CRM Recommendations

Users recommend various CRM tools like Base, Zoho, Pipedrive, Monica, and Freshsales as alternatives to Salesforce, often disclosing work affiliations and discussing features such as automation, AI integration, mobile apps, and ease of use.

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mariuszlusiak • Mar 17, 2014 • View on HN

Disclaimer - I work at Base CRM.You should consider using Base CRM (https://getbase.com). We focus on great UX so that you can get value without much effort and have fully-featured mobile apps.

roh26it • Aug 26, 2019 • View on HN

Have you tried Freshsales? It's loaded with automation but still has a DIY feel no akin to other enterprise crmsDisclosure: I work there and would love feedback.

samanator • May 20, 2020 • View on HN

Looks great! I just singed up for early access. I'm currently helping a company choose a CRM. We went with Salesforce but I'd love to find a cheaper alternative. However it doesn't seem you can create automation within your product. Unless I'm mistaken?

Jahanzaib687 • Jan 14, 2026 • View on HN

i think you should use Airtable as a CRM . It works best for me as well .

rundmc • May 30, 2019 • View on HN

Has anyone created a commercially available CRM for this purpose?

lolitan • Jul 20, 2025 • View on HN

anybody got a nice CRM replacement using AI?

verdverm • Aug 14, 2022 • View on HN

There are a lot of services like this and many CRMs have them built in.What's interesting about this one?

throwaway888abc • May 25, 2020 • View on HN

You might be interested in Monica CRM for this. https://www.monicahq.com/

tonyedgecombe • Jan 21, 2016 • View on HN

Something like this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Act!_CRM

smrtinsert • Nov 23, 2023 • View on HN

Aren't these CRM use cases?