CRM migration

Migrate from Brokerkit to Freshsales

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

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Brokerkit

Source

Freshsales

Destination

Freshsales logo

Compatibility

92%

11 of 12

objects map 1:1 between Brokerkit and Freshsales.

Complexity

BStandard

Timeline

24-48 hours

Rollback included Accuracy guarantee Field-level validation

Overview

What this migration involves

Brokerkit organizes real estate brokerages around agent-centric recruiting workflows — agents, recruiting sources, license tracking, onboarding sequences, and broker-agent relationships. Freshsales is a general SMB CRM built around Leads, Contacts, Accounts, and Deals with lifecycle stages, deal pipelines, and activity tracking. We map Brokerkit agents to Freshsales Contacts and Accounts, recruiting pipelines to Freshsales Deal Pipelines, and license and credential fields to custom fields. Onboarding sequences, recruiting automations, and agent-to-agent sponsorship chains do not transfer — those must be rebuilt in Freshsales' workflow builder using Freshsales' specific conditions, action blocks, and workflow logic. Migration runs via Freshsales REST API with scoped read access so Brokerkit remains operational throughout. We preserve original create and update timestamps, owner assignments by email match, and stage-transition history for reporting continuity. A 24-48 hour delta pickup window captures in-flight changes during cutover.

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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Brokerkit

What's pushing teams away

  • The platform lacks deep customization options, leaving brokerages with non-standard recruiting workflows forced to work around the tool's opinionated structure.
  • Canadian market integrations do not exist, and no native equivalents to US tools like RealMetrix means international teams have no path forward within the platform.
  • Reporting and analytics fall short for teams that need pipeline attribution broken down beyond basic source-level tracking.

Choosing

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Freshsales

What's pulling them in

  • Lowest barrier to entry among major CRMs — the free tier supports up to 3 users and includes core CRM functionality before committing to per-seat pricing.
  • Built-in chat, email, and phone reduce reliance on third-party integrations for basic sales communication and contact management.
  • Freddy AI contact scoring and deal insights are included on Pro plans at a lower price than comparable HubSpot tiers.
  • Kanban pipeline views across Contacts, Accounts, and Deals provide visual deal management without requiring custom configuration.
  • Integration with the broader Freshworks ecosystem (Freshdesk, Freshchat, Freshservice) reduces tool sprawl for teams already using Freshworks.

Object mapping

How Brokerkit objects map to Freshsales

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

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

Brokerkit

Agent

maps to

Freshsales

Contact

1:1
Fully supported

Maps 1:1 to Freshsales Contact. Agent name fields (first_name, last_name) map directly to Freshsales FirstName and LastName. Email and phone map to standard Contact fields. License number, license type, license state, MLS ID, and agent status migrate to custom fields since Freshsales has no native real estate licensing fields. Original timestamps and owner assignments are preserved during the transfer.

Brokerkit

Agent

maps to

Freshsales

Account

many:1
Fully supported

When agents belong to a specific brokerage in Brokerkit, we create an Account record for the brokerage firm and link agents as Contacts under it. The primary company association from Brokerkit becomes the AccountId lookup on the Freshsales Contact. Multiple-agent brokerages consolidate under a single Account with multiple Contact records, preserving the hierarchical relationship.

Brokerkit

Recruiting Pipeline

maps to

Freshsales

Deal Pipeline

1:1
Fully supported

Each Brokerkit recruiting pipeline becomes a Freshsales Deal Pipeline. If Brokerkit has three recruiting pipelines (e.g., Agent Hire, Team Lead, Office Expansion), we create three Freshsales Deal Pipelines with matching names. Pipeline-level configuration including stage count, stage names, and layout carries over as part of the pipeline setup in Freshsales.

Brokerkit

Pipeline Stage

maps to

Freshsales

Deal Stage

1:1
Fully supported

Stage names from Brokerkit pipelines (Lead, Contacted, Interview, Offer, Hired, Active) map to Freshsales Deal Stages by value. Each stage maps to an equivalent stage name in the corresponding Freshsales pipeline. Stage probability percentages and forecast categories are reapplied based on Freshsales conventions since Brokerkit and Freshsales use different probability models.

Brokerkit

License Information

maps to

Freshsales

Custom Fields on Contact

1:1
Fully supported

License type (Broker, Agent, Associate), license number, licensing state, and MLS membership ID migrate as custom text and pick-list fields on the Freshsales Contact. These require custom field creation in Freshsales before migration runs since Freshsales has no native real estate licensing fields. We provide complete field specifications during the planning phase.

Brokerkit

Recruiting Source

maps to

Freshsales

Custom Field on Contact

1:1
Fully supported

Where the agent came from (Indeed, Referral, LinkedIn, Event, Career Site) maps to a custom pick-list field (Recruiting_Source__c) on the Freshsales Contact. This preserves sourcing attribution for recruitment analytics. Custom source values in Brokerkit require value-mapping setup in Freshsales pick-lists before migration to ensure all historical values transfer correctly.

