HRMS migration

Migrate from Adapt to Recruit CRM & ATS

Field-level mapping, validation, and rollback between Adapt and Recruit CRM & ATS. We move data and schema; workflows are rebuilt natively in Recruit CRM & ATS.

Adapt logo

Adapt

Source

Recruit CRM & ATS

Destination

Recruit CRM & ATS logo

Compatibility

70%

7 of 10

objects map 1:1 between Adapt and Recruit CRM & ATS.

Complexity

BStandard

Timeline

3-5 weeks

Rollback included Accuracy guarantee Field-level validation

Overview

What this migration involves

Moving from Adapt to Recruit CRM is a migration between two recruiting platforms with materially different data models and API availability. Adapt's data model centers on Employees, Departments, and Contact records enriched via a browser extension; Recruit CRM uses a Candidate-centric ATS+CRM structure with Jobs, Clients, and Placements. Adapt has no confirmed public REST API in current research, so we plan for a CSV-based extraction as the primary export path, which limits field coverage and requires post-migration validation. We preserve enrichment metadata from Adapt's email-find history as custom fields on Recruit CRM Candidate records, and we deliver a written inventory of Adapt's workflows, sequences, and automations requiring manual rebuild in Recruit CRM's automation builder. Timeline ranges from three to six weeks depending on record volume and data cleanliness.

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

Adapt logo

Adapt

What's pushing teams away

  • Frustration with limited contact and mailbox counts leads users to seek platforms with more generous data storage or unlimited contact models.
  • Low-quality lead data from the email-finding extension causes users to question data accuracy and switch to dedicated sales intelligence tools.
  • Reinstalling the software on a new computer is cumbersome, with users reporting that email tracking activation fails repeatedly and support is unhelpful.
  • The platform's support responsiveness is cited as a pain point, with users feeling abandoned when technical issues persist across reinstalls.

Choosing

Recruit CRM & ATS logo

Recruit CRM & ATS

What's pulling them in

  • Agencies choose Recruit CRM for its full customizability — pipelines, stages, and fields can be tailored to any recruitment workflow without developer involvement.
  • Small teams value the built-in CRM and ATS combined in one subscription, eliminating the need to purchase and sync separate systems.
  • The Chrome extension for one-click LinkedIn profile collection streamlines candidate sourcing and reduces manual data entry for recruiters.
  • Responsive customer support with fast issue resolution is consistently cited as a reason teams stick with the platform long-term.
  • Automation options including email sequences and workflow triggers allow recruitment agencies to reduce repetitive manual outreach tasks.

Object mapping

How Adapt objects map to Recruit CRM & ATS

Each row shows how a Adapt object lands in Recruit CRM & ATS, including any object-level transformations, lookup resolution, or schema-design dependencies.

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

Adapt

Employee

maps to

Recruit CRM & ATS

Candidate

1:1
Fully supported

Adapt Employee records map to Recruit CRM Candidate records. Standard fields including name, email, job title, phone, and hire date migrate directly. We preserve any custom employee properties as custom fields on the Candidate record, maintaining data type where Recruit CRM supports the equivalent type (text, date, number, picklist). Enrichment metadata from Adapt's browser extension history migrates to a custom long-text field on Candidate capturing the email-find history, source, and confidence score so recruiters retain context on data provenance.

Adapt

Department

maps to

Recruit CRM & ATS

Team or Custom Field

lossy
Fully supported

Adapt Department records map to Recruit CRM Teams if the customer's plan supports team-based assignment, or to a custom picklist field on Candidate. We preserve the full department hierarchy as a hierarchical picklist or as separate custom fields (department, division, cost_center) based on how the customer organizes reporting in Recruit CRM. Department-to-team mapping is confirmed during the scoping session.

Adapt

Contact Record

maps to

Recruit CRM & ATS

Candidate or Client

1:many
Fully supported

Adapt Contact records tagged as candidate-facing migrate to Recruit CRM Candidate; those tagged as client-facing migrate to Recruit CRM Client. We use a contact_type or category field from Adapt as the split key. Any Contact without a type designation is flagged in the extraction audit for manual classification before import.

