The structural reasons.
Platform instability or API deprecations
Unpredictable pricing changes
Need to swap foundational models easily
Target stack. Defaults, not dogma.
These are the choices we'd recommend for most Emergent migrations. The audit week is where we adjust for your specific constraints — compliance, team skills, existing infrastructure.
Emergent gotchas. All known.
The patterns specific to Emergent that catch teams trying to migrate themselves. We've seen each of these enough times to plan for them up front.
API changes
Decoupling from proprietary platform APIs requires writing robust abstraction layers.
Data extraction
Moving user data out of the emergent platform's walled garden.
A typical Emergent migration.
Yours will land within a few items of this. The line-item quote from the audit is what makes it specific.
- Rewrite logic to use standardized APIs (e.g. OpenAI compatible)
- Setup AI gateway for model routing
- Extract and migrate platform data
Other migrations we run.
Ready to leave Emergent?
Audit week is where it gets specific. Five business days, fixed price, real plan.