CRM migration

Migrate from eTrigue to HighLevel

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

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eTrigue

Source

HighLevel

Destination

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Compatibility

63%

5 of 8

objects map 1:1 between eTrigue and HighLevel.

Complexity

BStandard

Timeline

1-2 weeks

Rollback included Accuracy guarantee Field-level validation

Overview

What this migration involves

Moving from eTrigue DemandCenter to GoHighLevel is a migration from a campaign-centric marketing automation tool to an all-in-one CRM with built-in pipeline and automation capabilities. eTrigue organizes data around Prospects and Campaigns with no native Deal or Account object; GoHighLevel uses a standard CRM model with Contacts, Companies, and Opportunities tracked through Pipelines. We extract all data from eTrigue via CSV export (eTrigue has no public API), decode the numeric Status field codes, preserve the five-component Lead Score sub-fields as separate custom contact fields, and map campaign response activity into GoHighLevel Opportunities and contact tags. We do not migrate eTrigue workflows, landing pages, or progressive form designs; we deliver a written inventory of these for the customer's admin to rebuild in GoHighLevel's Automation and Form builders.

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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eTrigue

What's pushing teams away

  • Workflow and automation capabilities are considered limited compared to broader platforms, with one reviewer noting they switched specifically because 'workflow and automation capabilities were a bit limited compared to other software on the market.'
  • UX and UI frustrations accumulate over time — users report 'minor UX frustrations when it came to renaming or reorganizing things,' creating friction for power users managing many campaigns.
  • The platform is perceived as better suited for small to medium teams, leading larger organizations to migrate toward enterprise-grade marketing automation with richer data models.
  • Pricing is opaque and quoted per-demo, which creates uncertainty and drives some buyers toward platforms with published tier-based pricing.

Choosing

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HighLevel

What's pulling them in

  • Agencies choose HighLevel to consolidate CRM, email, SMS, scheduling, and funnels into one subscription, eliminating monthly bills for five to ten separate SaaS tools they previously stitched together.
  • The flat-rate pricing model bills per sub-account rather than per contact, so growing a contact database from 1,000 to 100,000 records does not trigger a billing surprise—a common pain point avoided by migrating customers.
  • White-label and sub-account capabilities let agencies resell HighLevel access to their own clients, turning a software cost center into a recurring revenue stream that justifies the subscription.
  • The platform ships a 14-day free trial with no credit card required, giving teams a low-friction entry point to validate fit before committing to the $97/month Starter tier.
  • Marketing agencies managing multiple client accounts use sub-accounts to maintain data isolation per client while operating under a single agency billing relationship with HighLevel.

Object mapping

How eTrigue objects map to HighLevel

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

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

eTrigue

Prospect

maps to

HighLevel

Contact

1:1
Fully supported

eTrigue Prospects map 1:1 to GoHighLevel Contacts. Standard fields (First Name, Last Name, Email, Phone, Company, Address) transfer directly. We use email as the dedupe key during import to prevent duplicate contact creation. Any Prospect records missing an email address are held in a reconciliation queue; GoHighLevel requires an email for Contact creation via its API.

eTrigue

Lead Score sub-components (5 fields)

maps to

HighLevel

Custom Fields on Contact

lossy
Fully supported

eTrigue stores Lead Score as five separate numeric properties: Campaign Score, Activity Score, Source Score, Relationship Score, and Buy Time Score. We create five custom numeric fields on the GoHighLevel Contact object (etrigue_campaign_score__c, etrigue_activity_score__c, etrigue_source_score__c, etrigue_relationship_score__c, etrigue_buy_time_score__c) and populate each from the corresponding source field. The customer decides during scoping whether to also create a composite etrigue_total_score__c field or apply their own scoring formula in GoHighLevel's Automation builder.

eTrigue

3D Lead Score

maps to

HighLevel

Custom Field on Contact

lossy
Fully supported

The 3D Lead Scoring model enriches standard scoring with content-type engagement weighting. We export the 3D score as a single composite numeric value and map it to a custom field etrigue_3d_score__c on the GoHighLevel Contact. GoHighLevel does not have a native equivalent 3D scoring model; the customer rebuilds the content-type weighting logic as an Automation using contact field triggers.

eTrigue

Status field (numeric codes)

maps to

HighLevel

Contact subscription status

lossy
Fully supported

eTrigue's Status field exports as numeric codes (1 = Active, 2 = Opt-Out, and others documented in eTrigue support). We decode these codes during data transformation before loading into GoHighLevel and map them to GoHighLevel's contact subscription status fields (subscribed = Active, unsubscribed = Opt-Out). Without this decoding step, all migrated contacts would appear as numeric status codes rather than readable subscription states.

eTrigue

Campaign Activity / Response History

maps to

HighLevel

Contact Tags + Opportunity Notes

1:1
Fully supported

eTrigue campaign response data (email opens, click-throughs, form submissions, page views) is exported from Activity History as structured rows tied to a Prospect ID and timestamp. We map this to GoHighLevel Contact Tags (e.g., tag per campaign name or response type) and create an Opportunity-level note capturing the campaign response timeline as a text block for sales visibility. GoHighLevel's native Campaigns feature can also be used if the customer chooses to configure it.

