EspoCRM vs SuiteCRM

Comparing two open source alternatives to Salesforce . Use the comparison below to decide which one fits your needs.

EspoCRM

AGPL-3.0

Open source CRM platform for managing contacts, leads, sales pipelines, and customer relationships.

AGPL-3.0

A fully featured open-source enterprise CRM built as a community fork of SugarCRM.

	EspoCRM	SuiteCRM
License	AGPL-3.0	AGPL-3.0
Self-hostable	Yes	Yes
GitHub Stars	2,841	5,330
Forks	815	2,320
Open Issues	59	1,386
Last Commit	Mar 25, 2026	Mar 19, 2026
First Released	Sep 25, 2014	Sep 23, 2013
Categories	Customer Relationship Management Tools	Customer Relationship Management Tools
Tags	#crm #kanban	#crm

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