CRM migration

Migrate from Delivra to Salesforce Sales Cloud

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

Delivra logo

Delivra

Source

Salesforce Sales Cloud

Destination

Salesforce Sales Cloud logo

Compatibility

75%

9 of 12

objects map 1:1 between Delivra and Salesforce Sales Cloud.

Complexity

BStandard

Timeline

4-6 weeks

Rollback included Accuracy guarantee Field-level validation

Overview

What this migration involves

Moving from Delivra to Salesforce Sales Cloud is a migration from a marketing automation platform into a full CRM. Delivra organizes data around Contacts, Custom Tables with relational structures, Campaigns, and Automated Workflows. Salesforce Sales Cloud separates prospects into Leads, qualified buyers into Contacts attached to Accounts, and deal progress into Opportunities with a Stage pipeline. We resolve the Lead-versus-Contact decision during scoping, translate Delivra Custom Tables into Salesforce Custom Objects (preserving relationship types where possible), and migrate contact properties, campaign metadata, and engagement history through the Bulk API. Delivra workflows and automation logic do not migrate as code; we deliver a written inventory of every active workflow with its trigger, conditions, and recommended Salesforce Flow equivalent for the customer's admin to rebuild. Segments, lead scoring models, email templates, and web forms also require re-implementation in Salesforce or replacement with Salesforce-native equivalents.

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

Delivra logo

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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Salesforce Sales Cloud

What's pulling them in

  • The AppExchange marketplace with 5,000+ prebuilt apps gives enterprises integrations for nearly every business workflow without custom development.
  • Native Einstein AI for lead scoring, opportunity insights, and predictive forecasting adds intelligence without a separate platform purchase.
  • Territory management, multi-currency support, and advanced forecasting satisfy the needs of complex B2B sales organizations with structured revenue teams.
  • Slack, Tableau, and CPQ are deeply integrated into the core platform, keeping the sales stack unified for teams already in the Salesforce ecosystem.
  • Organizations with a large, established Salesforce implementation choose it because switching costs — integrations, custom code, trained admins — are prohibitive.

Object mapping

How Delivra objects map to Salesforce Sales Cloud

Each row shows how a Delivra object lands in Salesforce Sales Cloud, 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

Salesforce Sales Cloud

Lead or Contact (split required)

1:many
Fully supported

Delivra Contacts with a lifecycle stage of subscriber, lead, or marketing qualified lead map to Salesforce Lead. Delivra Contacts at sales qualified or customer stage map to Salesforce Contact tied to a Salesforce Account. We compute the split using Delivra's lifecycle_stage and current_status properties at migration time, and preserve the original Delivra lifecycle stage in a custom field delivra_original_lifecycle__c on both Lead and Contact for audit and reporting continuity.

Delivra

Custom Table (1:1)

maps to

Salesforce Sales Cloud

Custom Object

1:1
Fully supported

Delivra Custom Tables with a 1:1 relationship to Contact (such as a demographic extension table or address book) map to a Salesforce Custom Object with a lookup field pointing to the Contact record. We create the Custom Object __c API name to mirror the Delivra table name, set up the Contact lookup field, and migrate every row with the Contact's Delivra contact_id preserved as an external ID for lookup resolution.

Delivra

Custom Table (1:many)

maps to

Salesforce Sales Cloud

Custom Object

1:many
Fully supported

Delivra Custom Tables with a 1:many relationship (one Contact to many related records, such as subscriptions, policies, or properties) map to a Salesforce Custom Object with a lookup to Contact. The Contact is created first, then each related Custom Table row is imported with the Contact lookup resolved via the external ID. We preserve the relationship hierarchy by denormalizing the foreign key as a text field on the Salesforce record for audit.

Delivra

Custom Table (many:many)

maps to

Salesforce Sales Cloud

Custom Object + Junction Object

lossy
Fully supported

Delivra Custom Tables with many:many relationships (such as contacts linked to multiple products or events) require a junction object in Salesforce. We extract the junction table, create a Salesforce Custom Object representing each side of the relationship, and build a Custom Object junction with two lookup fields. This is the most complex Custom Table scenario and requires a dedicated mapping phase during scoping.

Delivra

Campaign

maps to

Salesforce Sales Cloud

Campaign

1:1
Fully supported

Delivra Campaign records map to Salesforce Campaign. The campaign name, status (active, draft, archived), targeting criteria, and associated contact list membership migrate as Campaign records with CampaignMember records linking to the migrated Contacts. Campaign content (email body, subject line) is extracted as HTML and attached as a ContentDocument to the Campaign for reference.

Delivra

Segment / List

maps to

Salesforce Sales Cloud

Campaign + Static Campaign List

1:1
Fully supported

Delivra Segments are defined by filter conditions based on contact properties and behaviors. We extract the segment criteria for each list and document them as a written filter specification. Segments cannot migrate as live Salesforce Campaigns because Salesforce Campaigns use manual CampaignMember adds rather than dynamic filter-based membership. We create the equivalent Salesforce Campaign per segment and document the original filter logic for the customer's admin to re-implement using Salesforce Reports as campaign audiences.

