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Phorest vs Twenty
A side-by-side editorial comparison of Phorest and Twenty — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.
Phorest vs Twenty: at a glance
What is Phorest?
Phorest keeps handing salon owners the settings they used to phone support about
Phorest is salon and clinic management software shipping small, well-scoped changes every week or two, written in the voice of the front desk. The recent run is dominated by giving owners control they previously had to request: adding product brands without contacting Phorest, per-staff-per-service pricing, per-staff online booking visibility, and finer permissions on who may edit service versus retail prices. Around that sit operational tools like geofenced clock-in on the mobile app.
What is Twenty?
Twenty ships a five-tier AI model selector and workspace app administration in back-to-back weekly releases.
Twenty CRM is in active weekly release cadence, shipping breaking changes alongside new capabilities in each version. The v2.40.0 and v2.41.0 releases span 48 hours and cover AI model configuration, workflow version validation, cross-workspace app administration, and developer tooling improvements. This is an open-source CRM moving fast enough that it regularly requires synchronized SDK updates on the same release cycle.
Phorest vs Twenty: editorial side-by-side
Phorest
5.0CRM
Phorest keeps handing salon owners the settings they used to phone support about
◆ Current state
Phorest is salon and clinic management software shipping small, well-scoped changes every week or two, written in the voice of the front desk. The recent run is dominated by giving owners control they previously had to request: adding product brands without contacting Phorest, per-staff-per-service pricing, per-staff online booking visibility, and finer permissions on who may edit service versus retail prices. Around that sit operational tools like geofenced clock-in on the mobile app.
◆ Where it's heading
The through-line is decentralising configuration to the salon and making the booking model match how these businesses actually run. Nearly every recent release either removes a support ticket or lets one staff member be treated differently from another — different price, different online availability, different qualifications. The multi-service booking flow extends the same thinking to the client-facing side, where a visit involving two practitioners was previously modelled as an edge case.
◆ Prediction
Per-staff settings have now landed for price, online visibility and qualifications separately; the obvious next step is a single staff-level view that shows all three together, since the release notes already admit owners are hopping between screens to check them.
Twenty
6.3CRM
Twenty ships a five-tier AI model selector and workspace app administration in back-to-back weekly releases.
◆ Current state
Twenty CRM is in active weekly release cadence, shipping breaking changes alongside new capabilities in each version. The v2.40.0 and v2.41.0 releases span 48 hours and cover AI model configuration, workflow version validation, cross-workspace app administration, and developer tooling improvements. This is an open-source CRM moving fast enough that it regularly requires synchronized SDK updates on the same release cycle.
◆ Where it's heading
Twenty is building toward an AI-native CRM where model selection, workflow automation, and app extensibility are first-class features. The author-keyed metadata overrides and per-user view seeding in v2.41 point toward a platform supporting multi-tenant app publishing. Consistent SDK versioning alongside server releases signals a growing developer ecosystem that needs stable contracts.
◆ Prediction
The next releases will likely ship the multi-step workflow system at scale and deepen AI model integration—potentially enabling AI-assisted record enrichment or automated actions triggered by model output, building on the five-tier model infrastructure now in place.
Alternatives to Phorest 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 Phorest or Twenty.
Close CRM
Close is rebuilding its telephony stack and turning Chloe into a full-stack CRM copilot.
Twenty
Twenty corrects a licensing mixup and documents its CLI contract as the open-source CRM stabilizes its 2.39–2.41 series.
Gold Vision CRM
Gold Vision CRM ships monthly releases on a consistent cadence — changelog details aren't surfaced in the feed.
Lime Connect
Lime Connect adds time-based workflow triggers and interactive UI elements for its AI Agent, deepening its bet on AI-augmented customer communication.
Easy!Appointments
Easy!Appointments 1.6 lands video conferencing, GDPR tools, and a serious security overhaul across its CalDAV and booking stack.
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Recent activity from Phorest and Twenty
Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.
- 3d agoTwentytwenty/v2.41.0
- 3d agoTwentysdk/v2.41.0: i18n translation sync
- 5d agoTwentysdk/v2.40.0
- 5d agoTwentytwenty/v2.40.0 ⚡
- 9d agoTwentyv2.39.5: GraphQL resolver cache in worker process
- 10d agoTwentytwenty-ui 1.0.0-alpha.2: MIT license fix
- 18d agoPhorestBooking multiple services with multiple staff? Now way easier to mix up who's doing what 💇
- 24d agoPhorestChoose which team members show up for online bookings — service by service
- 1mo agoPhorestPermissions to change service / retail prices
- 1mo agoPhorestAdd New Brands
- 1mo agoPhorestPricing just got personal
- 1mo agoPhorestGeofencing Clock In/Out on Phorest Go
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between Phorest and Twenty?
They serve adjacent needs but don't currently overlap on shipped themes. Twenty is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 6.3 vs 5.0), with 1 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 Phorest 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 5.0), with 1 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 Phorest?
Top Phorest alternatives in CRM are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Phorest alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/phorest 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.