HRMS migration

Migrate from Asure to Crelate

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

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Asure

Source

Crelate

Destination

Crelate logo

Compatibility

75%

9 of 12

objects map 1:1 between Asure and Crelate.

Complexity

BStandard

Timeline

2-4 weeks

Rollback included Accuracy guarantee Field-level validation

Overview

What this migration involves

Asure and Crelate occupy different layers of the HR stack, which shapes every migration decision. Asure is a human capital management platform built for payroll processing, time tracking, PTO accrual management, benefits enrollment, and state-level tax withholding across small and mid-sized businesses. Crelate is a recruitment CRM and applicant tracking system built for executive search firms, staffing agencies, and in-house talent acquisition teams. The object models share almost no common vocabulary. We can map Asure employee contact fields (name, email, phone, address, department, job title, hire date) to Crelate Candidate records, and employment tenure history to the Candidate Work History section. We cannot migrate payroll registers, PTO accrual balances, benefits plan enrollments, tax withholding configurations, or time-and-attendance logs because Crelate has no schema to receive them. We flag these gaps in a written scope document before any data moves, so your team is not surprised at cutover.

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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Asure

What's pushing teams away

  • Customer support quality is the single most common complaint — slow response times, frequent staff turnover at Asure, and an inability to reach a knowledgeable human are cited across G2, Capterra, and Software Advice reviews.
  • Interface complexity — reviewers describe the UI as not user-friendly and harder to navigate than newer SMB payroll tools like Gusto or Rippling.
  • HR services are limited — Software Advice reviewers note Asure does not provide a dedicated HR person and communication is mainly via email, falling short for SMBs that expected outsourced HR advisory.
  • Bugs and ongoing issues lead to slow resolutions and recurring communication frustration during payroll cycles where speed matters most.
  • Pricing is opaque — no tier pricing is published, forcing every prospect through a custom quote process that complicates side-by-side evaluation.

Choosing

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Crelate

What's pulling them in

  • Affordable per-seat pricing with transparent tiers makes Crelate accessible for small-to-mid staffing firms evaluating ATS platforms for the first time.
  • Fast implementation reported by customers—some describe getting live in a matter of minutes with support team assistance.
  • Unified ATS + CRM in a single product eliminates the need to buy and synchronize separate recruiting and sales tools.
  • Flexible custom fields across Contacts, Companies, and Opportunities allow recruiting teams to capture firm-specific data without developer involvement.
  • Positive reviews highlight the product's intuitive interface and functional breadth for teams that need recruiting workflows without enterprise overhead.

Object mapping

How Asure objects map to Crelate

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

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

Asure

Employee

maps to

Crelate

Candidate

1:1
Fully supported

Asure Employee records map to Crelate Candidate records. We map first_name, last_name, email, phone, mobile_phone, address fields (street, city, state, zip), department, job_title, employment_status, hire_date, and termination_date. The Asure employee_id becomes the Crelate legacy_id field for dedupe and cross-reference. Active employees migrate with Candidate status set to Active; terminated employees migrate with a termination date and a Candidate status of Inactive or Archived per Crelate's status options.

Asure

Employee: Department

maps to

Crelate

Candidate: Department

1:1
Fully supported

Asure department assignments map to Crelate Candidate custom fields or tags. Crelate does not have a native Department object; we create a custom picklist or multi-select field on Candidate to hold the Asure department value, preserving the organizational context for reporting and filtering in Crelate.

Asure

Employee: Job Title

maps to

Crelate

Candidate: Title / Current Position

1:1
Fully supported

Asure job_title maps to Crelate Candidate.title. This field appears in the candidate record header and is searchable. We preserve the Asure job title exactly; no normalization is applied because titles vary by organization.

Asure

Employee: Compensation Rate

maps to

Crelate

Candidate: Current Salary / Salary fields

lossy
Fully supported

Asure compensation rate (hourly, salary, or contractor rate) maps to a Crelate Candidate custom field, current_salary or desired_salary, depending on how the customer intends to use the field post-migration. Crelate does not have a mandatory pay-rate field; we configure the field type (currency) and label based on customer requirements. Note that Crelate salary fields are used for placement billing context, not payroll processing.

Asure

Employee: Employment Status

maps to

Crelate

Candidate: Status

1:1
Fully supported

Asure employment_status (Active, On Leave, Terminated, etc.) maps to Crelate Candidate status values. Active maps to an active candidate status; terminated maps to inactive or archived. The mapping table is defined during scoping because status labels differ between Asure tiers.

Asure

HR Documents: Offer Letters

maps to

Crelate

Candidate: Resume / Document Attachment

1:1
Fully supported

Asure offer letters and W-4 forms stored in the document repository migrate as Crelate Candidate attachments via the Crelate Resume Toolbox or standard file attachment. We extract the file from Asure's document store, map it to the corresponding Candidate record, and tag it with the document type. Crelate's Resume Toolbox processes attached documents for parsing if the customer enables that feature.

