CRM migration

Migrate from Entrata to HubSpot

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

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Entrata

Source

HubSpot

Destination

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Compatibility

92%

11 of 12

objects map 1:1 between Entrata and HubSpot.

Complexity

BStandard

Timeline

72–96 hours

Rollback included Accuracy guarantee Field-level validation

Overview

What this migration involves

Entrata and HubSpot serve fundamentally different operational models — Entrata manages the full lifecycle of residential and commercial properties (units, leases, residents, maintenance, vendors), while HubSpot organizes data around contacts, companies, deals, and service tickets. This migration translates Entrata's property-centric schema into HubSpot's contact-and-company model. FlitStack AI extracts Entrata data via their API (which requires a signed partnership agreement) and maps core entities: residents become HubSpot contacts, properties and communities become HubSpot companies, active leases map to deals or line items, and open maintenance requests become HubSpot service tickets. Custom fields for unit numbers, lease terms, security deposit amounts, and property addresses require HubSpot custom properties to be created before migration. What does not migrate: Entrata's accounting ledger entries (rent rolls, payments, charges) live outside HubSpot's data model and are preserved as CSV exports for reference. Vendor records can map to HubSpot companies with a vendor-type label. The migration uses a scoped-read API connection so your Entrata team continues working during the cutover, with a delta-pickup window capturing any records modified between the snapshot and go-live.

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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Entrata

What's pushing teams away

  • Slow page load times and frequent glitches disrupt daily workflows, especially during high-traffic periods.
  • The reporting module is cumbersome and inconsistent — report updates from Entrata sometimes replace useful formats with inferior ones.
  • Customer support lacks responsiveness; users report difficulty getting timely help for bugs and configuration issues.
  • Feature bloat creates a cluttered interface where finding specific tools requires extra navigation effort.
  • API integrations lack reliable support with limited responsiveness and little advance notice of API changes.

Choosing

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HubSpot

What's pulling them in

  • Lowest barrier to entry of any major CRM — the free tier with unlimited contacts lets teams validate fit before committing to a paid plan, according to G2 and Capterra reviewers.
  • Native integration between the CRM and sales engagement tools (sequences, email tracking, dialer) means no separate sync configuration, a theme across G2 Sales Hub reviews.
  • Pipeline visualization, deal tracking, and automated workflows are consistently praised as intuitive and easy to set up without developer involvement.
  • Strong onboarding for new team members — reviewers on Capterra and G2 highlight how quickly new reps become productive without formal training.
  • The HubSpot platform ecosystem (Marketing, Sales, Service, CMS hubs) allows growing companies to consolidate tools without building new integrations.

Object mapping

How Entrata objects map to HubSpot

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

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

Entrata

Resident (current tenant)

maps to

HubSpot

Contact

1:1
Fully supported

Entrata residents map directly to HubSpot contacts — first name, last name, email, phone, and address fields translate 1:1. Resident status (current vs. former) is preserved via a Lifecycle_Stage__c custom field and the lease-end date stored on the associated deal record.

Entrata

Lease

maps to

HubSpot

Deal + Line Item

many:1
Fully supported

Entrata leases carry rent amount, security deposit, lease term dates, and unit assignment. These split across a HubSpot deal (for the unit and term) and a line item (for monthly rent and deposit amounts). The deal associates to the contact and the company (property) record for full relationship visibility.

Entrata

Property / Community

maps to

HubSpot

Company

1:1
Fully supported

Each Entrata property or community becomes a HubSpot company record. Property name maps to company name; address, city, state, and zip map to standard address fields. We create HubSpot company properties for building-specific data (year built, total units, property type) that do not map to native HubSpot company fields.

Entrata

Unit

maps to

HubSpot

Custom Object: Unit

1:1
Fully supported

HubSpot has no native unit object. We create a HubSpot custom object (available on Enterprise plans) named 'Unit' with properties for unit number, floor plan, bedrooms, bathrooms, square footage, and monthly rent. Each unit record links to the parent property (Company) via a lookup relationship.

Entrata

Prospect / Lead

maps to

HubSpot

Contact (Lead lifecycle)

1:1
Fully supported

Entrata leasing prospects map to HubSpot contacts with lifecycle stage set to 'lead' or 'marketing qualified lead' based on Entrata's prospect status field. Move-in date and desired unit type migrate as custom properties so sales teams can prioritize follow-up based on intended lease start.

Entrata

Maintenance Request / Work Order

maps to

HubSpot

Ticket

1:1
Fully supported

Entrata work orders map to HubSpot service tickets. The ticket subject carries the unit number and issue type; description captures the work order details. Priority maps to ticket priority (low/medium/high/urgent). Open work orders import as open tickets; completed ones import as closed tickets with resolution notes.

Entrata

Vendor

maps to

HubSpot

Company (labeled)

1:1
Fully supported

Entrata vendors become HubSpot company records with a Vendor_Type__c custom pick-list (HVAC, Plumbing, Electrical, Landscaping, etc.) and insurance expiration date stored as a custom property. The vendor's contact person maps as a secondary contact on the company record if present in Entrata.

