CRM migration

Migrate from APSIS One to Twenty CRM

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

APSIS One logo

APSIS One

Source

Twenty CRM

Destination

Twenty CRM logo

Compatibility

60%

6 of 10

objects map 1:1 between APSIS One and Twenty CRM.

Complexity

BStandard

Timeline

3-5 weeks

Rollback included Accuracy guarantee Field-level validation

Overview

What this migration involves

Moving from APSIS One to Twenty CRM is a cross-category migration from a profile-centric marketing automation and CDP platform to an open-source CRM built on React, Node.js, and PostgreSQL with a GraphQL API. APSIS One organizes data around Profiles with Attributes, Tags, Events, and Segments; Twenty CRM uses Persons, Companies, Opportunities, and Activities. There is no direct object-to-object equivalent for Automation Flows or Segments, so we document those for manual rebuild in Twenty's workflow builder. We preserve Profiles as Persons with the full Attribute set migrated as custom fields, Tags mapped to Twenty's Topic tagging, and Event histories mapped to Activity records with timestamps. CRM integration records synced from webCRM, Efficy, Microsoft Dynamics 365, or Lime CRM export as Person and Company records with a written re-sync plan. Consent records migrate exactly to preserve opt-in status across channels.

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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APSIS One

What's pushing teams away

  • The platform lacks transparency on enterprise pricing tiers, requiring sales contact for any figure above the entry-level plan.
  • Limited review corpus—fewer than 30 verified reviews across G2 and Capterra combined—makes independent evaluation difficult.
  • CRM sync behavior is inconsistent; real-time sync occasionally drops Profile updates when Contact Cards change in the source CRM, requiring manual full resyncs.
  • Advanced reporting and multi-touch attribution are gated behind higher tiers, pushing mid-market teams toward HubSpot or similar alternatives.
  • No public roadmap or changelog visible to customers, creating uncertainty about future feature direction.

Choosing

Twenty CRM logo

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 APSIS One objects map to Twenty CRM

Each row shows how a APSIS One 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.

APSIS One

Profile

maps to

Twenty CRM

Person and Company

1:many
Fully supported

APSIS One Profiles contain both individual contacts and organizational data depending on how the account uses the CRM integration layer. We split Profiles by detecting whether the APSIS profile carries CRM-sourced account fields (company name, industry, employee count) or individual fields (first name, last name, personal email). Profiles with organizational data become Twenty CRM Companies with a primary Person record; Profiles with individual data become standalone Persons. The original APSIS profile ID is preserved in a custom field apsis_profile_id__c for audit and cross-reference.

APSIS One

Attribute

maps to

Twenty CRM

Custom field on Person or Company

1:1
Fully supported

Standard APSIS One Attributes (email, first_name, last_name, phone, address) map to Twenty CRM's built-in Person fields. Custom Attributes migrate as Twenty CRM custom fields created during schema design, with field type inferred from the APSIS data (text to TEXT, numeric to NUMBER, date to DATE, boolean to CHECKBOX, multi-value to MULTI_SELECT). Attribute values with no corresponding Twenty field are held in a custom JSON field apsis_attributes__c for post-migration review.

APSIS One

Tag

maps to

Twenty CRM

Topic on Person or Company

1:1
Fully supported

APSIS One Tags are flat string labels applied to Profiles. They export as a list per Profile and migrate to Twenty CRM's Topic tagging system. We create Topic records matching the APSIS tag names and link them to the migrated Person or Company via TopicAssignment. Tags used for segmentation logic are flagged in the segment rebuild inventory so the admin can recreate those groupings as filtered Person views in Twenty.

APSIS One

Event

maps to

Twenty CRM

Activity (Task or Event)

1:1
Fully supported

APSIS One Events with type email_open, email_click, form_submit, page_view, and custom event types map to Twenty CRM Activity records. We preserve the event type in a custom field apsis_event_type__c and the original event timestamp in the Activity's dueDate. Events with no timestamp are skipped and logged. The Activity subject uses the event type as a prefix for filtering in Twenty's timeline view.

APSIS One

Segment

maps to

Twenty CRM

Written rebuild inventory

lossy
Fully supported

APSIS One Segments are dynamic or static audience groupings with rule-based logic that has no direct equivalent in Twenty CRM. We export the segment definition (rule conditions, operator logic, filter stack) as a written specification document during scoping. The customer's admin rebuilds each segment as a Twenty CRM Person filter view or a custom field grouping. Complex multi-condition segments are flagged as higher-effort rebuild items.

