CRM migration

Migrate from Rubi CRM to Freshsales

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

Rubi CRM logo

Rubi CRM

Source

Freshsales

Destination

Freshsales logo

Compatibility

70%

7 of 10

objects map 1:1 between Rubi CRM and Freshsales.

Complexity

BStandard

Timeline

6-10 weeks

Rollback included Accuracy guarantee Field-level validation

Overview

What this migration involves

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.

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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Rubi CRM

What's pushing teams away

  • Concentrated UK membership/training focus limits fit for non-UK organizations or businesses outside membership/event verticals.
  • Public technical/API documentation is limited — the Developer Hub is gated and endpoint references are not indexed publicly, complicating custom integrations.
  • Reports module exports flat snapshots rather than relational data, making it less useful as a long-term BI source or migration extract.
  • Outlook plugin handles inbound email logging only — outbound automation, sequencing, and marketing workflows are not bundled and require separate tools.
  • Smaller global community and review footprint compared to HubSpot, Salesforce, or membership-specific competitors like Wild Apricot or MemberClicks.

Choosing

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Freshsales

What's pulling them in

  • Lowest barrier to entry among major CRMs — the free tier supports up to 3 users and includes core CRM functionality before committing to per-seat pricing.
  • Built-in chat, email, and phone reduce reliance on third-party integrations for basic sales communication and contact management.
  • Freddy AI contact scoring and deal insights are included on Pro plans at a lower price than comparable HubSpot tiers.
  • Kanban pipeline views across Contacts, Accounts, and Deals provide visual deal management without requiring custom configuration.
  • Integration with the broader Freshworks ecosystem (Freshdesk, Freshchat, Freshservice) reduces tool sprawl for teams already using Freshworks.

Object mapping

How Rubi CRM objects map to Freshsales

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

maps to

Freshsales

Contact

1:1
Fully supported

Rubi 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

maps to

Freshsales

Account

1:1
Fully supported

Rubi 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

maps to

Freshsales

Contact or Lead

1:many
Fully supported

Rubi 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

maps to

Freshsales

Custom Fields on Contact/Lead

lossy
Fully supported

Rubi 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

maps to

Freshsales

Task or Appointment

1:1
Fully supported

Rubi 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

maps to

Freshsales

Task or Appointment

1:1
Fully supported

Rubi 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)

maps to

Freshsales

Deal Stages

lossy
Fully supported

Rubi 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

maps to

Freshsales

Deal

1:1
Fully supported

Rubi 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)

maps to

Freshsales

Note or Task

1:1
Fully supported

Email 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

maps to

Freshsales

Task

1:1
Fully supported

Rubi 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.

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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Rubi CRM gotchas

Medium

Pipeline stages are stored as user-defined custom field values, not a native pipeline object

Medium

Outlook plugin does not preserve email thread continuity

Medium

Memberships and Events require separate export passes

Low

Acquisition by Sapling Multi Ventures introduces roadmap uncertainty

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Freshsales gotchas

Medium

Freddy AI is Pro-tier only despite heavy marketing

High

Post-migration emails and sequences are disabled

Medium

Bot session credits are a one-time 500-session allocation

Medium

Phone credits charged per minute with no cap

Low

File storage limits scale with plan tier

Pair-specific challenges

  • Membership module has no direct Freshsales equivalent

    Rubi CRM's Member and Membership objects are vertical-specific record types with tier, status, and renewal date fields that have no structural analog in Freshsales. We map Members to Contacts or Leads and map Membership fields to custom fields, but the customer must define the mapping strategy during scoping: does a Member with active membership status become a Contact or a Lead, and how are expired memberships handled? Without this decision made before migration, records land in the wrong object and require cleanup after go-live. We flag this as a scoping-required decision and do not proceed to data export until the Member-to-Contact-or-Lead strategy is confirmed.

