CRM migration
Field-level mapping, validation, and rollback between Grow CRM and Twenty CRM. We move data and schema; workflows are rebuilt natively in Twenty CRM.
Grow CRM
Source
Twenty CRM
Destination
Compatibility
10 of 12
objects map 1:1 between Grow CRM and Twenty CRM.
Complexity
BStandard
Timeline
2-4 weeks
Overview
Moving from Grow CRM to Twenty CRM is a migration from a CodeCanyon-purchased, self-hosted all-in-one platform to a modern open-source CRM with a developer-first API. The primary technical constraint is Grow CRM's absence of a public REST API: all data extraction relies on the built-in CSV export function or direct database queries against the customer's self-hosted instance, which we request during scoping. We separate Grow CRM's pipeline data (Contacts, Companies, Leads, Opportunities) from its project and task management data to prevent orphans, reconstruct Grow CRM custom field definitions manually, and import into Twenty's standard objects (People, Company, Opportunity, Task, Note) plus any custom objects the customer has configured. Client portal access credentials cannot migrate; we flag all affected contacts in the scoping report so the customer can run a bulk re-invite in Twenty post-migration. Views, workflows, automations, and reports do not migrate as code; we deliver a written inventory for the customer's admin to rebuild in Twenty.
Every standard and custom field arrives verified.
AI proposes the map; you confirm before any record moves.
Parent–child, lookups, and ownership stay linked.
Calls, emails, meetings — with original timestamps.
Documents, uploads, and inline notes move with the record.
Why teams make this switch
Leaving
What's pushing teams away
Choosing
What's pulling them in
Object mapping
Each row shows how a Grow CRM 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.
Grow CRM
Contact
Twenty CRM
People
1:1Grow CRM Contact records map to Twenty People. Standard fields (name, email, phone, address, tags) migrate directly. The contact-to-company relationship resolves via the foreign key at import time: we create Companies first, then map the contact's company reference to the matching Twenty Company record ID. Grow CRM's custom contact fields require pre-creation in Twenty's Settings → Data Model before the CSV import; we extract field definitions from Grow CRM during scoping and document them as a schema specification.
Grow CRM
Company
Twenty CRM
Company
1:1Grow CRM Company records map directly to Twenty Company. Business details (name, domain, industry, address, phone) migrate cleanly. Companies are imported before People so that the relationship lookup is satisfied at the moment of People insert. The domain field becomes the Company Website in Twenty and is used as the dedupe key.
Grow CRM
Lead
Twenty CRM
People or Opportunity (optional Lead via Custom Object)
lossyGrow CRM's Lead object (separate from Opportunities) maps to Twenty People if the customer treats unqualified prospects as contact records. If the customer prefers a separate Lead concept, we create a custom object called Lead in Twenty during schema setup and import Grow CRM Leads into that object. Lead status, source, and owner assignment fields are preserved. The customer chooses the Lead strategy during scoping based on their sales process.
Grow CRM
Opportunity
Twenty CRM
Opportunity
1:1Grow CRM Opportunities map to Twenty Opportunities with deal value, stage, expected close date, and owner preserved. Pipeline stages migrate explicitly: we configure the destination Opportunity pipeline with matching stage names before import. Stage probability percentages map to the stage definition in Twenty's pipeline settings. Closed-Lost and Closed-Won reason fields from Grow CRM custom properties become custom Opportunity fields in Twenty.
Grow CRM
Task
Twenty CRM
Task
1:1Grow CRM Tasks map to Twenty Tasks with assignment, due date, status, and description preserved. Grow CRM's custom fields on Tasks are a known migration constraint: custom field definitions are not included in the standard CSV export. We extract field definitions (name, type, options) from the Grow CRM UI or database during scoping, document them as a schema specification, and pre-create matching fields in Twenty's Settings → Data Model before the data import begins. Without this step, custom Task data cannot be imported.
Grow CRM
Invoice
Twenty CRM
Custom Object (Invoice)
1:1Grow CRM Invoices do not have a direct Twenty CRM standard object equivalent. We create a custom object called Invoice in Twenty with fields for invoice number, line items, total, tax, status, and a lookup to the related People record. Historical paid invoices migrate as closed records; open invoices migrate with their current status and remaining balance. Stripe and PayPal payment history from Grow CRM migrates as a related record under the Invoice custom object or as a Note attached to the People record.
