Helpdesk migration

Migrate from Kaseya VSA to Gorgias

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

Kaseya VSA logo

Kaseya VSA

Source

Gorgias

Destination

Gorgias logo

Compatibility

67%

8 of 12

objects map 1:1 between Kaseya VSA and Gorgias.

Complexity

CModerate

Timeline

3-5 weeks

Rollback included Accuracy guarantee Field-level validation

Overview

What this migration involves

Migrating from Kaseya VSA to Gorgias is a lateral move for your helpdesk function, not a full RMM replacement. VSA's Service Desk Tickets, Organizations, and Site hierarchies are the migratable overlap; Monitor Sets, Patch Policies, Agent Procedures, and Event Sets have no Gorgias equivalent because Gorgias is a customer-facing e-commerce helpdesk, not an RMM platform. We extract the Import Center XML, transcode from ISO-8859-1 to UTF-8 for the Gorgias REST API, resolve Organizations to Customer records (with Sites becoming addresses), and import Tickets with assignee, status, priority, and timestamps preserved. Agent endpoint references, Machine IDs, and custom agent fields become Gorgias tags or are flagged for admin review since Gorgias has no RMM context. We deliver a written inventory of any Agent Procedures, Monitor Sets, or Patch Policies that the customer's admin must rebuild in their chosen RMM replacement.

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

Kaseya VSA logo

Kaseya VSA

What's pushing teams away

  • Interface is widely described as complex and unintuitive, requiring significant training time before technicians can work efficiently in the platform.
  • Customer support quality is inconsistent, with long response times and difficulty reaching knowledgeable engineers when critical issues arise.
  • Connectivity and remote access reliability issues are persistent, with agents failing to connect or sessions dropping during active troubleshooting.
  • Frequent connection drops and unreliable remote access sessions force technicians to use workarounds or supplemental tools for basic support tasks.
  • Confusing SKU and billing structures create unexpected charges, with aggressive sales practices around bundled hardware creating billing disputes.

Choosing

Gorgias logo

Gorgias

What's pulling them in

  • Shopify-native integrations pull order details, shipment status, and return data directly into the ticket view, eliminating the need for agents to switch between apps.
  • Unlimited user seats mean growing support teams do not trigger billing changes; pricing scales only on billable ticket volume.
  • AI Agent automates responses to high-volume queries like order status and returns, measurably reducing the number of billable tickets each month.
  • Omnichannel inbox consolidates email, live chat, Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, SMS, and voice into a single threaded view.
  • SOC 2 Type II certification and GDPR-aligned data handling satisfy enterprise procurement requirements for customer support platforms.

Object mapping

How Kaseya VSA objects map to Gorgias

Each row shows how a Kaseya VSA 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.

Kaseya VSA

Service Desk Ticket

maps to

Gorgias

Ticket

1:1
Fully supported

VSA Service Desk Tickets map to Gorgias Tickets with VSA ticket subject as the Gorgias subject field, VSA status (New, Open, Pending, Resolved, Closed) mapped to Gorgias status values, VSA priority (Low, Medium, High, Critical) mapped to Gorgias priority, and VSA requester email mapped to the Gorgias customer lookup. VSA ticket body and conversation history (internal notes and customer replies) migrate as the Gorgias message thread. Any VSA ticket referencing a monitored Agent becomes tagged with the Agent hostname or Machine ID as a Gorgias tag for admin context.

Kaseya VSA

Organization

maps to

Gorgias

Customer

1:1
Fully supported

VSA Organizations map directly to Gorgias Customers. The VSA Organization name becomes the Gorgias Customer name, and the primary Organization contact email maps to the Gorgias customer email. VSA Organizations may contain nested sub-organizations; Gorgias Customer does not support hierarchical nesting, so we flatten the hierarchy and attach the parent Organization name as a tag on the Customer record.

Kaseya VSA

Site

maps to

Gorgias

Customer Address

1:many
Fully supported

VSA Sites within an Organization map to Customer address fields in Gorgias. If a single VSA Organization has multiple Sites representing physical locations, each Site address becomes a separate address record attached to the same Gorgias Customer. Sites without an address (logical subdivisions only) become tags on the Customer rather than address records.