eTrigue

Partner Program data (custom Prospect fields)

maps to

HighLevel

Company or Custom Object

1:1
Fully supported

eTrigue Lead Accelerator customers store partner organization names and partner-specific attribution in custom Prospect fields rather than a native Partner object. We map these to GoHighLevel Companies (for partner-level accounts) or a Custom Object named Partner__c if the customer wants a separate partner entity with a Contact lookup relationship. Which approach is used depends on whether contacts from multiple partners need to associate to the same partner organization.

eTrigue

Custom Prospect Fields (Boolean, Text, Picklist)

maps to

HighLevel

Custom Fields on Contact

1:1
Fully supported

eTrigue supports Boolean, Text, and other custom field types defined under Settings > Prospect Settings > Prospect Fields. Boolean fields store true/false with custom value labels. We create matching GoHighLevel Contact custom fields with equivalent types and map values field-by-field. GoHighLevel custom fields must be created before data import; we handle schema creation via the GoHighLevel API before loading.

eTrigue

Tags / Content Types

maps to

HighLevel

GoHighLevel Tags

1:1
Mapping required

eTrigue Content Types classify prospect engagement with content categories. We export these as tag values and map them directly to GoHighLevel Tags on the Contact record. Tags migrate as a comma-separated list that GoHighLevel splits and assigns to each Contact during import. The customer selects which Content Types to migrate during scoping to avoid over-tagging.

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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eTrigue gotchas

High

No public API means migration relies on CSV export only

Medium

Opt-Out status encoding in Status field export

Medium

Lead Score sub-components are five separate fields, not one

Medium

Partner program data stored in custom fields, not a native object

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HighLevel gotchas

High

Sub-account architecture creates isolated data silos per client

High

Usage-based telecom and AI costs are not in the subscription price

Medium

Workflows have no native equivalent in most destination CRMs

Medium

API rate limits cap bulk migration throughput at 100 requests per 10 seconds per sub-account

Low

White-label configuration and branding assets do not export via API

Pair-specific challenges

  • eTrigue has no public API — CSV export only

    eTrigue does not publish a REST or SOAP API. All data extraction uses the built-in CSV export from the Prospects list or Scheduled Exports. Large databases require multiple export batches with pagination limits. We handle this by exporting in tranches using saved search filters, assembling the full dataset, and deduplicating across batches before loading into GoHighLevel. This adds manual overhead compared to API-based migrations and extends timeline estimates for databases over 10,000 records.

  • Status field exports numeric codes, not labels

    eTrigue's Status field exports as numeric codes rather than human-readable labels (1 = Active, 2 = Opt-Out per eTrigue support documentation). We decode these during data profiling and map them to GoHighLevel's subscribed/unsubscribed status fields before import. Skipping this step silently creates contacts with numeric status codes in GoHighLevel rather than proper subscription states, which breaks email deliverability and compliance.

  • Lead Score is five fields, not one composite

    eTrigue's Lead Score is the composite of five separate sub-scores stored as individual numeric properties on each Prospect. GoHighLevel stores a single numeric score on Contact. We export all five sub-fields and create individual custom fields rather than merging into one artifact number, preserving the scoring breakdown for the customer's admin to design the destination scoring model. If the customer used a custom weighting formula to compute a total, that formula must be rebuilt in GoHighLevel's Automation builder.

  • GoHighLevel Custom Object unique field constraints

    GoHighLevel Custom Objects support unique fields that enforce value uniqueness across all records of that object. If the customer is migrating a Partner or Location object from eTrigue (where partner data lives in custom fields), we flag whether the destination Custom Object requires unique enforcement on the partner identifier field. Migrations that attempt to load duplicate partner identifiers into a unique-enforced Custom Object field will be rejected by the GoHighLevel API with a 400 error and must be corrected before retry.

  • eTrigue workflows and landing pages do not migrate

    eTrigue's drag-and-drop campaign workflows, progressive form designs, and landing pages are campaign-centric constructs that have no structural equivalent in GoHighLevel's Automation and Form builders. We do not migrate them as code. We deliver a written inventory of every active eTrigue campaign workflow and landing page with its trigger conditions, steps, and recommended GoHighLevel Automation equivalent. The customer's admin rebuilds these in GoHighLevel's Automation builder post-migration.

Migration approach

Six steps for a successful eTrigue to HighLevel data migration

  1. Discovery and data export planning

    We audit the eTrigue portal for prospect volume, active custom fields, saved searches, scheduled exports, Lead Accelerator usage, and 3D Lead Scoring configuration. We identify which Prospect properties are actively used versus default or deprecated fields to avoid migrating unused data. We also confirm whether partner program data lives in custom fields or separate objects. The output is a written data map specifying which eTrigue fields map to which GoHighLevel Contact fields and custom fields, plus a CSV export schedule.

