CRM migration

Migrate from Boostr to Twenty CRM

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

Boostr logo

Boostr

Source

Twenty CRM

Destination

Twenty CRM logo

Compatibility

80%

8 of 10

objects map 1:1 between Boostr and Twenty CRM.

Complexity

BStandard

Timeline

4-6 weeks

Rollback included Accuracy guarantee Field-level validation

Overview

What this migration involves

Moving from Boostr to Twenty CRM is a domain simplification and a data model translation. Boostr's media-specific schema (Advertisers, Campaigns, Proposals, Orders, Ad Inventory Units) maps to Twenty's standard Company, People, Opportunity, and custom object primitives, but the mapping requires deliberate decisions about proposal lifecycle, ad inventory line items, and revenue fields. Boostr has no publicly documented bulk API, so every migration begins with a coordinated manual CSV export session that we scope, validate, and transform before any import begins. We do not migrate Boostr's GAM integration OAuth tokens, its 50+ automated workflows, or its pre-built media analytics dashboards — these require separate reconfiguration in Twenty's open-source stack. Twenty's import-first architecture requires all custom fields and custom objects to be created in Settings before CSV import; we handle the schema build and the data transformation so the customer receives a clean, import-ready CSV file with a field mapping document that satisfies Twenty's sequencing requirements.

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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Boostr

What's pushing teams away

  • Manual activity tracking is required — Boostr does not automatically log sales engagement actions, forcing reps to enter data by hand.
  • Gmail integration covers only basic activity logging with no sequence or outreach automation, frustrating reps used to embedded sales engagement tools.
  • Teams report that inventory management workflows break down when dealing with multi-channel or custom ad unit configurations.
  • The platform's narrow media focus means it cannot function as a general-purpose CRM for non-advertising business units within the same company.
  • Integration with GAM works for straightforward flows but becomes unreliable when edits need to be pushed back to the ad server after initial sync.

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 Boostr objects map to Twenty CRM

Each row shows how a Boostr 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.

Boostr

Advertiser

maps to

Twenty CRM

Company

1:1
Fully supported

Boostr Advertisers map directly to Twenty Companies. The Advertiser name becomes the Company name; domain and website fields map from Boostr's advertiser website field. We set a custom field advertiser_type__c or a Company type label to 'Media Advertiser' to preserve the media-industry context for segmentation. All custom fields on the Advertiser object map to Twenty custom fields on Company.

Boostr

Campaign

maps to

Twenty CRM

Custom Object (Campaign) or Opportunity

1:1
Fully supported

Boostr Campaigns group multiple Proposals and Orders under a single media campaign umbrella. We map Campaign records to a Twenty Custom Object named Campaign with a name, status, and date range fields. If the customer prefers a flat model, Campaign metadata (name, start/end dates, budget) migrates as custom fields on each related Opportunity. The relationship between Campaign and the Proposals/Orders that belong to it is preserved via a lookup field on the Opportunity.

Boostr

Proposal

maps to

Twenty CRM

Opportunity (Draft/Pending stage)

1:1
Fully supported

Boostr Proposals represent draft offers sent to an advertiser before order confirmation. We map these to Twenty Opportunities with a pipeline stage labeled 'Proposal' or 'Pending' and a custom status field proposal_status__c set to 'Proposal'. Proposal line-item pricing, terms, and valid-until dates migrate as custom fields on the Opportunity. The Proposal-to-Order lineage is preserved by linking the Proposal Opportunity to the resulting Order Opportunity via a custom lookup field related_order__c.

Boostr

Order

maps to

Twenty CRM

Opportunity (Closed Won stage)

1:1
Fully supported

Boostr Orders are the booked, confirmed commercial agreements — the core transactional record in Boostr's OMS. We map Orders to Twenty Opportunities with the pipeline stage set to Closed Won. Order total revenue maps to Opportunity amount; billing status and payment terms migrate as custom fields. The Order-to-Proposal relationship (if the Order originated from a Proposal) is preserved via the related_proposal__c lookup field.

Boostr

Ad Inventory Unit

maps to

Twenty CRM

Custom Object (Ad Unit)

1:many
Fully supported

Boostr captures ad inventory as structured line items per Order — placement, format, dates, impressions, CPM, and unit count. Each line item becomes a separate Custom Object record of type Ad Unit linked to the parent Opportunity via a lookup. Fields include placement__c, format__c, start_date__c, end_date__c, impressions__c, cpm__c, and unit_count__c. This structure preserves the granular inventory data that a flat Opportunity record would lose.

