CRM migration
Field-level mapping, validation, and rollback between solve 360 and Zoho CRM. We move data and schema; workflows are rebuilt natively in Zoho CRM.
solve 360
Source
Zoho CRM
Destination
Compatibility
8 of 12
objects map 1:1 between solve 360 and Zoho CRM.
Complexity
BStandard
Timeline
3-5 weeks
Overview
Migrating from Solve 360 to Zoho CRM is a simplification move for most teams: Solve 360's $25/user/month floor with a 4-user minimum ($100/month) is already more expensive than Zoho CRM Standard at $14/user/month for teams above five seats. Solve 360 uses a single-record model where people, companies, and work live on one entity; Zoho CRM separates Contacts from Accounts and uses a module-based architecture, so we reconstruct the relationship graph at migration time. Activities (Follow-ups, Support Requests, Tasks) map directly to Zoho Tasks and the Cases module where applicable. Workflow definitions in Solve 360 do not migrate as automation code; we export them as structured configuration JSON and deliver a written rebuild guide for Zoho's Workflow Builder. Custom fields on Contacts and Companies migrate fully, with field types matched to Zoho's supported types (string, number, date, picklist, multi-select). The Zoho Data Migration wizard supports CSV imports up to 5 GB per file and 25 GB total; for accounts with large activity histories we use Zoho's bulk API with pagination and retry logic rather than the wizard.
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 solve 360 object lands in Zoho CRM, including any object-level transformations, lookup resolution, or schema-design dependencies.
Typical mapping — final map is confirmed during the sample migration step.
solve 360
Contact
Zoho CRM
Contact
1:1Solve 360 Contact records map to Zoho CRM Contacts. Name, email, phone, address, and all custom fields transfer directly. The Contact record in Zoho is linked to a parent Account (mapped from Solve 360 Company) via the Account Name lookup. Custom fields on Contacts are created in Zoho before migration with matching types: text fields to single-line, date fields to date picker, selection fields to picklist.
solve 360
Company
Zoho CRM
Account
1:1Solve 360 Company records map to Zoho CRM Accounts. Company name, domain, address, and custom fields transfer directly. The Account becomes the parent record for all linked Contact records, so Accounts are migrated before Contacts to satisfy the lookup dependency. Account Name is the dedupe key on import to prevent duplicate accounts from repeated Company entries.
solve 360
Task
Zoho CRM
Task
1:1Solve 360 Tasks map to Zoho CRM Tasks. Status, priority, due date, description, and time tracking fields transfer directly. Task assignment resolves Solve 360 owner IDs to Zoho CRM user IDs by email match. Open tasks carry over their original status; completed tasks are imported with a Closed status and the original completion timestamp preserved as Activity Date.
solve 360
Follow-up
Zoho CRM
Task or Event
lossySolve 360 Follow-ups are time-stamped activity records tied to a Contact or Company. Scheduled Follow-ups with a specific date and time map to Zoho Events (Start DateTime, End DateTime, Location preserved). Completed Follow-ups with only a date map to Zoho Tasks. The customer chooses the mapping during scoping based on how their team uses Follow-ups.
solve 360
Support Request
Zoho CRM
Cases
1:1Solve 360 Support Requests map to Zoho CRM Cases. Case subject, description, status transitions, priority, and linked Contact or Company transfer directly. Conversation history attached to a Support Request migrates as Zoho Case Comments. The Case Number is auto-generated by Zoho; we preserve the original Solve 360 request identifier in a custom field.
solve 360
Time Record
Zoho CRM
Tasks or Events (time fields)
lossySolve 360 Time Records attach to tasks, site notes, calls, and meetings with duration, date, billing flag, and parent object reference. Time entries on Tasks migrate as a custom Duration field on the Zoho Task record. Time entries that were billable in Solve 360 are flagged in a custom field so the customer's admin can reconstruct billing views in Zoho Reports.
solve 360
Pipeline Stages
Zoho CRM
Deals + Pipeline configuration
lossySolve 360 pipeline stages (names, order, probability percentages) are exported as configuration and re-created in Zoho CRM Deals module. We create the Zoho Pipeline before any Deal records are imported, matching the stage order and setting probability values per original Solve 360 configuration. Pipeline names migrate as-is where they are valid Zoho pipeline names.
solve 360
Custom Fields
Zoho CRM
Custom Fields
1:1Solve 360 custom fields on Contacts and Companies (text, number, date, selection types) migrate as Zoho CRM custom fields on the Contact and Account modules. We create the destination fields before migration with matching field types and picklist values sourced from the original Solve 360 field definitions. Multi-select selection fields in Solve 360 map to Zoho multi-select picklists.
solve 360
Tags/Labels
Zoho CRM
Tags
1:1Solve 360 Tags attached to Contacts, Companies, Tasks, and Support Requests migrate as Zoho CRM Tags on the corresponding records. Tags are a native Zoho CRM feature available from the Standard tier. We export all unique tag strings, create them in Zoho if they do not already exist, and re-apply tag associations per record during import.
solve 360
Attachments
Zoho CRM
Attachments
1:1File attachments on Contacts, Companies, Tasks, and Support Requests are downloaded from Solve 360, stored locally, and uploaded to Zoho CRM as native attachments on the corresponding record. File metadata (name, type, size, upload date) is preserved. We handle attachments in a separate phase after all parent records are confirmed imported.