Kaseya VSA

Agent (managed endpoint)

maps to

Gorgias

Customer Tag

1:many
Fully supported

VSA Agent records do not map to a Gorgias native object because Gorgias manages customers, not endpoints. Agent hostnames, operating system, and Machine IDs migrate as tags on the related Customer or Ticket. If a VSA Ticket references an Agent, we attach the Agent's hostname and OS as ticket tags so that support staff can see which device generated the ticket without accessing the RMM.

Kaseya VSA

Custom Field (Agent-level)

maps to

Gorgias

Ticket Attribute or Tag

lossy
Fully supported

VSA Agent-level custom fields (Global, Organization, Site, Agent Group, System contexts) are extracted during XML parsing. Since Gorgias does not have an RMM module, these custom field values are evaluated for relevance to customer support tickets. Fields that are ticket-contextual (for example, a custom field storing device owner or contract tier) become Gorgias ticket attributes or tags. Fields that are purely endpoint-configuration data are flagged in the migration report for admin review.

Kaseya VSA

Agent Group

maps to

Gorgias

Customer Segment or Tag

lossy
Fully supported

VSA Agent Groups (dynamic or static collections of endpoints) have no native Gorgias equivalent. We evaluate whether Agent Group membership carries customer support context. If the Agent Group name suggests a customer segment (for example, Premium Clients or VIP Sites), we create a corresponding Gorgias customer segment or apply the group name as a customer tag. Purely technical groups (for example, Windows Server 2019 Farm or Linux Patch Group) are flagged as not migratable to Gorgias.

Kaseya VSA

Agent Procedure

maps to

Gorgias

None

1:1
Fully supported

VSA Agent Procedures (CMD, PowerShell, and VSA-native automation scripts) have no Gorgias equivalent and cannot migrate. Gorgias is a helpdesk platform with macros (text and action templates) and rules (conditional routing), not an RMM scripting environment. We extract a written inventory of all Agent Procedures during discovery, categorize them by function (remediation scripts, monitoring responses, patch deployment), and recommend that the customer's RMM admin rebuilds the relevant procedures in their replacement RMM platform. This inventory is delivered as part of the migration scope but is not code-migrated.

Kaseya VSA

Monitor Set

maps to

Gorgias

None

1:1
Fully supported

VSA Monitor Sets define alerting and threshold configurations for managed endpoints and have no Gorgias equivalent. Gorgias does not receive, store, or display endpoint monitoring data. We document Monitor Set configurations (metric, threshold, alert target, and escalation action) during discovery and flag them as requiring rebuild in the customer's new RMM platform.

Kaseya VSA

Patch Policy

maps to

Gorgias

None

1:1
Fully supported

VSA Patch Policies (schedules, approval rules, and reboot handling for automated patching) have no Gorgias equivalent. We inventory all Patch Policies during discovery, noting the patch schedule, approval workflow, and reboot rules for the customer's RMM admin to reconfigure in their replacement RMM.

Kaseya VSA

Package

maps to

Gorgias

None

1:1
Fully supported

VSA Packages (software deployment bundles and distribution schedules) are not migratable to Gorgias. We inventory package names, bundle contents, and distribution schedules and deliver this as a reference document for the customer's new RMM platform configuration.

Kaseya VSA

Event Set

maps to

Gorgias

None

1:1
Fully supported

VSA Event Sets (system event triggers and associated procedure calls) have no Gorgias equivalent. We document event trigger conditions, associated procedures, and notification targets for the customer's RMM admin to rebuild in their replacement platform.

Kaseya VSA

Machine ID Template

maps to

Gorgias

None

1:1
Fully supported

VSA Machine ID Templates encode standardized endpoint configurations and are not migratable to Gorgias. We extract a list of Machine ID Template names and their assigned Agents during discovery as a reference for the customer's RMM admin to reapply in their replacement platform.

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.

Kaseya VSA logo

Kaseya VSA gotchas

Medium

ISO-8859-1 XML encoding requirement on Import/Export

High

VSA 9 to VSA 10 migration requires a full architectural reassessment

High

Machine ID reassignment during VSA-to-VSA transfer

Medium

Confusing SKU billing model with no published pricing

Low

Custom reports capped at 40 custom fields

Gorgias logo

Gorgias gotchas

High

AI Agent adds outcome-based fees on top of billable ticket costs

High

Overage billing for tickets scales nonlinearly

Medium

API rate limits restrict bulk export throughput

Medium

Agent data visibility cannot be restricted by role for GDPR use cases

Low

Knowledge Base translations require separate API calls per locale

Pair-specific challenges

  • ISO-8859-1 XML encoding required on VSA Import Center export

    Kaseya's Import/Export feature requires exported XML files to use ISO-8859-1 encoding specifically. If the export tooling produces UTF-8 or another encoding, the import silently fails or corrupts records during migration. We detect the source file encoding during ingestion and transcode to UTF-8 for the Gorgias REST API, which expects JSON. This transcoding step is built into our VSA extraction pipeline and prevents silent data loss during the XML-to-JSON conversion.

