Company · Migration
Switch without
the white-knuckle weekend.
Changing systems is the thing builders dread most. So we move you off your construction management tool or spreadsheets onto the operating system, and let you run side-by-side until you trust it. On yearly plans, migration is done for you.
01 / The approach
Moving across, the low-risk way
The fear with any system change is losing data, losing time, or being stranded mid-switch. We design migration to remove all three: we bring your data across, keep your old system available in parallel, and don’t force a big-bang cutover. It runs hand in hand with implementation, so setup and training happen on the data we’ve moved, not a blank account.
On yearly plans we migrate you across for free from any construction management tool or spreadsheet stack: suppliers, cost codes, products, assemblies and templates, done for you. Because it all lands on one shared data model, the same data then feeds your Oryn™ estimating and takeoff and your cost tracking with zero double entry, so quoting and budgets carry on without a rebuild. On the $299 first-month monthly plan you self-migrate with our import tools and support. Either way, most builders run both systems side-by-side until they’re confident, and most are fully operational within about five business days.
02 / The process
How migration runs
- 01
Review what you’ve got
We look at your current platform and data (suppliers, cost codes, products, assemblies, templates) and plan the move.
- 02
Export your data
Your data comes out of your current system. It’s yours; we help you get it ready to bring across.
- 03
Bring it across
Suppliers, cost codes, products, assemblies and templates are loaded into the operating system onto one shared data model, done for you on yearly plans.
- 04
Connect Xero
Link your Xero organisation and line up tracking categories so the accounting side is right from the start.
- 05
Run side-by-side
Keep your old system running in parallel until you trust VIABUILD on live jobs, with no big-bang switchover.
- 06
Go live
When you’re confident, the operating system becomes your system of record and you wind down the old one.
03 / What moves
What we bring across
Your setup, not a blank slate.
We move the things that took you years to build up, so you’re not starting from scratch. Your data is yours. You can export it from VIABUILD anytime, just as you’re bringing it in now, and it’s held under the same Australian-hosted security as the rest of your account.
- Suppliers and contacts
- Cost codes
- Products and pricing
- Assemblies
- Templates
- Sample or full job data
04 / FAQ
Common questions.
Most builders are fully operational within about five business days. The exact timeline depends on how much data you’re bringing across and which plan you’re on, but the side-by-side approach means you’re never stranded mid-switch.
On yearly plans we migrate you across for free from any construction management tool or spreadsheet stack: suppliers, cost codes, products, assemblies and templates, done for you. On the $299 first-month monthly plan you self-migrate with our import tools and support.
Yes, and we recommend it. Most builders run both systems side-by-side until they’re confident in VIABUILD on live jobs, so there’s no risky big-bang switchover.
Any platform. We’ve designed migration to bring your core data onto the operating system regardless of where it’s coming from, including established estimating and job management tools and spreadsheets.
No. Your data is yours. You can export it from VIABUILD anytime. Monthly billing also has no lock-in, so you’re never trapped.
05 / Keep reading
Related
Make the switch the easy part.
Start with 7 days free on your real data. $299 for your first month, then $555/mo. Free done-for-you migration on yearly plans, side-by-side until you’re confident.