The Follow Up Boss alternative your brokerage owns outright
Follow Up Boss is a serious real-estate CRM, built around speed-to-lead, dialers, and agent accountability. It's also $69 per agent per month, every month, for as long as your brokerage runs. Nanobox CRM is a finished, launched product your brokerage buys once and owns. If you want it tailored to your lead sources, we launch it for you rather than handing you a DIY install.
Follow Up Boss vs. Nanobox CRM
5-year cost
Follow Up Boss: ~$41,400 for a 10-agent team on the Grow plan ($69/agent/mo), recurring. The Pro plan is $499/mo for 10 users
Nanobox CRM: $399 one-time (or $1,999 Agency for unlimited domains) plus your own hosting. Add a done-for-you launch at $1,500 once if you want it set up for you
Per-seat pricing
Follow Up Boss: Yes: $69 per agent per month on Grow, and cost rises with every agent you add
Nanobox CRM: None. Add every agent in the brokerage at no extra cost
Data ownership
Follow Up Boss: Your leads and conversations live in Follow Up Boss's cloud
Nanobox CRM: Your Postgres database on your server, so the lead list is genuinely yours
Source access
Follow Up Boss: Closed source; you work within what the app exposes
Nanobox CRM: Full source code included; adapt it to your brokerage's workflow
AI markup
Follow Up Boss: AI features sit on higher tiers, pushing larger teams up the price ladder
Nanobox CRM: No AI features by design, so no markup and lower cost
Self-host
Follow Up Boss: Cloud-only; no self-hosted option
Nanobox CRM: Self-host with Docker, or we host it for you
Lock-in
Follow Up Boss: Stop paying and you lose the app and the live lead database
Nanobox CRM: Perpetual license. Your copy and your leads stay with you
Real-estate depth & integrations
Follow Up Boss: Genuinely best-in-class for real estate: 250+ lead-source integrations, dialer and IDX/portal routing, agent accountability, and a mature native mobile app
Nanobox CRM: A general-purpose CRM adapted to your brokerage. Real-estate lead routing and integrations are configured in the launch, not shipped out of the box
Mobile app
Follow Up Boss: Polished native iOS and Android apps agents live in all day
Nanobox CRM: Responsive web app that works on any device; no dedicated native app
Why teams switch
- Your cost is fixed the day you buy, with no $69-per-agent meter compounding as the brokerage grows.
- You own the lead database outright; it's never hostage in a vendor's cloud if you leave.
- It arrives finished and, with the done-for-you launch, configured to your lead sources. Not a weekend DIY install.
- Adding agents is free, so onboarding a new team doesn't reopen the pricing conversation.
- No AI tier upgrades silently raising the per-agent bill.
$69 an agent, forever, vs. owning the system
Follow Up Boss is built for one thing and does it well: getting real-estate agents to follow up on leads fast. Speed-to-lead routing, dialer integrations, IDX and portal connectors, accountability dashboards, and a native mobile app agents actually keep open. For a lead-heavy brokerage, that depth is real and it's the honest reason teams pay for it.
What they pay is $69 per agent per month on the Grow plan, and that's the part worth sitting with. A ten-agent office is paying around $8,280 a year, roughly $41,400 over five years, with the bill climbing every time you hire. The Pro plan at $499/month for ten users changes the shape but not the fundamental fact: the meter never stops, and the lead database that runs your business lives in someone else's cloud.
Finished and launched, not a DIY install
Nanobox CRM is a different deal for a brokerage. You buy it once ($399 for a single domain, $1,999 for an unlimited-domain Agency license) and you own the source code and the data. Every agent you add is free. And it isn't a kit you assemble on a weekend: the optional done-for-you launch ($1,500, one-time) means we stand it up and tailor it to your lead sources and pipeline, so it arrives configured rather than empty.
The honest trade-off: Follow Up Boss's real-estate-specific integrations and native apps are deeper out of the box, and if you need all of that working on day one with no setup, it's the stronger pick. But if you'd rather own the system, keep your lead database for good, and stop paying per agent forever, Nanobox is the brokerage CRM you buy once and keep.
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See Nanobox CRMBuy a licenseQuestions, answered.
- Dramatically, over time. Follow Up Boss Grow is $69/agent/month, about $41,400 over five years for a 10-agent team. Nanobox is $399 once (or $1,999 for an unlimited-domain Agency license) plus your own hosting, with an optional $1,500 one-time launch. The per-agent meter is what makes the long-run gap so large.
- Real-estate depth. Follow Up Boss has 250+ lead-source integrations, dialer and IDX/portal routing, agent accountability features, and a mature native mobile app built specifically for high-volume lead follow-up. If you need that breadth working on day one with zero setup, it's the stronger fit. Nanobox gives you a finished CRM that we tailor to your lead sources during launch.
- No. Nanobox CRM ships finished. You can self-host it with Docker in minutes, but if you want it wired to your specific lead sources and pipeline, the optional done-for-you launch ($1,500, one-time) means we stand it up and configure it for you. It's "bought and launched," not "some assembly required."
- Yes. Export your contacts, leads, and notes from Follow Up Boss as CSV and import them into Nanobox. Because you own the Postgres database directly, a larger or more precise migration is also fully in your control.