Boostr

Revenue Record

maps to

Twenty CRM

Opportunity amount or custom monetary fields

1:1
Fully supported

Boostr tracks revenue at the Order and line-item level with revenue types and billing status. We map Order revenue figures directly to the Opportunity amount field. For line-item-level revenue, we aggregate into a custom revenue field on the Ad Unit custom object or a custom total_revenue__c field on the Opportunity. Billing status (invoiced, paid, pending) migrates as a picklist field on the Opportunity.

Boostr

Pipeline Stages

maps to

Twenty CRM

Pipeline stages (Twenty default or configured)

lossy
Fully supported

Boostr's configurable pipeline stages (Prospect, Proposal, Negotiating, Booked, etc.) map to Twenty pipeline stages. We replicate the customer's stage labels into Twenty's pipeline configuration, setting stage probabilities to match Boostr's configured values. Boostr's Proposals map to the Proposal/Pending stage; Orders map to Closed Won.

Boostr

Users and Owners

maps to

Twenty CRM

Workspace Members

1:1
Mapping required

User records from Boostr — names, roles, team assignments — map to Twenty Workspace Members. We perform a name-and-email lookup against the Twenty destination workspace before import. Any Boostr Owner without a matching Twenty Member is flagged in the reconciliation report for the customer's admin to provision. Important: Twenty requires workspace members to exist before importing records that reference them, so we handle user provisioning before record import.

Boostr

Custom Properties

maps to

Twenty CRM

Custom Fields on corresponding objects

1:1
Mapping required

Boostr supports custom fields on Advertisers, Campaigns, Orders, and other objects. We discover the full custom field schema during scoping, create matching custom fields in Twenty's Settings → Data Model before import, and map each field by type. Text, number, date, and picklist fields migrate directly; multi-select picklists in Boostr require a custom field type in Twenty with equivalent options. Custom field schema must be created before CSV import because Twenty's import creates records, not fields.

Boostr

Integrations and Connected Apps

maps to

Twenty CRM

Not migrated — reconnection required

1:1
Not supported

Boostr's GAM integration and other connected apps use platform-specific OAuth connections that cannot be replicated in Twenty CRM. We document all active integrations during discovery and include a reconnection checklist in the post-migration handoff. The customer must re-authenticate Boostr's GAM OAuth connection (if applicable) and any other connected apps in their Twenty workspace settings after migration. This is a configuration step, not a data migration step.

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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Boostr gotchas

High

No public API forces manual export coordination

High

Proposals and Orders are distinct objects — not Deals

Medium

Ad inventory line items require custom field flattening

Medium

GAM integration OAuth tokens cannot be migrated

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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

  • Boostr export requires manual coordination with no API

    Boostr does not publicly document a REST API or bulk export endpoint. Data must be exported via manual CSV pulls from the Boostr UI or with direct assistance from Boostr support. We scope a dedicated extraction session with the customer's Boostr admin, agree on the export format and field set upfront, and validate completeness before transformation begins. Missing or truncated exports are the most common cause of migration delays for this platform. We recommend scheduling the export during a low-activity window and requesting separate CSV files for each object type (Advertisers, Campaigns, Proposals, Orders, Ad Inventory Units).

  • Proposal and Order lifecycle must split into Opportunity stages

    Boostr separates Proposals (draft offers) from Orders (confirmed bookings) as two distinct objects. Twenty CRM uses a single Opportunity object, so we must resolve this split via pipeline stage configuration. We map Proposal records to a 'Proposal' or 'Pending' stage and Order records to 'Closed Won', preserving the lifecycle history. We flag this distinction during the mapping review so the customer understands how their funnel will appear post-migration and whether a custom proposal_status__c field is needed for additional lifecycle granularity.

  • Twenty requires fields before CSV import — schema first

    Twenty's CSV import creates records but does not create fields. All custom fields and custom objects must be created in Settings → Data Model before any import begins. We handle the schema build as the first step in the migration process, including custom objects for Ad Units and any Campaign mapping objects. We also create workspace Members before importing records that reference an Owner, per Twenty's documentation requirement. Skipping this step results in import errors or orphaned lookups.

  • Ad inventory line items require custom object flattening

    Boostr captures ad inventory as structured line items per Order with placement, format, dates, impressions, CPM, and unit count. Twenty has no native line-item support on Opportunities. We extract each line item as a separate custom object record of type Ad Unit linked to the parent Opportunity. This preserves the granular inventory data that a flat Opportunity record would lose, but it requires the customer to understand the custom object model in Twenty post-migration.