Adapt

Company/Account

maps to

Recruit CRM & ATS

Client

1:1
Fully supported

Adapt Company records map to Recruit CRM Client records. Company name, domain, industry, and address fields migrate directly. Custom company properties require field-level transformation during migration; we map these to Recruit CRM custom fields on the Client object. The client's domain becomes the Client Website field and serves as the dedupe key during import.

Adapt

Job/Position

maps to

Recruit CRM & ATS

Job

1:1
Fully supported

Adapt Job or Position records map to Recruit CRM Job records. Job title, status (open/closed/filled), and job description migrate directly. If Adapt stores job requirements or skills as structured fields, we map them to Recruit CRM's Skills picklist or custom fields. Job status workflow (opening to placement) maps to Recruit CRM's job stage pipeline.

Adapt

PTO Balance

maps to

Recruit CRM & ATS

Not migrated

1:1
Fully supported

Adapt PTO balance records (current balance and accrual history) have no equivalent in Recruit CRM's ATS+CRM data model. Recruit CRM is a recruiting platform and does not include HR or time-off management modules. We export PTO balances as a CSV snapshot that the customer's HR team retains separately and recommend migrating to a dedicated HRMS if PTO tracking is required post-switch.

Adapt

Compensation History

maps to

Recruit CRM & ATS

Custom Field or Not migrated

1:1
Mapping required

Adapt compensation and salary records (available in higher tiers) have no standard equivalent in Recruit CRM's Candidate object. If the customer uses Recruit CRM's Custom Fields feature, we map the most recent compensation value to a custom currency field on Candidate as a reference snapshot. Full compensation timeline does not migrate to Recruit CRM and should be archived in the customer's HRIS.

Adapt

Custom Employee Properties

maps to

Recruit CRM & ATS

Custom Fields on Candidate or Client

lossy
Mapping required

Adapt supports custom fields on the Employee object. We migrate these as custom fields in Recruit CRM, preserving data type where the destination supports the equivalent (text, date, number, picklist). We pre-create the destination custom field schema in Recruit CRM before any data import. Custom field naming follows Recruit CRM's field-naming conventions and is validated against their field-type restrictions during the scoping phase.

Adapt

Owner

maps to

Recruit CRM & ATS

User

1:1
Fully supported

Adapt Owners referenced on Employee, Contact, and Company records map to Recruit CRM Users by email match. We extract every distinct Owner from the Adapt export and reconcile against the Recruit CRM User list. Owners without a matching Recruit CRM User are held in a reconciliation queue for the customer's admin to provision before Candidate import resumes.

Adapt

Workflow, Sequence, Automation

maps to

Recruit CRM & ATS

Not migrated

1:1
Fully supported

Adapt workflows, sequences, and automations do not migrate to Recruit CRM because the two platforms use different automation models with incompatible trigger types, conditions, and actions. We deliver a written inventory of every active Adapt automation with its trigger, conditions, and actions, plus a recommendation for the equivalent Recruit CRM automation. The customer's admin rebuilds these post-migration. This is standard scope for all FlitStack AI migrations and is not a pair-specific limitation.

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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Adapt gotchas

Medium

Browser extension reinstall breaks email tracking activation

Low

100 credits/month hard cap limits email-find volume

High

No publicly documented API in current research data

Medium

Platform lineage unclear — potential acquisition or rebrand

Recruit CRM & ATS logo

Recruit CRM & ATS gotchas

High

API rate limits are license-scaled and can throttle bulk migration

Medium

Custom field schemas vary per organization and require field-level mapping

Medium

Files and email attachments require separate extraction and re-upload

Low

Email sequences and automation logic do not transfer between platforms

Pair-specific challenges

  • Adapt has no confirmed public REST API

    The research CSV does not contain evidence of a documented, public REST API for Adapt. This means automated migration via API cannot be planned with confidence. We verify API access and rate limits directly with Adapt before scoping; if no API is confirmed, we plan for CSV-based export/import as the primary extraction path. CSV extraction limits field coverage to exported columns, does not preserve relationship metadata (department IDs, manager hierarchy, contact associations) without manual join logic, and requires post-migration validation against the Adapt source. We advise customers to request a full data export from Adapt during discovery and budget additional time for manual reconciliation.

