CRM migration

Migrate from Planports CRM to Freshsales

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

Planports CRM logo

Planports CRM

Source

Freshsales

Destination

Freshsales logo

Compatibility

80%

8 of 10

objects map 1:1 between Planports CRM and Freshsales.

Complexity

BStandard

Timeline

2-3 weeks

Rollback included Accuracy guarantee Field-level validation

Overview

What this migration involves

Moving from Planports CRM to Freshsales is a migration from a Turkey-and-Europe-centric SMB platform with WhatsApp-first messaging and ad lead automation toward a globally supported CRM with built-in phone, email, and AI-powered deal scoring at every tier. Planports stores data around Deals in custom pipeline stages for verticals like health tourism and real estate, with a WhatsApp Business API layer embedded per Contact card. Freshsales uses a more standard Lead-to-Contact-to-Deal model with Freddy AI for lead scoring and deal prediction. We extract data from Planports via Excel export or the paid $62/month API key add-on, map each industry-specific pipeline stage to a Freshsales Deal stage or Record Type, preserve deal-to-contact relationships through parent-record resolution, and document the WhatsApp conversation continuity limitation explicitly before cutover. Workflow automation rules, WhatsApp message bodies, and industry-specific custom fields do not migrate automatically; we deliver a written inventory of these for the customer admin to rebuild or re-authorize post-migration.

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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Planports CRM

What's pushing teams away

  • Pricing and add-ons quoted in Turkish lira (TL) make budgeting unpredictable for non-Turkey teams due to currency volatility.
  • Training (8,500 TL per person/day) and process consulting (6,000 TL per person/day) costs add up quickly for organizations needing significant onboarding support.
  • API access at 1,200 TL+VAT/month is a separate line item — competing CRMs typically include API access in standard tiers.
  • Limited English-language reviewer presence on G2 and Capterra makes peer validation difficult for non-Turkish prospects.
  • Marketing automation and BI depth are lighter than mainstream international CRMs like HubSpot or Pipedrive.

Choosing

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Freshsales

What's pulling them in

  • Lowest barrier to entry among major CRMs — the free tier supports up to 3 users and includes core CRM functionality before committing to per-seat pricing.
  • Built-in chat, email, and phone reduce reliance on third-party integrations for basic sales communication and contact management.
  • Freddy AI contact scoring and deal insights are included on Pro plans at a lower price than comparable HubSpot tiers.
  • Kanban pipeline views across Contacts, Accounts, and Deals provide visual deal management without requiring custom configuration.
  • Integration with the broader Freshworks ecosystem (Freshdesk, Freshchat, Freshservice) reduces tool sprawl for teams already using Freshworks.

Object mapping

How Planports CRM objects map to Freshsales

Each row shows how a Planports CRM 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.

Planports CRM

Lead

maps to

Freshsales

Lead

1:1
Fully supported

Planports Leads (the primary intake object capturing from Meta Instant Forms, Google Ads, and TikTok) map directly to Freshsales Leads. Source attribution fields (utm_source, utm_medium, utm_campaign) migrate as custom fields on the Freshsales Lead record. Assignment rules from Planports are documented as a rebuild item for Freshsales Auto-assignment rules (available from Growth plan). Lead status values from Planports map to Freshsales Lead Status picklist values.

Planports CRM

Contact

maps to

Freshsales

Contact

1:1
Fully supported

Planports Contact records (name, email, phone, company, WhatsApp conversation metadata) map to Freshsales Contacts. Phone numbers migrate with country code standardization. WhatsApp conversation message bodies may not export cleanly from Meta's infrastructure; we document this limitation and advise re-authorizing the WhatsApp Business API channel in Freshsales post-migration to establish fresh conversation continuity. Any Planports contact-level custom fields (e.g., health tourism referral source, real estate property ID) map to Freshsales custom fields scoped per the contact record.

Planports CRM

Deal (Pipeline)

maps to

Freshsales

Deal

1:1
Fully supported

Planports Deals structured into custom vertical pipeline stages map to Freshsales Deals. We map each Planports pipeline stage to a Freshsales Deal stage value, and each distinct Planports pipeline (e.g., separate health tourism vs real estate boards) maps to a Freshsales Deal Record Type with its own stage whitelist. Stage probability percentages migrate from Planports to Freshsales. Planports Deal custom fields (treatment package, property reference, campaign ID) map to Freshsales Deal custom fields.

Planports CRM

Quote

maps to

Freshsales

Quote

1:1
Fully supported

Planports Quotes linked to Deals migrate to Freshsales Quotes with the parent Deal resolved via the deal ID mapping. Line items from Planports Quotes migrate as Freshsales Quote Items with product name, quantity, unit price, and discount preserved. Approval workflow state on Planports Quotes is documented as a manual reconfiguration item in Freshsales (available from Growth plan).

