CRM migration

Migrate from Lime Go to Nutshell

Field-level mapping, validation, and rollback between Lime Go and Nutshell. We move data and schema; workflows are rebuilt natively in Nutshell.

Lime Go logo

Lime Go

Source

Nutshell

Destination

Nutshell logo

Compatibility

80%

8 of 10

objects map 1:1 between Lime Go and Nutshell.

Complexity

BStandard

Timeline

2-4 weeks

Rollback included Accuracy guarantee Field-level validation

Overview

What this migration involves

Moving from Lime Go to Nutshell is a cross-regional migration from a Nordic-focused CRM to a US-based all-in-one platform with different data architectures. Lime Go organizes data around Customers (company-level), Contacts (person-level), and Deals with a visual pipeline; Nutshell uses People, Companies, and Leads/Deals with a unified People record that can serve as both prospect and customer. The primary complexity is Lime Go's lack of a publicly documented REST API with rate limits, which we handle through export-based extraction and conservative request pacing. We also preserve GDPR consent history from Lime Go as custom fields in Nutshell, flag Nutshell's custom field search limitations that affect data auditing post-migration, and separate Lime Go's built-in Nordic company enrichment database (read-only enrichment, not migratable CRM data) from standard record migrations. Saved filters, manual email associations, and workflow configurations do not transfer; we deliver written inventories for admin rebuild.

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

Lime Go logo

Lime Go

What's pushing teams away

  • Poor third-party integrations force users to manually log emails and other communications, creating data silos and significant administrative overhead in daily workflows.
  • Task management lacks batch operations—users cannot select multiple reminders and postpone them in one action, causing friction when managing high-activity sales teams.
  • Limited commenting functionality: users cannot reply to comments, making collaborative note-taking and team communication less structured than alternatives.
  • Not advanced enough for project management use cases despite covering CRM fundamentals, prompting teams with project-heavy workflows to seek alternative platforms.

Choosing

Nutshell logo

Nutshell

What's pulling them in

  • Lowest cost entry point among mid-market CRMs—Foundation plan starts at $13/user/month, making it accessible for teams validating CRM fit before committing.
  • Integrated sales automation and email sequencing on Pro plans without requiring a separate email marketing platform, per verified Capterra reviews.
  • Consistently praised for intuitive interface and fast onboarding, with case studies reporting 100% team adoption rates within initial deployment periods.
  • Strong customer support responsiveness cited across G2 reviews, with dedicated support tiers available on Enterprise plans.
  • Native integrations with WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, Instagram, and Slack reduce reliance on third-party middleware for common communication channels.

Object mapping

How Lime Go objects map to Nutshell

Each row shows how a Lime Go object lands in Nutshell, including any object-level transformations, lookup resolution, or schema-design dependencies.

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

Lime Go

Customer

maps to

Nutshell

Company (or Person as Company)

1:1
Fully supported

Lime Go Customers (company-level records) map to Nutshell Company records. Lime Go Customer properties including company name, address, phone, industry, custom fields, and tags migrate to the corresponding Nutshell Company fields. If the customer uses Lime Go's unified Customer-Contact model without separate Company records, we create Nutshell Company records from the Customer data and link them to Person records. The Lime Technologies move-to-go tool also supports Organizations as a separate entity from Persons, which aligns with Nutshell's Company distinction.

Lime Go

Contact

maps to

Nutshell

Person

1:1
Fully supported

Lime Go Contacts map to Nutshell People records. Full field fidelity is preserved including first name, last name, email, phone, title, custom properties, owner assignment, and GDPR consent flags. Nutshell's People record can serve as both individual contact and organizational representative. We resolve the link to the Nutshell Company record that was created from the corresponding Lime Go Customer using domain-based matching or explicit company name matching.

Lime Go

Sales Pipeline

maps to

Nutshell

Pipeline

lossy
Fully supported

Lime Go visual adjustable sales pipelines with configurable stages map to Nutshell's pipeline structure. We preserve stage names, order, and probability settings during migration. If Lime Go has multiple pipelines configured, these map to separate Nutshell pipelines or to pipeline stages within a single Nutshell pipeline depending on the customer's chosen Nutshell plan tier.

Lime Go

Deal

maps to

Nutshell

Lead or Deal

1:1
Fully supported

Lime Go Deals map to Nutshell Deals or Leads depending on deal stage and customer preference. Active sales deals map to Nutshell Deals with value, expected close date, owner, and linked Company/Person preserved. Deals that are early-stage prospect entries can map to Nutshell Leads if the customer prefers to use Nutshell's Lead object for early pipeline entries. Closed-won and closed-lost deal history migrates with stage history preserved as deal activity.

Lime Go

Activity

maps to

Nutshell

Task or Note

1:1
Fully supported

Lime Go Activities (touchpoints logged against Customers, Contacts, or Deals) map to Nutshell Tasks or Notes depending on activity type. Phone calls map to Tasks with call disposition preserved; meetings map to Tasks with attendee information; general touchpoints map to Notes attached to the corresponding Person or Company. Activity timestamps and author information migrate to preserve the timeline view in Nutshell.

