CRM migration

Migrate from APRO CRM to Twenty CRM

Field-level mapping, validation, and rollback between APRO CRM and Twenty CRM. We move data and schema; workflows are rebuilt natively in Twenty CRM.

APRO CRM logo

APRO CRM

Source

Twenty CRM

Destination

Twenty CRM logo

Compatibility

90%

9 of 10

objects map 1:1 between APRO CRM and Twenty CRM.

Complexity

CModerate

Timeline

5–10 days

Rollback included Accuracy guarantee Field-level validation

Overview

What this migration involves

APRO CRM is a property-management-focused CRM with built-in IP telephony, website visitor tracking, property presentation templates, and automatching logic for listings-to-prospects. Its data model centers on contacts (with property-association records), companies (with owner-agent relationships), deals (property listings and sales), and custom automation algorithms that define business-process workflows. APRO stores property objects, listing-to-contact associations, and real estate-specific custom fields that have no direct Twenty CRM equivalent. Twenty CRM is a PostgreSQL-backed open-source CRM with standard People, Companies, Opportunities, Notes, and Tasks objects plus support for custom objects. Its data model is intentionally simple: relationships use foreign-key lookups (companyId links People to Companies), opportunities attach to both companies and people via direct relationships, and workflows run on an event-trigger model without native sequencing. Twenty enforces a strict import sequence: Companies must exist before People, and People must exist before Opportunities — a constraint that shapes how FlitStack sequences the migration. We migrate APRO contacts, companies, deals, activities, and real estate custom objects into Twenty. Property-specific fields (listing status, automatch rules, property presentation templates) become Twenty custom fields or custom objects depending on data shape. Built-in telephony call logs, website visitor statistics, and APRO automation workflows do not have equivalents in Twenty — those are surfaced as reference exports for manual rebuild. The migration runs via Twenty's GraphQL API, respecting per-minute rate limits (50/min on free tier, 100/min on Pro, 200/min on Organization) with batch processing for large datasets.

Field-level fidelity

Every standard and custom field arrives verified.

Schema-aware mapping

AI proposes the map; you confirm before any record moves.

Relationships preserved

Parent–child, lookups, and ownership stay linked.

Full activity history

Calls, emails, meetings — with original timestamps.

Attachments & notes

Documents, uploads, and inline notes move with the record.

Why teams make this switch

Two sides of the same decision

Leaving

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APRO CRM

What's pushing teams away

  • The interface complexity overwhelms new users and requires significant time investment to customize and hide unused features before the system becomes manageable.
  • Lack of custom integrations limits connectivity with popular third-party tools, forcing teams to maintain manual workarounds or duplicate data entry across platforms.
  • No documented public API creates uncertainty for teams planning to scale or integrate APRO CRM with other systems, and complicates data extraction for migration purposes.

Choosing

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Twenty CRM

What's pulling them in

  • Top open-source CRM on GitHub with 40.6K stars, giving teams full source code access and infrastructure ownership without per-feature licensing surprises.
  • Free self-hosting under AGPL-3.0 means unlimited users and custom objects for the cost of cloud infrastructure alone, typically $20–100/month.
  • Pricing page explicitly mocks competitors for charging add-on fees for API access, webhooks, and workflows — transparency that resonates with RevOps teams burned by Salesforce.
  • Unlimited custom objects and fields with no price impact, letting teams shape the data model to their business rather than forcing business into rigid schemas.
  • Modern TypeScript/React/PostgreSQL stack means developer-led teams can extend, self-host, or integrate without fighting legacy architecture.

Object mapping

How APRO CRM objects map to Twenty CRM

Each row shows how a APRO CRM object lands in Twenty CRM, including any object-level transformations, lookup resolution, or schema-design dependencies.

Typical mapping — final map is confirmed during the sample migration step.

APRO CRM

Contact (People)

maps to

Twenty CRM

People

1:1
Fully supported

APRO contact records map to Twenty People objects. The name, email, phone, job title, and address fields transfer directly. APRO contacts without a company association land in Twenty as standalone People records. Owner assignment resolves via email match against Twenty workspace members.

