CRM migration
Field-level mapping, validation, and rollback between Keap and Salesforce Sales Cloud. We move data and schema; workflows are rebuilt natively in Salesforce Sales Cloud.
Keap
Source
Salesforce Sales Cloud
Destination
Compatibility
10 of 15
objects map 1:1 between Keap and Salesforce Sales Cloud.
Complexity
BStandard
Timeline
4-6 weeks
Overview
Moving from Keap to Salesforce is a structural migration that resolves fundamental differences in data architecture. Keap uses one unified Contact object with tag-based segmentation and automation triggers, while Salesforce separates unqualified prospects into Leads and qualified buyers into Contacts attached to Accounts. We design the prospect classification rule during scoping and preserve tag data as a custom field or Campaign membership list depending on how tags are used. Keap's Automation Sequences are not structurally exportable via API; we document every sequence by name, step count, and trigger condition so your admin can rebuild them in Salesforce Flow. Keap's invoice records migrate as Order or Custom Object records depending on whether your Salesforce edition includes Order Management. We handle the API rate limit of 500 calls per minute by pacing exports across multiple windows, and we probe both Keap REST and XML-RPC endpoints during discovery to capture the most complete data for each object type. Workflows, Sequences, Landing Pages, and Forms do not migrate as code; we deliver a written inventory of every automation requiring rebuild.
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 Keap object lands in Salesforce Sales Cloud, including any object-level transformations, lookup resolution, or schema-design dependencies.
Typical mapping — final map is confirmed during the sample migration step.
Keap
Contact
Salesforce Sales Cloud
Lead or Contact (split required)
1:manyKeap Contacts with email activity but no closed Opportunity map to Salesforce Lead. Keap Contacts linked to a closed Invoice or a paid Order map to Salesforce Contact tied to an Account. We compute the split during migration using Keap's contact stage, tag membership, and order history. The original Keap contact record is preserved in a custom field keap_contact_id__c on both Lead and Contact for reconciliation.
Keap
Company
Salesforce Sales Cloud
Account
1:1Keap Company records map to Salesforce Account. The company name becomes Account Name, and the company phone becomes Account Phone. Keap allows a contact to have no company, but Salesforce requires a Contact to be attached to an Account. We create a default Account named 'Individual Contacts' for unassociated contacts during migration and flag them for the customer's admin to merge or re-parent post-migration.
Keap
Tag
Salesforce Sales Cloud
Custom Field or Campaign
lossyKeap tags serve dual purposes: contact segmentation and automation triggers. We export all tags and map them based on usage. Tags that represent marketing segments or audience lists migrate to Salesforce Campaign membership (CampaignMember Status). Tags that represent contact attributes or sales territory flags migrate to a multi-select picklist custom field contacts_tag__c. The customer selects the strategy during scoping. Tags used as automation triggers are documented separately because Salesforce Flow handles automation logic natively.
Keap
Opportunity
Salesforce Sales Cloud
Opportunity
1:1Keap Opportunities map to Salesforce Opportunity. Stage names migrate from Keap to Salesforce StageName. We create a Salesforce Sales Process that matches the Keap pipeline stage order and probability percentages. Opportunity owner resolves by email match to Salesforce User. Any Opportunity with no owner email match goes to a reconciliation queue for the admin to assign.
Keap
Pipeline Stage
Salesforce Sales Cloud
Opportunity Stage
lossyEach Keap pipeline stage becomes a Salesforce StageName entry in the Sales Process. Stage probability percentages migrate from Keap to Salesforce StageProbability, rounded to the nearest integer. Closed-Won and Closed-Lost stages migrate with the corresponding status. Stage names are preserved as-is by default unless duplicates exist, in which case we prefix with the pipeline name.
Keap
Invoice
Salesforce Sales Cloud
Order or Custom Object
lossyKeap Invoice records (with line items, totals, status: draft/sent/paid/overdue) map to Salesforce Order if the destination org has Order Management enabled, or to a custom Invoice__c object with equivalent fields if not. Keap Invoice status maps to Order Status or a custom picklist field. The known Keap issue (knownissues.keap.com #3275175) where pipeline activity logs do not display invoice events means we query the invoice API endpoint directly rather than relying on deal activity logs to infer invoice records.
