CRM
Self-hosted alternatives to Salesforce Sales Cloud, priced
2 open-source tools that can replace Salesforce Sales Cloud, each shown with what it would actually cost to run for a team of 10 people. Salesforce Sales Cloud on the Pro Suite tier costs $1,000 a month at that size.
| Tool | Server only | With your time | vs Salesforce Sales Cloud | Operational weight | Licence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EspoCRM | $12.00 | $49.50 | +$34,068 | easy | AGPL-3.0 |
| Twenty | $46.80 | $272 | +$25,015 | hard | source-available |
The final column is the 36-month difference: positive means self-hosting is cheaper.
Which one to pick
EspoCRM 3,343 stars
PHP and MySQL, and by far the cheapest way to run a real CRM. Less polished than Twenty but stable and easy to back up.
At 10 people it needs 1.4 GB of memory and 11 GB of disk, which fits the Starter 2 GB at VPSServer for $10.00 a month. Setting it up is roughly 2 hours of work, then 0.5 hours a month to keep it healthy.
Full Salesforce Sales Cloud versus EspoCRM breakdown · EspoCRM at every team size
Twenty 56,624 stars
Server, worker, PostgreSQL and Redis. The most credible modern-feeling open CRM, and still moving fast enough that you should pin versions.
At 10 people it needs 5.2 GB of memory and 21 GB of disk, which fits the Starter 8 GB at VPSServer for $39.00 a month. Setting it up is roughly 16 hours of work, then 3 hours a month to keep it healthy.
Full Salesforce Sales Cloud versus Twenty breakdown · Twenty at every team size
How the pricing was established
Salesforce Sales Cloud pricing was read from its own pricing page on 2026-10-09. Server prices come from the providers listed on the hosting page. The sizing model and the cost of your time are set out in full on the methodology page.