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People, companies, deals and forecasts, with Karrie and all eight AI agents on every plan and one price for the whole team. No edition to pick, no partner to hire. Bring your Salesforce export across this afternoon.

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Your afternoon

Live by 3:00

  1. 1:00Start the free trial7 days, no card
  2. 1:20Upload your Salesforce exportA test run of 25 records first
  3. 2:10Bring the rest acrossMatched by email or domain, with undo
  4. 2:40Connect Gmail or OutlookMail lands on the right deal
  5. 3:00Karrie drafts the first follow-upsHeld for your yes

Kickoff call: Salesforce implementation partnerNot needed

An example afternoon. Your times depend on how much you bring across.

a month for 5 people, AI included
$49
AI agents on every plan
8
setup fee, no partner needed
$0
contacts on every plan
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What is the best Salesforce alternative?

For small and growing teams, AutomateNexus CRM is the Salesforce alternative you can run the same day: Karrie and all eight AI agents work on every plan, the price covers the team rather than each user (five people from $49 a month), and you import your Salesforce export yourself, with undo. Salesforce Sales Cloud costs $25 to $550 a user a month, with Agentforce from $125 a user and a partner usually quoted on top.

Figures checked against Salesforce's pricing page and our pricing.

AutomateNexus CRM
$49 a month, 5 people
Salesforce
$25–$550 a user a month
10 people, yearly
$119 vs $1,000 a month
AI
8 agents vs from $125 a user
Setup
Self-serve vs partner
Move from Salesforce
Import the export, with undo
Two roads

Live this afternoon, not when the project ends.

Press play, set your team size and pick an edition. Salesforce's prices are from its own pricing page; it publishes no price or timeline for a partner, so neither do we.

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Salesforce edition

A typical Salesforce rollout

  1. 1Choose an editionPro Suite: $100 a user a month, billed yearly.
  2. 2Add the AIAI add-ons are sold separately on Pro Suite; the price page lists no price.
  3. 3Bring in a partnerSalesforce points you to Professional Services or one of its 12,000 partners. Quoted separately.
  4. 4Configure itObjects, page layouts, validation rules and permission sets: an admin's job.
  5. 5Train the teamA steeper learning curve for the people who use it every day.
  6. 6Go liveWhen the project is done.

AutomateNexus CRM

  1. 1Start the trial7 days free, no card.
  2. 2Import your Salesforce exportTest 25 records first, then the rest. Undo any run.
  3. 3Connect your inboxGmail or Outlook, so mail lands on the right deal.
  4. 4Agents at workKarrie and all 8 agents score, draft and book, held for your yes.

Salesforce, first year

$0+

  • Pro Suite · 10 users$12,000
  • AIsold separately
  • Partner or Professional Servicesquoted separately
  • Admin time to run itnot on the quote

AutomateNexus CRM, first year

$0

  • Growth plan, billed yearly$1,428
  • Karrie and all 8 agentsincluded
  • Import from your Salesforce exportincluded
  • Setup fee$0

The power you keep

Salesforce's words, and what they are called here.

Leads, accounts, opportunities
People, companies and deals, with every email and meeting on the record
Forecasts
A weighted pipeline and revenue forecasts from your own history
Custom objects
Custom objects and fields
Profiles and permission sets
Roles, field-level access, audit logs and single sign-on
AppExchange
70+ integrations, a full API and webhooks
Agent approvals in AutomateNexus CRM: a follow-up email Karrie drafted, held until someone approves it
Agent approvalsThe agents draft; you decide. Anything that reaches a customer waits for your yes, with the reason the agent proposed it.
The deals pipeline in AutomateNexus CRM with Karrie answering a question about a deal
Honestly

Where Salesforce is the right choice.

AutomateNexus CRM is a younger platform without Salesforce's decade of consultants and apps. If any of these describe you, Salesforce is probably the better buy.

Weighing the big two? Read HubSpot vs Salesforce, honestly compared.

  1. 01

    You run at enterprise scale

    Several business units, territories and approval chains, with procurement and compliance to satisfy. Salesforce remains the default there, and for good reason.

  2. 02

    You need the ecosystem

    AppExchange and a partner network Salesforce counts at 12,000. If your industry runs on a Salesforce-only app, that settles it.

  3. 03

    Your process really is unusual

    Deeply customised objects, logic and approvals are where Salesforce wins outright. We would rather say so than pretend otherwise.

