HRMS migration

Migrate from Eddy to Recruit CRM & ATS

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

Eddy logo

Eddy

Source

Recruit CRM & ATS

Destination

Recruit CRM & ATS logo

Compatibility

90%

9 of 10

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

Complexity

BStandard

Timeline

2-4 weeks

Rollback included Accuracy guarantee Field-level validation

Overview

What this migration involves

Migrating from Eddy to Recruit CRM is a domain shift from an HRMS platform to an applicant tracking and recruitment CRM. Eddy is built for small businesses to manage onboarding, PTO, payroll, and employee documents; Recruit CRM is purpose-built for recruitment agencies to manage candidates, jobs, clients, and placements. The migration maps Eddy employee records to Recruit CRM candidate profiles, with work history and contact details preserved, company directory entries mapped to Recruit CRM client records, and employee documents transferred as attachments. Eddy's HRMS-specific objects including PTO balances, training records, payroll data, onboarding workflows, and company settings have no native Recruit CRM equivalents. We extract and deliver these as structured exports for manual entry or third-party HR tools post-migration. Workflows, automations, and HR-specific policies do not migrate; we deliver a written inventory for the customer's admin to rebuild.

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

Eddy logo

Eddy

What's pushing teams away

  • Reporting limitations frustrate teams requiring custom HR analytics—reviewers explicitly note needing workarounds for basic workforce reports.
  • Incomplete payroll integration means users manage HR records in Eddy but run payroll separately, reducing the all-in-one value proposition.
  • Limited customization of workflows and fields forces growing companies to adopt workarounds that do not scale past 50–100 employees.
  • Some users note missing features common in dedicated payroll or benefits platforms, requiring data re-entry between systems.
  • Custom field support is restricted, pushing companies with industry-specific HR requirements toward more flexible alternatives.

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 Eddy objects map to Recruit CRM & ATS

Each row shows how a Eddy 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.

Eddy

Employee

maps to

Recruit CRM & ATS

Candidate

1:1
Fully supported

Eddy employee records map to Recruit CRM candidate profiles. We extract first name, last name, email, phone, job title, department, hire date, employment status, and work location as standard candidate fields. Eddy's employee directory hierarchy transfers as Recruit CRM candidate tagging by department. Employment status (active, on leave, terminated) migrates as a custom candidate field and is noted for admin review since it carries different meaning in a recruitment context.

Eddy

Company Settings / Organization

maps to

Recruit CRM & ATS

Client

1:1
Fully supported

Eddy's company-level settings including business name and locations map to Recruit CRM client records. The company name becomes the client organization name, and primary location becomes the client address. This is a structural simplification since Recruit CRM does not have an org-level settings object—company data lives as client records. We flag which fields require admin review after import.

Eddy

Department

maps to

Recruit CRM & ATS

Tag or Custom Field

lossy
Fully supported

Eddy departments have no direct Recruit CRM equivalent. We map department names to Recruit CRM tags on candidate and client records. During scoping, the customer selects whether departments map to candidate skills tags, client industry tags, or a dedicated custom picklist field. This is a configuration decision confirmed before production import.

Eddy

Documents

maps to

Recruit CRM & ATS

Candidate Attachment

1:1
Fully supported

Eddy employee documents (offer letters, contracts, signed agreements, certifications) migrate as Recruit CRM candidate attachments. We extract file blobs with original filenames and preserve upload timestamps. Document type classification from Eddy (offer letter, NDA, benefits form) is noted in the filename or a custom field since Recruit CRM attachments do not have a native type taxonomy.

Eddy

Onboarding Workflows

maps to

Recruit CRM & ATS

Candidate Note or Checklist

1:1
Mapping required

Eddy onboarding step checklists and task assignments have no native Recruit CRM equivalent. We extract active onboarding tasks and completed steps as candidate notes with a timestamp and assignee, preserving what was done but not the workflow structure itself. The customer receives a written inventory of onboarding tasks requiring rebuild as Recruit CRM checklist items or a separate HR onboarding tool.

Eddy

Employee Status / Employment History

maps to

Recruit CRM & ATS

Candidate Note

1:1
Fully supported

Eddy employment status changes, termination dates, and status change reasons migrate as candidate notes. We extract the status history timeline and attach it as a chronological note block on the candidate record so the full employment trajectory is visible to recruiters in Recruit CRM.

Eddy

PTO Policy

maps to

Recruit CRM & ATS

(no equivalent)

1:1
Fully supported

Eddy PTO policies, accrual rates, and carry-forward rules have no Recruit CRM equivalent. Recruit CRM is an ATS and does not include HR time-off tracking. We export PTO policy configurations as a structured CSV deliverable for the customer's HR team to enter into their chosen HRMS or payroll tool post-migration.

Eddy

Training Record

maps to

Recruit CRM & ATS

(no equivalent)

1:1
Fully supported

Eddy training completion records and certifications tied to employees have no Recruit CRM equivalent. Recruit CRM does not include training or certification tracking. We export training history as a structured CSV including employee name, training name, completion date, and expiration date for manual entry into the destination HR or compliance tool.

Eddy

Payroll Data

maps to

Recruit CRM & ATS

(no equivalent)

1:1
Mapping required

Eddy payroll data including pay run history, compensation amounts, and payroll integration records are not fully exportable via API. Reviewers consistently note incomplete integration between Eddy's HR and payroll modules. We extract any available payroll records via CSV export where accessible and flag which records require manual extraction or reconciliation before migration finalization.

Eddy

Company Settings

maps to

Recruit CRM & ATS

Client Record

1:1
Mapping required

Eddy company settings including locations, policy configurations, and org-level preferences have no dedicated Recruit CRM object. We map location data to Recruit CRM client address fields and deliver a written inventory of policy settings requiring manual reconfiguration in Recruit CRM or a companion HR tool.