  • VSA endpoint references have no Gorgias equivalent

    VSA Service Desk Tickets routinely reference monitored Agents, Machine IDs, Monitor Sets, and custom agent fields as part of the ticket context. Gorgias Tickets are customer-centric and have no concept of endpoints, Machine IDs, or monitoring thresholds. Agent hostname, OS, and Machine ID references migrate as ticket tags so support staff retain device context, but custom agent field values tied to monitoring configuration do not map to any Gorgias field. We flag every ticket with non-tag-mapped endpoint data for admin review.

  • Agent Procedures, Monitor Sets, Patch Policies, and Event Sets are not migratable

    Kaseya VSA's core value is its RMM automation stack: Agent Procedures, Monitor Sets, Patch Policies, Event Sets, and Machine ID Templates. Gorgias is an e-commerce helpdesk with no scripting, endpoint monitoring, or patch management capabilities. We do not migrate these objects because no Gorgias equivalent exists. We deliver a written inventory of every automation object during discovery so the customer's RMM admin can rebuild them in their chosen RMM replacement platform. Skipping this step results in automation knowledge loss that is not recoverable post-migration.

  • 2021 Kaseya ransomware supply-chain incident remains a procurement risk factor

    The 2021 ransomware attack against Kaseya's VSA platform affected thousands of MSPs and their downstream customers simultaneously, triggering urgent on-premises shutdowns and SLA breaches. While Kaseya has implemented significant security improvements since then, the incident is a documented historical event that procurement teams and cyber insurers continue to weigh. We note this as context for the migration motivation and recommend that the customer's new RMM platform (if applicable) undergoes a security review before production deployment.

Migration approach

Six steps for a successful Kaseya VSA to Gorgias data migration

  1. Discovery and migration scope definition

    We audit the source Kaseya VSA instance via Import Center XML export, cataloging Service Desk Tickets (ticket count, status distribution, age, and conversation volume), Organizations and Sites (hierarchy depth, address completeness, and contact records), Agent Groups and custom field definitions, and any Agent Procedures, Monitor Sets, Patch Policies, and Event Sets that require inventory documentation. We identify the Gorgias API credentials and workspace, confirm the target Gorgias plan tier, and produce a written migration scope document covering what migrates, what inventories, and what requires a separate RMM migration.

  2. Encoding detection and XML extraction

    We extract the VSA Import Center XML file and detect its character encoding. If the file uses ISO-8859-1, we transcode to UTF-8 before parsing. We parse the XML into structured record sets for Organizations, Sites, Agents, Agent Groups, Tickets, custom fields, and any automation objects present. We build a cross-reference table mapping each VSA Organization to its constituent Sites and Agents, and each Ticket to its requester, assignee, and referenced Agent.

  3. Schema design and customer-ticket mapping

    We map VSA Organizations to Gorgias Customers (one Customer per Organization), VSA Sites to Customer addresses (one address per Site within an Organization), VSA Agent Groups to customer tags or segments, and VSA Agent hostnames and Machine IDs to ticket tags. We evaluate Agent-level custom fields for relevance to ticket context and configure corresponding Gorgias custom ticket attributes where applicable. We confirm the mapping with the customer's admin before any data loads begin.

  4. Sandbox validation

    We run a full migration into the customer's Gorgias sandbox workspace using a representative sample of tickets (typically 10-20% of total volume). We validate Customer record creation, Site-to-address resolution, ticket thread integrity, tag application, and assignee mapping. The customer's support operations lead spot-checks 25-50 migrated tickets against the VSA source and signs off on the mapping before production migration begins. Any mapping corrections are made in this phase.

  5. Production migration in dependency order

    We run production migration in record-dependency order: Customers (from VSA Organizations), address records (from VSA Sites), Agent Groups and custom field tags (applied to Customers), then Tickets (linked to Customers by requester email and enriched with endpoint tags, assignee tags, and custom field attributes). We use the Gorgias REST API at the documented rate limit of 250 requests per minute with exponential backoff on 429 responses. Each phase emits a row-count reconciliation report before the next phase begins.

