Helpdesk migration

Migrate from Heyday AI to Intercom

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

Heyday AI logo

Heyday AI

Source

Intercom

Destination

Intercom logo

Compatibility

60%

6 of 10

objects map 1:1 between Heyday AI and Intercom.

Complexity

CModerate

Timeline

1-2 weeks

Rollback included Accuracy guarantee Field-level validation

Overview

What this migration involves

Moving from Heyday AI to Intercom means trading a retail-focused chatbot bundled inside Hootsuite for a standalone conversational support platform with a published API, Fin AI Agent for autonomous resolution, and seat-based pricing that is transparent on Intercom's website. Heyday AI does not publish a standalone public API, which is the central constraint on this migration: conversation history, automation rules, and bot training data cannot be pulled via standard API calls. We work with Hootsuite's backend or the customer's Heyday admin UI to extract whatever is exportable, map customer profiles to Intercom Contacts, and document all observed automation logic as written specifications for the customer's team to rebuild in Intercom. Workflows, FAQ automation flows, and routing rules do not migrate as code; we deliver a complete rebuild inventory instead. Intercom's Custom Objects migrate as data records but are scoped to bot-flow use cases rather than general reporting queries.

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

Heyday AI logo

Heyday AI

What's pushing teams away

  • Lack of a documented standalone public API makes Heyday difficult to integrate with custom internal tools or migrate away from without vendor assistance
  • Pricing requires direct sales consultation rather than transparent published tiers, which creates friction for SMBs evaluating cost
  • When Heyday's AI cannot resolve a query, routing to human agents can feel inconsistent, and some reviews note response quality drops on complex issues
  • Brands outgrowing generic retail FAQ automation need deeper customisation or vertical-specific workflows that Heyday does not provide
  • The platform is tightly coupled to Hootsuite; brands seeking a standalone conversational AI or a platform with richer API access look to alternatives

Choosing

Intercom logo

Intercom

What's pulling them in

  • Instant chat and message threading on websites and apps gives support teams a single inbox without context-switching, according to reviewers on Capterra and G2 who highlight fast response times as a primary benefit.
  • Fin AI handles repetitive inbound queries automatically, reducing agent workload measurably — G2 reviewers report fewer escalations and faster first-response times once Fin is configured.
  • Automation workflows (Outbound, Operator, and custom bots) allow teams to qualify leads and route tickets without manual intervention, appealing to growth-stage SaaS companies managing high ticket volumes.
  • Help center articles and self-service deflection are natively integrated, so knowledge base content and chat conversations live in the same workspace, simplifying reporting.
  • Multi-channel support (live chat, email, SMS, WhatsApp, Phone) consolidates customer touchpoints into one inbox, reducing the operational overhead of managing separate tools.

Object mapping

How Heyday AI objects map to Intercom

Each row shows how a Heyday AI object lands in Intercom, including any object-level transformations, lookup resolution, or schema-design dependencies.

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

Heyday AI

Customer

maps to

Intercom

Contact

1:1
Fully supported

Heyday customer profiles, which are synced from connected e-commerce platforms, map to Intercom Contacts. We extract customer records via Heyday's admin export or Hootsuite's backend where API access is available, then map each profile to the Intercom Contact schema using email as the dedupe key. Custom customer properties built inside Heyday that do not map to standard Intercom Contact attributes migrate as custom attributes. During import, phone number validation in Intercom should be disabled in workspace settings (Settings > Your Workspace > People Data > Phone) if any source records contain non-standard formats.

Heyday AI

Conversation

maps to

Intercom

Conversation

1:1
Fully supported

Heyday conversation threads and message history map to Intercom Conversations, but this is the highest-risk object in this migration. Heyday does not publish a standalone public API for conversation export. We coordinate with Hootsuite's backend team or use the customer's Heyday admin UI to extract whatever message history is available manually, then structure it as conversation records in Intercom. If Hootsuite support is unwilling or unable to assist, we flag this as a data-loss risk and migrate only the most recent N months of accessible conversations. The customer should request a data export from Hootsuite before migration scoping begins.

Heyday AI

Product

maps to

Intercom

Custom Object (Product)

1:1
Fully supported

Heyday product catalogue data pulled from e-commerce integrations maps to an Intercom Custom Object named Product. Heyday stores product references rather than the product data itself, so the primary migration goal is preserving product IDs, names, SKUs, and prices in a form that Intercom's Custom Actions can retrieve at conversation time. Note that Intercom Custom Objects are primarily accessible within bot flows, not visible in standard filters, reports, or the Inbox view without a bot or custom action referencing them.

