CRM migration
Field-level mapping, validation, and rollback between Planports CRM and Freshsales. We move data and schema; workflows are rebuilt natively in Freshsales.
Planports CRM
Source
Freshsales
Destination
Compatibility
8 of 10
objects map 1:1 between Planports CRM and Freshsales.
Complexity
BStandard
Timeline
2-3 weeks
Overview
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.
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 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
Freshsales
Lead
1:1Planports 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
Freshsales
Contact
1:1Planports 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)
Freshsales
Deal
1:1Planports 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
Freshsales
Quote
1:1Planports 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
Freshsales
Order
1:1Planports 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
Freshsales
Tasks and Events
1:1Planports 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)
Freshsales
Tasks with Tags
lossyPlanports 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
Freshsales
Custom Fields
lossyPlanports 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
Freshsales
Attachments
1:1Files 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
Freshsales
Users
1:1Planports 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.
| Planports CRM | Freshsales | Compatibility | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lead | Lead1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Contact | Contact1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Deal (Pipeline) | Deal1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Quote | Quote1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Order | Order1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Activities and Notes | Tasks and Events1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Process (Kanban) | Tasks with Tagslossy | Mapping required | |
| Custom Fields | Custom Fieldslossy | Mapping required | |
| Attachments and Files | Attachments1:1 | Mapping required | |
| Users and Owner Assignment | Users1:1 | 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.
Planports CRM gotchas
Excel export does not include workflow automations
API key is a paid add-on — migration tooling costs extra
WhatsApp conversation history may not export cleanly
Minimum 3-user floor on all plans affects per-user pricing
Industry-specific custom fields require field-level mapping
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
Planports CRM
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 Planports CRM 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
Planports CRM: Not publicly documented.
Data volume sensitivity
Planports CRM 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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