  4. 04

    Your org is tuned and staffed

    If you already have admins and a setup that works, the cost of switching likely outweighs the savings. Stay.

Side by side

Salesforce and AutomateNexus CRM, line by line.

Salesforce's figures are from its own pricing page, checked October 29, 2026. Including the two rows where it is the stronger pick.

Salesforce Sales Cloud compared with AutomateNexus CRM
Salesforce Sales CloudAutomateNexus CRM
Price modelPer user: $25 to $550 a monthFlat by team: from $49 a month for 5 people
10 people, billed yearly$1,000 a month (Pro Suite)$119 a month (Growth)
AI agentsAgentforce for Sales from $125 a user a month on Core and Advanced; included in MaxKarrie and all 8 agents on every plan
BillingPro Suite and above billed yearlyMonthly, or 20% off yearly
Getting set upProfessional Services or a partner, quoted separatelySelf-serve import with a test run and undo; no setup fee
Free optionFree Suite7-day free trial, no card
EcosystemIts strength: AppExchange and 12,000 partners70+ integrations, API and webhooks; a younger platform
Enterprise customisationIts strength: objects, logic and approvals at any depthCustom objects and fields; not Salesforce-grade approval chains

Every other option is in the best Salesforce alternatives, and every plan is on pricing.

Moving over

From a Salesforce export to agents at work.

Nothing is final until you say so. Do it during the free trial and count your records before you pay.

  1. Step 01

    Export from Salesforce

    Export your accounts, contacts, opportunities and activities from Salesforce as CSV files.

  2. Step 02

    Run a test of 25

    Data, Migration matches the columns to fields, then brings 25 records across so you can check them. Undo it if anything looks wrong.

  3. Step 03

    Bring the rest

    Companies, people, deals, notes, tasks and activities, matched to what you already have by email or domain. It keeps going if you close the page.

  4. Step 04

    Connect your inbox

    Connect Gmail or Outlook, and Karrie and the agents start on your pipeline. Keep Salesforce read-only for a month while you check.

The CRM migration checklist is free, and its kit adds step-by-step Salesforce export instructions and a field-mapping workbook.

FAQ

Questions about leaving Salesforce

For a small business that wants AI to do the follow-up without a Salesforce project, AutomateNexus CRM: Karrie and all eight AI agents on every plan, unlimited contacts, and one price for the whole team, from $49 a month for five people. You import your Salesforce export yourself, with a test run of 25 records and undo. If you need Salesforce-grade customisation or its app ecosystem, HubSpot or Microsoft Dynamics 365 are closer fits.

Most CRMs for small teams cost less once you count users. Salesforce Pro Suite is $100 a user a month billed yearly, so ten people pay $1,000 a month, before Agentforce or a partner. Ten people on AutomateNexus CRM's Growth plan pay $119 a month billed yearly ($149 monthly), with the AI agents included.

Salesforce Sales Cloud is priced per user per month: Starter Suite $25, Pro Suite $100, Core $195, Advanced $395 and Max $550, with Pro Suite and above billed yearly. Agentforce for Sales is from $125 a user a month and is included in Max. Professional Services and partners are quoted separately. Figures are from Salesforce's pricing page, checked October 29, 2026.

For anything beyond a small, simple setup, usually yes: Salesforce assumes someone owns its objects, page layouts, validation rules and permission sets, whether that is a hire, a partner or a staff member who takes it on. Count it as part of the cost. AutomateNexus CRM is set up by the team itself, with no setup fee.

If you have real process complexity, several business units or an admin already, it can be. For a small team that mainly needs contacts, deals, email and follow-up, the per-user price, the add-ons and the admin time usually outweigh what you would use.

Yes, on every plan. Karrie and the agents score new leads, draft follow-ups and hold them for your approval, book meetings and forecast revenue. They run on your own AI provider key or on AI credits at $5 a month per 5 million tokens, where Agentforce for Sales starts at $125 a user a month.

Yes. Upload your Salesforce export in Data, Migration, run a test of 25 records, undo it if you like, then bring the rest: companies, people, deals, notes, tasks and activities, matched to existing records by email or domain instead of duplicated. Do it during the 7-day free trial and check your record counts before you pay.

Keep reading

More on Salesforce.

  1. 01The best Salesforce alternativesEvery option, honestlyWho each one suits, and how to migrate.
  2. 02HubSpot vs SalesforceSide by sideThe cost nobody quotes you, and who wins where.
  3. 03The AI agentsOn every planKarrie and the agents that do the follow-up.

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