CRM migration

Migrate from OneAdvanced Legal to Twenty CRM

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

OneAdvanced Legal logo

OneAdvanced Legal

Source

Twenty CRM

Destination

Twenty CRM logo

Compatibility

100%

10 of 10

objects map 1:1 between OneAdvanced Legal and Twenty CRM.

Complexity

BStandard

Timeline

48–72 hours

Rollback included Accuracy guarantee Field-level validation

Overview

What this migration involves

OneAdvanced Legal is a cloud-native practice management platform built for UK and Irish law firms, combining case management, time capture, integrated accounts, and document production under one subscription. Its data model centres on Clients, Matters, Time Entries, Bills, and custom legal properties — with no documented public API for bulk data extraction, meaning migration typically relies on CSV exports or direct database queries if the export UI is insufficient. Twenty CRM is an open-source CRM built on TypeScript, NestJS, and PostgreSQL, using standard objects People, Companies, Opportunities, Notes, and Tasks, with a CSV-based import function accessible through the Command Menu. FlitStack AI extracts data from OneAdvanced Legal through its reporting export interface (and direct database reads where the API does not cover all record types), then maps each object into Twenty's relational schema, resolving foreign keys in the correct import order: Companies first, then People linked by companyId, then Opportunities linked to both. Workflows, automations, and billing templates do not migrate — those must be rebuilt in Twenty's workflow builder or exported as reference documents for your admin team to recreate. The migration runs against Twenty's GraphQL-backed import API with a 100–200 requests-per-minute ceiling depending on your Twenty plan, and a 24–48 hour delta-pickup window captures any records modified in OneAdvanced Legal during cutover so your Twenty workspace reflects the final state at go-live.

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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OneAdvanced Legal

What's pushing teams away

  • Firms report that the platform is harder to exit than to enter, with export scoping and data extraction requiring significant internal effort to scope correctly.
  • Support access via the portal and telephone system has frustrated some users following platform changes, with reports of unreachable support teams during critical periods.
  • Custom workflows and bespoke process configurations built over years create migration complexity that requires detailed audit before any data move can proceed safely.

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 OneAdvanced Legal objects map to Twenty CRM

Each row shows how a OneAdvanced Legal 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.

OneAdvanced Legal

Client

maps to

Twenty CRM

People

1:1
Fully supported

OneAdvanced Legal clients map directly to Twenty People records. The client name splits into FirstName and LastName where available, otherwise the full name writes to a combined name field. Email, phone, and address fields map 1:1. A clientId foreign key is preserved in a custom Source_System_ID__c field for delta-run traceability.

OneAdvanced Legal

Client

maps to

Twenty CRM

Company

1:1
Fully supported

Where OneAdvanced Legal stores a client organisation name alongside individual client contacts, FlitStack AI creates a Twenty Company record and associates the People record via companyId. This follows Twenty's relational import order: Companies first, then People linked to the parent company.

OneAdvanced Legal

Matter

maps to

Twenty CRM

Opportunity

1:1
Fully supported

OneAdvanced Legal matters map to Twenty Opportunities but require transformation: a matter has a client, an open/closed status, a matter type (litigation, conveyancing, etc.), and a reference number. These map as Opportunity.name (matter reference), Opportunity.stage (mapped from matter status), and Opportunity probability set by your defined stage-to-probability table. Matter type becomes a custom Opportunity field (Matter_Type__c pick-list).

OneAdvanced Legal

Matter

maps to

Twenty CRM

Custom Object (Matter)

1:1
Fully supported

Twenty has no native matter object. For legal firms that need matter records as first-class entities, FlitStack AI creates a Matter custom object in Twenty before import, populating fields like Matter_Reference__c, Matter_Type__c, Practice_Area__c, and opened/closed dates. The Opportunity then links to the Matter via a relation field.

OneAdvanced Legal

Time Entry

maps to

Twenty CRM

Custom Object (Time Entry)

1:1
Fully supported

OneAdvanced Legal time entries (date, duration, description, billable flag, rate) have no direct Twenty equivalent. We create a Time_Entry__c custom object with fields: Entry_Date__c, Duration_Minutes__c, Description__c, Billable__c, Rate__c, and link it to the People record via a relation. Total billable hours per client are summarised in a read-only Total_Billable_Hours__c field on the People record.

