ADempiere vs monday CRM Comparison
Compare ADempiere vs monday CRM features, pricing, and more.
Last updated: November 2026
ADempiere
6/10
ADempiere is a free, community-run, open-source (GPL v2) ERP suite with built-in CRM. It is for businesses that can host and customize their own systems.
monday CRM
7.4/10
Sales CRM built on the monday.com work platform, with pipeline, lead and contact boards, email tracking, sequences and AI sales agents, for small and mid-sized sales teams.
Feature-by-Feature Comparison
| Feature | | |
|---|---|---|
| Scores | ||
| Overall Rating | 6/10 | 7.4/10 |
| Customization | 9/10 | 8/10 |
| Analytics | 6/10 | 7/10 |
| Integration | 5/10 | 8/10 |
| Support | 3/10 | 7/10 |
| Ease of Use | 3/10 | 8/10 |
| Security | 5/10 | 8/10 |
| Cost | 9/10 | 6/10 |
| Scalability | 6/10 | 7/10 |
| Pricing | ||
| Free plan | Yes | No |
| Cheapest paid plan | Contact for pricing | $18/user/mo Basic |
| Estimated cost for 10 users | Free Open Source (GPL v2) | $180/mo Basic |
| Features | ||
| Contact Management | ||
| Integrations | ||
| Reporting & Analytics | ||
| Collaboration | Not listed | |
| Customer Support Management | Not listed | |
| Lead Management | Not listed | |
| Marketing Automation | Not listed | |
| Mobile Access | Not listed | |
| Opportunity Management | Not listed | |
| Sales Automation | Not listed | |
ADempiere vs monday CRM cost by team size
ADempiere costs less from 5 users.
| Team size | ADempiere | monday CRM |
|---|---|---|
| 1 user | FreeOpen Source (GPL v2) | Contact for pricing |
| 5 users | FreeOpen Source (GPL v2) | $90/moBasic |
| 10 users | FreeOpen Source (GPL v2) | $180/moBasic |
| 25 users | FreeOpen Source (GPL v2) | $450/moBasic |
| 50 users | FreeOpen Source (GPL v2) | $900/moBasic |
The plan that fits each team size, billed monthly, before add-ons and usage charges. Each cost opens that tool's pricing calculator for the team size.
Which One Should You Choose?
Why choose ADempiere
- Has a free plan (monday CRM does not)
- Lower estimated cost for 10 users: Free vs $180/mo
- Higher Cost score (9/10 vs 6/10)
- Higher Customization score (9/10 vs 8/10)
Why choose monday CRM
- Higher Ease of Use score (8/10 vs 3/10)
- Higher Support score (7/10 vs 3/10)
- Better fit for sales teams (8/10 vs 3/10)
- Better fit for enterprise (6/10 vs 4/10)
Pros & Cons
ADempiere
Pros
- No licence fees or premium editions. All modules are free under GPL v2.
- CRM records share a database with orders, invoicing and accounting, so the full customer-to-cash history sits in one system.
- The active data dictionary lets administrators change windows, workflows and reports without modifying core code.
- Reviewers praise flexible reporting with drill-down, and Jasper Reports integration is available.
Cons
- Self-hosting, setup and customization require real technical expertise.
- Reviewers describe the user interface as dated.
- Support comes from the community and documentation. There is no vendor helpdesk or SLA.
- One reviewer reported login problems and a crash under heavy concurrent use, and the community-driven roadmap is hard to predict.
monday CRM
Pros
- Uses the same flexible board model as monday work management, so teams already on monday.com can link sales pipelines to project delivery.
- Built-in AI agents score and enrich leads, flag stalled deals and summarize calls without a separate tool.
- Gmail and Outlook sync fills CRM fields from emails automatically, which cuts manual data entry for reps.
- Strong review scores of about 4.6 on G2 and 4.7 on Capterra, according to third-party summaries.
Cons
- Three-seat minimum and bucketed seats mean small teams pay for seats they do not use, and there is no free plan.
- Basic is very restricted, with one dashboard, 1,000 contacts and five columns per board, which pushes most teams to Standard or Pro.
- G2 reviewers often say it lacks features found in dedicated sales CRMs, especially native calling, texting and template automation.
- Email sequences and mass emails are reserved for Pro, and monthly billing costs much more than annual billing (41 versus 28 USD per seat on Pro).
Not sold on either?
Frequently Asked Questions
Monday CRM scores higher on our CRM criteria: 7.4/10 against 6/10 for ADempiere. The largest gap is in Ease of Use: 3/10 for ADempiere and 8/10 for monday CRM.
ADempiere costs less for 10 users: free on its Open Source (GPL v2) plan, against about $180/mo on its Basic plan for monday CRM, billed monthly.
ADempiere has a free plan; monday CRM does not list one.
Monday CRM is the better fit for sales teams: we rate it 8/10 for them, against 3/10 for ADempiere.
