Is the migration really free?

Yes. The audit, the data extraction, the data validation, and the cutover are all included with any build. We make our money on the build itself and (optionally) ongoing hosting and support — not on a one-time migration fee. The math works because we've done this enough times to be fast at it.

How long does this actually take?

Open-source deploys typically go live in 2–4 weeks including data migration. Bespoke builds run 4–8 weeks depending on the complexity of your sales process and integrations. Either way, we lock the timeline and a fixed quote in writing during the audit.

What happens to our existing Salesforce / HubSpot data?

Every contact, account, deal, note, attachment, custom field, email thread, and historical activity gets migrated. We map your existing data model to the new one, validate every record, and let your team smoke-test in a staging environment before the cutover.

Will our team have to relearn everything?

No. We theme the new CRM to match the workflows your reps already use, and run two training sessions (admins, then reps) before go-live. Most teams report being more productive within the first week — the muscle memory transfers.

What about ongoing support and changes?

You have three options. Hire any developer and have them work in the codebase (it's yours). Pay us a flat monthly retainer for ongoing changes, hosting, and on-call. Or stay on a project basis. There is no per-seat ongoing fee, ever.

Is this secure? SOC 2? GDPR?

Yes. We deploy on infrastructure that supports SOC 2 (AWS, GCP, Azure), set up role-based access control, encrypt data at rest and in transit, and configure audit logging. The open-source platforms we deploy are already used in regulated industries. We'll work with your security team during the build.

Migrate in 30 days. On us.

Replace your CRM.
Keep the money.

Custom-built and open-source CRMs that cost a fraction of Salesforce or HubSpot — engineered for your team, owned by your business, and migrated for free.

Book free migration audit See the math

No lock-inYou own the sourceSelf-host or hosted

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Off the grid

Replacing

§01 — The receipt

You haven't closed a deal yet today, but your CRM has.

Live · 50 seats × $165/mo

Spent on CRM seats this year

$0.00

Per seat / mo: $165
Annual run-rate: $99,000
replaceCRM saves: ~78%

Numbers assume a 50-seat team at the average enterprise CRM effective rate. Your actual bill — Salesforce add-ons, integration tax, sandbox seats, support tier — is almost certainly higher. We can audit it for you in 30 minutes.

§02 — Two ways out

Pick your exit from the seat-tax economy.

Whether you want a CRM tailored to the way your business actually runs, or a proven open-source platform deployed onto your stack — both end the same way: a tool you own.

Path A · ships in 4–8 weeks

Custom build

We design and build a CRM around your actual sales motion — not Salesforce's idea of one. Yours forever.

Sales pipeline modeled around how your team actually closes
AI workflows native, not bolted on as a $50/seat upcharge
Postgres or DuckDB underneath — query it however you like

Free migration includedNo per-seat pricing

Path B · ships in 2–4 weeks

Open-source deploy

We deploy and extend a battle-tested open-source CRM — Twenty, EspoCRM, NocoBase — onto your infrastructure.

Self-host on your own AWS, GCP, Hetzner — or we host it for you
Fork it, audit it, extend it. The codebase is yours.
Migrated, theme-matched, integrated with your existing stack

Free migration includedNo per-seat pricing

§03 — The math

The same job.
A different bill.

The top three. Side-by-side, on a 50-seat sales team. Same features, same architecture — different economics.

50 seats3-year horizonList + add-ons

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Feature and cost comparison: Salesforce, HubSpot, Microsoft Dynamics, and replaceCRM
Feature	Salesforce	HubSpot	Dynamics	replaceCRM
List price (per seat / month)	$165Enterprise	$150Sales Hub Enterprise	$105Sales Enterprise	Flat feeNot per-seat
Effective cost incl. AI add-ons	$290+ Agentforce	$175+ Breeze	$220+ Copilot	Bring your own keys
You own the source code
Self-host on your infra			On-prem priced separately	AWS · GCP · on-prem
Custom data model & UI	Within their object model	Limited beyond defaults	Power Platform required	Built around your motion
Implementation & migration	Partner SI6+ figures	Onboarding fee	FastTrack + partner	Free. Done by us.
Vendor lock-in	High	High	High	None
3-year cost · 50 seats · all-in	~$522K	~$315K	~$396K	~$48Kall-in