APSIS One

Automation Flow

maps to

Twenty CRM

Written rebuild inventory

lossy
Fully supported

APSIS One Marketing Automation Canvas Flows have no public API export. We capture flow screenshots, trigger conditions, action steps, and branch logic during the discovery call and document them in a written rebuild specification per Flow. The customer's admin or a developer uses Twenty's workflow primitives to reconstruct the logic. Multi-branch Flows with time delays and CRM actions are flagged as highest-effort rebuilds.

APSIS One

CRM Integration Record (Contact, Account, Deal)

maps to

Twenty CRM

Person, Company, Opportunity

1:1
Fully supported

APSIS One's bidirectional CRM sync with webCRM, Efficy, Dynamics, and Lime maps Contact records to APSIS Profiles and Account/Deal records to CRM-linked Attributes. We export the current CRM-sourced data as Person and Company records in Twenty. Sync re-establishment requires re-pairing the CRM integration on the destination side and triggering a full resync; we deliver a written integration-rebuild checklist for the customer's IT team.

APSIS One

Consent Record

maps to

Twenty CRM

Custom opt-in fields on Person

1:1
Fully supported

APSIS One Consent 2.0 stores opt-in flags and timestamps per channel (email, SMS) as Profile Attributes. We preserve consent exactly as typed fields on the Twenty CRM Person record (email_consent__c, sms_consent__c, email_consent_date__c, sms_consent_date__c) to avoid re-permissioning campaigns. This is critical for GDPR compliance on the migrated audience.

APSIS One

Section

maps to

Twenty CRM

Workspace

lossy
Fully supported

APSIS One Sections organize Segments and Flows within the account hierarchy. We map Section names to Twenty CRM Workspace names and document the workspace-subworkspace structure. If Twenty CRM's workspace model differs from the customer's Section hierarchy, we create a recommended workspace mapping in the migration documentation.

APSIS One

Channel Configuration (Email, SMS)

maps to

Twenty CRM

Written integration plan

1:1
Fully supported

APSIS One channel configurations (sending limits, sender identities, domain authentication) are account-level settings not tied to individual Profile records. We capture channel preferences per Profile as consent attributes and document the DNS and sending domain configuration as a written handoff. Re-establishing email sending infrastructure (SPF, DKIM, custom tracking domain) in Twenty requires separate configuration outside the migration scope.

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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APSIS One gotchas

High

Per-profile-key rate limit of 10 req/s

Medium

Request body capped at 100 kB

Medium

CRM sync state not fully exportable

High

Automation Flows lack API export

Medium

Pricing based on audience size and send volume

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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

  • Automation Flows have no API export

    APSIS One's Marketing Automation Canvas has no public API endpoint for exporting Flow definitions. We capture flow screenshots and JSON structure notes during discovery, then deliver a written rebuild specification per Flow. The customer's admin or a developer reconstructs each Flow in Twenty using its native workflow primitives. Multi-branch flows with conditional delays, CRM action triggers, and A/B split logic require the longest rebuild time and should be prioritized in migration sequencing. We do not migrate Flows as executable code.

  • Segment logic has no destination equivalent

    APSIS One Segments use a rule-based engine supporting complex audience construction (AND/OR/NOT operators, behavioral conditions, date-based windows) that has no direct Twenty CRM equivalent. Twenty CRM has Person filter views but not dynamic behavioral segments. We export segment definitions as written specifications and flag each segment's rebuild complexity. Complex behavioral segments (event-triggered, time-decay, recency-frequency) are marked as custom field or webhook-dependent rebuilds outside the standard migration scope.

  • API access requires a running Twenty instance

    Twenty CRM's REST API documentation requires generating an API token from a running instance. Self-hosted deployments must be stood up and accessible before migration begins. Users on the Answer Overflow community forum report that the API endpoint for self-hosted Twenty is the instance domain on port 3000, and the IS_SIGN_UP_DISABLED flag must be set to true for production deployments. We coordinate with the customer's IT team to ensure the Twenty instance is provisioned and reachable before API migration jobs begin.

  • Per-profile-key rate limit on APSIS One export

    APSIS One enforces 10 consecutive API requests per second targeting the same Profile key. We throttle export jobs to stay within this limit and batch attribute updates per profile key. Exceeding the limit returns HTTP 429 and can temporarily suspend API access for the affected key, blocking the migration mid-run. We implement exponential backoff on 429 responses and checkpoint the export state so that suspended jobs resume from the last successful profile rather than restarting from zero.

  • CRM sync state not preserved in export

    APSIS One's bidirectional CRM integration with webCRM, Efficy, Microsoft Dynamics, and Lime CRM maintains a live sync state (last sync timestamp, sync direction flags, linked record IDs) that is not accessible via the public API. We export the current CRM-sourced data on each Profile as static fields in Twenty CRM. The sync state must be rebuilt by re-pairing the CRM integration on the destination platform, triggering a full resync to repopulate sync metadata. We deliver a written integration-rebuild checklist documenting the original sync configuration for the customer's IT team to re-establish.