APRO CRM

Company (Organizations)

maps to

Twenty CRM

Companies

1:1
Fully supported

APRO company records map to Twenty Companies objects. Company name, domain/website, industry, employee count, and revenue fields map to Twenty's name, domain, industry, employees, and revenue fields. Parent-child company hierarchies in APRO use a parentId lookup that translates directly to Twenty's parentCompanyId.

APRO CRM

Deal (Property Listing / Sale)

maps to

Twenty CRM

Opportunities

1:1
Fully supported

APRO deals (property listings and sales) map to Twenty Opportunities. The deal name becomes the opportunity name, amount maps to the expected revenue field, close date maps to the close date field, and stage maps to a custom stage field. APRO pipeline stage values require value-by-value mapping to Twenty opportunity stages, which must be pre-created in Twenty's Settings → Data Model before import.

APRO CRM

Property Listing (Custom Object)

maps to

Twenty CRM

Custom Object (Property)

1:1
Fully supported

APRO's property-specific listing records — with fields like listing status, property type, address, MLS number, and automatch criteria — require a custom object in Twenty. FlitStack creates a 'Property' custom object with matching fields and preserves the APRO property ID as a source_system_id custom field for traceability and delta-run de-duplication.

APRO CRM

Property-to-Contact Association

maps to

Twenty CRM

Custom Junction Object or Custom Field

many:1
Fully supported

APRO automatching links contacts to property listings based on criteria (location preference, price range, property type). This N:1 or N:N association translates to a custom junction object in Twenty — either a 'PropertyInterest' object linking People to Property records, or a multi-select custom field on the People object, depending on how the automatch data is structured in APRO.

APRO CRM

Activity (Call, Email, Meeting, Note)

maps to

Twenty CRM

Tasks / Notes

1:1
Fully supported

APRO call logs, emails, meetings, and notes map to Twenty Tasks (for call and email activities with type classification) and Notes objects (for free-form notes). Original timestamps, activity type, and body content transfer. The parent record link (contact or company) maps to Twenty's linkedId and linkedRecordId fields.

APRO CRM

Call / Phone Activity (IP Telephony)

maps to

Twenty CRM

Tasks

1:1
Fully supported

APRO's bundled IP telephony produces call records with duration, disposition, recording URL, and caller ID. Twenty has no native telephony integration — call activity migrates as Tasks with Type='Call', but recording URLs and telephony disposition codes are preserved as custom fields for reference. Rebuilt telephony integrations (via a third-party tool) will need to re-link to migrated call records.

APRO CRM

Owner / User

maps to

Twenty CRM

Workspace Member

1:1
Fully supported

APRO owner IDs (agents, brokers) resolve against Twenty workspace members by email match. Unmatched owners are flagged before migration. APRO user role assignments (lead agent, showing coordinator, transaction manager) translate to Twenty role configurations in Settings → Roles — the source role name is preserved in a custom field for admin reference.

APRO CRM

Website Visitor Statistics

maps to

Twenty CRM

Custom Fields (Reference)

1:1
Fully supported

APRO's built-in website integration captures visitor statistics (page views, form submissions, live chat sessions) linked to contacts. Twenty has no native website visitor tracking — these statistics are exported as a CSV reference file and linked to the migrated People records as custom fields. The data serves as historical context rather than live tracking.

APRO CRM

APRO Automation Workflows

maps to

Twenty CRM

Not Migrated (Rebuild Required)

1:1
Fully supported

APRO custom automation algorithms (automatch rules, follow-up triggers, listing-update workflows) do not transfer. FlitStack exports workflow definitions and rule logic as a structured document that your Twenty admin uses to rebuild automations in Twenty's workflow builder. Note: Twenty's workflow builder supports event triggers but lacks native sequencing — consider third-party tools for complex follow-up cadences.

Gotchas + challenges

What specifically takes care here

Platform-specific issues from each side, plus the pair-specific challenges that don't show up on either platform's page on its own.

