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Salesforce vs BareCRM for solo consultants
Salesforce is built for large teams and complex pipelines. BareCRM is built for people who mostly need a clean list of who to email next.
At a glance
Salesforce
- Designed for larger sales teams and enterprises.
- Very flexible, but requires setup and ongoing admin.
- Best when you need deep reporting and complex workflows.
BareCRM
- Designed for solo consultants and tiny teams.
- One small workflow: capture lead, get reminder, follow up.
- Best when you want zero admin and no dashboards.
Where Salesforce makes sense
If you run a team, have multiple product lines, or need every touch logged across departments, Salesforce is built for that world.
- You need layered permissions, approvals, and compliance controls.
- You rely on detailed pipeline and revenue forecasting reports.
- You have dedicated sales ops or an admin to keep the system in shape.
Where BareCRM makes sense
If you are the sales team and the operator and the admin, you probably do not want a full enterprise CRM. You want to stop losing leads because you forgot to follow up.
- You work from your inbox and calendar more than from dashboards.
- You want one place to see who is waiting on a reply.
- You prefer fewer features that you actually use over a huge surface area you will not touch.
If you only care about follow‑ups
Keep Salesforce if you genuinely need the full machine. If you mostly need to remember who to email and when, BareCRM will feel like breathing room.
Want the full philosophy behind this? Read the anti‑CRM manifesto.