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
Get this app — pick a BluixApps plan
Same catalog. Scaling tenant isolation, white-label and support tier.
| Tier | Tenants | Catalog | Support | White-label | Monthly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stacks | 1 | 19 curated stacks | Standard | — | $19/mo | DetailDeploy |
| Starter | 10 | Full catalog | Standard | +$15–25/mo | $49/mo | DetailDeploy |
| Pro | 25 | Full catalog | Priority bugfix | +$15–25/mo | $149/mo | DetailDeploy |
| Growth | 100 | Full catalog | Priority bugfix | +$15–25/mo | $349/mo | DetailDeploy |
| Scale | 500 | Full catalog | 7-day window | +$15–25/mo | $799/mo | DetailDeploy |
| Enterprise | Unlimited | Full catalog | Priority 7-day | Bundled | $1,499/mo | DetailDeploy |