Lime Go

Task

maps to

Nutshell

Task

1:1
Fully supported

Lime Go Tasks including assignee, due date, status, priority, and description migrate to Nutshell Tasks. Lime Go's limitation on batch task operations does not affect how we structure migrated records. Open tasks migrate with their current status; completed tasks migrate with completion timestamps. Recurring tasks in Lime Go map to Nutshell repeating tasks where the destination platform supports them.

Lime Go

Reminder

maps to

Nutshell

Task

1:1
Fully supported

Lime Go Reminders attached to Contacts, Customers, or Deals map to Nutshell Tasks with the reminder timestamp preserved as the task due date. The notification context (linked record type and ID) migrates as a link to the corresponding Nutshell Person or Company. Recurring reminders in Lime Go map to Nutshell repeating tasks.

Lime Go

History Note

maps to

Nutshell

Note

1:1
Fully supported

Lime Go History Notes (chronological interaction records per Customer or Contact) map to Nutshell Notes attached to the corresponding Person or Company record. Full note text, author, timestamp, and any associated attachments migrate. Attachments to history notes become Nutshell file attachments on the Note record or linked ContentDocument records.

Lime Go

Document

maps to

Nutshell

Attachment

1:1
Fully supported

Documents attached to Lime Go Customers, Contacts, or Deals are extracted and linked to the corresponding Nutshell Person, Company, or Deal record. File names, upload timestamps, and file types are preserved. Large binary files (over 10MB) may require chunked upload handling depending on Nutshell's attachment API limits at the time of migration.

Lime Go

Custom Field

maps to

Nutshell

Custom Field

lossy
Fully supported

Lime Go custom fields on Customers, Contacts, and Deals vary by tenant. We discover the tenant schema during scoping, map field types (text, number, date, picklist, checkbox) to Nutshell custom field equivalents. A known limitation: Nutshell's API does not support searching by custom field value, which affects post-migration data auditing workflows. We flag this during scoping so the customer can plan alternative data lookup processes. Unmapped custom field types are documented for admin review.

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.

Lime Go logo

Lime Go gotchas

High

No public REST API with documented rate limits

Medium

Minimum contract pricing of approximately €120/month

Medium

Nordic company enrichment data is read-only

Medium

Manual email logging required due to poor integrations

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Nutshell gotchas

High

Contact tier limits enforced on import

Medium

No bulk API endpoint requires paginated extraction

Medium

Email sequences not exportable via API

Medium

Foundation plan disables key sales features

Pair-specific challenges

  • Lime Go lacks a publicly documented REST API

    Lime Go does not publish a comprehensive public REST API reference with rate limits. The n8n integration page shows generic HTTP authentication options (OAuth1/OAuth2, Basic, Header, Query auth) but no granular endpoint documentation exists publicly. We handle this by using Lime Go's export capabilities and any available API endpoints discovered during scoping, implementing conservative request pacing with retry logic to avoid triggering undocumented throttling. This adds time to the extraction phase compared to platforms with documented APIs.

  • Nutshell API does not support searching by custom field

    A confirmed limitation from Nutshell's API (referenced in Stack Overflow developer discussions since 2014) is that Nutshell does not support searching records by custom field value via API. During migration scoping, we identify every Lime Go custom field used in reports, filters, or segmentation logic. Post-migration, any workflow or report that relies on custom field search requires an alternative approach such as exporting to a spreadsheet, using Nutshell's built-in reporting with standard fields, or implementing a third-party reporting integration. We document all affected processes during handoff.

  • Nordic company enrichment data does not migrate as CRM records

    Lime Go's built-in Nordic company database of 3.7 million businesses is a read-only enrichment layer, not user-owned CRM data. It does not migrate as Contacts or Companies. We extract and flag these records as enrichment-only during scoping so customers understand that prospecting enrichment data does not transfer unless the destination CRM has its own enrichment provider (such as Nutshell's ProspectorIQ add-on). Customers may retain Lime Go for enrichment-only use or subscribe to a third-party enrichment service.

  • GDPR consent records require custom field mapping and explicit preservation

    Lime Go's built-in GDPR functionalities including consent history and anonymisation flags require explicit mapping to Nutshell custom fields. Nutshell does not have a native GDPR consent tracking object by default; we create custom fields on the Person record (consent_type, consent_date, consent_withdrawal_date) and migrate the full consent timeline. We flag any anonymised records in Lime Go that cannot be re-identified in Nutshell without explicit consent re-collection.

  • Saved filters do not migrate across platforms

    Lime Go saved filters are user-specific query configurations that do not have a stable exportable schema and cannot transfer to Nutshell. We document the active saved filters during scoping so that users can recreate them in Nutshell using its filter and view capabilities. This is a standard limitation across all CRM-to-CRM migrations and requires minimal admin effort to resolve post-migration.

Migration approach

Six steps for a successful Lime Go to Nutshell data migration

  1. Discovery and scoping

    We audit the source Lime Go tenant across record types (Customers, Contacts, Deals, Activities, Tasks, Documents), custom field schemas, pipeline configurations, and GDPR consent record volumes. We extract owner assignments and verify that Lime Go credentials have sufficient access for data export. Nutshell's supported import sources list (via Import2 partnership) does not include Lime Go, confirming that a custom migration approach is required. The discovery output is a written migration scope with record counts per object, custom field inventory, and a flag of any Lime Go records that may require GDPR anonymisation before export.

