CRM migration

Migrate from Touchdown to monday CRM

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

Touchdown logo

Touchdown

Source

monday CRM

Destination

monday CRM logo

Compatibility

50%

4 of 8

objects map 1:1 between Touchdown and monday CRM.

Complexity

BStandard

Timeline

3-5 weeks

Rollback included Accuracy guarantee Field-level validation

Overview

What this migration involves

Moving from Touchdown to Monday.com CRM is a shift from a B2B marketing automation CRM to a board-based work management platform with CRM features. Touchdown organizes around Contacts, Companies, Campaigns, and Audience Segments; Monday.com CRM uses Boards, People entities, Deals, and Activity tracking on a visual grid model. Touchdown does not publish a public API schema, so we begin with authenticated API exploration to discover the actual data model before designing the mapping. We migrate Contact records, Company records, Campaign metadata, and Activity history into Monday.com CRM's equivalent structures. Monday.com CRM's automations and workflow rules are separate from the migration scope; we deliver a written inventory of every automation requiring rebuild in monday's automation builder. The platform's lack of native marketing automation features (lead scoring, campaign nurturing, cadence-based email sequences) means teams should evaluate whether their post-sale CRM needs are met by monday's capabilities before committing to the switch.

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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Touchdown

What's pushing teams away

  • No publicly documented public API — integrations live inside the Microsoft ecosystem only, so customers needing external system connections (e-commerce, webinar tools, attribution) hit a ceiling.
  • Feature depth is modest compared with enterprise marketing platforms — multi-touch attribution, advanced scoring, and account-based marketing are limited relative to HubSpot, Marketo, or Salesforce Marketing Cloud.
  • Reliance on Microsoft Dynamics / Power Platform means customers leaving that stack effectively must leave Touchdown too; the product has no standalone CRM mode.
  • Limited public review footprint (small Gartner / G2 sample) makes vendor due diligence harder for buyers who rely on third-party validation.
  • Pricing details beyond the entry tier are not transparently published; buyers must contact sales for larger seat counts and SMS volumes.

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 Touchdown objects map to monday CRM

Each row shows how a Touchdown 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.

Touchdown

Contact

maps to

monday CRM

People (within CRM Board)

1:1
Fully supported

Touchdown Contact records migrate to Monday.com CRM People entities attached to a CRM Board. We resolve the undocumented Contact field schema via authenticated API exploration during the discovery phase, then map each discovered field to a monday column type (text, number, date, dropdown, email, phone). Duplicate detection uses email as the dedupe key. Custom contact properties discovered during API exploration are mapped to custom monday columns or handled as text fields if the target column type is unavailable.

Touchdown

Company

maps to

monday CRM

Entity (within CRM Board)

1:1
Fully supported

Touchdown Company records map to Monday.com CRM Entity records. The Company domain or website field populates the monday Entity's Website column. Entities are created before People import so that the People-to-Entity link is satisfied at the moment of Contact insert. If Touchdown Company schema includes custom fields, they map to monday Entity columns of equivalent type.

Touchdown

Campaign

maps to

monday CRM

Board (with Group columns)

1:many
Fully supported

Touchdown Campaigns require reconstruction in Monday.com CRM because monday does not have a native campaign object. Each Touchdown Campaign becomes a monday Board, with Campaign status and audience size stored in board-level columns. Campaign audience segments are recreated as Group filters within the board, and segment membership is preserved as a tag or multi-select column on the relevant People records. We document the original segment membership for the customer's admin to finalize post-migration.

Touchdown

Segment

maps to

monday CRM

Board Group + Filter View

lossy
Fully supported

Touchdown Audience Segments have no direct monday.com equivalent, so we recreate them as filtered views on the relevant CRM Board. Each segment definition is documented during API exploration and translated into monday's filter conditions (by column, operator, and value). Segment membership is preserved as a tag column on People records so that the underlying data remains filterable in monday after migration.

