CRM migration

Migrate from Livespace CRM to Odoo CRM

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

Livespace CRM logo

Livespace CRM

Source

Odoo CRM

Destination

Odoo CRM logo

Compatibility

83%

10 of 12

objects map 1:1 between Livespace CRM and Odoo CRM.

Complexity

BStandard

Timeline

3-5 weeks

Rollback included Accuracy guarantee Field-level validation

Overview

What this migration involves

Moving from Livespace CRM to Odoo CRM is a consolidation from a sales-process-focused CRM into a modular ERP where CRM is one app among dozens. Livespace organises Deals inside Spaces that model each team's non-linear sales process; Odoo CRM uses a standard Kanban pipeline with Lead-to-Opportunity conversion as its primary workflow. We map Livespace Persons to Odoo Contacts, Companies to Companies, and Deals to Opportunities with stage probability derived from each Deal's progress inside its Space. Livespace's SHA1-signed session tokens require refresh before every batch; we handle this with per-request re-authentication and 401-triggered retry logic. Custom additional fields on Persons, Companies, and Deals are schema-discovered via the Get custom fields endpoint before any transformation runs. Email sequences and file attachments have no API in Livespace and do not migrate; we document both as manual-rebuild items in the handoff package. Odoo's per-user, per-app pricing model means the CRM app alone costs $24 per user per month, but teams migrating from Livespace Growth or Professional+ often add Odoo Accounting, Inventory, or Project modules in the same migration, which can reduce total platform spend compared to Livespace's per-seat CRM-only model.

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

Livespace CRM logo

Livespace CRM

What's pushing teams away

  • The native integration ecosystem is thin — reviewers on Capterra note that Livespace lacks some addons and integrations available in HubSpot or Salesforce, requiring workarounds via Zapier or custom API code.
  • Performance issues appear when adding large batches of clients; one Capterra reviewer reported the interface freezing during bulk client imports, though Livespace's support team resolved this post-publication.
  • As teams scale beyond 50 seats or need sub-second reporting, Livespace's feature set is described by reviewers as approaching its limits compared to enterprise CRMs, pushing growth-stage companies toward alternatives.
  • The email sequence builder has no public API — power users who automate heavily via API find this a blocking limitation when they need to replicate sequences in a destination CRM.

Choosing

Odoo CRM logo

Odoo CRM

What's pulling them in

  • Teams choose Odoo CRM for its modular architecture — one base install with one-click app additions means they can adopt CRM alone and add accounting, inventory, or sales later as the business grows.
  • Small businesses pick Odoo because the Community edition is free and open-source, with no per-user or contact limits, allowing full evaluation before committing to a paid Enterprise tier.
  • The drag-and-drop Kanban pipeline and AI lead scoring are highlighted across G2 reviews as concrete features that make lead management faster and more visual than spreadsheet-based workflows.
  • Odoo's native integration with email, live chat, SMS, VoIP, and WhatsApp means inbound leads from multiple channels feed into a single pipeline without third-party middleware.
  • Companies in retail, supply chain, and construction value that Odoo's CRM module shares the same PostgreSQL database and UI as its ERP modules, eliminating data silos between sales and operations.

Object mapping

How Livespace CRM objects map to Odoo CRM

Each row shows how a Livespace CRM object lands in Odoo CRM, including any object-level transformations, lookup resolution, or schema-design dependencies.

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

Livespace CRM

Person (Contact)

maps to

Odoo CRM

Contact

1:1
Fully supported

Livespace Persons map to Odoo CRM Contacts. Standard fields (name, email, phone, address) migrate 1:1. Custom additional fields on the Person record are schema-discovered via the Get custom fields endpoint before transformation, then created as equivalent custom fields on the Odoo res.partner model via Odoo Studio. Lifecycle stage values stored as picklist selections migrate to a custom contact field in Odoo.

Livespace CRM

Company

maps to

Odoo CRM

Company

1:1
Fully supported

Livespace Companies map to Odoo CRM Companies (also res.partner with is_company=True). Company-to-Person associations are preserved as the partner_id link on the Contact record. The Livespace company domain becomes the Website field in Odoo and is used as a dedupe key during import to prevent duplicate company records.

Livespace CRM

Deal

maps to

Odoo CRM

Opportunity

1:1
Fully supported

Livespace Deals map to Odoo CRM Opportunities. The Deal's assigned Space determines which Odoo pipeline stage it maps to; if Livespace uses multiple Spaces, we flatten them into a single Odoo pipeline with stage names derived from the most commonly used Space process steps. Deal value, close date, owner, and custom deal fields migrate directly. Closed-Won and Closed-Lost reasons from Livespace custom fields migrate to Odoo's Lost Reason and Stage fields.

