Appalachian Field Service left Quickbase after almost 10 years.
They now save about $37,000 a year, and build around what the business needs instead of around the platform.
- $55,000 a yearon Quickbase
- $18,000 a yearnow, on K2
- ~$37,000 a yearsaved
- ~1.5 monthsto move everything
- ~10 monthsfor the move to pay for itself
Before
After almost ten years in Quickbase, the business had started shaping its processes around how Quickbase collected and displayed data, rather than around what the business actually needed.
Quickbase’s low-code environment was initially a draw for us, but after years of using it, its framework began to shape how we approached problems. Working with Alakazam Labs helped us step back, rethink our processes, and build around what our business actually needed.
The move
Alakazam Labs worked through the company's own challenges with their team and moved them off Quickbase onto software built on K2. The whole move took about a month and a half. Mission-critical data came across, and employees kept doing their jobs throughout the transition.
K2 helped us move away from Quickbase while preserving mission-critical data and keeping employees able to do their jobs throughout the transition.
After
More control over their systems, about $37,000 a year saved, and the freedom to build beyond the limits of a low-code platform. The savings paid back the cost of the move in about ten months, and every year after that the $37,000 stays with the business.
That’s roughly $37,000 in annual savings, alongside greater freedom to build beyond the constraints of Quickbase’s low-code environment.
They kept building
After the move, Appalachian’s own team replaced their mapping software too, building it into their new app themselves, and the agents on K2 now maintain it. One of their agents now talks to their other standalone apps, tying all of their systems together. Building it out and integrating it, in their words, “wouldn’t have been possible without K2.”
Working with [Alakazam Labs] through our company's unique challenges gave us more control over our systems and the opportunity to rethink how we operate. After almost 10 years working in Quickbase, we had started shaping our processes around how it collected and displayed data; moving to K2 helped us look beyond those constraints and build around what our business actually needed.
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