Heyday AI

Order

maps to

Intercom

Custom Object (Order)

1:1
Fully supported

Heyday order-tracking queries rely on e-commerce platform integrations rather than holding order data natively. We migrate order references and identifiers as an Intercom Custom Object named Order, with a lookup relationship to the related Contact. This allows Intercom's Fin AI Agent to surface order context during conversations when configured with a Custom Action that fetches order status from the customer's e-commerce platform API. The order data itself stays in the e-commerce system; we map the reference and link.

Heyday AI

Agent Profile

maps to

Intercom

Admin / Agent

1:1
Fully supported

Heyday human agent accounts and assignment rules can be listed via Hootsuite admin APIs where accessible. We map agent identities to Intercom Admins and Agents, resolving by email match. Intercom assigns roles (admin, agent, teammate) during provisioning. Any Heyday agent without a matching Intercom user goes to a reconciliation queue for the customer's admin to provision before conversation assignment migration begins.

Heyday AI

Tag / Label

maps to

Intercom

Tag

lossy
Fully supported

Conversation tagging schemas used in Heyday map to Intercom Tags. Tag names and hierarchies vary by Heyday implementation, so we extract the full tagging convention during discovery, map each tag to an equivalent Intercom Tag, and flag any tags that represent routing or SLA priority (which map to Intercom's Team or Inbox assignment rather than a Tag). Tags used for conversation classification in Heyday should be reviewed against Intercom's conversation states and routing rules post-migration.

Heyday AI

Integration Connector

maps to

Intercom

Integration / Custom Action

lossy
Fully supported

Heyday connects to 20+ e-commerce and social messaging apps via its integration layer. During migration we identify which integrations are active and document their equivalents in Intercom. E-commerce connectors map to Intercom Custom Actions that call the platform API directly. Social messaging channels (WhatsApp, Instagram Direct, Facebook Messenger) map to Intercom's native channel integrations, which require reconfiguration rather than data migration.

Heyday AI

FAQ Automation Rule

maps to

Intercom

Help Center Article

lossy
Fully supported

Heyday FAQ automation flows and keyword triggers are configured inside Heyday's conversational flow builder and are not exposed via a public API. We document every observed automation rule, keyword trigger, and routing condition during the discovery phase as a written specification. These specifications are handed off as input to the customer's team for rebuilding in Intercom's Fin AI Agent knowledge base and workflow rules. The Heyday FAQ content itself (the answers the bot surfaced) should be extracted as text and imported as Intercom Help Center articles.

Heyday AI

Bot Training Data

maps to

Intercom

Fin AI Agent Knowledge Base

lossy
Fully supported

Heyday bot training data and intent configurations cannot be exported programmatically. We extract any bot response templates, FAQ answer text, and knowledge-base content visible in the Heyday admin UI and structure it as Intercom Help Center articles and Fin AI Agent resources. The customer reviews and curates this content for accuracy before publishing, since the content may reference Heyday-specific terminology or Hootsuite-specific branding that requires updating for Intercom.

Heyday AI

Conversation Summary Metadata

maps to

Intercom

Conversation Part (internal note)

1:1
Fully supported

Heyday conversation summary fields such as resolution status, conversation duration, agent assignment history, and customer satisfaction ratings migrate as Intercom Conversation Part records of type 'note' attached to the relevant Conversation. Intercom's standard conversation data model preserves these attributes natively, but any custom metadata from Heyday (such as order reference or shipping status flags) requires custom conversation attributes that we create during schema setup.

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.

Heyday AI logo

Heyday AI gotchas

High

No documented public API for data export

Medium

Pricing requires sales consultation

High

Automation rules and bot logic do not export

Medium

Limited public documentation on schema

Intercom logo

Intercom gotchas

High

S3 JSON export omits conversation transcripts

High

Workspace isolation prevents workflow migration

Medium

Fin AI resolution fees compound with automation success

Medium

Two-year conversation history limit on historical export

Low

Private app rate limits share workspace quota

Pair-specific challenges

  • No documented public API for Heyday conversation export

    Heyday AI does not publish a standalone API for data export in public developer documentation. This means conversation history, customer profiles, automation rules, and bot training data cannot be pulled via standard API calls. We work directly with Hootsuite's backend or ask customers to request a data export from Hootsuite support as part of migration preparation. Without Hootsuite cooperation, we can migrate only contact records that are accessible via the admin UI and whatever conversational data the customer has manually exported. This is the single largest data-loss risk on this migration and must be disclosed to the customer before scope is confirmed.

