CRM migration
Field-level mapping, validation, and rollback between PlanPlus Online and Freshsales. We move data and schema; workflows are rebuilt natively in Freshsales.
PlanPlus Online
Source
Freshsales
Destination
Compatibility
6 of 10
objects map 1:1 between PlanPlus Online and Freshsales.
Complexity
BStandard
Timeline
3-5 weeks
Overview
Moving from PlanPlus Online to Freshsales is a migration from a productivity-planning platform with limited CRM capabilities to a purpose-built sales CRM. PlanPlus Online does not publish a REST API, so we extract all migration data through CSV exports from the web interface. We map Contacts to Freshsales Leads and Contacts, Companies to Accounts, and Deals to Opportunities. We preserve Franklin Covey priority quadrants and goal hierarchies as custom fields in Freshsales. Projects with milestones and task breakdowns become Deals with task records. Sync connections to Google and Microsoft 365 do not carry over; we document which external systems were connected so the customer can reauthorize them in Freshsales. We do not migrate workflows, automations, or sequences; we deliver a written inventory of these for the customer's admin to rebuild in Freshsales Workflows.
Every standard and custom field arrives verified.
AI proposes the map; you confirm before any record moves.
Parent–child, lookups, and ownership stay linked.
Calls, emails, meetings — with original timestamps.
Documents, uploads, and inline notes move with the record.
Why teams make this switch
Leaving
What's pushing teams away
Choosing
What's pulling them in
Object mapping
Each row shows how a PlanPlus Online object lands in Freshsales, including any object-level transformations, lookup resolution, or schema-design dependencies.
Typical mapping — final map is confirmed during the sample migration step.
PlanPlus Online
Contact
Freshsales
Lead or Contact (split required)
1:manyPlanPlus Online Contacts map to Freshsales Leads for unqualified records and to Contacts attached to Accounts for qualified records. We apply a lifecycle-stage-based split rule during scoping: contacts with a Franklin Covey mission or goal assignment that indicates a prospect relationship map to Freshsales Lead; contacts with associated Deals and company assignments map to Freshsales Contact linked to an Account. Email serves as the dedupe key. We preserve the original PlanPlus Online contact ID in a custom field pp_original_id__c on both Lead and Contact for audit.
PlanPlus Online
Company
Freshsales
Account
1:1PlanPlus Online Company records map directly to Freshsales Account. Company name becomes Account Name, industry maps to Industry picklist, and employee count maps to Number_of_Employees. We build a contact-to-account mapping table during data extraction so that each Contact in the migration payload carries the correct AccountId. Accounts are imported before Contacts to satisfy the parent lookup.
PlanPlus Online
Deal (External Opportunity Portal)
Freshsales
Opportunity
1:1PlanPlus Online Deals tracked in the External Opportunity Portal map to Freshsales Opportunities. Stage names, deal values, close dates, and associated contact references transfer directly. We configure Freshsales deal stage values to match the source pipeline structure before migration. Deal owner assignment resolves by matching PlanPlus Online user email to Freshsales User email.
PlanPlus Online
Deal Stage
Freshsales
Opportunity Stage
lossyPlanPlus Online deal pipeline stages map to Freshsales Opportunity stage values. We pre-configure the Freshsales pipeline stages during schema setup to match the source stage names and order, so that deal records land with the correct stage on import without requiring manual reassignment.
PlanPlus Online
Calendar Event
Freshsales
Event
1:1PlanPlus Online calendar entries with appointments, all-day events, locations, and attendee lists map to Freshsales Events. We extract event timestamps in UTC and normalize to the account's configured time zone during import. Linked tasks or projects associated with calendar events migrate as separate Task records with a reference to the parent Event.
PlanPlus Online
Task
Freshsales
Task
1:1PlanPlus Online Tasks export with priority, due date, status, and assignment. Subtasks map as child Task records. We preserve the Franklin Covey priority quadrant (Urgent/Important matrix) as a custom picklist field Priority_Quadrant__c on the Task record when present in the source data.
PlanPlus Online
Project
Freshsales
Opportunity + Task
1:manyPlanPlus Online Projects export with status, milestones, and task breakdowns. Projects map to Freshsales Opportunities using the project name as the Opportunity name and the project status as a custom field Project_Status__c. Milestones map to Tasks with a custom Milestone__c flag set to true. Cross-project dependencies are captured in a custom text field Dependencies__c for manual rebuild in Freshsales.
PlanPlus Online
Custom Field
Freshsales
Custom Field
lossyPlanPlus Online custom fields export as key-value pairs within each object. We map them to equivalent Freshsales custom fields, creating the destination schema before migration. Any custom field with no direct Freshsales equivalent goes to a reconciliation list for the customer to review. Franklin Covey-specific properties (mission statements, goal hierarchies) become custom text fields on Contact and Company.
PlanPlus Online
User/Owner
Freshsales
User
1:1PlanPlus Online user accounts map to Freshsales Users by email match. We extract every distinct owner referenced on Contacts, Companies, Deals, and Tasks and resolve by email against the destination Freshsales User table. Any PlanPlus Online user without a matching Freshsales User goes to a provisioning queue; migration cannot proceed for that owner's records until the User exists.