Keap
Product
Salesforce Sales Cloud
Product2
1:1Keap product catalog items map to Salesforce Product2 records with Standard Price Book entries created during import. ProductCode maps from Keap SKU, and Name maps from Keap product name. Product images and advanced catalog metadata not available via Keap API are not migrated.
Keap
Order
Salesforce Sales Cloud
Order
1:1Keap Order records map to Salesforce Order when Order Management is enabled. Order headers, line items, payment status, and order dates migrate directly. If Order Management is not enabled in the destination org, we document the Order records as a separate import task post-migration or map them to a custom Order__c object.
Keap
Task
Salesforce Sales Cloud
Task
1:1Keap Tasks migrate to Salesforce Task with Subject, Status, Priority, Due Date, and Completion Date preserved. Keap task assignment migrates by resolving the Keap user ID to Salesforce OwnerId via email match. Tasks linked to contacts resolve the WhoId; tasks linked to opportunities resolve the WhatId.
Keap
Note
Salesforce Sales Cloud
Note
1:1Keap Notes associated with contacts or companies migrate to Salesforce Note records linked via ContentDocumentLink to the parent Contact, Lead, or Account. Note body content migrates as plain text. Note attachments migrate as separate ContentDocument records attached to the same parent.
Keap
User
Salesforce Sales Cloud
User
1:1Keap user accounts (name, email, role) map to Salesforce User records. We resolve users by email match. Any Keap user without a matching Salesforce User goes to a reconciliation queue for the admin to provision before record import resumes. Inactive Keap users map to inactive Salesforce Users to preserve assignment history.
Keap
Custom Field
Salesforce Sales Cloud
Custom Field
lossyKeap custom fields must first be discovered via the REST API /retrieveContactModel endpoint to retrieve field IDs. We then export field names, types, and values. Before writing to Salesforce, we pre-create matching custom fields on the Contact, Account, or Opportunity object using the appropriate Salesforce field type (Text, Number, Date, Picklist, Checkbox). Customer must pre-create any Salesforce custom fields they want populated if they require a specific field-level security configuration not achievable via API.
Keap
Campaign (Email)
Salesforce Sales Cloud
Campaign
1:1Keap campaign records with name, status, and recipient tag map to Salesforce Campaign. Recipient tag membership translates to CampaignMember records with Member Status. Email body content migrates as Campaign Description or HTML content in a ContentNote attached to the Campaign. Keap-hosted images and CDN assets are not migrated; we document the image URLs for manual re-hosting.
Keap
Automation Sequence
Salesforce Sales Cloud
None (documentation only)
1:1Keap Automation Sequences cannot be exported in structured form via API. The conditional logic, time delays, tag assignments, and email content are stored in a proprietary format. We export sequence names, step counts, and trigger conditions as a written inventory document. The customer's admin uses this document to rebuild sequences in Salesforce Flow, which is a separate rebuild engagement or internal admin task.
Keap
Landing Page and Form
Salesforce Sales Cloud
None (documentation only)
1:1Keap landing pages and web forms cannot be exported via API. We document the URLs and form field structures for manual re-creation in Salesforce Web-to-Lead, Experience Cloud forms, or a third-party form tool. Any form submissions stored as contact records in Keap migrate as Contacts with a custom field capturing the original form source.
| Keap | Salesforce Sales Cloud | Compatibility | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contact | Lead or Contact (split required)1:many | Fully supported | |
| Company | Account1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Tag | Custom Field or Campaignlossy | Fully supported | |
| Opportunity | Opportunity1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Pipeline Stage | Opportunity Stagelossy | Fully supported | |
| Invoice | Order or Custom Objectlossy | Fully supported | |
| Product | Product21:1 | Fully supported | |
| Order | Order1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Task | Task1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Note | Note1:1 | Fully supported | |
| User | User1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Custom Field | Custom Fieldlossy | Fully supported | |
| Campaign (Email) | Campaign1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Automation Sequence | None (documentation only)1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Landing Page and Form | None (documentation only)1:1 | 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.
