HRMS migration

Migrate from greytHR to Recruit CRM & ATS

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

greytHR logo

greytHR

Source

Recruit CRM & ATS

Destination

Recruit CRM & ATS logo

Compatibility

92%

11 of 12

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

Complexity

BStandard

Timeline

2-4 weeks

Rollback included Accuracy guarantee Field-level validation

Overview

What this migration involves

Moving from greytHR to Recruit CRM is a cross-domain migration that requires explicit scope definition because the two platforms serve different functions. greytHR is a full-suite HRMS and payroll platform covering the Indian statutory stack, employee lifecycle management, and attendance processing for SMEs. Recruit CRM is a cloud-based ATS and recruitment CRM for staffing and agency recruiters that tracks candidates, clients, job orders, and placement pipelines. There is no direct equivalent in Recruit CRM for greytHR's employee records, payroll runs, statutory compliance fields, leave balances, or attendance data. We map the candidate, contact, and job data that can migrate cleanly, flag every greytHR module with no destination target, and deliver a structured handoff document so your team knows exactly what requires manual re-entry or a parallel system. Recruit CRM's unlimited free trial, per-user pricing starting at $85 per month, and 2-3 hour onboarding contrasts with greytHR's per-employee model and month-end statutory processing workflow, which shapes how companies time the 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

greytHR logo

greytHR

What's pushing teams away

  • Performance degradation at scale — multiple reviewers on G2 and Capterra report slow page loads and frequent manual refreshes required to complete routine operations.
  • Mid-to-large companies outgrow the platform when they need advanced workforce analytics, multi-country payroll, or deep integration with ERP systems that greytHR does not natively support.
  • Attendance sync reliability issues surface in reviews: swipe data occasionally fails to register, requiring manual regularization steps that erode trust in the system.
  • Switching mid-year creates anxiety around statutory filings (PF, ESI) — companies worry that migrating in the middle of a compliance cycle will cause government-filing errors or penalties.

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 greytHR objects map to Recruit CRM & ATS

Each row shows how a greytHR 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.

greytHR

Employee

maps to

Recruit CRM & ATS

Candidate

1:1
Fully supported

greytHR Employee records are the primary candidate source when migrating hiring data. We extract employee first name, last name, personal email, phone, current designation, department, date of joining, and resume or CV files where attached. The mapping discards statutory fields (UAN, PF, ESI, PAN, Aadhaar) because Recruit CRM has no equivalent fields for government compliance identifiers. Where greytHR stores former employees with an exit date, we map them as inactive Candidates with a status flag rather than active placements.

greytHR

Candidate records (greytHR ATS module)

maps to

Recruit CRM & ATS

Candidate

1:1
Fully supported

If greytHR's ATS module was used, candidate records map directly to Recruit CRM Candidates using email as the dedupe key. Skills, work history, education, and source attribution migrate to Recruit CRM's corresponding Candidate fields. Candidate status from greytHR maps to Recruit CRM's pipeline stage values.

greytHR

Position History

maps to

Recruit CRM & ATS

Candidate Work History

1:1
Mapping required

greytHR stores department, designation, grade, and location changes with effective dates as a position history timeline. We extract the most recent designation and department as the primary work history entry in Recruit CRM, preserving the full timeline as candidate notes for audit purposes. If Recruit CRM is configured with structured work history fields, we map the most recent two positions with dates and job title.

greytHR

Company

maps to

Recruit CRM & ATS

Client

1:1
Fully supported

greytHR Company records (if the HRMS module tracks client or vendor companies alongside employees) map to Recruit CRM Client records. The company name, website, industry, and contact person details transfer. Note that greytHR does not typically store client companies unless used for agency billing; if no Company records exist in greytHR, this object is skipped.

greytHR

Job Opening (greytHR ATS)

maps to

Recruit CRM & ATS

Job

1:1
Fully supported

greytHR job postings and requisitions map to Recruit CRM Jobs with job title, description, location, employment type, and salary range. Job status (open, filled, on hold) maps to Recruit CRM status flags. Active jobs migrate as open Jobs; filled jobs migrate as closed Jobs with placement references.

greytHR

Placement

maps to

Recruit CRM & ATS

Placement

1:1
Fully supported

Hired candidate records from greytHR map to Recruit CRM Placements with candidate link, client link, job link, start date, and billing terms. Where greytHR stores placement fee and commission data, we map it to Recruit CRM's placement records. If greytHR does not have a placement object, this step is skipped and documented as a gap.