Planports CRM

Order

maps to

Freshsales

Order

1:1
Fully supported

Planports Order records migrate to Freshsales Orders with Contact and Deal lookups resolved at migration time. Order status, quantities, and totals migrate directly. Financial settlement data (payment method, transaction IDs) migrates as custom fields on the Order record; we note that accounting reconciliation should be verified against source records post-migration.

Planports CRM

Activities and Notes

maps to

Freshsales

Tasks and Events

1:1
Fully supported

Planports Activity records (calls, emails, meetings, manual notes) migrate to Freshsales Tasks (for calls, emails, and tasks) and Events (for meetings). Timestamps, owner attribution, and linked Contact or Deal references are preserved via Freshsales task and event lookups. Notes migrate as Freshsales Notes linked to the parent Contact, Deal, or Account record. Activity type flags from Planports map to Freshsales task categories and event types.

Planports CRM

Process (Kanban)

maps to

Freshsales

Tasks with Tags

lossy
Mapping required

Planports Process boards (Kanban-style workflow boards) have no direct Freshsales equivalent. We migrate Process board cards as Freshsales Tasks with a custom tag set per board name and column/stage name, preserving card content and assignment. Conditional automation rules attached to board columns do not migrate; we deliver a written Process board map for the admin to rebuild using Freshsales Workflows (Growth plan) post-migration.

Planports CRM

Custom Fields

maps to

Freshsales

Custom Fields

lossy
Mapping required

Planports industry-specific custom fields (health tourism referral source and treatment package; real estate property ID and viewing schedule; digital agency campaign ID and ad spend) are audited field-by-field during pre-migration data review. Each field is typed (text, number, date, picklist, checkbox) and mapped to a Freshsales custom field of equivalent type on the corresponding object. Fields with no clear Freshsales equivalent are flagged for customer decision before migration begins.

Planports CRM

Attachments and Files

maps to

Freshsales

Attachments

1:1
Mapping required

Files attached to Planports Contact or Deal cards can be exported per record from the per-record export. Bulk attachment migration requires API access (the $62/month add-on) and may be limited by Planports plan tier. We migrate file name, URL reference, and attached-to record; file hosting continuity is subject to the export completeness test during the data audit phase.

Planports CRM

Users and Owner Assignment

maps to

Freshsales

Users

1:1
Fully supported

Planports User records and deal ownership assignments migrate as relational keys. We match Planports owners by email against Freshsales Users provisioned by the customer before migration. Any Planports owner without a matching Freshsales User is held in a reconciliation queue for the customer's admin to provision. Deal and Activity ownership references are updated to the resolved Freshsales User IDs before record import.

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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Planports CRM gotchas

High

Excel export does not include workflow automations

High

API key is a paid add-on — migration tooling costs extra

Medium

WhatsApp conversation history may not export cleanly

Medium

Minimum 3-user floor on all plans affects per-user pricing

Medium

Industry-specific custom fields require field-level mapping

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Freshsales gotchas

Medium

Freddy AI is Pro-tier only despite heavy marketing

High

Post-migration emails and sequences are disabled

Medium

Bot session credits are a one-time 500-session allocation

Medium

Phone credits charged per minute with no cap

Low

File storage limits scale with plan tier

Pair-specific challenges

  • Planports API access is a paid add-on

    Planports CRM does not include REST API access on all plans. Bulk programmatic data extraction — faster and more reliable than per-record Excel exports — requires the $62/month API key add-on to be active. If the customer does not already hold an active API key, we include it as an additional line item in the migration proposal. We confirm API key status during scoping before selecting the extraction method.

  • WhatsApp conversation history may not export cleanly

    WhatsApp Business API conversations in Planports are stored in Meta's infrastructure and surfaced inside the Contact card for display. The export captures conversation metadata (contact, timestamp, direction) but may not extract full message body text in a machine-readable format. We test this during the data audit phase and, where full message history cannot be extracted, document the limitation explicitly. We advise the customer to re-authorize the WhatsApp Business API channel directly in Freshsales post-migration to establish fresh conversation continuity without historical continuity.

  • Industry-specific pipeline stages require manual stage mapping

    Planports Deal pipelines are configured per vertical — health tourism clinics track treatment stages, real estate agencies track viewing-to-offer stages, digital agencies track campaign delivery stages. These custom stages are not standardized across accounts and cannot be auto-mapped. We audit every pipeline stage during the data review, produce a stage mapping matrix per destination Record Type, and flag stages with no clear Freshsales equivalent for customer decision before migration begins.

  • Workflow automation rules are not included in any Planports export

    Planports CRM workflow rules (auto-assignment, follow-up reminders, WhatsApp message triggers) are configuration data and are excluded from all export formats. We flag automation rebuild scope during the discovery call, scope it as a separate post-migration service line item, and deliver a written inventory of every active rule with its trigger, conditions, and actions plus recommended Freshsales Workflow equivalents.

