CRM migration

Migrate from Textedly to Freshsales

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

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Textedly

Source

Freshsales

Destination

Freshsales logo

Compatibility

58%

7 of 12

objects map 1:1 between Textedly and Freshsales.

Complexity

BStandard

Timeline

1-3 weeks

Rollback included Accuracy guarantee Field-level validation

Overview

What this migration involves

Moving from Textedly to Freshsales is a platform-type shift: Textedly is a US-only bulk SMS marketing tool centered on subscriber lists, keyword opt-ins, and auto-responder sequences, while Freshsales is a full CRM from Freshworks with built-in phone, email, AI-powered lead scoring, deal tracking, and workflow automation starting at $9 per user per month. The migration extracts Textedly's subscriber records (phone, name, email, tags, personalization fields, and subscription status) and loads them into Freshsales Contacts and Accounts, with suppressed-number flags preserved as a custom field so your team knows which contacts have carrier delivery risk. Keywords, auto-responders, drip sequences, and campaign history do not migrate as code; we deliver a written inventory of every active keyword flow and auto-responder with its conditions and message body so your admin rebuilds them in Freshsales Workflows. We do not migrate Textedly's short codes, carrier-assigned phone numbers, or Text-to-Pay Stripe records. Freshsales plan tier constrains how many custom fields are available per module, which determines whether personalization fields and campaign metadata carry as native fields or custom fields that your admin provisions before import.

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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Textedly

What's pushing teams away

  • Pricing escalates as contact lists grow, with multiple reviews noting that costs become prohibitive at scale and rate increases arrive without warning.
  • Keyword functionality is described as limited and frustrating, particularly for businesses requiring multiple custom keywords or complex opt-in logic.
  • Analytics are described as basic — delivery timestamps and activity counts are available, but meaningful campaign insights are lacking.
  • Contact editing in the UI is reported as more difficult than expected, making bulk corrections time-consuming for large lists.
  • The platform flags phone numbers without notifying the user, requiring proactive test-message monitoring to catch suppressed or blocked numbers.

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 Textedly objects map to Freshsales

Each row shows how a Textedly 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.

Textedly

Subscriber

maps to

Freshsales

Contact

1:1
Fully supported

Textedly Subscriber records map to Freshsales Contact. Phone number becomes the Contact's phone field and is used as the dedupe key. First Name, Last Name, Email, City, State, and ZIP map directly to their Freshsales equivalents. We flag any Subscriber with zero delivery history or a suppressed-status indicator as a custom field sms_suppressed__c so your team knows which contacts have carrier delivery risk before sending from Freshsales or an integrated SMS tool.

Textedly

Subscriber

maps to

Freshsales

Account

lossy
Fully supported

Textedly's Company Name field on a Subscriber maps to the Account Name on a Freshsales Account record. We create the Account before the Contact import so that the AccountId lookup is satisfied at the moment of Contact insert. If a Subscriber has no Company Name, the Contact remains unlinked to an Account; no orphaned-contact record is created.

Textedly

Group

maps to

Freshsales

Contact Tag

lossy
Fully supported

Textedly Groups are flat subscriber lists used for targeted campaigns. We preserve group membership as Freshsales Tags on each Contact record. If a Subscriber belongs to multiple Groups, each group name becomes a separate Tag. Flat group structure means no hierarchy mapping is required; the tag list is the direct output.

Textedly

Tag

maps to

Freshsales

Contact Tag

1:1
Fully supported

Textedly free-form tags on Subscribers export as comma-separated values and parse into a tag array per contact. Each tag maps to a Freshsales Tag on the Contact record. Tags used for contact classification carry over directly; no tag normalization is performed unless requested during scoping.

Textedly

Personalization Field

maps to

Freshsales

Custom Field (Contact module)

lossy
Fully supported

Textedly personalization tokens (Birth Date, Address, Company Name, and any custom fields beyond the standard export template) map to Freshsales custom fields on the Contact module. Freshsales Sprout plan has zero custom fields; Blossom allows 10, Garden allows 100, and Estate allows 300 per module. We confirm the destination plan tier during scoping and provision the required custom fields before import begins. Fields that exceed the plan limit are flagged for admin to promote the plan or drop from the import scope.

