CRM migration
Field-level mapping, validation, and rollback between Sales Infinite and Nutshell. We move data and schema; workflows are rebuilt natively in Nutshell.
Sales Infinite
Source
Nutshell
Destination
Compatibility
8 of 10
objects map 1:1 between Sales Infinite and Nutshell.
Complexity
BStandard
Timeline
2-3 weeks
Overview
Moving from Sales Infinite to Nutshell is a schema simplification and pricing-downgrade migration for teams leaving an AI-heavy CRM for a sales-focused B2B tool. Sales Infinite uses a Contacts-Accounts-Opportunities model; Nutshell uses People-Companies-Deals with a slightly different relationship hierarchy. We map Contacts to People, Accounts to Companies, and Opportunities to Deals, resolving Owner assignments by email cross-reference and preserving Activity timelines (calls, emails, meetings, tasks) against the correct parent record. Nutshell has no native custom objects, so any Sales Infinite custom object requires a custom field strategy during scoping. Pipeline stages, stage labels, and stage probabilities migrate as configuration rather than records and are rebuilt in Nutshell's pipeline editor. Workflows, automation rules, and AI-based features do not migrate; we deliver a written inventory for the customer admin to rebuild in Nutshell's automation builder.
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 Sales Infinite object lands in Nutshell, including any object-level transformations, lookup resolution, or schema-design dependencies.
Typical mapping — final map is confirmed during the sample migration step.
Sales Infinite
Contact
Nutshell
Person
1:1Sales Infinite Contact records map directly to Nutshell Person records. Standard fields (name, email, phone, address) transfer cleanly. Owner assignment resolves by email cross-reference against Nutshell User records during import. Any Sales Infinite contact property that has no direct Nutshell Person field becomes a custom field on Person, subject to Nutshell's custom field type support (Text, Long Text, Currency, Date, Dropdown, Number, Checkbox, Website, User).
Sales Infinite
Account
Nutshell
Company
1:1Sales Infinite Account records map 1:1 to Nutshell Company records. Industry, annual revenue, type, and website fields translate directly. Custom Account properties that exceed Nutshell's standard Company field set migrate as Company custom fields. Account-Contact relationships preserve in Nutshell as the Person-Company link.
Sales Infinite
Opportunity
Nutshell
Deal
1:1Sales Infinite Opportunity records map to Nutshell Deals. Amount, CloseDate, and responsible User migrate directly. The Opportunity stage maps to a Nutshell deal stage that we configure during the pipeline reconstruction step. We flag any Opportunity record where the CloseDate has passed and the stage has not been set to Won or Lost; these require manual resolution or stage defaults before import.
Sales Infinite
Lead
Nutshell
Lead (Pro and above) or Person (Starter)
1:manySales Infinite Lead records require a tier check on the Nutshell destination. On Nutshell Starter, there is no separate Lead object; we merge Lead records into Person records and preserve the original Lead_Status as a custom Person field. On Nutshell Pro and above, Lead records migrate to the dedicated Lead tab. We determine the correct destination during scoping based on the customer's chosen Nutshell plan and advise on any Lead data that requires different handling per tier.
Sales Infinite
Activity: Email
Nutshell
Activity Log Entry
1:1Sales Infinite email activities migrate to Nutshell activity log entries linked to the relevant Person, Company, or Deal. Email content, timestamp, and direction (sent/received) preserve. We reconstruct the chronological activity timeline by setting the activity date to the original Sales Infinite timestamp. Large email sets require chunked API calls to avoid timeouts.
Sales Infinite
Activity: Call
Nutshell
Activity Log Entry
1:1Sales Infinite call activities migrate to Nutshell activity log entries with the call disposition, duration, and outcome captured in available fields. We map the original call timestamp to the Nutshell activity date to preserve the timeline order.
Sales Infinite
Activity: Meeting
Nutshell
Activity Log Entry
1:1Sales Infinite meeting activities migrate to Nutshell activity log entries. Meeting title, date, and related Person or Deal link preserve. Attendee information migrates as a text or note field if the destination Nutshell plan supports it.