Entrata

Payment / Rent Transaction

maps to

HubSpot

CSV Export (no HubSpot equivalent)

1:1
Fully supported

HubSpot does not store financial transactions. Rent payments, charges, and ledger entries from Entrata are exported to a structured CSV with resident name, unit, date, amount, and payment method. The file is delivered for import into your accounting system or for reference in financial reconciliation.

Entrata

Entrata User / Staff

maps to

HubSpot

User (matched by email)

1:1
Fully supported

Entrata staff members with email addresses are matched to HubSpot users by email. Unmatched staff (e.g., former employees no longer active in Entrata) are flagged — their records are assigned to a fallback HubSpot owner so data lands without orphaned owner references.

Entrata

Pet Record

maps to

HubSpot

Custom Property on Contact

1:1
Fully supported

Pet information attached to a resident in Entrata (pet type, breed, weight, vaccination records) migrates to a Pet_Information__c custom property on the HubSpot contact. If multiple pets exist, they are stored as a comma-separated text block or as multiple custom property instances based on your preference.

Entrata

Entrata Note / Document

maps to

HubSpot

Engagement Note / File Attachment

1:1
Fully supported

Notes attached to residents, leases, or units in Entrata become HubSpot engagement notes on the corresponding contact or company record. Documents (lease agreements, addenda) upload to HubSpot Files and attach to the deal or contact record so they remain accessible at the point of use.

Entrata

Owner / Property Manager (company-level)

maps to

HubSpot

Company Owner field or secondary Contact

1:1
Fully supported

Entrata stores an owner or property manager association at the property level. This maps to a Owner_Name__c custom property on the HubSpot company record. If the owner is an individual, they also become a HubSpot contact with a property-manager role label for clear association.

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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Entrata gotchas

High

API access requires signed partnership agreement

High

Automation workflows do not export

Medium

Document storage requires coordinated file extraction

Medium

Reporting module inconsistencies after updates

Low

Separate mobile apps split functionality

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HubSpot gotchas

High

Marketing Contacts billing model is migration-critical

High

Feature tier gating is not visible until onboarding

Medium

Mandatory onboarding fees inflate year-one cost

Medium

HubSpot CSV importer cannot migrate engagements or attachments

Medium

Custom objects require Enterprise and a pre-existing schema

Pair-specific challenges

  • HubSpot has no native lease object — leases must split across deals and line items

    Entrata stores leases as first-class records with rent amounts, deposits, term lengths, and unit assignments. HubSpot has no lease object — a single lease must split across a deal record (for the unit association and term dates) and one or more line items (for monthly rent and security deposit amounts). This means deal-stage logic in HubSpot represents lease status (renewal, expired, terminated) rather than a traditional sales pipeline. Teams that rely on Entrata's lease ledger view will not find an equivalent in HubSpot — rent-roll data and payment history are outside HubSpot's scope and migrate as CSV exports only.

  • HubSpot's free and Starter plans do not include custom objects — units require Enterprise

    The Unit custom object in HubSpot (needed to represent apartments and their attributes: bedrooms, bathrooms, market rent, unit status) is only available on HubSpot Enterprise plans. If your HubSpot account is on Starter or Professional, we create a HubSpot custom property on the Company record called 'units__c' and store unit data as a JSON block or comma-separated values. This is functional but less queryable than a proper custom object. We surface this constraint during the planning phase so you can decide whether to upgrade before migration.

  • Entrata API access requires a formal partnership agreement before FlitStack can connect

    Unlike standard SaaS platforms with public APIs, Entrata requires companies to sign a partnership agreement before API access is granted. The partnership agreement has its own review and approval process that sits outside the migration timeline. If your organization does not already have API access, you must request it from Entrata before we can begin data extraction. We can run the migration using manual CSV exports from Entrata if API access is not available, but this extends the data-preparation phase and may require additional data-cleaning steps.

  • HubSpot counts contacts for billing — Entrata residents migrating in may trigger marketing contact limits

    HubSpot's marketing-contact billing model distinguishes between contacts and marketing contacts. If you are migrating all residents (including past tenants) into HubSpot and you plan to run marketing emails through HubSpot, the entire resident list counts toward your marketing-contact limit. Entrata's resident database may be significantly larger than your active marketing list. We flag the resident count before migration and recommend a data-scoping decision: migrate active residents and prospects only, or migrate all residents with a separate 'do not market' lifecycle stage applied to inactive records.

  • Entrata nested building hierarchies require flattening for HubSpot's flat company model

    Large Entrata portfolios often use nested structures (portfolio → region → property → building → unit). HubSpot companies have a single-level parent-company hierarchy — you can link a child company to a parent company but there is no built-in way to model multi-level regional groupings natively. We flatten this to two levels: region/portfolio becomes a parent company, properties become child companies. Buildings below the property level either merge into the property company record or become unit records on a custom object. We document the chosen flattening strategy in the migration plan before the full run.