  • Intercom Custom Objects are not visible in standard reports

    Intercom Custom Objects store data for use within bot flows and Custom Actions but are not queryable in standard conversation filters, reports, or the Inbox view. A community post on the Intercom community forum confirms that Custom Objects are not stored in a way that makes them accessible outside of bot flows, and that there is no data section or API access for general reporting purposes. We migrate order and product records as Custom Objects, but the customer should understand that these records will only surface in conversations when Fin AI Agent or a custom bot references them via a Custom Action.

  • Bot automation rules and FAQ flows do not export

    Heyday FAQ automation flows, keyword triggers, routing logic, and bot training data are configured inside Heyday's conversational flow builder and are not exposed as data that can be exported. Any investment in training the bot or building complex automation must be recreated from scratch in Intercom. We document all observed automation logic during the discovery phase as a written specification, including trigger conditions, response templates, escalation rules, and routing assignments. The customer's team rebuilds these in Intercom Fin AI Agent and workflow rules post-migration.

  • Phone number validation may block contact import

    When migrating contacts with phone numbers to Intercom, if phone number validation is enabled in the workspace settings, records with non-standard or incomplete phone formats will be rejected. The Intercom Help Desk Migration documentation recommends disabling validation (Settings > Your Workspace > People Data > Phone) before importing records sourced from platforms with less strict phone format enforcement. We include this step in the pre-migration checklist and verify it with the customer before contact import begins.

  • Intercom workflows must be rebuilt, not migrated

    Intercom workflows and Fin AI Agent configuration are platform-native and do not accept import from external formats. The Crisp-to-Intercom migration guide (a third-party partner resource) confirms that the most common migration mistake is attempting to rebuild the previous setup exactly rather than adapting to Intercom's structure. We deliver a written workflow inventory documenting Heyday's automation logic, but the customer's admin rebuilds routing, escalation, and workflow rules in Intercom's visual workflow builder post-migration. This is a manual step that requires Intercom product knowledge and is scoped separately from the data migration.

Migration approach

Six steps for a successful Heyday AI to Intercom data migration

  1. Data extraction request and discovery

    We begin by submitting a formal data export request to Hootsuite on the customer's behalf, requesting conversation history, customer profiles, bot response templates, automation rule specifications, and integration connector configurations in whatever format Hootsuite's backend can produce. In parallel, we audit the customer's Heyday admin UI for any manually exportable data (CSV contacts, conversation exports, tag schemas, integration list). We produce a written data availability report that distinguishes what is accessible, what requires Hootsuite cooperation, and what cannot be exported. This report sets the scope for the migration and the data-loss disclosure the customer signs off on before migration begins.

  2. Intercom workspace schema design

    We configure the destination Intercom workspace during a parallel workstream. This includes provisioning Admins and Agents (matched to Heyday agent profiles by email), creating Custom Objects for Product and Order with appropriate fields and relationships to Contacts, setting up channel integrations for the social and messaging platforms the customer uses, creating the Fin AI Agent with initial knowledge-base import from any extracted bot response content, and designing conversation Tags mapped from Heyday's tagging convention. We disable phone number validation in workspace settings as a pre-import step. The workspace is set up in the customer's Intercom trial or production environment based on the agreed migration approach.

  3. Test migration and reconciliation

    We run a test migration of contact records into a staging environment using a subset of the extracted data (typically 50-100 records handpicked by the customer). The customer reviews the imported Contacts in Intercom, validates field mapping accuracy, checks tag application, and confirms Custom Object linkage. Any field mapping corrections, missed custom attributes, or dedupe issues are resolved before the production migration. This step validates the extraction-transform process without touching live data and prevents correction loops in production.

  4. Contact import with dedupe

    We import the full contact set into Intercom using email as the primary dedupe key. Phone numbers are validated against whatever format rules are active in the workspace, with the pre-agreed phone validation setting applied. Each Contact record is tagged using the mapping derived from Heyday's tagging schema. Agents without matching Intercom users are held in a reconciliation queue; the customer's admin provisions missing Intercom users before assignment migration begins. We produce a row-count reconciliation report comparing extracted Contact count against imported Contact count and investigating any gap.

