CRM migration

Migrate from Cirqll to Twenty CRM

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

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Cirqll

Source

Twenty CRM

Destination

Twenty CRM logo

Compatibility

80%

8 of 10

objects map 1:1 between Cirqll and Twenty CRM.

Complexity

BStandard

Timeline

2-4 weeks

Rollback included Accuracy guarantee Field-level validation

Overview

What this migration involves

Moving from Cirqll to Twenty CRM is a lightweight-to-modern open-source migration. Cirqll stores customer and lead records with tasks and activity timestamps in a simple flat schema; Twenty uses a normalized object model with Person, Company, and Opportunity as standard objects plus a metadata-driven custom object system. Cirqll's API surface is narrow — only one endpoint is publicly documented — so we probe the live schema during scoping before committing field mappings. The 100 requests-per-minute rate limit requires us to chunk large batches into timed intervals and monitor for HTTP 429 responses. Documents and calendar attachments are handled in a secondary pass since they require a download-and-reupload workflow outside the standard API. We do not migrate Cirqll workflows, automations, or role-based permissions; these are not supported on the source and have no analog to reconstruct in Twenty.

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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Cirqll

What's pushing teams away

  • Small review base suggests limited enterprise-grade features — businesses outgrow the platform as they scale beyond basic contact and task management.
  • No visible published pricing on the main website creates friction during evaluation; prospects cannot self-serve a cost comparison.
  • Lack of public API documentation beyond a single endpoint suggests integration options are narrow for teams with existing automation stacks.
  • Minimal marketing automation — no mention of email sequences, lead scoring, or workflow automation in available feature listings, which drives churn for growth-stage teams.

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 Cirqll objects map to Twenty CRM

Each row shows how a Cirqll 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.

Cirqll

Customer

maps to

Twenty CRM

Person

1:1
Fully supported

Cirqll Customers are the primary contact entity and map directly to Twenty's Person object. We preserve name fields, email, phone, address, and any custom properties as Person fields or custom fields on the Person object. The Person is created before any related Activity or Task so that lookups are satisfied at insert time.

Cirqll

Lead

maps to

Twenty CRM

Opportunity

1:1
Fully supported

Cirqll Lead records including qualification status, source attribution, and owner assignment map to Twenty's Opportunity object. Lead-to-Customer conversion history is preserved as a linked activity record in Twenty's activity timeline. The qualification status property maps to a custom Opportunity status field.

Cirqll

Task

maps to

Twenty CRM

Task

1:1
Fully supported

Cirqll Tasks migrate to Twenty Tasks with due date, assignee, priority flag, and completion status preserved. Both open and completed task states carry forward. Task ownership resolves by matching Cirqll's owner email to a Twenty User record.

Cirqll

Activity

maps to

Twenty CRM

ActivityTimelineItem

1:1
Fully supported

Cirqll Activity records — calls, emails, meetings — migrate to Twenty's activity timeline with timestamps, related Contact or Lead reference, and owner attribution. Activity type and duration fields are preserved. We resolve the Person or Opportunity lookup before insert.

Cirqll

Note

maps to

Twenty CRM

Note

1:1
Fully supported

Free-text notes attached to Cirqll Contacts or Leads migrate as Note records linked to the corresponding Twenty Person record. Creation timestamp and author attribution are preserved. If notes contain rich text, we strip formatting that Twenty's note renderer cannot display.

Cirqll

Calendar Event

maps to

Twenty CRM

CalendarEvent / Task

1:1
Fully supported

Cirqll Calendar events migrate with date, time, title, and attendee list. All-day event flags and recurrence patterns require field-level mapping since Twenty's calendar model handles these differently. Single-occurrence events become Task records; recurring events are flattened into individual instances during migration.

Cirqll

Document

maps to

Twenty CRM

Attachment / Custom File Object

lossy
Fully supported

Documents stored in Cirqll are binary blobs exported via a separate download-and-reupload pass rather than the standard API. We preserve original filenames, file sizes, and upload timestamps. File attachments are linked to the corresponding Cirqll Person or Lead record via a lookup in Twenty. Customers should confirm storage limits in their Twenty plan before assuming full parity.

Cirqll

User

maps to

Twenty CRM

User

1:1
Fully supported

Cirqll User accounts and their assignment to Leads, Tasks, and Activities migrate as owner mappings in Twenty. Active versus inactive status carries forward. Role-based permissions do not transfer because destination permission models differ; we document the original permission structure for the customer's admin to reconfigure in Twenty.

Cirqll

Custom Field / Extended Property

maps to

Twenty CRM

Custom Field

lossy
Fully supported

Cirqll custom fields and extended properties on Customer and Lead records are preserved as custom fields on the corresponding Twenty Person and Opportunity objects. We probe the actual field names and types via Cirqll API during scoping since the full schema is not publicly documented. Custom field types map to equivalent Twenty field types during the schema design phase.

Cirqll

Record Relationships

maps to

Twenty CRM

Object Lookups

1:1
Fully supported

Relationships between Cirqll records — a Task assigned to a Customer, an Activity linked to a Lead, a Note attached to a Contact — migrate as typed lookups in Twenty. We resolve parent-record IDs during the migration pass so that relationship integrity is maintained at cutover. Circular or orphaned references are flagged in the scoping report.

