CRM migration

Migrate from Keap to Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales

Field-level mapping, validation, and rollback between Keap and Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales . We move data and schema; workflows are rebuilt natively in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales .

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Keap

Source

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales

Destination

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales  logo

Compatibility

80%

8 of 10

objects map 1:1 between Keap and Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales .

Complexity

BStandard

Timeline

3-5 weeks

Rollback included Accuracy guarantee Field-level validation

Overview

What this migration involves

Migrating from Keap to Microsoft Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales is a structural migration that moves a small-business all-in-one into an enterprise sales platform with deep Microsoft 365 integration. Keap's tag-driven contact model maps to Dynamics 365's native Account-Contact hierarchy with tags stored as multi-select picklists or custom fields. Keap's Opportunities (pipeline deals) map to Dynamics 365 Opportunities with stage names migrated into Sales Processes and Record Types configured in the destination org. Automation sequences do not export from Keap and must be rebuilt in Dynamics 365 via Power Automate or Sales Copilot; we deliver a written sequence inventory for that rebuild. Keap's API rate limit of 500 calls per minute means we pace large contact exports across multiple windows, extending migration timelines for accounts with tens of thousands of records. Invoice records migrate via the Keap invoice API endpoint directly, bypassing the known pipeline activity history gap in Keap's UI. We do not migrate landing pages, forms, or automation logic as code.

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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Keap

What's pushing teams away

  • High cost relative to competitors — customers report Keap is significantly more expensive than ActiveCampaign, HubSpot, or HighLevel for comparable feature sets, especially when accounting for integration costs.
  • Steep learning curve and complexity — the breadth of features creates configuration overhead, with users citing difficulty understanding how tags, sequences, and pipelines interact.
  • Cannot text internationally — a specific technical limitation that drives churn for businesses with international client bases or multilingual outreach.
  • Limited flexibility for non-standard workflows — businesses with unique sales processes report Keap's opinionated structure forces workarounds or custom code.
  • Integration costs are prohibitive — the Ignite implementation package costs $1,500 for two integrations, and even the Scale tier limits integrations to five, prompting moves to platforms with broader native integrations.

Choosing

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Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales

What's pulling them in

  • Deep Microsoft 365, Teams, and Outlook integration makes Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales a natural fit for Microsoft-first organizations already invested in that ecosystem
  • Sales Enterprise and Premium tiers offer unlimited custom tables and advanced AI-driven forecasting and predictive analytics not available in lower tiers
  • Professional tier pricing at $65 per user per month offers a lower entry cost than Salesforce for SMB teams with straightforward CRM needs
  • Flexible customization options allow businesses to build bespoke apps, tailor forms and views, and integrate with other Dynamics 365 modules
  • Microsoft Copilot AI tools are embedded directly into the sales workflow on Enterprise and Premium, automating routine tasks and providing deal intelligence

Object mapping

How Keap objects map to Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales

Each row shows how a Keap object lands in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales , including any object-level transformations, lookup resolution, or schema-design dependencies.

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

Keap

Contact

maps to

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales

Contact

1:1
Fully supported

Keap Contacts map to Dynamics 365 Contacts with standard fields (name, email, phone, address) migrated directly. Custom fields require discovery via Keap's REST /retrieveContactModel endpoint to resolve field IDs before values are written. We map custom field types to equivalent Dynamics 365 field types (text, number, date, picklist) and create any missing fields in the Dynamics 365 solution before import. Keap tags applied to contacts migrate as multi-select picklist values on a custom tags__c field or as TopicAssignment records per customer preference.

Keap

Company

maps to

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales

Account

1:1
Fully supported

Keap Company records map directly to Dynamics 365 Account. The company name, domain, address, and phone fields migrate as Account fields. We preserve the Company-to-Contact relationship by setting the Primary Contact lookup on Account to the associated Contact record after both objects are imported. The Account is created before Contact import so that the customerid field on Keap Contact resolves to AccountId on Dynamics 365 Contact.

Keap

Opportunity (Pipeline Deal)

maps to

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales

Opportunity

1:1
Fully supported

Keap Opportunities map to Dynamics 365 Opportunities. The Keap stage name maps to a Dynamics 365 StageName value, and the pipeline assignment maps to a Sales Process or Record Type configured in Dynamics 365 before migration. Deal value, expected close date, owner, and notes transfer directly. We create new Opportunity Stage values in Dynamics 365 for any Keap stage that has no direct equivalent, preserving stage ordering and probability percentages where defined.

Keap

Opportunity Stage

maps to

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales

Sales Process + Stage

lossy
Fully supported

Keap pipeline stages migrate to Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales Process stage entries. Each Keap pipeline becomes a Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales Process linked to a Record Type on Opportunity. We map stage probabilities from Keap to StageProbability on each stage entry. If Keap stages use custom names (Appointment Scheduled, Proposal Sent, Negotiation), we create matching stage entries in Dynamics 365 rather than remapping to out-of-box labels.