PlanPlus Online
Sync Connection
Freshsales
None
1:1Sync connections to Google Calendar, Microsoft 365, and Outlook are authentication configurations that do not carry between platforms. We document which external systems were connected in PlanPlus Online so the customer's admin can reauthorize those connections in Freshsales. Calendar events and tasks from sync-connected sources export from PlanPlus Online before the migration window and do not require reconnection.
| PlanPlus Online | Freshsales | Compatibility | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contact | Lead or Contact (split required)1:many | Fully supported | |
| Company | Account1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Deal (External Opportunity Portal) | Opportunity1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Deal Stage | Opportunity Stagelossy | Fully supported | |
| Calendar Event | Event1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Task | Task1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Project | Opportunity + Task1:many | Fully supported | |
| Custom Field | Custom Fieldlossy | Fully supported | |
| User/Owner | User1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Sync Connection | None1:1 | Fully supported |
Gotchas + challenges
Platform-specific issues from each side, plus the pair-specific challenges that don't show up on either platform's page on its own.
PlanPlus Online gotchas
No public API means no automated migration pipeline
Data export blocked for delinquent accounts
Planner Edition lacks sync and export infrastructure
Auto-renewal with annual price adjustment
Time zone settings must be correct before sync setup
Freshsales gotchas
Freddy AI is Pro-tier only despite heavy marketing
Post-migration emails and sequences are disabled
Bot session credits are a one-time 500-session allocation
Phone credits charged per minute with no cap
File storage limits scale with plan tier
Pair-specific challenges
Migration approach
Discovery and CSV export coordination
We audit the PlanPlus Online account across editions (Planner, Essentials, Professional, Business/CRM) to identify which object types are present. Because PlanPlus Online has no API, we coordinate with the customer to extract CSV exports for each object type: Contacts, Companies, Deals, Tasks, Calendar Events, and Projects. We verify account billing status early in scoping because PlanPlus Online restricts data export for accounts with overdue invoices. We assess custom field usage and Franklin Covey metadata density to scope custom field creation in Freshsales.
Freshsales schema design and Lead-Contact split rule
We design the destination schema in Freshsales: we configure the Leads module, set up Account and Contact objects, configure the Opportunity pipeline with stages matching the source Deal pipeline, and create custom fields for Franklin Covey priority data. We define the Lead-Contact split rule: PlanPlus Online contacts with associated Deals become Freshsales Contacts attached to Accounts; contacts without Deal associations map to Freshsales Leads. We configure the Lead conversion mapping so that when a Lead is converted in Freshsales post-migration, it creates a Contact, Account, and Opportunity with the correct field mappings. We create custom modules in Freshsales if the customer's PlanPlus Online edition supports custom objects.
Data normalization and mapping assembly
We normalize CSV exports from PlanPlus Online into Freshsales-compatible formats: ISO 8601 timestamps, text-based owner references resolved to Freshsales user emails, and contact-to-company relationships resolved through mapping tables. We flag records with missing required fields for the customer's admin to complete before migration. We handle Planner Edition accounts as personal exports mapping to the individual's Freshsales user space rather than team CRM records. Projects are split into Opportunity records with linked Task records for milestones and subtasks.
Sandbox migration and reconciliation
We run a migration into a Freshsales sandbox environment (or a trial account scoped to the production dataset) using representative record volumes. We validate record counts against the source CSV row counts, spot-check field-level accuracy for 20-30 records across each object type, and confirm the Lead-Contact split rule produces the expected distribution. We verify that Deal stage values land correctly in the Freshsales pipeline. Any mapping corrections are applied before production migration begins. This step also serves as the rehearsal for the 21-day trial window timeline.
Production migration in dependency order
We run production migration in object dependency order: Accounts first (from Companies), then Contacts and Leads with the split applied, then Opportunities (from Deals), Tasks, Events, and Notes. Projects migrate as Opportunities with linked Task records for milestones. Custom fields are created in Freshsales before migration and populated from the normalized CSV payload. Owner resolution matches PlanPlus Online user email to Freshsales User email throughout. Each phase emits a reconciliation count before the next phase begins.
Cutover, delta migration, and workflow handoff
We freeze PlanPlus Online writes, perform a final delta extraction of any records created or modified during the migration window, load those into Freshsales, and hand the account to the customer's team as the system of record. We deliver a written inventory of all PlanPlus Online workflows, automation rules, and calendar sync configurations that require rebuild in Freshsales Workflows. We do not rebuild automations as part of this migration scope. We provide a one-week post-cutover reconciliation window to resolve record-level issues reported by the customer's team.
Platform deep dives
PlanPlus Online
Source
Strengths
Weaknesses
Freshsales
Destination
Strengths
Weaknesses
Complexity grading
Standard CRM migration. 2 of 8 objects need a mapping; the rest are 1:1.
Overall complexity
Standard migration
Derived from compatibility, mapping clarity, API constraints, and data volume across PlanPlus Online and Freshsales.
Object compatibility
2 of 8 objects need a mapping; the rest are 1:1.
Field mapping clarity
Field mapping is derived from defaults — final spec confirmed during the sample migration.
Timeline complexity
8-object category — typical timelines run 2–7 days end-to-end.
API constraints
PlanPlus Online: Not publicly documented.
Data volume sensitivity
PlanPlus Online doesn't expose a bulk API — REST + parallelization used for high-volume runs.
Estimator
Rule-based pricing — no per-record fees, no manual quotes. Migrations over 2M records are scoped individually.
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