Quiliro Ordóñez <[email protected]> writes: > 2010/9/22 Quiliro Ordóñez <[email protected]> > >> I would like to promote Sugar CRM but beforehand would like to make sure if >> it it 100% free as in freedom. Would anybody know? >> >> > http://www.sugarcrm.com/crm/products/editions.html#compare > > I found this. Whould I suggest the use of the community edition or will that > lead to use of non free software.
I'd be careful about recommending it. The site tries very hard to steer people into their Software as a Service products, has deliberately confusing stuff like "Free Trial" under the "Open Source" heading, and tells people to "upgrade" to the proprietary or SaaS version. I'm also unclear on whether the Community Edition still requires interaction with their SaaS, or whether it really is all self-hosted. Another good CRM to recommend is http://civicrm.org. It's licensed under the AGPL. It's more for nonprofits and community organizations though, less for businesses. http://libreplanet.org/wiki/Donor_Transaction_and_Contact_System has helpful information about other CRM systems -- many of which would be useful for businesses as well. If you learn more, please update the page :). -- John Sullivan Free Software Foundation Manager of Operations