greytHR

Custom Fields

maps to

Recruit CRM & ATS

Custom Fields

lossy
Mapping required

greytHR allows custom fields on employee and candidate records using a List of Values (LOV) system. We export both the custom field values and the LOV definitions, then map them to Recruit CRM custom fields of the matching type (text, picklist, number, date). LOV values are re-created as picklist options in Recruit CRM before data import.

greytHR

Employee Self Service portal data

maps to

Recruit CRM & ATS

Not applicable

1:1
Fully supported

greytHR ESS portal data (mobile app access records, payslip download history, leave request logs) has no equivalent in Recruit CRM because Recruit CRM does not manage employee self-service or payslip distribution. We flag this as a gap in the handoff document. If the customer used greytHR ESS for candidate-facing onboarding communication, the data does not migrate.

greytHR

Payroll Runs

maps to

Recruit CRM & ATS

Not applicable

1:1
Mapping required

Payslip data (gross, deductions, net pay) is exportable from greytHR but Recruit CRM has no payroll module. We export payroll run summaries as reference documents for the customer's finance team but do not map them to Recruit CRM records. Payroll reconfiguration must happen in the customer's chosen payroll platform separately.

greytHR

Statutory Compliance (PF/ESI/TDS)

maps to

Recruit CRM & ATS

Not applicable

1:1
Fully supported

UAN, PF numbers, ESI numbers, PAN, and TDS section data are stored as structured fields on greytHR Employee records. Recruit CRM has no equivalent for government compliance identifiers. We export statutory fields as a standalone CSV reference file and flag them as high-priority for manual preservation in the customer's official PF/ESI portal downloads before the greytHR account is closed.

greytHR

Leave Management

maps to

Recruit CRM & ATS

Not applicable

1:1
Fully supported

Leave entitlement, accrual, usage history, carry-forward balances, and encashment records do not map to Recruit CRM because Recruit CRM tracks candidate hiring status, not employee leave entitlements. We export current leave balances as a snapshot CSV. Carry-forward and encashment logic must be reconfigured in the customer's destination HRMS or payroll platform separately.

greytHR

Attendance Records

maps to

Recruit CRM & ATS

Not applicable

1:1
Fully supported

greytHR stores swipe logs, shift schedules, overtime, and regularization data. Recruit CRM has no attendance tracking module. We export attendance records as CSV snapshots but do not map them to Recruit CRM records. Attendance reconfiguration requires a separate HRMS or time-tracking 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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greytHR gotchas

High

Statutory field data quality directly impacts government filings

Medium

Attendance regularization status does not always reflect true swipe data

Medium

Leave carry-forward and encashment rules are policy-specific, not record-specific

Medium

API lacks documented bulk export endpoint for historical payroll data

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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

  • No destination fields for greytHR statutory and payroll data

    Recruit CRM has no equivalent for greytHR's statutory compliance fields (UAN, PF, ESI, PAN, Aadhaar), payroll runs, or leave balances. Migrations that assume these records will appear in Recruit CRM will be disappointed. We handle this by exporting statutory and payroll data as standalone CSV snapshots during scoping, flagging each module as requiring a separate destination system, and delivering an official PF/ESI portal download checklist before the greytHR account is closed. Customers who need ongoing statutory filing must retain greytHR access or migrate to a payroll platform as a parallel project.

  • greytHR ATS module must be explicitly confirmed as active

    greytHR is primarily an HRMS and payroll platform. Its ATS module for tracking candidates and job openings is a secondary feature. Some customers using greytHR for payroll and employee management have not activated the ATS module at all. We confirm ATS module status during discovery and audit the greytHR candidate table directly. If no candidate records exist, the migration scope reduces to employee record extraction for downstream HRMS use and the migration may not justify the project cost.

  • greytHR API lacks documented bulk export and rate limits

    The greytHR API v2 exposes employee, leave, attendance, and payroll endpoints but does not document a bulk export method or rate limits. Based on community reports and API structure, we implement throttled sequential reads and resume-from-cursor logic to handle large employee bases without hitting undocumented limits. We also recommend a supplemental manual export of candidate and job records from the greytHR ATS UI for audit trail completeness before API-based migration begins.

  • Cross-domain data-model gap creates duplicate contact risk

    greytHR Employee records (with personal email and phone) and greytHR Candidate records (if ATS was used) may overlap if the same person appears in both modules. Recruit CRM uses email as the dedupe key for Candidates. We run a pre-migration deduplication pass to merge any duplicate records and prevent the same person from appearing twice in the recruitment pipeline after migration. The dedupe pass adds 3-5 business days to the project timeline depending on record count.

