HRMS migration

Migrate from eArcu to Crelate

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

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eArcu

Source

Crelate

Destination

Crelate logo

Compatibility

67%

8 of 12

objects map 1:1 between eArcu and Crelate.

Complexity

BStandard

Timeline

3-5 weeks

Rollback included Accuracy guarantee Field-level validation

Overview

What this migration involves

Moving from eArcu to Crelate is a talent acquisition platform migration that must account for the post-acquisition schema split between the legacy eArcu stack and the PageUp unified brand. eArcu organises hiring data around Candidates, Requisitions, Applications, Assessments, and Hiring Stages, with configurable custom fields layered on top. Crelate combines an ATS, Recruiting CRM, and intelligent sourcing under its Living Platform model. We begin every engagement by confirming whether the source instance runs the legacy eArcu schema or the PageUp unified stack, because field naming conventions differ between the two and importing from the wrong definition produces malformed records. We preserve candidate stage-progression timestamps, assessment scores, and any attached documents. Crelate has no native assessment object; we map cognitive, personality, and situational judgement scores to custom contact fields. Workflows, automations, career site configurations, and onboarding packages do not migrate as code. We deliver a written rebuild guide for these so the customer's admin can reconstruct them post-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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eArcu

What's pushing teams away

  • After the PageUp brand consolidation following the EQT acquisition, some customers evaluate alternatives when their contract renewal aligns with the rebrand rollout timeline.
  • Customers seeking a broader HCM footprint beyond talent acquisition eventually consolidate onto platforms like Workday or SAP SuccessFactors that offer payroll and core HR in a single suite.
  • Organisations with complex multi-country hiring requirements report that localisation and compliance features for certain regions lag behind purpose-built global HR platforms.

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 eArcu objects map to Crelate

Each row shows how a eArcu 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.

eArcu

Candidate

maps to

Crelate

Contact

1:1
Fully supported

eArcu Candidate records carrying name, contact details, work history, and ta scores map directly to Crelate Contact. We extract all standard fields (first_name, last_name, email, phone, address, current_title, current_company) and map any custom profile properties to Crelate custom fields under Core Records > Contacts. During discovery we confirm whether the source schema is legacy eArcu or PageUp unified, because field naming conventions differ. Assessment scores stored as linked candidate records migrate to custom number or text fields on the Contact. The candidate deduplication key is email address.

eArcu

Job Requisition

maps to

Crelate

Job

1:1
Fully supported

eArcu Requisitions including title, department, location, employment type, and pipeline assignment map to Crelate Jobs. We map requisition metadata and preserve any custom approval workflow configurations by documenting them as a configuration reference for Crelate's admin to rebuild. Job status (open, filled, cancelled) maps directly. The primary eArcu hiring manager on the requisition becomes the Crelate Job Owner.

eArcu

Application

maps to

Crelate

Application

1:1
Fully supported

eArcu Application records link a Candidate to a Requisition with timestamps for each stage transition. These map directly to Crelate's Application object. We preserve the full stage history per application including stage-entry dates, which we translate to the Crelate pipeline's stage model. Application source (direct, referral, job board) migrates as a custom field if not a native Crelate field.

eArcu

Hiring Stage / Pipeline Stage

maps to

Crelate

Pipeline Stage

lossy
Fully supported

eArcu supports configurable pipeline stages per requisition. We extract the full stage history per application and map each eArcu stage name to a corresponding Crelate pipeline stage. Stage-entry dates and stage-transition timestamps are preserved as activity date fields on the Crelate Application record. Crelate pipeline stages are configured under Settings > Pipelines > Stages before application data loads.

eArcu

Assessment

maps to

Crelate

Custom Fields on Contact

lossy
Fully supported

Cognitive test results, personality questionnaire scores, and situational judgement data are stored as linked records in eArcu. Crelate has no native assessment object, so we export raw scores and assessment types as a separate dataset and map them to custom number or picklist fields on the Crelate Contact record. We coordinate with the customer during scoping to define the exact field names, types, and picklist values that match their reporting needs. Assessment metadata (test date, test type, provider) migrates as additional custom fields.

eArcu

Document / Attachment

maps to

Crelate

File Attachment on Contact or Job

1:1
Fully supported

CVs, cover letters, and supporting files attached to candidates or applications are binary blobs stored in eArcu's document store. We extract the files and re-upload them to Crelate, preserving original filenames and attaching them to the correct Contact or Application record. We flag any files that cannot be linked to a valid parent record for manual resolution. File type, size, and upload date are preserved in Crelate's attachment metadata.

eArcu

Hiring Team / User

maps to

Crelate

User

1:1
Fully supported

eArcu User accounts, roles, and permissions define who can view or act on requisitions and candidates. We export the user roster with role assignments and map to Crelate's permission model. User provisioning in Crelate requires the customer's admin to create the User records (since Crelate manages user lifecycle natively). We provide a user mapping spreadsheet with email, name, role, and the corresponding Crelate permission set. Any eArcu user without a Crelate counterpart goes to a reconciliation queue for the admin to resolve.

