CRM migration

Migrate from Levitate to Twenty CRM

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

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Levitate

Source

Twenty CRM

Destination

Twenty CRM logo

Compatibility

64%

9 of 14

objects map 1:1 between Levitate and Twenty CRM.

Complexity

BStandard

Timeline

2-4 weeks

Rollback included Accuracy guarantee Field-level validation

Overview

What this migration involves

Moving from Levitate to Twenty CRM is a structural migration shaped by two hard constraints: Levitate has no public API for bulk data export, and Levitate is a contact-centric keep-in-touch platform while Twenty is a full CRM with Companies, People, Opportunities, Tasks, and Custom Objects. We handle the no-API export problem by combining Levitate's UI CSV export for contacts with manual field extraction for tag assignments and profile notes requested from Levitate Support. We then map Levitate's contact records to Twenty People, its Key Dates to custom date fields pre-created in Twenty's Data Model, and its tag taxonomy to multi-select picklists so downstream filters remain functional. We do not migrate Levitate Automations as logic — server-side workflow definitions are not exportable — but we do deliver a written automation inventory with trigger conditions and recommended Twenty equivalents for your admin to rebuild. Activity history migrates as Task and Note records linked to the correct People or Company parent.

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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Levitate

What's pushing teams away

  • The single $349/month flat rate has no free tier and no lower-cost entry point, pushing price-sensitive solo agents and micro-SMBs toward HubSpot, Brevo, or Constant Contact which start at $9–$15/month.
  • Levitate lacks a published API and robust export tooling — contacts can be exported via UI, but there is no documented bulk API for automations, custom fields, or engagement history, making self-serve migrations difficult.
  • Businesses scaling beyond 20–30 users often outgrow the flat-rate model and move to per-seat CRMs like HubSpot that offer more granular user management, role-based permissions, and advanced pipeline tooling.
  • Some users report that the platform's focus on email-first outreach feels limiting when they need full-featured pipeline management, task tracking, or quoting — features they find in platforms like HubSpot or Salesforce Marketing Cloud.

Choosing

Twenty CRM logo

Twenty CRM

What's pulling them in

  • Top open-source CRM on GitHub with 40.6K stars, giving teams full source code access and infrastructure ownership without per-feature licensing surprises.
  • Free self-hosting under AGPL-3.0 means unlimited users and custom objects for the cost of cloud infrastructure alone, typically $20–100/month.
  • Pricing page explicitly mocks competitors for charging add-on fees for API access, webhooks, and workflows — transparency that resonates with RevOps teams burned by Salesforce.
  • Unlimited custom objects and fields with no price impact, letting teams shape the data model to their business rather than forcing business into rigid schemas.
  • Modern TypeScript/React/PostgreSQL stack means developer-led teams can extend, self-host, or integrate without fighting legacy architecture.

Object mapping

How Levitate objects map to Twenty CRM

Each row shows how a Levitate 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.

Levitate

Contact

maps to

Twenty CRM

People

1:1
Fully supported

Levitate Contacts map directly to Twenty People. The primary fields (name, email, phone, company, address) migrate 1:1. Custom fields from Levitate (including the 25 maximum) map to Twenty custom fields pre-created in Settings > Data Model before import. We handle the Levitate Key Date field type separately — these are custom date fields that must exist in Twenty before the People import so that dates land as typed fields rather than text. Contact notes migrate as Note records linked to the People record via ContentDocumentLink.

Levitate

Company

maps to

Twenty CRM

Company

1:1
Fully supported

Levitate stores company data as properties on the Contact record rather than as a standalone object. We extract distinct company names during the contact export transform, deduplicate them, and import them as Twenty Company records before the People import. Company becomes the parent of the related People record via the workspaceKey field on People.

Levitate

Tag

maps to

Twenty CRM

Multi-Select Picklist

lossy
Fully supported

Levitate Tags are the primary segmentation mechanism driving automation triggers and contact filtering. We preserve the full tag taxonomy by mapping each distinct tag value to a Twenty multi-select picklist option on the People object. Tag assignments on each contact migrate as selected picklist values. This preserves the segmentation logic at the field level so that Twenty's filter and grouping features work against migrated tags without rebuilding the taxonomy.

