Data portability
Your data. Your format. Your timeline.
Most dealership systems are built to make leaving expensive and slow, on purpose — it’s how they keep you. We built the opposite: a written guarantee, an open API from day one, and a real export button inside the app right now.
The guarantee
5 days
Full export, on request
If you leave, you get your complete data in a working, documented format within 5 business days of asking. Not a summary — everything.
Day one
Open, documented API
You don’t have to wait until you’re leaving to get your data out. The read API is available and documented from the day you sign up — see the developer docs.
$0
No data-access fees, ever
Not for the export, not for the API, not for a second export next quarter. Your data was never ours to charge you for.
Why we put this in writing
Dealers who’ve tried to switch DMS platforms have a story about this. It usually goes the same way:
| The typical incumbent DMS | Mako DMS |
|---|---|
| 60-90 days written notice before an export will even start | 5 business days, full stop |
| “De-conversion fees” that run into the thousands | No charge, ever — leaving costs nothing |
| A partial dump: the list view, not the database | Every table, in the same format our own migration engine reads |
| No API, or one gated behind a reseller partnership | Documented, read-accessible from the day you sign up |
What “complete” means
The same format our own migration engine reads on the way in — documented, tabular, and openable in anything, not a proprietary blob.
- Inventory — every vehicle, every field, sold or in stock
- Deals — sales, pricing, financing terms, F&I products
- Customers and leads — full contact and pipeline history
- Accounting — the general ledger, not a summary of it
- Service history — repair orders, parts, technician records
- The audit trail — who changed what, and when
You don’t have to take our word for it
Any signed-in seat with export access can download the core tables as CSV right now, from inside the app, no ticket required. It’s the self-serve slice of this guarantee — the 5-day full export covers everything else (accounting, the audit trail, service history, deal documents).
Signed in already? Go to Export data. Building against the API instead? Read the developer docs.
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