CRM migration
Field-level mapping, validation, and rollback between Saleshiker and Twenty CRM. We move data and schema; workflows are rebuilt natively in Twenty CRM.
Saleshiker
Source
Twenty CRM
Destination
Compatibility
11 of 12
objects map 1:1 between Saleshiker and Twenty CRM.
Complexity
BStandard
Timeline
3-5 weeks
Overview
Moving from Saleshiker to Twenty CRM is a platform-family transition from a WhatsApp-native, subscription-plus-Meta-billing model to an open-source, self-hostable CRM with a developer-first API. Saleshiker organizes data around Leads, Contacts, Organizations, Deals, and Pipelines tied to Meta's Business API; Twenty uses a Company-Person-Opportunity model with a configurable data model that supports custom objects from day one. We migrate the standard CRM objects, resolve the Organization-to-Company lookup linkage before Contact insert, and map Saleshiker pipeline stages to Twenty Opportunity stage labels via a customer-confirmed mapping table. WhatsApp broadcasts, Workflow definitions, and chatbot configurations do not migrate because Meta governs them outside Saleshiker's API scope. We deliver a written inventory of active Workflows and Schedulers for your admin to rebuild in Twenty. The pricing shift is significant: a five-user Saleshiker team paying roughly $150 per month (subscription plus Meta conversation charges) can move to Twenty's self-hosted model for near-zero platform cost plus a modest hosting fee, eliminating the variable Meta billing that grows unpredictably with conversation volume.
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 Saleshiker object lands in Twenty CRM, including any object-level transformations, lookup resolution, or schema-design dependencies.
Typical mapping — final map is confirmed during the sample migration step.
Saleshiker
Lead
Twenty CRM
Person
1:1Saleshiker Leads map to Twenty Person records. The Lead status, source, owner, and custom properties migrate as Person fields and custom fields. Since Twenty does not have a separate Lead object by default, unqualified prospects land directly in the People table; if the customer needs a separate qualification queue, we configure a custom field (e.g., lead_status__c) or a filtered view rather than a separate object.
Saleshiker
Contact
Twenty CRM
Person
1:1Saleshiker Contacts map to Twenty Person records. Phone, email, lifecycle stage, and owner assignment migrate directly. We preserve lifecycle stage values as a custom field (e.g., original_lifecycle_stage__c) since Twenty's standard Person object does not include a lifecycle enum. Contact-to-Organization linkage migrates via the Person's Company field, resolved after Organization records are inserted.
Saleshiker
Organization
Twenty CRM
Company
1:1Saleshiker Organizations map to Twenty Company records. We insert Organizations first so that the Company.id is available for Contact.Person lookup resolution. Company name, domain, address, and industry fields map directly. If Saleshiker stores multiple contacts per organization, the relationship is preserved through the Person.Company linkage after Company insertion.
Saleshiker
Deal
Twenty CRM
Opportunity
1:1Saleshiker Deals map to Twenty Opportunity. Deal value, expected close date, owner, and stage migrate. Pipeline stages in Saleshiker map to Twenty Opportunity stage labels via a customer-confirmed mapping table at import time. We create the target Opportunity stages in Twenty's settings before migration using the Stage table, mapping each Saleshiker stage name to a matching Twenty stage.
Saleshiker
Pipeline
Twenty CRM
Stage (Opportunity)
lossySaleshiker's named pipeline structures (stages with ordering) map to Twenty's Stage records on the Opportunity object. If Saleshiker has multiple named pipelines, we configure multiple stage groups in Twenty and assign opportunities to the correct stage group during import via a pipeline_to_stage_group__c mapping field. The customer confirms stage mapping during the scoping call.
Saleshiker
Quote
Twenty CRM
Opportunity (with line items)
1:1Saleshiker Quotes migrate to Twenty Opportunity records with line item records linked to the Opportunity. Quote headers (reference, date, total, status) map to Opportunity fields or custom fields; line items map to custom line item records if Twenty's OpportunityLineItem equivalent is in use, or are stored as custom Opportunity fields. PDF attachments on quotes migrate as file references requiring re-upload.
Saleshiker
Invoice
Twenty CRM
Custom object (Invoice)
1:1Saleshiker Invoices (AR/AP tracking) migrate to a Twenty custom object created at migration time. Invoice header data (number, date, total, payment status) migrates; payment reconciliation history that depends on Saleshiker's internal accounting state may not carry over cleanly if Twenty lacks equivalent AR/AP tracking. We discuss invoice handling scope with the customer during discovery.
Saleshiker
Product
Twenty CRM
Custom object (Product)
1:1Saleshiker Products (name, SKU, price, description) migrate to a Twenty custom object or standard Company field set depending on the customer's product catalog size. We create the target object via Twenty's Metadata API before migration and map SKUs as the dedupe key. Product attachments migrate as file references.
Saleshiker
Task
Twenty CRM
Task
1:1Saleshiker Tasks migrate to Twenty Task records. Title, due date, status, assignee, and related-to linkage preserve. Assignee resolution matches Saleshiker owner email to Twenty User email; unresolved owners go to a reconciliation queue for the customer's admin to provision before record insert proceeds.
