Salesforce Alternative: Enterprise CRM without the complexity
Salesforce is powerful. But also complex and expensive.
cashwerk offers CRM power with German GDPR compliance, integrated project management, and invoicing – without enterprise complexity.
Salesforce
Typische Herausforderungen
- You are a large corporation with >1000 employees
- You need extreme customizability with your own dev team
- You use the entire Salesforce ecosystem intensively
- You have complex global requirements
cashwerk
Warum Unternehmen wechseln
- You are an SME or medium-sized business (5-500 employees)
- You need CRM + Projects + Invoices without complexity
- You want enterprise features at SME prices
- You want to start immediately, not configure for months
- GDPR, GoBD, and German hosting are mandatory
The honest comparison
Feature by feature – decide for yourself.
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When Salesforce is the better choice:
- You are a large corporation with >1000 employees
- You need extreme customizability with your own dev team
- You use the entire Salesforce ecosystem intensively
- You have complex global requirements
When cashwerk is the better choice:
- You are an SME or medium-sized business (5-500 employees)
- You need CRM + Projects + Invoices without complexity
- You want enterprise features at SME prices
- You want to start immediately, not configure for months
- GDPR, GoBD, and German hosting are mandatory
Price Comparison
What does it really cost?
Switching to cashwerk
Start parallel to your current solution – risk-free.
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Plan data transfer individually with support
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Everything you need, seamlessly integrated into one platform.
Why Service Providers Switch from Salesforce to cashwerk
Salesforce dominates enterprise CRM, but its complexity and cost are often misaligned with the needs of SMEs. Many German service providers seek a simpler alternative that still delivers CRM, projects, and invoicing.
Salesforce is powerful – and notoriously complex. Implementation typically requires consultants, custom configuration, and months of setup. For SMEs with 5 to 200 employees, this overhead rarely pays off. Licensing costs escalate quickly: Sales Cloud alone can exceed 100 euros per user per month, and adding projects, time tracking, and invoicing means more modules, more integration work, and more ongoing fees. The result is a system that demands an IT team or external consultants to maintain.
cashwerk offers enterprise-ready CRM without the enterprise burden. Contact management, pipeline stages, and deal tracking work out of the box. Project management with Kanban and milestones, time tracking with timer functionality, and GoBD-compliant invoicing with XRechnung and ZUGFeRD are included. There are no implementation consultants – you start in minutes, not months. The AI assistant CASPER helps users across all modules, and support is included without hourly rates.
For German businesses, Salesforce raises data residency concerns. cashwerk hosts all data exclusively on German servers (ISO 27001) and is fully GDPR-compliant. No Cloud Act exposure, no cross-border data transfers. Invoicing meets GoBD requirements natively – a must for German service providers that Salesforce does not address out of the box.
The cost difference is stark. A five-person team on Salesforce with CRM, projects, and basic integrations can easily reach 800 to 1,500 euros per month, plus implementation and consulting. cashwerk delivers CRM, projects, time tracking, invoicing, and AI for 395 euros per month – no hidden costs, no module puzzle, and no long-term contracts.
Common questions
Can I migrate from Salesforce?
Currently, no automatic import. We recommend testing in parallel. For larger data migration, speak with our support team about individual solutions.
Is cashwerk too simple compared to Salesforce?
No – cashwerk offers professional CRM features but deliberately avoids unnecessary complexity. You get what you need without configuring for days.
Do I need a consultant for cashwerk?
No. cashwerk is designed so that you can start directly. Our support team helps with questions – free of charge and without hourly rates.
Where is my data stored at cashwerk?
All data is stored exclusively in German data centers (ISO 27001). 100% GDPR-compliant, no US servers.
Your data is safe with us
Made in Germany
Developed & hosted in Germany
GDPR-compliant
Fully data protection compliant
Cloud Hosting DE
Servers only in Germany
ESG Certified
Sustainable & responsible
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