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Alternative to Salesforce · Enterprise CRM

You deserve better than Salesforce

Salesforce is the world's leading CRM, designed for large enterprises with complex sales teams. It’s a good tool — for generic use. If your business has specific needs, a custom AI solution will go further, for less over 3 years.

Why SMEs leave Salesforce

Salesforce is an excellent tool — for generic use. These limitations appear when your business logic goes beyond what a standard SaaS can handle.

Astronomical implementation cost

Salesforce is expensive to license — but especially to implement. Salesforce projects for SMEs often exceed €50,000 in consulting, with timelines of 6 to 12 months.

Oversized complexity for an SME

Salesforce is designed for teams of hundreds of salespeople. For an SME of 5 to 50 people, 80% of features will never be used.

Dependence on certified consultants

Every modification — adding a field, changing a workflow — requires a certified Salesforce administrator. You pay forever to modify your own tool.

Catastrophic adoption without training

Adoption rate is often the main problem: sales reps go back to Excel spreadsheets because Salesforce is perceived as too complex.

Salesforce vs Propulse Custom Solution

An honest comparison. Every situation is different — that’s why we always start with a free audit.

CriterionSalesforcePropulse (custom)
Total cost (license + impl.)€100k+ over 3 years for SMESME-adapted investment
Deployment timeline6 to 18 months4 to 8 weeks (MVP)
ComplexityEnterprise, oversizedAdapted to your teams
ModificationsSalesforce admin requiredAsk Propulse or in-house team
Integrated AIEinstein (paid option)Native, on your data
Team adoptionLow without heavy trainingInterface designed for your salespeople

What we build instead

Not a copy of Salesforce. Your tool, designed for your team and the way you work.

Custom

Custom sales CRM

Pipeline matching your sales cycle, your stages, your qualification rules. Your salespeople see exactly what they need — nothing more.

Native AI

AI sales automations

Automatic lead scoring, AI meeting summaries, next-action suggestions, alerts on at-risk deals. Your salespeople spend their time selling.

Insights

Real-time management reporting

Sales forecast, pipeline analysis, team performance: your managers have a clear view without going through a Salesforce consultant.

How we handle the migration

Moving from Salesforce to a custom solution in 4 steps. Transparent, without production downtime.

1

Audit your current usage

We analyze how you use Salesforcetoday: which processes, which teams, which data. We identify what works and what’s holding you back.

2

Design your solution

We design the architecture of your custom tool. Every screen, every workflow, every business rule is validated with you before development.

3

Migration and transition

We export your data from Salesforce, migrate it, and support you through the transition. Your teams don’t lose their data or habits.

4

Deployment & autonomy

Go-live, team training, and support. The code is yours. You’re autonomous.

Migration questions

Everything you’re wondering before taking the leap.

Can we recover our Salesforce data?

Yes. Salesforce allows export of all your data. We migrate your contacts, accounts, opportunities, activity history and attachments to your new platform.

Can an SME really do without Salesforce?

The vast majority of SMEs (under 200 people) don't need Salesforce. A custom CRM covers 100% of their needs with a much better-adopted interface.

What do we really lose by leaving Salesforce?

The AppExchange ecosystem and native compatibility with Salesforce tools (Pardot, Marketing Cloud...). If you don't use those tools, you lose nothing essential.

Ready to stop paying for Salesforce?

We start with a free audit of your situation: your current tools, your costs, your way of working. Then we honestly tell you if a custom solution is the right choice.