Overview

Nanobox CRM is a customer relationship manager you own outright instead of rent forever. It's a focused tool for tracking contacts, deals, and the work that moves a relationship forward. It's built on a stack you can read, run, and change: Next.js and TypeScript on the front, PostgreSQL with Drizzle ORM for data, and better-auth for accounts and sessions. There are deliberately no AI features. Nothing reads your notes, ranks your contacts, or marks up the price for a model you didn't ask for.

Two doors: own it or have us host it

There are two ways to run Nanobox CRM, and they lead to the same product.

• Self-host (own it). Buy a one-time license, get the full source, and run it on your own server with Docker. $399 covers a single domain; the $1,999 Agency license covers unlimited domains. Pay once and it's yours: no seats, no renewal, no meter.
• Hosted (we run it). Don't want to manage a server? We host it for a flat $29/month or $290/year, never per seat. Same CRM, none of the operations work.

Either way there's no per-seat fee. Add your whole team without watching a bill climb.

What's in the box

When you self-host, the license includes:

• The full source code: read it, fork it, change a field or a workflow because it's yours.
• A Docker setup: the app ships as containers so deployment is a known, repeatable process rather than a bespoke build.
• A PostgreSQL database you own: your contacts and deals live in a standard Postgres database on infrastructure you control, so you can back it up, export it, or migrate it any time.

Who it's for

Nanobox CRM suits teams running a stable, well-understood sales or relationship workflow who are tired of paying per head for a platform they use a fraction of. It's a strong fit for founders, consultants, agencies, recruiters, and trade and service businesses that want to cap their software cost and keep customer data on their own terms. It is not an enterprise platform with a deep app marketplace. If you need that breadth, be honest with yourself before switching.

Read Installation next, or see the product page, pricing, and hosted plans.