CRM migration

Migrate from Road Runner to HubSpot

Field-level mapping, validation, and rollback between Road Runner and HubSpot. We move data and schema; workflows are rebuilt natively in HubSpot.

Road Runner logo

Road Runner

Source

HubSpot

Destination

HubSpot logo

Compatibility

90%

9 of 10

objects map 1:1 between Road Runner and HubSpot.

Complexity

BStandard

Timeline

24–72 hours

Rollback included Accuracy guarantee Field-level validation

Overview

What this migration involves

Road Runner stores a field-service data model: customers (contacts), jobs (service records), invoices (financial line items), and containers or equipment (assets). It organizes work by routes, drivers, and job statuses with an emphasis on operational dispatch. HubSpot organizes data around contacts, companies, deals, tickets, and custom objects with lifecycle stages, pipelines, and association labels. The two platforms share a contacts table but diverge significantly on how jobs, invoices, and equipment are represented. Road Runner jobs map to HubSpot deals when they carry revenue; otherwise they map to custom objects. Road Runner invoices have no native HubSpot equivalent and require a custom object with line-item properties. Road Runner containers and equipment migrate as a custom HubSpot object with identifier, type, capacity, and status fields. We use Road Runner's REST API to extract all standard and custom objects, resolve owner emails against HubSpot users, apply type-aware field mapping, and load data through HubSpot's Contacts API and bulk import pipeline. We do not migrate Road Runner workflows, route-optimization logic, or third-party integrations. Those must be rebuilt in HubSpot using HubSpot's workflow builder and integration marketplace after data lands.

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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Road Runner

What's pushing teams away

  • Not applicable — there is no platform at this URL to leave. Road Runner Sports is a retailer; visitors leave the site when they finish shopping.
  • If the catalog intended the PHP RoadRunner server, customers migrate off RoadRunner v1 to RoadRunner v2 due to breaking API changes, or migrate to alternative PHP servers (FrankenPHP, Swoole, ReactPHP) for simpler operational profiles.

Choosing

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HubSpot

What's pulling them in

  • Lowest barrier to entry of any major CRM — the free tier with unlimited contacts lets teams validate fit before committing to a paid plan, according to G2 and Capterra reviewers.
  • Native integration between the CRM and sales engagement tools (sequences, email tracking, dialer) means no separate sync configuration, a theme across G2 Sales Hub reviews.
  • Pipeline visualization, deal tracking, and automated workflows are consistently praised as intuitive and easy to set up without developer involvement.
  • Strong onboarding for new team members — reviewers on Capterra and G2 highlight how quickly new reps become productive without formal training.
  • The HubSpot platform ecosystem (Marketing, Sales, Service, CMS hubs) allows growing companies to consolidate tools without building new integrations.

Object mapping

How Road Runner objects map to HubSpot

Each row shows how a Road Runner object lands in HubSpot, including any object-level transformations, lookup resolution, or schema-design dependencies.

Typical mapping — final map is confirmed during the sample migration step.

Road Runner

Customer

maps to

HubSpot

Contact

1:1
Fully supported

Road Runner customer maps directly to HubSpot contact. The customer_id becomes Source_System_ID__c for traceability. Email, phone, and address properties transfer as direct field mappings. If Road Runner stores multiple contacts per customer, each row creates a separate HubSpot contact associated to the same company.

Road Runner

Customer

maps to

HubSpot

Company

1:1
Fully supported

Road Runner customers with a business name or company flag create a HubSpot company alongside the contact. Company name, domain, industry, and employee count map to HubSpot company properties. The company_id becomes Source_System_ID__c on the company record. This ensures each business entity is linked to its corresponding contacts for unified reporting.

Road Runner

Job

maps to

HubSpot

Deal

1:1
Fully supported

Road Runner jobs with a billed amount or estimated revenue convert to HubSpot deals. Job name becomes deal name; job total becomes deal amount; job status (Scheduled, In Progress, Completed, Cancelled) maps to a HubSpot deal pipeline stage. Jobs with no monetary value map to a custom object instead.

Road Runner

Job

maps to

HubSpot

Custom Object (Service_Record__c)

1:1
Fully supported

Road Runner jobs that carry no revenue (internal maintenance, site visits with no charge) land as a custom HubSpot object called Service_Record__c. The object stores job_id, scheduled_date, route_id, driver_id, and completion notes. It is associated to the contact and company via HubSpot's association API.

Road Runner

Invoice

maps to

HubSpot

Custom Object (Invoice__c)

1:1
Fully supported

Road Runner invoices have no native HubSpot equivalent. We create an Invoice__c custom object with properties for invoice_id, invoice_number, total_amount, tax_amount, payment_status, and due_date. Each invoice is associated to the originating contact, company, and the related deal or service record in HubSpot.

