CRM migration

Migrate from Lime Go to Pipedrive

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

Lime Go logo

Lime Go

Source

Pipedrive

Destination

Pipedrive logo

Compatibility

67%

8 of 12

objects map 1:1 between Lime Go and Pipedrive.

Complexity

BStandard

Timeline

3-5 weeks

Rollback included Accuracy guarantee Field-level validation

Overview

What this migration involves

Lime Go and Pipedrive share a visual pipeline orientation and Nordic market presence, but the platforms differ fundamentally in API maturity, integration ecosystem, and automation depth. Lime Go organizes data around Customers, Contacts, Companies, Deals, and Activities with a built-in read-only Nordic company enrichment database of 3.7 million records. Pipedrive uses Organizations, Persons, Deals, and Activities with its own contact enrichment layer. We migrate the full CRM record hierarchy (Customers, Contacts, Deals, Activities, Tasks, History Notes, Documents, Tags, GDPR consent) with parent-lookup resolution and custom field recreation in Pipedrive before production data moves. Lime Go's undocumented API requires us to combine its built-in CSV export with conservative API extraction using generic HTTP authentication, which extends timelines compared to platforms with published REST endpoints. Workflows, automations, and saved filters do not migrate; we deliver a written inventory for your admin to rebuild in Pipedrive's automation builder.

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

Pipedrive logo

Pipedrive

What's pulling them in

  • Clean drag-and-drop pipeline interface with minimal learning curve, making it approachable for small sales teams without dedicated CRM admins.
  • Visual deal tracking keeps reps focused on next actions — activities, calls, and follow-up tasks surface directly in the pipeline view.
  • Strong integrations via Zapier and native marketplace apps let teams wire Pipedrive into Calendly, ActiveCampaign, and similar sales-stack tools.
  • Mobile apps for iOS and Android keep field reps connected to deals, contacts, and tasks without a desktop session.
  • Reputation and review volume — over 3,000 verified reviews across G2 and Capterra — signal reliability for teams evaluating CRM options.

Object mapping

How Lime Go objects map to Pipedrive

Each row shows how a Lime Go object lands in Pipedrive, 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

Pipedrive

Organization

1:1
Fully supported

Lime Go Customers map directly to Pipedrive Organizations with a 1:1 relationship. We preserve all standard fields (name, address, phone, website), custom fields, tags, and the owner assignment. The Customer's unique identifier is preserved in a custom field lime_customer_id__c for audit and cross-reference. GDPR consent flags and anonymisation status migrate as custom fields on the Organization because Pipedrive stores consent at the Person level by default.

Lime Go

Contact

maps to

Pipedrive

Person

1:1
Fully supported

Lime Go Contacts map to Pipedrive Persons with full field fidelity including name, email, phone, title, and custom properties. We link each Person to its parent Organization via the Person-Organization relationship resolved at migration time. GDPR consent flags (granted, withdrawn, timestamps, consent type) migrate as custom fields on the Person record to preserve the compliance timeline in Pipedrive.

Lime Go

Nordic Company Database (enriched)

maps to

Pipedrive

Organization (enrichment)

lossy
Fully supported

Lime Go's built-in Nordic company database of 3.7 million records is a read-only enrichment layer licensed to Lime Go, not user-owned CRM data. It does not migrate as standard Organization records. We extract these as enrichment context records and flag them separately during scoping so customers understand that prospecting enrichment data persists only if the destination CRM has its own enrichment provider (Pipedrive's AI-powered data enrichment or a third-party enrichment tool) or they retain Lime Go for that purpose.

Lime Go

Sales Pipeline

maps to

Pipedrive

Pipeline

lossy
Fully supported

Lime Go's pipeline configuration—stage names, stage order, probability percentages, and visual layout—transfers to Pipedrive Pipeline as a configuration step before Deal migration. Each Lime Go stage maps to a Pipedrive stage within the same Pipeline, preserving probability settings. Multiple Lime Go pipelines map to multiple Pipedrive pipelines for multi-line-of-business accounts.

Lime Go

Deal

maps to

Pipedrive

Deal

1:1
Fully supported

Lime Go Deals map to Pipedrive Deals with a 1:1 relationship. We preserve deal title, value, expected close date, owner, custom fields, stage assignment, and pipeline reference. Stage transitions from Lime Go (open, won, lost with reasons) transfer as Deal activities for pipeline reporting. The Lime Go deal identifier is preserved in lime_deal_id__c on the Pipedrive Deal.

Lime Go

Activity

maps to

Pipedrive

Activity

1:1
Fully supported

Lime Go Activities (calls, emails, meetings) map to Pipedrive Activities with type, subject, body, timestamp, duration, and linked Organization or Person preserved. Activity history sequences into Pipedrive's timeline view under the linked record. Email subject lines become Activity subjects; call durations and dispositions migrate to custom Activity fields.

