Monica vs Twenty
A side-by-side comparison of two self-hosted crm & business apps options
— licensing, setup difficulty, resource needs, and what each one
replaces.
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Compare Twenty with
choose an app… Odoo Community ERPNext Krayin Snipe-IT Mautic Worktile ERP Frappe HR Dolibarr InvenTree SuiteCRM Open Source Point of Sale Erxes Bigcapital Fat Free CRM EspoCRM Frappe CRM InvoicePlane Shelf Asset Management Spoolman pretix metasfresh Django-CRM Paymenter Corteza YetiForce CRM Part-DB PartKeepr farmOS FluentCRM Self-Hosted Crater Cloud OFBiz Axelor SolidInvoice OpenBoxes CiviCRM frePPLe OroCRM Tracardi iDempiere LedgerSMB Inventaire MintHCM Specifically Clementines Vtiger CRM KMyMoney Flectra OpenCRX Tryton SAO Open QuarterMaster Rukovoditel Cannery
Feature Monica Twenty Category CRM & Business Apps CRM & Business Apps License AGPL-3.0 AGPL-3.0 Language PHP TypeScript Setup difficulty Medium Medium Min. RAM 512 MB 2,048 MB Deployment docker, bare-metal docker GitHub stars ★ 24,983 ★ 54,478 First released 2017 2023 Replaces Salesforce, HubSpot Salesforce, HubSpot
Why pick each one
Choose Monica if… Unique personal CRM focus Helps maintain relationships Open source Monica details Choose Twenty if… Clean modern interface Customizable objects Active development Twenty details
Frequently asked questions Is Monica or Twenty better? Neither is universally better. Twenty has the larger community; both share a medium setup difficulty, so the decision comes down to features and licensing.
Are Monica and Twenty free and open-source? Yes. Monica is licensed under AGPL-3.0 and Twenty under AGPL-3.0. Both can be self-hosted at no software cost.
Can I run Monica and Twenty with Docker? Monica: yes. Twenty: yes.