Livespace CRM

Space

maps to

Odoo CRM

Pipeline + Stage

lossy
Fully supported

Livespace Spaces define separate working environments and process models. Odoo CRM uses a single pipeline with configurable Stages. We flatten multiple Spaces into one Odoo pipeline, mapping each Space's process steps to Odoo stage names in the sequence order. Probability percentages are computed from the average position of Deals within each Space's process.

Livespace CRM

Task

maps to

Odoo CRM

Task

1:1
Fully supported

Livespace Tasks linked to Deals migrate as Odoo CRM Tasks attached to the corresponding Opportunity via the res_model and res_id context fields. Task status (open/completed), due date, body text, and assignee resolve from the Livespace hubspot_owner_id to the Odoo res.users record by email match. Tasks linked to Persons migrate as Tasks on the Contact record.

Livespace CRM

User

maps to

Odoo CRM

User

1:1
Fully supported

Livespace Users are matched to Odoo res.users by email address. Any Livespace Owner with no corresponding Odoo User is flagged in a reconciliation queue for the customer's admin to provision before the migration proceeds. Team membership is preserved as Odoo Sales Team membership on the User record.

Livespace CRM

Team

maps to

Odoo CRM

Sales Team

1:1
Fully supported

Livespace Teams map to Odoo CRM Sales Teams (crm.team model). Team-to-User memberships migrate as team membership records in Odoo. If the destination Odoo setup uses a single sales team, team assignments are flattened to individual User records.

Livespace CRM

Contact Group

maps to

Odoo CRM

Tag

1:1
Fully supported

Livespace Contact Groups (static segment lists) migrate to Odoo CRM Tags on the Contact record via the mail.activity.mixin model. Group membership is written as individual tag assignments per Contact. Dynamic groups that rely on filter rules cannot be reconstructed automatically and are documented as Odoo Segment criteria for the admin to configure.

Livespace CRM

Source

maps to

Odoo CRM

Custom Field

1:1
Fully supported

Livespace Lead Sources (web form, referral, event, etc.) are exposed via the source list API. We map source values as a custom Char or Selection field on the Odoo Contact record. If the destination Odoo instance uses the CRM referral tracking module, source values can alternatively map to the campaign_id field for attribution reporting.

Livespace CRM

Custom Fields (Persons, Companies, Deals)

maps to

Odoo CRM

Custom Fields (res.partner, crm.lead)

lossy
Fully supported

Livespace custom additional and hidden fields vary per account and are discovered via the Get custom fields endpoint before any transformation runs. We create matching custom fields on the Odoo res.partner model (for Person and Company fields) and crm.lead model (for Deal fields) via Odoo Studio. Picklist values are created as Selection options; date fields are normalised to the Odoo datetime format with UTC timezone handling.

Livespace CRM

Attachment

maps to

Odoo CRM

none

1:1
Fully supported

Livespace does not expose file attachments via its public REST API. Attachments on Deals and Persons must be downloaded manually via the Livespace application UI or exported through its manual data export tool before migration begins. We flag this as a required pre-migration manual step in the runbook and exclude attachment records from the API-driven migration scope. Odoo's filestore remains empty for attachment content from Livespace.

Livespace CRM

Email Sequence

maps to

Odoo CRM

none

1:1
Fully supported

Livespace's email sequence builder exposes no public API endpoints. Sequence membership, step status, and timing rules cannot be read programmatically. We document the full sequence configuration (step order, delay, template, trigger condition) in a written summary delivered alongside the migration so the customer's admin can manually rebuild using Odoo Mass Mailing, CRM Mail Automation, or a third-party sales engagement tool post-migration.

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.