eArcu

Offer

maps to

Crelate

Custom Fields on Job or Application

lossy
Fully supported

eArcu Offer records include compensation details, start dates, and approval status. Where Crelate has a dedicated offer module (Business Plus tier), we map fields directly. In the absence of a dedicated offer object, we attach offer data as custom properties on the Job or Application record. Compensation amount, currency, start date, and approval status migrate as text or date custom fields. We confirm the offer model with the customer during discovery.

eArcu

Career Site Content

maps to

Crelate

Content Reference

lossy
Mapping required

Career portal pages, job board widgets, and branding assets in eArcu are HTML and CSS configurations rather than structured database records. These do not migrate as transferable assets. We export the content export package where available, document the page structure and any active job board widget configurations, and deliver a rebuild guide for Crelate's portal builder and Custom CSS settings. The customer recreates career site content in Crelate using the document as a blueprint.

eArcu

Onboarding Package

maps to

Crelate

Rebuild Guide

1:1
Fully supported

Animated onboarding packages and structured onboarding task sequences are platform-native eArcu configurations that cannot be meaningfully transferred to Crelate. We do not migrate them as records. We document the existing package structure — task sequence, responsible parties, document checklists, and timeline — as a detailed rebuild guide that the customer's admin uses to configure equivalent onboarding steps in Crelate or a separate onboarding tool. This guide is delivered as part of the standard migration package.

eArcu

Custom Fields (Candidates)

maps to

Crelate

Custom Fields on Contact

1:1
Fully supported

eArcu custom fields layered on the Candidate object (beyond standard name, email, phone) require pre-configuration in Crelate before migration. We extract the full custom field schema during discovery — field name, type (text, number, date, picklist, checkbox), and any validation rules — and pre-create these as Crelate Core Record custom fields under Settings > Core Records > Contacts. Field type mapping follows Crelate's supported types: text fields map to Text, numeric scores to Numbers (Integer or Decimal), date fields to Date, and picklist values to Picklist with the options migrated as Crelate picklist values.

eArcu

Activity History (Stage Transitions)

maps to

Crelate

Application Activity Timeline

1:1
Fully supported

eArcu records every stage transition on an Application with a timestamp and optional note. We extract this history and load it into Crelate's Application activity timeline using Crelate's API or activity import tools. Each stage transition appears as a timestamped activity entry with the stage name and any associated notes. This preserves the full candidate progression audit trail that recruiters rely on during compliance reviews and placement audits.

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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eArcu gotchas

High

Post-acquisition brand consolidation creates schema ambiguity

Medium

No publicly documented API limits export feasibility

Low

Onboarding content cannot be programmatically migrated

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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

  • Post-acquisition schema ambiguity must be resolved before extraction

    eArcu was acquired and merged into PageUp's unified brand following the EQT acquisition. Migration scoping must determine whether the source instance uses the legacy eArcu schema or the PageUp unified stack. Field names, object identifiers, and export formats differ between the two versions, and importing from the wrong schema definition produces malformed records in Crelate. We confirm the source schema version during discovery and apply the corresponding field mapping before any extraction begins. Skipping this step results in a failed first load that requires a full re-extraction.

  • eArcu has no publicly documented API, so extraction may require manual export

    The research surfaced no publicly available API documentation or rate-limit specifications for eArcu. Without a confirmed API endpoint, migration scoping must establish whether the customer has an active integration account that grants API access, or whether data export relies on the platform's built-in reporting and manual download tools. We scope this gap during the discovery call and plan extraction accordingly. Manual CSV exports must be requested from eArcu's support or account management team, which can introduce delays of days to weeks depending on the vendor's responsiveness.

  • Crelate has no native assessment object, requiring custom field pre-configuration

    Crelate does not have a dedicated assessment object. Cognitive test results, personality questionnaire scores, and situational judgement data from eArcu must be mapped to custom fields on the Crelate Contact record. The customer must define which fields to create, their data types, and any picklist values during pre-configuration. We cannot load assessment data until Crelate's custom field schema is confirmed, which adds a dependency to the migration timeline. We coordinate this during the schema design phase and deliver a custom field specification sheet for the customer's Crelate admin to create before the data load phase.

  • Career site and onboarding content cannot be programmatically transferred

    Career portal HTML and CSS configurations in eArcu do not export as structured database records. Similarly, animated onboarding packages and structured task sequences are platform-native configurations that cannot be meaningfully transferred to Crelate. We document the existing career site structure and onboarding package as rebuild guides. The customer's admin must recreate career site content in Crelate's portal builder and configure onboarding steps manually post-migration. We flag any branding assets (logos, CSS custom properties) as extractable files and re-upload them separately.

