CRM migration

Migrate from Planports CRM to Twenty CRM

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

Planports CRM logo

Planports CRM

Source

Twenty CRM

Destination

Twenty CRM logo

Compatibility

58%

7 of 12

objects map 1:1 between Planports CRM and Twenty CRM.

Complexity

BStandard

Timeline

3-5 weeks

Rollback included Accuracy guarantee Field-level validation

Overview

What this migration involves

Moving from Planports CRM to Twenty CRM is a structural migration from a vertically-integrated, WhatsApp-native SMB tool to an open-source, developer-first CRM platform. Planports organizes customer data around Deals (custom pipeline stages), Quotes, Orders, and Kanban Process boards, while Twenty uses a Company-People-Opportunity model with native Task and Note objects. We preserve the lead-to-deal relationship by mapping Planports Leads and Contacts to Twenty People records with a custom lifecyclestage field, and we map Deals to Opportunities with each Planports pipeline stage converted to a Twenty Opportunity stage. Planports WhatsApp conversation history may not export cleanly because Meta owns the message layer; we test this during the data audit and document the limitation explicitly. Industry-specific custom fields (health tourism referral sources, real estate property IDs, digital agency campaign metadata) require field-level mapping because Twenty has no pre-built vertical schema. Workflow automations, Process Kanban cards, and WhatsApp automations do not migrate as code; we deliver a written automation inventory for manual rebuild in Twenty's workflow builder.

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

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 Planports CRM objects map to Twenty CRM

Each row shows how a Planports CRM 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.

Planports CRM

Lead

maps to

Twenty CRM

People

1:1
Fully supported

Planports Leads (primary intake from Meta Instant Forms, Google Ads, TikTok, and web forms) map to Twenty People records. Source attribution fields (utm_source, utm_medium, utm_campaign) migrate as custom fields on People. Lead status and assignment rules preserve as custom fields. We compute a lifecyclestage__c custom field from Planports lead status so the customer can reconstruct segmentation in Twenty after migration.

Planports CRM

Contact

maps to

Twenty CRM

People

1:1
Fully supported

Planports Contact records map to Twenty People. Standard fields (name, email, phone, company) migrate directly. WhatsApp conversation metadata (contact, timestamp, direction, message count) migrates as custom fields on the People record. Full message body text may not export cleanly from Meta's infrastructure; we document this limitation during the data audit and advise the customer to re-authorize their WhatsApp Business API channel in Twenty post-migration if conversation history continuity is required.

Planports CRM

Company

maps to

Twenty CRM

Company

1:1
Fully supported

Planports Companies map to Twenty Company records. Domain from Planports becomes the Company website field and is used as the dedupe key during import. Company is created before any People import so that the relationship lookup is satisfied at the moment of People insert.

Planports CRM

Deal

maps to

Twenty CRM

Opportunity

1:1
Fully supported

Planports Deals map to Twenty Opportunities. Each Deal pipeline stage maps to a Twenty Opportunity stage that we configure before migration. Closed-Won and Closed-Lost reasons from Planports custom properties become Opportunity custom fields. Deal amount, expected close date, and owner assignment migrate directly.

Planports CRM

Pipeline

maps to

Twenty CRM

Opportunity Stage configuration

lossy
Fully supported

Planports custom pipeline stages per industry vertical (health tourism, real estate, digital agencies) map to Twenty Opportunity stage values. We configure each stage in Settings → Data Model before migration, preserving the stage order and probability percentage from Planports. Industry-specific stage labels (e.g., treatment package, property viewing, campaign launch) become custom field picklist values rather than native stage names to avoid conflicts with the standard Twenty stage model.

Planports CRM

Process (Kanban)

maps to

Twenty CRM

Opportunity with custom fields

1:many
Mapping required

Planports Process boards are Kanban-based workflow cards without a direct Twenty equivalent. We map each Process card to a Twenty Opportunity record with custom fields capturing the board name, column/stage, card position, and any conditional metadata from the Planports Process. The customer rebuilds the Kanban view manually in Twenty's Opportunities board. Automation rules attached to Process columns do not migrate; we document them in the automation inventory for manual rebuild.

