CRM Migration Services That Move Your Data
You need CRM migration services because your current system is costing you more than it should, your team has outgrown it, or the vendor changed the pricing and you are done. Whatever the reason, moving from one CRM to another is the kind of project that looks simple until it is not. Contacts, deal history, activity logs, custom fields, automations, integrations, all of it needs to arrive in the new system intact. Your CRM migration is handled end to end: audit, mapping, cleansing, CRM data migration, validation, and post-migration support. Whether you want to migrate a CRM system from Salesforce to HubSpot, switch a CRM platform from a legacy tool to something modern, or bring in CRM migration experts to move your data from spreadsheets to a real system, your data moves without data loss and with minimal downtime. Ready for a CRM migration quote? Tell us where you are and where you want to be.
CRM migration typically costs between $5,000 and $100,000 depending on data volume, integration complexity, and customisation requirements. A straightforward migration (under 100K records, standard fields) $5,000 to $15,000. Complex enterprise migrations with custom objects, automations, and multi-system integrations run $15,000 to $100,000+.
Core Capabilities and Features
Why CRM Migrations Fail (and How to Avoid It)
Over 80% of data migration projects exceed their timelines or budgets, with cost overruns averaging 30% and time delays reaching 41%. That is not a statistic about bad technology. It is a statistic about bad planning. CRM migrations fail for predictable reasons: nobody audited the data before moving it, field mappings were assumed instead of tested, automations and workflows were forgotten until after cutover, and the team got no training on the new system.
- Duplicate records, missing deal history, broken integrations, and a sales team that cannot find what they need are the result of skipping the audit phase
- Migration is not just a data transfer it is a business process transition that requires mapping every object type, custom field, automation, and integration
- A 2% data loss in CRM migration can distort customer segmentation, misdirect marketing campaigns, and throw off sales forecasting
Common CRM Migration Paths
The most common migration handled is Salesforce to HubSpot (cost reduction) and spreadsheets to a proper CRM (scaling businesses). But any combination is supported, including moves to custom-built CRM systems.
- Salesforce to HubSpot for lower cost per seat, simpler UI, better marketing integration, and reduced admin overhead
- Spreadsheets or Excel to any CRM when your team has outgrown manual tracking, data is getting lost, and there is no pipeline visibility
- Legacy or custom CRM to a modern platform when the old system is unsupported, slow, or cannot integrate with current tools
Post-Migration: The First 90 Days
Migration day is not the finish line. The first 90 days after cutover are critical. Support is structured in phases to ensure your team is productive and your data stays clean.
- Week 1 to 2: intensive support monitoring for data issues, answering team questions in real time, fixing edge cases, and adjusting configurations based on immediate feedback
- Week 3 to 4: workflow refinement to adjust automations that feel clunky, add automation for tasks that are still manual, and adjust reporting dashboards
- Month 2 to 3: adoption monitoring tracking login frequency, record update rates, feature usage, and pipeline accuracy with targeted training where needed
Why It Matters
If your sales team loses access to deal history for even a few days during migration, deals fall through cracks. If your marketing team loses contact segments, campaigns go to the wrong people. If your support team loses ticket history, customers have to explain their problems again. A botched migration does not just create technical problems. It creates trust problems. Your team stops trusting the data. They start keeping side spreadsheets. Managers stop trusting pipeline reports. Executives make decisions based on incomplete information. And getting people to trust the CRM again after a bad migration is harder than building that trust the first time. The businesses that get the most from CRM migration are the ones that treat it as a business transformation, not a data transfer. They use the migration as an opportunity to clean their data, simplify their processes, retire automations that nobody uses, and start fresh with a system that matches how their team actually works today, not how it worked three years ago.
By the Numbers
80%+
Over 80% of data migration projects exceed their timelines or budgets, with cost overruns averaging 30% and time delays reaching 41%. Planning and testing are not optional steps.
Source: Oracle Data Migration Report, 2024
15–30%
DIY CRM migrations have a 15 to 30% failure rate. Consultant-assisted migrations drop to 5 to 10%. Full-service migrations achieve less than 2% failure rate. The cost of failure usually exceeds the cost of professional help.
Source: Revenue Velocity Lab / Optifai, 2025
33%
Companies that audit and cleanse before migration typically reduce their database by 30 to 40%, saving thousands in per-contact CRM licensing fees and improving system performance.
Source: Revenue Velocity Lab / Optifai, 2025
$7K
Average cost of unplanned downtime during CRM migration is $7,000 including lost productivity, missed deals, and emergency recovery. Parallel running eliminates this risk.
Source: Revenue Velocity Lab / Optifai, 2025
70%
70% of CRM projects fail to meet their goals due to misalignment between the system and the people using it. Post-migration training and adoption support are as important as the data transfer itself.
