Duplicate Detection

Clean up duplicates without guessing.

Find duplicate People and Companies in Attio, compare the evidence, and use AI scores to focus your review. Approve merges in batches, with an optional backup of the originals.

Duplicate review comparing Harvard Business School records, with an AI score of 98, matching evidence, data-quality findings, and record-selection controls
Scans only read
Finding duplicates never writes changes to Attio. You choose which sets to merge.
Evidence before approval
Compare matching values and conflicts. Add AI scores to prioritize the sets worth reviewing.
Optional pre-merge backups
Save the originals and their related-data references before a permanent merge begins.

Matching rules

Find the duplicates your team would recognize.

The company with several domains

The contact with a name variation

The account after a rebrand

How it works

Scan, review, and merge.

1. Scan People or Companies.

Example Companies scan progress: records read, a Stop this scan control, and confirmation that scans do not write changes to Attio

2. Review the evidence.

Edited screenshot detail: Harvard Business School duplicate review with an AI score of 98, matching names and domains, and record-selection controls

3. Approve a merge or a whole batch.

Edited merge-completion screenshot: nine records become one, with Download merge backup and View activity controls and a notice that Attio cannot undo merges

Work through the cleanup in focused batches.

1. Score and filter

2. Check and merge

3. Rescan and reassess

Your rules. Your schedule.

Edited screenshot detail: a People matching rule combining similar names with the linked company’s name, adjustable sensitivity, and Preview matches controls

Match the way your data works.

People scan schedule configured for weekdays at 7:00 AM Mexico City, with daily, weekly and monthly options and a monthly scan-quota notice

Keep cleanup on a schedule.

Merging is permanent. Back up the originals.

Original records and fields

Notes, tasks, and list membership

References pointing in

Questions before you start

How is this different from Attio’s built-in merge?
Which Attio records can I find and merge?
Can it find duplicates with different emails or company names?
Which record and field values will we keep?
Does it stop duplicate records from being created?
Can AI help me review thousands of potential duplicates?
Are scheduled scans included, and how are they counted?
Do scans change my records?
Will records marked Not a duplicate be flagged again?
What does the pre-merge backup include?
Can I merge without storing a backup?
Do I have to use AI scoring?
How do I choose the right record tier?

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