Productivity

How much are duplicates costing your team? Mostly time: finding, checking and merging by hand. 1,000 duplicates at 2 minutes each is about 33 hours.

Your CRM's own deduplication can be enough for a small, simple database. Here's how to tell when it is, and the signs that it has stopped keeping up.

Spreadsheet apps, scripts and data-prep apps can clean a CSV before a CRM import. See what each one finds, what it deletes and where it stops.

Clean legacy data once and merge recurring duplicates automatically. Steady sources need weekly checks; others can audit every few months or yearly.

Whether a deduplication tool is worth it for a small team depends on the time you spend merging and what duplicates break. Here's how to work it out.

On a free plan, your CRM blocks some duplicates at entry but rarely finds the ones you have. Here's how to keep the database clean on a zero budget.

A proof of concept shows whether a deduplication tool handles your data before you commit. Bring edge cases, clear security early and test on your own CRM.

A guide for the CRM admin who runs deduplication in Dedupely: searches per object, Merge Rules, safety, automation, review handoffs and merge records.

A small business with duplicates has a real deduplication project. Growth brings more incoming data, so clean now and set habits that scale.

As the only CRM admin, merge the obvious duplicates first, automate only what you're certain of, keep a short review routine and write your rules down.

To find duplicates across several spreadsheets, line up the headers, combine the files into one list, then match and merge before you import.

A CRM cleanup's length depends on volume, how certain the matches are, review and sign-off. Here's where the time goes and how to plan for a deadline.

Before you pick a deduplication tool, ask how it matches, what it keeps in a merge, how it keeps merges safe, how it's priced and who helps you.

Merge lead lists from every source into one row per contact, keep every unique field, and upload the file once.

A CRM migration moves duplicates from both systems into one. Clean each source first, agree on the field that identifies records, then merge the rest.

Start every CRM setup with deduplication and keep it active to avoid rework, failed logic, and fragmented data.

Use Dedupely’s CSV upload to test merge logic before syncing. It lets you compare records, refine match settings, and validate results, without risking changes.