Keap

Tag

maps to

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales

Multi-Select Picklist or Topic

lossy
Fully supported

Keap tags are both a segmentation tool and an automation trigger. We export all tags and apply them as multi-select picklist values on a custom field on Contact (and optionally Account). For organizations using tags primarily for marketing segmentation, we offer Topic-based mapping with TopicAssignment records linked to Contacts. The customer selects the tag strategy during scoping, as Power Automate triggers can reference either approach.

Keap

Invoice

maps to

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales

Invoice

1:1
Fully supported

Keap invoices export via the invoice API endpoint, bypassing the known pipeline activity history gap in Keap's UI (knownissues.keap.com #3275175). Invoice records migrate with line items, totals, status (draft, sent, paid), associated contact, and invoice date. We link each invoice to the migrated Contact and Account records via lookup resolution. Note that Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales includes Invoice as a standard object only if the org has the Sales Enterprise or Sales Premium license.

Keap

Product

maps to

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales

Product

1:1
Fully supported

Keap product catalog items (name, SKU, price, description) map to Dynamics 365 Product2 records. We create the corresponding PricebookEntry records in the standard price book during import. Advanced product images and advanced pricing rules from Keap do not export; we document these for manual re-creation in Dynamics 365.

Keap

Order

maps to

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales

Order

1:1
Fully supported

Keap order records capture completed transactions linked to a contact and product. Order headers, line items, payment status, and order dates migrate to Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales Order. We resolve the associated Contact and Product references at migration time. Order-level notes and internal annotations migrate as Order Product annotations or as separate Note records attached to the Order.

Keap

Task

maps to

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales

Task

1:1
Fully supported

Keap tasks export with subject, due date, assigned user, status, and completion date. Tasks linked to contacts or opportunities are imported as Dynamics 365 Tasks tied to the corresponding Contact or Opportunity record via the RegardingObjectId lookup. Owner resolution uses email matching against the destination User table.

Keap

Note

maps to

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales

Annotation

1:1
Fully supported

Keap Notes associated with contacts or companies migrate as Dynamics 365 Annotation records (the standard notes object). Note text, author, and creation timestamp preserve. Notes attached to opportunities link via RegardingObjectId to the Opportunity record. We do not migrate note attachments stored in Keap's file system; those require separate file transfer.

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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Keap gotchas

High

API rate limit of 500 calls per minute

High

Automation sequences are not structurally exportable

Medium

Custom fields require in-app creation before API use

Medium

Pipeline activity history bug with invoices

Medium

V2 REST API parity gaps with XML-RPC

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Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales gotchas

High

Professional tier 15-table custom table limit blocks migrations

High

October 2024 pricing increase applies at renewal for all customers

Medium

Custom fields must be created in the UI before API writes

Medium

Power Platform request limits apply to bulk migrations

Medium

Activity records orphaned to inactive owners fail silently

Pair-specific challenges

  • Automation sequences are not structurally exportable from Keap

    Keap's automation sequences store step definitions internally in a proprietary format not accessible via API. We can export sequence names and step counts, but the conditional logic, time delays, tag assignments, and email content cannot be extracted programmatically. Customers migrating from Keap to Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales must rebuild all sequences in Power Automate or through Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales Copilot workflows manually. This is the largest manual effort in any Keap migration and must be planned separately from the data migration.

  • Keap API rate limit requires pacing across large contact exports

    Keap's Data Service API enforces a hard limit of 500 calls per minute per tenant. For accounts with more than a few thousand contacts, this limit means we must pace exports across multiple minute windows, extending the migration timeline. We implement exponential backoff and request throttling to stay within the limit and avoid 429 errors. Dynamics 365 Bulk API on the destination side handles the write-side throughput without comparable constraints.

  • Keap custom fields require in-app creation before API use

    Keap custom fields must be created inside the application before their ID numbers become available via the API. When exporting from Keap, we retrieve field IDs via the REST /retrieveContactModel endpoint. When mapping to Dynamics 365, we create equivalent custom fields in the solution before import so that values write correctly. This two-step dependency adds a manual handoff point to the migration scope.

  • Landing pages and forms do not export from Keap

    Keap landing pages and web forms cannot be exported via API. We document the URLs and form field structures in a written handoff document for manual re-creation in Dynamics 365 Customer Voice, Power Apps, or SharePoint forms. Forms that feed contacts into Keap via API integration will need a replacement lead capture mechanism in the Microsoft ecosystem.

  • Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales Invoice requires appropriate license tier

    The Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales Invoice object (Order Invoice) is available only on Sales Enterprise or Sales Premium tier, not on the base Sales Starter or Sales Professional licenses. If Keap invoice records are in scope and the destination Dynamics 365 org is on a lower tier, we flag the license discrepancy before migration and either skip invoice migration or recommend a license upgrade as a prerequisite.