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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Cirqll gotchas

High

100 requests per minute API rate limit

Medium

Sparse API schema documentation

Medium

Document blob handling requires separate pass

Low

No public pricing — tier limits unknown

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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

  • Full API schema is not publicly documented

    Cirqll publishes only one API endpoint publicly (Customer Create). The complete field names, types, required versus optional flags, and relationship structure across Customers, Leads, Tasks, Activities, and Notes are not published. We mitigate this by requesting access to a Cirqll sandbox or trial environment during scoping, then probing field-level data via read operations before committing to field mappings. This adds a scoping iteration that teams should budget for.

  • 100 requests per minute rate limit requires chunking

    Cirqll enforces a hard rate limit of 100 requests per minute per client. We chunk all migration batches into timed intervals and cap concurrent threads to stay under this ceiling. Large imports that bypass pacing trigger HTTP 429 responses and stall mid-migration. Our migration engine monitors response headers and backs off dynamically when 429s appear, but teams should expect longer migration windows for high-record-volume accounts.

  • Document blobs require a separate migration pass

    Documents stored in Cirqll are binary attachments that do not export via the standard API endpoints. We flag this during scoping and handle document migration as a secondary pass using a download-and-reupload workflow, preserving original filenames, file sizes, and upload timestamps. Version history is not preserved. Teams should verify document storage limits in their Twenty plan before assuming full parity with the source.

  • Cirqll custom fields have no documented destination schema

    The platform lacks visible support for custom objects, but extended properties and custom fields may exist on Customer and Lead records. Twenty's custom field system requires pre-creation via the metadata API before data import. We probe for extended properties during scoping and create matching Twenty custom fields before the migration pass. If Cirqll stores custom field metadata in an undocumented location, we surface it in the scoping report for the customer to clarify.

Migration approach

Six steps for a successful Cirqll to Twenty CRM data migration

  1. Discovery and scoping

    We audit the source Cirqll environment for record counts across Customers, Leads, Tasks, Activities, Notes, and Calendar Events. We ask the customer to confirm their Cirqll plan tier during scoping to identify any data export caps, and we request access to a Cirqll sandbox or trial account so that we can probe the actual field schema. This step resolves the undocumented field names that prevent us from building a definitive field map upfront.

  2. Schema probing and field mapping

    Using the sandbox access, we read sample records from each object type to surface all field names, data types, and extended properties. We compare the discovered Cirqll schema against Twenty's documented GraphQL schema and identify the mapping for each field. Custom fields in Cirqll are mapped to Twenty custom fields that we create via the Twenty metadata API before migration. We document the complete field map and submit it to the customer for review.

  3. Twenty workspace preparation

    We create the required objects and custom fields in the destination Twenty workspace using the /metadata API. This includes any custom fields discovered during schema probing, lookup relationships between Person and Opportunity, and custom field types matched to their Cirqll equivalents. The Twenty workspace is prepared in a staging environment first for validation before production migration begins.

  4. Staging migration and reconciliation

    We run a full migration into the Twenty staging environment using production-like record volumes. The customer reconciles record counts and spot-checks 20-30 records against the Cirqll source to confirm field fidelity. Any mapping corrections, missing fields, or relationship issues surface here and are resolved before the production migration begins.

  5. Production migration with rate-limit pacing

    We execute the production migration in dependency order: Persons first, then Opportunities, then Tasks, Activities, Notes, and Calendar events. Each batch is chunked to respect Cirqll's 100 requests-per-minute rate limit. We monitor HTTP response headers throughout and back off dynamically if 429 errors appear. Document attachments run in a secondary pass after structured records complete.

  6. Cutover, validation, and handoff

    We freeze Cirqll writes during cutover and run a final delta pass for any records modified during the migration window. We validate record counts, relationship integrity, and activity timeline ordering. We deliver a written inventory of Cirqll workflows and automations (if any exist in the source) for the customer's admin to rebuild in Twenty. We provide a one-week hypercare window for reconciliation issues. Post-migration admin support, training, and workflow rebuild fall outside standard scope.

Platform deep dives

Context on both ends of the pair

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Cirqll

Source

Strengths

  • Low-cost CRM with a 10-day free trial advertised on G2, reducing commitment risk for small teams.
  • Verified reviews highlight intuitive navigation and clear layout as differentiating usability factors.
  • Cloud-based with calendar sync means appointments and follow-ups stay attached to the relevant Contact record automatically.
  • Activity tracking across calls, emails, and meetings provides a shared history visible to all team members.

Weaknesses

  • Only 4–5 verified reviews across G2 and Capterra as of early 2026 — very limited social proof for an evaluation team to draw on.
  • No public pricing page found in the research; tier structure, per-seat costs, and feature gating are opaque without a sales conversation.
  • API surface appears narrow — only a single documented endpoint (Customer Create) and a Zapier integration exist, limiting custom automation options.
  • Limited customization — the platform lacks visible support for custom objects, custom fields, or workflow automation that growing teams typically require.
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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 Cirqll 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

    Cirqll: 100 requests per minute per client (confirmed via docs.api.cirqll.nl/rate-limiting).

  • Data volume sensitivity

    B

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

Estimator

Estimate your Cirqll to Twenty CRM migration cost

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

Step 1

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions about Cirqll to Twenty CRM data migrations

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Most migrations land between two and four weeks for accounts under 5,000 total records with no custom fields or document attachment requirements. Migrations over 5,000 records, with extended properties discovered during schema probing, or with a document attachment pass move to four to eight weeks because of iterative API discovery, staggered batch pacing, and the secondary file workflow. The undocumented Cirqll API schema is the primary variable affecting timeline.

Adjacent paths

Related migrations to explore

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