CRM migration

Migrate from Delivra to Nutshell

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

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Delivra

Source

Nutshell

Destination

Nutshell logo

Compatibility

89%

8 of 9

objects map 1:1 between Delivra and Nutshell.

Complexity

BStandard

Timeline

2-4 weeks

Rollback included Accuracy guarantee Field-level validation

Overview

What this migration involves

Moving from Delivra to Nutshell is a migration from a marketing automation platform into a sales CRM, not a lateral platform move. Delivra organizes data around Contacts, Custom Tables with relational structures, Campaigns, and Automated Workflows. Nutshell organizes around People, Organizations (Companies), Deals (Opportunities), and Activities. We translate contact properties directly, flatten Delivra Custom Tables into Nutshell custom fields on the Person and Organization records, and migrate engagement history as Nutshell Activities. Nutshell has no native equivalent for Delivra's automated workflows, behavioral email campaigns, or lead scoring model, so we deliver a written inventory of these for your admin to rebuild in Nutshell Engagement or a third-party marketing tool. Per-user pricing in Nutshell (starting at $19/user/month on monthly billing) includes unlimited contacts, which is structurally different from Delivra's contact-based model and affects total cost differently depending on your team size.

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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Delivra

What's pushing teams away

  • Email client compatibility issues with Google Mail, Microsoft Outlook, and Outlook Portal cause rendering problems that require additional testing and workarounds across campaigns.
  • Automation complexity becomes a barrier as teams scale—users report that building and maintaining sophisticated workflows requires significant time investment and technical understanding.
  • Integration ecosystem limitations make it difficult to connect Delivra with the full stack of tools teams use, particularly for custom or niche CRM integrations beyond standard connectors.
  • Some users find the platform challenging to navigate initially, with a learning curve that slows adoption for new team members joining mid-campaign.
  • Pricing at scale becomes a consideration—costs increase significantly with larger contact lists, prompting teams to evaluate alternatives when they outgrow mid-tier plans.

Choosing

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Nutshell

What's pulling them in

  • Lowest cost entry point among mid-market CRMs—Foundation plan starts at $13/user/month, making it accessible for teams validating CRM fit before committing.
  • Integrated sales automation and email sequencing on Pro plans without requiring a separate email marketing platform, per verified Capterra reviews.
  • Consistently praised for intuitive interface and fast onboarding, with case studies reporting 100% team adoption rates within initial deployment periods.
  • Strong customer support responsiveness cited across G2 reviews, with dedicated support tiers available on Enterprise plans.
  • Native integrations with WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, Instagram, and Slack reduce reliance on third-party middleware for common communication channels.

Object mapping

How Delivra objects map to Nutshell

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

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

Delivra

Contact

maps to

Nutshell

Person

1:1
Fully supported

Delivra Contact records migrate directly to Nutshell Person records. The email address is the primary key and dedupe field. Standard properties including first name, last name, phone, address, and custom fields map to equivalent Nutshell Person custom fields. Subscription status and GDPR consent flags migrate to Nutshell's email consent fields. Owner assignment migrates by resolving the Delivra owner email against Nutshell team member accounts.

Delivra

Company

maps to

Nutshell

Organization

1:1
Fully supported

Delivra Company records map to Nutshell Organization. The company name is the Organization name field and serves as the dedupe key. Website, address, and industry properties migrate directly. We create Organizations first in the migration sequence so that the Person-Organization relationship is satisfied at the time of Person insert.

Delivra

Deal

maps to

Nutshell

Deal

1:1
Fully supported

Delivra Deals map to Nutshell Deals. The deal name, value, stage, and close date migrate directly. Delivra's pipeline assignment maps to Nutshell's Deal pipeline configuration. If Delivra uses multiple deal pipelines, we map each to a separate Nutshell pipeline or document the configuration requirement for Nutshell admin setup. Owner assignment resolves via email matching to Nutshell team members.

Delivra

Custom Tables

maps to

Nutshell

Person Custom Fields, Organization Custom Fields, Deal Custom Fields

lossy
Mapping required

Delivra Custom Tables with 1:1, 1:many, and many:many relationship types do not map directly to Nutshell because Nutshell does not support relational custom objects except on Enterprise ($79/user/month). We flatten Custom Table schemas into Nutshell custom fields. For 1:1 tables, each column becomes a custom field on the related Person or Organization record. For 1:many and many:many tables, we denormalize the foreign key relationships into comma-separated or multi-value custom fields, or we document the restructure as a post-migration data architecture recommendation. If the customer licenses Nutshell Enterprise, custom objects are available for more faithful relational migration.

Delivra

Campaign

maps to

Nutshell

Campaign (documented inventory)

1:1
Fully supported

Delivra Campaign records are documented as a written inventory during migration scoping. Nutshell does not have a native campaign record equivalent in its base CRM tiers. We export campaign names, targeting criteria, associated content, and status. The customer admin rebuilds campaigns in Nutshell Engagement (available as an add-on) or documents a third-party marketing automation tool for ongoing campaign execution. We do not migrate campaign email content as a functional record.

