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Alternatives to SuiteCRM
22 crm tools sit alongside SuiteCRM in this directory. Below is what separates each from SuiteCRM 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
- 12
- Cheaper to start
- 13
- SuiteCRM starts at
- Free, then £50/month
Why people look past SuiteCRM
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the SuiteCRM entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
It costs more than the category median
SuiteCRM starts at £50/month. Across the 18 crm tools listed beside it that publish a price, the median entry point is $24/month.
Cost climbs steeply across the tiers
SuiteCRM publishes 4 tiers, from Free up to £3350/year. Teams that outgrow the entry plan can find the next rung a large step, the SuiteCRM 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.
Customer relationship software for your business
- No free tier, where SuiteCRM has one.
- Starts $9 a month dearer, at $59/month.
- Sold on a subscription model rather than Open source, no licence fee.
- 3 tiers to SuiteCRM's 4.
The world's favorite CRM
- Starts $36 a month cheaper, at $14/month.
- Sold on a subscription model rather than Open source, no licence fee.
Open source CRM for growing businesses
- Starts $38 a month cheaper, at $12/month.
- Sold on a subscription model rather than Open source, no licence fee.
- 5 tiers to SuiteCRM's 4.
Zoho pipeline CRM for small businesses, priced well below Zoho CRM itself
- Starts $43 a month cheaper, at $7/month.
- Sold on a Per user per month model rather than Open source, no licence fee.
Faster workspace over Salesforce for sales reps to update pipeline, take notes and manage deals
- Starts $31 a month cheaper, at $19/month.
- Sold on a Per user per month model rather than Open source, no licence fee.
Open source Laravel CRM for sales teams that want to own the code
- 2 tiers to SuiteCRM's 4.
Every SuiteCRM 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SuiteCRM (this page) | Free, then £50/month | Open source, no licence fee | 4 | |
| SugarCRMThe commercial product SuiteCRM forked from, if you want a vendor supported roadmap and will pay per seat | $59/month | Subscription | 3 | vs SuiteCRM |
| Zoho CRMA cheap hosted CRM with a much larger app ecosystem if self-hosting is not a requirement | Free, then $14/month | Subscription | 4 | vs SuiteCRM |
| VtigerAnother open source lineage CRM with a stronger hosted offering and a more modern interface | Free, then $12/month | Subscription | 5 | vs SuiteCRM |
| Bigin | Free, then $7/month | Per user per month | 4 | vs SuiteCRM |
| Scratchpad | Free, then $19/month | Per user per month | 4 | vs SuiteCRM |
| Krayin | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 2 | vs SuiteCRM |
| EspoCRM | Free, then $15/month | Per user per month | 4 | vs SuiteCRM |
| Kylas | Free, then 12999/month | Flat rate per month, unlimited users | 3 | vs SuiteCRM |
| Twenty | Free, then $9/month | - | 3 | vs SuiteCRM |
| Snov.io | Free, then $39/month | Freemium | 5 | vs SuiteCRM |
| Seamless.AI | Free | Freemium | 3 | vs SuiteCRM |
| Reply.io | Free, then $49/month | Subscription | 4 | vs SuiteCRM |
| Hunter | Free, then $34/month | Freemium | 5 | vs SuiteCRM |
| Corefactors AI CRM | 899/month | Per user per month | 4 | vs SuiteCRM |
| Daylite | $15/month | Per user per month | 4 | vs SuiteCRM |
| Apptivo | On request | Per user per month | 4 | vs SuiteCRM |
| Salesflare | $29/month | Per user per month | 3 | vs SuiteCRM |
| OnePageCRM | $9.95/month | Per user per month | 3 | vs SuiteCRM |
| Solid Performers | On request | Per user per month | 6 | vs SuiteCRM |
| Woodpecker | $7/month | Usage-based | 1 | vs SuiteCRM |
| UpLead | $74/month | Subscription | 3 | vs SuiteCRM |
| lemlist | $55/month | Subscription | 3 | vs SuiteCRM |
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 SuiteCRM badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (12)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
Cheaper than SuiteCRM (13)
Entry price under SuiteCRM's £50/month. The record does not say what unit that price is charged in, so confirm per-seat versus flat rate before comparing budgets.
What you would be giving up
SuiteCRM is most often brought in for an organisation with two hundred occasional crm users where per seat pricing from salesforce or hubspot would dominate the budget, a public sector body or regulated firm that must host customer data on infrastructure it controls, a company that needs custom modules modelling its own objects and wants to build them in studio rather than pay for platform licences, a business that wants open source economics but whose procurement requires a warranty, which suiteassured supplies. 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 SuiteCRM is broadly right and the question is cost, the SuiteCRM 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.
SuiteCRM runs on web, linux, self-hosted, ios, android. 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 SuiteCRM alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to SuiteCRM?
- 22 other crm tools are listed in this directory, led by SugarCRM, Zoho CRM, Vtiger, Bigin. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to SuiteCRM?
- 12 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Zoho CRM, Vtiger, Bigin, Scratchpad, Krayin.
- Is there a cheaper alternative to SuiteCRM?
- Yes. 13 of the alternatives below start under SuiteCRM's £50/month: Zoho CRM at Free, then $14/month, Vtiger at Free, then $12/month, Bigin at Free, then $7/month, Scratchpad at Free, then $19/month.
- Why do people look for an alternative to SuiteCRM?
- On the figures on record, 2 things stand out: it costs more than the category median; cost climbs steeply across the tiers. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from SuiteCRM?
- SuiteCRM is most often brought in for an organisation with two hundred occasional crm users where per seat pricing from salesforce or hubspot would dominate the budget, a public sector body or regulated firm that must host customer data on infrastructure it controls, a company that needs custom modules modelling its own objects and wants to build them in studio rather than pay for platform licences, a business that wants open source economics but whose procurement requires a warranty, which suiteassured supplies. 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 SuiteCRM?
- 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 SuiteCRM 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 SuiteCRM against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against SuiteCRM 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 SuiteCRM. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.