OneAdvanced Legal

Bill / Invoice

maps to

Twenty CRM

Custom Object (Invoice)

1:1
Fully supported

OneAdvanced Legal bills contain invoice number, date, amount, and status. We create an Invoice__c custom object in Twenty with those fields plus Invoice_Number__c, Invoice_Date__c, Amount__c, Status__c, and link it to the associated People record. Note that Twenty does not process payments — the invoice record is a reference document only.

OneAdvanced Legal

Document / Legal Form

maps to

Twenty CRM

Note

1:1
Fully supported

OneAdvanced Legal documents (letters, forms, briefs) attach to matters and clients. We import them as Twenty Notes attached to the relevant People or Opportunity record. File attachments are re-uploaded to Twenty's file storage. The note body records the document type and reference from the source system.

OneAdvanced Legal

Task

maps to

Twenty CRM

Task

1:1
Fully supported

Both platforms expose an object called Task. OneAdvanced Legal tasks attached to matters (deadline, description, assignee, priority) map 1:1 to Twenty Tasks. The due date, task body, and assignee email are preserved. Task completion status is mapped to Twenty's boolean completed field. Any custom task flags (urgent, billable) become custom checkboxes on the Twenty Task record.

OneAdvanced Legal

Custom Property (Legal)

maps to

Twenty CRM

Custom Field

1:1
Fully supported

OneAdvanced Legal custom properties — practice-area flags, client-risk ratings, matter-source codes, and any firm-defined property — map to Twenty custom fields on the appropriate object (People, Company, Opportunity, or a custom Matter object). Each custom property requires a matching field to be pre-created in Twenty's Settings → Data Model section before the migration runs. FlitStack AI delivers a field-creation checklist during the planning phase listing every custom property, its target object, field type, and pick-list values so nothing is missed before import begins.

OneAdvanced Legal

Workflow / Automation

maps to

Twenty CRM

Not Migrated

1:1
Fully supported

OneAdvanced Legal practice workflows (matter intake gates, billing approval chains, document production triggers) are platform-native and do not export. FlitStack AI provides a structured reference export of your workflow definitions so your Twenty admin can rebuild them in the Twenty workflow builder.

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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OneAdvanced Legal gotchas

High

Limited public API documentation complicates automated extraction

High

Trust account transaction sequencing risk at cutover

Medium

Custom properties and bespoke workflows are not visible in standard exports

Medium

National Will Register data sits outside the main platform

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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

  • OneAdvanced Legal has no documented public API for bulk data extraction

    OneAdvanced Legal does not expose a public REST or GraphQL API for programmatic bulk export. Migration relies on the built-in export UI for standard reports and, for record types not covered by the UI, direct database reads against the Azure-hosted PostgreSQL or the Rackspace-hosted National Will Register instance. Teams should request a data export scope assessment before migration planning begins, as this determines whether the export phase requires admin-level access and manual file preparation from OneAdvanced Legal support. FlitStack AI works with your OneAdvanced Legal admin to extract all necessary record types in the correct CSV format before the Twenty import begins.

  • Twenty's CSV import requires custom objects and fields to exist before data lands

    Twenty's import function creates records, not fields. As documented on Twenty's data migration page, fields must be pre-created in Settings → Data Model before the import runs — attempting to import into a non-existent custom field silently drops that column. For OneAdvanced Legal migrations this means every custom property, every billable-hour field, and every matter-type pick-list must have a matching field definition in Twenty before FlitStack AI's migration script runs. We deliver a field-creation checklist as part of the migration plan so your Twenty admin pre-creates the schema in the correct order.

  • Twenty's API rate limit (100–200 requests per minute) constrains large bulk imports

    Twenty's import API enforces a per-minute request ceiling: 100 requests per minute on the free self-hosted plan and 200 on cloud Pro. For migrations exceeding 10,000 records with multi-object relationships (matters linked to time entries linked to clients), FlitStack AI throttles API calls to stay within the limit and splits large record sets into batched chunks. This extends the migration clock time but prevents API errors that would orphan records mid-import. We surface the estimated batch count and runtime during the planning phase so you can decide whether to upgrade to cloud Pro for a faster import.

  • OneAdvanced Legal workflows and matter-stage gates do not transfer to Twenty

    OneAdvanced Legal bakes practice-specific automation into the platform — matter intake checklists, billing approval chains, SAR-compliant cashier workflows, and document production triggers are all stored as OneAdvanced Legal configuration and have no export path. Twenty's workflow builder can replicate the logic of these automations, but the rebuild requires a requirements-gathering session with your legal operations team. FlitStack AI exports a structured JSON description of each workflow's triggers, conditions, and actions from OneAdvanced Legal, which serves as a functional specification for rebuilding in Twenty's workflow builder.