Delivra

Automated Workflows

maps to

Nutshell

Workflow (written inventory)

1:1
Mapping required

Delivra Automated Workflows are documented as a written inventory including triggers, conditions, time delays, decision branches, and action sequences. Nutshell does not have a native visual workflow builder in its base CRM. Automation capabilities are available through Nutshell Engagement (an add-on suite) or via Zapier and API integrations. We deliver a structured workflow map with recommended Nutshell Engagement equivalents for each active workflow. The admin rebuilds them post-migration; this is not included in the migration scope.

Delivra

Email Template

maps to

Nutshell

Attachment or Note on Person

1:1
Fully supported

Delivra email templates built with the drag-and-drop editor are exported as HTML and stored as Note records attached to the related Person or Organization in Nutshell. Complex templates with conditional content blocks, dynamic personalizations, and multi-column layouts may require re-creation in Nutshell's template editor or a third-party tool. We flag templates with advanced formatting for manual review during the handoff phase.

Delivra

User

maps to

Nutshell

Team Member

1:1
Fully supported

Delivra User accounts migrate as a role-inventory document. Nutshell team members are provisioned directly by the customer admin from the Settings > Team section. We export user names, emails, and role assignments from Delivra and deliver a role mapping table. Role structures differ between platforms so the admin recreates permissions in Nutshell based on the inventory.

Delivra

Engagement Data

maps to

Nutshell

Activity

1:1
Mapping required

Click tracking, open tracking, and engagement history from Delivra migrate as Activity records in Nutshell linked to the corresponding Person. Individual contact-level engagement metrics (total opens, total clicks, last engagement date) migrate as custom fields on the Person record for reporting and segmentation use in Nutshell. Full engagement timestamps are preserved as Activity records ordered by the original Delivra timestamp.

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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Delivra gotchas

High

API specifications are not publicly documented

Medium

Custom Tables require schema-level mapping

Medium

Contact-based pricing at migration time

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Nutshell gotchas

High

Contact tier limits enforced on import

Medium

No bulk API endpoint requires paginated extraction

Medium

Email sequences not exportable via API

Medium

Foundation plan disables key sales features

Pair-specific challenges

  • Custom Tables require flattening into custom fields

    Delivra Custom Tables with relational structures (1:many, many:many) have no direct equivalent in Nutshell outside the Enterprise tier. We extract the full table schema and identify the primary and foreign key fields. For 1:many tables, we migrate each row as a custom field on the parent Person or Organization record. For many:many tables with junction records, we denormalize the relationship into comma-separated or multi-select custom fields, or we document the restructure as a post-migration architecture recommendation. This mapping phase adds time that is not required for standard contact-only migrations. If relational integrity is critical to the customer's data model, we recommend evaluating Nutshell Enterprise for custom object support before migration begins.

  • Automated workflows and campaigns have no Nutshell native equivalent

    Delivra's visual workflow builder with behavioral triggers and multi-branch conditions has no direct counterpart in Nutshell's base CRM. Nutshell Engagement (a separate add-on suite) provides email sequences and basic automation, but it uses a different data model from Delivra workflows. We document every active Delivra workflow and campaign with its full trigger-action logic in a written inventory delivered during the handoff phase. The customer's admin rebuilds these in Nutshell Engagement or an external marketing automation tool. Workflows and campaigns do not migrate as functional records, and the rebuild work is outside the migration scope.

  • Nutshell CSV import is the primary data load method

    Nutshell's public API has limitations for bulk data import, and the primary ingestion path is the CSV import wizard in Settings > Import. We use Nutshell's CSV import format with field mapping against the exported Delivra contact and company schema. Engagement history (Activities) requires a secondary import step using Nutshell's Activity CSV format. Complex Custom Table data flattened into custom fields must be structured as comma-separated values within a single CSV column. We validate field name compatibility and data type conformance before each import run and provide row-level error reports for the customer's admin to correct.

  • Per-user pricing changes the cost structure relative to Delivra's contact-based model

    Delivra charges based on contact list size, meaning costs scale directly with the number of records in the account. Nutshell charges per user with unlimited contacts on all paid tiers. For teams migrating from a large Delivra contact database with a small sales team, Nutshell is structurally cheaper. For teams with many contacts and a large sales team, the per-user cost may exceed the original Delivra plan cost. We confirm the target Nutshell plan tier during scoping and model the post-migration subscription cost against the current Delivra plan to ensure the switch is cost-positive.

Migration approach

Six steps for a successful Delivra to Nutshell data migration

  1. Discovery and export coordination

    We audit the Delivra account to identify all active data objects: Contact records with custom field counts, Company records, Deal records with pipeline and stage data, Custom Tables with column definitions and relationship types, active workflows, email templates, and user accounts with role assignments. We coordinate with Delivra Support to obtain SFTP credentials if bulk export via SFTP is the chosen path, since the API reference requires a support request to obtain per Delivra's knowledge base policy. We confirm the Nutshell plan tier (Foundation, Growth, Pro, Business, or Enterprise) and verify which objects are available at that tier, particularly custom field limits and custom object support on Enterprise.