Planports CRM

Quote

maps to

Twenty CRM

Note or Custom Object

lossy
Fully supported

Planports Quotes (line items with pricing and approval status linked to Deals) map to Twenty Note records with custom fields for line items, pricing, and approval state, or to a custom Quote object if the customer requests it during scoping. We preserve the Quote-to-Deal relationship by setting the Opportunity (Twenty) reference to the migrated Deal. Approval workflow state migrates as a custom field rather than an active workflow.

Planports CRM

Order

maps to

Twenty CRM

Custom Object or Note

lossy
Fully supported

Planports Order records (post-sale items, quantities, status linked to Contact and Deal) map to a custom Order object in Twenty or to Note records with custom fields, depending on the customer's reporting needs. We preserve the Contact and Deal references during migration. Financial settlement data may require accounting system reconciliation post-migration.

Planports CRM

Activity and Note

maps to

Twenty CRM

Task and Note

1:1
Fully supported

Planports Activity records (calls, emails, meetings, tasks, manual notes) map to Twenty Task and Note records. Call disposition and duration migrate as custom Task fields. Meeting start/end times and location preserve on Task records. Activity timestamps preserve for timeline ordering. Owner attribution migrates by resolving the Planports owner reference to the migrated Twenty user.

Planports CRM

Custom Field

maps to

Twenty CRM

Custom Field

lossy
Fully supported

Industry-specific custom fields on Leads, Contacts, and Deals (health tourism referral sources and treatment packages; real estate property IDs and viewing schedules; digital agency campaign IDs and ad spend) require field-level mapping. Planports does not publish a public schema, so we audit field names and types from the exported data during the pre-migration review. All custom fields must be created in Twenty Settings → Data Model before CSV import because Twenty's import creates records, not fields. We produce a field mapping matrix and flag any Planports fields with no clear Twenty equivalent for customer decision before migration begins.

Planports CRM

Attachment and File

maps to

Twenty CRM

File or URL reference

1:1
Fully supported

Files uploaded to Contact or Deal cards can be exported individually per record from Planports. Bulk attachment migration requires active API key access and may be limited by Planports plan tier. We migrate file references (file name, upload date, uploader) as URL fields on the migrated Twenty record. The customer uploads the actual files to Twenty's file storage or a linked cloud storage service post-migration.

Planports CRM

User and Owner

maps to

Twenty CRM

WorkspaceMember

1:1
Fully supported

Planports User records and deal ownership assignments migrate as Twenty WorkspaceMember records. We resolve owners by email match. Planports requires a minimum of 3 users on all plans, which affects per-user cost calculations. Twenty requires all referenced users to be invited and active before importing records with Owner or Assignee assignments; any Planports owner without a matching Twenty user goes to a reconciliation queue for the customer's admin to provision before record import resumes.

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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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

  • Planports API access requires a $62/month paid add-on

    Planports CRM does not expose a public REST API on all plans. API access requires an active API key add-on at $62/month. Migration tooling that uses the Planports API to pull data in bulk rather than relying on manual Excel exports requires this add-on. We confirm API key status during scoping and include the cost in the migration proposal as an additional line item if the customer does not already hold an active key. Without the API key, migrations rely on per-record Excel exports from Planports reports, which may not capture all fields or relationship metadata in a single pass.

  • WhatsApp conversation body text may not export cleanly

    WhatsApp Business API conversations are stored within Meta's infrastructure and surfaced inside the Planports CRM Contact card for display. The export feature captures metadata (contact, timestamp, direction, message count) but may not export full message body text in a machine-readable format. We test this during the data audit phase. Where full message history cannot be extracted, we document the limitation explicitly and advise the customer that WhatsApp conversation continuity may require re-authorizing the WhatsApp Business API channel in the destination CRM independently of the data migration. Meta's data portability for WhatsApp Business API conversations has separate requirements from Planports' export.

  • Twenty requires all fields to exist before CSV import

    Twenty's CSV import creates records, not fields. All custom fields must be created in Settings → Data Model before any data import begins. Planports does not publish a public field schema, so we reverse-engineer the field structure from the exported data during the pre-migration data audit. Any fields not pre-created in Twenty will cause silent failures or data misplacement during import. We produce the complete field list during scoping, the customer creates the fields in Twenty's Data Model, and we validate the schema before the import phase begins.

