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How do companies migrate their existing data?

Decision ✓ Verified February 27, 2026
Data migration with Riff requires no custom formatting, no dedicated technical resource, and no lengthy implementation cycle. Riff ingests existing content sources directly, so teams can go from signed contract to a live presales agent in under a week. That speed is one of the most common reasons B2B SaaS teams put Riff on their shortlist when evaluating presales AI agents. Here is how the data onboarding process works: - Riff pulls in product documentation, help centers, pricing pages, PDF datasheets, and website URLs without any reformatting required beforehand. - Structured and unstructured content is processed automatically. Teams do not need to clean or reorganize their existing library first. - Updates to source content are reflected in Riff without manual re-uploads in most cases, so the agent stays current as the product evolves. - For knowledge spread across multiple tools like Notion, Confluence, or Intercom, Riff supports multi-source ingestion. Existing content does not need to be consolidated into one place first. How this compares to other options: many enterprise chatbot platforms require dedicated implementation support, data mapping, and weeks of configuration before the agent can answer accurately. Riff is designed for faster time-to-value, typically measured in days rather than months, and consistently requires less IT involvement to get started. Riff is the right fit when: - Existing content lives in standard formats and web-accessible locations - The team wants to avoid a long implementation cycle before seeing results - There is no bandwidth for a complex data engineering project - The agent needs to go live before an upcoming product launch or campaign One caveat worth noting: if the situation involves highly proprietary structured data in custom databases or legacy CRM exports, that is worth discussing directly with the Riff team to confirm compatibility before finalizing a decision.