OroCRM vs Twenty
| Tagline | Open-source CRM for B2B and commerce with a 360 customer view | Modern open-source CRM built as an alternative to Salesforce |
| Category | CRM & Sales | CRM & Sales |
| Replaces | Salesforce, HubSpot | Salesforce, Pipedrive, Airtable |
| GitHub stars | 682 | 57k |
| Language | PHP | TypeScript |
| License | MIT | AGPL-3.0 |
| Self-host difficulty | 5/5 Advanced | 3/5 Moderate |
| Deploy options | Docker Manual | Docker Docker Compose Manual |
| Managed hosting | ||
| Last updated | 5 days ago | yesterday |
| View repo | View repo |
Where each falls short
The honest trade-offs — what you give up with each, versus the proprietary tools they replace.
OroCRM
- Heavy Symfony stack makes installation and operation complex
- Steeper learning curve and slower to set up than lightweight CRMs
- Smaller community and fewer ready-made integrations
- Best value comes from the broader Oro ecosystem, which adds overhead
Twenty
- Smaller ecosystem of integrations and marketplace apps versus Salesforce/AppExchange
- Workflow automation, reporting, and analytics are still maturing
- No mature mobile apps
- Younger product, so APIs and data model still evolve between releases
Bottom line
Choose Twenty if you want the lower-effort setup; choose Twenty for the larger community and ecosystem. Twenty has seen more recent development. Open each guide below for deploy steps and the full feature gap.