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APRO CRM gotchas

High

No documented public API for data export

Medium

Automatching rules and custom automation algorithms do not transfer

Low

Interface complexity requires workspace adjustment before productive use

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Twenty CRM gotchas

High

Import order is enforced and critical

High

Export limited to 20,000 records and visible columns only

Medium

Soft-deleted records count toward uniqueness and trigger restores

Medium

API rate limits cap at 200 req/min on Organization tier

Low

No native email sequences — follow-up cadences require external tools

Pair-specific challenges

  • Twenty's import sequence is strict — Companies must precede People, which must precede Opportunities

    Twenty's CSV import tool enforces object dependency order: Companies must exist before you can link a Person to one via companyId, and People must exist before Opportunities can reference them via contactId. APRO CRM has no such constraint, so bulk exports may arrive in arbitrary order. FlitStack sequences the migration to create Companies first, then People with companyId populated, then Opportunities with contactId and companyId populated. Failing to respect this order causes import failures with 'relation not found' errors that are not reversible without re-exporting from APRO.

  • APRO's automatch logic for property-to-contact associations has no Twenty equivalent

    APRO CRM's property automatching links contacts to listings based on configurable criteria (location preference, price range, property type). Twenty CRM has no native property-listing object and no automatch engine. The association data (which contact was matched to which property and why) must be modeled as a custom junction object (e.g., PropertyInterest) in Twenty before import. If APRO's automatch rules themselves need to persist as automation logic, they require a full rebuild in Twenty's workflow builder — Twenty's event-trigger model does not support the criteria-based rule engine that APRO uses.

  • Twenty's API rate limits cap bulk migration throughput on large datasets

    Twenty's GraphQL API enforces per-minute request limits: 50 req/min on the free tier, 100 req/min on Pro, and 200 req/min on the Organization plan. APRO CRM datasets with 50,000+ records hitting Twenty's API require batch pagination and retry logic. FlitStack implements rate-limit-aware queuing with exponential backoff, but migration clock time scales with API tier. Teams with large historical activity logs (call records, emails) should budget additional migration hours or consider upgrading to the Organization plan before migration day.

  • APRO's built-in IP telephony call logs and recording URLs do not integrate with Twenty

    APRO CRM bundles IP telephony with call logging, disposition codes, and recording URLs stored directly on contact records. Twenty has no native telephony module — call data migrates as Tasks with recording URL stored as a custom field, but playback requires the original APRO telephony infrastructure or a rebuilt telephony integration. Teams that rely on call recordings for compliance or training must establish a re-integration plan with a third-party telephony provider (e.g., Aircall, Dialpad) before going live on Twenty.

  • Workflows and automation algorithms require manual rebuild in Twenty's workflow builder

    APRO CRM's custom automation algorithms — automatch rules, follow-up triggers, property-update workflows, and listing-status change actions — do not export. Twenty's workflow builder supports event triggers (e.g., 'when a Task is completed, create a follow-up Task') but lacks the criteria-based rule engine that powers APRO automations. A Reddit thread on Twenty's workflow limitations notes that native sequencing (multi-step time-delayed follow-up sequences) requires third-party tools. FlitStack exports APRO workflow definitions as a structured rebuild reference document, but the automation rebuild is a separate project scoped outside the data migration.

Migration approach

Six steps for a successful APRO CRM to Twenty CRM data migration

  1. Audit APRO data model and export all standard and custom objects

    FlitStack connects to APRO CRM via its API to enumerate all standard objects (contacts, companies, deals, activities), custom objects (property listings, visitor statistics), and custom fields. We generate a data inventory report showing record counts, field types, and null-rate percentages. This audit identifies which APRO objects have Twenty equivalents, which require custom object creation, and which (like workflow definitions) have no migration path and will be exported as reference files for manual rebuild.

  2. Design Twenty target schema: standard objects, custom objects, and import sequence

    Before data moves, we design Twenty's target schema based on the APRO inventory. This includes creating the 'Property' custom object with all required fields, setting up the PropertyInterest junction object for automatch associations, defining custom pick-list values for deal stages and property types, and pre-creating all custom fields on standard objects. The import sequence is documented: Companies first, People second (with companyId populated), Opportunities third, and custom objects with relationships last.

