashboard connects to your client's database and generates a working panel in minutes. No custom code, no ongoing maintenance on your side.

Can my clients actually use it?

Yes. Flashboard is designed for non-technical users. Clients can edit blog posts with the rich text editor, upload images, update product descriptions, and manage their content. No training manual required.

Can I reuse Flashboard across client projects?

Yes. Each client gets their own panel connected to their database. You set up the connection, configure which tables and columns are visible, and hand it over. The process takes minutes, not days.

What if my client needs content changes later?

They make them directly. That's the point. For database schema changes, you update the structure and sync Flashboard in a few clicks. No CMS maintenance on your side.

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