Migration approach

Six steps for a successful APSIS One to Twenty CRM data migration

  1. Discovery and APSIS One API scoping

    We audit the APSIS One account via the Profile Data Export API and Profiles in Segment Report endpoints, capturing Profile count, Attribute schema, Tag set, Event type distribution, Segment definitions, Flow screenshots and structure notes, Section hierarchy, and CRM integration configuration. We also identify the target Twenty CRM deployment (self-hosted or cloud) and confirm the instance is provisioned and reachable with a valid API token. The discovery output is a written migration scope covering record counts, schema mapping draft, and a Flow rebuild priority list.

  2. Schema design in Twenty CRM

    We design the destination schema in Twenty CRM, creating custom fields on Person and Company to host migrated APSIS Attributes that have no built-in equivalent. We create Topics for APSIS Tags, configure workspace structure matching the APSIS Sections, and set up custom fields for consent records. Custom fields use the apsis_ prefix to indicate migrated origin fields. Schema is deployed into the Twenty instance before any data import begins.

  3. Test migration to staging environment

    We run a test migration using a subset of APSIS One Profiles (typically 500-1,000 records) into a staging or shadow Twenty instance. The customer's admin reviews Person and Company records for field accuracy, Topic assignments, Activity timeline integrity, and consent field preservation. We reconcile record counts and spot-check 25-50 records against the APSIS source. Any mapping corrections are made before the production migration begins.

  4. Profile export with rate-limit handling

    We export APSIS One Profiles using the Profile Data Export API, respecting the 10 req/s per profile-key rate limit by throttling requests and batching attribute updates. Large Profile payloads with extensive event histories are chunked across multiple paginated requests. We checkpoint the export state at each profile-key boundary to enable resume on 429 responses. Event histories are exported separately and linked to the parent Profile records during the import phase.

  5. Production import in dependency order

    We run production import into Twenty CRM in dependency order: Companies first (from CRM-account records), then Persons (with AccountId resolved for CRM-linked records), then Topics and TopicAssignments (for Tags), then Activities (from Event history, mapped to the resolved Person or Company), then consent fields. Each phase emits a row-count reconciliation report. We use Twenty's GraphQL API with batch mutation support and exponential backoff on rate-limit responses.

  6. Segment and Flow rebuild handoff

    We deliver the written segment rebuild inventory and the Flow rebuild specification document to the customer's admin team. The documents include rule-condition translations from APSIS One segmentation syntax to Twenty CRM filter view configurations, and step-by-step trigger-action descriptions for each APSIS Flow. We support a one-week post-migration window for questions on the handoff documents. We do not rebuild Segments or Flows as code inside the migration scope.

Platform deep dives

Context on both ends of the pair

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APSIS One

Source

Strengths

  • Visual Marketing Automation Canvas with drag-and-drop flow building and real-time flow controls.
  • State-of-the-art segmentation engine supporting complex rule-based audience construction without SQL.
  • Native bidirectional CRM sync with SuperOffice, Efficy, Microsoft Dynamics, and Lime CRM.
  • Scalable sending infrastructure: up to 2M emails/hour and 1M SMS/hour with 100M+ profile capacity.
  • Profile-centric architecture storing Attributes, Tags, Events, and Consent on a single contact record.

Weaknesses

  • Limited public review corpus makes independent platform evaluation difficult.
  • Enterprise pricing is opaque and requires direct sales engagement with no published tiers.
  • CRM sync can silently drop Profile updates during real-time sync, requiring manual full resyncs.
  • Advanced reporting and multi-touch attribution are gated behind higher pricing tiers.
  • No visible public roadmap or customer changelog for feature planning.
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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?

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

B

Overall complexity

Standard migration

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

  • Object compatibility

    B

    1 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

    APSIS One: 10 req/s per profile key; 100 kB request body limit; HTTP 413 on oversize payloads; HTTP 429 on rate breach.

  • Data volume sensitivity

    A

    APSIS One exposes a bulk API — large-volume migrations stream efficiently.

Estimator

Estimate your APSIS One to Twenty CRM migration cost

Rule-based pricing — no per-record fees, no manual quotes. Migrations over 2M records are scoped individually.

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Migrations under 50,000 APSIS One Profiles with no complex event histories land in three to five weeks. Migrations with large event histories (over 1M events), extensive custom Attributes, CRM integration records requiring de-duplication, or multiple Sections needing workspace mapping move to eight to twelve weeks. Timeline depends more on data quality and event history depth than on profile count alone.

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