About Knack Accounts

This article will cover topics related to creating and managing your Knack account.

This article covers the following topics:

• Creating an Account

• Limitations During the Trial

• Purchasing a Plan

• Terms of Use

• Record History Data Retention, Backups, and Restore Options

  • Record History

  • App Structure

  • Restores

  • Pricing

  • Restoration Process

 

Creating an Account

The first step is to create a Knack account to start creating your online database or web application.

Please head over to our signup page and fill out the account registration form here.

You will be asked to provide the following:

• Valid email address

• Password: Must contain at least 8 characters.

 

Limitations During the Trial

While the free trial offers a wide range of features for you to explore, there are a few limitations.

All Starter Plan features are included during the trial unless otherwise noted below:

• Maps & Geo-Location - available during the trial but require a Pro plan or above to continue using.

• E-Commerce - available in test mode only.

• Scheduled Tasks - unavailable during the trial.

• Emails - Email Rules are available to view in the Builder, but emails will not be delivered during the trial.

• Record History - unavailable

• IP Blocking - unavailable 

• Import Size Limits - limited to 10,000 records across all tables and apps. Additionally, your data file cannot be any larger than 250 MB.

• API Increase Requests - unavailable during the trial. Trials include a daily limit of 1,000 API requests.

 

Purchasing a Plan

Upon the completion of the trial, you will need to purchase a plan to continue to use your applications.

To upgrade to a monthly or annual subscription plan you can visit the billing tab in your dashboard.

You will need to have a valid credit card to complete a plan upgrade. The following credit cards are accepted:

• Visa

• MasterCard

• American Express

• JCB

• Discover

• Diners Club

 

Terms of Use

Knack has a detailed outline of the Terms of Use, however, there are some general questions we are often asked:

Can I sell apps that I create with Knack?

Absolutely. Many customers create custom apps for their clients or charge users to access the apps they build.

How do I cancel my account?

In your account dashboard, you can use the "Delete Account" option which will close and completely remove your account. This cannot be undone.

Can I place my account on hold?

There is an option to freeze your account one time annually at a deeply reduced monthly rate. You will not have access to your apps while accounts are "frozen."

Can I pay with a check?

You may pay with a check if you intend to purchase any Annual Corporate or Enterprise subscription. A request must be made and an invoice will be issued before the account becomes active.

How do I copy my app to another account?

You must make a formal request to transfer your app. The account holder must have an account in good standing and authorize the transfer.

How do we gain access to a company account that a former employee created?

To gain access to a company account, you must first attempt a password reset using the company email address.

If this is not feasible, you must provide the last 4 digits of the credit card on file, the expiration date, and the security code to verify your company is the account owner.

 

 

Record History Data Retention, Backups, and Restore Options

Knack app data and structure are backed up regularly and can be restored if tables, records, fields, or other key elements like pages, views, or rules are accidentally deleted.

Record History

If enabled, a record version is taken upon record creation, update, and deletion and can be used to restore your data to a particular time and date if needed. After the retention period has lapsed, the previous data will be deleted.

The last version of your record is stored regardless of the retention policy. Record versions are retained based on the plan: 

• Starter: not available

• Pro: 1 months

• Corporate: 2 months

• Plus: 3 months

• Enterprise: 3 months

• HIPAA: 3 months

App Structure

Restoring your app structure works a bit differently since versions aren’t retained every time you make a change. Instead, your app structure is backed up every 12 hours at 7 AM and 7 PM GMT.

Restores

Upon request, database records and/or app structure restoration can be fulfilled provided the record history or schema backup is still available, based on the record history retention policies as outlined above. Restoring records and apps normally takes 1-3 hours of manual work, however, the processing time to complete the full restore can take longer than that.

Pricing

The fee to restore database records and/or application structure is $100 per hour for accounts on the Starter and Pro Plans. Restoration is included in Corporate and Plus Plans.

Restoration Process

• Contact support@knack.com via email or submit this form here.

• Our support team will confirm your request and outline the next steps in the restoration process.

• Authorization will be requested to charge your Knack account $100 for the first hour (there is a one-hour minimum charge).

• Once payment is successful, the restoration process will begin.

• You will be alerted when the process has been completed and the balance due will be processed on your account. You are only charged for the time to prepare the restore, not for the time the system must process the restore.

• Confirm the state of your restore.

 

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