Textedly

Campaign

maps to

Freshsales

Custom Field or Note (Contact)

1:1
Fully supported

Textedly campaign metadata (campaign name, send date, delivery count, MMS media URLs) does not map to a standard Freshsales object because Freshsales has no native campaign record tied to contact-level delivery receipts. We export campaign aggregate stats and attach them to each relevant Contact as a custom text field (e.g., last_sms_campaign__c) or as a Note record. MMS media URLs are preserved as a text list; the media files themselves do not transfer between platforms.

Textedly

Keyword

maps to

Freshsales

Workflow (inventory document)

1:1
Fully supported

Textedly keywords trigger opt-in flows tied to specific short codes. We export the keyword-to-autoresponder mapping as a structured workflow record with the keyword, associated list, trigger conditions, message body, and delay. Because Freshsales Workflows operate on CRM record triggers rather than inbound SMS keywords, the direct automation logic does not migrate. We deliver a written keyword inventory document so your admin rebuilds the logic in Freshsales Workflows or configures a third-party SMS integration (Twilio, MessageBird) that supports inbound keyword handling.

Textedly

Auto-Responder

maps to

Freshsales

Workflow (inventory document)

1:1
Fully supported

Textedly auto-responders are triggered by keywords or time-based rules with message bodies and delay intervals. We export each auto-responder as a structured automation record: trigger type, conditions, message body, delay, and any branching logic. Freshsales Workflows use record-created, record-updated, and scheduled triggers with different action types. We deliver a written auto-responder inventory that maps each Textedly flow to a recommended Freshsales Workflow equivalent. Rebuilding is admin work outside the data-migration scope.

Textedly

Drip Campaign / Sequence

maps to

Freshsales

Workflow (inventory document)

1:1
Fully supported

Textedly drip sequences are time-based automated message chains. We export step order, delay intervals, and message content as structured workflow data. Freshsales Workflows support scheduled and record-triggered automation but do not use a sequence-step cadence model identical to SMS drip campaigns. We deliver a written drip-sequence inventory documenting the full chain; your admin rebuilds the cadence in Freshsales Workflows or through an integrated sales engagement tool.

Textedly

Unsubscribe Status

maps to

Freshsales

Contact sms_unsubscribe_status__c (custom field)

lossy
Fully supported

Textedly exports unsubscribe as a binary flag (Subscribed or Unsubscribed) with no timestamp. We preserve this flag as a custom field sms_unsubscribe_status__c on the Contact record set to true or false. We also flag the gap: contacts who unsubscribed years ago and those who opted out last week cannot be distinguished in the export. Your Freshsales admin should apply a conservative re-engagement policy for contacts with an unset or old unsubscribe timestamp.

Textedly

Suppressed / Flagged Number

maps to

Freshsales

Contact sms_suppressed__c (custom field)

lossy
Fully supported

Textedly carriers silently suppress numbers without notifying the account holder, and suppressed numbers receive no delivery confirmation. We identify Subscribers with zero delivery history or no sent-message record and flag them as potentially suppressed before import by setting a custom field sms_suppressed__c to true on the Freshsales Contact. Your team avoids sending to suppressed numbers through Freshsales or any connected SMS tool.

Textedly

User / Team Member

maps to

Freshsales

User

1:1
Fully supported

Textedly user accounts with roles and campaign ownership map to Freshsales User records. We export user email, name, and role. Destination role assignment is a manual step requiring your Freshsales admin to map Textedly roles to Freshsales roles (Admin, Standard) during provisioning. OwnerId resolution on imported Contacts requires active Freshsales Users to exist first.

