Survey platforms rarely disappear overnight. More often, they are acquired, become part of a larger product portfolio and are gradually replaced or discontinued. When that happens, established research agencies face an important question: what comes next?
Some larger agencies then start considering whether they should build a new system themselves.
There are good reasons to want more control.
But there is a big difference between controlling your technology roadmap and building everything from scratch.
Start with a working platform
Survey software contains years of accumulated functionality, integrations and edge cases.
Rebuilding all of that internally takes time. And much of the development effort goes into functionality that does not differentiate your business.
With our Perpetual Platform License, you can instead use Survey Automator as the foundation.
You get the right to use the platform indefinitely, with the option to self-host and access the source code.
Your own development team can then focus on what actually matters to your organisation:
- Your workflows
- Your integrations
- Your automation
- Your client deliverables
- New functionality specific to your business
We help you make the transition
Moving from an established platform is still a substantial project.
That is why our Perpetual Platform License includes support from our CTO and key developer:
Year 1: 280 hours of implementation, onboarding and consulting
Year 2: 140 additional hours
The goal is not simply to hand over a codebase.
It is to help you adapt Survey Automator to your organisation and gradually take more control of the platform yourself.
Build what makes you different
If you already have an internal development team, their time is valuable.
Instead of spending years rebuilding standard survey functionality, start with an existing foundation and invest that time in the technology that gives your agency an advantage.
A Perpetual Platform License gives you a middle ground between traditional SaaS and building an entire survey platform yourself.
Don’t start from scratch. Start from a platform you can make your own.
Interested in discussing whether Survey Automator could be the foundation for your next survey and reporting platform? Get in touch with us.