Keap gotchas
API rate limit of 500 calls per minute
Automation sequences are not structurally exportable
Custom fields require in-app creation before API use
Pipeline activity history bug with invoices
V2 REST API parity gaps with XML-RPC
Salesforce Sales Cloud gotchas
Workflow Rules and Process Builder are retired
Bulk API batch quota exhaustion during large imports
Storage overage billing is non-obvious
Account-Contact many-to-many relationship mapping
Territory and team member import ordering dependencies
Pair-specific challenges
Migration approach
Discovery and scope definition
We audit the source Keap account across API-accessible objects: Contacts, Companies, Tags, Opportunities, Invoices, Products, Orders, Tasks, Notes, Users, and Campaign records. We retrieve the contact model schema to discover custom field IDs and types. We probe both the REST API and XML-RPC endpoints during discovery because certain data (affiliate records, advanced order metadata) may only be accessible via XML-RPC. The discovery output is a written migration scope document covering record counts per object, the tag-strategy recommendation, the invoice mapping decision (Order Management or custom object), and the Automation Sequence inventory. We also review the destination Salesforce org's current schema, validation rules, and permission sets.
Schema design and Salesforce Sandbox preparation
We design the destination schema in Salesforce. This includes provisioning custom fields (matched to Keap custom fields by type), multi-select picklist fields for tag migration strategy, Record Types and Sales Processes for Opportunity pipeline mapping, and any custom Invoice__c object if Order Management is not enabled. Schema is deployed via metadata API into a Salesforce Sandbox (Full Copy or Partial Copy) for validation before production migration begins. We coordinate with the customer's Salesforce admin to grant the migration user the API permission set and Bulk API access.
Sandbox migration and reconciliation
We run a full migration into the Sandbox using production-like data volume. The customer's RevOps lead reconciles record counts for every object, spot-checks 25-50 random records against the Keap source, and reviews tag distribution across the chosen tag strategy. Any mapping corrections, field type mismatches, or validation rule failures are resolved here. Sandbox sign-off is required before production migration begins.
Owner reconciliation and User provisioning
We extract every distinct Keap user referenced on Contact, Opportunity, Task, and Note records and match by email against the Salesforce destination org's User table. Users without a matching Salesforce User go to a reconciliation queue. The customer's Salesforce admin provisions any missing Users before production migration resumes. Owner references on records are required on most standard Salesforce objects, so this step gates the production migration.
Production migration in dependency order
We run production migration in record-dependency order: Users (manual provisioning validated), Accounts (from Keap Companies), Leads and Contacts (with the prospect-customer split applied), Opportunities (with AccountId, OwnerId, and RecordTypeId resolved), Products and Pricebook entries, Orders or custom Invoice records, Tasks and Notes (via Bulk API 2.0 for large sets), Campaign records with CampaignMember membership from tag lists, and custom fields on all records. Each phase emits a row-count reconciliation report before the next phase begins. Keap API calls are throttled to 500 per minute using exponential backoff to avoid 429 errors.
Cutover, delta migration, and sequence handoff
We freeze Keap writes during cutover, run a final delta migration of any records modified during the migration window, then enable Salesforce as the system of record. We deliver the Automation Sequence inventory document to the customer's admin team. We do not rebuild Keap Automation Sequences as Salesforce Flow inside the migration scope; that is a separate engagement or an internal admin task. We support a one-week hypercare window where we resolve reconciliation issues raised by the customer's team during the first week of Salesforce-only operation.
Platform deep dives
Keap
Source
Strengths
Weaknesses
Salesforce Sales Cloud
Destination
Strengths
Weaknesses
Complexity grading
Standard CRM migration. 3 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 Keap and Salesforce Sales Cloud.
Object compatibility
3 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
Keap: 500 requests per minute per tenant, reset per minute.
Data volume sensitivity
Keap 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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