Delivra

Lead Scoring

maps to

Salesforce Sales Cloud

Custom Fields + Salesforce Lead Scoring (add-on)

1:1
Mapping required

Delivra's lead scoring models (demographic and behavioral point values) migrate as custom numeric fields on the Salesforce Lead or Contact object. The scoring values transfer as raw numbers. Salesforce's native Lead Scoring product (a paid add-on available from Professional tier) is the recommended replacement for ongoing scoring logic, and we include a written recommendation for the customer's admin to evaluate it post-migration.

Delivra

Owner

maps to

Salesforce Sales Cloud

User

1:1
Fully supported

Delivra Users map to Salesforce User records. We resolve Delivra owners by email match against the Salesforce destination org's User table. Any Delivra owner without a matching Salesforce User goes to a reconciliation queue for the customer's admin to provision before record import resumes. Active versus inactive status is preserved in a custom field on User.

Delivra

Engagement: Email

maps to

Salesforce Sales Cloud

EmailMessage + Task

1:1
Fully supported

Delivra email engagement history (sends, opens, clicks, replies) migrates to Salesforce EmailMessage records (email content) linked to a Task record (activity timeline entry). The WhoId on Task points to the migrated Lead or Contact; WhatId points to the related Campaign or Account. Engagement timestamps are preserved by setting ActivityDate to the original Delivra engagement timestamp.

Delivra

Engagement: Click Tracking

maps to

Salesforce Sales Cloud

Custom Activity Fields

1:1
Fully supported

Delivra click tracking data (URL clicked, timestamp, contact) migrates as custom Task fields on the associated email engagement record. For high-volume click histories, we aggregate per-contact click counts into a custom field (total_clicks__c) to avoid record explosion, and store a summary record as a Campaign Activity note.

Delivra

Engagement: Form Submit

maps to

Salesforce Sales Cloud

Task

1:1
Fully supported

Delivra form submission events migrate as Salesforce Task records with TaskSubtype = Submit and a custom field form_name__c carrying the original Delivra form identifier. Submission timestamp migrates as ActivityDate. If the form was part of a Delivra workflow, the workflow is documented in the handoff inventory rather than recreated in Salesforce.

Delivra

Email Template

maps to

Salesforce Sales Cloud

Email Template + ContentDocument

1:1
Fully supported

Delivra email templates built with the drag-and-drop editor migrate as Salesforce Email Templates. We extract the template HTML and body content, convert it to Salesforce-compatible HTML, and create EmailTemplate records. Complex templates with conditional content or dynamic snippets require manual review and may need re-building in Salesforce's Lightning Email Template builder. We flag any template that cannot be auto-converted during the template audit phase.

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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Salesforce Sales Cloud gotchas

High

Workflow Rules and Process Builder are retired

High

Bulk API batch quota exhaustion during large imports

Medium

Storage overage billing is non-obvious

Medium

Account-Contact many-to-many relationship mapping

Low

Territory and team member import ordering dependencies

Pair-specific challenges

  • Delivra API documentation is not publicly available

    Delivra does not publish its API reference in the public knowledge base. The knowledge base links to an external form to request API technical specs, and SFTP setup requires direct configuration by Delivra Support. This means migration scoping cannot self-serve technical verification and may require Delivra's involvement to confirm field names, endpoints, and data types. We coordinate with Delivra Support early in discovery to obtain the schema before migration design begins. If Delivra Support is unresponsive, we fall back to SFTP-based bulk export, which is available without API documentation.

  • Custom Tables with many:many relationships require junction object design

    Delivra's Custom Tables support 1:1, 1:many, and many:many relationship types. Many:many relationships (contacts linked to multiple products, events, or properties without a direct foreign key in either table) have no flat representation. We extract the full relational schema including junction table definitions during scoping, then design Salesforce Custom Objects and junction objects to preserve the relationships. This design phase adds one to two weeks to the timeline and must be completed before any data export begins.

  • Workflows and automation logic do not migrate to Salesforce Flow

    Delivra workflows are built visually with triggers, conditions, and actions (email sends, field updates, lead alerts, routing). Salesforce Flow uses a different automation model with record-triggered, scheduled, and screen variants. We do not migrate workflows as code. We deliver a written inventory of every active Delivra workflow with its trigger, conditions, time delays, action sequence, and a recommended Salesforce Flow equivalent. The customer's Salesforce admin or a certified Salesforce partner rebuilds them post-migration. This is a critical handoff deliverable, not a migration omission.

  • Lead scoring re-implementation is required in Salesforce

    Delivra's built-in lead scoring (demographic points, behavioral points, and combined model) migrates as static numeric values at migration time. However, ongoing score updates require re-implementation in Salesforce. Salesforce's native Lead Scoring is a paid add-on from Professional tier. Without it, the customer's admin must build scoring logic in Salesforce Flow using entry criteria and decision elements. We document the original Delivra scoring model rules during migration but do not build the live scoring engine.