Levitate

Key Date

maps to

Twenty CRM

Custom Date Field

lossy
Fully supported

Levitate Key Dates (birthday, policy renewal, custom age milestones) are a Levitate-specific field type driving date-triggered automations. These are not a native object in Levitate — they are custom date fields attached to contacts. We flag each Key Date field during the discovery scan, create equivalent custom date fields in Twenty's Data Model, then import date values against the correct People record. If Key Dates are not pre-created in Twenty before import, dates land as plain text fields that cannot trigger automations.

Levitate

Campaign

maps to

Twenty CRM

Opportunity

1:many
Fully supported

Levitate Campaigns track groups of emails sent to a segment with aggregate engagement stats (opens, clicks, replies) stored per campaign. We migrate campaign metadata as Twenty Opportunity records with campaign-type naming, and aggregate engagement counts stored as custom number fields on the Opportunity. Individual email performance migrates as Task records with engagement notes in the description field. Customers wanting full campaign analytics post-migration should plan for a reporting rebuild in Twenty.

Levitate

Campaign

maps to

Twenty CRM

Task + Note (aggregate)

1:1
Fully supported

For each Levitate Campaign, we create a Twenty Opportunity record (the campaign as a named sales effort) and one or more Task records capturing the aggregate open/click/reply counts. This gives sales teams a timeline entry showing campaign activity without requiring them to cross-reference a separate analytics tool.

Levitate

Automation Enrollment State

maps to

Twenty CRM

Tag or Custom Field

lossy
Fully supported

Levitate automations are server-side workflow definitions that cannot be exported as portable JSON. We extract the enrollment state — which contacts are currently enrolled in which automations — and preserve it as a multi-select picklist value or custom text field on the People record listing each active enrollment. This gives the customer and their admin a record of automation history without migrating the automation logic itself. We deliver a written automation inventory listing each automation's trigger conditions, conditions, delays, and email steps for manual rebuild in Twenty.

Levitate

Engagement: Email

maps to

Twenty CRM

Task

1:1
Fully supported

Levitate email engagements (opens, clicks, replies) are tracked per contact per campaign but the raw event log is not bulk-exported. We capture the last engagement date and aggregate counts as contact-level custom fields during the export. If detailed email logs are available via Levitate Support, they migrate as Task records linked to the People record. Email content sent via Levitate campaigns migrates as Note records attached to the relevant People or Opportunity.

Levitate

Engagement: Call / Meeting

maps to

Twenty CRM

Task

1:1
Fully supported

Call and meeting logs stored in Levitate migrate as Twenty Task records with the task type set to Call or Meeting, ActivityDate set to the original timestamp, and any disposition or notes preserved in the Task description. Duration and attendee information migrate as custom fields on the Task record.

Levitate

Engagement: Note

maps to

Twenty CRM

Note

1:1
Fully supported

Levitate contact profile notes migrate as Twenty Note records linked to the relevant People record via ContentDocumentLink. Note body migrates as rich text. Contact profile notes are not available in the self-serve Levitate CSV export — we request them from Levitate Support directly as part of the discovery engagement.

Levitate

Text Message (SMS)

maps to

Twenty CRM

Task

1:1
Fully supported

SMS message history is stored per contact in Levitate but the export capability for SMS logs is limited to the contact's recent message thread view. We migrate available SMS logs as Task records with the SMS direction (sent/received), timestamp, and content preserved in the Task description. Long message threads that exceed Levitate's thread view export limit are partially migrated.

Levitate

User (Owner)

maps to

Twenty CRM

Member

1:1
Fully supported

Levitate user accounts (owner, admin, member roles) are listed during discovery, but role definitions and permission scopes are not exportable. We map the primary owner and active user list to Twenty Members. Twenty requires that users be invited and accept their invitation before OwnerId references can be mapped during record import — we provision this sequence during the migration setup phase so that user references resolve at import time.

Levitate

Custom Object

maps to

Twenty CRM

Custom Object

1:1
Fully supported

Levitate custom fields attached to contacts (up to 25 per account) map to Twenty custom fields on the People object. If the customer has data that logically belongs in a separate Levitate object (e.g., policy records, client assets), we create equivalent Twenty Custom Objects during the schema design phase, pre-create the fields in Settings > Data Model, and import via the Twenty REST API. Custom object relationships (lookups to People or Company) require the parent record to exist first.

