How do I change scheduling software without losing customers?
Short answerChange scheduling software by running both tools side by side for a short time. Export your customers and future visits, import them into the new tool, check a sample of records against the old one, tell customers if links or numbers change, and cancel the old tool only after a clean week.
The explanation
The risk in switching is not the software. It is the gap: a visit that exists in one tool and not the other, or a reminder that goes out from the old system after you moved on. Plan the cut over for a quiet part of the week and keep the old tool active until the new one has handled real days.
Move the data in order of importance. Customers and addresses first, then recurring plans, then future visits, then history. After import, check twenty records by hand, including a customer with multiple properties and one with a recurring plan. Fix patterns before they multiply.
Tell customers only what changes. If your booking link or reminder sender is different, say so in one short message. Update the link on your website, listing, and email signature. Keep exports of the old data in a safe folder even after cancelling.
Steps
- Export customers, recurring plans, future visits, and invoices from the old tool.
- Import into the new tool and check twenty records by hand.
- Run both tools for a week and compare the days they show.
- Update links, tell customers what changed, then cancel the old tool.
How Apex does it
Rolling out
The screen and the rules are built and tested. Saving real customer data is not connected yet. Status as of 2026-10-07; the badge shows the least-built feature involved.
Apex is designed with import from competitor exports with a side-by-side check and switch protection that keeps the original data. These are built screens not yet connected to saving real customer data.
- OB02Import from competitor with side-by-side check(Rolling out)
- OB04Import from Jobber / HCP / Workiz / ServiceTitan exports(Rolling out)
- OB14Switch protection (never lose data, ledger)(Rolling out)
Apex Flow Scheduler is in early access. See how we label status.
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