CRM migration

Migrate from Orderry to Twenty CRM

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

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Orderry

Source

Twenty CRM

Destination

Twenty CRM logo

Compatibility

100%

12 of 12

objects map 1:1 between Orderry and Twenty CRM.

Complexity

BStandard

Timeline

2–5 days

Rollback included Accuracy guarantee Field-level validation

Overview

What this migration involves

Orderry organizes around service tickets, work orders, assets, and inventory — a data model built for repair shops and field-service teams. Twenty CRM uses a standard People-Companies-Opportunities schema with a REST and GraphQL API for bulk import. The two platforms share structural parity on contacts, companies, and deals, but Orderry's work-order type, asset-tracking, and line-item data require custom fields and custom objects in Twenty. We extract Orderry data via its export APIs, build a field-mapping document against Twenty's data model, pre-create every custom field in Twenty's Settings → Data Model, then run a test migration before committing the full dataset. Any automation or workflow logic inside Orderry — ticket routing rules, notification triggers, sequence templates — does not transfer and must be rebuilt inside Twenty's workflow builder. Our scoped read access keeps Orderry running throughout cutover, with a delta-pickup window capturing in-flight changes before you switch your team over. We also provide a detailed migration report after cutover that enumerates any unmapped fields, records flagged for review, and a full audit log of every inserted and updated row.

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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Orderry

What's pushing teams away

  • Orderry lacks a documented public API, making it difficult to connect to external BI tools, sync with accounting platforms, or run automated exports for migration projects.
  • The inventory module does not allow adding out-of-stock spare parts from the product list, forcing technicians to manually enter items and create duplicate records when stock arrives.
  • Performance occasionally slows during peak usage, with reviewers noting moments of unresponsiveness that disrupt active repair workflows.
  • Hobby plan's hard cap of 2 employees and 1 location cannot be exceeded, pushing growing shops to upgrade or switch platforms rather than simply adding seats.

Choosing

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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 Orderry objects map to Twenty CRM

Each row shows how a Orderry 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.

Orderry

Client (Contact)

maps to

Twenty CRM

People

1:1
Fully supported

Orderry clients map directly to Twenty People records. We preserve the client name, email, phone, job title, and address fields as standard Twenty People fields. Owner assignment in Orderry resolves to a Twenty workspace member by email match before the migration runs.

Orderry

Company (Organization)

maps to

Twenty CRM

Company

1:1
Fully supported

Orderry company records map 1:1 to Twenty Companies. We preserve company name, domain, industry, employee count, and address. Parent-company relationships in Orderry migrate as a custom Parent_Company__c field on the child Company record in Twenty since Twenty has no native parent-account hierarchy.

Orderry

Work Order

maps to

Twenty CRM

Opportunity + Custom WorkOrder__c object

1:1
Fully supported

Orderry work orders have no native Twenty equivalent. We map the work order name to Opportunity.Name, amount to Opportunity.Amount, and close date to Opportunity.CloseDate. The work-order type, priority, and status migrate as custom pick-list fields on a WorkOrder__c custom object linked to the Opportunity.

Orderry

Work Order Line Item

maps to

Twenty CRM

Custom WorkOrderItem__c object

1:1
Fully supported

Orderry work-order line items (product, quantity, unit price, discount) do not fit Twenty's standard schema. We create a WorkOrderItem__c custom object with relation fields back to the parent WorkOrder__c record, then import line items after the parent Opportunity is created to satisfy Twenty's foreign-key integrity rules.

Orderry

Asset

maps to

Twenty CRM

Custom Asset__c object

1:1
Fully supported

Orderry assets (serialized equipment tracked per client) have no Twenty equivalent. We create an Asset__c custom object with fields for asset name, serial number, type, and a relation to the client People record. This preserves the equipment history linked to each client account.

Orderry

Estimate

maps to

Twenty CRM

Opportunity

1:1
Fully supported

Orderry estimates map to Twenty Opportunities. The estimate total becomes Opportunity.Amount, and the estimate status (Draft, Sent, Accepted, Declined) maps to a custom Estimate_Status__c pick-list field on the Opportunity. If the estimate converted to a work order, we link the resulting Opportunity to the original estimate reference stored in a custom field.

Orderry

Inventory Item

maps to

Twenty CRM

Custom InventoryItem__c object

1:1
Fully supported

Orderry inventory items (product name, SKU, stock level, cost, warehouse) have no Twenty equivalent. We create an InventoryItem__c custom object with fields for all key inventory attributes. If inventory is used purely operationally (not for sales pipeline tracking), we document it as a candidate for a separate inventory system rather than the CRM.

