CRM migration
Field-level mapping, validation, and rollback between Plezi and Freshsales. We move data and schema; workflows are rebuilt natively in Freshsales.
Plezi
Source
Freshsales
Destination
Compatibility
3 of 10
objects map 1:1 between Plezi and Freshsales.
Complexity
BStandard
Timeline
2-4 weeks
Overview
Moving from Plezi to Freshsales is a shift from a marketing automation platform to a dedicated sales CRM, not a lateral platform swap. Plezi organizes data around Contacts with behavioral scoring profiles and lifecycle stages inside Smart Campaigns; Freshsales uses the standard CRM triad of Leads, Contacts, and Accounts with Deals for pipeline management. We map Plezi Contacts to Freshsales Leads (for unqualified prospects) or Contacts tied to Accounts (for qualified buyers), and we preserve the original Plezi lifecycle stage and scoring data as custom fields for audit and segmentation. Smart Campaigns, Workflows, and landing page logic do not migrate; we deliver a written inventory of every automation and page requiring rebuild in Freshsales. Freshsales pricing starts at $9 per user per month on the Growth plan, making it accessible for SMB teams moving away from Plezi's negotiated pricing model.
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 Plezi 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.
Plezi
Contact
Freshsales
Lead or Contact (split required)
1:manyPlezi Contacts map to Freshsales Lead for records at the top of the funnel (subscriber, early lead stages) and to Freshsales Contact for qualified buyers tied to an Account. We use the Plezi lifecycle stage property to determine the split and preserve the original lifecycle stage in a custom field plezi_lifecycle_stage__c on both Lead and Contact. Scoring profile values migrate as a custom numeric field plezi_score__c for segmentation and reporting in Freshsales.
Plezi
Company
Freshsales
Account
1:1Plezi Company records map directly to Freshsales Account. The company domain from Plezi becomes the Account Website field. We use the Plezi company unique identifier as the dedupe key during import. Freshsales Account is created before any Contact import so that the Account Lookup relationship is satisfied at Contact insert time.
Plezi
Campaign
Freshsales
Campaign
1:1Plezi Campaigns with metadata (name, type, start/end dates, budget) map to Freshsales Campaign. Campaign type maps to Freshsales Type picklist. We preserve the campaign cost and channel fields as custom Campaign fields if the destination Freshsales plan supports custom fields on Campaign. Active campaign membership associations (Contact-to-Campaign links) migrate as CampaignMember records.
Plezi
Form
Freshsales
Webform
lossyPlezi Forms with field names, required flags, and target pipeline stage assignments map to Freshsales Webforms. We export the form field schema and the associated target stage mapping. Freshsales Webforms require manual recreation of the form builder layout; we provide the field-level configuration documentation so the admin can rebuild without reverse-engineering the original form.
Plezi
Landing Page
Freshsales
Landing Page (Freshsales Suite only)
lossyPlezi Landing Pages export with page title, slug, and form reference. Freshsales landing page builder is available on Freshsales Suite plans only, not on the CRM-only Growth or Pro tiers. We audit the destination plan during scoping. Pages with embedded third-party widgets (webinar iframes, live chat scripts) are documented separately with a manual recreation checklist for the customer's admin.
Plezi
Smart Campaign
Freshsales
Workflow (rebuild required)
lossySmart Campaigns are not migrated as runnable automation. We reconstruct each Smart Campaign's intent from the Plezi export, documenting the trigger events, conditional rules, and action sequences in a written workflow inventory. The customer uses this inventory to rebuild in Freshsales Workflows (Pro and above) or Freshsales Suite automation builder. Dynamic personalization steps that cannot be automatically reproduced are flagged explicitly.
Plezi
Workflow
Freshsales
Workflow (rebuild required)
lossyPlezi Workflows managing multi-step nurture sequences are documented as step sequences with associated content block references. The step logic (delays, conditions, content assignments) migrates as a written workflow map, not as executable code. Freshsales workflows use a different trigger-action model; the inventory document maps each Plezi workflow to a recommended Freshsales equivalent.
Plezi
Marketing Assets (emails, content blocks)
Freshsales
Email Templates
lossyPlezi emails and content blocks used inside Smart Campaigns and Workflows export as HTML and text variants. We export the HTML body and subject line. Inline images may require re-hosting. Freshsales Email Templates are rebuilt manually using the exported HTML as source material; we provide the HTML package with image host references flagged for re-upload to Freshsales Media Library.
