CRM and sales decision
GESWORK
A technical user can build or self-host a useful subset (contacts, scheduling, invoicing, client portal) but reproducing the full polished SaaS (managed hosting, support, integrations, mobile apps) is time-consuming; existing OSS CRM/ERP projects can be used as a foundation.
Visit website↗Not priced
No pricing page we fetched carried a figure, so there is nothing to compare against. The build side is still real.
$100one-off120 h to build
$0/mo6 h/mo upkeep
No published price to break even against.
Open-source builds that already do this
Every project below is open source and already does this job today. Fork one, self-host it, or take the parts you need - the build prompt further down assumes an empty file, and this is the shortcut past that. Licences differ; check the one on each card before you ship. All GESWORK alternatives, with the arithmetic →
What a replacement has to do
- Manage clients and jobs: create clients, plan interventions, generate quotes/invoices, share documents with clients, and track status from a web UI.
What it still won’t have
- Hosted SLA, support and managed onboarding
- Polish of a production SaaS product (UX, mobile apps, integrations)
- Built-in backups, monitoring, and platform hardening unless separately implemented
- Existing customer portal branding and vendor-maintained updates
What remains hard
- Product polish and ongoing maintenance
First-year cost
No published price
GESWORK does not publish a price we could read, so there is nothing to compare against. What building costs is below.
Money you would actually spend
Time you would spend
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What you would spend
What we assumed
The verdict above measures whether you could build it. This one is only about money.
Runnable build prompt
Build a self-hostable SaaS replacement using: backend Node.js + NestJS (or Laravel/PHP if preferred), Postgres, Redis (jobs), React for frontend, and S3-compatible object storage. Core features in scope: user auth and company tenancy; contacts/customers; interventions/work orders with calendar UI; quotes and invoice creation + PDF export; client portal to view invoices/quotes and download reports; file attachments and basic messaging; email notifications for scheduling. Out of scope: mobile native apps, multi-currency accounting, advanced payroll. Deliverables must include Docker-based deployment, automated DB migrations, background job workers, basic E2E tests for main flows, logging/health endpoints, and error handling with retries for failed jobs.
How we checked
How the score was reached
- Partly verdict base52
- An open-source build was found+5
- 3 cited sources+3
- 3/3 assessment runs agreed+4
- Evidence score64
The base comes from the verdict. Everything under it is a check that either happened or did not, and each one is a fact frozen in this record rather than a judgement made at render time - so the same evidence always produces the same number.
How scoring works →Cited sources · 3
Every page the run actually retrieved.
- official productGeswork — official product
- open sourceKrayin CRM repository
- open sourceDolibarr repository
Integrity checks
What held up, and what did not.
