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Alternatives to Bigin
22 crm tools sit alongside Bigin in this directory. Below is what separates each from Bigin on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 22
- With a free tier
- 11
- Cheaper to start
- 0
- Bigin starts at
- Free, then $7/month
Why people look past Bigin
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Bigin entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
Cost climbs steeply across the tiers
Bigin publishes 4 tiers, from Free up to $18/month. Teams that outgrow the entry plan can find the next rung a large step, the Bigin pricing page breaks each one down.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
The world's favorite CRM
- Starts $7 a month dearer, at $14/month.
- Sold on a subscription model rather than Per user per month.
The CRM that sales teams love to use
- No free tier, where Bigin has one.
- Sold on a subscription model rather than Per user per month.
Smart CRM for growing businesses
- No free tier, where Bigin has one.
- Starts $12 a month dearer, at $19/month.
- Sold on a subscription model rather than Per user per month.
- 3 tiers to Bigin's 4.
Faster workspace over Salesforce for sales reps to update pipeline, take notes and manage deals
- Starts $12 a month dearer, at $19/month.
Open source Laravel CRM for sales teams that want to own the code
- Sold on a Open source, no licence fee model rather than Per user per month.
- 2 tiers to Bigin's 4.
AGPL open source CRM in PHP that you can self-host free or buy as cloud with seat minimums
- Starts $8 a month dearer, at $15/month.
Every Bigin alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bigin (this page) | Free, then $7/month | Per user per month | 4 | |
| Zoho CRMIf you need forecasting, territories, custom modules or more than fifteen pipelines, accepting the higher per-user price. | Free, then $14/month | Subscription | 4 | vs Bigin |
| PipedriveIf you want a pipeline CRM with a stronger app marketplace and no incentive on the vendor to cap you to protect a sibling product. | On request | Subscription | - | vs Bigin |
| FreshsalesIf you want built-in email marketing and a more generous entry tier from a comparable Indian vendor. | $19/month | Subscription | 3 | vs Bigin |
| Scratchpad | Free, then $19/month | Per user per month | 4 | vs Bigin |
| Krayin | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 2 | vs Bigin |
| EspoCRM | Free, then $15/month | Per user per month | 4 | vs Bigin |
| Kylas | Free, then 12999/month | Flat rate per month, unlimited users | 3 | vs Bigin |
| SuiteCRM | Free, then £50/month | Open source, no licence fee | 4 | vs Bigin |
| Twenty | Free, then $9/month | - | 3 | vs Bigin |
| Snov.io | Free, then $39/month | Freemium | 5 | vs Bigin |
| Seamless.AI | Free | Freemium | 3 | vs Bigin |
| Reply.io | Free, then $49/month | Subscription | 4 | vs Bigin |
| Hunter | Free, then $34/month | Freemium | 5 | vs Bigin |
| Corefactors AI CRM | 899/month | Per user per month | 4 | vs Bigin |
| Daylite | $15/month | Per user per month | 4 | vs Bigin |
| Apptivo | On request | Per user per month | 4 | vs Bigin |
| Salesflare | $29/month | Per user per month | 3 | vs Bigin |
| OnePageCRM | $9.95/month | Per user per month | 3 | vs Bigin |
| Solid Performers | On request | Per user per month | 6 | vs Bigin |
| Woodpecker | $7/month | Usage-based | 1 | vs Bigin |
| UpLead | $74/month | Subscription | 3 | vs Bigin |
| lemlist | $55/month | Subscription | 3 | vs Bigin |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the Bigin badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (11)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
What you would be giving up
Bigin is most often brought in for a five-person sales team wants a real crm for under 50 us dollars a month total and will never use the territory management or forecasting depth in zoho crm., a business already running zoho books or zoho mail wants a crm in the same account with native links rather than a bridged third-party tool., a services firm wants to run client onboarding and delivery as pipelines alongside sales, which is what teampipes exists for, without buying a separate project tool., a buyer evaluating zoho crm standard should price bigin first, because for straightforward pipeline selling it is roughly a third of the cost on the same platform.. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If Bigin is broadly right and the question is cost, the Bigin pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the CRM category lists everything the directory holds, and best crm tools ranks them.
Bigin runs on web, ios, android, macos, watchos. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about Bigin alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Bigin?
- 22 other crm tools are listed in this directory, led by Zoho CRM, Pipedrive, Freshsales, Scratchpad. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Bigin?
- 11 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Zoho CRM, Scratchpad, Krayin, EspoCRM, Kylas.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Bigin?
- On the figures on record, one thing stands out: cost climbs steeply across the tiers. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from Bigin?
- Bigin is most often brought in for a five-person sales team wants a real crm for under 50 us dollars a month total and will never use the territory management or forecasting depth in zoho crm., a business already running zoho books or zoho mail wants a crm in the same account with native links rather than a bridged third-party tool., a services firm wants to run client onboarding and delivery as pipelines alongside sales, which is what teampipes exists for, without buying a separate project tool., a buyer evaluating zoho crm standard should price bigin first, because for straightforward pipeline selling it is roughly a third of the cost on the same platform.. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Bigin?
- None of the crm tools listed here are recorded as open source. That is what the licence field on each entry says, and the field is not always filled in, so it is worth checking directly for any tool you are serious about.
- How were these Bigin alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, CRM, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored placement runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Bigin against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Bigin covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every crm tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the CRM category, 22 tools beside Bigin. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.