CRM migration

Migrate from Entrata to Twenty CRM

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

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Entrata

Source

Twenty CRM

Destination

Twenty CRM logo

Compatibility

83%

10 of 12

objects map 1:1 between Entrata and Twenty CRM.

Complexity

BStandard

Timeline

48–72 hours

Rollback included Accuracy guarantee Field-level validation

Overview

What this migration involves

Entrata is a property management PaaS built around Properties, Units, Tenants, Leases, and Work Orders. Twenty CRM is a general-purpose CRM built around People, Companies, Opportunities, Notes, and Tasks. The migration does not move a like-for-like schema — it translates a property-management domain into a CRM domain, which means some concepts (Units, Lease terms, Rent schedules) land as custom fields on Twenty records rather than native objects. FlitStack AI extracts data via the Entrata API (requires a signed API agreement), transforms property records into CRM-shaped records, and loads them through Twenty's GraphQL batch-import endpoint. Tenant and Prospect records become People linked to Property records as Companies. Lease agreements with active status become Opportunities; the deal amount maps to the lease value. Work Orders migrate as Tasks attached to the relevant Property-Company record. Entrata automations (lease-renewal reminders, payment alerts, work-order routing) have no equivalent in Twenty and must be rebuilt using Twenty's limited workflow builder or an external automation tool. The migration preserves original create dates, owner emails, and association links. A delta-pickup window captures any records created or modified during the cutover window before final reconciliation.

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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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 Entrata objects map to Twenty CRM

Each row shows how a Entrata 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.

Entrata

Property

maps to

Twenty CRM

Company

1:1
Fully supported

Each Entrata Property becomes a Twenty Company. Property name maps to Company.name. Address, unit count, and property type migrate as custom fields on the Company record. Active Work Orders and open Leases attach to this Company as Tasks and Opportunities respectively.

Entrata

Tenant / Resident

maps to

Twenty CRM

Person

1:1
Fully supported

Entrata Tenants and Residents become Twenty People. The primary Property-Company record links via companyId on the Person. Tenant contact fields (email, phone, move-in date) map to Person fields or custom fields. Former tenants with churned leases retain their Person record with lease-end captured.

Entrata

Prospect / Lead

maps to

Twenty CRM

Person

1:1
Fully supported

Prospective tenants in Entrata's pipeline migrate as Twenty People with a lead status custom field. The source property they inquired about attaches as the primary companyId. Inquiry date and source channel migrate as custom fields for segmentation and lead-age analysis. This preserves the prospect pipeline for follow-up in Twenty after migration.

Entrata

Lease

maps to

Twenty CRM

Opportunity

1:1
Fully supported

Active leases map to Twenty Opportunities keyed to the Property-Company. Lease value (monthly rent × lease term) becomes the Opportunity.amount. Lease status (Active, Expired, Month-to-Month) maps to Opportunity.stage via a value-mapping table. Lease start and end dates become custom date fields; the Opportunity close date reflects lease end.

Entrata

Unit

maps to

Twenty CRM

Custom field on Company

many:1
Fully supported

Individual Unit records (unit number, bedrooms, bathrooms, sq footage, market rent) are aggregated and stored as a custom Units__c field (JSON array or linked custom object) on the Property-Company record. Unit availability status is preserved for reporting. If the portfolio exceeds 500 units, Units may warrant a separate custom object linked to Company.

Entrata

Work Order

maps to

Twenty CRM

Task

1:1
Fully supported

Entrata Work Orders migrate as Twenty Tasks attached to the Property-Company record. Subject carries the work-order title, body carries description and resolution notes. Priority, category, and vendor assignment migrate as custom fields. Original creation timestamp and assigned technician preserved. Closed tasks retain full history.

Entrata

Vendor

maps to

Twenty CRM

Company

1:1
Fully supported

Entrata Vendors become Twenty Companies with a vendor-type custom field to distinguish them from Property records. Vendor contact name, email, and phone map to the standard Company contact fields. Service category (HVAC, plumbing, electrical) migrates as an industry__c custom field for filtering.

Entrata

Owner / User

maps to

Twenty CRM

WorkspaceMember

1:1
Fully supported

Entrata user accounts are matched to Twenty WorkspaceMembers by email address. User roles (Property Manager, Leasing Agent, Maintenance Tech) map to Twenty permission groups. If a user email has no match in Twenty, the records assign to a default owner flagged for manual reassignment.

Entrata

Rent Payment / Ledger Entry

maps to

Twenty CRM

Custom fields on Opportunity

many:1
Fully supported

Rent payment history and ledger entries do not map to a native Twenty object. We store the most recent payment date, outstanding balance, and payment status as custom fields on the Lease-Opportunity record. Full payment history is exported as a CSV attachment for reference but does not create individual records.

Entrata

Document / Attachment

maps to

Twenty CRM

Files on Company/Person/Opportunity

1:1
Fully supported

Lease agreements, tenant documents, and work-order attachments are re-uploaded to Twenty's file storage and linked to the corresponding Company (Property), Person (Tenant), or Opportunity (Lease) record. File size limits and format compatibility are checked before upload to prevent migration failures.

Entrata

Inspection / Survey

maps to

Twenty CRM

Note

1:1
Fully supported

Property inspection records migrate as Twenty Notes attached to the Property-Company. Inspection date, inspector name, and overall condition score migrate as custom fields on the Note. Detailed line-item inspection results are stored in the Note body for reference and future audit purposes.

Entrata

Marketing Campaign / Listing

maps to

Twenty CRM

Custom field on Person/Opportunity

1:1
Fully supported

Entrata listing sources and marketing campaign attribution do not have a direct Twenty equivalent. We preserve the listing source (website, referral, walk-in) as a custom source__c picklist field on the Person record. Campaign-specific UTM data is stored as text fields for post-migration analytics.