Road Runner

Container / Equipment

maps to

HubSpot

Custom Object (Equipment__c)

1:1
Fully supported

Road Runner containers and equipment records map to a HubSpot Equipment__c custom object with container_id, container_type, capacity, current_status (Active, Rented, In-Transit, Retired), and current_location. Each equipment record associates to the contact and company it is assigned to in Road Runner.

Road Runner

Route / Driver

maps to

HubSpot

HubSpot User + Custom Property

many:1
Fully supported

Road Runner route assignments and driver IDs merge into HubSpot users. Each unique driver creates a HubSpot user record with their email and name. Their route_id and vehicle assignment store as custom properties on the user. Route-to-driver assignments are preserved as a custom property for reporting.

Road Runner

Job_Status_History

maps to

HubSpot

Deal_Stage_History__c (custom)

1:1
Fully supported

Road Runner tracks job status transitions with timestamps. These migrate as a custom datetime field on the deal or service record — Status_Changed_To__c plus a custom JSON blob of the full transition log for audit purposes. The JSON structure preserves each status change with its timestamp for detailed audit trails.

Road Runner

Custom Properties (per entity)

maps to

HubSpot

Custom Properties

1:1
Fully supported

Road Runner custom properties per entity (customer, job, invoice, container) migrate as HubSpot custom properties. String types map directly; numeric types map to HubSpot number properties; date types map to HubSpot date properties. Pick-list values require value-by-value mapping if the property is a dropdown in Road Runner.

Road Runner

Attachments / Files

maps to

HubSpot

HubSpot Files

1:1
Fully supported

Road Runner file attachments on jobs, invoices, or equipment records download and re-upload to HubSpot Files. Files re-associate to the target contact, deal, or custom object record by ID. File size limits per HubSpot apply; files exceeding 25MB are flagged for manual handling.

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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Road Runner gotchas

High

No public REST API for FSM record export

High

v1-to-v2 API rewrite requires complete config migration

Medium

Per-installation KV namespace schema varies

Medium

Bulk export not supported — we read incrementally

Low

Attachment and media files are external to RoadRunner

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HubSpot gotchas

High

Marketing Contacts billing model is migration-critical

High

Feature tier gating is not visible until onboarding

Medium

Mandatory onboarding fees inflate year-one cost

Medium

HubSpot CSV importer cannot migrate engagements or attachments

Medium

Custom objects require Enterprise and a pre-existing schema

Pair-specific challenges

  • Invoice and container records require custom HubSpot objects — no native equivalents exist

    Road Runner invoices and container-equipment records have no direct HubSpot CRM equivalent. HubSpot has no invoice object and no native asset-tracker. We create an Invoice__c custom object with total, tax, and payment-status fields, and an Equipment__c custom object with container_id, type, capacity, and status fields. Both custom objects must be created in HubSpot before migration begins — we deliver the schema setup plan and you or your HubSpot admin creates the object definitions using HubSpot's custom objects UI or API.

  • Owner resolution requires email matching — Road Runner driver and user IDs don't align to HubSpot users by default

    Road Runner assigns jobs to driver_id and user_id values that are internal integers. HubSpot owners are resolved by email address. We match Road Runner driver records to HubSpot users by extracting email from Road Runner's user object. Records where no email exists or no HubSpot user matches by email are flagged pre-migration and assigned to a fallback owner. You must ensure Road Runner user records include email addresses before extraction, or accept that those job and invoice records route to a default owner.

  • Job-to-deal split requires revenue-threshold decision before mapping runs

    Road Runner jobs include both billable jobs (with a dollar amount) and non-billable service visits (zero amount). Billable jobs migrate to HubSpot deals; zero-amount jobs must route to a Service_Record__c custom object to avoid creating deals with $0 amounts that distort pipeline reporting. We ask you to confirm the split threshold before migration — the default is job_total greater than zero — but your revenue-recognition policy may require a different rule.

  • N:N customer-to-customer associations collapse to primary company in HubSpot

    Road Runner supports a contact being associated to multiple customers (e.g., a site manager linked to two property-management companies). HubSpot contacts associate to companies with a primary flag plus additional associations via Account Contact Relationships. We migrate the most-recently-modified customer association as the primary company and surface the rest as additional associations. You must confirm which association rule to apply (most-recent, most-revenue, or alphabetical) before migration. We will provide a mapping plan that outlines the chosen rule, and you can adjust it before final load.

  • HubSpot's import file size limit may require chunked loads for large Road Runner datasets

    HubSpot's import tool caps individual files at a row limit that varies by object type and property count. Road Runner deployments with more than 50,000 invoice records or 30,000 equipment records require chunked imports with sequencing to preserve foreign-key relationships. We handle the chunking logic but your HubSpot account must remain within its API rate limits during the load window — high-volume imports may need to run during off-peak hours.

