Freshsales vs Laravel-crm
Krayin CRM (Laravel-crm) is the stronger choice for organizations that want an open-source, self-hosted PHP CRM centered on customer, lead, opportunity, and sales management—and can operate or customize the application themselves. Freshsales remains the safer choice for teams that require a documented, integrated suite covering lead qualification and routing, multichannel engagement, campaigns, workflow automation,
Decision guide
The practical reasons to choose either option, based on documented capabilities.
Choose Laravel-crm if
- Teams needing self-hosted control over CRM data and infrastructure.
- Organizations with Laravel, PHP, Vue.js, Composer, and MySQL administration skills.
- Sales teams primarily managing contacts, leads, opportunities, activities, and custom fields.
Stay with Freshsales if
- Freddy AI scoring, recommendations, or assisted email writing is required; equivalent Krayin coverage is not established by the supplied sources.
- The sales process depends on documented lead qualification and routing behavior.
- The organization needs Freshsales communication history, automations, and reporting preserved through a documented migration path.
Deployment and operations
Krayin is self-hostable, has a documented Docker installation option, and can also be installed with Composer and an Artisan installer. Manual hosting requires Apache 2 or NGINX, at least 3 GB RAM, PHP 8.3+, Composer 2.5+, and MySQL 8.0.32+ for MySQL deployments. A vendor-managed cloud option is available; self-hosters manage their own server and maintenance. Repository facts and the README identify the license as MIT, although the cloud-hosting page says AGPL, so verify the license for the code
Feature fit
What Laravel-crm covers
- Contact and customer records
- Lead and opportunity management
- Sales workflow tracking
- Custom fields
- Sales activity tracking
What’s different or missing
- No documented Freshsales-specific importer
- No documented Freddy-equivalent scoring
- No documented AI email drafting
- No explicit lead qualification and routing coverage
- No established feature parity for multichannel engagement
Project snapshot
- GitHub stars
- 23,692
- Contributors
- 61
- Language
- PHP
- Last commit
- Aug 19, 2026
- Latest release
- Aug 4, 2026
Categories: Sales Intelligence, Workflow Automation, Customer Relationship Management, Business Intelligence, Data Integration, Customer Data Platforms, Marketing Automation, Customer Support
Sources and editorial review13 linked sources
Public documentation supports this comparison. Automation assists collection and classification; editorial standards and corrections remain the responsibility of Kris.
Krayin CRM is Free & Open Source CRM Built with Laravel for Customer, Lead, and Sales Management.
repository description · github.comFree & Opensource Laravel CRM solution for SMEs and Enterprises for complete customer lifecycle management.
readme · github.comDescriptive and Simple Admin Panel. Admin Dashboard. Custom Attributes.
readme · github.comEmail parsing via Sendgrid.
readme · github.comKrayin CRM is a fully open-source CRM framework which will always be free under the MIT License.
readme · github.comphp artisan serve
readme · github.comDocker Installation
readme · github.comFeatures that assist with lead tracking, deal management, and sales forecasting.
shared feature · krayincrm.comKrayin CRM is Free & Open Source CRM Built with Laravel for Customer, Lead, and Sales Management.
verdict · github.com- **SERVER**: Apache 2 or NGINX. - **RAM**: 3 GB or higher. - **PHP**: 8.3 or higher - **Composer**: 2.5 or higher. - **For MySQL users**: 8.0.32 or higher.
deployment · github.comKrayin CRM is a fully open-source CRM framework which will always be free under the [MIT License](https://github.com/krayin/laravel-crm/blob/2.1/LICENSE).
deployment · github.comSelf-hosted is free but you manage the server. Cloud Hosting is fully managed by our team on high-performance infrastructure.
deployment · krayincrm.comYes, the core CRM is open source and free to use under the AGPL license.
deployment · krayincrm.com
