Migrate your karmaCRM data
Lightweight cloud CRM for small businesses with deep customization and a clean interface. Teams value its simplicity but often migrate once they outgrow its object model depth.
In its favor
Why people choose karmaCRM
The signal that keeps karmaCRM on the shortlist. Sourced from G2, Capterra, and customer scoping calls.
Clean, minimal interface that teams actually adopt — reviews consistently mention karmaCRM as refreshingly simple compared to bloated enterprise CRMs.
Free tier with 1 user, 100 contacts, 100 companies, and 10 deals lets small teams validate fit before committing to a paid plan at $28/user/month.
Deep customization at the per-field and label level means small businesses can tailor the CRM to their own workflows without developer help.
Two-way email sync with reply tracking and embedded email templates on all paid tiers is a commonly cited reason small sales teams choose karmaCRM.
Fast customer support and responsive onboarding on Premium tier differentiate it from competitors with slower response times.
Support response times are slow and broken features reportedly never get fixed despite ongoing product updates, per Software Advice reviews.
Small business teams outgrow the platform's object model depth — limited pipeline customization, no native automation beyond basic email campaigns.
No public roadmap transparency creates uncertainty about long-term platform investment, prompting teams to migrate to better-funded alternatives.
Business card scanning is capped at 20/month on Pro and 50/month on Premium, frustrating teams with high lead volume.
Reasons to switch
Why people leave karmaCRM
The recurring reasons buyers give for replacing karmaCRM. Presented as facts, not knocks.
Platform scorecard
Strengths, weaknesses, and where karmaCRM fits
Grades across six dimensions, plus a SWOT-style view of where the platform shines and where it falls short.
SWOT — strengths, weaknesses, and use-case fit
Strengths
Weaknesses
Where it works
Where it struggles
Pricing tiers
karmaCRM pricing overview
karmaCRM charges per user per month on all tiers. Annual billing provides a discount versus month-to-month pricing. Upgrades are prorated immediately; downgrades apply instantly with no refund. The free tier exists but is severely limited to 1 user and small record counts, making it unsuitable as a migration staging target.
Free
Tier 1 of 4
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What gets migrated
karmaCRM object support
Object-by-object support for karmaCRM migrations. Per-pair details surface during scoping.
Contacts
Fully supportedContacts is a first-class object with full CRUD via the REST API and native CSV export. The knowledge base documents export options including filtered subsets and full-account dumps. We map standard contact fields (name, email, phone, address) directly and preserve custom field values as text.
Companies
Fully supportedCompanies can be exported to CSV from the UI with role-based permission controls. We replicate the company name, domain, address, and any custom fields stored against the company record. The export respects pagination and filter state in the UI.
Deals
Fully supportedThe support docs refer to Deals and Gigs interchangeably. Deals track pipeline values, stages, and associations to contacts and companies. We map deal name, value, stage, owner, and created/updated dates. Stage names are preserved as custom properties if the destination does not share the same stage vocabulary.
Tasks
Fully supportedTasks support assignment, due dates, status, and priority. The platform coordinates tasks across the team and event calendar. We replicate task records with their linked contact or company association and preserve due dates and completion status.
Events
Fully supportedEvents represent calendar entries with time, duration, attendees, and linked contact or company associations. We map event records including title, start/end times, location, and attendee lists into the destination calendar or activity log.
Email Campaigns
Mapping requiredEmail campaigns are available on Pro and Premium tiers. Campaign records include audience lists, subject lines, send dates, and open/click stats. We import campaign metadata and statistics; email body content and design assets require re-upload at the destination since HTML is not always cleanly extractable.
Users and Team Members
Mapping requiredUser records include name, email, role, settings, and API token. Active user assignments on Deals, Tasks, and Events are remapped to matching users in the destination. Role structures differ between platforms so we map role names to the nearest equivalent or to a default owner.
Custom Fields
Mapping requiredkarmaCRM supports fully customizable fields across screens, tabs, labels, and background colors. Custom field definitions and values are preserved as freeform name-value pairs during migration. The destination must support custom field creation or the values are appended as a structured note.
Attachments
Not in this platformThe platform stores files and attachments linked to contacts, companies, and deals, but the backup/export documentation does not describe a programmatic attachment export path. We flag attachments as a manual step requiring the customer to download originals from the UI and re-upload to the destination after primary record migration.
Integrations
Not in this platformkarmaCRM integrates with Google Calendar/Contacts and MailChimp. Integration configurations and OAuth tokens do not transfer between platforms. We document which integrations are active so they can be reconfigured in the destination CRM manually.