Saleshiker
Event
Twenty CRM
Task (Event subtype)
1:1Saleshiker Events migrate to Twenty Task records with a custom event_type__c field set to 'Meeting' or 'Event'. Start/end datetime, title, location, and assignee migrate. Recurrence patterns from Saleshiker are preserved as custom text fields if present; if the recurrence logic is complex, we document it for manual rebuild in Twenty. Attachments on events migrate as file references.
Saleshiker
Attachment
Twenty CRM
File (Twenty workspace)
1:1Saleshiker file attachments (stored per Lead, Contact, Organization, Deal) require a two-step process: we download files from Saleshiker's storage during the export phase, then re-upload them to Twenty's file storage linked to the target record. File metadata (filename, type, size, upload date) migrates as fields on the target record. Large attachment volumes may extend the migration timeline.
Saleshiker
Workflow
Twenty CRM
None (inventory delivered)
1:1Saleshiker Workflow definitions reference internal triggers and action chains that have no portable equivalents in Twenty or any other CRM. We do not migrate Workflow definitions. We export a structured inventory of every active Workflow and Scheduler (trigger type, conditions, actions, affected records) so the customer's admin can plan rebuilding them in Twenty. This inventory is included in the migration deliverable package.
| Saleshiker | Twenty CRM | Compatibility | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lead | Person1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Contact | Person1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Organization | Company1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Deal | Opportunity1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Pipeline | Stage (Opportunity)lossy | Fully supported | |
| Quote | Opportunity (with line items)1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Invoice | Custom object (Invoice)1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Product | Custom object (Product)1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Task | Task1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Event | Task (Event subtype)1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Attachment | File (Twenty workspace)1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Workflow | None (inventory delivered)1:1 | 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.
Saleshiker gotchas
Meta conversation billing applies on top of subscription cost
WhatsApp template approval governed by Meta policy
Workflow and automation definitions are not portable
Limited API documentation with no publicly documented rate limits
Invoice and payment data may reference internal accounting state
Twenty CRM gotchas
Import order is enforced and critical
Export limited to 20,000 records and visible columns only
Soft-deleted records count toward uniqueness and trigger restores
API rate limits cap at 200 req/min on Organization tier
No native email sequences — follow-up cadences require external tools
Pair-specific challenges
Migration approach
Discovery and scope definition
We audit the Saleshiker portal across all active objects, custom fields, pipelines, active Workflows and Schedulers, WhatsApp business phone number registrations, and attachment volume. We confirm which objects are in active use versus legacy noise, and discuss with the customer which historical records (old contacts, closed deals, stale tasks) should migrate versus archive. The discovery output is a written migration scope covering object inventory, field mapping table draft, stage mapping draft, and a note on any WhatsApp-specific data that will not migrate.
Twenty schema design and configuration
We configure the destination Twenty workspace before any data moves. This includes creating any custom objects and custom fields via Twenty's Settings > Data Model, defining Opportunity stage labels to match Saleshiker's pipeline stages, setting up Company record types if multiple organization types are in use, and inviting all team members as Twenty Users so that owner lookups resolve during import. We deploy schema changes to a staging workspace for validation before production configuration begins.
Export from Saleshiker via API
We extract data from Saleshiker using its REST API at apidoc.saleshiker.com. We probe API responsiveness during a dry-run to establish safe throughput before the full export. Saleshiker does not publicly document rate limits, so we throttle incrementally and use exponential backoff on any 429 responses. We export objects in dependency order: Organizations first (for Company linkage), then Contacts and Leads, then Deals, then Tasks and Events, then Products and Quotes. Attachments are downloaded separately as binary files from Saleshiker's storage with metadata preserved.
Data transformation and field mapping
We transform the exported data against the field mapping table confirmed with the customer. Organization records are inserted into Twenty as Companies first so that the Company.id is available for Contact.Person resolution. Leads and Contacts are inserted as People with a lifecycle stage custom field preserved. Deals map to Opportunities with stage names matched to Twenty's stage labels. Owner email addresses are resolved against the Twenty User table; any unresolved owners are placed in a reconciliation queue for the customer to provision. Custom fields not yet in Twenty are created in a pre-import schema phase.
Import execution and batch reconciliation
We import data into Twenty using the REST or GraphQL API in batch. Twenty's import is API-driven (no native UI loader), so we chunk records into batches and monitor for errors per batch. Each object phase emits a row-count reconciliation report comparing exported count, transformed count, and inserted count. Attachment files are re-uploaded to Twenty's file storage and linked to their parent records via the API. We run the migration against the production Twenty workspace after staging validation is signed off.
Cutover, validation, and Workflow inventory handoff
We freeze writes to Saleshiker during the cutover window, run a final delta migration of any records modified during the migration window, then mark Twenty as the system of record. We validate record counts, spot-check 20-30 records per object type against the Saleshiker source, and confirm Organization-to-Person linkage integrity. We deliver the Workflow and Scheduler inventory document to the customer's admin. We offer a one-week post-cutover window to resolve reconciliation issues. We do not rebuild Saleshiker Workflows in Twenty as part of the migration scope; that work is documented separately for the customer's admin or a chosen integration partner.
Platform deep dives
Saleshiker
Source
Strengths
Weaknesses
Twenty CRM
Destination
Strengths
Weaknesses
Complexity grading
Standard CRM migration. 2 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 Saleshiker and Twenty CRM.
Object compatibility
2 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
Saleshiker: Not publicly documented.
Data volume sensitivity
Saleshiker 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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