Orderry

Employee / User

maps to

Twenty CRM

WorkspaceMember

1:1
Fully supported

Orderry employee records map to Twenty Workspace Members. Email is the join key. Active Orderry employees who will use Twenty must receive their workspace invitation and accept it before the migration runs, otherwise owner assignments on records will fail to resolve and fall back to a designated fallback user.

Orderry

Ticket / Activity Note

maps to

Twenty CRM

Note

1:1
Fully supported

Orderry ticket notes and activity notes attach to clients and work orders. We map these to Twenty Notes linked to the corresponding People or Opportunity record. Original creation timestamps are preserved as a custom Original_Created_At__c datetime field since Twenty's createdAt is set at import time.

Orderry

Custom Client Fields

maps to

Twenty CRM

Custom fields on People

1:1
Fully supported

Orderry allows user-defined fields on clients beyond the standard set. Every custom client field requires a matching custom field pre-created in Twenty's Settings → Data Model before the migration runs. We generate a field-creation checklist from the audit so your Twenty admin can pre-provision them.

Orderry

Orderry Owner Assignment

maps to

Twenty CRM

WorkspaceMember relation

1:1
Fully supported

Orderry records carry an owner_id pointing to an Orderry user. We resolve this to a Twenty Workspace Member by email. If the email has no match in Twenty, the record is assigned to a pre-agreed fallback user and flagged in the migration report for manual review.

Orderry

Timestamps (created_at, updated_at)

maps to

Twenty CRM

Custom Original_Create_Date__c and Original_Update_Date__c

1:1
Fully supported

Twenty sets CreatedAt and UpdatedAt at import time, overwriting the original Orderry timestamps. We preserve the original created_at as a custom Original_Create_Date__c datetime field and original updated_at as Original_Update_Date__c for reporting continuity on historical records. These preserved timestamps enable historical trend analysis and ensure that date‑based reports in Twenty reflect the true record creation timeline from Orderry.

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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Orderry gotchas

High

No public API for automated data export

Medium

Out-of-stock items cannot be added from product list

Medium

Hobby plan has hard caps with no expansion path

Low

Annual pricing discount not shown in base prices

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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

  • Twenty requires custom fields pre-created before CSV import

    The Twenty CSV import tool creates records, not fields. If you attempt to import a column whose field does not exist in Twenty's data model, the import will fail or silently drop that column. This catches migration teams off guard. We audit every Orderry custom field, generate a Twenty field-creation checklist, and require your admin to pre-create all custom fields (WorkOrder_Status__c, Asset_Type__c, Estimate_Status__c, etc.) in Settings → Data Model before data lands. Skipping this step forces a second migration run after field provisioning.

  • Owner resolution requires workspace members to exist before migration

    Orderry records carry an owner_id linking to an Orderry user. When we import into Twenty, we match owner_id to a Twenty Workspace Member by email. If a workspace member does not yet exist in Twenty at migration time, every record assigned to that user lands with an unresolved owner and gets flagged in the migration report. The only fix is to invite the missing users to Twenty first, wait for acceptance, then re-run the affected record subset. We enforce a user-provisioning gate in our approach so owner resolution completes before the main migration batch.

  • Twenty's import cap is 20,000 records per run

    Twenty's CSV import via the Command Menu handles a maximum of 20,000 records per import operation. Orderry setups with large inventory tables or extensive work-order histories routinely exceed this. We handle the cap by chunking the dataset into 20,000-record batches, sequencing them by object dependency (Companies → People → Opportunities), and stitching the batches into a single dataset using record-id continuity. For datasets over 50,000 records we switch to Twenty's REST API with batch upsert calls to avoid the UI cap entirely.

  • Work order status pipeline mapping requires custom field design

    Orderry work orders track statuses like Open, In Progress, On Hold, and Resolved across multiple pipelines. Twenty Opportunities use a single StageName pick-list scoped by nothing — there is no native record-type mechanism in Twenty (v1.0) like Salesforce uses. This means a single Opportunities table must encode work-order status across all pipelines without a scoping mechanism. We solve this by encoding both the pipeline name and the status in a composite custom WorkOrder_Pipeline__c field, keeping the native StageName for general sales-stage representation.