  2. GoHighLevel schema pre-creation

    We create the destination schema in GoHighLevel before any data loads: custom numeric fields for the five Lead Score sub-components, the 3D Score field, and any custom fields derived from eTrigue's custom Prospect field definitions. If the customer uses a Partner__c Custom Object, we create it with the required field set and any unique constraints flagged during scoping. We verify the custom fields appear correctly on the GoHighLevel Contact layout before exporting any data from eTrigue.

  3. CSV extraction and data profiling

    We extract all Prospects via eTrigue's built-in CSV export, using saved search filters to scope batches by date range, campaign, or status. For large databases, we export in tranches and assemble the full dataset. During data profiling, we decode the numeric Status field codes, flag Prospects without email addresses, and identify any custom field encoding issues (Boolean true/false labels, date format inconsistencies). We produce a data quality report before transformation begins.

  4. Data transformation and lead score preservation

    We transform the exported CSV into the GoHighLevel Contact API payload format, mapping each eTrigue field to its GoHighLevel equivalent. The five Lead Score sub-components write to their respective custom numeric fields. Status codes decode to GoHighLevel subscription status values. Partner organization data splits into either a Company lookup or a Partner__c Custom Object reference depending on the scoping decision. Tags from Content Types write as a comma-separated tag string for GoHighLevel to parse during import.

  5. API import into GoHighLevel

    We load Contacts into GoHighLevel via the REST API using batch processing with rate-limit handling. For databases over 5,000 records, we chunk the import into batches of 200-500 records per request with exponential backoff on 429 responses. We use email as the dedupe key to prevent duplicate contact creation. After each batch, we reconcile row counts against the source CSV. If Partner__c Custom Objects are in scope, we load those first, then resolve the reference ID on each Contact during the Contact import phase.

  6. Cutover, validation, and workflow rebuild handoff

    We freeze writes in eTrigue during cutover, run a final delta export of any records modified during the migration window, and load the delta into GoHighLevel. We validate a random sample of 30-50 migrated Contacts against the source eTrigue records for field-level accuracy. We deliver the campaign workflow and landing page inventory document to the customer's admin team for rebuild in GoHighLevel's Automation and Form builders. We do not rebuild workflows or forms as standard scope.

Platform deep dives

Context on both ends of the pair

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eTrigue

Source

Strengths

  • Drag-and-drop campaign builder reduces onboarding time for non-technical marketing users.
  • Lead scoring model is multi-dimensional (5-component composite) and praised for accuracy in G2 reviews.
  • Built-in progressive forms capture prospect data contextually within campaigns.
  • Support responsiveness is a documented strength — callbacks within an hour for complex setups.
  • Partner marketing specialization with Lead Accelerator is a differentiator for channel-focused organizations.

Weaknesses

  • Limited workflow and automation capabilities compared to broader marketing automation platforms.
  • No publicly documented API — all data extraction relies on the built-in CSV export tool, which constrains migration speed.
  • Platform is perceived as scaling poorly beyond small to medium team sizes.
  • Pricing is opaque (per-demo quote model) with no published tier-based pricing, complicating budget planning.
  • UX frustrations with renaming and reorganizing objects accumulate for power users managing many campaigns.
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HighLevel

Destination

Strengths

  • Consolidates CRM, marketing automation, email, SMS, scheduling, and funnels into one platform at a predictable flat monthly rate.
  • Supports unlimited contacts and unlimited users on all paid tiers, removing per-record billing anxiety as databases grow.
  • Offers white-label and sub-account capabilities that let agencies resell access and manage multiple client environments under one billing relationship.
  • Includes built-in review management, reputation monitoring, and AI agents as native features rather than third-party add-ons.
  • Exports Contacts and Companies via a scalable async bulk CSV system that handles multi-million-row datasets without blocking the UI.

Weaknesses

  • The breadth of features creates a steep learning curve; advanced automations and Workflow configuration require significant time investment that smaller teams may not recover.
  • The platform charges usage-based fees for telecommunications and AI features that are not included in the base subscription, leading to bill surprises.
  • Recurring user reports on Reddit and G2 describe bugs, errors, and slow support response times that disrupt live marketing and sales operations.
  • Sub-account architecture, while powerful for agencies, adds migration complexity when identifying which client data lives in which isolated environment.
  • The platform is designed for agencies and SMBs; larger enterprises requiring deep reporting, custom objects at scale, or complex role-based access may outgrow its capabilities.

Complexity grading

How hard is this migration?

Standard CRM migration. 2 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 eTrigue and HighLevel.

  • Object compatibility

    B

    2 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

    eTrigue: Not publicly documented.

  • Data volume sensitivity

    B

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

Estimator

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Migrations under 5,000 Prospects with fewer than 15 custom fields typically complete in one to two weeks. Migrations with Partner program custom fields (Lead Accelerator), 3D Lead Scoring data, large activity histories, or databases over 10,000 records requiring multi-batch CSV extraction extend to three to five weeks. The lack of a public API on eTrigue's side is the primary timeline variable; API-based imports into GoHighLevel are fast once the exported dataset is assembled.

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