Levitate

Integration Configuration

maps to

Twenty CRM

Written Inventory

lossy
Fully supported

Levitate's industry-specific integrations with Clio, Vertafore, and AMS360 sync contact and account data with practice management systems. Integration configuration (OAuth tokens, sync direction, field mappings) is stored server-side and not exportable. We deliver a written inventory of each active integration with its connection details, data flow direction, and field-level mapping for the customer's admin to reconfigure post-migration. There is no automated migration path for OAuth tokens or sync rules between platforms.

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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Levitate gotchas

High

No public API — automation logic is not exportable

Medium

Key Dates are Levitate-specific custom fields

Low

Split billing requires manual credit card management

Low

Flat-rate billing continues until cancelled

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Twenty CRM gotchas

High

Import order is enforced and critical

High

Export limited to 20,000 records and visible columns only

Medium

Soft-deleted records count toward uniqueness and trigger restores

Medium

API rate limits cap at 200 req/min on Organization tier

Low

No native email sequences — follow-up cadences require external tools

Pair-specific challenges

  • Levitate has no public API for bulk data export

    Levitate does not publish a REST API for bulk data export. The only documented self-serve export is the UI-based contact CSV download, which omits automation enrollment history, tag creation dates, engagement event logs, and contact profile notes. We handle this by combining the UI CSV export for contacts with manual field extraction for tag assignments and a direct request to Levitate Support for contact profile notes. Any automation logic (workflow definitions, triggers, delays, conditional branches) is not exportable and must be documented and rebuilt. This constraint applies to every Levitate migration regardless of destination.

  • Key Date fields must be pre-created in Twenty before import

    Levitate Key Dates (birthday, renewal date, custom age milestones) are a Levitate-specific custom field type stored as date properties on the contact record. Twenty's CSV import creates records, not fields — custom date fields must exist in Settings > Data Model before any People import. If Key Dates are not pre-created, dates land as plain text fields that cannot trigger date-based automations in Twenty. We flag every Key Date field during discovery and confirm with the customer that the destination schema has equivalent fields created before import begins.

  • Automations cannot be migrated as workflow logic

    Levitate automations are server-side workflow sequences (email steps, delays, conditional branches, tag actions) stored as Levitate-defined JSON that is not accessible via export. We extract only the enrollment state — which contacts are enrolled in which automations — and preserve it as a field on the People record. All automation logic must be manually rebuilt in Twenty. We deliver a written inventory of every active automation with its trigger, conditions, actions, and recommended Twenty equivalent, but the rebuild itself is outside migration scope.

  • Contact profile notes require Levitate Support assistance

    Contact profile notes are not included in Levitate's self-serve CSV export. We request contact notes directly from Levitate Support as part of the migration engagement. If the request is declined or delayed, notes cannot be extracted and contacts will import without note history. This is a Levitate-side constraint that we flag at discovery so that the customer can contact Levitate Support early in the migration timeline.

  • Twenty requires custom fields created before CSV import

    Twenty's Data Model requires custom fields to exist before any CSV import creates records that reference them. Fields not pre-created in Settings > Data Model are silently skipped during import. We handle this by completing the schema design phase — creating all custom date fields, picklists, and custom objects — before any People or Company import begins. This is a sequencing constraint specific to Twenty's import model and is documented in Twenty's own migration guide.

Migration approach

Six steps for a successful Levitate to Twenty CRM data migration

  1. Discovery and export constraint assessment

    We audit the Levitate account across contacts (record count, custom fields, tag taxonomy, Key Date fields), automations (active count, triggers, enrollment states), campaigns (open count, engagement aggregates), integrations (Clio, Vertafore, AMS360 configurations), and user accounts. We simultaneously assess the export constraint: since Levitate has no API, we confirm the UI CSV export capability for contacts, identify any data absent from the self-serve export (profile notes, engagement logs), and submit a formal data request to Levitate Support. The discovery output is a written scope document listing every Levitate object, the export path for each, and the gap items requiring Support assistance.

  2. Schema design in Twenty

    We design the destination Twenty workspace schema before any import begins. This includes creating all custom date fields (mapped from Levitate Key Dates), multi-select picklist fields (mapped from Levitate tag taxonomy), and any Custom Objects required by the customer's data model. We also configure Opportunity record types and stage values mapped from Levitate campaign data. Twenty's Settings > Data Model is the interface for this work. We confirm with the customer that all required fields exist in Twenty before proceeding to export.