  2. Custom Table schema flattening

    We analyze each Delivra Custom Table's schema, identify the relationship type (1:1, 1:many, or many:many), and design the target Nutshell custom field structure. For 1:many tables, we determine the parent record type (Person or Organization) and design the denormalized custom field layout. For many:many tables, we identify the junction record logic and flatten it into multi-select or text-area fields. If the customer licenses Nutshell Enterprise, we design custom object schemas as an alternative to flattening. The flattening design is reviewed with the customer before export begins to ensure no critical relational data is lost in translation.

  3. Sandbox mapping validation

    We run a full migration into Nutshell using the customer's trial or sandbox environment to validate the field mapping, import ordering, and record dependency chain. The customer reconciles record counts, spot-checks 20-30 records against the Delivra source data, and confirms the Custom Table flattening decisions before production migration begins. Custom field labels and data types are finalized during this phase. Any mapping corrections happen in the sandbox, not in production.

  4. User and owner reconciliation

    We extract every distinct Delivra User and Owner referenced on Contact, Company, and Deal records. We match these by email against the Nutshell team's user list. Any Delivra Owner without a matching Nutshell team member is placed in a reconciliation queue, and the customer provisions the missing team members before the production migration phase begins. Owner resolution is a prerequisite for Deal migration because Nutshell requires an assigned team member on each Deal record.

  5. Production migration in dependency order

    We run production migration in record-dependency order: Organizations (from Delivra Companies) first, then Persons (from Delivra Contacts with AccountId resolved), then Deals (with OwnerId and pipeline resolved), then Activities (engagement history via CSV import), then custom field data from flattened Custom Tables. Each phase emits a row-count reconciliation report before the next phase begins. Custom Tables without a clear parent record are held until last and resolved against the agreed flattening design.

  6. Cutover, validation, and automation inventory handoff

    We freeze Delivra write access during cutover, run a final delta migration of any records modified during the migration window, then enable Nutshell as the system of record. We deliver the Workflow and Campaign inventory document with recommended Nutshell Engagement equivalents to the customer's admin team. We support a three-day post-cutover window for reconciliation issues. We do not rebuild Delivra workflows or campaigns in Nutshell Engagement inside the migration scope; that is a separate engagement.

Platform deep dives

Context on both ends of the pair

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Delivra

Source

Strengths

  • Generous pricing with Starter tier at $29/month for 500 contacts and no per-seat user limits across all plans.
  • Excellent customer support reputation with 4.8/5 Capterra rating and high-touch guided onboarding.
  • Built-in SMS marketing alongside email in a single platform, avoiding the need for separate SMS tool integration.
  • Custom Tables with relational data support enable sophisticated data modeling for complex contact relationships.
  • Drag-and-drop editors and visual workflow builders reduce technical barriers for non-developer users.

Weaknesses

  • Email client compatibility issues require additional testing for Gmail, Outlook, and Outlook Portal rendering.
  • Automation builder complexity increases significantly for sophisticated multi-branch workflows.
  • Integration ecosystem is limited compared to broader CRM platforms, restricting connectivity with niche tools.
  • Contact-based pricing model means costs scale directly with list size, which can become expensive at high volumes.
  • API documentation is not publicly available on the knowledge base, requiring direct contact with support to obtain technical specifications.
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Nutshell

Destination

Strengths

  • Simple, intuitive interface with minimal learning curve for sales teams new to CRM
  • Per-seat pricing is transparent and predictable, with annual billing reducing monthly cost
  • Full data export tool available for all account data including backups
  • Open JSON-RPC API allows programmatic access to all core objects
  • Native multichannel engagement (email, SMS, WhatsApp) without third-party add-ons for communication

Weaknesses

  • Reporting and analytics are considered weak, requiring manual Excel exports for detailed analysis
  • No bulk API endpoint—migration requires paginated API reads that must be rate-limited carefully
  • JSON-RPC API is less common than REST, requiring custom integration code compared to standard REST CRMs
  • Add-on costs (Forms, Nutshell IQ, Email Marketing) are per-company charges that stack on top of per-seat pricing
  • Feature restrictions on entry-level plans mean teams often need mid-tier to get basic automation

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 Delivra and Nutshell.

  • 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

    Delivra: Not publicly documented in available documentation.

  • Data volume sensitivity

    A

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

Estimator

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Most migrations land between two and four weeks for accounts with under 10,000 contacts and no Custom Tables. Migrations involving multiple Custom Tables with relational fields that require flattening into Nutshell custom fields, or large engagement histories, extend to four to six weeks. Timeline is primarily driven by the number of Custom Tables and the complexity of the flattening design review with the customer.

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