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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Textedly gotchas

Medium

Free trial users cannot bulk upload subscribers

Medium

Per-message pricing creates variable billing

High

Phone number suppression without user notification

Medium

Unsubscribe status is binary and not date-stamped

Low

Canadian users require manual migration support

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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

  • Phone numbers and short codes do not migrate between platforms

    Textedly's carrier-assigned phone numbers and short codes are non-transferable. They do not export or move to Freshsales. Freshsales has built-in calling but uses its own provisioned phone numbers rather than accepting inbound number ports from Textedly. We export the number metadata (type, assigned date, short code identifier) as a reference record in the migration deliverable so your admin has the full list for documentation or for coordinating a parallel SMS tool (Twilio, MessageBird) that can receive messages at those numbers. The Textedly numbers are deactivated on cancellation; plan for parallel SMS provisioning before cutover.

  • Keyword and auto-responder logic requires manual rebuild in Freshsales

    Textedly keyword-triggered opt-ins and auto-responders are platform-native automation that does not have a direct Freshsales equivalent because Freshsales Workflows are record-triggered CRM actions rather than inbound-SMS-triggered message chains. We export every keyword, auto-responder, and drip sequence as a structured written inventory with trigger conditions, message bodies, delays, and step order. Your Freshsales admin rebuilds this logic using Freshsales Workflows (triggered by Contact creation or field update, with email or task actions) or configures a third-party SMS integration that supports keyword handling. This is not a data migration step; it is a post-migration rebuild task.

  • Unsubscribe timestamp is not available in the Textedly export

    Textedly exports Subscribers as Subscribed or Unsubscribed with no date-stamped opt-out time. Contacts who unsubscribed last week and contacts who opted out three years ago carry the same flag value. We preserve the binary flag in a custom Freshsales field but cannot distinguish between recent and stale opt-outs. Your re-engagement campaign logic in Freshsales should apply a conservative policy: either re-confirm opt-in for any contact with an unknown unsubscribe timestamp, or exclude all unsubscribed contacts regardless of age from any automated SMS re-engagement.

  • Custom field limits vary by Freshsales plan tier

    Freshsales Sprout plan has zero custom fields per module, Blossom allows 10, Garden allows 100, and Estate allows 300. Textedly personalization fields (Birth Date, Address, Company Name, and any custom fields beyond the standard export) all require Freshsales custom fields on the Contact or Account module. We confirm the destination plan tier during scoping and provision the required custom fields before import begins. If the plan is Sprout or Blossom and the subscriber data has more fields than the tier allows, we flag the overflow fields and your admin promotes the plan or drops those fields from the import scope.

  • Text-to-Pay payment records and Stripe data do not migrate

    Textedly's Text-to-Pay feature is integrated with Stripe and lives entirely within Stripe's system. Historical payment records, invoice history, and payment status data are not accessible via Textedly export. We document that no payment data is included in the migration scope and recommend that the customer exports payment history directly from Stripe separately if historical records are required. SMS payment reminders and invoice automation do not migrate; these workflows require a separate rebuild using Freshsales Workflows and the Stripe integration.

Migration approach

Six steps for a successful Textedly to Freshsales data migration

  1. Discovery and scoping call

    We audit the Textedly account: subscriber count, exportable fields (standard fields plus any custom personalization fields), group list, active keywords, active auto-responders, drip sequences, and campaign history volume. We confirm the Freshsales plan tier to validate custom field headroom against the subscriber field count. We identify Canadian phone numbers and suppressed or flagged subscribers (zero delivery history) during scoping and flag them in the migration plan. The discovery output is a written scope document with record counts, field list, and any pre-provisioning required in Freshsales before import.

  2. Textedly data extraction

    We export the full subscriber list from Textedly via CSV including all standard fields (Phone, First Name, Last Name, Email, Address, City, State, ZIP, Company Name, Tags, Birth Date) and any custom fields configured in the account. We extract group membership as a separate table mapping each subscriber phone to group names. We export keyword-to-autoresponder mappings, drip sequence step data, and campaign metadata. Any subscribers with zero delivery history or flagged status are tagged as potentially carrier-suppressed during extraction.