  2. Schema design for Nutshell

    We design the destination schema in Nutshell. This includes provisioning custom fields (with Lime Go field types mapped to Nutshell equivalents), configuring the pipeline stages to match Lime Go's stage names and probabilities, setting up any required Company and Person record types, and creating the GDPR consent custom fields on Person records. Nutshell's API limitations (particularly the inability to search by custom field value) are flagged during design so the customer can plan alternative reporting workflows.

  3. Data extraction with conservative pacing

    We extract data from Lime Go using available API endpoints and export capabilities with conservative request pacing to avoid undocumented throttling. Records are extracted in dependency order: Customers first (to create Nutshell Companies), then Contacts (with parent Customer resolved to Nutshell Company), then Deals (with linked Company and Contact resolved), then Activities, Tasks, Reminders, History Notes, and Documents. GDPR consent records are extracted separately and mapped to the custom consent fields created in Nutshell. The Nordic enrichment database is extracted as a separate reference file but not imported as CRM records.

  4. Data transformation and consent preservation

    We transform Lime Go records to match Nutshell's schema. This includes mapping Lime Go custom field values to Nutshell custom fields, converting date formats, resolving Lime Go owner email addresses to Nutshell user accounts, and splitting Lime Go's Customer-Contact model into Nutshell's Company-Person structure. GDPR consent records are transformed into Nutshell custom consent fields with the full timeline (granted, withdrawn, timestamps) preserved. Any Lime Go records with anonymisation flags are flagged in the migration report and excluded from Nutshell import to avoid GDPR re-identification risk.

  5. Validation and sandbox import

    We run a test import into the customer's Nutshell environment using a subset of records (typically 50-100 per object type) to validate field mapping, ownership resolution, and pipeline stage alignment. The customer reviews the imported records and confirms mapping accuracy before the full production migration begins. Corrections to field mappings, custom field creation, or pipeline stage configuration happen during this validation window.

  6. Production migration and cutover

    We run the full production migration in record-dependency order with real-time reconciliation against source record counts. Documents are uploaded in a parallel stream with linking to the corresponding Nutshell records. After the primary migration, we run a delta migration to capture any records modified during the cutover window. We freeze Lime Go writes during cutover, then enable Nutshell as the system of record. We deliver the GDPR consent field documentation, saved filter inventory (for manual recreation), and any workflow or automation notes as a written handoff document.

Platform deep dives

Context on both ends of the pair

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Lime Go

Source

Strengths

  • Built-in Nordic company database with 3.7 million enriched business records for instant prospecting.
  • Visual adjustable sales pipeline with clear stage-by-stage deal tracking and team performance views.
  • User-friendly interface that sales teams adopt rapidly without extensive onboarding or training costs.
  • GDPR-compliant features including anonymisation, consent history tracking, and external data sharing controls.
  • Competitive pricing model with €40/user/month positioned below enterprise CRM alternatives for scaling Nordic teams.

Weaknesses

  • Limited third-party integrations require manual email logging and create data silos across communication channels.
  • No native project management capabilities—insufficient for teams needing CRM plus project tracking in one tool.
  • Batch task operations unavailable—users cannot group-select and update multiple reminders simultaneously.
  • Commenting system lacks nested replies, restricting collaborative note structure and team discussion depth.
  • No publicly documented API rate limits or comprehensive public REST API reference, complicating automated migration tooling.
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Nutshell

Destination

Strengths

  • Simple, intuitive interface with minimal learning curve for sales teams new to CRM
  • Per-seat pricing is transparent and predictable, with annual billing reducing monthly cost
  • Full data export tool available for all account data including backups
  • Open JSON-RPC API allows programmatic access to all core objects
  • Native multichannel engagement (email, SMS, WhatsApp) without third-party add-ons for communication

Weaknesses

  • Reporting and analytics are considered weak, requiring manual Excel exports for detailed analysis
  • No bulk API endpoint—migration requires paginated API reads that must be rate-limited carefully
  • JSON-RPC API is less common than REST, requiring custom integration code compared to standard REST CRMs
  • Add-on costs (Forms, Nutshell IQ, Email Marketing) are per-company charges that stack on top of per-seat pricing
  • Feature restrictions on entry-level plans mean teams often need mid-tier to get basic automation

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 Lime Go and Nutshell.

  • 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

    Lime Go: Not publicly documented.

  • Data volume sensitivity

    B

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

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Small migrations under 2,000 total records (Customers, Contacts, Deals, Activities) complete in two to four weeks. Medium migrations with 2,000-5,000 records and multiple custom fields land at four to six weeks. Larger migrations with 5,000+ records, GDPR consent records, or document attachments exceeding 1,000 files extend to five to eight weeks. Timeline depends on Lime Go API responsiveness (which has no documented rate limits), Nutshell import API throughput, and the customer's review cadence during the validation phase.

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