Corteza
Corteza's 2026.9 release candidates keep landing daily, each fixing one MySQL or RBAC edge.
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 2.48 runs agent conversations inside Slack threads and lets API keys export records.
Twenty ships a minor version roughly weekly with the SDK and CLI tagged in lockstep. 2.48 continues one agent conversation per Slack thread, lets the AI chat create, update and delete agents, caps an application's credits, supports more than two billing plans and imports Teams call transcripts. It also verifies IMAP and SMTP certificates by default and stops a custom AI provider form from silently overriding built-in OpenAI. 2.47 had already rewritten filter errors so AI agents can correct themselves.
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
6.3CRM
Twenty 2.48 runs agent conversations inside Slack threads and lets API keys export records.
◆ Current state
Twenty ships a minor version roughly weekly with the SDK and CLI tagged in lockstep. 2.48 continues one agent conversation per Slack thread, lets the AI chat create, update and delete agents, caps an application's credits, supports more than two billing plans and imports Teams call transcripts. It also verifies IMAP and SMTP certificates by default and stops a custom AI provider form from silently overriding built-in OpenAI. 2.47 had already rewritten filter errors so AI agents can correct themselves.
◆ Where it's heading
Agents are becoming the organising idea of the product: they now live in Slack threads, are managed from the AI chat, and get API errors written for them. The app platform is growing in parallel, with a marketplace consent screen, install stats, usage caps and a generate-client CLI, which points to third-party apps as the second pillar. Billing changes suggest the pricing ladder is about to widen.
◆ Prediction
Expect 2.49 to finish the Campaigns work flagged as part 1 of 2 and to extend agent reach to further chat or meeting sources; new billing tiers are likely but their shape isn't visible.
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.
Twenty
Twenty 2.48 puts its CRM agent into Slack threads and lets AI chat manage agents.
Folk
folk packages its recent releases as a field-sales toolkit.
GroupOffice
GroupOffice ships three 26.0 builds in four days, all with install-only notes.
Django CRM
Django CRM spends a morning hardening itself against abusive input.
Close CRM
Close adds OIDC single sign-on as voice agents and Chloe take on more of the CRM.
See all Monica alternatives → · See all Twenty alternatives →
Recent activity from Monica and Twenty
Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.
- 1d agoTwentySDK 2.48.0 tagged with credit caps and multi-plan billing
- 1d agoTwentyTwenty 2.48 adds Slack agent threads and API record export
- 1d agoTwentycli/v2.48.0: Stop the New AI Provider form from shadowing built-in providers (#28155)
- 3d agoTwentytwenty/v2.47.0: Make filter validation errors actionable for AI agents (#27963)
- 3d agoTwentysdk/v2.47.0: Make filter validation errors actionable for AI agents (#27963)
- 4d agoTwentyCLI 2.46.0 clarifies optional releases and publish guidance
- 1y agoMonicabeta.5: Typesense search and Keycloak/Kanidm SSO
- 2y agoMonicabeta.4: more vCard exports, markdown notes
- 2y 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 6.3 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 6.3 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.