Sales Infinite
Activity: Task
Nutshell
Task
1:1Sales Infinite Task records migrate to Nutshell Tasks with Status, Priority, and due date preserved. Task assignment resolves by matching the Sales Infinite owner email to a Nutshell User. Completed vs. open task status transfers directly.
Sales Infinite
Note
Nutshell
Note
1:1Sales Infinite Notes migrate as Nutshell Notes linked to the parent Person, Company, or Deal. Rich text content preserves where the destination field supports it. File attachments associated with notes download individually via API and re-upload to the linked Nutshell record; large attachment sets increase migration time proportionally.
Sales Infinite
Pipeline and Stage
Nutshell
Pipeline and Stage (configuration)
lossySales Infinite pipeline and stage configuration (stage labels, probabilities, and ordering) is not a record migration but a configuration rebuild. We extract the complete stage set from Sales Infinite during discovery and reconstruct the equivalent pipeline structure in Nutshell's pipeline editor before any Deal records are imported. Stage probability percentages round to the nearest integer allowed by Nutshell.
| Sales Infinite | Nutshell | Compatibility | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contact | Person1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Account | Company1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Opportunity | Deal1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Lead | Lead (Pro and above) or Person (Starter)1:many | Fully supported | |
| Activity: Email | Activity Log Entry1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Activity: Call | Activity Log Entry1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Activity: Meeting | Activity Log Entry1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Activity: Task | Task1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Note | Note1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Pipeline and Stage | Pipeline and Stage (configuration)lossy | 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.
Sales Infinite gotchas
Invoicing and CRM share a unified data model — separate export paths require coordination
Dynamic product engine carries pricing rule configuration
Nutshell gotchas
Contact tier limits enforced on import
No bulk API endpoint requires paginated extraction
Email sequences not exportable via API
Foundation plan disables key sales features
Pair-specific challenges
Migration approach
Discovery and schema audit
We audit the Sales Infinite instance across all object types, custom fields, pipeline configurations, stage labels, owner count, and activity volume. We identify any custom objects that require conversion to custom fields and determine the correct Nutshell tier for the Lead object. The discovery output is a written migration scope that includes the object mapping, any schema decisions (e.g., Lead-to-Person merge on Starter), and the Nutshell plan recommendation.
Pipeline and stage configuration reconstruction
We extract the full Sales Infinite pipeline stage set including labels, probabilities, and ordering. We configure the equivalent pipeline in Nutshell's pipeline editor before any Deal records are imported. This ensures that when Deal records arrive, the correct stage values are available and no validation errors block the import.
Owner reconciliation
We extract every distinct Sales Infinite Owner and match by email against the Nutshell destination User list. Owners without a matching Nutshell User go to a reconciliation queue for the customer's admin to provision. Migration cannot proceed past People and Company import because OwnerId is a required reference on most standard objects in Nutshell.
Parent record migration (People, Companies, Deals)
We import in dependency order: Companies first (no dependencies), then People with Company links resolved, then Deals with Company and Owner links resolved. Each phase emits a row-count reconciliation report. Any custom field mapping decisions are applied at this stage. Deals import last among parent records because they depend on both Companies and Owners.
Activity and note migration
With parent records committed, we migrate Activities (emails, calls, meetings, tasks) by resolving each Sales Infinite Contact/Account/Opportunity ID to the corresponding Nutshell Person/Company/Deal ID. Activities insert in date-order batches to preserve the chronological timeline. Notes migrate as linked Note records after activity migration completes.
Cutover, validation, and automation rebuild handoff
We freeze Sales Infinite writes during cutover, run a delta migration for any records modified during the window, then enable Nutshell as the system of record. We deliver a written inventory of Sales Infinite workflows, automation rules, and AI-based sequences with recommended Nutshell automation equivalents for the customer admin to rebuild. We support a one-week post-cutover window for reconciliation issues. Workflow rebuild and admin training are outside standard migration scope.
Platform deep dives
Sales Infinite
Source
Strengths
Weaknesses
Nutshell
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 Sales Infinite and Nutshell.
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
Sales Infinite: Tier-dependent; Starter tier enforces daily API call limits that require chunked export sequencing.
Data volume sensitivity
Sales Infinite 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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