Brokerkit

Sponsor Agent Relationship

maps to

Freshsales

Contact-to-Contact Lookup

1:1
Fully supported

Agent sponsor-recruit relationships map to a custom Contact-to-Contact lookup field (Sponsor_Agent__c) on the Freshsales Contact. Freshsales has no native self-referential relationship between Contact records, so we use a custom lookup pointing to the sponsoring agent's Contact record. Multi-level sponsor trees require custom report type configuration post-migration for proper hierarchy reporting.

Brokerkit

Onboarding Task

maps to

Freshsales

Task

1:1
Fully supported

Onboarding tasks, checklist items, and completion statuses migrate as Freshsales Tasks tied to the agent Contact record. Task subject, due date, assigned user, and completion status map directly. Tasks created during onboarding reflect their original due dates and assignees. Incomplete tasks carry over as open tasks in Freshsales ready for follow-up.

Brokerkit

Activity Log

maps to

Freshsales

Activity (Task/Event)

1:1
Fully supported

Call logs, emails, and notes map to Freshsales Activities — calls and tasks become Tasks with Type='Call' or 'Email', while scheduled meetings become Events. Original timestamps, activity owners, and parent record links are preserved. Activity content and duration data transfer where available in Brokerkit's export.

Brokerkit

Document

maps to

Freshsales

Attachment on Contact

1:1
Fully supported

Agent documents including contracts, credential files, and onboarding paperwork attach to the Freshsales Contact record as files. Document names and file types are preserved. Large files may be subject to Freshsales file size limits per the plan tier. We notify you if any documents exceed size limits and provide alternatives for handling oversized files.

Brokerkit

Tag

maps to

Freshsales

Tag

1:1
Fully supported

Agent tags and segmentation labels transfer as Freshsales tags for contact filtering and reporting. Tags like 'Top Performer', 'New Hire', or 'Leadership Track' carry over as-is. Tags used for agent categorization in Brokerkit become available immediately in Freshsales for list views, reports, and workflow triggers.

Brokerkit

Team/Office

maps to

Freshsales

Territory or Custom Field

1:1
Fully supported

Brokerkit teams and office locations map to Freshsales Territories on Enterprise plans, or to a custom division/department text field on Contact for Growth and Pro tiers. We recommend the custom field approach unless you have Territory Management enabled, as it provides immediate agent categorization without requiring plan upgrades or additional configuration.

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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Brokerkit gotchas

High

CSV exports truncate long text fields

High

No public API means migration tooling is limited

Medium

Plan tier limits restrict what data exists

Medium

Integration connections do not transfer on migration

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Freshsales gotchas

Medium

Freddy AI is Pro-tier only despite heavy marketing

High

Post-migration emails and sequences are disabled

Medium

Bot session credits are a one-time 500-session allocation

Medium

Phone credits charged per minute with no cap

Low

File storage limits scale with plan tier

Pair-specific challenges

  • Agent sponsor relationships require custom relationship modeling

    Brokerkit tracks agent-to-agent sponsorship chains natively with multi-level hierarchy support, where each agent can be linked to their sponsoring agent and that sponsor linked to their own sponsor, creating a complete organizational tree of who recruited whom. Freshsales has no native self-referential contact relationship between Contact records, meaning there's no built-in way to link a Contact back to another Contact. We map sponsor links to a custom Contact-to-Contact lookup field (Sponsor_Agent__c) on each agent's Contact record, but this custom lookup only captures direct sponsor relationships. Reporting on multi-level sponsor trees requires a custom report type your Freshsales admin configures post-migration using the custom lookup field as the relationship, and this configuration differs from how you visualized sponsor chains in Brokerkit.

  • Onboarding sequences and recruiting workflows do not transfer

    Brokerkit sequences that automate agent onboarding steps and recruiting follow-up campaigns live in Brokerkit's automation engine with triggers, conditions, and actions specific to Brokerkit's data model. Freshsales has its own workflow builder (Freshsales Workflows) with different trigger logic, action types, and conditions. We export Brokerkit workflow definitions as a structured reference document for your Freshsales admin, but every automation must be manually reconstructed from scratch in Freshsales' workflow builder using Freshsales' specific action blocks.

  • MLS ID and license fields need custom field setup before migration

    Freshsales has no native fields for real estate MLS IDs, license classifications, licensing states, or recruiting sources. These migrate as custom text and pick-list fields on the Contact record, but Freshsales requires an admin to create those fields in the UI before the import runs. We provide the complete field specification sheet listing field names, types, and required pick-list values so your admin can pre-create them, or we handle it via API if your Freshsales plan allows programmatic field creation.

  • Agent lifecycle stage diverges from Freshsales lifecycle model

    Brokerkit tracks agent lifecycle as flat status values (Prospect, Contacted, Active, Inactive, Terminated) tied to the recruiting process. Freshsales lifecycle stages are designed for marketing-to-sales lead progression (Subscriber, Lead, MQL, SQL, Customer) with different semantic meaning. We map Brokerkit agent status to a custom pick-list field (Lifecycle_Stage__c) on Contact rather than forcing a fit into Freshsales' marketing-oriented lifecycle model. This preserves the original agent status semantics without creating semantic mismatch in Freshsales reporting and dashboards.