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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Eddy gotchas

High

Contract data cannot be exported via API

Medium

Reporting limitations require workarounds

Medium

Payroll and HR integration is incomplete

Low

Per-employee pricing counts all employees including inactive

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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

  • Contract data cannot be exported via Eddy API

    The Eddy platform does not allow programmatic export of contract data including employment terms, salary structures, and contractual splits. Teams relying on Eddy for employee contract storage must manually export these documents before migration scoping begins. We flag which employee records have associated contracts during discovery, document the manual export requirement, and recommend exporting and organizing contract files before cutover to avoid gaps in the document archive.

  • No native equivalent for PTO, onboarding, or payroll

    Eddy's core HRMS objects—PTO balances, onboarding workflows, and payroll data—have no structural equivalent in Recruit CRM, which is an ATS designed for candidate and placement management, not HR administration. We extract these as structured CSV exports for manual entry into a companion HR tool, but they do not migrate as records. The customer should plan to maintain a separate HRMS for PTO tracking and payroll, or consolidate these functions into an alternative platform post-migration.

  • Department and role structures do not map directly

    Eddy's organizational hierarchy (departments, reporting lines, job titles) does not have a native equivalent in Recruit CRM's candidate-client data model. Departments must be reclassified as candidate tags, client industry labels, or custom picklist fields during migration. We confirm the tagging strategy during scoping, but any organizational context beyond candidate skills requires manual classification or a post-migration data cleanup pass.

  • Google Calendar sync does not reflect deleted meetings in Recruit CRM

    Recruit CRM's Google Calendar integration does not sync deleted meetings back to Recruit CRM from the calendar. A Reddit thread in r/RecruitmentAgencies documents this limitation as a pain point for agencies relying on calendar-based activity tracking. Teams should verify whether their calendar hygiene practices depend on bidirectional deletion sync and document any processes that need adjustment after migration.

  • Inactive employee records affect Eddy pricing during transition

    Eddy bills per employee including terminated employees unless manually removed from the platform. During migration scoping, we confirm whether inactive employee records should be migrated to Recruit CRM or archived. Migrating inactive records inflates both Eddy's final billing cycle and Recruit CRM's initial record count, affecting migration cost estimates and subscription pricing during the transition window.

Migration approach

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

  1. Discovery and Eddy export scoping

    We audit all migratable Eddy objects including employee records, company directory, departments, documents, and any available payroll CSV exports. We identify which records should migrate (active employees as candidates, terminated employees as archival notes), which require manual export (contracts, payroll data), and which have no Recruit CRM equivalent (PTO policies, training records, onboarding workflows). The discovery output is a written scope confirming object counts, document volumes, and a field-level mapping plan for each migratable object.

  2. Field mapping and tagging strategy

    We design the field-to-field mapping from Eddy employee properties to Recruit CRM candidate fields, confirming which Eddy properties (job title, department, location, hire date, employment status) map directly and which require transformation. We also confirm the department tagging strategy—departments as candidate skills tags, client industry tags, or a custom picklist field—before any data moves. Document field names and attachment types are aligned to Recruit CRM's supported formats.

  3. Staging migration and reconciliation

    We run a full migration into Recruit CRM's test environment using production data volumes. The customer reconciles record counts, spot-checks candidate profiles against source employee records, confirms that document attachments are present and readable, and validates the tagging and custom field structure. Any field mapping corrections happen at this stage before production import begins.

  4. Production migration in dependency order

    We run production migration in record-dependency order: client records first (from Eddy company settings), then candidate records (from Eddy employees) with department tags resolved, then document attachments linked to the correct candidate record. Each phase emits a row-count reconciliation report. We extract any available payroll and PTO data via CSV export for separate delivery and flag any records that required manual export from Eddy.

  5. Cutover, validation, and HRMS handoff

    We freeze writes in Eddy during cutover, run a final delta migration of records modified during the migration window, then enable Recruit CRM as the system of record for candidate and client data. We deliver the structured CSV exports for PTO, training records, and payroll data for manual entry into the customer's chosen HR or payroll tool, along with a written inventory of onboarding workflows and automations requiring rebuild. We support a brief hypercare window to resolve reconciliation issues reported in the first week of live use.

Platform deep dives

Context on both ends of the pair

Eddy logo

Eddy

Source

Strengths

  • Per-employee pricing with transparent base fees makes costs predictable for small teams.
  • Integrated onboarding, PTO, and document storage covers foundational HR needs in one tool.
  • Positive review themes consistently cite ease of use and intuitive navigation for HR tasks.
  • Strong customer support ratings distinguish Eddy from similarly-priced HRMS competitors.
  • Guided onboarding workflows reduce manual steps for new hire setup.

Weaknesses

  • Limited reporting and analytics requires third-party tools for basic workforce insights.
  • Payroll module integration is incomplete, forcing teams to run payroll outside the platform.
  • Custom field support is restricted, limiting adaptability for industry-specific HR needs.
  • Feature set does not scale well past 100 employees, based on reviewer feedback.
  • Contract and catalog metadata exports are not fully supported via API in music/entertainment use cases.
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 Eddy 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

    Eddy: Not publicly documented..

  • Data volume sensitivity

    B

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

Estimator

Estimate your Eddy to Recruit CRM & ATS migration cost

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

Step 1

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions about Eddy to Recruit CRM & ATS data migrations

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Most migrations land between two and four weeks for accounts under 5,000 employee records with clean data and no complex multi-file exports. Migrations with high document attachment volumes, complex department hierarchies, or records requiring manual contract export move to five to eight weeks. We recommend adding an extra one to two weeks for data cleanup if the Eddy employee database has duplicate records or inconsistent department naming.

Adjacent paths

Related migrations to explore

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