Tags
Mapping requiredTags can be applied to contacts and companies to categorize records. Tag names and associations are preserved as custom multi-select properties or native tags in the destination.
Webhooks
Not in this platformThe support knowledge base lists a Webhooks section with 5 articles, indicating webhook configuration exists, but the webhook definitions are not exportable via the standard API. We document active webhook URLs so they can be recreated in the destination system.
| Object | Support | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Contacts | Fully supported | Contacts is a first-class object with full CRUD via the REST API and native CSV export. The knowledge base documents export options including filtered subsets and full-account dumps. We map standard contact fields (name, email, phone, address) directly and preserve custom field values as text. |
| Companies | Fully supported | Companies can be exported to CSV from the UI with role-based permission controls. We replicate the company name, domain, address, and any custom fields stored against the company record. The export respects pagination and filter state in the UI. |
| Deals | Fully supported | The support docs refer to Deals and Gigs interchangeably. Deals track pipeline values, stages, and associations to contacts and companies. We map deal name, value, stage, owner, and created/updated dates. Stage names are preserved as custom properties if the destination does not share the same stage vocabulary. |
| Tasks | Fully supported | Tasks support assignment, due dates, status, and priority. The platform coordinates tasks across the team and event calendar. We replicate task records with their linked contact or company association and preserve due dates and completion status. |
| Events | Fully supported | Events represent calendar entries with time, duration, attendees, and linked contact or company associations. We map event records including title, start/end times, location, and attendee lists into the destination calendar or activity log. |
| Email Campaigns | Mapping required | Email campaigns are available on Pro and Premium tiers. Campaign records include audience lists, subject lines, send dates, and open/click stats. We import campaign metadata and statistics; email body content and design assets require re-upload at the destination since HTML is not always cleanly extractable. |
| Users and Team Members | Mapping required | User records include name, email, role, settings, and API token. Active user assignments on Deals, Tasks, and Events are remapped to matching users in the destination. Role structures differ between platforms so we map role names to the nearest equivalent or to a default owner. |
| Custom Fields | Mapping required | karmaCRM supports fully customizable fields across screens, tabs, labels, and background colors. Custom field definitions and values are preserved as freeform name-value pairs during migration. The destination must support custom field creation or the values are appended as a structured note. |
| Attachments | Not in this platform | The platform stores files and attachments linked to contacts, companies, and deals, but the backup/export documentation does not describe a programmatic attachment export path. We flag attachments as a manual step requiring the customer to download originals from the UI and re-upload to the destination after primary record migration. |
| Integrations | Not in this platform | karmaCRM integrates with Google Calendar/Contacts and MailChimp. Integration configurations and OAuth tokens do not transfer between platforms. We document which integrations are active so they can be reconfigured in the destination CRM manually. |
| Tags | Mapping required | Tags can be applied to contacts and companies to categorize records. Tag names and associations are preserved as custom multi-select properties or native tags in the destination. |
| Webhooks | Not in this platform | The support knowledge base lists a Webhooks section with 5 articles, indicating webhook configuration exists, but the webhook definitions are not exportable via the standard API. We document active webhook URLs so they can be recreated in the destination system. |
Gotchas
What to watch for in karmaCRM migrations
Issues we've hit on past karmaCRM migrations, tagged by severity. FlitStack AI handles every one — surfacing them up front because buyer engineering teams want to know.
Role-based export permission gate is invisible in scoping
Free tier hard-caps at 100 contacts, 100 companies, 10 deals
Activating trial before expiry immediately triggers billing
API token-based auth has no documented rate limits
| Severity | Issue |
|---|---|
| High | Role-based export permission gate is invisible in scoping |
| High | Free tier hard-caps at 100 contacts, 100 companies, 10 deals |
| Medium | Activating trial before expiry immediately triggers billing |
| Medium | API token-based auth has no documented rate limits |
Leaving karmaCRM?
Where karmaCRM customers move next
12 destinations karmaCRM can migrate to.
How a karmaCRM migration works
Four steps, karmaCRM-specific
Connect
Email/password sign-in returns a session token (api_token field) used for subsequent API calls into karmaCRM. Scopes limited to read-only on the data we move.
Map
We translate karmaCRM-specific structures (custom fields, objects, value lists) to the destination's model.
Sample
Test with a 50–200 record subset to validate karmaCRM quirks before production.
Migrate
Full migration with karmaCRM rate-limit handling. Rollback available throughout.
FAQ
karmaCRM migration FAQ
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