Each card · vs replaceCRM

Salesforce

List price (per seat / month)
$165 · Enterprise
Flat fee · Not per-seat
Effective cost incl. AI add-ons
$290 · + Agentforce
Bring your own keys
You own the source code
No
Yes
Self-host on your infra
No
AWS · GCP · on-prem
Custom data model & UI
Within their object model
Built around your motion
Implementation & migration
Partner SI · 6+ figures
Free. Done by us.
Vendor lock-in
High
None
3-year cost · 50 seats · all-in
~$522K
~$48K · all-in

HubSpot

List price (per seat / month)
$150 · Sales Hub Enterprise
Flat fee · Not per-seat
Effective cost incl. AI add-ons
$175 · + Breeze
Bring your own keys
You own the source code
No
Yes
Self-host on your infra
No
AWS · GCP · on-prem
Custom data model & UI
Limited beyond defaults
Built around your motion
Implementation & migration
Onboarding fee
Free. Done by us.
Vendor lock-in
High
None
3-year cost · 50 seats · all-in
~$315K
~$48K · all-in

Dynamics

List price (per seat / month)
$105 · Sales Enterprise
Flat fee · Not per-seat
Effective cost incl. AI add-ons
$220 · + Copilot
Bring your own keys
You own the source code
No
Yes
Self-host on your infra
On-prem priced separately
AWS · GCP · on-prem
Custom data model & UI
Power Platform required
Built around your motion
Implementation & migration
FastTrack + partner
Free. Done by us.
Vendor lock-in
High
None
3-year cost · 50 seats · all-in
~$396K
~$48K · all-in

§04 — How it works

Three steps.
Eight weeks max.

Most teams are off Salesforce within two months. Some open-source deploys are live inside two weeks.

01
Week 1
Audit
Free 30-minute call. We review your current CRM bill, your data model, your integrations, and your sales motion. You leave with a written replacement plan and a fixed quote — not a sales pitch.
- Cost teardown
- Replacement plan
- Fixed quote
02
Weeks 2–6
Build
We build, deploy, and theme — either a custom CRM or a configured open-source one — and wire up your existing integrations (Slack, Gmail, Stripe, Postgres, whatever you run). You watch it come together in weekly demos.
- Hosted environment
- Custom theme
- Integrations wired
03
Weeks 6–8
Migrate
We move every contact, deal, note, attachment, and historical email out of Salesforce or HubSpot, validate the data, and train your team. The day you flip the switch is the day your seat invoice stops growing.
- Data migrated
- Team trained
- Old CRM cancelled

§05 — What you get

A CRM that works
for you. Literally.

Own your data
Postgres or DuckDB, on your infrastructure. Query it, back it up, export it — no API rate limits, no extraction fees.
No per-seat tax
Add admins, viewers, or interns without watching your bill scale linearly. Headcount is a hiring decision, not a procurement one.
AI workflows native
Bring your own Claude or OpenAI keys. Triggers, summarizers, follow-up drafters, lead scoring — built-in, not a $50/seat module.
Custom UI, your brand
Themed to match your company, not theirs. Sales reps stop looking at someone else's marketing every day.
Self-host or hosted
Deploy to your AWS, GCP, Hetzner, or on-prem. Or let us host it. Either way, you choose where your customer data lives.
Source code is yours
Walk away anytime. Hire any developer to extend it. Audit every line. Open source isn't a feature here — it's the default.

§06 — Provenance

Built by the team behind Dataknacks.

Dataknacks is the consultancy that ships predictive models, AI workflows, and data infrastructure for operators who need it to actually work. replaceCRM is what happens when the same engineers point that practice at the most expensive software in your stack.

See Dataknacks

Top-performer ROI on AI investment: 8×
Average cost reduction with data automation: 60%
Profitability lift for data-driven orgs: 30%

§07 — Questions

Things
people ask.

Don't see yours? Email us — that's a real address, not a help-desk queue.

§08 — Stop renting

Stop renting your CRM.

Book a 30-minute audit. Walk away with a written replacement plan and a fixed quote. The audit is free whether or not you hire us.

Book free audit hello@replacecrm.com

No sales call · No pitch deck · Just savings

Replace your CRM.Keep the money.

You haven't closed a deal yet today, but your CRM has.

Pick your exit from the seat-tax economy.

Custom build

Open-source deploy

The same job. A different bill.

Three steps. Eight weeks max.

Audit

Build

Migrate

A CRM that works for you. Literally.

Own your data

No per-seat tax

AI workflows native

Custom UI, your brand

Self-host or hosted

Source code is yours