Salesforce vs SuiteCRM

Fit:

Migration notes

Contacts, opportunities, campaigns, cases and workflows cover core CRM needs. Map custom fields, automations and integrations during migration; hosted capacity limits differ from self-hosted product.

Sources: suitecrm.com, suitecrm.com · checked 2026-10-21

SalesforcePaid incumbent

Entry priceUSD 25 / seat / month

Pricing modelper-seat, billed monthly

OwnerSalesforce, Inc.

Starter Suite $25 USD/user/month, billed monthly or annually. Higher Sales Cloud editions and add-ons extra; Free Suite also exists. Source

Salesforce plans reviewed
Starter Suite	entry	USD 25 / user / mo
Pro Suite	business	USD 1,200 / user / yr
Sales Cloud Max	enterprise	USD 6,600 / user / yr

SuiteCRMOpen-source alternative

Fit for Salesforce

License

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Paid-feature tier A

Self-host

Paid-feature limitsNone established

SuiteCRM plans reviewed
SuiteCRM open-source	free self-hosted core	Free
Business	vendor commercial cloud	USD 2,160 / instance / yr
Dedicated	vendor commercial cloud	USD 3,200 / instance / yr

What you may give up

No paid-feature limits established for this edition.

Tier A: Vendor promises all SuiteCRM product code is open source; commercial offer covers hosting, support, warranties and services. Separate third-party marketplace add-ons can cost extra and are outside this core-edition classification. License source

What running it takes

PHP8.2/8.3/8.4
Apache2.4
Cron scheduler
Symfony Messenger worker

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Requirements explicitly scoped to current8.10.x docs; supplied repository health refers to separate7.x line. Prebuilt package avoids Angular/Node/yarn development tooling. No separate Redis or external queue required by default documented path. Infrastructure and staff time are not priced here; this page does not compare total cost.