  3. Freshsales schema preparation

    We create the required custom fields in Freshsales on the Contact module before import: sms_unsubscribe_status__c (checkbox), sms_suppressed__c (checkbox), last_sms_campaign__c (text), and any Textedly personalization fields that exceed the standard Freshsales Contact fields. We create any required Account records for subscribers with Company Name values. We confirm with your Freshsales admin that the plan tier supports the required field count. This step requires admin credentials with field-creation permissions.

  4. Data transformation and field mapping

    We transform the Textedly export into Freshsales-compatible CSV format with field-type validation: phone numbers formatted to E.164 standard, email addresses validated, date fields converted to Freshsales date format. Tags parsed from comma-separated Textedly export become Freshsales Tags applied per contact. Group membership becomes additional Tags. Subscribers with no Company Name are imported without an AccountId lookup (no orphaned Account is created). Suppressed and flagged subscribers receive sms_suppressed__c = true.

  5. Sandbox or pilot import

    For accounts with over 5,000 subscribers, we run a pilot import into a Freshsales sandbox environment or test account to validate field mapping, dedupe behavior on phone number, tag application, and custom field population. The customer spot-checks 20-30 records against the Textedly source before approving the full production import. Any field-type errors or truncation issues are corrected before the production run.

  6. Production import and reconciliation

    We run the full subscriber import into the production Freshsales environment in batches of up to 500 records per batch with validation between batches. We reconcile record counts: total subscribers exported from Textedly versus total Contacts created in Freshsales. Any records rejected during import (duplicate phone, missing required field) are logged and returned to the customer for resolution. We deliver a final reconciliation report with record counts, suppressed-number list, and any unmapped fields.

  7. Cutover, handoff documentation, and keyword inventory delivery

    We freeze writes to the Textedly account during cutover, run a final delta check for any subscribers added or modified since the last export, and load the delta into Freshsales. We deliver the keyword and auto-responder inventory document, the drip-sequence inventory, the suppressed-number list, and the campaign metadata export. We do not rebuild keyword flows or drip sequences in Freshsales; that work is documented for your admin to configure in Freshsales Workflows post-migration. We support a three-day hypercare window for reconciliation issues raised after cutover.

Platform deep dives

Context on both ends of the pair

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Textedly

Source

Strengths

  • Simple cross-device web interface accessible from desktop, tablet, and mobile browser without requiring a dedicated app.
  • No contact limits on subscriber lists regardless of plan tier — you can grow your list without per-contact surcharges.
  • Built-in keyword opt-in and auto-responder functionality requires no developer setup to get started.
  • Text-to-pay via Stripe integration enables SMS-based payment collection and reminder workflows.
  • Integrations with Salesforce, HubSpot, Shopify, Zapier, and Google Sheets cover the most common CRM and automation stacks.

Weaknesses

  • Pricing is usage-based and escalates with message volume; multiple reviews report sticker shock as contact lists grow.
  • Regional restriction: the platform only works in the United States — no support for Canadian or international numbers on the core service.
  • Phone numbers can be silently flagged or suppressed by carriers without user notification, creating compliance risk.
  • Analytics provide only basic delivery and activity timestamps; meaningful campaign performance insights require third-party tools.
  • Bulk CSV upload is gated behind a paid plan — free trial users must upload contacts manually one by one.
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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. 2 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 Textedly and Freshsales.

  • Object compatibility

    B

    2 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

    Textedly: Not publicly documented.

  • Data volume sensitivity

    B

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

Estimator

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions about Textedly to Freshsales data migrations

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Migrations of up to 15,000 subscribers with clean data and no campaign history typically complete in one to three weeks from kickoff to cutover. Accounts with large subscriber lists (over 25,000), suppressed-number auditing across the full list, or campaign message-log exports extend to four to eight weeks. The Freshsales plan tier confirmation and custom field provisioning step is the most common source of delay; resolving this before migration begins prevents mid-project scope changes.

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