Introducing Knack Flows Public Beta: Built-In Integrations in an All-In-One Platform

We’re excited to introduce Knack Flows, the latest feature designed to supercharge your workflow automations within and beyond Knack applications. Knack’s all-in-one platform, now with Knack Flows built into the platform, provides native integrations, eliminating the need for third-party iPaaS tools. This keeps your database, app logic, and integrations in one ecosystem. With support for over 400 external systems, Flows enables users to create tailored workflows connecting essential software.

Knack Flows enables businesses to break down data silos and create more connected, efficient workflows. By integrating Knack with popular external tools like messaging systems, accounting platforms, file management systems, and CRMs, businesses can unlock tremendous value, simplify operations, and improve user experiences, all without writing a single line of code.

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Core Capabilities of Knack Flows

1. Integrate Knack with 400+ External Tools Using multi-step workflows: Flows supports integration with over 400 external systems, allowing Knack users to build tailored workflows that connect Knack with other essential software platforms. This capability reduces the need for manual data transfers, ensuring that data flows smoothly between Knack and other systems, resulting in a more interconnected and efficient tool ecosystem
2. Automate Repetitive Tasks: Knack Flows automates mundane, repetitive tasks such as sending notifications, updating records, and handling data transfers. This helps ensure that processes move smoothly and consistently, freeing up your team to focus on high-impact activities.
3. Build Conditional Logic: With conditional logic, Knack Flows can perform different actions based on specific triggers. This allows you to customize workflows that meet your business’s unique needs, ensuring only relevant actions are triggered. Knack Flows allows you to automate workflows based on specific events (e.g., new records, form submissions, updates), ensuring tasks are completed in real-time, and your data stays up-to-date across systems.
4. Custom Notifications & Alerts: Whether it’s sending automated emails or SMS alerts via Twilio, you can keep team members, clients, and stakeholders informed of important updates, ensuring seamless communication without manual intervention.
5. Connect Multiple Knack Apps
   Use Flows to link data and actions across multiple Knack apps. Keep information accurate and operations running smoothly across teams and departments, without juggling separate systems. Flows ensure all your apps work in perfect sync.
6. Set Your Own Schedule
   Not every process needs immediate action. Flows also give you the option to schedule automations at custom intervals. Whether you need instant responses or routine updates, Flows adapt to your business’s unique timing and workflow need

Key Sample Use Cases for Knack Flows

1. Email & Messaging Integration  (i.e Outlook, Mailchimp, Gmail) Send automated notifications through Gmail, Outlook, or Mailchimp when new actions occur in Knack. For instance, when a new customer registers, Knack Flows can trigger an automated welcome email via Mailchimp. 
2. Syncing with Accounting Tools (i.e QuickBooks, Xero): Integrate Knack with QuickBooks to automate invoicing and payment tracking. When a service is completed, Knack Flows can automatically generate an invoice in QuickBooks, streamlining your billing process.
3. Document Management (i.e Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox): Use Knack Flows to automatically upload files (like contracts or forms) to Google Drive or Dropbox when forms are submitted, keeping all your documentation organized and accessible.
4. CRM Integration (i.e Salesforce, HubSpot): Sync Knack with HubSpot or Salesforce to automate lead tracking, customer follow-ups, and sales management. New leads captured in Knack can be automatically synced to your CRM for seamless sales pipeline management.
5. Leveraging AI Tools (i.e OpenAI): Enhance customer interactions by integrating OpenAI to automate responses or generate personalized content based on inputs in Knack, such as replying to customer inquiries or generating product descriptions.

Knack Flows offers 100s of other connectors to ensure you can extend Knack across your business operations. 

Knack Flows QuickBooks Connector

Leveraging Knack-to-Knack Flows for Enhanced Workflow Integration

Knack Flows isn’t just about integrating external tools, it also provides Knack-to-Knack automatios, enabling you to connect multiple Knack application data. This opens up new possibilities for synchronizing data and managing complex workflows across your organization’s apps.

For example, you can use Knack-to-Knack Flows to synchronize data between a sales management app and a fulfillment app. When an order is processed in one app, Knack Flows can automatically transfer the order details to the fulfillment app, ensuring that both systems are always in sync. This means that you can automate entire processes, from order placement to fulfillment, across multiple Knack apps, enhancing operational efficiency and data consistency across departments.

Why Knack Flows is a Game Changer

Knack Flows empowers businesses to automate complex workflows, integrate with essential business tools, and drive operational efficiency across the board. Whether you’re managing internal operations, customer data, or external communications, Knack Flows is the automation engine that helps you scale smarter, faster, and more efficiently, all from one unified platform.

Enhanced Operational Visibility
Get a clear, up-to-the-minute view of your entire operation. With automated data syncing across applications, managers can instantly track KPIs, performance metrics, and resource usage. Make faster, better-informed decisions knowing everything you need is always at your fingertips.

Simplified Maintenance
Manage all your workflows in one place—no more juggling multiple tools or constantly re-establishing integrations. Quickly adjust processes, fix issues, and maintain compliance with ease, all without adding unnecessary complexity to your tech stack.

Centralized & Native
Stop juggling multiple platforms and start automating right where you work. Knack Flows integrates seamlessly with all the tools you already use, so you can build, manage, and evolve your automations directly within your Knack environment. No extra setup, no steep learning curve, just a streamlined way to get more done.

Cost-Effective
Unlike standalone automation platforms that require separate subscriptions, Knack Flows is bundled right into your Knack plan. That means no surprise fees and a more transparent, affordable solution for growing businesses.

Fully Customizable
Knack Flows comes with ready-to-use Templates that simplify common workflows. From there, you have total control to tailor automations to your unique needs—no more rigid, one-size-fits-all integrations or complicated workarounds. Just flexible, powerful customization at your fingertips.

By uniting Knack’s database, automation features, and integrations, Knack Flows delivers a complete solution for building dynamic, data-driven digital experiences. Best of all, it’s designed to grow with your business, ensuring you can continue evolving your workflows as your needs expand.

Knack Flows is now available in Beta. To learn more about how Knack Flows can transform your business, visit the Knack Pricing Page to see which entitlements are available as a part of each Knack Subscription. .

Let Knack Flows do the heavy lifting, so you can focus on growing your business.

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