Migration approach

Six steps for a successful Keap to Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales data migration

  1. Discovery and Keap API audit

    We audit the Keap tenant across all objects accessible via REST and XML-RPC APIs, including Contacts, Companies, Tags, Opportunities, Invoices, Products, Orders, Tasks, and Notes. We probe both Keap API endpoints to identify parity gaps where certain fields are available only via XML-RPC. We capture the contact count, tag count, opportunity count, pipeline stage definitions, and any custom field definitions. This audit produces a written migration scope document that identifies which objects are in scope, which are excluded, and which require manual handling.

  2. Dynamics 365 schema design

    We design the destination Dynamics 365 solution schema including custom fields (matched to Keap custom field types), Sales Processes (one per Keap pipeline), Record Types on Opportunity, and multi-select picklist fields for tags. We create the solution in a Dynamics 365 Sandbox first for validation. The customer provisions the target Dynamics 365 environment and any required user accounts before we begin schema deployment. If the customer uses Business Central ERP, we also review the existing Dataverse-Business Central integration configuration to ensure the CRM migration does not conflict.

  3. Owner reconciliation and User provisioning

    We extract every distinct Keap Owner referenced on Contacts, Companies, Opportunities, Tasks, and Notes and match by email against the Dynamics 365 destination User table. Any Owner without a matching User goes to a reconciliation queue for the customer's admin to provision before record import resumes. OwnerId references on Opportunities and Tasks must be resolvable at migration time, so this step gates the record import phases.

  4. Data extraction with rate-limit pacing

    We export all in-scope Keap objects using the REST API with 500 calls/minute pacing for contact-heavy exports. For large accounts, we chunk exports across multiple minute windows to avoid 429 errors. Invoice records are queried directly from the invoice API endpoint, not from the pipeline UI, to bypass the known Keap activity history gap. All exported data is staged in a secure migration staging area for transformation before Dynamics 365 import.

  5. Transformation and Dynamics 365 import

    We transform Keap data to match Dynamics 365 field types, apply the tag mapping strategy (multi-select picklist or TopicAssignment), and resolve parent record lookups (AccountId on Contact, RegardingObjectId on Task). Import runs in dependency order: Accounts (from Companies), Contacts (with AccountId resolved), Opportunities (with OwnerId and Sales Process resolved), Products, Orders, Invoices, Tasks, and Notes. We use the Dynamics 365 Dataverse REST API for record inserts with appropriate batch sizing and error handling.

  6. Cutover, validation, and automation rebuild handoff

    We freeze Keap writes during cutover, run a delta migration of any records modified during the migration window, and validate record counts against the source export totals. We deliver a written automation sequence inventory document listing every Keap sequence with its name, step count, and trigger conditions, with a recommended Power Automate or Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales Copilot equivalent for each. We support a one-week hypercare window for reconciliation issues. We do not rebuild Keap automation sequences as Power Automate flows within the migration scope; that is a separate engagement.

Platform deep dives

Context on both ends of the pair

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Keap

Source

Strengths

  • Tag-based contact organization that doubles as an automation trigger system
  • Built-in sales pipeline with user-defined opportunity stages and deal tracking
  • Bundled landing pages and web forms reduce tool sprawl for small teams
  • Marketing automation (email + SMS) integrated directly with CRM records
  • API access to contacts, companies, orders, invoices, and products

Weaknesses

  • Automation sequences are not exportable and must be rebuilt from scratch
  • No native bulk export UI — all exports require API calls or third-party tools
  • Expensive relative to competitors, with integration costs layered on top
  • International SMS is not supported, limiting use for global businesses
  • Known issues with pipeline activity history not reflecting invoice events
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Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales

Destination

Strengths

  • Native integration with Microsoft 365, Teams, Outlook, and SharePoint for unified productivity workflow
  • Unlimited custom tables and complex workflows on Enterprise tier enable deep customization for complex sales processes
  • AI-driven predictive analytics and deal intelligence on Enterprise and Premium tiers help sales teams prioritize pipeline
  • Dataverse unified data layer provides a consistent API and data model across all Dynamics 365 and Power Platform apps
  • Strong security model with Field-Level Security and Record Ownership rules for governance-conscious enterprises

Weaknesses

  • Sales Professional tier caps custom tables at 15, creating a migration ceiling for highly customized SMB environments
  • October 2024 pricing increases of $15 per user across all tiers apply to existing customers upon renewal
  • Implementation typically requires costly certified partners, adding 30–50% to total project cost
  • Updates and platform releases can disrupt customizations and plugins, requiring regression testing after each wave
  • Non-Microsoft integrations require additional configuration or middleware, limiting flexibility for heterogeneous tech stacks

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 Keap and Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales .

  • 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

    Keap: 500 requests per minute per tenant, reset per minute.

  • Data volume sensitivity

    B

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

Estimator

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FAQ

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Straightforward migrations under 15,000 Contacts, 3,000 Opportunities, and no custom objects typically complete in three to five weeks. Migrations exceeding these thresholds, or those with complex multi-stage pipeline mappings, large invoice histories, or tags requiring extensive custom field creation, extend to eight to fourteen weeks. The Keap API rate limit of 500 calls per minute is the primary variable that extends timelines for large contact volumes.

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