Grow CRM
Estimate
Twenty CRM
Custom Object (Estimate) or Note
1:1Grow CRM Estimates (quotes or proposals) migrate as a custom object called Estimate in Twenty if the customer has active or historical estimates to preserve. Fields include line items, totals, validity dates, and status. Accepted estimates can be converted to Invoice custom object records post-migration if the customer adopts the invoice workflow. Deprecated or draft estimates with no business value are excluded during scoping.
Grow CRM
Help Desk Ticket
Twenty CRM
Case (if Service Cloud equivalent) or Note
1:1Grow CRM Help Desk Tickets migrate to Twenty as Case records if the customer has an active support workflow to preserve, or as Note records attached to the relevant People record if the ticket history is informational only. Ticket status, priority, assignee, and conversation history migrate. Conversation threads export as plain text from Grow CRM and preserve as a Note body in Twenty. If the customer requires a full case management workflow, we create a Case object configuration in Twenty before migration.
Grow CRM
User (team member)
Twenty CRM
Workspace Member
1:1Grow CRM team member accounts map to Twenty workspace members by email. The customer's admin provisions Twenty workspace invitations before migration begins so that Owner assignments on Opportunities and Tasks can resolve correctly. Grow CRM role definitions are not structurally exportable; we extract the user list and their assigned roles during scoping and document them as a written role configuration plan for the admin to implement in Twenty's workspace settings.
Grow CRM
Tag
Twenty CRM
Tag
1:1Tags from Grow CRM Contacts, Companies, and Opportunities normalize to Twenty's tag taxonomy during import. Tags stored as comma-separated values in Grow CRM's CSV export are split and recreated as individual tag records in Twenty. We validate tag uniqueness and remove duplicates during the transform step.
Grow CRM
Custom Fields (Clients, Tasks)
Twenty CRM
Custom Fields on relevant objects
lossyGrow CRM custom fields on Clients (Contacts) and Tasks require manual schema reconstruction before import. We extract field definitions from Grow CRM during scoping: field name, field type (text, number, date, select, multi-select), and option values for picklist fields. We then pre-create these fields in Twenty's Settings → Data Model for the relevant object. This step is mandatory; Twenty's CSV import creates records, not fields, and will fail or drop values if the target field does not exist.
Grow CRM
Knowledge Base Article
Twenty CRM
Note or External Document
1:1Grow CRM Knowledge Base articles export as HTML or markdown content. We export the article title, content, category, and publish status. In Twenty, articles are preserved as Note records attached to the relevant Company or People record, or delivered as a structured document package for the customer to migrate into a dedicated knowledge base tool (Confluence, Notion, or a Twenty-integrated KB platform). Grow CRM's flat article structure is reconstructed with category tags in Twenty.
| Grow CRM | Twenty CRM | Compatibility | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contact | People1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Company | Company1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Lead | People or Opportunity (optional Lead via Custom Object)lossy | Fully supported | |
| Opportunity | Opportunity1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Task | Task1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Invoice | Custom Object (Invoice)1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Estimate | Custom Object (Estimate) or Note1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Help Desk Ticket | Case (if Service Cloud equivalent) or Note1:1 | Fully supported | |
| User (team member) | Workspace Member1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Tag | Tag1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Custom Fields (Clients, Tasks) | Custom Fields on relevant objectslossy | Mapping required | |
| Knowledge Base Article | Note or External Document1:1 | Fully supported |
Gotchas + challenges
Platform-specific issues from each side, plus the pair-specific challenges that don't show up on either platform's page on its own.
Grow CRM gotchas
No public API means all data extraction is CSV-based
Self-hosted instances lack automatic updates
Custom fields require manual schema reconstruction
Client portal access records are not migratable
Twenty CRM gotchas
Import order is enforced and critical
Export limited to 20,000 records and visible columns only
Soft-deleted records count toward uniqueness and trigger restores
API rate limits cap at 200 req/min on Organization tier
No native email sequences — follow-up cadences require external tools
Pair-specific challenges
Migration approach
Discovery and export method determination
We audit the source Grow CRM instance to determine whether it is self-hosted or SaaS, which objects are in use, and the volume of records per object. For self-hosted instances, we request direct database read access to the MySQL or PostgreSQL database (depending on the Grow CRM version) to extract data reliably. For SaaS instances, we use the built-in CSV export function. We also extract custom field definitions from Settings → Custom Fields and identify all contacts with portal access. The discovery output is a written migration scope confirming export method, record volumes, custom field list, and the portal access flag list.
