CRM Lite
EspoCRM + Listmonk newsletter + Cachet status page + webmail. Sales-ops in a box.
What this stack is
CRM Lite is the sales-ops in a box product: CRM (EspoCRM), newsletter (Listmonk), public status page (Cachet), and webmail (Roundcube). For sales teams and small-business owners managing customer relationships without enterprise CRM seats.
What it's for
- Customer relationship management — EspoCRM tracks leads, opportunities, accounts, contacts, activities
- Sales automation — workflows for follow-ups, lead nurturing, pipeline progression
- Email marketing + outreach — Listmonk for cold outreach, nurture campaigns, transactional
- Customer status visibility — Cachet for showing service status to customers
- Email access — Roundcube webmail for sales reps managing customer correspondence
Who it's for
- B2B sales teams at small-to-mid companies (5-25 reps)
- Solo sales professionals running outbound at scale
- Small agencies managing client pipeline + retention
- SaaS companies at seed stage replacing HubSpot / Salesforce Essentials
- Customer-success teams at SMBs wanting structured relationship data
Apps in this stack
| App | Role |
|---|---|
| EspoCRM | Open-source CRM — leads, contacts, accounts, opportunities, activities, workflows |
| Listmonk | Newsletter + cold outreach + transactional email |
| Cachet | Public status page — share service health with customers |
| Roundcube | Webmail — IMAP/SMTP webmail for sales reps |
Sizing & deployment
- Recommended VPS: 3 GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 20 GB NVMe storage
- No GPU needed
- Database: shared MariaDB across EspoCRM + Listmonk + Roundcube
- Deploy time: ~15-20 min one-click, all SSL automatic via Let's Encrypt
- Backup profile: nightly DB dumps + EspoCRM custom layouts + Cachet config
Why hosters sell this
Sales teams calculate Salesforce Essentials ($25/user) + HubSpot Marketing Hub ($45) + Statuspage ($99) = $169 minimum for a 1-user setup. Your offer wins on cost AND on data sovereignty (customer database on hoster infra, not Salesforce US cloud).
Common resale shape:
- Solo sales tier — single VPS, single user, basic CRM + outreach
- Small team tier — single VPS, 5-15 reps, shared pipeline + email marketing
- Multi-territory tier — single VPS, isolated workspaces per region/division
Stack retail pricing is set by the hoster. See the suggested retail hint on this page as starting anchor; refer to bluix.net/bluixapps.php for the Bluix module license layer.
Compliance profile
- Customer database stays on the VPS — critical for B2B sales operations under EU data residency rules
- Audit log of every contact view, every activity edit, every email sent
- GDPR-clean — full data residency, right-to-be-forgotten supported
- Email DKIM/SPF/DMARC configured for outbound deliverability + anti-spoofing