Lime Go

Task

maps to

Pipedrive

Task

1:1
Fully supported

Lime Go Tasks migrate to Pipedrive Tasks with assignee, due date, status, priority, and subject preserved. Task ownership resolves by matching Lime Go owner email to Pipedrive User email at migration time. Recurring tasks map as repeating Pipedrive Tasks with their recurrence pattern preserved. Batch operation limitations in Lime Go do not affect how we structure migrated Task records.

Lime Go

Reminder

maps to

Pipedrive

Task or Activity

1:1
Fully supported

Lime Go Reminders attach to Contacts, Customers, or Deals and map to Pipedrive Tasks or Activities depending on the reminder type and linked record. We preserve the reminder timestamp, notification context, and linked Organization or Person reference. Reminders without a clear Pipedrive equivalent become Tasks with a custom type field lime_reminder_type__c.

Lime Go

History Note

maps to

Pipedrive

Note

1:1
Fully supported

Lime Go History Notes migrate to Pipedrive Notes linked to the parent Organization, Person, or Deal via ContentDocumentLink. We preserve the full note text, author name, timestamp, and any attachments. Note authorship is stored in a custom note_author__c field because Pipedrive Notes do not have a native author field. Large attachments are extracted and linked as Files.

Lime Go

Document

maps to

Pipedrive

File

1:1
Fully supported

Documents and attachments stored in Lime Go are extracted and linked as Pipedrive Files attached to the corresponding Organization, Person, or Deal record. We preserve file names, upload timestamps, and content. Files exceeding Pipedrive's storage limits are linked via external URL reference or stored in the customer's designated cloud storage with a link recorded in Pipedrive.

Lime Go

Custom Field

maps to

Pipedrive

Custom Field

lossy
Fully supported

Lime Go tenant-specific custom fields on Customers, Contacts, and Deals are discovered during scoping and recreated in Pipedrive before any data loads. Field types (text, number, date, picklist, multi-select) map to their Pipedrive equivalents. Any custom fields without a direct Pipedrive type equivalent are flagged during scoping with a recommended resolution—either a custom field type in Pipedrive or a note explaining the limitation.

Lime Go

Tag

maps to

Pipedrive

Tag

lossy
Fully supported

Tags stored as flat label arrays on Customers, Contacts, and Deals in Lime Go transfer to Pipedrive Tags using the Tag API endpoint. Tags used for segmentation map as-is; tags used for content classification are documented as Pipedrive Label alternatives if the customer prefers a label-based taxonomy in Pipedrive. Tag strategy is confirmed during scoping.

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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Pipedrive gotchas

High

Custom field hash keys differ per account

High

Export access gated by visibility groups

Medium

Token-based API rate limits since December 2024

Medium

Sequences and Automations not exposed via REST API

Low

Cost escalates via workflow caps and add-ons

Pair-specific challenges

  • Lime Go lacks a documented public REST API

    Lime Go does not publish a comprehensive public REST API reference with rate limits. The n8n integration page shows it supports generic HTTP authentication (OAuth1/OAuth2, Basic, Header, Query auth) via HTTP Request nodes, but no granular endpoint documentation exists publicly. Pipedrive's API, by contrast, uses a token-based system where each endpoint carries a cost based on computational complexity, with burst limits on a rolling two-second window and persistent violations escalating to 403 responses. We handle Lime Go's documentation gap by combining Lime Go's built-in CSV exports with conservative API extraction using generic HTTP authentication, implementing retry logic with exponential backoff, and using CSV-assisted extraction for standard objects while manually harvesting edge-case records. This extends migration timelines compared to fully documented API sources.

  • Nordic enrichment database is read-only and non-transferable

    Lime Go's built-in Nordic company database of 3.7 million enriched business records is a read-only enrichment layer, not user-owned CRM data. It does not migrate as Contacts or Companies because it is licensed to Lime Go's platform. During migration scoping, we flag these records separately so customers understand that prospecting enrichment data does not transfer automatically. Customers must activate Pipedrive's own enrichment integrations (available on Advanced+ plans at $69/user/mo) or select a third-party enrichment provider to replicate the Nordic prospecting coverage they had in Lime Go.

  • Custom fields must be pre-created in Pipedrive before migration

    Lime Go tenant-specific custom fields on Customers, Contacts, and Deals vary by contract and do not have a standard export schema. We discover the tenant schema during scoping, map field types to Pipedrive custom field equivalents, and recreate the schema in Pipedrive before any data load. Pipedrive's Custom Fields are gated behind its plans—fields on Essential are limited, and full custom field access requires the Professional plan ($49/user/mo) or higher. We confirm the customer's Pipedrive plan tier during scoping and flag any custom fields that require an upgrade to create.

  • Email-logged-to-record associations require audit and reconstruction

    Lime Go users report that email integrations are weak, forcing manual email logging against CRM records. During migration, email-to-record associations stored in Lime Go's activity log must be audited and reconstructed in Pipedrive. Pipedrive's Activity system (calls, emails, meetings) is unified under one object, and email sync depends on the plan tier—Essential ($15/user/mo) has limited email sync, while Advanced ($69/user/mo) includes full email sync. We document existing email associations in Lime Go and map them to Pipedrive Activity records with the linked Person or Organization preserved during migration.

