Custom CRM (vs Salesforce) cost in 2026 — real ranges, what drives them & the crossover math. Focused sales CRMs run $40K–$90K; full-process CRMs $80K–$200K — against Salesforce TCO that commonly exceeds $40K–$80K/year at 25 seats.
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Cost only means something against the alternative: subscriptions that scale with seats or transactions forever, the workaround labor nobody invoices, and the errors the current approach produces. Our quotes include both curves — build cost against status-quo cost — because the build-vs-buy decision deserves arithmetic, not adjectives. And when the math says "don't build yet," the quote says so too.
Fixed-milestone contracts (scope agreed before build, approved before billed) · phased delivery (value live before the roadmap finishes, with the option to stop between phases) · honest scope surgery in discovery (the 30% of requested features that discovery reveals nobody would use — cut before they're paid for) · and running costs stated up front, because the invoice after launch is part of the price.
Different assumptions hiding in the word "done": what's in scope, who owns rework, whether testing/deployment/support are included, and seniority of who actually builds. Our quotes itemize those assumptions so comparison becomes possible — bring competing quotes and we'll help you normalize them, honestly.
| Scope | Typical range | What it includes |
|---|---|---|
Focused sales CRM | $40K–$90K | Pipeline, contacts, activity, reporting |
Full-process CRM | $80K–$200K | Quoting, commissions, service workflows |
Platform TCO comparison | $40K–$80K+/yr | Typical 25-seat Salesforce org w/ admin |
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