Asure

Employee: Emergency Contact

maps to

Crelate

Candidate: Custom Fields

lossy
Fully supported

Asure emergency contact information (name, relationship, phone) has no native Crelate Candidate field. We create custom text fields on the Candidate object to capture this data during migration. The customer must decide whether to populate these fields as part of the candidate record or exclude emergency contact data entirely given Crelate's recruiting context.

Asure

Employee Self-Service Portal: Address / Direct Deposit

maps to

Crelate

Candidate: Custom Fields or Excluded

lossy
Fully supported

Pending or recent address changes and direct deposit preferences from the Asure employee self-service portal have no Crelate equivalent. We extract these as a separate data file and deliver it alongside the migration, flagged for manual review. Direct deposit data is sensitive and should be handled per the customer's data security policy before migration.

Asure

Payroll Registers

maps to

Crelate

None

1:1
Fully supported

Historical payroll registers (earnings, deductions, taxes, net pay per pay period) have no schema in Crelate. Crelate is an ATS and recruiting CRM, not a payroll platform. We exclude payroll registers from the migration scope and document this in the scope letter. If the customer requires payroll history visibility in the future, a dedicated payroll reporting integration is the recommended path.

Asure

PTO / Accrual Balances

maps to

Crelate

None

1:1
Fully supported

PTO accrual ledgers and leave balances cannot migrate to Crelate because Crelate has no accrual or time-off tracking schema. We extract the balance snapshot as a static report at cutover and deliver it as a CSV alongside the migration. The customer's HR team uses this for continuity if they run both systems in parallel during a transition period.

Asure

Benefits Enrollments

maps to

Crelate

None

1:1
Mapping required

Health, dental, vision, and voluntary benefit elections tied to plan years do not migrate to Crelate. Crelate has no benefits administration module. We extract a benefits enrollment summary as a static report. Mid-year migration requires special handling: enrollments are isolated to the closed plan year, and any mid-year qualifying event changes are handled separately after cutover.

Asure

Tax Configurations

maps to

Crelate

None

1:1
Mapping required

Federal, state, and local tax withholding setups have no Crelate equivalent. We exclude tax configurations from migration scope and deliver a written inventory of active tax jurisdictions per employee as a reference file. This inventory is useful if the customer later selects a payroll platform to replace Asure.

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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Asure gotchas

Medium

Accrual balance carryover requires manual flush before migration

Medium

State-specific tax configurations vary by plan tier

Medium

Benefits plan-year effective dates can conflict with mid-year migration

Low

Background screening data via MyHRScreens is not exported through standard Asure APIs

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Crelate gotchas

High

120 req/min API rate limit throttles bulk migrations

High

20 custom field per-entity cap forces data model decisions

Medium

15,000-record export ceiling on single operations

Medium

Sequences and automation workflows do not migrate

Low

API key is a querystring parameter, not a header

Pair-specific challenges

  • Object-model gap means most Asure data has no Crelate home

    Asure HCM and Crelate ATS are different platform categories. Asure manages employees, payroll, PTO accruals, benefits enrollments, and tax withholding. Crelate manages candidates, job orders, placements, and client relationships for recruiting. We can migrate employee contact fields and employment history to Candidate records. We cannot migrate payroll registers, PTO balances, tax configurations, benefits enrollments, time-and-attendance logs, or accrual ledgers because Crelate has no schema for these. The scope gap must be agreed in writing before migration begins; otherwise customers expect data that cannot be placed.

  • Accrual balance carryover requires a static snapshot, not an active sync

    Asure PTO balances are running accrual ledgers that update continuously. If we import during an open accrual period, the destination may recalculate and overwrite the carryover. We freeze the balance snapshot at the pay-period cutover boundary, export it as a static report, and deliver it alongside the migration. The customer's HR team uses this report for continuity planning. Crelate does not process PTO, so the snapshot is the only record of balances at migration time.

  • Benefits plan-year effective dates can conflict with mid-year migration

    Benefits enrollments in Asure are tied to plan years with effective and termination dates. Migrating mid-year means employees will have two overlapping enrollment records if both systems maintain active benefits data in parallel. We isolate the enrollment data to the closed plan year, export it as a static report, and handle any mid-year qualifying event adjustments as a separate post-migration task. The customer must confirm the plan-year cutoff date before migration begins.

  • Background screening data via MyHRScreens is not exported through Asure APIs

    Asure's partnership with MyHRScreens for background checks is embedded in the hiring workflow but does not expose records via the standard data export. Candidate screening reports must be retrieved separately from MyHRScreens directly and manually linked to employee records in the destination. We flag this as a manual step in the migration scope and provide a template for linking the screening data post-migration.

