CRM pricing got out of control. Self-hosting helped, but came with its own pain

We were spending way too much on CRM software. Per-user pricing and locked features made it hard to scale without the cost spiraling.

We started exploring open-source options and landed on ERPNext. It gave us what we needed, from lead tracking to full control, and no per-user limits.

The tricky part was hosting. Getting backups, SSL, monitoring, and scaling right turned into a much bigger job than expected. Each part needed time, effort, and some trial-and-error. It felt like we had replaced high SaaS pricing with high maintenance.

We eventually built an automated setup that gets everything running in minutes. It’s been stable and way cheaper and saving us close to 90% compared to SaaS CRMs.

Curious if others here are self-hosting their CRM too. What are you using and how’s it working out?