  • Document attachment linking requires parent record resolution before re-upload

    CVs, cover letters, and supporting files in eArcu are stored with a reference to a parent candidate or application record. We extract the files and their attachment metadata, then re-upload them to Crelate by resolving the parent record (Candidate to Contact, Application to Application) via email match or application ID. Any files orphaned because the parent candidate record was not successfully migrated go to a reconciliation queue. Crelate's attachment storage limits and any per-plan storage caps must be confirmed before loading large document libraries.

Migration approach

Six steps for a successful eArcu to Crelate data migration

  1. Discovery and schema version confirmation

    We audit the source eArcu instance to confirm whether it runs on the legacy eArcu schema or the PageUp unified stack, because this determines field naming conventions and export format. We catalogue all standard and custom fields on Candidates, Requisitions, Applications, Assessments, and Users, and count records across each object. We also establish the extraction mechanism: confirmed API access, integration credentials, or manual export request through eArcu account management. The discovery output is a written migration scope with object inventory, schema version confirmation, and a field-level mapping draft for the customer's review.

  2. Crelate custom field pre-configuration

    Before any data load, we work with the customer's Crelate admin to pre-create all custom fields required for the migration. This includes custom fields on Contact for assessment scores, application metadata fields, offer data fields, and any eArcu custom properties that do not have a native Crelate equivalent. We deliver a custom field specification document (field name, type, picklist values) and guide the admin through creation under Settings > Core Records. Crelate pipeline stages are also configured at this stage to match the eArcu stage model. Schema pre-configuration cannot be skipped because Crelate rejects records with unmapped field references during import.

  3. Data extraction and transformation

    We extract data from eArcu using the confirmed mechanism (API or manual export). For manual exports, we coordinate with the customer to request the export package from eArcu support or retrieve it from the built-in reporting tools. We transform the extracted data into the Crelate import format, applying field-type mapping (eArcu date formats to Crelate-compatible dates, eArcu picklist values to Crelate picklist values, etc.), deduplication by email for Candidates, and parent-record ID resolution for linked objects. Assessment data is extracted as a separate dataset for custom field population. Stage transition history is extracted with timestamps and preserved for the activity timeline load.

  4. Staging migration and reconciliation

    We run a full migration into Crelate's staging environment (or a sandbox org if available) using production-like data volume. The customer's talent operations lead reconciles record counts across all objects, spot-checks 25-50 candidate profiles against the source data, and validates that stage progression timestamps, assessment scores, and document attachments appear correctly. We resolve any mapping corrections in this phase before production migration begins. Crelate's built-in field mapping tool for custom forms is reviewed at this stage to confirm that any post-migration form workflows are aligned with the migrated field schema.

  5. Production migration in dependency order

    We run the production migration in record-dependency order: Crelate Users (provisioned by the admin and mapped by email), Contacts (from eArcu Candidates with assessment scores mapped to custom fields), Jobs (from eArcu Requisitions), Applications (with stage history and pipeline stage references resolved), Activity history for stage transitions, and Documents (attached to the correct Contact or Application). Each phase emits a row-count reconciliation report before the next phase begins. Any records rejected during import are held in an error queue for investigation and re-load.

  6. Cutover, document handoff, and rebuild guide delivery

    We freeze eArcu writes during cutover and run a final delta migration of any records created or modified during the migration window. We enable Crelate as the system of record once the delta is confirmed clean. We deliver the career site content rebuild guide, the onboarding package structure document, and the workflow and automation inventory to the customer's admin team. We support a five-business-day hypercare window where we resolve any reconciliation issues raised by the recruiting team. We do not rebuild workflows, automations, or career site content inside the migration scope.

Platform deep dives

Context on both ends of the pair

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eArcu

Source

Strengths

  • End-to-end talent acquisition covering career sites, ATS, assessments, and onboarding in one platform.
  • Configurable hiring pipelines and stage definitions per requisition type.
  • Integrated assessment suite reducing reliance on third-party screening vendors.
  • Responsive candidate-facing portal with real-time application status updates.
  • Social recruitment tools distributing job postings directly to LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter.

Weaknesses

  • Public API documentation is not readily accessible, limiting direct integrations and migration tooling options.
  • Following the PageUp brand consolidation, customers may face uncertainty about product roadmap direction and support continuity.
  • Enterprise-grade reporting and analytics capabilities lag behind standalone BI platforms.
  • No publicly documented bulk export or migration tooling to facilitate data portability.
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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 eArcu 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

    eArcu: Not publicly documented.

  • Data volume sensitivity

    B

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

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Most migrations land between three and five weeks for accounts under 5,000 candidates and 500 requisitions where a documented API or manual export is available and the source schema is confirmed. Migrations complicated by schema ambiguity (legacy eArcu vs PageUp unified), large document libraries, custom assessment score datasets, or multiple hiring pipeline configurations extend to eight to twelve weeks because of the discovery overhead, manual export coordination with eArcu, custom field pre-configuration in Crelate, and extended staging validation.

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