Migration approach

Six steps for a successful Planports CRM to Freshsales data migration

  1. Discovery and extraction method selection

    We audit the source Planports CRM account across plan tier, API key status, and active objects (Leads, Contacts, Deals, Quotes, Orders, Activities, Process boards). We confirm whether the $62/month API key add-on is active and select either API-based bulk extraction or per-record Excel export as the extraction method. We also identify industry-specific pipeline stages and custom fields requiring mapping. The discovery output is a written migration scope and a field mapping matrix for customer review before extraction begins.

  2. Data extraction and data audit

    We extract all objects in scope from Planports using the agreed method. During the data audit phase we test WhatsApp conversation export completeness, standardize phone number formats (country code prefix), flag duplicate Contact records, and verify that the Planports custom field inventory matches the mapping matrix. Any gaps between the source schema and the mapping matrix are resolved with the customer before extraction is finalized.

  3. Freshsales schema setup and field mapping

    We provision the Freshsales destination account: creating custom fields on Lead, Contact, Deal, Quote, Order, Task, and Event objects matching the Planports custom field inventory; configuring Deal Record Types and stage values per Planports pipeline; and setting up auto-assignment rules (Growth plan and above) corresponding to Planports assignment logic. We deploy custom field configurations before any record import begins.

  4. Owner reconciliation and User provisioning

    We extract every distinct Planports owner referenced on Contacts, Deals, and Activities and match by email against Freshsales Users. Owners without a matching Freshsales User go to a reconciliation queue for the customer's admin to provision. Migration pauses at this step until the User mapping is validated because OwnerId references are required on most record inserts.

  5. Production migration in dependency order

    We run production migration in record-dependency order: Contacts first (no parent dependency), then Accounts (from Planports Company), then Deals (with Contact and Account lookups resolved), then Quotes (with Deal lookup), then Orders (with Contact and Deal), then Activity history (Tasks and Events with parent lookup), then Files. Each phase emits a row-count reconciliation report before the next phase begins. We use Freshsales REST API endpoints with rate-limit handling and exponential backoff for all inserts.

  6. Cutover, validation, and automation rebuild handoff

    We freeze Planports writes during cutover, run a final delta migration of any records modified during the migration window, then mark Freshsales as the system of record. We deliver the workflow automation inventory document to the customer's admin for Freshsales Workflow rebuild. We support a three-day hypercare window to resolve post-migration reconciliation issues. We do not rebuild Planports workflows as Freshsales Workflows inside the standard migration scope; this is a separate engagement.

Platform deep dives

Context on both ends of the pair

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Planports CRM

Source

Strengths

  • WhatsApp Business API natively embedded in the Contact card with full conversation history
  • Automatic lead capture from Meta Instant Forms, Google Ads, and TikTok ads with source attribution
  • 500+ Zapier integrations covering the broader SaaS ecosystem
  • Industry-specific pipeline stages and custom fields for health tourism, real estate, and digital agencies
  • Built-in Quotes, Orders, and basic accounting alongside CRM — reduces tool sprawl for SMBs

Weaknesses

  • No publicly documented API schema or developer documentation outside the paid API key add-on
  • Workflow automations are not exportable — they must be manually rebuilt in the destination system
  • WhatsApp conversation history is stored in Meta's infrastructure and may not be accessible via standard export
  • Pricing tiers and feature gates are not fully documented publicly, requiring a sales conversation to confirm
  • Limited English-language documentation — platform is primarily documented and supported in Turkish
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Freshsales

Destination

Strengths

  • Generous free tier for small teams with core CRM functionality without per-seat costs.
  • All-in-one sales CRM with built-in telephony, chat, and email reducing third-party tool dependency.
  • Freddy AI contact scoring and deal predictions available on Pro tier.
  • Multiple pipeline views with Kanban and list options across all plans.

Weaknesses

  • Reports lack depth compared to competitors like HubSpot, with limited customization options.
  • Integration setup is poorly documented with no clear guides for connecting third-party tools.
  • AI features gated behind $39/user/month Pro tier despite marketing emphasis on Freddy AI.
  • Bot sessions limited to 500 one-time allocation with no monthly refresh.

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 Planports CRM and Freshsales.

  • 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

    Planports CRM: Not publicly documented.

  • Data volume sensitivity

    B

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

Estimator

Estimate your Planports CRM to Freshsales migration cost

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

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Most migrations land between two and three weeks for accounts with straightforward record volumes (under 10,000 total records) and no custom objects. Migrations with multiple Planports pipeline stages, large Quote and Order histories, or records exceeding 25,000 total objects move to four to six weeks because of the stage mapping design work and dependency resolution during import.

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