Perfex CRM

Perfex CRM is a self-hosted customer relationship and project management application built on CodeIgniter and sold through Envato's CodeCanyon marketplace by the author MSTdev, which is based in Strumica, North Macedonia. You install it on your own PHP 8.1 and MySQL server. It is not a SaaS subscription. One install covers lead tracking on a Kanban board with web-to-lead forms and email lead import, customer records with a client portal, estimates, proposals, invoices with recurring schedules, expenses, contracts with expiry reminders, projects with tasks, milestones, time tracking and Gantt charts, a ticketing system with email piping and departments, a knowledge base, surveys, goals and built-in reports. It suits freelancers, agencies, consultancies and small service businesses that bill clients for project work and want to own their data without paying monthly per-seat fees. Pricing is a one-time license: $89 for the Regular License, or $385 for the Extended License if your end users pay to use it. Both include 6 months of author support and future updates, and support can be extended to 12 months. Functionality grows through a large third-party module marketplace, with built-in PayPal and Stripe payment gateways, plus connectors such as Bit Integrations for WordPress automation. The main limitation is that you run the hosting, cron jobs, updates and security yourself. Critics also describe the reporting as fairly static and say it lacks advanced sales automation, AI features and white-label branding unless you add third-party modules.