Touchdown

Email Template

maps to

monday CRM

Text Content (stored in Document or Description)

lossy
Fully supported

Touchdown Email Templates contain personalized messaging content and merge fields that have no native template storage equivalent in Monday.com CRM. We export template body text and merge field names, store them as a structured document in monday's Docs or as a text column on a dedicated Board, and flag the merge field mapping for the customer's admin to reconfigure in any third-party email integration they adopt post-migration.

Touchdown

Engagement / Activity

maps to

monday CRM

Activity Log (Emails & Activities on People/Entity)

1:1
Fully supported

Touchdown engagement history (email opens, clicks, sends, calls, meetings, tasks) migrates to Monday.com CRM's Emails & Activities section on the relevant People or Entity record. We map each engagement type to the closest monday Activity type and preserve the original timestamp in the activity date column. Activity content and metadata are stored as notes or description fields in monday's activity log. If Touchdown engagement records include custom metadata, it is stored in custom columns or text fields.

Touchdown

Owner

maps to

monday CRM

Team Member / Assignee

1:1
Fully supported

Touchdown User and Owner records are mapped to Monday.com CRM workspace members by email. We resolve owner email addresses against the monday workspace member list during scoping. Any Owner without a matching monday user is placed in a reconciliation queue for the customer's admin to provision before record import proceeds. Owner assignment on records migrates as the monday Assignee field.

Touchdown

Custom Field

maps to

monday CRM

Custom Column

lossy
Fully supported

Touchdown custom field schema is not publicly documented, so we discover all custom field definitions during authenticated API exploration in the discovery phase. Each custom field is typed (text, number, date, checkbox, dropdown) and mapped to the closest Monday.com CRM column type. Fields with unsupported types (such as multi-checkbox or rich-text with embedded media) are stored as text with a note flagging the original data format for admin review.

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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Touchdown gotchas

Low

Catalog website appears mismatched

Medium

Touchdown stores its data inside the Dynamics 365 / Dataverse tenant

Medium

SMS data and consent records require careful handling

Low

Templates and landing pages reference Microsoft-hosted assets

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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

  • Touchdown API schema is undocumented and requires discovery

    Touchdown does not publish a public API schema. We begin every migration with authenticated API exploration to map the actual data model (field names, types, relationships, and custom field definitions) before designing the monday mapping. This discovery step adds time to the scoping phase but prevents field-level data loss. If Touchdown changes its API behavior during the engagement, we surface the change and adjust the mapping immediately.

  • Monday.com automations do not migrate from Touchdown

    Monday.com CRM automations are board-based rules that trigger on column changes, date conditions, or assignee updates. They are not transferable from Touchdown's automation model. We do not migrate automations as code. We deliver a written inventory of every Touchdown automation, segmentation rule, and campaign trigger with a recommended monday equivalent for the customer's admin to rebuild in the monday automation builder post-migration.

  • Monday.com CRM lacks native marketing automation

    Touchdown is a B2B marketing automation CRM with campaign execution, audience segmentation, and personalized messaging capabilities. Monday.com CRM does not include native lead scoring, campaign nurturing, email cadence sequences, or marketing attribution. Teams moving from Touchdown should plan for a separate marketing automation tool or integration to replace these functions. We flag this gap during scoping so that the customer's platform evaluation includes the full cost of replacing Touchdown's marketing layer.

  • Monday.com CRM and Work Management require separate purchases

    Monday.com CRM and the Work Management product are separate products with separate pricing. Teams consolidating both functions need two subscriptions, which increases the per-user monthly cost above the base $12/user CRM figure. We verify the customer's intended monday product mix during scoping and flag the combined cost against the migration budget.

  • Dirty data and duplicates amplify in board-based structure

    CRM migration research shows that duplicate contacts, incomplete records, and inconsistent formatting multiply in the new system if not addressed before import. Touchdown's contact records may have inconsistent data entry patterns (inconsistent phone formats, partial addresses, multiple email variations for the same person). We run a data quality audit during scoping and apply deduplication and standardization before any monday import to prevent a bloated CRM board at go-live.

