Migrate from NetSuite
Move from NetSuite to PeakSpitz, safely.
Moving off NetSuite should feel like restoring from a backup, not a leap of faith. Your ERP / business suite data is read into a PeakSpitz environment of your own, checked against your real numbers, and run in parallel — while NetSuite keeps running, untouched, the whole time. Here is exactly how, step by step.
NetSuite is one of the most complete cloud ERPs on the market, and companies that adopt it fully rarely leave for feature reasons. The exits we see are cost- and complexity-driven: annual contract escalations, per-module pricing, and needing consultants for changes a small team wants to make itself. If you are a smaller company using a fraction of NetSuite, the migration scope is that fraction — not the whole product.
The safe way to leave NetSuite
Work down the list at your own pace. Nothing here is irreversible, and your current system stays live throughout.
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Before you touch anything — get a backup you own
Get a copy of your data out of NetSuite that you control — a file held on your side, not just a setting inside the system. Confirm in your contract that you have the right to export, and note any renewal, notice or lock-in dates so the timing stays on your terms.
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Export your data
Pull customers, products, open orders, history, invoices and ledgers out of NetSuite in the most complete format it offers — CSV, spreadsheet, or an account/API export. Take the history too, not just open items: past records, documents and contacts are worth keeping.
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Send us a sample
Before you commit, send us a representative slice — a handful of customers, a few recent orders or bookings, part of your catalogue. We map it into PeakSpitz and show you the restored result, so you see exactly how your ERP / business suite data lands before you move the rest.
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See what maps to what
We line NetSuite up against PeakSpitz: customers, products, open orders, history, invoices and ledgers become customers, catalogue, orders, documents and ledgers in one joined-up system. Anything without an obvious home is flagged early, not discovered late.
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Bring it in — a read-only restore
Your data is read into a fresh, isolated PeakSpitz environment of your own. Nothing inside NetSuite is touched, changed or switched off — it keeps running exactly as it is.
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Verify against your numbers
Before you trust it, reconcile the totals — balances, counts, tax and revenue — against what NetSuite shows today. The numbers have to match before anything goes live.
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Run both in parallel
Keep NetSuite live and run PeakSpitz alongside it for as long as you like. Compare like for like, move one area across first, and build trust before you depend on it. No big-bang cutover, and no deadline from us.
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Cross over and decommission — on your terms
Switch over only when PeakSpitz has earned it. Keep your NetSuite export archived as a safety net, and close the old subscription when you are ready — not a moment before.
What maps where: NetSuite → PeakSpitz
NetSuite
Entities (customers, vendors, contacts)
PeakSpitz
Customers and Suppliers
NetSuite
Items (inventory, non-inventory, assemblies)
PeakSpitz
Products; assemblies become BOMs
Assembly items map to BOMs and work orders in the production engine.
NetSuite
Sales Order → Fulfillment → Invoice transaction chain
PeakSpitz
One order record carrying fulfilment and invoicing
NetSuite
Saved searches and reports
PeakSpitz
Standard reporting + extracts over the open REST API
Inventory your genuinely-used saved searches first; most teams actively use far fewer than exist.
NetSuite
General ledger
PeakSpitz
Accounts with opening balances
NetSuite
OneWorld subsidiaries
PeakSpitz
A separate PeakSpitz workspace per operating entity
Decide the consolidation approach with your accountant before data moves.
What to watch when leaving NetSuite
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SuiteScript customizations and workflows are NetSuite-specific. Inventory them, then re-express what still matters as configuration or API integrations — moving them as-is is not a thing, in any direction.
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CSV export is the dependable path for master data; saved searches are the practical extract path for transactions. Validate row counts against on-screen totals before trusting any extract.
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NetSuite contracts renew annually and are painful to exit mid-term. Start the parallel run well before the renewal date, not after it auto-renews.
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If you run SuiteCommerce, the product catalogue and order history migrate with everything else; the storefront itself is re-set-up on the PeakSpitz side rather than transferred.
Common questions about leaving NetSuite
We use maybe 20% of NetSuite. Does that make leaving easier?
Substantially. The migration scope is what you actually use — the module list you pay for is not the module list you run on. An honest usage inventory usually shrinks the project by more than half.
What happens to years of NetSuite transaction history?
Bring opening balances and open transactions; archive the rest read-only. Regulators and auditors accept a read-only archive, and dragging full history into a new system is the classic way migrations blow their timeline.
Can PeakSpitz really replace an ERP of NetSuite’s depth?
For a large enterprise running deep multi-subsidiary consolidation — credit to NetSuite, that is its home turf. For an SME running orders, operations, inventory, a storefront and real accounting with VAT, that core is exactly what PeakSpitz ships as one platform, with unlimited users on every plan.
As much help as you want
Do it yourself, or have us map your fields, run the import and reconcile the result with you. Support is a ladder — you start where you are comfortable and step up only where an area needs it.
See the full safe-migration approach →Why people leave NetSuite
PeakSpitz runs the whole business on one AI platform — not a single corner with the rest bolted on — with Spitz AI and unlimited users included. See the difference side by side.
Compare PeakSpitz vs NetSuite →Bring your NetSuite data in safely. Cross over when you are ready.
Send us a sample of your data and we will show you the restored result — no commitment, no risk to your live system.