  • Twenty requires users to exist before importing owner references

    If Planports records include Owner or Assignee references, those users must exist in Twenty before import. The Twenty documentation explicitly warns that OwnerId and Assignee relations cannot be mapped if the referenced user does not exist in Twenty at import time. We extract every distinct owner referenced on Planports records, match by email against the Twenty workspace, and hold any unmatched owners in a reconciliation queue. The customer's admin provisions missing users in Twenty before migration resumes. This step is a dependency gate for the production migration.

  • Workflow automations and Planports Process Kanban cards require manual rebuild

    Planports workflow automation rules (if X then Y triggers for lead assignment, WhatsApp messages, and follow-up reminders) are configuration data not included in any export. Process Kanban boards and their card records have no direct Twenty equivalent and must be recreated. We deliver a written inventory of every active Planports automation and Process board with its trigger, conditions, actions, and recommended Twenty workflow rebuild steps. The customer's admin rebuilds these in Twenty's workflow builder post-migration. This rebuild work is out of migration scope and is scoped as a separate service line item.

Migration approach

Six steps for a successful Planports CRM to Twenty CRM data migration

  1. Discovery and data audit

    We audit the Planports CRM account across all plan tiers, object types, custom fields, pipeline stages, active Process boards, active workflows, and attachment volume. We confirm API key status ($62/month add-on) and determine whether the customer prefers API extraction or Excel export. We also assess WhatsApp Business API channel authorization status for conversation continuity. The discovery output is a written migration scope document listing every Planports object to migrate, the estimated record counts per object, and the custom field inventory requiring Twenty schema creation.

  2. Twenty workspace setup and schema design

    We design the destination schema in Twenty's Settings → Data Model. This includes creating all custom fields discovered during the Planports audit, configuring Opportunity stage values to match each Planports pipeline, creating any custom objects required (Orders, Quotes, Process metadata), and inviting all team members who are referenced as record owners. All fields must exist in Twenty before any CSV import runs. We deploy the schema in a Twenty staging workspace first for validation against the customer's acceptance criteria.

  3. Data export and transformation

    We extract data from Planports CRM via API (if the $62/month key is active) or via Excel export from reports. We transform the extracted data per the field mapping matrix: Leads and Contacts map to Twenty People records with lifecyclestage__c; Companies map to Twenty Company records; Deals map to Twenty Opportunity records with stage and amount; Quotes and Orders map to custom fields or objects per the scoping decision; Activities map to Twenty Task and Note records with owner references resolved via the User mapping. We flag any fields with no clear Twenty equivalent for customer decision before loading.

  4. Sandbox migration and reconciliation

    We run a full migration into a Twenty staging workspace using production-equivalent data volume. The customer's operations lead reconciles record counts (People in, Companies in, Opportunities in, Tasks in), spot-checks 25-50 random records against the Planports source for field accuracy, and validates that owner assignments resolved correctly. Any mapping corrections and schema gaps identified during reconciliation are resolved before production migration begins.

  5. Production migration in dependency order

    We run production migration in record-dependency order: Workspace Members (manually provisioned and validated first), Companies (from Planports Companies), People (with CompanyId resolved from the Company import), Opportunities (with PeopleId, CompanyId, and stage resolved), custom objects (Orders, Quotes), Tasks and Notes (with owner references resolved), and attachments (as URL references with actual file transfer as a post-migration step). Each phase emits a row-count reconciliation report before the next phase begins. We freeze Planports writes during the cutover window.

  6. Cutover, validation, and automation rebuild handoff

    We run a final delta migration of any records modified during the cutover window, then enable Twenty as the system of record. We deliver the workflow automation and Process board inventory document to the customer's admin team with recommended rebuild steps for Twenty's workflow builder. We support a one-week hypercare window where we resolve any data issues raised by the customer's team. Workflow rebuild, WhatsApp channel re-authorization, and any integrations with Zapier or Meta's infrastructure are outside standard migration scope and are scoped as separate engagements.

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
Twenty CRM logo

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 Planports CRM 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

    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

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Most migrations land between three and five weeks for accounts under 15,000 records (Leads, Contacts, Deals combined) with no custom objects and a clean field inventory. Migrations with industry-specific custom fields (health tourism, real estate, digital agencies), multiple Planports pipelines, Process Kanban boards to recreate as Opportunities, or large activity histories move to seven to twelve weeks because of field-level mapping work, Twenty schema creation, and the data audit phase. The determining factor is data quality and the number of custom fields requiring mapping, not raw record count alone.

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