Migration approach

Six steps for a successful Touchdown to monday CRM data migration

  1. Discovery and API schema exploration

    We authenticate against the Touchdown API and explore the actual data model across Contacts, Companies, Campaigns, Segments, Engagement history, and custom fields. We document every field name, type, and relationship, flagging undocumented or non-standard field types. We simultaneously scope the Monday.com CRM destination workspace: board structure, column types, user count, and workspace hierarchy. The discovery output is a written migration scope with object-level mapping and a data quality audit report identifying duplicates, incomplete records, and formatting inconsistencies that require cleansing before import.

  2. Schema design and monday board setup

    We design the Monday.com CRM destination schema based on the Touchdown data model discovery. This includes provisioning a CRM Board with People and Entity columns mapped to the discovered Touchdown fields, creating Board groups for segment representation, configuring Deal columns, and setting up custom columns for any Touchdown custom fields that require a non-standard column type. We document the email template and merge field structure for admin reference. The schema is validated in a monday test workspace before production setup.

  3. Data extraction and transformation

    We extract data from Touchdown via authenticated API calls, applying the data quality remediation identified in the discovery phase: duplicate deduplication by email address, phone and address format standardization, and null or placeholder field handling. Campaign structures are flattened into Board and Group definitions for monday. Engagement history is extracted with original timestamps preserved. The transform output is a set of monday-compatible import files for People, Entities, Deals, and Activities.

  4. Sandbox migration and reconciliation

    We run a test migration into a monday.com test workspace using production data volume. The customer's team lead reviews a sample of imported People records, Entity records, and Activity logs against the Touchdown source and signs off the mapping before production migration begins. Any field mapping corrections, column type adjustments, or data quality exceptions are resolved in this phase.

  5. Production migration in dependency order

    We run production migration in record-dependency order: Entity records (from Touchdown Companies) first, then People records with Entity links resolved, then Deals, then Activity history. Each phase emits a row-count reconciliation report. We pause Touchdown writes during the cutover window and run a final delta migration to capture any records modified during the transition period. Monday workspace permissions are set for each migrated user based on the owner-to-member mapping from discovery.

  6. Cutover, validation, and automation inventory handoff

    We enable Monday.com CRM as the system of record, deliver the Automation and Segmentation Inventory document to the customer's admin team for rebuild in monday's automation builder, and run a 72-hour validation window to resolve any record discrepancies raised by the team. We do not rebuild automations, segmentation rules, or email templates as part of the migration scope; that work is a separate engagement or an internal admin task.

Platform deep dives

Context on both ends of the pair

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Touchdown

Source

Strengths

  • Lives natively inside Dynamics 365, Power Apps, and Business Central — no third-party sync layer to break.
  • Multi-channel marketing in one suite: email, SMS, landing pages, forms, events, sales automation.
  • European hosting and GDPR-by-design positioning eases EU procurement.
  • Drag-and-drop template builder lowers the cost of running a small marketing team.
  • Entry-level pricing accessible to SMBs migrating off Mailchimp or basic email tools.

Weaknesses

  • No documented public REST API limits non-Microsoft integrations and migration tooling.
  • Feature depth lags enterprise platforms like Marketo, HubSpot Marketing Hub, and Salesforce Marketing Cloud.
  • Tightly coupled to the Microsoft Dynamics ecosystem; standalone use is not a supported deployment.
  • Small public review footprint makes buyer due diligence harder.
  • Pricing beyond the entry tier is not transparently published.
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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 Touchdown 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

    Touchdown: Governed by Dataverse Web API service protection limits (per-user/per-app rate ceilings published by Microsoft). Touchdown does not impose additional documented limits on top..

  • Data volume sensitivity

    B

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

Estimator

Estimate your Touchdown to monday CRM migration cost

Rule-based pricing — no per-record fees, no manual quotes. Migrations over 2M records are scoped individually.

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions about Touchdown to monday CRM data migrations

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Most Touchdown migrations land between three and five weeks for accounts under 15,000 Contacts and 2,000 Campaign records with a straightforward schema. Migrations with undocumented custom field types requiring extended API exploration, large engagement histories exceeding 200,000 activity records, or multi-board campaign reconstruction move to six to ten weeks because of the discovery phase duration and monday board configuration complexity.

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