Online database and app builder.
How well Knack supports the role
- Protect40
- Change55
- Observe49
- Govern53
- Documentation41
- Data40
- Integrate51
- Support34
- Agents51
- Security45
The synopsis
AI-generated draft- ProtectBuilding40
Knack offers the basics of backup and restore, with gaps the practitioner has to cover.
- ChangeScaling55
Solid native support for code management, staging and rollback; the practice is repeatable on Knack.
- ObserveBuilding49
Knack offers the basics of schema monitoring and change visibility, with gaps the practitioner has to cover.
- GovernScaling53
Solid native support for users, authentication and access control; the practice is repeatable on Knack.
- DocumentationBuilding41
Knack offers the basics of documentation in the platform and across teams, with gaps the practitioner has to cover.
- DataBuilding40
Knack offers the basics of data cleansing, hygiene and integrity, with gaps the practitioner has to cover.
- IntegrateScaling51
Solid native support for integrations and how they are secured; the practice is repeatable on Knack.
- SupportBuilding34
Knack offers the basics of support from the platform and to end users, with gaps the practitioner has to cover.
- AgentsScaling51
Solid native support for using AI in the job, and managing it inside the platform; the practice is repeatable on Knack.
- SecurityBuilding45
Knack offers the basics of access, secrets, audit and compliance, with gaps the practitioner has to cover.
An estimate until the survey closes; then the number from everyone who answered for Knack, labeled survey-generated, published with its report.
Three bodies, seats open.
The people who run Knack’s corner of the Alliance. A steering committee of three decides; the certification working group writes the exam; the ops working group keeps the community.
- Platform Steering Committee3 per platform
Everything specific to one platform. Reports to the Board.
Seats open - Platform Certification Working GroupPer platform
The deep experts. Drafts platform-specific questions and scoring for the Committee to approve.
Seats open - Platform Ops Working GroupUncapped
Content and moderation within the platform’s community.
Seats open
Supported by its practitioners. Knack has not joined as a participating platform member.
Join for Knack.
Every name on the join form counts toward Knack’s twenty, and toward a seat on its steering committee.
- Sep 2026 · nowFounding members join
Gathering initial interest: your name on the join form, and the first survey open, for every platform.
- Q1 2027Survey’s open
The industry report, the rubric published with it, and the first benchmark.
- Summer 2027The Alliance forms
Three platforms at twenty, steering committees seated, the benefit corporation filed.
- AfterCertification opens
The exam follows the nine domains the survey measures.