  • Direct deposit and banking information should not be migrated to Crelate

    Asure stores direct deposit banking information in the employee record or self-service portal. This is sensitive payment data that has no use case in Crelate's recruiting context. We explicitly exclude direct deposit data from the migration payload and deliver it in a separate, encrypted file for the customer's finance or HR team to handle per their data security policy. Crelate's data handling agreements do not cover payroll banking data, so this boundary is contractual as well as technical.

Migration approach

Six steps for a successful Asure to Crelate data migration

  1. Discovery and scope definition

    We audit the Asure account across installed modules (payroll, time tracking, HR, benefits), active employee count, custom employee properties, document repository size, and active accrual period status. We pair this with a review of the intended Crelate use case: candidate sourcing, job order management, or placement tracking. The discovery output is a written migration scope that explicitly lists migratable objects (employee contact fields, employment history, HR documents) and excluded objects (payroll registers, PTO balances, tax configurations, benefits enrollments, direct deposit). Both parties sign off on scope before work begins.

  2. Custom field schema creation in Crelate

    We create the custom Candidate fields in Crelate that receive migrated data not covered by standard Crelate fields. This includes department, original_asure_id (for dedupe and cross-reference), employment_status mapping, salary fields, and emergency contact fields. Custom fields are deployed into a Crelate test environment before any data is written. The customer's Crelate admin reviews and approves the field configuration.

  3. Test migration and reconciliation

    We run a full test migration into a Crelate staging environment using production-like data volume. The customer's team spot-checks 25-50 random Candidate records against the Asure source, verifies field mapping accuracy, confirms custom field labels and formats, and signs off the test migration before production begins. Mapping corrections happen here, not in production.

  4. Static data extraction and delivery

    We extract the static data that cannot migrate: payroll register summary, PTO accrual balance snapshot at cutover, benefits enrollment summary by plan year, tax jurisdiction inventory per employee, and direct deposit data in a separate encrypted file. These are delivered as CSVs with record counts and a data dictionary. The customer's HR and finance teams receive these files as the authoritative record of pre-migration balances.

  5. Production migration of candidate records

    We run the production migration in two phases: (1) Active employee records mapped to Crelate Candidate records with status set appropriately, custom fields populated, and original Asure ID preserved for cross-reference. (2) HR documents (offer letters, W-4s, I-9s) attached to the corresponding Candidate records. Each phase emits a row-count reconciliation report before the next begins. Active employees use active Candidate status; terminated employees use inactive or archived status per the agreed mapping.

  6. Cutover, validation, and excluded-data handoff

    We freeze Asure writes during cutover, run a final delta migration of any records modified during the migration window, then mark Crelate as the system of record for candidate data. We deliver the static data package (payroll summary, PTO snapshot, benefits summary, tax inventory, direct deposit file) to the customer's designated HR and finance contacts with a data handling guide. We do not rebuild automations, workflows, or reporting structures because Crelate's automation model is a recruiting-specific feature set that does not overlap with Asure HCM.

Platform deep dives

Context on both ends of the pair

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Asure

Source

Strengths

  • Rapid payroll processing turnaround with high customer satisfaction on speed
  • Intuitive employee self-service portal accessible on mobile and desktop
  • Single platform consolidating payroll, time, HR, and benefits for small businesses
  • Mobile clock-in via AsureForce Mobile with geo-positioning verification
  • Integration ecosystem including UKG Workforce Central and background screening partners

Weaknesses

  • Customer support responsiveness is inconsistent; some users report long response times
  • Performance can degrade with occasional UI lag during high-volume payroll runs
  • Navigation and interface usability receive mixed reviews despite being described as intuitive
  • Limited documentation on API endpoints and schema for self-service export scenarios
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Crelate

Destination

Strengths

  • Unified ATS and CRM in a single platform reduces data synchronization overhead for recruiting teams.
  • Fast setup with guided implementation reported as a significant time saver for small teams.
  • Transparent per-seat pricing without surprise fees at the base tier.
  • Flexible custom field configuration across core objects without developer dependency.
  • Export capability supports up to 15,000 records per operation for Contacts, Companies, and Opportunities.

Weaknesses

  • API rate limit of 120 requests per minute restricts bulk migration throughput.
  • Custom field cap of 20 per entity requires field consolidation for complex recruiting schemas.
  • All advanced features (Activities, Activity Forms, Core Record Field customization) are tier-gated add-ons.
  • Customer service responsiveness receives consistent negative feedback in reviews.
  • Resume parsing quality trails competitors and generates support requests.

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 Asure and Crelate.

  • 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

    Asure: Not publicly documented.

  • Data volume sensitivity

    B

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

Estimator

Estimate your Asure to Crelate migration cost

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

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Frequently asked questions about Asure to Crelate data migrations

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Most migrations land between two and four weeks for accounts under 1,000 employees with clean contact data and no custom Asure fields. Migrations with large employment history records, multiple custom employee properties, or a phased cutover with a parallel-run reconciliation window move to five to eight weeks. The static data extraction (payroll summary, PTO snapshot, benefits summary) runs concurrently with the test migration and does not add to the critical path.

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