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Salesforce is built for enterprise sales operations with 100+ reps and dedicated admins. For teams of 5-50 who need lead tracking and pipeline management without the six-figure contract, Archiet generates a production-ready CRM you own completely — for a one-time payment.
Salesforce is the market leader in CRM for a reason. 25+ years of investment, a massive ecosystem, and battle-tested scalability. For enterprise sales teams with 100+ reps, dedicated Salesforce admins, and complex multi-step sales processes — Salesforce is hard to beat.
But most companies are not enterprise sales operations. Most companies are 5-50 person teams that need lead tracking, a pipeline view, activity logging, and basic reporting. For these teams, Salesforce is dramatically over-specced and over-priced.
Archiet's marketplace offers a different model: generate a complete CRM codebase from a pre-built architecture blueprint. You get the source code, deploy it on your own infrastructure, and own it forever. No per-user fees, no API call limits, no vendor lock-in. The trade-off: you get a modern, clean CRM that does 80% of what Salesforce does — you lose the 20% that requires Salesforce's 25-year ecosystem.
Salesforce pricing is per-user, per-month, and increases with edition: - Essentials: $25/user/month - Professional: $80/user/month - Enterprise: $165/user/month - Unlimited: $330/user/month
For a 10-person sales team on Professional, that is $9,600/year. Over 3 years: $28,800. Plus implementation costs ($15,000-$50,000 for a basic SI engagement), AppExchange add-ons ($200-$500/month for common tools), and admin overhead (0.5-1.0 FTE).
The Archiet marketplace CRM is $997 one-time. Hosting costs approximately $50-$100/month on any cloud provider. Over 3 years: $997 + $2,700 hosting = $3,697 total. For teams on a budget, this is an order of magnitude cheaper.
Choose Salesforce when: you have 100+ sales reps and need enterprise-grade workflow automation. You need the AppExchange ecosystem (3,000+ integrations). Your sales process requires CPQ (Configure, Price, Quote), territory management, or Salesforce Einstein AI. You have dedicated Salesforce admins who manage the platform full-time.
Choose Archiet when: you need a CRM working this week, not next quarter. Your team is 5-50 people. You want to own the code and data. You need the CRM as a feature inside a larger product (not a standalone subscription). You're in a regulated industry and need the CRM architecture to map to your compliance framework. You can't justify a six-figure Salesforce commitment before your product has revenue.
Drag the sliders to see how costs compare for your team.
Salesforce
$91K
$24K – $158K
Archiet (one-time + hosting)
$4K
$997 + $3K hosting
You save
$20K – $154K
Estimates based on published pricing. Salesforce pricing may vary by edition, region, and negotiation. Archiet pricing is at list price — no hidden fees.
No. The Archiet marketplace CRM is a production-ready lead and pipeline management application generated from an architecture blueprint. It covers the core CRM functionality (contacts, leads, opportunities, pipeline, activity log, reporting) but does not replicate Salesforce's full platform (CPQ, Einstein, AppExchange, Flow Builder, etc.). It is designed for teams that need CRM basics without enterprise complexity.
Yes — you own the full source code. It is a standard Flask + Next.js (or Laravel + Next.js) application. Add fields, modify workflows, integrate with any API, change the UI. There are no platform limitations because there is no platform — it is your code.
Salesforce supports data export via Data Loader and the Bulk API. You can export contacts, leads, opportunities, and activities as CSV files and import them into the generated CRM's PostgreSQL database. For complex migrations (custom objects, workflows, automations), manual mapping is required.
The generated codebase includes an email service (SendGrid, Resend, or SMTP) for transactional emails (welcome, password reset, notifications). Full email CRM features (email tracking, sequences, templates) would need to be built on top of the generated code.