  • Delivra contact-based pricing has no Salesforce equivalent

    Delivra bills based on the number of contacts in the account. Migrating into Salesforce does not incur Delivra billing changes. However, if the customer is evaluating Delivra as a destination in the future, every imported contact counts toward the plan limit. We flag this during scoping so that the customer understands their post-migration contact allowance and plan tier implications for any future Delivra use.

Migration approach

Six steps for a successful Delivra to Salesforce Sales Cloud data migration

  1. Discovery and Delivra schema extraction

    We audit the source Delivra account across all objects including contact count, Custom Table schemas (with relationship types), active workflows, segments, campaigns, lead scoring models, email templates, and engagement volume estimates. We contact Delivra Support to obtain API technical specifications or confirm SFTP export credentials. The discovery output is a written migration scope document that identifies every object to migrate, every object to flag as a rebuild candidate, and a preliminary object mapping for Customer Table relationships.

  2. Schema design and Salesforce sandbox setup

    We design the destination schema in Salesforce. This includes provisioning Custom Objects (with __c API names matched to Delivra Custom Table names), lookup and master-detail relationships for relational tables, custom fields for lead scoring values and engagement metrics, and Record Types if multiple campaign or contact types require separate page layouts. We also configure the Lead-Contact split rule based on the customer's Delivra lifecycle stage matrix. Schema is deployed into a Salesforce Sandbox via metadata API for validation before any data moves.

  3. Sandbox migration and reconciliation

    We run a full migration into the Salesforce Sandbox using production-like data volume. The customer's RevOps or marketing operations lead reconciles record counts across all objects, spot-checks 25-50 records per object against the Delivra source, and validates that custom field values transferred correctly. Custom Table relationship integrity is verified for all three relationship types (1:1, 1:many, many:many). The customer signs off the mapping and schema before production migration begins.

  4. Owner reconciliation and User provisioning

    We extract every distinct Delivra user referenced as an owner on contacts, campaigns, and engagement records and match by email against the Salesforce destination org's User table. Any Delivra owner without a matching Salesforce User goes to a reconciliation queue. The customer's Salesforce admin provisions missing Users (and deactivates any that correspond to former employees). OwnerId references are required on most standard objects before migration can proceed.

  5. Production migration in dependency order

    We run production migration in record-dependency order: Users (validated), Accounts (created before Contacts if any Contact-to-Account relationship exists), Leads and Contacts (with the lifecycle stage split applied), Custom Objects (1:1 tables first, then 1:many, then many:many junction objects last), Campaigns and CampaignMembers, engagement history via Bulk API 2.0 (Tasks, Events, EmailMessages), lead scoring values, and email templates. Each phase emits a row-count reconciliation report before the next phase begins. For Custom Tables, we apply the denormalized foreign key strategy to preserve relational context without native many:many support.

  6. Cutover, validation, and workflow handoff

    We freeze Delivra writes during cutover, run a final delta migration of any records modified during the migration window, then enable Salesforce as the system of record. We validate engagement timestamps, Custom Table relationships, and campaign membership counts against the Delivra source. We deliver the workflow and automation inventory document to the customer's admin team. We support a one-week hypercare window where we resolve any reconciliation issues raised by the customer's team. Workflow rebuilds, Flow creation, and Salesforce Lead Scoring setup are outside standard scope and are handed off as separate work for the customer's admin or a Salesforce implementation partner.

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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Salesforce Sales Cloud

Destination

Strengths

  • Largest enterprise app ecosystem in CRM with 5,000+ AppExchange integrations covering nearly every vertical workflow.
  • Native Einstein AI delivers lead scoring, opportunity insights, and predictive forecasting without a third-party layer.
  • Advanced territory management, multi-currency, and flexible forecasting satisfy complex B2B revenue structures.
  • Deep platform extensibility: Custom Objects, Apex, Flow, and the Metadata API allow full schema customization.
  • Well-documented REST API, Bulk API, and Composite API with published rate limits for programmatic migration.

Weaknesses

  • Pricing model is layered and opaque in practice: per-seat fees plus storage overages, add-on subscriptions, and annual uplifts compound to 30–40% above sticker price.
  • Workflow Rules and Process Builder are deprecated, forcing all orgs onto Salesforce Flow — a migration task that catches many teams by surprise.
  • Steep administrative complexity: meaningful configuration requires a dedicated Salesforce admin or consultant.
  • API rate limits are edition-gated (100k/day base for Enterprise) and easily exhausted by large historical imports without throttling.
  • Data export is exportable via Data Loader but preserving relationship integrity across 30+ objects requires careful ETL sequencing.

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 Salesforce Sales Cloud.

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

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Most migrations land between four and six weeks for accounts under 20,000 Contacts with 2-3 Custom Tables and no many:many relationships. Migrations with many:many Custom Tables, large engagement histories (over 200,000 activity records), or multiple campaign archives move to ten to fourteen weeks because of junction object design, Bulk API chunking for engagement history, and segment-to-filter translation work. The Delivra Support timeline for API spec delivery can add one to two weeks to the discovery phase if documentation is not immediately available.

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