Migration approach

Six steps for a successful Road Runner to HubSpot data migration

  1. Extract Road Runner data via REST API

    FlitStack connects to Road Runner's v1.0 REST API using your API credentials and extracts all standard objects (customers, jobs, invoices, containers, drivers, routes) and any custom properties defined on those objects. We pull records in dependency order — customers first, then jobs referencing customer IDs, then invoices referencing job IDs — so foreign keys resolve during load. The extraction runs with read-only scope; no Road Runner records are modified.

  2. Build HubSpot custom object schema

    Before data loads, we deliver a schema setup plan specifying the Invoice__c and Equipment__c custom object definitions, their properties and types, and the association types needed to link them to contacts, companies, and deals. Your HubSpot admin creates these using HubSpot's custom objects UI or API. We validate the schema is in place before the migration run begins to prevent property-not-found errors during import.

  3. Resolve owners and drivers by email match

    FlitStack matches Road Runner driver records to HubSpot users by email address. Unmatched drivers are flagged in a pre-migration report — your team either creates HubSpot accounts for them first or designates a fallback owner. No deal or service record lands in HubSpot without an assigned owner. Companies and contacts load before deals so AccountId and contact associations are available at deal-creation time.

  4. Run sample migration with field-level diff

    A representative slice (typically 200–500 records spanning customers, jobs, invoices, and containers) migrates to a HubSpot sandbox or your production org with all associations active. We generate a field-level diff showing source values versus destination field values for every mapped property. You verify the job-to-deal split logic, invoice total precision, container status mapping, and owner resolution before the full run commits.

  5. Execute full migration with delta-pickup cutover

    Full migration runs against your production HubSpot org. A delta-pickup window of 24–48 hours after the primary load captures any Road Runner records modified or created during the cutover period — Road Runner remains fully operational during this time with scoped read access. Audit log captures every insert, update, and association operation. One-click rollback reverts the HubSpot org to its pre-migration state if reconciliation reveals a mapping error.

Platform deep dives

Context on both ends of the pair

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Road Runner

Source

Strengths

  • Plugin-based architecture means FSM data lives in configurable storage backends, giving migration flexibility.
  • Native Temporal and Jobs support for background task queue migrations.
  • OpenTelemetry integration allows tracing data to be preserved during migration.
  • Distributed locks and health-check plugins give visibility into runtime state that helps us validate migration integrity.
  • Centrifuge websocket support enables real-time notification migration to destination platforms.

Weaknesses

  • No documented public REST API for standard CRM or FSM record types — all data lives in opaque plugin-specific storage.
  • FSM objects like Work Orders and Technicians have no native schema; they are custom KV namespaces that vary per installation.
  • No documented rate limit or bulk API — migration pacing must be negotiated per deployment.
  • RoadRunner v1-to-v2 migration has breaking changes across tuning, configuration, and API endpoints.
  • Road Runner Sports (roadrunnersports.com) usage suggests a heavily customised per-installation fork, making generic migration tooling unreliable.
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HubSpot

Destination

Strengths

  • Genuinely useful free CRM tier with no seat limit on contact records.
  • All-in-one sales engagement layer (sequences, email tracking, calling, dialer) embedded natively in the CRM, eliminating a separate integration.
  • Intuitive interface and fast onboarding for individual reps, per G2 and Capterra reviews.
  • Workflow automation triggers across contacts, deals, and tickets with a visual builder.
  • API coverage for all standard objects including custom objects at Enterprise tier.

Weaknesses

  • Pricing model is contact-based at the marketing layer — importing all records as marketing contacts can multiply the monthly bill by 4×.
  • Feature tier cliffs are frequent surprises: sequences, calling, advanced reporting, and quoting are all gated, often requiring plan upgrades mid-implementation.
  • Mandatory onboarding fees at Professional ($1,500) and Enterprise ($3,500) are not prominently disclosed on the pricing page.
  • API rate limits are restrictive for bulk migration — burst limits of 100-200 req/10sec and search endpoint limits of 4 req/sec require careful job queuing.
  • Custom objects, additional pipelines, and advanced forecasting are Enterprise-only, making cost projections difficult for growing teams.

Complexity grading

How hard is this migration?

Standard CRM migration. 3 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 Road Runner and HubSpot.

  • Object compatibility

    B

    3 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

    Road Runner: Not applicable.

  • Data volume sensitivity

    B

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

Estimator

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

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Most Road Runner-to-HubSpot migrations complete in 24–72 hours of clock time for under 50,000 records. Larger setups with more than 200,000 invoice and equipment records or heavy custom-object schemas extend to 5–10 days. The longest planning step is building the custom object schema (Invoice__c, Equipment__c) and confirming the job-to-deal split rule before data extraction begins. API extraction from Road Runner's v1.0 endpoints runs concurrently with HubSpot custom object creation, reducing net timeline.

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