  • Orderry's inventory module has no direct CRM equivalent in Twenty

    Orderry's inventory system tracks stock levels, warehouse assignments, serialization, and cost basis per SKU. Twenty has no inventory module and no product-catalog object. We can create a custom InventoryItem__c object in Twenty to store SKU, product name, stock quantity, and unit cost, but this is a flat record store — Twenty will not track stock movements, reorder points, or warehouse-to-technician allocation. Teams relying on Orderry's inventory for day-to-day fulfillment should plan to keep a separate inventory system or accept a manual reconciliation process.

Migration approach

Six steps for a successful Orderry to Twenty CRM data migration

  1. Audit Orderry data and design Twenty schema

    We export a full snapshot of every Orderry object — clients, companies, work orders, estimates, assets, inventory, notes, and custom fields — and build a data dictionary. Against this, we design the Twenty data model: standard objects for People, Companies, Opportunities, and Notes; custom objects for WorkOrder__c, WorkOrderItem__c, Asset__c, and InventoryItem__c; and all custom fields needed. We deliver a field-creation checklist so your Twenty admin can pre-provision the schema before any data moves.

  2. Provision Twenty workspace members

    Every Orderry user who owns records must exist as a Twenty Workspace Member before migration. We extract the user list from Orderry, match by email, and flag any user with no corresponding Twenty account. Your team sends invitations, waits for acceptance, and confirms the complete member list. This gate is non-negotiable — owner resolution fails without it, leaving records unassigned.

  3. Export, clean, and transform Orderry data

    We pull CSVs from Orderry per object type. During export we apply a deduplication pass (removing exact duplicates and flagging near-duplicates by email or company name), parse combined address fields into structured components, and transform work-order line items into the denormalized format required by the custom WorkOrderItem__c object. Custom fields that have been empty for more than 12 months are flagged for exclusion to reduce clutter in Twenty.

  4. Run test migration and field-level diff

    A representative slice — typically 200–500 records spanning clients, companies, work orders, and notes — migrates first. We generate a field-level diff report showing every mapped value, every transformed value, every skipped record, and every owner-resolution result. You verify that work-order status values landed in the correct custom pick-list, that asset relations linked to the right People records, and that timestamps are preserved. No full migration commits until you sign off on the diff.

  5. Execute full migration with delta-pickup

    With schema pre-provisioned and test migration approved, we run the full migration batch. Object dependency order is enforced: Companies first (one-to-many base), then People (linked by companyId), then Opportunities (linked to Companies and People), then custom objects (Assets, WorkOrderItem__c, InventoryItem__c) last. During cutover, your team continues working in Orderry. A delta-pickup window of 24–48 hours captures any new or modified records created during the migration run. Audit log records every insert and update; one-click rollback reverts the Twenty workspace to its pre-migration state if reconciliation fails.

Platform deep dives

Context on both ends of the pair

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Orderry

Source

Strengths

  • Single subscription covers FSM, CRM, POS, inventory, and invoicing without requiring separate tools.
  • Simple per-month pricing with annual discount and no credit card for trial reduces evaluation friction.
  • Custom fields on Tickets and Orders allow vertical adaptation without developer involvement.
  • Mobile apps for field technicians and manager dashboards enable on-site and back-office visibility.
  • XLS/CSV import with field mapping provides a workable bulk data entry path for non-API migrations.

Weaknesses

  • No documented public REST API restricts integration options and complicates automated migration workflows.
  • Inventory module requires items to be in-stock before they can be added to Orders, forcing manual workarounds for out-of-stock parts.
  • Performance occasionally degrades, with moments of unresponsiveness reported by active users.
  • Limited third-party integrations beyond Square payments and Google sync compared to larger FSM platforms.
  • Platform is relatively niche, with a small review base making independent evaluation harder.
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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. 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 Orderry and Twenty 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

    Orderry: 5 requests per second per documented Orderry help guide..

  • Data volume sensitivity

    B

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

Estimator

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Rule-based pricing — no per-record fees, no manual quotes. Migrations over 2M records are scoped individually.

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions about Orderry to Twenty CRM data migrations

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Most Orderry-to-Twenty migrations complete in 2–5 days for datasets under 25,000 records. Complex setups with large inventory tables, extensive work-order histories, or multiple custom objects may extend to 7–14 days. The longest phase is pre-provisioning custom fields in Twenty and inviting workspace members — those steps run in parallel before any data moves. During the migration, we run a delta‑pickup window after the main batch to capture any new or changed records, ensuring Twenty reflects the latest Orderry state at go‑live.

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Related migrations to explore

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