  • Billing and invoice data requires a custom object and carries no payment-processing capability

    OneAdvanced Legal's integrated accounts module handles SAR-compliant billing, client money reconciliation, and invoice production — this is a financial layer with no direct CRM equivalent in Twenty. FlitStack AI migrates invoice records as a custom Invoice__c object with invoice number, date, amount, and status fields linked to the People record. However, Twenty does not process payments or generate new invoices. If your firm needs continued billing capability post-migration, you must select a separate accounting tool and establish a data flow between it and Twenty's People/Opportunity records.

Migration approach

Six steps for a successful OneAdvanced Legal to Twenty CRM data migration

  1. Assess OneAdvanced Legal export scope and extract data

    FlitStack AI works with your OneAdvanced Legal admin to identify every record type required for migration: clients, matters, time entries, bills, documents, tasks, and custom properties. We assess which record types are covered by the built-in export UI and which require direct database reads. We extract all data into structured CSVs, validate record counts against OneAdvanced Legal's own reporting figures, and flag any records with incomplete foreign keys (matters without a client, time entries without a matter) for your team to resolve before import begins.

  2. Design and create Twenty workspace schema

    Based on the export assessment, FlitStack AI delivers a schema design document specifying every custom object (Matter__c, Time_Entry__c, Invoice__c) and custom field that must exist in Twenty before data lands. Your Twenty admin creates these via Settings → Data Model. We also generate a Twenty workspace-setup checklist with the exact field names, types, and pick-list values required. We recommend running this step in parallel with the data extraction so schema creation does not add to the critical path.

  3. Resolve owner and user mappings by email

    OneAdvanced Legal matter owners and task assignees are resolved against Twenty workspace members by email address. Any owner or assignee email that does not match a Twenty user is flagged before migration with three options: invite the user to Twenty first, assign their records to a fallback owner, or leave the assignee blank for manual assignment post-migration. No record lands in Twenty without a resolved owner or a documented resolution path. This step runs before the import sequence to prevent orphan records.

  4. Run a sample migration with field-level diff

    A representative slice — typically 100–500 records spanning clients, matters, time entries, and documents — migrates into Twenty first. We generate a field-level diff between the source CSV and the resulting Twenty records, verifying that matter status maps to Opportunity stage correctly, that time entries link to the right People record, and that custom fields populated on the correct object. You review the diff output and confirm the mapping logic before the full run commits. Any field mapping adjustments are made and the sample re-run until the diff is clean.

  5. Execute full migration with delta-pickup cutover

    The full migration runs in import order: Companies, then People (linked to companies via companyId), then Opportunities (linked to people and companies), then custom objects (Time_Entry__c, Invoice__c), then Notes and Tasks. A 24–48 hour delta-pickup window runs concurrently with your live OneAdvanced Legal environment — your team continues working while FlitStack AI captures any new or modified records created during the cutover. Audit logs record every operation. If reconciliation finds discrepancies, one-click rollback reverts the Twenty workspace to its pre-migration state for a clean re-run.

Platform deep dives

Context on both ends of the pair

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OneAdvanced Legal

Source

Strengths

  • Single platform consolidates practice management, accounts, cashiering, and document management for UK and Irish law firms.
  • Microsoft Azure hosting with UK South/North redundancy and ISO 27001 certification satisfies common SRA compliance requirements.
  • Per-seat per-month pricing model provides predictable cost scaling for growing firms.
  • Managed migration and local UK-based support are included under the Customer for Life programme.

Weaknesses

  • Public API documentation is limited, making third-party migration tooling dependent on manual scoping and extraction.
  • Firms with long-standing custom workflows often carry non-standard process configurations that require significant pre-migration audit.
  • Support access has been reported as difficult to reach via the self-service portal, which can delay issue resolution during cutover.
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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 OneAdvanced Legal 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

    OneAdvanced Legal: Not publicly documented.

  • Data volume sensitivity

    B

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

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Most OneAdvanced Legal to Twenty CRM migrations complete in 48–72 hours of clock time for under 50,000 records. Larger setups with 100,000+ records, custom Matter and Invoice objects, and matter-to-time-entry relationship chains extend to 5–10 days. The longest planning step is extracting data from OneAdvanced Legal's reporting interface — if direct database access is required, that adds 1–3 days of preparation. Twenty's API rate limit (100–200 requests per minute) also extends bulk import duration for large record sets.

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