Livespace CRM logo

Livespace CRM gotchas

High

API requires rotating session tokens with SHA1 signing

High

Attachment files are not exposed via the public API

Medium

Email sequences have no API — automation data is not migratable programmatically

Medium

Custom field schema differs per account and requires pre-migration schema discovery

Low

Duplicate detection only available on Automation tier and above

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Odoo CRM gotchas

High

Odoo.sh version gating blocks assisted migrations from trial

High

Enterprise modules fail to install on Community after database restore

Medium

Custom module view inheritance breaks between Odoo major versions

Medium

Custom fields risk losing their application context on Community

Low

API access for Community is gated behind the Custom Plan

Pair-specific challenges

  • Livespace API requires SHA1-signed session tokens that expire per request

    Every Livespace API request must be signed with a SHA1 hash of the concatenated API Key, Auth Token, and API Secret. The Auth Token and Session ID expire after a single request, so we must fetch a fresh session token before each batch. For long migration runs spanning multiple hours, a session expiry mid-batch causes silent 401 auth failures. We detect 401 responses, re-authenticate, and retry the failed batch. Additionally, the API is only accessible on Livespace Automation tier and above; Base plan accounts cannot programmatically export data at all, so we confirm the account's plan tier during scoping before proceeding.

  • Odoo requires at least one Contact to create an Opportunity via XML-RPC

    Odoo CRM's crm.lead model requires a partner_id (Contact) reference when creating an Opportunity unless the lead is held as an unqualified Lead before conversion. Livespace Deals attached to Persons migrate cleanly, but Deals with no linked Person must be inserted as Odoo CRM Leads first and converted to Opportunities after a Contact is associated. This introduces a two-phase Deal migration step for orphaned records. We flag any Deal without a linked Person during the transform phase and queue them for a secondary pass once the Person mapping is complete.

  • Odoo's workflow and automation model differs substantially from Livespace Spaces

    Livespace Spaces model each team's sales process as a configurable non-linear set of steps and checklists tied to Deals. Odoo CRM uses stage-based Kanban with Odoo Studio for custom automation actions. Automations built inside Livespace Spaces (stage-triggered alerts, checklist completions, automatic task generation) have no direct Odoo equivalent and must be rebuilt using Odoo CRM Automations, Server Actions, or Planned Actions. We document the existing Space logic in a written inventory for the customer's admin to reconstruct post-migration. Odoo's automation engine is flexible but requires configuration in a different mental model from Livespace's process-builder.

  • Custom field schema discovery must precede all transformation work

    Livespace supports hidden, required, and custom additional fields on Persons, Companies, and Deals. These fields are not standard across accounts — the same object can have different custom field sets per workspace. We call the Get custom fields endpoint at the start of every migration to retrieve the full schema before writing any record. Date formats also require explicit normalisation; Livespace stores dates in a format that needs timezone handling for Odoo's datetime fields. Picklist values must be pre-created as Selection options in Odoo Studio before the migration batch runs, otherwise the import will fail on unknown option values.

Migration approach

Six steps for a successful Livespace CRM to Odoo CRM data migration

  1. Scoping and plan tier confirmation

    We audit the source Livespace account: plan tier (confirming Automation or above for API access), record counts across Persons, Companies, Deals, Tasks, Contact Groups, and Sources, and a review of active email sequences and Deal Space configurations. We also confirm the destination Odoo instance (cloud-hosted or self-hosted Community/Enterprise), available Odoo apps, and existing user accounts. The output is a written migration scope document with record-count estimates and a confirmation that the source account has API access.

  2. Custom field schema discovery and transform design

    We call the Livespace Get custom fields endpoint to retrieve the full schema for Persons, Companies, and Deals before any data extraction begins. We map each custom field to an equivalent Odoo field type (Char, Text, Integer, Float, Selection, Date, Datetime) and pre-create all custom fields on the Odoo res.partner and crm.lead models via Odoo Studio or XML-RPC write. Picklist values are pre-created as Selection options. This schema design is validated against the Odoo destination in a staging pass before production migration begins.

  3. Data extraction with per-batch SHA1 session refresh

    We extract all Persons, Companies, Deals, Tasks, Contact Groups, and Source records from Livespace via its REST API. Every batch request is preceded by a fresh authentication call to obtain a new Auth Token and Session ID signed with SHA1. If a 401 response is received mid-batch, we re-authenticate and retry the batch without duplicating previously processed records. All custom field values are captured in raw form alongside standard fields. Attachments are flagged as manual-export items in the runbook; the customer downloads these via the Livespace UI before the production migration window.

  4. Staging migration and Odoo schema validation

    We run a full migration into the customer's Odoo staging or sandbox environment using production-like record volumes. The Odoo destination schema (custom fields, pipeline stages, Sales Team structure, picklist values) is validated end-to-end. The customer's admin reviews 25-50 spot-check records against the Livespace source and confirms the mapping is correct before we proceed to production. Any field type mismatches, picklist gaps, or owner resolution failures are corrected here.

