Good Bones: Dissecting the Innerworkings of Glances
Good bones make great software
With a growing 14,106 marketing technology products on the market in 2024 as reported by chiefmartec, it can be a mixed [candy] bag of platforms to choose from. Check out how far the industry has come since 2011 in the growth chart below.
Infographic courtesy of chiefmartec.com, Marketing Technology Landscape 2024
Some platforms are thoughtfully constructed and tested for years prior to launch, while others may be quickly Frankenstein-ed together on the backend with an appealing UX design to draw users in. Don't be tricked: what’s on the inside matters when it’s time to choose the best-matched software for your team’s workflow needs. In celebration of spooky season, let’s put our gloves on and dissect the foundational layers that make Glances one of a kind. After all, there’s a lot of complexity built within our simple-to-use, no-code integration platform.
Layer 1: Patented technology since 2022
Going through the legal motions to protect Glances as intellectual property and move it from patent-pending to officially patented by the USPTO® took years of hard work, loads of documentation, and serious grit by our co-founders Chad Hutchins and Jason Eggers.
“This U.S. patent protects our ability to provide a seamless, 360-degree view of live data from multiple sources without the need for users to navigate to each source individually. Our goal has always been to simplify business workflows for professionals everywhere, and this patent is an important step in safeguarding our ability to continue doing so,” said Glances co-founder and CEO Jason Eggers.
Layer 2: Created by integration experts
When you choose Glances, you are choosing a platform that is carefully curated and backed by decades’ worth of industry experience. After 20 years of creating complex, two-way data integrations for popular CRMs and software products, our team realized that when a customer wanted an integration, 80% of the time they just needed a simple way for their team to view data or perform a task in another application. This aha-moment lead our team to conceptualize and create Glances as a unique SaaS solution to resolve these common workflow disruptors – all without the need for expensive, unreliable, and traditional integration work.
Layer 3: Flexibility to work with all your apps
The data you need to see – across your entire tech stack of apps – can be viewed using Glances. From popular business platforms like Salesforce and QuickBooks to lesser-known platforms and clunky in-house apps, Glances can connect with any API-based application. No API? No problem, we can even help your data from outdated and hard-to-access systems be seamlessly viewed alongside your modern apps.
Layer 4: Highest privacy and security standards
Your personal data, team data, and customer data is safe with Glances because it securely connects your apps without syncing, moving, or storing data. We follow the highest standards in data protection and regulation, and only the minimally-required information is needed to connect your apps. You can also choose what data views can be visible to specific teammates using team and personal app connections.
Layer 5: A+ support from real humans
In a scary world full of chatbots and auto-responders, we believe in real service led by actual humans. Team Glances is a small-yet-scrappy team that works hard to be responsive, thoughtful, and thorough with any customer support needs. Find answers on our extensive support site, fill out a request form, or email us any time at support@glances.com.
Connecting your apps should not require brain surgery
We all deal with a frightening amount of business apps to get our work done, but thanks to Glances, you can ditch the everyday nightmares of tab toggling, multiple logins, context switching, and losing focus.
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