Plezi
User
Freshsales
User
1:1Plezi User accounts (name, email, role) map to Freshsales User records. We resolve by email match. Plezi-specific role names (admin, marketer, sales) require manual review against Freshsales role permissions. Users without a matching Freshsales User are held in a reconciliation queue for the customer's admin to provision before record import resumes.
Plezi
Tag
Freshsales
Labels or Segmentation
lossyPlezi Tags on Contacts migrate as Freshsales Labels on Contact records. We preserve all tag names and associations. In Freshsales CRM-only plans without label support, tags map to a multi-select picklist custom field plezi_tags__c. The customer chooses the target strategy during scoping.
| Plezi | Freshsales | Compatibility | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contact | Lead or Contact (split required)1:many | Fully supported | |
| Company | Account1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Campaign | Campaign1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Form | Webformlossy | Fully supported | |
| Landing Page | Landing Page (Freshsales Suite only)lossy | Fully supported | |
| Smart Campaign | Workflow (rebuild required)lossy | Fully supported | |
| Workflow | Workflow (rebuild required)lossy | Fully supported | |
| Marketing Assets (emails, content blocks) | Email Templateslossy | Fully supported | |
| User | User1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Tag | Labels or Segmentationlossy | 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.
Plezi gotchas
Smart Campaign automation logic is not directly portable
Landing pages may contain non-exportable embedded content
Pricing is not publicly documented and varies by negotiation
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 plan selection
We audit the source Plezi account for Contacts, Companies, Campaigns, Smart Campaigns, Workflows, Landing Pages, Forms, and User records. We identify the volume of scoring profile data and the count of automation assets requiring rebuild documentation. We pair this with a Freshsales plan recommendation: CRM-only Growth ($9/user) covers basic pipeline management; Freshsales Suite adds landing page and email marketing tools that may replace Plezi's marketing automation features. The discovery output is a written migration scope and a Freshsales plan recommendation.
Schema design and custom field provisioning
We design the destination Freshsales schema including custom fields for Plezi scoring profiles (plezi_score__c), lifecycle stages (plezi_lifecycle_stage__c), and tags (plezi_tags__c). We configure the Lead field mapping for conversion (Admin Settings > Leads Module > Add field > Field mapping) so that custom field data survives the Lead-to-Contact conversion. We set up Account record types if multiple business lines require different page layouts. Schema is validated in the Freshsales test environment before production migration.
Smart Campaign and Workflow inventory
We export the Plezi Smart Campaign trigger events, conditional rules, and action sequences for each active campaign. We document the full automation intent as a written workflow inventory with trigger type, conditions, actions, and a recommended Freshsales Workflow equivalent. Landing pages with embedded third-party content are flagged with a manual recreation checklist. The inventory is delivered to the customer's admin for rebuild post-migration.
Owner reconciliation and User provisioning
We extract every distinct Plezi User referenced on Contact, Company, Campaign, and engagement records and match by email against the Freshsales destination User table. Plezi-specific role names are reviewed against Freshsales role permissions. Any Plezi User without a matching Freshsales User goes to a reconciliation queue for the customer's admin to provision before record import resumes.
Production migration in dependency order
We run production migration in record-dependency order: Accounts (from Plezi Companies), Contacts and Leads (with the lifecycle stage split applied, AccountId resolved, scoring profile and tag data in custom fields), Campaigns (with type and date metadata preserved), CampaignMember records (Contact-to-Campaign associations), and Email Templates (as HTML packages for manual import into Freshsales Media Library). Each phase emits a row-count reconciliation report before the next phase begins.
Cutover, validation, and automation rebuild handoff
We freeze Plezi writes during cutover, run a final delta migration of any records modified during the migration window, then enable Freshsales as the system of record. We deliver the Smart Campaign and Workflow inventory document to the customer's admin team for rebuild in Freshsales Workflows or Freshsales Suite automation. We support a one-week hypercare window where we resolve any reconciliation issues. We do not rebuild Plezi automations as Freshsales workflows inside the migration scope; that is a separate engagement or an internal admin task.
Platform deep dives
Plezi
Source
Strengths
Weaknesses
Freshsales
Destination
Strengths
Weaknesses
Complexity grading
Standard CRM migration. 4 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 Plezi and Freshsales.
Object compatibility
4 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
Plezi: Not publicly documented — typical SaaS limits assumed and confirmed during scoping.
Data volume sensitivity
Plezi exposes a bulk API — large-volume migrations stream efficiently.
Estimator
Rule-based pricing — no per-record fees, no manual quotes. Migrations over 2M records are scoped individually.
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