  5. Owner reconciliation and User provisioning

    We extract every distinct Livespace Owner referenced on Deals and Tasks and match by email against the Odoo res.users table. Any Owner without a matching Odoo User is placed in a reconciliation queue. The customer's Odoo admin provisions the missing Users before the production migration resumes. Migration cannot proceed past this step because Odoo Opportunity and Task records require a valid res.users OwnerId reference at insert time.

  6. Production migration in dependency order

    We run production migration in this order: Companies (res.partner is_company records first as the dedupe anchor), then Persons (Contacts with partner_id resolved to the parent Company), then Sales Teams and Users (for owner lookups), then Opportunities (with partner_id, user_id, team_id, and stage_id resolved), then Tasks (with res_model and res_id pointing to the migrated Opportunity or Contact). Each phase emits a row-count reconciliation report before the next phase begins. Any Deals without a linked Person are held for the secondary orphaned-Deal pass after the Contact migration is confirmed complete.

  7. Cutover, delta sync, and automation handoff

    We freeze Writes in Livespace during the cutover window, run a final delta migration of any records modified since the initial extract, then confirm Odoo as the system of record. We deliver the written inventory of Livespace Space process logic, email sequences, and attachment download status. Odoo automations and pipeline stage rules are not built inside the migration scope; we document the recommended Odoo CRM Automation actions for each Livespace Space process step. We provide a one-week hypercare window for reconciliation issues raised during the first sales-team validation pass.

Platform deep dives

Context on both ends of the pair

Livespace CRM logo

Livespace CRM

Source

Strengths

  • Flat per-seat pricing with no hidden implementation fees across all tiers.
  • Non-linear sales process model accommodates multi-stakeholder B2B deals without forcing funnel conformity.
  • Built-in duplicate detection on Automation tier reduces data-cleanup overhead during onboarding.
  • Clean, intuitive UI that reviewers describe as easy to adapt to within days.
  • Dedicated implementation consultant and basic data import included in paid plans.

Weaknesses

  • API access is gated behind the Automation tier — teams on the Base plan cannot programmatically export their data.
  • No public API for email sequences, meaning automation-heavy workflows must be manually rebuilt at the destination.
  • Limited native integrations relative to major CRMs; heavy reliance on Zapier/Make for third-party connectivity.
  • Attachment storage is not accessible via the public REST API, requiring manual download before migration.
  • Security features and advanced permission controls are limited compared to enterprise-grade CRMs.
Odoo CRM logo

Odoo CRM

Destination

Strengths

  • Modular open-source architecture lets teams start with CRM and add ERP apps as needs grow, all sharing one PostgreSQL database.
  • Free Community edition with no contact limits and full source code access means zero licensing cost for evaluation and small deployments.
  • Drag-and-drop Kanban pipeline with AI lead scoring gives a visual, prioritized view of the sales funnel without requiring custom configuration.
  • Native integrations with email, live chat, SMS, VoIP, WhatsApp, and social media feed all inbound leads into a single unified inbox.
  • Active Odoo Community Association (OCA) maintains dozens of community-maintained modules on GitHub for extended functionality.

Weaknesses

  • Gmail and email integration reliability is a recurring complaint — threads drop and conversations scatter across inboxes, disrupting sales team workflows.
  • Enterprise edition pricing stacks quickly: multiple apps at per-user rates ($25–$50/user/month) plus Odoo.sh hosting costs more than many SMBs anticipate.
  • Setup and configuration complexity increases significantly once custom fields, automation rules, and multiple installed modules are in play.
  • Odoo.sh trial databases run on a version (e.g., 18.3) that is not directly migratable to Odoo.sh, blocking the assisted migration path Odoo advertises.
  • Version upgrades between major Odoo releases (e.g., 17→18) frequently break custom module view definitions and XPath expressions, requiring manual remediation.

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 Livespace CRM and Odoo CRM.

  • 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

    Livespace CRM: Not publicly documented in Livespace's developer documentation — rate limit behaviour must be empirically characterised per account during migration scoping.

  • Data volume sensitivity

    B

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

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Migrations under 10,000 Persons and 2,000 Deals with a single Livespace Space and no custom objects land between three and five weeks. Migrations with multiple Spaces requiring pipeline consolidation, complex custom field schemas, large task histories, or simultaneous Odoo multi-app setup (CRM plus Accounting or Project) extend to eight to twelve weeks. The scoping and schema-discovery phase adds two to three weeks regardless of size.

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