Source: Integrate.io / Salesmate, 2026
"The best CRM migration we ever did was the one where we threw away 40% of the data before moving it. The client was terrified of losing records. But when we showed them that 180,000 of their 450,000 contacts had no email, no activity, and no deal association, they understood. Clean data in a new system beats dirty data in any system."
Technologies
Our Tech Stack
Our Process
How we turn ideas into reality.
Migration Assessment and Audit
Before any data is touched, everything you have is audited. This means documenting every object type (contacts, companies, deals, tickets, products, custom objects), counting records, identifying custom fields, mapping automations and workflows, listing integrations, and assessing data quality. What should NOT migrate is also identified: duplicate records, test data, inactive contacts with no engagement in 18+ months.
Data Mapping and Cleansing
Every field in the source CRM needs a destination in the target CRM. A complete field mapping document is created that both teams review before any data moves. Records are deduplicated (matching on email, company name, phone number combinations), formatting is standardised, critical gaps are filled where possible, and junk data is removed.
Test Migration and Full Transfer
A test migration runs with roughly 10% of your records. This reveals mapping errors, transformation problems, and edge cases before they affect your full dataset. Once the test is approved, the full migration runs. For businesses that cannot afford downtime, a parallel approach is used: both CRMs run simultaneously during the transition period.
Automation Rebuild and Training
Automations do not migrate automatically between CRM platforms. Every automation in your source system is documented, redesigned for the target platform, rebuilt, tested, and verified before cutover. Role-based training is provided: sales reps learn their pipeline view, managers learn reporting, admins learn system configuration.
Pricing
Investment Overview
Record Volume and Data Quality
More records means more processing time, more validation, more cleansing. 50K records is routine. 500K+ requires batch processing and extended timelines. Clean data migrates fast. Dirty data (duplicates, inconsistencies, gaps) requires cleansing work that adds time and cost.
Custom Objects and Field Mapping
Standard contacts and deals are straightforward. Custom objects, multi-level relationships, and picklist transformations add mapping complexity. If the target CRM uses different data structures (HubSpot associations vs Salesforce lookups, for example), transformation rules must be designed to convert data cleanly.
Integration and Automation Rebuild
Every connected tool needs reconnection and testing. 3 integrations is simple. 15+ integrations is a project in itself. Email sequences, lead scoring models, assignment rules, and webhook triggers all need rebuilding in the target system.
Everything we do at Techneth is built around making data move reliably between the systems that matter. If you want to understand our approach before committing, you can read more about our team and how we work. Or explore the full range of digital product and development services we offer, like crm migration. And if you already know what you need, get in touch directly and we will find time to talk.
Frequently Asked Questions
Everything you need to know about this service.
- How long does a CRM migration take?
- A straightforward migration (under 100K records, standard fields, minimal integrations) takes 2 to 4 weeks. A complex enterprise migration (500K+ records, custom objects, 10+ integrations, automation rebuilds) takes 6 to 12 weeks. The biggest variable is data quality: clean data migrates fast, dirty data needs cleansing time.
- Will we lose data during migration?
- No. Complete backups are maintained before any data moves. Checksums and row-count validation at every stage confirm nothing is lost. Test migrations run before the full transfer. And the source system stays accessible throughout the transition period so your team always has fallback access.
- Can we keep using our old CRM during migration?
- Yes. Parallel systems run during the transition. Your team continues using the source CRM while historical data migrates to the target in the background. Once validation is complete and your team is trained, the cutover happens. The parallel period typically lasts 1 to 3 months depending on team size and complexity.
- What happens to our automations and workflows?
- Automations do not migrate automatically between CRM platforms. Every automation in your source system is documented, redesigned for the target platform (taking advantage of the new system capabilities), rebuilt and tested, and verified before cutover. This includes email sequences, lead scoring, assignment rules, and notification triggers.
- How do you handle custom fields and objects?
- A complete field mapping document is created that maps every custom field from source to target. If the target CRM does not have equivalent fields, they are created. If data formats differ (picklists vs free text, date formats, currency), transformation rules are built. Custom objects with relationships (parent-child, many-to-many) require careful architectural mapping to preserve data integrity.
- What support do you provide after migration?
- 90-day post-migration support is standard: intensive support in weeks 1 to 2, workflow refinement in weeks 3 to 4, and adoption monitoring in months 2 to 3. Login frequency, feature usage, and data quality metrics are tracked. After 90 days, transition to ongoing support or handoff with complete documentation.
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- 1You fill in the short project brief form (takes 5 minutes).
- 2We review it and come back with initial thoughts within 24 hours.
- 3We schedule a 30 minute call to align on scope, timeline, and budget.
- 4You receive a written proposal with fixed price options.
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