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How to migrate Pipedrive to Copper

5 of the 5 columns in a Pipedrive export, mapped into 5 Copper fields under Copper's own names.

Free · 18 KB · Excel 365 or Google Sheets

Check your Pipedrive export first

Built on Pipedrive’s export columnsChecked against Copper’s import rulesUpdated October 3, 2026

One Pipedrive row, through the templatecopied as it ischanged on the way1explained below
  • Person - Name to NameKaren Wilson
  • Person - Email to Emaillowercasedkaren.wilson@lumenlabs.example.com
  • Person - Phone to Phone Number+44 20 7946 0236
  • Person - Organization to Company NameLumen Labs
  • Person - Label to Details1joined, with labelsPipedrive label: Hot lead

Where Pipedrive and Copper don’t line up

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One column kept in Details

This template gives Person - Label no Copper field of its own.

The template writes them into Details, each with its label, and leaves empty ones out.

PipedrivePerson - Label Hot lead
CopperPipedrive label: Hot lead

Check your Pipedrive export before you import it

Looks for the 5 columns this template reads, and what Copper would skip.

Drop your Pipedrive CSV here

Runs in your browser. Nothing is uploaded, and results are counts only.

Pipedrive to Copper in three steps

Step 1Export from Pipedrive
  1. Open the People list view and apply a filter.
  2. Click the gear icon and choose the columns to include.
  3. Click the three dots, then Export filter results.
  4. Choose Excel or CSV, then download the file now or later from Export data.

Only global admins and users with the right permission can export, and files are kept for 28 days.

Pipedrive: Exporting data
Step 2Paste into the template
  1. Paste the export at A1 of Paste Pipedrive export here.
  2. Start here checks all 5 columns were found.
  3. Save Copper People import as a CSV.

Works in Excel for Microsoft 365 and Google Sheets. Excel 2019 and older, Apple Numbers and LibreOffice can't run the formulas this file uses.

Just the 5 headers as a CSV

Step 3Import into Copper
  1. Go to your profile, then Workspace Settings, then Manage Your Data, then Import Data.
  2. Choose People as the record type.
  3. Choose Excel as the file type and select your file.
  4. Fix anything flagged in red using the field menu above each column.
  5. Click Continue Import.
Copper's importer, screen by screen

Operelio, with the same template

Fixes the capitals in names, formats phone numbers, removes duplicate and blank rows, which the Excel file leaves to you. On every plan. Email verification from Starter.

Use this template in Operelio

Questions

Where does Pipedrive's Person - Organization column go in Copper?

To Company Name on the person.

Where does Person - Label go?

Into Details on each person, labeled like "Pipedrive label: Hot lead".

What's a 'Person' in Copper?

Copper calls contacts People. The data model has People (individuals), Companies, Leads and Opportunities. This template creates People records.

Duplicates and undoing an import: Copper import questions.

Try this template free

Upload your Pipedrive export and download a file Copper can import. No credit card needed.