CRM migration

Migrate from Teamgate to monday CRM

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

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Teamgate

Source

monday CRM

Destination

monday CRM logo

Compatibility

63%

5 of 8

objects map 1:1 between Teamgate and monday CRM.

Complexity

BStandard

Timeline

3-5 weeks

Rollback included Accuracy guarantee Field-level validation

Overview

What this migration involves

Moving from Teamgate to Monday.com CRM is a structural migration, not a record copy. Teamgate uses separate People, Companies, Deals, and Pipeline objects with a relational model; Monday.com CRM represents these entities as Contacts, Leads, Organizations, and Items within customizable boards. We map Teamgate's People records into Monday.com Contacts and Leads based on deal association and activity history, preserve Companies as Organizations with address and industry data, and migrate Deals as Items within a dedicated CRM board. Pipeline stage names and probability weights transfer as Group labels and custom columns. File attachments download from Teamgate and upload to Monday.com as linked files; the actual binaries do not transfer automatically. Monday.com automations and workflow recipes use a different execution model from Teamgate's workflow triggers and do not migrate; we deliver a written map of every active automation for the customer's admin to rebuild.

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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Teamgate

What's pushing teams away

  • SmartDialer usage-based billing model adds unpredictable costs of $50–100+ monthly that are not obvious during sales conversations, creating billing surprises post-adoption.
  • Limited marketing automation capabilities compared to HubSpot or Monday CRM, forcing teams to purchase and integrate separate marketing tools that should live inside the CRM.
  • Customization depth is shallower than enterprise competitors, causing friction for teams with complex sales processes that require extensive workflow automation.
  • Storage limits per user tier become restrictive as contact and company counts grow, forcing premature upgrades rather than organic scaling.
  • Appointment scheduling features are basic compared to dedicated scheduling tools, pushing teams toward solutions that prioritize booking workflows.

Choosing

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monday CRM

What's pulling them in

  • Users praise the board-based visual interface for making pipeline stages immediately legible to non-technical team members without CRM training.
  • The no-code automation builder lets sales ops teams create lead routing, stage updates, and email triggers without developer involvement.
  • Integration ecosystem connects to Slack, Gmail, Outlook, and Zapier with minimal configuration, reducing friction for teams already using these tools.
  • The flexible column system lets teams build custom CRM views — deal value, close date, lead source — without needing a developer or pre-defined schema.
  • Teams already using monday Work Management can layer CRM features onto existing boards rather than starting from scratch.

Object mapping

How Teamgate objects map to monday CRM

Each row shows how a Teamgate object lands in monday CRM, including any object-level transformations, lookup resolution, or schema-design dependencies.

Typical mapping — final map is confirmed during the sample migration step.

Teamgate

People (Contacts/Leads)

maps to

monday CRM

Contact or Lead

1:many
Fully supported

Teamgate People records are a single contact object with no explicit lead/contact distinction. We analyze deal association and recent activity history to determine qualification status: People with no associated Deals and no activity in the last 90 days route to Monday.com Lead; People with active Deals or recent activity route to Monday.com Contact linked to an Organization. We preserve the original Teamgate contact ID in a custom field (teamgate_id__c) on both Lead and Contact for audit traceability.

Teamgate

Companies

maps to

monday CRM

Organization

1:1
Fully supported

Teamgate Company records map 1:1 to Monday.com Organization. Fields including company name, domain, industry classification, employee count, and address data migrate into Monday.com Organization fields. Teamgate's company ID stores in a custom field (teamgate_company_id__c) on the Organization for relationship auditing. An Organization is created before any Contact or Lead import so that the relational link is satisfied at insert time.

Teamgate

Deals

maps to

monday CRM

Item (CRM board)

1:1
Fully supported

Teamgate Deals migrate as Items within a dedicated Monday.com CRM board representing the sales pipeline. The Deal value, expected close date, loss reason, and owner assignment map to Item column values. If the customer uses multiple Teamgate Pipelines, we create a separate CRM board per pipeline with Group names matching the Teamgate stage names. Stage probability weights migrate as a numeric column for reference by the sales team.

Teamgate

Pipeline

maps to

monday CRM

CRM Board

1:1
Fully supported

Each Teamgate Pipeline becomes a Monday.com CRM board with the pipeline name as the board title. Stage names from the Pipeline become Group labels within the board. We preserve stage sequence order and probability percentages as a reference column. Monday.com's board structure allows unlimited Groups per board, matching Teamgate's multi-pipeline capability across Standard and Pro tiers.

Teamgate

Tags

maps to

monday CRM

Tags

1:1
Mapping required

Teamgate tags are flat string labels applied to People, Companies, and Deals. They map directly to Monday.com's tag field on the corresponding record type. We export the normalized tag list per record and import as Monday.com tag strings. Tag deduplication (identical labels across People, Companies, and Deals) is preserved as separate tag entries per record.

