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SuiteCRM: the best Open Source alternative to Salesforce in 2026
SuiteCRM is a mature enterprise CRM with integrated sales, marketing and support, born as a fork of SugarCRM Community, built to replace Salesforce in large organizations.
Technical profile
- License
- AGPL-3.0
- Category
- CRM & Support
- Replaces
- Salesforce
- Tech stack
- PHPMySQL
Preview
Public image provided by SuiteCRM on its own website.
Key features
- Sales, marketing and support modules
- Visual workflows
- Broad extension ecosystem
SuiteCRM vs. Salesforce
Pros
- Very complete for complex sales processes
Things to consider
- Interface and tech stack feel somewhat dated
Quick Docker installation guide
Copy this docker-compose.yml, adjust the example passwords and run docker compose up -d on your server. See the full step-by-step guide →
docker-compose.yml
version: "3.9"
services:
suitecrm:
image: bitnami/suitecrm:latest
restart: unless-stopped
ports:
- "8080:8080"
environment:
- SUITECRM_DATABASE_HOST=suitecrm-db
- SUITECRM_DATABASE_USER=suitecrm
- SUITECRM_DATABASE_PASSWORD=suitecrm
depends_on:
- suitecrm-db
suitecrm-db:
image: mariadb:11
restart: unless-stopped
environment:
- MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=root
- MYSQL_DATABASE=suitecrm
- MYSQL_USER=suitecrm
- MYSQL_PASSWORD=suitecrm
volumes:
- suitecrm_db_data:/var/lib/mysql
volumes:
suitecrm_db_data: