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?