  • GAM and ad ops integrations cannot migrate to Twenty

    Customers who rely on Boostr's Google Ad Manager push integration or other ad ops connected apps will need to re-establish those OAuth connections and rebuild any automated ad serving workflows in their destination stack. We document the active integrations during discovery and include a reconnection checklist in the post-migration handoff. Twenty's open-source architecture supports custom API integrations, but rebuilding GAM sync is a configuration task for the customer's ad ops team, not a data migration deliverable.

Migration approach

Six steps for a successful Boostr to Twenty CRM data migration

  1. Discovery and Boostr export coordination

    We audit the Boostr account across Advertisers, Campaigns, Proposals, Orders, Ad Inventory Units, custom fields, pipeline stages, and user accounts. We identify the full custom field schema and any active integrations (GAM, connected apps). We then schedule a coordinated export session with the customer's Boostr admin, agreeing on the export format (CSV), field set, and object-by-object extraction order. We validate the completeness of each export against the record counts visible in Boostr's UI before transformation begins.

  2. Twenty workspace setup and custom schema build

    We create the Twenty workspace and provision all workspace Members before importing any records that reference an Owner. We create custom objects for Ad Units and any Campaign objects, then add all custom fields to the standard Company, Opportunity, and custom object schemas. We configure pipeline stages to match Boostr's pipeline labels and probabilities, with Proposal records mapped to a draft stage and Order records mapped to Closed Won. The full schema is validated in Twenty's Settings before CSV export preparation begins.

  3. Data transformation and CSV preparation

    We transform the Boostr CSV exports into Twenty's import format. This includes the Advertiser-to-Company name mapping, the Proposal-to-Opportunity (draft stage) and Order-to-Opportunity (closed-won) split, the Ad Inventory Unit flattening into custom Ad Unit records linked to parent Opportunities, and all custom field type conversions (dates, numbers, picklists). We prepare separate CSV files for Companies, People (if applicable), Opportunities, Ad Units, and custom objects, respecting Twenty's import order requirements.

  4. Staging migration and reconciliation

    We run a full migration into a test or staging environment (or a fresh Twenty workspace) using the same data volume as production. The customer's team reconciles record counts across all object types, spot-checks 25-50 records against the Boostr source, and verifies that Proposal-Order lineage, Owner assignments, and Ad Unit relationships are correct. Any mapping corrections happen in this stage. We do not proceed to production migration until the customer signs off on the staging results.

  5. Production migration in dependency order

    We run production migration in record-dependency order: workspace Members first (already provisioned but validated), then Companies (from Boostr Advertisers), then Opportunities (Proposals and Orders split by stage), then Ad Unit custom object records linked to parent Opportunities, then custom fields on all objects. Each phase emits a row-count reconciliation report. Any records modified in Boostr during the migration window are captured in a delta run before cutover.

  6. Cutover, validation, and post-migration handoff

    We freeze Boostr writes during cutover, run a final delta migration, then enable Twenty CRM as the system of record. We deliver the migration summary report, the field mapping document, the custom object schema diagram, and the integration reconnection checklist. We support a five-business-day hypercare window for reconciliation issues. We do not rebuild Boostr's 50+ automated workflows as Twenty automations; we deliver a written inventory of active workflows for the customer's team to rebuild using Twenty's configuration tools or a developer resource.

Platform deep dives

Context on both ends of the pair

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Boostr

Source

Strengths

  • Combined CRM and OMS eliminates double-entry between sold proposals and booked orders.
  • Omnichannel revenue forecasting tailored to media inventory across digital, print, and broadcast.
  • GAM push integration for ad serving directly from the platform.
  • Pre-built media analytics dashboards covering CPM, fill rate, and placement revenue.
  • Configurable pipeline stages and product pricing with no-code administration.

Weaknesses

  • No publicly documented API or bulk export mechanism, requiring manual data pull coordination.
  • Manual activity tracking with no embedded sales engagement or sequence tools.
  • Limited Gmail integration restricted to basic activity logging, not full outreach sync.
  • Inventory management workflows break down for complex multi-format or custom ad unit setups.
  • Platform has no general-purpose CRM capability outside of media ad sales.
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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 Boostr 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

    Boostr: Not publicly documented.

  • Data volume sensitivity

    B

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

Estimator

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Frequently asked questions about Boostr to Twenty CRM data migrations

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Most migrations land between four and six weeks for accounts under 10,000 Advertisers, 5,000 Orders, and no complex custom ad inventory objects. Migrations with multi-channel ad inventory line items, large custom field schemas, or multiple Boostr custom objects move to eight to twelve weeks because of extraction coordination time, custom object schema building, and line-item flattening. The primary timeline variable is how quickly the Boostr export coordination completes — this depends on the customer's Boostr admin availability and data volume.

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