  • Browser extension enrichment data may not export cleanly

    Adapt's browser extension stores email-find history and enrichment metadata as linked data tied to Contact and Employee records. If this enrichment data lives in a separate data store or as extension-specific metadata rather than as native fields on the record, CSV export may not capture it. We audit the Adapt export during discovery to determine whether enrichment history is included in the standard export or requires a separate extraction request from Adapt's support team. If enrichment history is critical, we recommend requesting it specifically before the extraction window closes.

  • PTO and compensation records have no Recruit CRM destination

    Adapt's higher tiers support PTO balance tracking and compensation history. Recruit CRM is an ATS+CRM platform and does not include HR or time-off management modules. PTO balances and compensation records do not map to any Recruit CRM object. We export these as separate CSV snapshots for the customer's HR team to archive and handle through a dedicated HRIS migration if needed. We flag this gap during scoping and confirm the customer's data-retention requirements for HR records before the migration plan is finalized.

  • Data quality issues compound across CSV imports

    Adapt users commonly report platform abandonment due to support responsiveness and reinstall failures, which correlates with potential data hygiene issues in long-used Adapt databases. Duplicate records, inconsistent formatting (phone numbers, addresses, email domains), and incomplete fields carry through CSV export into Recruit CRM unless cleaned beforehand. We run a data quality audit on the Adapt export before transformation and flag duplicates, missing required fields, and format inconsistencies in a pre-migration data cleansing report. Dirty data that is not addressed before import will appear in Recruit CRM and may affect recruiter trust in the new system.

Migration approach

Six steps for a successful Adapt to Recruit CRM & ATS data migration

  1. Discovery and Adapt export audit

    We audit the Adapt database to identify all object types in scope (Employees, Departments, Contacts, Companies, Jobs, custom properties), estimate record volumes per object, and confirm the extraction method. Since Adapt has no confirmed public API, we work with the customer to request a full CSV export directly from Adapt, validate which fields are included in the export versus what requires a separate extraction, and assess the enrichment metadata availability. We also identify any Adapt workflows, sequences, or automations for the written inventory document. The discovery output is a written migration scope with object list, record counts, and extraction method confirmation.

  2. Data quality audit and cleansing

    We load the Adapt CSV export into a staging environment and run data quality checks: duplicate detection (matching by email, phone, name), required field completeness, format standardization (phone numbers, dates, addresses), and orphaned record identification (Contacts without a parent Company, Employees without a Department assignment). We deliver a pre-migration data cleansing report to the customer with row-level flagged records and recommendations. Cleansing decisions (merge duplicates, fill missing fields, archive incomplete records) are made by the customer before transformation begins. We do not modify source data without explicit customer approval.

  3. Recruit CRM schema preparation

    We create the destination schema in Recruit CRM before any data import. This includes configuring custom fields on Candidate and Client to receive Adapt's custom employee properties, setting up Teams or department-based picklists, configuring Job record types and stage pipelines, and provisioning any Recruit CRM Users required for owner reconciliation. Custom field naming follows Recruit CRM conventions and data types are validated against their field-type restrictions. Schema is deployed into the customer's Recruit CRM environment and spot-checked before the import sequence begins.

  4. Transformation and enrichment metadata mapping

    We transform the Adapt export data into Recruit CRM-compatible format. This includes splitting Adapt Contacts into Recruit CRM Candidates and Clients based on contact_type, mapping Company records to Client records, mapping Job positions to Recruit CRM Jobs, and applying enrichment metadata (email-find history) from Adapt as a custom long-text field on each Candidate record. Owner email addresses are resolved against the Recruit CRM User list; any unresolved owners are flagged in a reconciliation queue. PTO and compensation records are exported as separate CSVs for HR retention and are not loaded into Recruit CRM.

