CRM migration
Field-level mapping, validation, and rollback between Rubi CRM and Freshsales. We move data and schema; workflows are rebuilt natively in Freshsales.
Rubi CRM
Source
Freshsales
Destination
Compatibility
7 of 10
objects map 1:1 between Rubi CRM and Freshsales.
Complexity
BStandard
Timeline
6-10 weeks
Overview
Rubi CRM and Freshsales have structurally different data models that require explicit mapping decisions before migration begins. Rubi CRM uses Member and Membership as distinct record types tied to its membership module, with Events and Training bookings linked to Members or Contacts. Freshsales uses the standard CRM triad of Contacts, Accounts (Companies), and Deals, with a separate Leads module for pre-qualified prospects. We resolve the Member-to-Contact or Lead mapping during scoping, map membership tier names and renewal dates to Freshsales custom fields, and sequence Events and Training bookings as Tasks or Notes attached to the resolved parent record. Rubi CRM's Kanban-style Sales Pipelines are user-defined stage values stored as custom fields rather than a native pipeline object; we extract stage names during the scoping call and configure Freshsales Deal stages before migration. The Rubi CRM Outlook plugin logs inbound email interactions against CRM records, but thread-level email threading does not export in a usable format. We migrate the activity timestamp, subject, and body as Notes or Tasks. Workflows, automations, and Saved Reports do not migrate as they are point-in-time exports or code artefacts requiring rebuild in Freshsales.
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
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What's pushing teams away
Choosing
What's pulling them in
Object mapping
Each row shows how a Rubi 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.
Rubi CRM
Contact
Freshsales
Contact
1:1Rubi CRM Contacts map directly to Freshsales Contacts. Name, email, phone, and address fields migrate 1:1. Any custom contact properties discovered during the export scoping phase are created as custom fields in Freshsales Admin Settings before the contact import phase begins. Email address serves as the dedupe key. The Rubi CRM Contact-Company relationship resolves to Freshsales Contact-Account lookup by Company name matching.
Rubi CRM
Company
Freshsales
Account
1:1Rubi CRM Company records map to Freshsales Accounts. Business-level address, phone, and domain fields migrate 1:1. We create the Account before importing any Contact so that the Account lookup on Contact is satisfied at insert time. Company name is the dedupe key. Any Rubi CRM Company without a Contact relationship is created as a standalone Account.
Rubi CRM
Member
Freshsales
Contact or Lead
1:manyRubi CRM Member records are a distinct type tied to the membership module. We map Member ID and membership status fields but tier names and renewal dates require field-value mapping against Freshsales custom fields. During scoping we define whether Members become Freshsales Contacts (active, converted) or Leads (pre-qualification stage) based on the customer's membership lifecycle. We create a custom field rubi_member_id__c and rubi_membership_status__c on both Lead and Contact to preserve the original Member identity and status for audit and future segmentation.
Rubi CRM
Membership
Freshsales
Custom Fields on Contact/Lead
lossyRubi CRM Membership records track individual subscriptions against Member profiles. Start date, end date, and tier name map to Freshsales custom date and picklist fields on the related Contact or Lead. Rubi CRM does not export full subscription history in a single pass; we run a separate export against the Membership module and join by Member ID to the Contact or Lead imported in the previous phase. Tier names from Rubi CRM are mapped to Freshsales picklist values during the scoping call so that the migration uses a controlled vocabulary rather than raw text values.
Rubi CRM
Event
Freshsales
Task or Appointment
1:1Rubi CRM Events are objects with bookings tied to Contacts or Members. We map event name, event date, and booking status to Freshsales Task or Appointment records attached to the resolved parent Contact or Lead. Seat-level attendance data requires a separate export run from the Events module and is imported as a multi-select picklist or custom number field on the related Task or Appointment. If the Rubi CRM export includes attendee details, we resolve each attendee email to a Freshsales Contact and create EventRelation-equivalent task relationships.
Rubi CRM
Training
Freshsales
Task or Appointment
1:1Rubi CRM Training records follow the same mapping pattern as Events. Training name, date, location, and booking status map to Freshsales Task or Appointment. Training-specific fields (trainer, duration, certification outcome) migrate as custom fields on the Task. We maintain the Training-to-Contact parent relationship by resolving the related Contact or Member email at migration time.
Rubi CRM
Sales Pipeline (Kanban stages)
Freshsales
Deal Stages
lossyRubi CRM uses a Kanban-style pipeline view where stage names are user-defined custom fields stored against deal records, not a native pipeline object. We extract the distinct stage values from Rubi CRM during scoping, configure matching stage names in Freshsales Deal settings, and map stage values to Freshsales StageProbability percentages during the mapping phase. The customer defines stage probability mapping during the scoping call. We do not migrate the visual Kanban layout as that is a UI configuration requiring rebuild in Freshsales.
Rubi CRM
Deal
Freshsales
Deal
1:1Rubi CRM deals with stage values migrate to Freshsales Deals with the stage field set from the stage mapping defined in the configuration phase. Deal name, amount, expected close date, and owner map directly. Owner resolution uses email matching against Freshsales User records with a reconciliation queue for any Rubi CRM owner without a matching Freshworks user.
