Espocrm

App in the BluixApps catalog

What it is

EspoCRM is a lightweight self-hosted CRM — contacts, accounts, leads, opportunities, sales pipelines. PHP-based, MySQL-backed, with a clean modular UI. Designed for small-to-medium businesses managing customer relationships without Salesforce's overhead or pricing.

For sales teams paying Salesforce $150/user/month, EspoCRM self-host is dramatically cheaper for similar functionality.

What it's for

  • CRM — contacts, accounts, leads, opportunities pipeline
  • Sales tracking — deal stages, win/loss reporting
  • Customer database — single source of truth for customer data
  • Email integration — track customer email correspondence
  • Multi-team CRM — separate visibility for sales / support / marketing

Who it's for

  • Small businesses with 5-50 person sales teams
  • Sales consultancies managing client pipelines
  • Privacy-bound orgs keeping customer data on-prem
  • Cost-conscious teams moving off Salesforce / HubSpot per-seat
  • Multi-tenant CRM hosts offering CRM-as-a-service

Why teams pick EspoCRM over alternatives

  • AGPLv3 (Community) — fully open
  • Lightweight — runs on minimal VPS
  • Modular — disable unused modules to simplify UI
  • API + webhooks — programmatic integration
  • Multi-currency / multi-language — international features
  • Active development — backed by EspoCRM Inc.

Integrations

  • Email — IMAP for tracking incoming, SMTP for outgoing
  • Calendar — Google Calendar sync
  • Telephony — Twilio, RingCentral integration
  • Document management — file storage per contact / account
  • API — REST API for programmatic access
  • Workflow automation — built-in workflow engine
  • Custom fields — extend any entity with custom data

Notable users & community

  • 1.5k+ GitHub stars
  • Used by SMBs worldwide for sales management
  • Active forum
  • Backed by EspoCRM Inc. with Premium tier
  • Featured in Salesforce-alternative lists

Tips & operations

  • Configure email tracking — IMAP setup is critical for full functionality
  • Define pipeline stages upfront — changing stages mid-stream messes reporting
  • Permissions discipline — define roles before scaling team
  • Persist MySQL + uploads — both essential
  • Backup daily — your customer relationships are your business
  • Workflow automation — use for repetitive sales process steps

What we ship in BluixApps

  • Docker compose: EspoCRM + MariaDB
  • Pinned espocrm/espocrm:latest (release-tagged)
  • HTTPS via Let's Encrypt
  • Admin user via env config
  • Persistent volumes for MariaDB + uploads
  • SMTP placeholder for email tracking
  • Backup hook covers MariaDB + uploads
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Same catalog. Scaling tenant isolation, white-label and support tier.

TierTenantsCatalogSupportWhite-labelMonthly
Stacks119 curated stacksStandard$19/moDetailDeploy
Starter10Full catalogStandard+$15–25/mo$49/moDetailDeploy
Pro25Full catalogPriority bugfix+$15–25/mo$149/moDetailDeploy
Growth100Full catalogPriority bugfix+$15–25/mo$349/moDetailDeploy
Scale500Full catalog7-day window+$15–25/mo$799/moDetailDeploy
EnterpriseUnlimitedFull catalogPriority 7-dayBundled$1,499/moDetailDeploy

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