  • Saved filters and comment threads do not migrate

    Lime Go's saved filters are user-specific query configurations with no stable exportable schema and cannot transfer across CRM platforms. Comment threads on Lime Go records lack nested reply structures in Pipedrive's Note system, so thread context is preserved as flat notes with author attribution. We document saved filters as a named list for the customer's admin to recreate in Pipedrive's filter builder. Comment threads migrate as Notes with the thread structure flattened into sequential entries with author and timestamp preserved.

Migration approach

Six steps for a successful Lime Go to Pipedrive data migration

  1. Discovery and scoping

    We audit the source Lime Go environment across all objects (Customers, Contacts, Deals, Activities, Tasks, History Notes, Documents), record volumes per object, custom field schema, pipeline configuration, owner assignments, and GDPR consent records. Because Lime Go lacks a published public API with documented rate limits, we also map the available extraction path—built-in CSV export for standard objects and manual harvesting for History Notes and Reminders. We pair this with a Pipedrive plan assessment to confirm which plan tiers are needed for the customer's custom field and enrichment requirements.

  2. Pipedrive schema setup

    Before any data moves, we configure the destination Pipedrive environment: create all custom fields matching the Lime Go tenant schema, configure Pipedrive Pipelines and Stages to match Lime Go's pipeline layout, set up Organization and Person custom fields for GDPR consent flags, and configure the Pipedrive API credentials and sandbox access for migration testing. Pipedrive schema setup happens in a dedicated test workspace first and moves to production only after customer sign-off.

  3. Sandbox validation and mapping workbook

    We run a full migration into Pipedrive's test environment using production-like data volume. The customer reconciles record counts across all object types, spot-checks migrated records against Lime Go source data, and reviews the field mapping workbook we deliver as the migration source of truth. Any corrections to field mapping, custom field type conversions, or pipeline stage assignments happen at this stage. This step prevents mapping errors from reaching production data.

  4. Owner reconciliation and user provisioning

    We extract every distinct Lime Go user referenced as an owner on Customers, Contacts, Deals, and Activities and match by email against the destination Pipedrive User table. Any Lime Go owner without a matching Pipedrive User enters a reconciliation queue for the customer to provision before record migration resumes. Pipedrive recommends inviting users before migration starts; if migration begins before user setup, all records default to the initiating user.

  5. Production migration in dependency order

    We migrate in record-dependency sequence: Pipedrive Users (validated), Organizations (from Lime Go Customers), Persons (from Lime Go Contacts with OrganizationId resolved), Pipedrive Pipelines and Stages (from Lime Go pipeline configuration), Deals (with PipelineId, StageId, OrganizationId, and OwnerId resolved), Activities (emails, calls, meetings via Pipedrive Activity API), Tasks, History Notes (as Pipedrive Notes), and Documents. Each phase emits a row-count reconciliation report before the next phase begins. GDPR consent records migrate as custom fields on Person and Organization records.

  6. Cutover, validation, and automation handoff

    We freeze Lime Go writes during cutover, run a final delta migration for records modified during the migration window, then enable Pipedrive as the system of record. We deliver a written inventory of Lime Go workflows, automations, and saved filters requiring rebuild in Pipedrive's automation builder. We support a one-week post-migration window for reconciliation issues. We do not rebuild Lime Go workflows as Pipedrive automations inside the migration scope; that is a separate engagement.

Platform deep dives

Context on both ends of the pair

Lime Go logo

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.
Pipedrive logo

Pipedrive

Destination

Strengths

  • Intuitive drag-and-drop pipeline that sales reps actually use without resistance or training overhead.
  • Per-seat unlimited-deals model on all tiers — reps cannot be blocked from logging activity.
  • Active marketplace with 400+ integrations and a documented REST API with OpenAPI 3 specs.
  • Mobile apps with offline access, call logging, and calendar sync keep field teams operational.
  • Strong focus on sales activity tracking — next-action reminders and follow-up scheduling are first-class features.

Weaknesses

  • No custom objects — teams needing non-standard data structures must work around the four standard entity types.
  • Workflow automation limits by tier (30, 60, 90 active workflows) force upgrades as processes grow.
  • No free permanent plan — teams evaluating fit must commit to a trial without a freemium option.
  • Limited advanced reporting and custom dashboard capabilities compared to HubSpot or Salesforce.
  • Export permissions are gated by visibility groups, meaning data scoping must account for who can see what before migration.

Complexity grading

How hard is this migration?

Standard CRM migration. 3 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 Pipedrive.

  • Object compatibility

    B

    3 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.

Estimator

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Typical migrations land between three and five weeks for accounts under 10,000 records with no complex custom objects. Migrations with multiple pipelines, more than twenty custom fields, engagement histories exceeding 100,000 activity records, or API-assisted extraction from Lime Go's undocumented endpoints extend to five to eight weeks. Large migrations above 25,000 records with complex custom schemas or multi-pipeline configurations reach eight to twelve weeks because of Lime Go CSV-assisted extraction and Pipedrive API pagination requirements.

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