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title: Quickstart
description: Get Twenty up and running in under 5 minutes — on the cloud or self-hosted.
icon: "play"
---

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## Signup

<Steps>
  <Step title="Create your account">
    Go to [app.twenty.com](https://app.twenty.com) and sign up with Google, Microsoft, or email.
  </Step>
  <Step title="Choose a trial">
    Pick **30 days** (with card) or **7 days** (without card). Both include full access — unlimited contacts, email integration, custom objects, API. You can change plan or billing interval anytime.
  </Step>
  <Step title="Create your workspace">
    After payment confirmation via Stripe, you'll set up your workspace name and user profile. You can cancel anytime.
  </Step>
</Steps>

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## Configure your workspace

Once you're in, three steps to make Twenty yours:

### 1. Connect your mailbox

Go to **Settings → Accounts** and connect your Google or Microsoft account. Twenty will import your emails and calendar events, and auto-create contacts from interactions. Using another provider? You can add mailboxes via SMTP or calendars via CalDAV from the same page.

<Note>Start here — connecting a mailbox gives your team immediate value with real data before you customize anything else.</Note>

### 2. Shape your data model

Go to **Settings → Data Model** to create custom objects and fields. A few things to know:
- Custom objects and fields are **unlimited on all plans** — no upsell.
- **People, Companies, and Opportunities** are the objects that show synced emails and meetings. Use them as your base and add fields to categorize (e.g., a `Person Type` field) rather than creating separate objects that won't have email history.
- Two People can't share the same email. Two Companies can't share the same domain.
- You can deactivate standard fields/objects you don't need, and hide fields from views without deleting them.

[Data Model reference →](/user-guide/data-model/overview)

### 3. Import your data

Use the Command Menu (`Cmd+K` / `Ctrl+K`) to import People, Companies, Opportunities, or any custom object via CSV. Download the sample file first to see the expected format. Limit files to 10k records and deduplicate emails/domains before importing.

[Data Migration guide →](/user-guide/data-migration/overview)

## Next steps

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Learn the layout" icon="table-columns" href="/getting-started/core-concepts/layout">
    Navigation, views, command menu, side panel.
  </Card>
  <Card title="Build Workflows" icon="bolt" href="/user-guide/workflows/overview">
    Automate your business processes.
  </Card>
  <Card title="Create Views" icon="table" href="/user-guide/layout/overview">
    Table, kanban, calendar — filter and sort your data.
  </Card>
  <Card title="Explore the API" icon="plug" href="/developers/extend/api">
    Schema-per-tenant REST and GraphQL.
  </Card>
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