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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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

  • Entrata's property domain does not map to a native Twenty CRM object

    Twenty CRM is built for People, Companies, and Opportunities. Entrata's core entities — Property, Unit, Lease, Work Order — have no native counterparts. FlitStack AI translates each entity into CRM equivalents: Property becomes Company, Tenant becomes Person, Lease becomes Opportunity, Work Order becomes Task. However, Unit-level granularity (individual apartment numbers, floor plans, rentrollable vs. non-rentrollable status) and lease-specific fields (deposit amounts, pet fees, concession terms) land as custom fields on Twenty records. Before migration, you must confirm which custom fields to create in Twenty's Settings → Data Model so they exist before data lands.

  • Twenty's workflow automation is intentionally limited compared to Entrata

    Entrata's Property Operations Suite includes workflow automation for lease renewals, rent reminders, work-order routing, and move-in/move-out checklists. Twenty's workflow builder is described as Limited on the Pro plan — it handles basic field updates and notifications but does not replicate the event-driven automation Entrata users depend on. All Entrata automations must be rebuilt manually in Twenty or handled by an external automation tool (Make, n8n, Zapier) post-migration. We export your Entrata automation definitions as a rebuild reference, but the rebuild itself is outside the data migration scope.

  • Entrata API access requires a separate commercial agreement before migration can begin

    Unlike standard REST APIs, the Entrata API is not self-service — your organization must sign a separate commercial agreement with Entrata to obtain API credentials. Without this agreement, FlitStack AI cannot extract data programmatically and must rely on CSV exports, which limits the fields available and the ability to preserve relational links. We recommend initiating the API agreement request immediately after scoping, as approval timelines vary. If API access is not obtained before migration day, we fall back to CSV export with a reduced field set and manual relationship reconstruction.

  • Rent payment history and ledger entries do not create native Twenty records

    Twenty has no native accounting or payment object. Monthly rent rolls, outstanding balances, and payment history from Entrata's ledger cannot map to a Twenty native object. FlitStack AI captures the most recent payment date, outstanding balance, and overall account status as custom fields on the Lease-Opportunity record. The full payment history is exported as a reference CSV linked to the Opportunity. For teams that need payment tracking in Twenty, this requires a separate integration with an accounting tool or custom object setup.

  • Tenant-to-Property N:N relationships collapse to a primary Company link

    Entrata allows a single Tenant to be associated with multiple Properties (e.g., a tenant with units in two buildings). Twenty's Person record has a single companyId field — a one-to-many relationship where each Person has one primary Company. Secondary property associations are stored as a custom field (secondary_property_ids__c) on the Person record. Before migration, you specify which property is primary for each tenant; secondary associations are preserved as a comma-separated ID list for manual resolution in Twenty.

Migration approach

Six steps for a successful Entrata to Twenty CRM data migration

  1. Obtain Entrata API access and audit source data

    We initiate the Entrata API agreement on your behalf and begin the data audit. We enumerate all Property, Tenant, Prospect, Lease, Work Order, and Vendor records; count volumes by entity type; and inventory custom fields in use. The audit output is a schema-diff document showing which Entrata fields have direct Twenty equivalents, which require custom fields, and which have no CRM counterpart. This document drives the Twenty schema setup in the next step.

  2. Design and create Twenty custom fields

    Based on the schema-diff, your Twenty admin (or our team) creates all required custom fields in Settings → Data Model before any data loads. This includes unit_count__c, lease_status__c, work_order_priority__c, monthly_rent__c, and others identified in the audit. Custom objects are created for any entity that cannot fit within the standard objects (e.g., a Unit custom object if your portfolio exceeds 500 units). Fields must exist before the CSV import step — Twenty's import creates records, not fields.

  3. Resolve owners and invite Twenty users

    Entrata user accounts are matched to Twenty WorkspaceMembers by email. We run a pre-flight match report: any Entrata user email that does not correspond to an invited Twenty user is flagged. Your team must invite those users to Twenty before migration day so owner resolution works on the first pass. Records belonging to unmatched users are assigned to a fallback owner and flagged for reassignment after go-live.

  4. Run sample migration with field-level diff

    We extract a representative slice from Entrata — typically 100–500 records spanning Properties, Tenants, Leases, and Work Orders — and load it into Twenty via the GraphQL batch-import endpoint. The field-level diff report compares source values against Twenty records, letting you verify lease-stage mapping, property-address accuracy, work-order priority mapping, and owner resolution before committing to the full migration run. This validation step catches mapping errors early and reduces risk on the production migration day.

  5. Execute full migration with delta-pickup cutover

    The full dataset migrates in dependency order: Companies first (Properties and Vendors), then People (Tenants and Prospects), then Opportunities (Leases), then Tasks (Work Orders), then Notes and Files. A delta-pickup window of 24–48 hours after the main run captures any records created or modified in Entrata during cutover. All operations are logged in an audit trail. One-click rollback reverts the Twenty workspace to its pre-migration state if reconciliation fails.

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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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 Entrata 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

    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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FAQ

Frequently asked questions about Entrata to Twenty CRM data migrations

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Most Entrata-to-Twenty migrations complete in 48–72 hours of clock time for portfolios under 50,000 total records. Larger portfolios exceeding 200 properties or 100,000 records extend to 5–10 days. The longest planning step is obtaining the Entrata API agreement and designing Twenty's custom field schema — these run in parallel with scoping and can take 1–2 weeks before migration day. During this preparation phase, data validation rules and relationship mappings are tested to ensure accuracy.

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