  • Custom field names require discovery phase before export

    Rubi CRM does not expose a public schema endpoint or API field list. Custom field names and types are discovered during the export scoping phase, which means we cannot pre-create matching Freshsales custom fields until after the first export run is reviewed. This creates a two-phase approach: export scoping run to capture field names, schema creation in Freshsales, then full export and import. If the Rubi CRM export is delayed or the customer's data export access is restricted, this phase extends the timeline by one to two weeks.

  • Outlook plugin email threading does not export

    The Rubi CRM Outlook plugin logs inbound email interactions as Activities against Contacts but does not expose thread-level email threading in its export. We migrate the activity timestamp, subject, and body text as Notes or Tasks, but the conversation thread structure is lost. Customers who rely on email thread context in Rubi CRM should plan to preserve the Rubi CRM export as a read-only archive for any future thread reconstruction needs.

  • Kanban visual layout does not migrate

    Rubi CRM's Kanban-style pipeline view stores stage values as user-defined custom fields against deal records, not as a native pipeline object. We extract stage values and configure matching Freshsales Deal stages, but the visual Kanban layout (column order, card formatting, colour assignments) is a UI configuration that does not export. The customer's admin rebuilds the Kanban view in Freshsales Sales Pipeline settings after migration. We provide a written list of the original stage names and their order as a reference during rebuild.

  • Saved Reports export flat snapshots not relational data

    Rubi CRM's Report Builder exports data snapshots rather than relational data exports. These snapshots are not suitable as migration sources because they do not contain record IDs, foreign keys, or the relational structure required for import into Freshsales. We do not migrate Reports or Audit Logs. We deliver a written inventory of the customer's active Rubi CRM reports with field names and filter logic so that the admin can recreate equivalent reports in Freshsales Reports and Dashboards.

Migration approach

Six steps for a successful Rubi CRM to Freshsales data migration

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. 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

Context on both ends of the pair

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Rubi CRM

Source

Strengths

  • Specialises in membership, training, event, and recurring-booking workflows that general-purpose CRMs handle poorly
  • Native bolt-on integrations with Sage, QuickBooks, and Xero for UK-accountancy parity
  • Microsoft Outlook plugin logs email interactions directly against CRM records without leaving the inbox
  • UK-based Leeds team since 2010 with direct support access
  • Small-team focused pricing and onboarding for organisations under 50 users

Weaknesses

  • Platform acquired by Sapling Multi Ventures — product roadmap and support continuity are uncertain
  • No public pricing page found in research — tier structure and per-user costs require direct inquiry
  • API documentation is behind a Developer Hub gate; public rate-limit and endpoint documentation not indexed
  • Reports module exports flat snapshots rather than relational data — not suitable as a migration source
  • Microsoft Outlook plugin only works for inbound email logging; outbound sequences and automation are not supported
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Freshsales

Destination

Strengths

  • Generous free tier for small teams with core CRM functionality without per-seat costs.
  • All-in-one sales CRM with built-in telephony, chat, and email reducing third-party tool dependency.
  • Freddy AI contact scoring and deal predictions available on Pro tier.
  • Multiple pipeline views with Kanban and list options across all plans.

Weaknesses

  • Reports lack depth compared to competitors like HubSpot, with limited customization options.
  • Integration setup is poorly documented with no clear guides for connecting third-party tools.
  • AI features gated behind $39/user/month Pro tier despite marketing emphasis on Freddy AI.
  • Bot sessions limited to 500 one-time allocation with no monthly refresh.

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 Rubi CRM and Freshsales.

  • 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

    Rubi CRM: Not publicly documented.

  • Data volume sensitivity

    B

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

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Most migrations land between six and ten weeks for accounts under 10,000 Contacts, 2,000 Companies, and no active membership module with separate Members and Memberships records. Migrations that include Member and Membership record types with tier and renewal date mapping, Events and Training booking history, and multiple Kanban stages extend to twelve to eighteen weeks because of the additional scoping decisions, custom field creation scope, and the two-phase custom field discovery process inherent to Rubi CRM's closed schema.

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