  • Brokerkit API rate limits vary by subscription tier affecting large migrations

    Brokerkit's API rate limits and export throttling vary by subscription tier (Starter, Core, Expansion) with different hourly and daily request quotas. High-volume migrations with 500+ agents and full activity history may require chunked extraction across multiple export sessions spaced apart to respect rate limits. We coordinate export timing with your Brokerkit plan's API limits and implement retry logic to handle throttling failures gracefully during the extraction phase, ensuring complete data capture without data loss.

Migration approach

Six steps for a successful Brokerkit to Freshsales data migration

  1. Pre-migration audit and field mapping specification

    We extract a full data dump from Brokerkit covering agents, pipelines, activities, custom fields, and documents. We then produce a detailed field mapping specification document showing exactly which Brokerkit fields map to Freshsales standard or custom fields, including custom field creation requirements for real estate-specific data like license types and MLS IDs. Your Freshsales admin reviews and approves the mapping before any data movement begins.

  2. Freshsales schema preparation

    Your Freshsales admin creates the custom fields (License_Number__c, License_Type__c, License_State__c, MLS_ID__c, Recruiting_Source__c, Agent_Status__c, Start_Date__c, Sponsor_Agent__c) and any required pick-list values for license types and recruiting sources. If you have multiple recruiting pipelines in Brokerkit, we set up corresponding Freshsales Deal Pipelines with matching stage names, probability weights, and forecast categories.

  3. Test migration with field-level validation

    We run a sample migration of 50-100 agent records plus associated activities, deals, and documents. The field-level diff shows exactly what transferred, what mapped to custom fields, and any records that failed owner resolution due to missing email matches for Freshsales User lookup. You review the test results and approve before we commit to the full migration run. This catches mapping issues early.

  4. Full migration with delta pickup

    The full data set transfers to Freshsales via the REST API, maintaining referential integrity with Accounts created before Contacts, and Contacts created before Deals. Owner resolution happens by email match with fallback to a default Freshsales user for unmatched owners. A delta window of 24-48 hours after the initial load captures any Brokerkit records modified during cutover. All records preserve their original create and update timestamps from Brokerkit.

  5. Post-migration validation and workflow rebuild handoff

    We generate a reconciliation report comparing Brokerkit record counts and field values against the Freshsales import results. We also deliver the Brokerkit workflow export as a structured JSON/YAML reference document that your Freshsales admin can use to manually reconstruct recruiting sequences in Freshsales' automation builder. One-click rollback is available if reconciliation uncovers critical issues requiring reprocessing of the full dataset.

Platform deep dives

Context on both ends of the pair

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Brokerkit

Source

Strengths

  • Tiered plans scale from solo broker to 10-seat brokerage with predictable per-user pricing.
  • Built-in SMS and email follow-up sequences without requiring a separate engagement platform.
  • Multi-admin account support on Core and Expansion tiers enables office manager delegation.
  • Strong customer support reputation with responsive ticket resolution and webinar-based onboarding resources.

Weaknesses

  • No public API documentation means migration relies on CSV exports, which can truncate long text fields.
  • Canadian market has no integrations or localization, making the platform US-only for practical purposes.
  • Limited customization compared to general-purpose CRMs like HubSpot or Follow Up Boss.
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Freshsales

Destination

Strengths

  • Generous free tier for small teams with core CRM functionality without per-seat costs.
  • All-in-one sales CRM with built-in telephony, chat, and email reducing third-party tool dependency.
  • Freddy AI contact scoring and deal predictions available on Pro tier.
  • Multiple pipeline views with Kanban and list options across all plans.

Weaknesses

  • Reports lack depth compared to competitors like HubSpot, with limited customization options.
  • Integration setup is poorly documented with no clear guides for connecting third-party tools.
  • AI features gated behind $39/user/month Pro tier despite marketing emphasis on Freddy AI.
  • Bot sessions limited to 500 one-time allocation with no monthly refresh.

Complexity grading

How hard is this migration?

Standard CRM migration. 2 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 Brokerkit and Freshsales.

  • Object compatibility

    B

    2 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

    Brokerkit: Not publicly documented — confirm with Brokerkit support during scoping..

  • Data volume sensitivity

    B

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

Estimator

Estimate your Brokerkit to Freshsales migration cost

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

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FAQ

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Most Brokerkit-to-Freshsales migrations complete in 24-48 hours of clock time for under 5,000 agent records. Larger setups with full activity history or multiple recruiting pipelines extend to 3-5 business days. The longest phase is usually the test migration and approval cycle, not the actual data movement. We coordinate around Brokerkit API rate limits for large volumes to ensure complete extraction without throttling failures.

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