  5. Import in dependency order and reconciliation

    We import into Recruit CRM in record-dependency order: Client records first (to satisfy lookup relationships), then Candidates (with ClientId resolved for client-linked candidates), then Jobs (with owner resolved), then custom fields and enrichment metadata. Each phase emits a row-count reconciliation report showing records imported, records skipped, and records held in error. Errors are reviewed, corrected in the staging data, and re-imported before the next phase begins. We do not proceed to the next phase until the current phase's reconciliation report is clean or the customer has approved the error tolerance.

  6. Cutover, validation, and automation inventory handoff

    We freeze Adapt writes during the cutover window, run a final delta migration of any records modified during the migration, then hand over Recruit CRM as the system of record. We deliver the written automation inventory document listing every Adapt workflow, sequence, and automation with its trigger, conditions, and recommended Recruit CRM equivalent. We support a one-week hypercare window where we resolve reconciliation issues raised by the customer's recruiting team. Workflow rebuild in Recruit CRM's automation builder is handled by the customer's admin or a Recruit CRM implementation partner and is outside standard migration scope.

Platform deep dives

Context on both ends of the pair

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Adapt

Source

Strengths

  • Per-user pricing model with annual discounting reduces cost predictability risk for small teams.
  • Browser extension surfaces contact enrichment inside everyday recruiting and HR workflows without a separate tool.
  • Basic tier covers core HR functions (employee profiles, departments, time-off) at a low entry price.
  • Custom Enterprise tier accommodates SSO, custom fields and dedicated support for larger workforces.
  • Lightweight onboarding and minimal training overhead for small HR teams migrating from spreadsheets.

Weaknesses

  • Public API and developer documentation are not surfaced on the product website, limiting automated migration paths.
  • Browser-extension reinstall reportedly breaks email tracking with unhelpful support response.
  • Monthly email-find credits cap at a low ceiling and do not roll over month-to-month.
  • Lead and contact data accuracy is criticised by reviewers compared to dedicated sales intelligence tools.
  • Product lineage is fragmented across multiple Adapt-branded products (Adapt HR, Adapt.io, Adapt recruitment CRM), making support and roadmap clarity inconsistent.
Recruit CRM & ATS logo

Recruit CRM & ATS

Destination

Strengths

  • Fully customizable pipelines, stages, and fields without requiring developer involvement
  • Combines recruitment CRM and ATS in one subscription for staffing agencies and small teams
  • Built-in email sequences and automation reduce manual outreach work
  • Chrome extension enables one-click LinkedIn profile collection directly into the CRM
  • Responsive customer support cited across multiple reviews with fast resolution times

Weaknesses

  • Several features are gated as paid add-ons rather than included in the base subscription
  • Email functionality has been reported as unreliable by multiple users
  • Interface occasionally lags during high-activity periods in large pipelines
  • Pricing is considered higher than comparable recruitment CRMs by some customers
  • Limited native reporting — users request pre-made report exports rather than manual data pulls

Complexity grading

How hard is this migration?

Standard HRMS migration. 1 of 7 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 Adapt and Recruit CRM & ATS.

  • Object compatibility

    B

    1 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

    Adapt: Not publicly documented — typical SaaS limits assumed and confirmed during scoping.

  • Data volume sensitivity

    B

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

Estimator

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Most migrations land between three and five weeks for accounts under 5,000 employees and 10,000 contacts with no custom objects. Migrations with custom employee properties, enrichment history to preserve, large department hierarchies, or PTO/compensation snapshots move to six to ten weeks because of transformation logic, custom field schema creation, and validation time. The primary timeline variable is Adapt's export responsiveness and data quality; dirty exports require pre-migration cleansing work that extends the schedule.

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