Alternatives / Pipedrive
Looking for an open source Pipedrive alternative? We compared 9 open source CRMs by license, self-hosting, pipelines, AI features, and pricing. They range from modern customizable CRMs to developer toolkits and broader business platforms.
Written by Maxime DERAME
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| Alternative | Best for | License |
|---|---|---|
| Twenty | Closest modern open-source CRM | AGPL-3.0 + commercial files |
| Krayin CRM | Lead and deal tracking on Laravel | MIT |
| CRM (trycompai) | AI agents that fill the CRM | MIT |
| Macro CRM | CRM with email, chat, and docs | AGPL-3.0 |
| Frappe CRM | Avoiding per-seat pricing | AGPL-3.0 |
| Erxes | Marketing, sales, and support in one (open core) | AGPL-3.0 + EE |
| EspoCRM | Mature, proven CRM | AGPL-3.0 |
| Relaticle | AI agents and MCP tools | AGPL-3.0 |
| Atomic CRM | Building a custom CRM | MIT |
We looked for open-source tools that overlap with Pipedrive's core: tracking deals through a pipeline, managing contacts and companies, and automating follow-ups. We verified each project's license, recent activity, stars, and self-hosting in its repository. Pipedrive is a focused sales CRM, so we separate ready-made CRMs from broader suites and developer toolkits, and flag restricted licenses. We left out Warpdrive because we could not find a public repository for it. See our methodology for the full criteria.
Twenty, Krayin, EspoCRM, and Frappe CRM are the closest as ready-made CRMs with pipelines for deals and contact management. Twenty is the most modern, with a customizable data model, no-code workflows, and an extension framework, while Krayin adds marketing automation on Laravel.
CRM, Relaticle, and Macro add AI: CRM reads team inboxes to create and enrich records, Relaticle offers a built-in AI chat and an MCP server with 37 tools, and Macro creates and enriches records from team email within a wider workspace. Atomic CRM is a developer toolkit for building a custom CRM on React, Supabase, and Postgres.
Twenty is mostly AGPL-3.0 with some files under a commercial license, and its managed cloud costs $9 per user per month. Erxes is AGPL-3.0 outside its enterprise directory. Macro, Relaticle, Frappe CRM, and EspoCRM are AGPL-3.0, and CRM, Krayin, and Atomic CRM are MIT.
All nine projects had commits within days or weeks of this update. Relaticle is young, so check its maturity before relying on it.
Pipedrive is a proprietary hosted CRM priced per user, with automation, reporting, and add-ons gated by plan and customer data stored on its servers. Open-source CRMs let you self-host, avoid per-seat pricing, customize data models, and connect AI agents through APIs and MCP, at the cost of running the system and fewer built-in integrations.
Twenty is a CRM for technical teams with customizable data models, no-code workflows, and an MCP server, positioned as an alternative to Salesforce and HubSpot. It is mostly AGPL-3.0, with some files under a commercial license. It can be self-hosted or used as a managed cloud.
Pricing: Free self-hosted; cloud from $9 per user per month.
Krayin is an open-source Laravel CRM with lead tracking, deal management, sales forecasting, marketing automation, VoIP and live chat integrations, and analytics, suited to B2B and real estate teams.
Pricing: Free and open source; paid extensions and support.
CRM is an open-source AI CRM that reads team inboxes to create contact and company records automatically, enriches them with industry data and logos, schedules its own follow-ups, and builds new workflows from natural-language descriptions, with Slack integration. It is built with Next.js and designed to be customized and self-hosted, for example on Vercel.
Pricing: Free and open source.
Macro is an AGPL-3.0 all-in-one workspace that unifies email, messages, docs, tasks, AI agents, and a CRM in one fast interface. Its email client offers a multi-account unified inbox, keyboard shortcuts, and shared inboxes, and it can be self-hosted. Email is one part of a larger product, so it is heavier than a plain mail app.
Pricing: Open source under AGPL-3.0 with self-hosting available; hosted and commercial services may be offered separately.
Erxes unifies marketing, sales, and customer service in one platform with a 360-degree customer view, customizable workflows, and automation. The core is AGPL-3.0, enterprise plugins are under a separate license, and hosting it as a competing SaaS is not permitted.
Pricing: Free self-hosted; enterprise features and hosted plans are paid.
Frappe CRM manages contacts, deals, and customer relationships with email and call integration, customizable workflows, automation, reporting, and ERPNext integration, with no per-user pricing.
Pricing: Free and open source; Frappe Cloud hosting is paid.
EspoCRM manages contacts, companies, projects, and opportunities with sales pipelines, flexible deployment, customizable workflows, and an intuitive interface, either self-hosted or in the cloud.
Pricing: Free self-hosted; paid cloud hosting and extensions.
Relaticle is a self-hosted CRM with an AI chat assistant, an MCP server with 37 tools for external agents, custom fields, role-based permissions, a REST API, and voice input, with no per-seat pricing.
Pricing: Free and open source.
Atomic CRM is a developer toolkit from Marmelab for building a custom CRM, with contact organization, task management, a Kanban board, email-to-note conversion, and API integration, built with React, TypeScript, Supabase, and Postgres.
Pricing: Free and open source.
| Alternative | Type | License | Self-hosted | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CRM (trycompai) | AI CRM | MIT | Yes | Automatic record creation |
| Macro CRM | Collaborative CRM | AGPL-3.0 | Yes | Teams with email and docs |
| Twenty | CRM | AGPL-3.0 + commercial files | Yes | Technical teams |
| Krayin CRM | CRM | MIT | Yes | Sales and marketing tools |
| Frappe CRM | CRM | AGPL-3.0 | Yes | No per-user fees |
| Erxes | Growth platform | AGPL-3.0 + EE | Yes | Marketing, sales, and support |
| EspoCRM | CRM | AGPL-3.0 | Yes | Mature CRM |
| Atomic CRM | CRM toolkit | MIT | Yes | Developers |
| Relaticle | AI CRM | AGPL-3.0 | Yes | Data control and MCP |
Want the closest modern open-source CRM
Twenty offers customizable data models, no-code workflows, role-based permissions, and an MCP server, with a paid cloud option.
Want a proven, mature CRM
EspoCRM offers contacts, accounts, opportunities, pipelines, and workflows with self-hosted or cloud deployment.
Want AI agents to fill and enrich your CRM
CRM reads team inboxes to create contacts and companies, enriches them, and builds agents from plain-language descriptions.
Want a CRM that external AI agents can use
Relaticle has a built-in AI assistant, 37 MCP tools, a REST API, and custom fields, with no per-seat pricing.
Want to avoid per-user fees
Frappe CRM is a simple AGPL-3.0 CRM for contacts and deals with ERPNext and WhatsApp integrations.