Teamgate

Custom Fields

maps to

monday CRM

Columns

lossy
Mapping required

Teamgate custom fields on People, Companies, and Deals map to Monday.com column types: text fields become Text columns, numeric fields become Number columns, dates become Date columns, and dropdown selects become Dropdown or Tags columns. Multi-select checkboxes may split into multiple single-select columns or a Tags column depending on the customer's preference. We create the destination column schema before data import and map field values during the transform phase.

Teamgate

Owner

maps to

monday CRM

User

1:1
Fully supported

Teamgate Users map to Monday.com Workspace members. We extract owner assignment from every People, Company, and Deal record and resolve by email match against the Monday.com destination workspace user list. Any Teamgate Owner without a matching Monday.com User enters a reconciliation queue; the customer provisions the account before record migration continues. Inactive Teamgate users are mapped as inactive Monday.com members with items reassigned to the active owner during migration.

Teamgate

Activities (calls, emails, meetings, tasks)

maps to

monday CRM

Notes and Comments on Items

lossy
Fully supported

Monday.com CRM boards do not have a native activity sub-object equivalent to Teamgate's Activity records. We convert Teamgate call, email, meeting, and task history into Notes and Comments attached to the migrated Items. The activity type, timestamp, duration (for calls), and content migrate as structured text within the Note or Comment body. This approach preserves the historical record but requires the sales team to adjust workflow expectations around activity tracking in Monday.com.

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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Teamgate gotchas

High

SmartDialer usage billing is uncapped and opaque

Medium

Annual vs monthly billing creates a 2.3–3× price swing

Low

Import history does not preserve original source timestamps

Medium

Storage tier limits constrain file migration volume

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monday CRM gotchas

High

Subitems are not included in bulk exports

High

Daily API call limits vary sharply by plan

Medium

Legacy automations (Sentence Builder) are being deprecated

Medium

Excel and account exports only include table views

Low

Enterprise admins can disable non-admin exports

Pair-specific challenges

  • Monday.com has no native activity sub-object for engagement history

    Monday.com CRM boards do not have a structured activity timeline equivalent to Teamgate's Activity records for calls, emails, meetings, and tasks. Teamgate engagement history can only migrate as Notes and Comments attached to CRM Items, which preserves the content but not the structured activity metadata (type, duration, disposition) in searchable columns. Teams that rely on activity reporting for rep coaching or pipeline analysis will need to rebuild reporting in Monday.com using dashboard widgets rather than native activity filters. We flag this limitation explicitly during scoping and advise whether activity history migration is high priority for the specific team's use case.

  • Monday.com Standard plan caps automations and storage at lower limits

    Monday.com Standard ($14/user/month) limits automations to 250 actions per user per month and caps storage at 20GB per workspace. A 10-user Starter or Professional Teamgate team may already have data volumes and automation usage that require the Pro plan ($28/user/month, 25,000 automations per month, 100GB storage) to operate without hitting limits post-migration. We calculate storage volume from Teamgate's export during scoping, cross-reference Monday.com plan action limits against the customer's automation usage, and recommend the appropriate destination plan before migration begins.

  • File binaries do not migrate automatically across platforms

    Teamgate file attachments and documents are stored within Teamgate's storage tier. We extract file URLs and metadata via the Teamgate API, but the actual binary files must be downloaded from Teamgate and re-uploaded to Monday.com. Teams with large attachment volumes may need a dedicated file migration phase or should plan to store files in a shared location (Google Drive, SharePoint) with links maintained in Monday.com instead of migrating binaries directly. We document the file inventory during scoping and flag when file migration scope exceeds the standard data migration phase.

  • Automations and recipes do not migrate between platforms

    Monday.com automations use a recipe-based execution model with board triggers, condition filters, and action blocks that is architecturally distinct from Teamgate's workflow automation layer. Workflow triggers, conditions, delays, and CRM actions built in Teamgate do not have a programmatic migration path to Monday.com. We deliver a written inventory of every active Teamgate workflow with its trigger event, conditions, and action list, plus a step-by-step guide for recreating equivalent recipes in Monday.com. Teams with complex time-delayed or nested conditional automations should plan for a redesign session rather than a direct translation.

Migration approach

Six steps for a successful Teamgate to monday CRM data migration

  1. Discovery and scoping

    We audit Teamgate across People records, Companies, Deals, Pipeline definitions, stage order, custom fields, tags, owner assignments, storage usage, and SmartDialer billing history. We pair this with a Monday.com workspace readiness check: verifying the workspace exists, confirming the CRM app is installed, and reviewing the current plan tier. The discovery output is a written migration scope specifying record counts per object, custom field schema, pipeline count, file inventory, and a Monday.com plan recommendation based on storage and automation volume.

  2. Schema design and board setup

    We design the Monday.com CRM board schema before any data moves. This includes creating a CRM board (or one board per Teamgate Pipeline), defining column types to match Teamgate custom field types, creating Organization records for Company mapping, and configuring tag lists. Monday.com's board structure supports unlimited custom columns, so every Teamgate custom field maps to a typed Monday.com column. We configure Groups within the board to match Teamgate pipeline stages in sequence order.