  5. Conversation import and Fin AI knowledge-base handoff

    We migrate whatever conversation history is accessible from Heyday (dependent on Hootsuite's export response) into Intercom Conversations, linking each conversation to the matching Contact by email. For conversations where the Contact record does not yet exist, we create placeholder contacts or link to anonymous conversation records. We deliver the bot response templates and FAQ content as a structured document for import into the Intercom Help Center, along with the Fin AI Agent configuration guide that maps each Heyday FAQ flow to an equivalent Fin AI knowledge-base article and escalation rule. This is a written handoff, not an automated import.

  6. Cutover, delta sync, and automation rebuild handoff

    We freeze Heyday writes during a defined cutover window, run a final delta migration of any records created or modified since the main import, then enable Intercom as the system of record for inbound conversations. We deliver the automation rebuild inventory: a structured document listing every observed Heyday automation rule, keyword trigger, routing condition, and escalation path with its recommended Intercom Fin AI Agent or workflow equivalent. We do not rebuild workflows inside Intercom as part of this migration scope; the customer's admin or an Intercom partner rebuilds them post-go-live. We offer a one-week hypercare window to resolve any reconciliation issues raised during the first week of live operation.

Platform deep dives

Context on both ends of the pair

Heyday AI logo

Heyday AI

Source

Strengths

  • Automates up to 80% of repetitive customer FAQ queries with an always-on AI chatbot
  • Unified inbox combines social and chat channels into a single agent interface
  • Connects to e-commerce platforms, product feeds, and order tracking systems for real-time customer support
  • Provides live chat and video shopping capabilities alongside bot automation
  • Backed by Hootsuite's enterprise infrastructure and global support network

Weaknesses

  • No standalone public API documented for data export or third-party integrations
  • Pricing is not publicly available and requires a sales consultation to obtain
  • Automation rules and bot training data cannot be exported and must be rebuilt from scratch at the destination
  • Platform is tightly coupled to Hootsuite; standalone use cases are limited
  • Limited information in public sources about custom object support or enterprise configuration options
Intercom logo

Intercom

Destination

Strengths

  • Integrated AI agent (Fin) for automated resolution with per-resolution billing that rewards high automation rates.
  • Multi-channel inbox consolidating live chat, email, SMS, WhatsApp, and Phone into a single threaded view.
  • Native help center with articles, collections, and self-service deflection capabilities.
  • Workflow automation for routing, qualification, and proactive outbound messaging across channels.
  • Strong API ecosystem with 10,000 req/min rate limits for private apps enabling high-throughput migration pipelines.

Weaknesses

  • Pricing model compounds with seat count, AI resolution fees, channel costs, and multiple add-ons, making total cost hard to predict.
  • Workspace-level isolation prevents moving workflows or content between environments, requiring manual rebuilds.
  • S3 JSON export deliberately excludes conversation transcripts, necessitating REST API calls for full message history.
  • Outages are reported as frequent enough to be a concern for always-on support operations.
  • Setup complexity means teams often require internal guidance or professional services to configure bots and automation correctly.

Complexity grading

How hard is this migration?

Moderate Helpdesk migration. 1 of 7 objects need a manual workaround.

C

Overall complexity

Moderate migration

Derived from compatibility, mapping clarity, API constraints, and data volume across Heyday AI and Intercom.

  • Object compatibility

    C

    1 of 7 objects need a manual workaround.

  • Field mapping clarity

    C

    Field mapping is derived from defaults — final spec confirmed during the sample migration.

  • Timeline complexity

    B

    7-object category — typical timelines run 2–7 days end-to-end.

  • API constraints

    B

    Heyday AI: Not publicly documented.

  • Data volume sensitivity

    B

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

Estimator

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Simple migrations where contact data is accessible via Heyday admin export and the customer does not require historical conversation import typically complete in one to two weeks. Migrations requiring Hootsuite backend coordination for conversation history, Custom Object schema design, active Fin AI Agent configuration planning, and integration reconnection move to four to eight weeks. Enterprise migrations with multi-brand Heyday setups, large contact volumes, or complex tagging hierarchies may extend beyond eight weeks. Intercom's own migration partner guidance confirms these ranges for comparable help desk platform switches.

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