History: Why Not
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We routinely get questions about why a component is picked or not picked for WikiSuite. When a component has a direct alternative, it will be explained on a page such as Why Openfire. But in some cases, the potential app doesn't line up neatly with what we picked. This page is to explain.
SuiteCRM
SuiteCRM is a software fork of the popular customer relationship management (CRM) system from SugarCRM. The SuiteCRM project started when SugarCRM decided to stop development of its open-source version. The base SuiteCRM application is built on the last open-source SugarCRM release. SuiteCRM is a greatly extended version of SugarCRM which also contains many additional security fixes that are not available in SugarCRM.
SuiteCRM tas tons of features that are geared towards the CRM use case. If you look at feature lists such as:
Pretty much all these features are either
- available in Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
- easily configurable via http://tikitrackers.org/
- and the few features that missing, let's add them
Dolibarr
Dolibarr is a CRM/ERP written in PHP with broad functionality.
Pretty much all these features are either
- available in Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
- easily configurable via http://tikitrackers.org/
- and the few features that missing, let's add them
Dolibarr has good the plugin route: https://www.dolistore.com/ where as in WikiSuite, we prefer integrated solutions to avoid http://pluginproblems.com