The bill grows every time you hire
Per-seat pricing turns headcount into a software cost. Field crews and part-time staff who only need one screen still count as a seat.
Own the software your business runs on
We build the system your operation depends on and set it up in your company’s name: the code, the data and the hosting. You stop paying per seat, and nobody can raise the price of software you already own.
Signs you’re renting your operation
Subscription software is a good way to start. These are the points where it starts to cost more than it gives back.
Your rules live on their platform
Formulas, automations and workflows only run where they were built. An export gives you the rows, not the logic that makes them useful.
You design around the platform’s ceilings
Step limits, run timeouts and storage pricing decide how your process works, instead of the other way round.
You can’t walk away from the renewal
When the system holds years of records, the renewal price isn’t a negotiation. And the roadmap is theirs, not yours.
What you own at the end
Everything is set up in your company’s accounts from day one. If we stopped working together, nothing would stop running.
In your name at handover
- Source code
- Your GitHub organizationFull history, every change reviewed
- Data
- Your database accountEvery record, exportable at any time
- Hosting
- Your cloud accountBilled to you directly
- Address
- Your domainFor example ops.your-company.com
- Documentation
- Written for the next developerEnough for any competent developer to pick it up
- Per-seat fees
- None
How a move works
Review what you run today
We go through your current system, its tables and rules and the work around it, and tell you plainly whether moving is worth it.
Rebuild in stages
The first stage replaces the part that costs you most. Your team keeps working in the old system in the meantime.
Move and check the data
Every record comes across and is checked against the original before anyone switches.
Switch over, then keep improving
We train your team, you cancel the subscription, and we stay on for changes for as long as you want us.
Is owning right for you?
Renting is the right call for plenty of teams. We’ll tell you which side you’re on in the first conversation, and we still build on Quickbase.
Quickbase servicesStay on a subscription when
- Your team is small and the process is standard
- Nobody will own the system day to day
- You’re still working out how you operate
Own it when
- The bill grows with every hire
- You’ve outgrown the platform’s limits
- The system is how you compete
Related work
All projects| Project | Industry | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Finance data that matches for a charter school network A scheduled sync through the reporting system's finance API, an import tool for accounting data, a staff time clock and reports for every school. | Education | Integration |
| Flooring selections that flow into scheduling Integrations that send selections to the measuring software and create scheduled jobs automatically, so each job is entered once. | Flooring | Integration |
Questions about owning
What does it cost?
It depends on the size of the system. After reviewing what you run today, we quote each stage before we start it. Hosting is billed to you directly by the provider, not marked up by us.
Who looks after it after launch?
We do, if you want us to. Many clients keep a regular working session and a support queue with us. Because the code and accounts are yours, any developer can take it over instead.
Can you move us off Quickbase?
Yes. We’ve built on Quickbase since 2015, so we know how its tables, formulas and automations map to code. We move in stages and check every record against the original before anyone switches.
Where does it run?
In accounts your company owns, usually a hosting platform such as Vercel with a managed database. If your IT team has a preferred cloud, we can build for it.
Find out what owning it would take
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