Helpdesk migration
Field-level mapping, validation, and rollback between Agile CRM and Gorgias. We move data and schema; workflows are rebuilt natively in Gorgias.
Agile CRM
Source
Gorgias
Destination
Compatibility
10 of 12
objects map 1:1 between Agile CRM and Gorgias.
Complexity
CModerate
Timeline
2-4 weeks
Overview
Moving from Agile CRM to Gorgias is a focused helpdesk migration, not a full CRM parity transfer. Agile CRM bundles sales, marketing, and support under one roof; Gorgias is purpose-built for e-commerce customer support with native Shopify integrations for order lookups, refunds, and cancellations. We migrate Helpdesk Cases as Tickets, Contacts as Customers, and activity threads with agent attribution preserved. Agile CRM Deals and Opportunities are not a Gorgias core object — we scope them out unless the customer uses a custom integration approach, and we document the exclusion clearly. Agile CRM Workflows and automation rules do not migrate via API, so we deliver a written automation inventory for the customer's admin to rebuild in Gorgias or as a separate service engagement. We sequence the import: Customers first, then Tickets with parent-customer references resolved, then attachments and activity threads.
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
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What's pulling them in
Object mapping
Each row shows how a Agile CRM object lands in Gorgias, including any object-level transformations, lookup resolution, or schema-design dependencies.
Typical mapping — final map is confirmed during the sample migration step.
Agile CRM
Contact
Gorgias
Customer
1:1Agile CRM Contact records map to Gorgias Customer. The Contact name, email, phone, social links, tags, and lead score migrate. Agile CRM's one-to-one Contact-to-Company link is resolved: if the Contact has an associated Company, we attach the Company name and domain to the Customer record. Custom fields on Contact migrate as Customer attributes. Email opt-in and unsubscribe status migrates to the Gorgias Customer channel preference fields.
Agile CRM
Company
Gorgias
Customer (organization context)
1:1Agile CRM Company records do not have a direct Gorgias equivalent. We attach Company name, industry, address, and domain to the parent Customer record as organization context fields. If the customer needs a separate organization object in Gorgias, this requires a custom data model extension or a third-party integration and is flagged during scoping.
Agile CRM
Helpdesk Case
Gorgias
Ticket
1:1Agile CRM Helpdesk Cases map directly to Gorgias Tickets. The Case subject becomes the Ticket subject, Case description becomes the first Ticket message, Case status maps to Gorgias Ticket status (open, pending, resolved, closed), and priority maps from Agile CRM priority to Gorgias priority. Conversation threads migrate as Ticket messages in chronological order with sender attribution preserved. Agent assignment migrates from the Case owner to the Gorgias agent.
Agile CRM
Helpdesk Groups
Gorgias
Team
1:1Agile CRM Helpdesk Groups map to Gorgias Teams. Group membership is preserved and agents are assigned to the corresponding Gorgias Team during migration. If the Agile CRM Group structure has nested hierarchies, we flatten them to a single Team level unless the customer requests a multi-level Team model that Gorgias supports via sub-teams.
Agile CRM
Helpdesk Labels
Gorgias
Ticket Tag
1:1Agile CRM Labels attached to Cases migrate as Gorgias Ticket Tags. The label-to-ticket associations are preserved, and we validate that each migrated ticket carries its original labels. Label names are carried over verbatim unless there is a naming conflict with existing Gorgias tags, in which case we append a prefix.
Agile CRM
Canned Responses
Gorgias
Macro
1:1Agile CRM Canned Responses map to Gorgias Macros. The response text, shortcodes, and any variable placeholders migrate. Macro triggers (applied manually, on ticket creation, or on agent reply) are documented from the Agile CRM configuration and mapped to Gorgias's apply-on-create, apply-on-reply, or apply-on-manual rules. Most standard macros transfer automatically according to Gorgias's Help Desk Migration documentation.
Agile CRM
Tasks
Gorgias
Ticket (subticket) or Note
1:manyAgile CRM Tasks linked to a Contact or Deal migrate as either sub-tickets in Gorgias (if the task represents a follow-up customer action) or internal notes on the parent Customer or Ticket (if the task represents an internal action). Tasks without a Contact or Case association are migrated as Notes on the related Customer record. Due dates and priorities are preserved.
Agile CRM
Activities (calls, emails, meetings, notes)
Gorgias
Ticket Message or Customer Activity
1:1Agile CRM Activity records (calls, emails, meetings, notes) linked to a Case migrate as Ticket Messages in Gorgias in chronological order. The activity type is preserved as a message tag (phone, email, meeting, note). Standalone activities not linked to a Case migrate as Customer Activity entries. Activity timestamps are preserved for timeline ordering. Call duration and disposition notes migrate as message metadata.
Agile CRM
Documents and Attachments
Gorgias
Ticket Attachment or Customer Attachment
1:1Agile CRM document attachments on Cases migrate as Gorgias Ticket attachments linked to the corresponding Ticket. We extract binary files via the Agile CRM export endpoint, re-associate them to the correct Customer or Ticket in Gorgias, and validate attachment counts match post-migration.
Agile CRM
Deals
Gorgias
Out of scope (helpdesk migration)
lossyAgile CRM Deals and Opportunities are not a core Gorgias object. Gorgias is a helpdesk platform, not a CRM with pipeline management. Deals can be migrated as a separate scope if the customer uses a custom integration (Gorgias API or a third-party connector) to surface Deal context inside a Ticket, but this requires a custom data model extension. We scope Deals out of the standard migration and flag this for the customer during discovery.
