Twenty
Twenty 2.52 lets apps run their own account-connection flows and adds inbox sharing.
Comparison · CRM
Monica vs Twenty
A side-by-side editorial comparison of Monica and Twenty — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.
Monica vs Twenty: at a glance
What is Monica?
v5 'Chandler' rewrite stalled in beta — newest release is over a year old
Monica's entire recent history is the v5.0.0 'Chandler' rewrite, a ground-up rebuild first released in June 2023 and progressing through five betas. The latest, beta.5 (April 2025), added a Typesense search connector and Keycloak/Kanidm SSO among many fixes. But it is now the newest entry by more than a year, with no stable v5 or further beta since.
What is Twenty?
Twenty 2.53 lets apps lock field permission actions, a day after role-aware relation pickers.
Twenty shipped 2.53.0 and 2.53.1 on Oct 28, a day after 2.52.0. The 2.53.0 notes list only docs translations; 2.53.1 lets applications disable field permission actions on the fields they own. 2.52 had made relation pickers offer only targets the current role may update, and 2.51 replaced BlockNote with TipTap and put custom roles behind a billing entitlement.
Monica vs Twenty: editorial side-by-side
Monica
0.0CRM
v5 'Chandler' rewrite stalled in beta — newest release is over a year old
◆ Current state
Monica's entire recent history is the v5.0.0 'Chandler' rewrite, a ground-up rebuild first released in June 2023 and progressing through five betas. The latest, beta.5 (April 2025), added a Typesense search connector and Keycloak/Kanidm SSO among many fixes. But it is now the newest entry by more than a year, with no stable v5 or further beta since.
◆ Where it's heading
The arc is a long, slowing beta cycle that appears to have stalled. Early betas shipped broad feature sets; later ones narrowed to incremental fixes and self-hoster conveniences (SSO, search backends, DAV sync). The gap since April 2025 is the dominant signal: momentum on the rewrite has visibly stalled and a stable v5 has not materialized.
◆ Prediction
Hard to call given the year-plus silence — either a long-delayed v5 stable cut or continued dormancy. The entries don't support confidence either way; the absence of recent activity is itself the most telling data point.
Twenty
5.0CRM
Twenty 2.53 lets apps lock field permission actions, a day after role-aware relation pickers.
◆ Current state
Twenty shipped 2.53.0 and 2.53.1 on Oct 28, a day after 2.52.0. The 2.53.0 notes list only docs translations; 2.53.1 lets applications disable field permission actions on the fields they own. 2.52 had made relation pickers offer only targets the current role may update, and 2.51 replaced BlockNote with TipTap and put custom roles behind a billing entitlement.
◆ Where it's heading
Releases are arriving almost daily now, and the visible changes keep landing on roles and permissions, both in the CRM UI and in what installed applications can control. The SDK is tagged in lockstep with each server version, so the app platform and the permission model are evolving together.
◆ Prediction
Expect 2.53.x patches with more app-level permission controls; the published notes are too thin to say what else 2.53 contains.
Alternatives to Monica and Twenty
Other CRM products tracked by Sparkpulse, ranked by recent ship velocity. Each card links to a full editorial trajectory and lets you pivot into a head-to-head comparison with either Monica or Twenty.
IntegCRM
IntegCRM keeps building out invoicing, bookings, forms and email for service businesses.
Folk
folk ships a French interface weeks after moving its data storage to Europe.
GroupOffice
GroupOffice patches its current 26.0 line and the older 25.0 line on the same afternoon.
Close CRM
Close takes Chloe Chat out of beta for every customer, a month after OIDC SSO.
Corteza
Corteza 2026.9.0 goes final after a week of single-fix candidates.
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Recent activity from Monica and Twenty
Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.
- 1d agoTwentyTwenty 2.53.1: apps can disable field permission actions
- 1d agoTwentySDK 2.53.1 tag matching the server release
- 1d agoTwentySDK 2.53.0 tag (notes list only docs translations)
- 1d agoTwentyTwenty 2.53.0 (notes list only docs translations)
- 2d agoTwentynpm publish dry run for Twenty 2.52.0
- 2d agoTwentyTwenty 2.52: relation pickers respect role permissions
- 1y agoMonicabeta.5: Typesense search and Keycloak/Kanidm SSO
- 2y agoMonicabeta.4: more vCard exports, markdown notes
- 3y agoMonicabeta.3: DAV client subscriptions and groups
- 3y agoMonicabeta.2: instance administrator, Telegram setup
- 3y agoMonicabeta.1: first release of the Chandler rewrite ⚡
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between Monica and Twenty?
They serve adjacent needs but don't currently overlap on shipped themes. Twenty is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 5.0 vs 0.0), with 0 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. See the at-a-glance table above for a side-by-side breakdown of velocity, recent sparks, and editorial themes.
Is Monica better than Twenty?
Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. Twenty is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 5.0 vs 0.0), with 0 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. For your specific use case, the alternatives sections above list other CRM products to evaluate alongside.
What are the best alternatives to Monica?
Top Monica alternatives in CRM are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Monica alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/monica for the full list with editorial commentary on each.
What are the best alternatives to Twenty?
Top Twenty alternatives in CRM are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Twenty alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/twenty-crm for the full list with editorial commentary on each.