  6. Cutover, validation, and automation inventory handoff

    We freeze VSA writes during cutover, run a final delta migration of any tickets modified during the migration window, then switch customer support operations to Gorgias as the system of record. We deliver the automation inventory document covering all Agent Procedures, Monitor Sets, Patch Policies, Event Sets, and Machine ID Templates to the customer's RMM admin. We support a one-week hypercare window for reconciliation issues. We do not rebuild VSA automation objects in the customer's new RMM platform; that is a separate engagement or internal admin task.

Platform deep dives

Context on both ends of the pair

Kaseya VSA logo

Kaseya VSA

Source

Strengths

  • Native CMD and PowerShell scripting without proprietary abstractions makes automation logic portable and transparent.
  • Agent-based remote access supports unattended sessions without end-user permission prompts.
  • Multi-tenant Organizations and Sites structure maps cleanly to MSP client hierarchies.
  • Import Center XML export covers the full automation stack in a single bundled file including procedures, policies, and tickets.
  • Data Warehouse API exposes Info Center datasets via OData for reporting integrations with PowerBI and Tableau.

Weaknesses

  • Interface complexity and inconsistent UX require substantial technician training overhead.
  • Customer support reliability is a persistent pain point across G2, Capterra, and TrustRadius reviews.
  • Agent connectivity and remote session stability issues force many teams to maintain backup access tools.
  • No publicly documented API rate limits means bulk operations can behave unpredictably on large estates.
  • The 2021 ransomware supply-chain attack remains a documented risk event in the platform's history.
Gorgias logo

Gorgias

Destination

Strengths

  • Shopify and BigCommerce integrations surface order, return, and shipment data natively inside every ticket.
  • Unlimited agent seats remove per-user licensing friction as support teams grow.
  • AI Agent reduces billable ticket volume through automated resolution of high-frequency queries.
  • SOC 2 Type II certified with GDPR-aligned data handling for enterprise procurement readiness.
  • Omnichannel inbox aggregates email, live chat, Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, SMS, and voice into a single threaded view.

Weaknesses

  • Ticket-volume pricing with overage fees creates unpredictable monthly costs during seasonal traffic spikes.
  • Custom reporting is shallow; raw event-level data export for BI tooling is not natively supported.
  • Knowledge Base, Macros, and Rules lack simple export tooling, making competitive migrations complex.
  • GDPR compliance limitations mean customer data cannot be hidden from agents by role, blocking use by teams with freelance staff.
  • Performance and glitch reports emerge in G2 reviews at higher ticket volumes.

Complexity grading

How hard is this migration?

Moderate Helpdesk migration. 3 of 7 objects need a mapping; the rest are 1:1.

C

Overall complexity

Moderate migration

Derived from compatibility, mapping clarity, API constraints, and data volume across Kaseya VSA and Gorgias.

  • Object compatibility

    C

    3 of 7 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

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

  • API constraints

    B

    Kaseya VSA: Not publicly documented.

  • Data volume sensitivity

    B

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

Estimator

Estimate your Kaseya VSA to Gorgias migration cost

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

Step 1

What are you migrating?

Pick a category, then your source and destination platforms.

Category

FAQ

Frequently asked questions about Kaseya VSA to Gorgias data migrations

Answers to the questions buyers ask most during Kaseya VSA to Gorgias migration scoping. Not seeing yours? Book a call.

Can't find your answer?

Walk through your Kaseya VSA to Gorgias migration with a real engineer — 30 minutes, free, written quote within 24 hours.

Book a free 30 minute consultation

Most migrations land between three and five weeks for accounts with fewer than 10,000 Service Desk Tickets and a flat Organization hierarchy. Migrations with nested Organizations, high ticket volume (over 50,000), complex custom field mappings, or concurrent evaluation of a replacement RMM platform move to six to ten weeks because of mapping design time, sandbox reconciliation, and delta-migration coordination.

Adjacent paths

Related migrations to explore

Ready when you are

Move from Kaseya VSA.
Land in Gorgias, intact.

Tell us record counts and timeline. We'll come back with a written quote inside 1 business day — no commitment, no sales pitch.

Accuracy guarantee Rollback included Quote in 1 business day