Agile CRM
Custom Fields (Contact and Case)
Gorgias
Customer Attribute or Ticket Field
1:1Agile CRM custom fields on Contact and Case migrate as Gorgias Customer attributes and Ticket custom fields respectively. We discover all custom fields during the export audit, validate field types (text, number, date, dropdown, checkbox), and map them to equivalent Gorgias field types. Custom fields on Deals are deferred unless Deals are in scope.
Agile CRM
Workflows and Automation Rules
Gorgias
Not migrated
1:1Agile CRM's automation engine stores workflow definitions server-side with no public export endpoint. The REST API gives access to contact and deal data but not to trigger-condition or action-sequence logic. We do not attempt to migrate workflows. We deliver a written inventory of every active Agile CRM Workflow with its trigger, conditions, actions, and recommended Gorgias Rule or Macro equivalent, so the customer's admin can rebuild them post-migration.
| Agile CRM | Gorgias | Compatibility | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contact | Customer1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Company | Customer (organization context)1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Helpdesk Case | Ticket1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Helpdesk Groups | Team1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Helpdesk Labels | Ticket Tag1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Canned Responses | Macro1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Tasks | Ticket (subticket) or Note1:many | Fully supported | |
| Activities (calls, emails, meetings, notes) | Ticket Message or Customer Activity1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Documents and Attachments | Ticket Attachment or Customer Attachment1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Deals | Out of scope (helpdesk migration)lossy | Mapping required | |
| Custom Fields (Contact and Case) | Customer Attribute or Ticket Field1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Workflows and Automation Rules | Not migrated1:1 | 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.
Agile CRM gotchas
Contact ceiling by tier silently drops overflow records on import
API rate limits throttle bulk export and import speeds
Workflow automations cannot be exported via REST API
Deleting a user permanently removes all their associated records
Campaign node limits constrain email automation complexity
Gorgias gotchas
AI Agent adds outcome-based fees on top of billable ticket costs
Overage billing for tickets scales nonlinearly
API rate limits restrict bulk export throughput
Agent data visibility cannot be restricted by role for GDPR use cases
Knowledge Base translations require separate API calls per locale
Pair-specific challenges
Migration approach
Discovery and scoping audit
We audit the source Agile CRM portal across tier (Free/Starter/Regular/Enterprise), helpdesk configuration (Groups, Labels, Canned Responses), ticket volume and thread depth, custom fields on Cases and Contacts, active Workflows, and API rate limits for the current plan. We pair this with a Gorgias tier recommendation based on agent count, ticket volume, and required integrations (Shopify, Magento, BigCommerce). The discovery output is a written migration scope that explicitly scopes out Deals unless a custom integration plan is defined.
Schema discovery and field mapping design
We discover all custom fields on Agile CRM Cases and Contacts during the export audit. We design the Gorgias schema including custom Ticket fields, Customer attributes, Team structure, and Tag taxonomy. If the customer needs Deal context surfaced in Gorgias tickets, we design a custom data model extension (Gorgias API allows ticket metadata and external references) and flag the custom API integration as a separate scope item.
Data quality audit and deduplication
We run a data quality audit on the Agile CRM export: identifying duplicate Customers (same email across contacts), missing required fields (Customers without email), orphaned tickets (no associated Contact), and inactive agents with no replacement. We apply deduplication rules (first-record-wins by email) and flag incomplete records for the customer to enrich before migration. We implement a pre-migration backup in case rollback is needed.
Agent and team reconciliation
We extract every distinct Agile CRM agent and helpdesk Group referenced in Case ownership and match by email against the Gorgias destination. Agents without a matching Gorgias account go to a reconciliation queue for the customer's admin to provision before record import. Groups map to Gorgias Teams, and we validate the team structure before migration begins.
Production migration in dependency order
We run production migration in record-dependency order: Teams first (Gorgias references them on Agents), then Customers (from Agile CRM Contacts with Company context attached), then Tickets (with parent-Customer reference resolved and conversation threads fetched per-case in chronological order). Attachment and inline image fetches happen per-message. Activity records (calls, emails, meetings, notes) insert as Ticket Messages or Customer Activity entries. Custom fields migrate as the last phase per object. Each phase emits a row-count reconciliation report before the next begins.
Cutover, validation, and automation rebuild handoff
We freeze Agile CRM writes during cutover and run a final delta migration of any tickets modified during the migration window. We validate a random sample of 25-50 tickets against the Agile CRM source for field accuracy, thread completeness, and agent attribution. We deliver the Workflow and automation inventory document to the customer's admin for rebuild in Gorgias Rules or Macros. We support a one-week hypercare window for reconciliation issues. We do not rebuild Agile CRM Workflows as Gorgias Rules inside the migration scope; that is a separate engagement.
Platform deep dives
Agile CRM
Source
Strengths
Weaknesses
Gorgias
Destination
Strengths
Weaknesses
Complexity grading
Moderate Helpdesk migration. 3 of 7 objects need a mapping; the rest are 1:1.
Overall complexity
Moderate migration
Derived from compatibility, mapping clarity, API constraints, and data volume across Agile CRM and Gorgias.
Object compatibility
3 of 7 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
7-object category — typical timelines run 2–7 days end-to-end.
API constraints
Agile CRM: 500/day (Starter) to 25,000/day (Enterprise) — daily resets, not per-minute. Not publicly documented in a machine-readable format..
Data volume sensitivity
Agile CRM 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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