Our verdict
Twenty and FluentCRM are both full-suite tools for restaurants. On our independent rubric, Twenty scores 4.5/5 versus 4.1/5 for FluentCRM. Choose Twenty if you're Developer teams replacing Salesforce/HubSpot on their own infrastructure or Teams requiring unlimited custom objects and data model flexibility; choose FluentCRM if you're WordPress site owners replacing Mailchimp/ActiveCampaign with a flat-fee, self-hosted stack or Course creators and membership sites (deep LMS and membership plugin integrations).
Side-by-side comparison
| Metric | Twenty | FluentCRM |
|---|---|---|
| Editorial score | 4.5/5 | 4.1/5 |
| G2 rating | — | — |
| Capterra rating | — | — |
| Starting price | Free (self-hosted) | $129/year (1 site; listed at $103/year with current 20% discount) |
| Free tier | ||
| Free trial | ||
| Integrations | 8 · n8n, Zapier, Claude (MCP)… | 22 · WooCommerce, Easy Digital Downloads, SureCart… |
| Best for | Developer teams replacing Salesforce/HubSpot on their own infrastructure, Teams requiring unlimited custom objects and data model flexibility, Organizations wanting AI-native CRM with MCP server integration | WordPress site owners replacing Mailchimp/ActiveCampaign with a flat-fee, self-hosted stack, Course creators and membership sites (deep LMS and membership plugin integrations), Agencies managing email automation across many client sites |
| Category | full-suite | full-suite |
| Founded | 2023 | 2020 |
| HQ | San Francisco, CA, USA | — |
A teal check marks the stronger option on each measurable row. Ratings are sourced from G2/Capterra with attribution on each listing.
Twenty
- 45k+ GitHub stars — fastest-growing open-source CRM in 2026
- Exceptional data model flexibility via custom objects
- AI-native architecture with MCP server support
- Docker self-hosting with zero-op managed cloud alternative
- Row-level permissions require paid Organization tier
- Relatively new (production-ready only since v2.1 in April 2026)
- Limited native integrations (relies on API/webhooks)
FluentCRM
- 80,000+ active installations — most-deployed self-hosted WordPress CRM
- Unlimited contacts and email sends on flat annual pricing
- Free core plugin covers campaigns, automation, and contact management
- Deep e-commerce, LMS, and membership plugin integrations
- Email-marketing-centric — no traditional sales deal pipeline
- WordPress-only; unusable outside a WordPress site
- Email deliverability depends on your own SMTP/sending service
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