Twenty workspace setup and schema pre-creation
We configure the destination Twenty workspace before any data import. This includes creating the workspace and inviting team members (required before Owner assignments can resolve), setting up the Opportunity pipeline with matching stage names from Grow CRM, creating any custom objects (Invoice, Estimate, Lead, Case) needed to host Grow CRM data that has no standard Twenty equivalent, and creating custom fields on standard and custom objects using the schema specification extracted from Grow CRM. Schema is validated in Twenty's Settings → Data Model before proceeding. We also extract the Grow CRM user list and map team members to Twenty workspace members by email for Owner resolution.
Data export and transform
We export data from Grow CRM in dependency order: Companies first, then Contacts, then Opportunities, then Tasks, then Invoices, Estimates, and Help Desk Tickets. For self-hosted instances, we run SQL queries against the Grow CRM database with joins to preserve relationship foreign keys. For SaaS instances, we run CSV exports for each object and reconcile the relationship IDs manually. The transform step normalizes date formats, phone number formats, and tag arrays; splits Grow CRM's Lead and Opportunity into the customer's chosen target model in Twenty; and applies the custom field mapping from the schema specification. Any Grow CRM custom fields that could not be pre-created in Twenty due to missing field type support are flagged in the transform report.
Staging import and reconciliation
We run a staging import into a Twenty workspace clone or a dedicated test environment if available. Record counts are reconciled against the Grow CRM source for each object. We spot-check 25-50 records per object to verify field mapping accuracy, relationship integrity (Contacts linked to Companies, Opportunities linked to the correct Owner), and custom field values. The customer reviews the staging results and signs off before production migration begins. Any mapping corrections are applied to the transform scripts and re-run.
Production migration in dependency order
We run production migration in record-dependency order: Companies first, then Contacts (with companyId resolved), then Leads or custom Lead objects, then Opportunities (with companyId and OwnerId resolved), then Tasks (with OwnerId resolved and custom fields populated), then Invoice and Estimate custom objects, then Help Desk Tickets as Cases or Notes, then Tags. Each phase emits a row-count reconciliation report before the next phase begins. We use Twenty's REST or GraphQL API for inserts with appropriate rate limiting and retry logic for self-hosted Twenty instances.
Cutover, validation, and automation inventory handoff
We freeze Grow CRM writes during cutover, run a final delta migration of any records modified during the migration window, then mark Twenty as the system of record. We deliver the portal access flag list so the customer can send bulk re-invitations to former Grow CRM portal users. We deliver a written inventory of Grow CRM automations, tasks, and workflows that require manual recreation in Twenty, organized by object and trigger type. We support a one-week post-migration validation window where we resolve any record linkage issues or data quality exceptions raised by the customer's team. We do not rebuild Grow CRM automations in Twenty as part of standard migration scope; that is a separate engagement or an internal admin task.
Platform deep dives
Grow CRM
Source
Strengths
Weaknesses
Twenty CRM
Destination
Strengths
Weaknesses
Complexity grading
Standard CRM migration. 1 of 8 objects need a mapping; the rest are 1:1.
Overall complexity
Standard migration
Derived from compatibility, mapping clarity, API constraints, and data volume across Grow CRM and Twenty CRM.
Object compatibility
1 of 8 objects need a mapping; the rest are 1:1.
Field mapping clarity
Field mapping is derived from defaults — final spec confirmed during the sample migration.
Timeline complexity
8-object category — typical timelines run 2–7 days end-to-end.
API constraints
Grow CRM: Not publicly documented.
Data volume sensitivity
Grow CRM doesn't expose a bulk API — REST + parallelization used for high-volume runs.
Estimator
Rule-based pricing — no per-record fees, no manual quotes. Migrations over 2M records are scoped individually.
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