solve 360
Users/Owners
Zoho CRM
Users
1:1Solve 360 Users are mapped to Zoho CRM Users by email address. We extract every distinct owner referenced on migrating records and reconcile against Zoho user list. Any Solve 360 user without a matching Zoho user goes to a reconciliation queue for the customer's admin to provision before record import resumes.
solve 360
Workflow Automations
Zoho CRM
Workflow Builder (rebuild required)
lossyWorkflow definitions in Solve 360 encode logic specific to its automation engine and cannot be directly replayed in Zoho CRM. We export every active Workflow as structured configuration JSON (trigger, conditions, actions, assignee rules) and deliver a written rebuild guide mapping each to a Zoho Workflow Builder equivalent. The customer or a Zoho partner rebuilds workflows post-migration; this is out of migration scope.
| solve 360 | Zoho CRM | Compatibility | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contact | Contact1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Company | Account1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Task | Task1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Follow-up | Task or Eventlossy | Fully supported | |
| Support Request | Cases1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Time Record | Tasks or Events (time fields)lossy | Fully supported | |
| Pipeline Stages | Deals + Pipeline configurationlossy | Mapping required | |
| Custom Fields | Custom Fields1:1 | Mapping required | |
| Tags/Labels | Tags1:1 | Mapping required | |
| Attachments | Attachments1:1 | Mapping required | |
| Users/Owners | Users1:1 | Mapping required | |
| Workflow Automations | Workflow Builder (rebuild required)lossy | Mapping required |
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.
solve 360 gotchas
Minimum 4-user billing floor applies to the CRM plan
No self-serve bulk export; API access is assisted
Two separate products: Solve CRM vs. Solve Client Manager
Workflow automations are not portable between platforms
Zoho CRM gotchas
API access requires Professional tier or above
Subform fields do not export cleanly via CSV
API credit consumption is non-linear
Export download links expire in 7 days
Owner (User) assignments require pre-mapped user IDs
Pair-specific challenges
Migration approach
Discovery and scoping
We audit the source Solve 360 account across both products (CRM vs Client Manager), identifying record volumes for Contacts, Companies, Tasks, Follow-ups, Support Requests, and Time Records. We catalog all custom fields, pipeline stage configurations, active workflows, and tag usage. We also assess which Solve 360 product the customer uses because storage allocation and minimum user requirements differ. The discovery output is a written migration scope with record counts, custom field inventory, and a Zoho CRM edition recommendation (Standard at $14/user for most migrations, Professional at $23/user if custom modules are required).
Schema design in Zoho CRM
We pre-create the destination schema in Zoho CRM before any data moves. This includes custom fields on Contact and Account modules matching Solve 360 field types, the Deals pipeline with stages and probability values migrated from Solve 360, and the Cases module layout if Support Requests are in scope. Custom fields are created via Zoho's field management UI or API before the first record import. We deploy into a Zoho sandbox or trial org first for validation, then replicate the schema to the production destination org.
Sandbox migration and reconciliation
We run a full migration into the Zoho destination org using a representative data sample. The customer's admin reviews 25-50 randomly selected records across Contacts, Accounts, Tasks, and Cases, comparing values against the Solve 360 source. We check that custom field values are present, that Account-Contact lookups are resolved correctly, and that pipeline stage labels match the original Solve 360 configuration. Any mapping corrections are made before production migration begins. This step also validates that Zoho user provisioning is complete for all Solve 360 owners.
Owner and user reconciliation
We extract every distinct Solve 360 user referenced as an owner on any migrating record and match by email against the Zoho CRM user list. Any Solve 360 owner without a matching Zoho user is placed in a reconciliation queue. The customer's admin provisions the missing Zoho users (active or inactive based on whether the original Solve 360 user is still on staff). Migration cannot proceed past this step because Zoho requires a valid Owner lookup on most standard objects.
Production migration in dependency order
We run production migration in record-dependency order: Accounts (from Solve 360 Companies) first, Contacts second with AccountId resolved, Deals third with stage and owner resolved, Tasks and Events fourth, Cases fifth, and Time Records sixth. Attachments run last after all parent records are confirmed. We use Zoho's bulk import API with pagination and retry logic, and for large activity histories we chunk the load to avoid API rate limit responses. Each phase emits a row-count reconciliation report before the next phase begins.
Cutover, validation, and automation handoff
We freeze writes in Solve 360 during cutover, run a final delta migration of any records modified during the migration window, then enable Zoho CRM as the system of record. We deliver the Workflow Configuration Export document to the customer's admin with a written rebuild guide for Zoho Workflow Builder. We support a five-business-day hypercare window where we resolve any data quality issues raised by the customer's team. We do not rebuild Solve 360 workflows in Zoho as part of the migration scope; that is a separate engagement or internal admin task.
Platform deep dives
solve 360
Source
Strengths
Weaknesses
Zoho CRM
Destination
Strengths
Weaknesses
Complexity grading
Standard CRM migration. 1 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 solve 360 and Zoho CRM.
Object compatibility
1 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
solve 360: Not publicly documented.
Data volume sensitivity
solve 360 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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