  3. Contact-Lead split and Organization resolution

    We apply the People-to-Lead-or-Contact split logic by querying Teamgate's deal association and activity history for each contact record. People with no associated Deals and no logged activity in 90 days route to Monday.com Lead; all others route to Contact linked to the corresponding Organization. We resolve Company-to-Organization lookups during this phase, creating Organizations first so that Contact inserts are not orphaned. Owner assignments resolve by email match against Monday.com Workspace members, with any unresolved owners flagged for manual provisioning.

  4. Data migration in dependency order

    We migrate data in the following sequence: Organization records (from Teamgate Companies), then Contacts and Leads (with OrganizationId resolved), then Items (from Teamgate Deals) with Group assignment matching pipeline stage. Custom field values transform during this phase using the schema map created in step two. Tags attach during the relevant record insert. Activities convert to Notes and Comments and attach to the migrated Items. Each phase produces a row-count reconciliation report before the next phase begins.

  5. File migration and storage verification

    We download Teamgate file attachments via the API, verify total file volume against the target Monday.com plan storage limit, and upload files to Monday.com Items or to a connected Google Drive or SharePoint location with the link stored in Monday.com. If total file volume exceeds the target plan storage, we present a selective migration option (migrating recent attachments only) and advise on the Pro or Enterprise tier upgrade path for full file migration.

  6. Cutover, validation, and automation handoff

    We freeze write access to Teamgate during the cutover window, run a final delta migration of any records modified during migration, and enable Monday.com CRM as the system of record. We deliver the workflow inventory document, file migration log, and field-mapping reference to the customer's admin. We do not rebuild Teamgate workflows as Monday.com recipes inside the migration scope; that work is handled separately using the inventory document we provide. We support a 5-business-day hypercare window for reconciliation issues raised during initial team use.

Platform deep dives

Context on both ends of the pair

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Teamgate

Source

Strengths

  • Per-user pricing at €8–55/month with annual discounts up to 30%, providing predictable costs for budgeting
  • Open REST API with webhooks and documented endpoints at developers.teamgate.com for programmatic access
  • 200GB/user storage on Enterprise tier with 2x daily backups, accommodating higher data volumes than most SMB CRMs
  • Zapier and Make.com integrations extend functionality without custom development, covering 5,000+ app connections
  • Task-first pipeline interface prioritizes sales rep action over passive data entry, improving daily adoption rates

Weaknesses

  • SmartDialer feature charges usage-based fees that can add $50–100+ monthly beyond the base subscription price
  • Storage tiers of 5GB/user (Starter) and 10GB/user (Professional) restrict data volume before teams are ready for Enterprise pricing
  • Marketing automation is minimal, requiring separate tool purchases that increase total cost of ownership
  • Limited advanced reporting compared to HubSpot or Salesforce, restricting analytical depth for data-driven teams
  • No native Wikipedia presence or independent analyst validation, making competitive evaluation harder for enterprise buyers
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monday CRM

Destination

Strengths

  • Board-based UI makes pipeline stages and deal progress visually obvious without training.
  • No-code automation builder requires no developer resources to create lead routing and stage-triggered actions.
  • Flexible column system supports custom CRM fields without schema changes or admin involvement.
  • Integrates natively with Slack, Gmail, Outlook, and Zapier with minimal configuration overhead.
  • Layered product means teams already on monday Work Management can add CRM without migrating existing data.

Weaknesses

  • No native Contacts object separate from Items — contacts are managed inside a CRM module's People feature.
  • Pipeline and deal relationships use a flat item model rather than a relational object model, making complex CRM associations awkward.
  • Automations are plan-gated (250 actions/month on Standard, 25,000 on Pro) and the legacy Recipe system is being deprecated.
  • Customization and advanced views (Chart, Formula, Dependency) are locked behind Pro and Enterprise tiers.
  • Per-seat pricing with non-refundable annual billing creates cost lock-in risk during migration.

Complexity grading

How hard is this migration?

Standard CRM migration. 1 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 Teamgate and monday CRM.

  • Object compatibility

    B

    1 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

    Teamgate: Not publicly documented.

  • Data volume sensitivity

    B

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

Estimator

Estimate your Teamgate to monday CRM migration cost

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Most Teamgate migrations complete in three to five weeks for accounts under 5,000 People, 2,000 Companies, and 3,000 Deals with no multi-pipeline complexity. Migrations with multiple named pipelines, high-volume activity histories requiring Notes-and-Comments conversion, or complex custom field schemas requiring column-by-column design extend to six to nine weeks. Monday.com's own implementation partners typically quote 4-8 weeks for similar scope, so our data migration timeline runs in parallel with the customer's board-building phase rather than adding sequential weeks.

Adjacent paths

Related migrations to explore

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