Rubi CRM
Activity (email via Outlook plugin)
Freshsales
Note or Task
1:1Email interactions logged via the Rubi CRM Outlook plugin are stored as Activities linked to Contacts. We export activity timestamps, subject, and body text. Thread-level email threading does not export in a usable format from Rubi CRM. We create a Note record in Freshsales with the subject as the Note title and body text preserved, linked via ContentDocumentLink to the parent Contact. Email metadata (timestamp, direction) migrates as custom fields on the Note.
Rubi CRM
Task
Freshsales
Task
1:1Rubi CRM Tasks migrate to Freshsales Tasks with owner, due date, status, and priority preserved. Owner resolution uses email lookup against Freshsales User records. Task assignment migrates by resolving the Rubi CRM owner identifier to the Freshsales OwnerId at migration time. Open tasks import as Open status; completed tasks import with Completed status and the original completion timestamp.
| Rubi CRM | Freshsales | Compatibility | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contact | Contact1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Company | Account1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Member | Contact or Lead1:many | Fully supported | |
| Membership | Custom Fields on Contact/Leadlossy | Fully supported | |
| Event | Task or Appointment1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Training | Task or Appointment1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Sales Pipeline (Kanban stages) | Deal Stageslossy | Fully supported | |
| Deal | Deal1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Activity (email via Outlook plugin) | Note or Task1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Task | Task1:1 | 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.
Rubi CRM gotchas
Pipeline stages are stored as user-defined custom field values, not a native pipeline object
Outlook plugin does not preserve email thread continuity
Memberships and Events require separate export passes
Acquisition by Sapling Multi Ventures introduces roadmap uncertainty
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 scoping call
We conduct a scoping call with the customer's Rubi CRM administrator to document the record types in use (Contacts, Companies, Members, Memberships, Events, Training, Deals), active custom fields per record type, Kanban stage names and their order, email activity volume, task volume, and any saved report inventory. We run an initial read-only export against Rubi CRM to capture actual field names for every record type. The output is a written migration scope that defines the Member-to-Contact-or-Lead strategy, custom field creation list, and Kanban stage mapping table. We do not proceed to data export until the scope is signed off.
Schema creation in Freshsales
Using the field names captured in scoping, we create all required custom fields in Freshsales Admin Settings before any record import begins. This includes rubi_member_id__c and rubi_membership_status__c on Contact and Lead, custom date fields for membership start and end dates, picklist fields for membership tier values, and any record-type-specific custom fields identified in scoping. We configure Freshsales Deal stages to match the Rubi CRM Kanban stage names and assign probability percentages per the customer's mapping table. All schema work is documented in a field mapping reference sheet that maps each Rubi CRM field to its Freshsales equivalent.
Owner and user reconciliation
We extract every distinct Rubi CRM owner referenced on Contacts, Companies, Deals, Events, and Tasks and match by email against the Freshsales User table. Owners without a matching Freshsales User go to a reconciliation queue for the customer's admin to provision. Migration cannot proceed past the owner reconciliation phase because Freshsales requires a valid OwnerId on all standard objects. We do not create Freshsales users on behalf of the customer; this is an administrative action that must be completed in the destination org before record import resumes.
Sandbox migration and reconciliation
We run a full migration into a Freshsales Sandbox environment using production-like data volume. The customer's administrator reconciles record counts (Contacts in, Accounts in, Deals in, Tasks in), spot-checks 25-50 random records against the Rubi CRM source, and validates that custom field values populated correctly. Member-to-Contact-or-Lead mapping is validated during this phase. Any mapping corrections happen in the Sandbox, not in production. The customer signs off the Sandbox validation before production migration begins.
Production migration in dependency order
We run production migration in record-dependency order: Accounts (from Rubi CRM Companies), Contacts (with AccountId resolved), Members (mapped to Contact or Lead per the scoping strategy with membership fields populated from the Membership export), Deals (with stage from Kanban mapping and OwnerId resolved), Events and Training (as Tasks or Appointments linked to parent Contact or Lead), Activity history (as Notes or Tasks linked to parent Contact). Each phase emits a row-count reconciliation report before the next phase begins. We use Freshsales REST API with batch chunking and rate-limit handling. Custom field values are written during the appropriate phase.
Cutover, validation, and rebuild handoff
We freeze Rubi CRM 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 a written rebuild inventory listing each Kanban stage with its order, each active Rubi CRM report with its field and filter logic, and the custom field mapping reference sheet. The customer's admin uses the inventory to rebuild the pipeline view in Freshsales Sales Pipeline settings and recreate reports in Freshsales Reports and Dashboards. We do not rebuild automations or workflows as these do not migrate across platforms. We support a one-week hypercare window for reconciliation issues.
Platform deep dives
Rubi CRM
Source
Strengths
Weaknesses
Freshsales
Destination
Strengths
Weaknesses
Complexity grading
Standard CRM migration. 3 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 Rubi CRM and Freshsales.
Object compatibility
3 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
Rubi CRM: Not publicly documented.
Data volume sensitivity
Rubi 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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