Migration approach

Six steps for a successful Entrata to HubSpot data migration

  1. Confirm Entrata API access and map your property hierarchy

    FlitStack validates your Entrata API access (partnership agreement required) and documents your property portfolio structure — total properties, units per property, active residents, open leases, pending maintenance requests, and vendor records. We produce a migration scope document listing the exact record counts per object and any custom fields in use. This scope document becomes the baseline for timeline and pricing confirmation.

  2. Create HubSpot custom objects, properties, and company hierarchy

    Before data moves, your HubSpot admin or our team configures the destination schema. This includes creating the custom object 'Unit' (HubSpot Enterprise plans only), defining all required custom properties on contacts and companies, and establishing the property and region hierarchy within HubSpot. We deliver a comprehensive HubSpot setup checklist derived from your Entrata data audit, listing every property to create, field to add, and association to build so the destination environment is fully prepared before the first validation run executes.

  3. Resolve owners and flag unmapped staff

    Entrata staff members are matched to HubSpot users by email address using a deterministic lookup. Any staff records without a corresponding HubSpot login are flagged as unmapped and assigned to a designated fallback owner during migration. Your team reviews this unmapped staff list and decides whether to provision new HubSpot user accounts before migration or accept the fallback owner assignment. This owner-resolution step ensures that no migrated record lands in HubSpot without an assigned owner reference, maintaining data integrity and accountability across all migrated entities.

  4. Run a sample migration with field-level diff

    A representative data slice — typically 100 to 300 records covering residents, leases, properties, units, maintenance requests, and vendors — migrates first as a validation run. We generate a detailed field-level diff report comparing source values from Entrata to destination field assignments in HubSpot, allowing you to verify that unit-to-deal mapping is correct, lifecycle stage routing matches expectations, vendor-type custom properties are populated accurately, and ticket priority values align with Entrata priority levels. This sample validation phase catches mapping errors before the full migration run commits any records.

  5. Execute full migration with delta-pickup window

    The full migration runs against your HubSpot account. A delta-pickup window of 24 to 48 hours captures any records created or modified in Entrata during the cutover period, ensuring HubSpot reflects Entrata's final state at go-live. Accounting ledger exports as CSV files are delivered alongside the migration for import into your accounting system. The audit log captures every operation performed, and one-click rollback remains available if reconciliation identifies data integrity issues requiring reversal.

Platform deep dives

Context on both ends of the pair

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Entrata

Source

Strengths

  • Single-login PaaS unifies leasing, maintenance, payments, and accounting without multiple platform subscriptions.
  • Built-in automation for lease renewals, move-out notices, and rent charge workflows reduces manual follow-up.
  • Enterprise accounting with transaction history, chart of accounts, and bank reconciliation handles complex portfolio reporting.
  • Vendor management with NetVendor compliance and insurance tracking centralizes procurement across properties.
  • Mobile facilities app supports on-site maintenance staff with work order creation and tracking.

Weaknesses

  • No published pricing forces buyers into sales conversations with limited cost visibility before commitment.
  • Feature density creates a cluttered interface where navigation requires extra clicks to locate specific tools.
  • API access requires a formal partnership agreement, gating programmatic data extraction behind a vendor relationship.
  • Separate mobile apps for facilities and leasing fragment the mobile experience and limit functionality on each.
  • Customer support responsiveness is inconsistent, with users reporting slow response times for bugs and configuration questions.
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HubSpot

Destination

Strengths

  • Genuinely useful free CRM tier with no seat limit on contact records.
  • All-in-one sales engagement layer (sequences, email tracking, calling, dialer) embedded natively in the CRM, eliminating a separate integration.
  • Intuitive interface and fast onboarding for individual reps, per G2 and Capterra reviews.
  • Workflow automation triggers across contacts, deals, and tickets with a visual builder.
  • API coverage for all standard objects including custom objects at Enterprise tier.

Weaknesses

  • Pricing model is contact-based at the marketing layer — importing all records as marketing contacts can multiply the monthly bill by 4×.
  • Feature tier cliffs are frequent surprises: sequences, calling, advanced reporting, and quoting are all gated, often requiring plan upgrades mid-implementation.
  • Mandatory onboarding fees at Professional ($1,500) and Enterprise ($3,500) are not prominently disclosed on the pricing page.
  • API rate limits are restrictive for bulk migration — burst limits of 100-200 req/10sec and search endpoint limits of 4 req/sec require careful job queuing.
  • Custom objects, additional pipelines, and advanced forecasting are Enterprise-only, making cost projections difficult for growing teams.

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 Entrata and HubSpot.

  • 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

    Entrata: Not publicly documented.

  • Data volume sensitivity

    B

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

Estimator

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Most Entrata-to-HubSpot migrations complete in 72–96 hours for under 25,000 records when API access is already established. Larger portfolios with 100,000+ resident records, multiple custom objects, and complex unit hierarchies extend to 5–10 business days. The Entrata partnership agreement process for API access adds 1–3 weeks before data extraction can begin. A sample migration run typically takes 2–4 hours; the full delta-pickup window adds another 24–48 hours.

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