  3. Resolve APRO owners and users against Twenty workspace members by email

    APRO owner IDs are resolved against Twenty workspace members via email match. FlitStack generates a pre-flight ownership report: matched owners map directly, unmatched owners are flagged with the APRO owner name and email so your team can either invite them to Twenty first or assign their records to a fallback workspace member. No record lands in Twenty without a resolved workspaceMemberId — this prevents orphaned records that show no assignee in the Twenty UI.

  4. Run sample migration (100–500 records) with field-level diff

    A representative slice of APRO data — spanning contacts, companies, deals, activities, and a few property records — migrates into Twenty first. FlitStack generates a field-level diff comparing source values against destination values for every mapped field. You review the diff to verify automatch association mapping, property listing field population, and stage-value mapping before the full run commits. Sample migration typically runs within 24 hours and surfaces mapping issues before they affect all records.

  5. Execute full migration with delta-pickup window and audit log

    The full migration runs against Twenty's GraphQL API with rate-limit-aware batching. A delta-pickup window (typically 24–48 hours) captures any APRO records created or modified during the cutover. Every operation is logged: record count by object, error rate, and rollback checkpoint. If reconciliation fails, one-click rollback reverts to the pre-migration state. Post-migration, FlitStack delivers a final data integrity report comparing APRO record counts against Twenty record counts with a field-by-field population summary.

Platform deep dives

Context on both ends of the pair

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APRO CRM

Source

Strengths

  • Property-centric automatching aligns listings to client preferences automatically without manual filtering.
  • Integrated communication stack combines IP telephony, email, and messenger in a single interface.
  • Custom workflow automation allows property-specific business process modeling without developer involvement.
  • Responsive support team assists at no additional cost, which small teams depend on during setup and troubleshooting.

Weaknesses

  • Interface complexity creates a steep learning curve and requires significant customization effort to make the system manageable.
  • No publicly documented API limits programmatic access, integration options, and migration data extraction methods.
  • Limited public documentation makes technical evaluation, support requests, and integration planning difficult to execute independently.
  • Product review activity is minimal, raising questions about active development and long-term vendor viability.
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Twenty CRM

Destination

Strengths

  • AGPL-3.0 open-source license with full source code on GitHub — no vendor lock-in, no sunset risk.
  • Unlimited users and unlimited custom objects on self-hosted, with no feature gating based on headcount.
  • REST and GraphQL APIs available on all paid tiers, not locked behind an enterprise add-on fee.
  • MCP server and webhooks shipped as standard features, not premium upgrades.
  • Modern PostgreSQL-backed data model that developer teams can query, extend, and self-host.

Weaknesses

  • Recent v1.0 release means limited production hardening compared to CRMs with multi-year operational track records.
  • No native email sequencing or sales engagement tools — follow-up cadences require a separate platform.
  • No native two-way email sync or inbox integration, requiring third-party connectors for full activity logging.
  • Self-hosting 'free' pricing hides real infrastructure and DevOps costs that stack up over time.
  • Workflow automation is functional but lacks the complexity needed for sophisticated multi-step sales motions.

Complexity grading

How hard is this migration?

Moderate CRM migration. 4 of 8 objects need a mapping; the rest are 1:1.

C

Overall complexity

Moderate migration

Derived from compatibility, mapping clarity, API constraints, and data volume across APRO CRM and Twenty CRM.

  • Object compatibility

    C

    4 of 8 objects need a mapping; the rest are 1:1.

  • Field mapping clarity

    C

    Field mapping is derived from defaults — final spec confirmed during the sample migration.

  • Timeline complexity

    B

    8-object category — typical timelines run 2–7 days end-to-end.

  • API constraints

    B

    APRO CRM: Not publicly documented.

  • Data volume sensitivity

    B

    APRO CRM doesn't expose a bulk API — REST + parallelization used for high-volume runs.

Estimator

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Most APRO-to-Twenty migrations complete in 5–10 days for under 25,000 records, accounting for schema design in Twenty (custom objects, custom fields), ownership resolution, and sample migration with diff. Datasets with 25,000–150,000 records and multiple property custom objects extend to 2–4 weeks. The longest planning step is designing Twenty's custom object schema — all property fields, automatch associations, and stage values must exist in Twenty before CSV imports can reference them. The API rate-limit tier on your Twenty plan also affects migration clock time for large activity histories.

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