NO-CODE TO CUSTOM SOFTWARE

Outgrown no-code? We rebuild your Airtable, Bubble or Glide app as custom software you own.

We move businesses off no-code platforms such as Airtable, Bubble, Glide, Softr and Power Apps onto custom software built around the process they already have. Every record is migrated and reconciled, the screens your team knows are rebuilt so nobody has to relearn their job, and the automations become tested code. For a manufacturer we moved a 200,000 record Airtable base with 18 interfaces to Laravel and PostgreSQL in one month: screens that took up to two minutes now load in under 100 milliseconds.

You get a fixed price in writing within 48 hours of a scoping call, and rebuilds that are MVP-sized start at €15,000. Most moves take 2 to 8 weeks; it depends heavily on how many custom interfaces, how much data and how many automations are in play. Still running the business on Excel or Google Sheets? That is our spreadsheet to software service.

TECHNOLOGIES WE WORK WITH
LaravelLaravelPostgreSQLPostgreSQLAWSAWS
AirtableBubbleGlideSoftrPower AppsMake.comZapier
Book a free 30-minute callFixed price after one call · every record migrated · no lock-in

An audit of what you have

Every table, field, view, formula, automation and integration mapped with the people who use it, including the ones nobody remembers.

Your screens, rebuilt one to one

The views and forms your team works in every day, rebuilt to look and behave the same, on a real database with indexes built for each screen.

Data migrated, proven to match

Every record moved with its original ID, linked records turned into real relations, and rehearsal runs reconciled until counts and values match exactly.

Automations as tested code

Airtable automations, Zapier zaps and Make.com scenarios rebuilt as background jobs that retry, log what they did and alert someone when they fail. No monthly run caps.

Work carries on during the switch

A short parallel run with a few key users, then a final sync and a short freeze at a quiet moment. The old app stays available, read-only, as an archive.

Yours, with no lock-in

Source code, database and infrastructure in your name, with documentation. No per-seat fees and no platform that can raise its prices on you.

A typical no-code migration

From no-code limits to software you own.

WEEK 1
Audit and quote

One call and a look inside your app: tables, screens, automations and integrations. The fixed price and date follow within 48 hours.

WEEKS 1-4
Your screens, live

The screens your team uses run on the new database as a live demo from the first week, filled with a copy of your real data.

WEEKS 3-6
Rehearse the migration

Full migration runs against fresh exports, reconciled table by table, while the automations become tested jobs.

WEEKS 4-8
Cutover and handoff

Parallel run, final sync, and the team starts the next morning in the new system. Then the code, data and infrastructure are transferred to you.

Common questions

When should I move off Airtable to a custom application?

When the tool starts costing your team time instead of saving it. The signs we see most: screens that take seconds or minutes to load and get slower every month, a base near the record limit of its plan, automations split across Airtable and Make.com or Zapier, per-seat fees for people who only need one screen, and a base only one person dares to change. If you recognize most of that list, it is time. Our Airtable alternative guide walks through the whole move.

Should I stay on no-code instead?

Often, yes. If your app is small, your team is happy and the pain is one slow view or one missing feature, fix it inside the tool. If you still change your process every week, stay on no-code until it settles: it is the best prototyping environment there is. Move when the process has proven itself and the tool has become the limit. Book a free 30-minute call and we will tell you honestly which side you are on.

Can you replace Bubble, Glide, Softr or Power Apps, not only Airtable?

Yes. The method is the same whatever the platform: map what the app really does, rebuild the screens your team uses, migrate the data and prove it matches, then turn the automations into code. Our published migration is from Airtable. The others differ mostly in how the data is exported and where the logic lives: in a Bubble app it usually sits in workflows, so we rebuild those as tested code.

How do you migrate the data without losing anything?

By rehearsing until it is boring. We export everything through the platform's API, map each field to a typed database column, turn linked records into real relations and keep every original ID, so old links can still be traced. The migration runs repeatedly against copies of real data and is reconciled table by table until counts and values match exactly. In the manufacturing migration that meant more than 200,000 records and not one lost. Read the case study.

Can my team keep working during the switch?

Yes, that is the point of the method. The first release changes nothing your team can see: the same screens, fields and buttons. A few key users work in the new system in parallel while everyone else carries on, then a final sync and a short freeze at a quiet moment, and the team starts the next morning in a system that looks like the old one. The old app stays available, read-only, as an archive.

How much does it cost to move from no-code to custom software?

A fixed price, set after a scoping call where we look at your tables, screens and automations, and sent in writing within 48 hours. Rebuilds that are MVP-sized start at €15,000. The price depends mostly on how many screens, automations and integrations the app has, and much less on how many records it holds, because scripts handle the data volume. Once it is built there are no per-seat fees, and you own it. Book a free 30-minute call to get yours.

How long does it take to move off Airtable or another no-code tool?

Usually 2 to 8 weeks, and it depends heavily on how many custom interfaces, how much data and how many automations are in play. A base with a few tables, a handful of views and simple automations sits at the short end. Many interfaces, years of linked records and automations chained across Zapier or Make take longer. You get the exact date in writing with the fixed quote, and your team keeps working in the old tool until the switch.

Will I just be locked in to you instead?

No. The code, the database and the infrastructure are yours, in your own accounts and documented, built on common open tools such as Laravel and PostgreSQL. Any competent team can take it over, and so can we if you want ongoing work. For a broader build than a migration, see custom software development, and for back-office apps, internal tools.

HOW WE BUILD

How we build.

Tested on every build

Unit and feature tests with PHPUnit / Pest. Standard, not an add-on.

GitHub Actions CI/CD

Automated tests and deploys on every push. No manual releases.

Senior code review

Every line reviewed by a senior engineer. No juniors on your budget.

You own everything

Full source code, infrastructure and documentation transfer on handoff.

Outgrown your no-code app? Get a fixed quote.

Book a free 30-minute call. You get a fixed quote and a cutover date in writing within 48 hours.