  3. Export, transform, and delta reconciliation

    We extract contact records from Levitate via the UI CSV export, enrich the export with tag assignments and any data provided by Levitate Support, and transform the records into Twenty People CSV format. Distinct company names from contact records are extracted and deduplicated into a separate Company CSV. Campaign metadata and aggregate engagement stats are extracted and transformed into Opportunity and Task records. The export and transform phase runs over two to five business days depending on data volume and Support response time.

  4. User provisioning and Owner resolution

    We extract every distinct Levitate user referenced on contact and engagement records and map them to Twenty Members. Twenty requires that users accept their workspace invitation before OwnerId references can resolve during record import. We provision the member invitation sequence in Twenty so that all referenced owners exist and are active before the People import begins. Any Levitate user without a matching Twenty Member goes to a reconciliation queue for the customer's admin to provision.

  5. Production import in dependency order

    We run production import in record-dependency order: Companies first (as the parent of People), then People (with all custom fields, Key Date fields, and tag picklist values resolved), then Tasks and Notes for activity history, then Opportunities for campaign data, then Custom Objects last (because they may have lookups to People or Company). Each phase emits a row-count reconciliation report. Levitate writes are frozen during the cutover window to prevent delta records from being missed.

  6. Cutover, validation, and automation rebuild handoff

    We run a final delta migration of any records modified during the cutover window, then hand over to the customer as system of record in Twenty. We deliver the automation inventory document listing each Levitate automation's trigger, conditions, and recommended Twenty equivalent for the customer's admin to rebuild. We support a five-business-day hypercare window for reconciliation issues raised by the team. We do not rebuild Levitate automations as Twenty workflows inside the migration scope; that work is a separate engagement.

Platform deep dives

Context on both ends of the pair

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Levitate

Source

Strengths

  • Flat-rate pricing includes unlimited contacts, tags, and automations with no per-seat or per-contact overage charges.
  • Emails route through the user's own Gmail or Outlook server, achieving 60%+ open rates versus 20% for mass blast tools.
  • Customer support ratings consistently exceed 4.9/5 across G2, Capterra, and GetApp verified reviews.
  • Built-in AI assistant generates and translates content across 10 languages without leaving the platform.
  • Strong vertical integrations with insurance (Vertafore, AMS360) and legal (Clio) practice management systems.

Weaknesses

  • Single flat-rate tier at $349/month has no free tier, trial, or lower-cost entry point for solo users.
  • No publicly documented API or bulk data export endpoint — contact export is UI-only, automation export is not available.
  • Automations cannot be exported as portable logic; only enrollment state is extractable, requiring workflow re-build at destination.
  • Social media posts, handwritten card orders, and SMS consent records are not independently exportable.
  • Limited customization of pipeline stages, deal objects, or deal-specific fields — the platform is contact-centric rather than opportunity-centric.
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Twenty CRM

Destination

Strengths

  • AGPL-3.0 open-source license with full source code on GitHub — no vendor lock-in, no sunset risk.
  • Unlimited users and unlimited custom objects on self-hosted, with no feature gating based on headcount.
  • REST and GraphQL APIs available on all paid tiers, not locked behind an enterprise add-on fee.
  • MCP server and webhooks shipped as standard features, not premium upgrades.
  • Modern PostgreSQL-backed data model that developer teams can query, extend, and self-host.

Weaknesses

  • Recent v1.0 release means limited production hardening compared to CRMs with multi-year operational track records.
  • No native email sequencing or sales engagement tools — follow-up cadences require a separate platform.
  • No native two-way email sync or inbox integration, requiring third-party connectors for full activity logging.
  • Self-hosting 'free' pricing hides real infrastructure and DevOps costs that stack up over time.
  • Workflow automation is functional but lacks the complexity needed for sophisticated multi-step sales motions.

Complexity grading

How hard is this migration?

Standard CRM migration. 1 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 Levitate and Twenty CRM.

  • Object compatibility

    B

    1 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

    Levitate: Not publicly documented.

  • Data volume sensitivity

    B

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

Estimator

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Most Levitate to Twenty migrations land between two and four weeks for accounts under 5,000 Contacts with no custom objects and a clean tag taxonomy. Migrations with large engagement histories (over 100,000 activity records), multiple Key Date fields requiring custom field creation, or accounts that require extended Levitate Support response for contact profile notes move to six to ten weeks. The Levitate Support data request is the most common timeline variable — Support response time is outside our control.

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