The Best Open Source Alternatives to Salesforce
Looking for a self-hosted, open-source alternative to Salesforce? Here are 2 apps you can run on your own infrastructure: EspoCRM and Twenty.
EspoCRM as a Salesforce alternative
EspoCRM is an open-source alternative to Salesforce with pipelines, custom fields and workflow automation covering most of what a small sales team uses Salesforce for day to day.
Twenty as a Salesforce alternative
Twenty is a newer open-source alternative to Salesforce, built with a modern interface and a simpler data model for teams that find Salesforce's configuration overhead excessive.
| Salesforce | EspoCRM | Twenty | |
|---|---|---|---|
| CRM & sales | |||
| Contact & Company Management | |||
| Sales Pipeline & Opportunities | |||
| Custom Objects & Fields | |||
| Workflow Automation | |||
| Email Integration | |||
| Lead & Case Management | |||
| Authentication | |||
| SAML SSO | |||
| OIDC SSO | |||
| Social Login | |||
| LDAP / AD | |||
| MFA | |||
| API Keys | |||
| Password Auth | |||
| Access Control | |||
| RBAC | |||
| Teams | |||
| Unlimited Users | |||
| Data | |||
| Data Export | |||
| Audit Log | |||
| Integrations | |||
| Webhooks | |||
| REST API | |||
| GraphQL API | |||
| MCP Server | |||
| UI | |||
| Custom Branding | |||
| Dark Mode | |||
| Android | |||
| iOS | |||
| Mac | |||
| Windows | |||
| Infrastructure | |||
| HA / Clustering | |||
| Other Features | |||
| Reporting | — | ||
| Business Process Management | — | ||
| Quotes, Invoicing & Inventory | — | ||
| Project Management | — | ||
| VoIP Integration | — | ||