Frappe CRM vs Salesforce Sales Cloud

Frappe CRM is an open-source CRM for sales teams managing leads, deals, communications and follow-ups. Teams can capture leads from web forms, incoming email, WhatsApp, Facebook lead ads, manual entry or spreadsheet imports, then move them into deals and track progress through customizable Kanban stages. Visual workflows can send emails, assign sales representatives, change fields or call webhooks. Users can tailor the system with custom fields, statuses and actions. Listed integrations include ERPNext, WhatsApp, Meta, Twilio and Exotel, with APIs available for third-party connections. Plans include unlimited leads, deals, contacts and sales agents without per-user pricing. It runs on the web and can be hosted on Frappe Cloud or installed on a customer's server; mobile use is through a phone browser that can be added to the home screen. Self-hosting is free under the AGPL-3.0 license. Frappe Cloud Sites costs $5 a month for a single site, and Servers costs $60 a month. Product Warranty provides bug-fix support through tickets, not functional support.

Salesforce Sales Cloud is a CRM for managing sales activity through a browser extension and mobile app. It can automatically sync emails, events, and contacts, and provides a consolidated pipeline view with charts, AI help, and deal insights. Listed capabilities also include AI agents across deal stages, lead research and qualification, automated follow-up, contact enrichment, and tools for planning, approvals, and compensation tracking. Starter Suite includes dynamic email marketing and analytics. Teams can share account plans, knowledge, files, and data, and collaborate on opportunities. Salesforce lists full offline mobile functionality. Free Suite costs nothing per user per month. Starter Suite costs $25 a month per user and can be billed monthly or annually; Pro Suite is $100 a month per user, billed annually. Higher listed suites are also billed annually. Several suites list 10GB per organization, with additional per-user storage on higher tiers. Some advanced capabilities are available for purchase rather than included in the free tier; Advanced includes enhanced security, expanded data capacity, and Security Center.