CRM · replacement recipe

Go from Bigin to Zoho CRM

The job: Sales CRM (Contacts and companies, Team pipelines, Tasks, events and calls, Dashboards). Pick where you are today and where you want to land; the move below follows your pick.

From · what you pay for now
Bigin
Bigin Express · $9/mo
Year one+$58modeled
To · your pickBest fit
Zoho CRM
Free plan · $0 a month
Change where you land

The money

$9/mo today $0/mo

Bigin Express

Year one, net+$58
Pays back in5.6 months

Modeled from public list prices, with your time at $50 an hour. Show the math

Does it do the job? 4 of 4 covered

  • Contacts and companies
  • Team pipelines
  • Tasks, events and calls
  • Dashboards

The work

Setup
About 1 h
Upkeep
None
Watch out
Check first: You only rely on: Contacts and companies, Team pipelines, Tasks, events and calls, Dashboards

Make the move in four steps

  1. Export from Bigin

    Records from Bigin modules (a whole module or a view), and notes by parent module. Format: A ZIP file of CSV files

    Export steps

  2. Set up Zoho CRM

    Suits teams of 2 or 3 (Bigin's free plan allows 1 user) with under 5,000 records.

    Details

  3. Switch links and integrations

    Point links, embeds and integrations at Zoho CRM, then send a test through every one.

  4. Cancel Bigin

    Turn off renewal before your renewal date, once the new setup works. Access runs until: Web downgrade: not stated when the paid edition ends….

    How to cancel Bigin
Open Zoho CRMHow to cancel Bigin
Modeled, not measured. Savings use public prices and planning assumptions: the bill you stop paying, minus the new tool, your upkeep time and your setup time at $50/hour, over the first 12 months. Paths marked Tested by Stackcut were run end to end by us on our own products. They're our tests, not customer results. Check the must-haves in each recipe before you switch.

The whole recipe: 4 ways out, best first

What you use

  • Contacts and companies
  • Team pipelines
  • Tasks, events and calls
  • Dashboards

Not covered

  • Workflow automations
  • Email and WhatsApp integration
  • Built-in phone

Check before switching

  • You only rely on: Contacts and companies, Team pipelines, Tasks, events and calls, Dashboards
  • Export your data from Bigin before canceling

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4 ways out, best first

Switch vendorZoho CRM (free tier)Saves $58 in year one
$9/mo today → $0/mo · setup 1 h · then $108/yr · payback 5.6 mo
If your use fits the free tier (Forever free for 3 users; 5,000 records; leads, contacts, accounts and deals on one pipeline; standard reports; workflow rules; 10 email templates; no email integration, mass email or dashboards).
Covers 100% of the core features
Suits teams of 2 or 3 (Bigin's free plan allows 1 user) with under 5,000 records.
How we got this
You pay now: Bigin Express$9/user/mo × 1 user$9/mo
New cost: Zoho CRM (free tier)free plan$0/mo
Difference each month$9 − $0+$9/mo
Over 12 months+$9 × 12+$108
Setup, once1 h × $50/h−$50
Year one+$108 − $50+$58
  • Not counting your time (1 h in year one): saves $108 in year one.

Year one = 12 × (what you pay now − the new cost − upkeep) − setup, with your time at $50/hour. Prices are public list prices; hours are Stackcut’s planning estimates. Price it for your team

Sources: bigin.comzoho.comzoho.com
Switch vendorAttio (free tier)Saves $58 in year one
$9/mo today → $0/mo · setup 1 h · then $108/yr · payback 5.6 mo
If your use fits the free tier (Up to 3 seats, 3 objects, 50,000 records, 3 reports, 200 emails a month, 1 synced email account per user; automatic enrichment; 100 credits per user a month).
Covers 100% of the core features
Suits teams of up to 3 who want email and calendar sync free, within 50,000 records.
How we got this
You pay now: Bigin Express$9/user/mo × 1 user$9/mo
New cost: Attio (free tier)free plan$0/mo
Difference each month$9 − $0+$9/mo
Over 12 months+$9 × 12+$108
Setup, once1 h × $50/h−$50
Year one+$108 − $50+$58
  • Not counting your time (1 h in year one): saves $108 in year one.

Year one = 12 × (what you pay now − the new cost − upkeep) − setup, with your time at $50/hour. Prices are public list prices; hours are Stackcut’s planning estimates. Price it for your team

Sources: bigin.comattio.com
Open sourceTwentyCosts $1,352 more in year one
$9/mo today → $5/mo + 2 h upkeep · setup 4 h
Covers 100% of the core features
Suits a team with someone to run a small server who wants no per-user fees; calling needs a separate tool.
License: open_source
How we got this
You pay now: Bigin Express$9/user/mo × 1 user$9/mo
New cost: Twentya small server (modeled)$5/mo
Your upkeep time2 h/mo × $50/h$100/mo
Difference each month$9 − $5 − $100−$96/mo
Over 12 months−$96 × 12−$1,152
Setup, once4 h × $50/h−$200
Year one−$1,152 − $200−$1,352
  • Not counting your time (28 h in year one): saves $48 in year one.

Year one = 12 × (what you pay now − the new cost − upkeep) − setup, with your time at $50/hour. Prices are public list prices; hours are Stackcut’s planning estimates. Price it for your team

Sources: bigin.comtwenty.comgithub.comdocs.twenty.com
Open sourceEspoCRMCosts $1,352 more in year one
$9/mo today → $5/mo + 2 h upkeep · setup 4 h
Covers 100% of the core features
Suits teams that want a free self-hosted CRM with email sync; automations need the paid Advanced Pack.
License: open_source
How we got this
You pay now: Bigin Express$9/user/mo × 1 user$9/mo
New cost: EspoCRMa small server (modeled)$5/mo
Your upkeep time2 h/mo × $50/h$100/mo
Difference each month$9 − $5 − $100−$96/mo
Over 12 months−$96 × 12−$1,152
Setup, once4 h × $50/h−$200
Year one−$1,152 − $200−$1,352
  • Not counting your time (28 h in year one): saves $48 in year one.

Year one = 12 × (what you pay now − the new cost − upkeep) − setup, with your time at $50/hour. Prices are public list prices; hours are Stackcut’s planning estimates. Price it for your team

Sources: bigin.comespocrm.comgithub.comespocrm.com

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