  • Recruit CRM migration requires active subscription for data export

    Recruit CRM's documented migration process requires an active subscription for data exports. Inverting the migration direction means greytHR data is being exported while Recruit CRM is being set up. We coordinate the timeline so that Recruit CRM trial or paid subscription is active before migration imports begin, and we flag that any greytHR data exports must be completed before the greytHR account is downgraded or closed to avoid data loss.

Migration approach

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

  1. Discovery and ATS module confirmation

    We confirm whether greytHR's ATS module is active and populated by running a direct API query against the candidate and job endpoints. If no candidate records exist, we scope the migration as an employee record extraction only and discuss whether a downstream HRMS migration would be more appropriate than a Recruit CRM migration. We also inventory custom fields, LOV definitions, active job postings, and placement records to establish the full candidate-facing scope. Statutory and payroll modules are documented as out-of-scope for Recruit CRM with an explicit gap list delivered to the customer.

  2. Data-model gap analysis and handoff planning

    We produce a written data-model gap analysis that lists every greytHR module, its Recruit CRM equivalent (or explicit lack thereof), and the recommended handling for each. Statutory fields, payroll runs, leave balances, and attendance records are flagged as requiring export-only handling and a separate destination system. This document is the primary deliverable that allows the customer's HR and finance teams to plan parallel migrations to a payroll platform if needed.

  3. Deduplication and data cleanup

    We extract all greytHR Employee and Candidate records, run an email-based deduplication pass to merge duplicates, standardize name formatting, and clean malformed contact data. Where picklist values from greytHR LOVs have no Recruit CRM equivalent, we create matching picklist options in Recruit CRM before import begins. This step adds 3-5 business days and must complete before any Recruit CRM imports run.

  4. Recruit CRM configuration and sandbox import

    We configure Recruit CRM custom fields, picklists, pipeline stages, and client records in the destination environment. If a Sandbox environment is available, we run a full import validation with production-like data volume before the production cutover. The customer's recruiting lead spot-checks 25-50 candidate records for field accuracy and signs off the schema and mapping before production migration begins.

  5. Production migration in dependency order

    We run production migration in record-dependency order: Clients (from greytHR Company records), Candidates (from greytHR Employee and Candidate records with dedupe applied), Jobs (from greytHR job postings), Placements (hired candidates with client and job links), and Custom Field values. Statutory, payroll, leave, and attendance data are exported as CSV snapshots on the same day and delivered to the customer with a portal download checklist for official government filings.

  6. Cutover, validation, and handoff

    We freeze greytHR writes during cutover and run a final delta export of any records modified during the migration window. Recruit CRM is enabled as the recruitment system of record. We deliver the data-model gap analysis, statutory export CSVs, and the official PF/ESI portal download checklist to the customer's admin team. We support a one-week hypercare window for reconciliation issues. We do not rebuild greytHR workflows, leave policies, or payroll configurations in Recruit CRM because those features do not exist in the destination platform; we deliver written recommendations for a parallel payroll platform migration if ongoing statutory filing is required.

Platform deep dives

Context on both ends of the pair

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greytHR

Source

Strengths

  • Covers the full Indian statutory stack (PF, ESI, TDS, state labor codes) within a single platform.
  • Per-employee pricing model is transparent and affordable for companies with 50–500 employees.
  • Employee Self Service mobile app lets workers handle leave, attendance, and payslips without HR intervention.
  • Reporting covers 150+ pre-built HR and payroll reports out of the box.
  • No long-term contract commitments — month-to-month subscription with annual option.

Weaknesses

  • API documentation is limited; public-facing API reference covers only core modules and does not document rate limits or bulk endpoints.
  • Performance degrades under larger employee counts; reviews report sluggish UI and frequent refresh requirements.
  • Lacks native multi-country payroll support, limiting use for companies expanding beyond India.
  • Advanced workforce analytics and predictive HR features lag behind enterprise platforms like Workday or SAP SuccessFactors.
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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 greytHR 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

    greytHR: Not publicly documented.

  • Data volume sensitivity

    B

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

Estimator

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Most migrations land between two and four weeks for accounts with active greytHR ATS modules and fewer than 5,000 candidate records. Migrations requiring a full deduplication pass, large employee database extraction where the scope includes separating employee records from candidate records, or configuration of multiple Recruit CRM custom objects move to five to eight weeks. Statutory and payroll data export runs in parallel and does not add to the migration timeline.

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