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Madgeek

A CRM built for how your sales team actually works — not for how Salesforce thinks you should work.

We're a CRM development company that builds custom CRM systems for companies whose sales process doesn't fit any standard pipeline model. AI lead scoring, deal health monitoring, pipeline forecasting, and process automation built in as standard — not bolted on as an expensive add-on. Engineering team in India, structured delivery on every project.

14–20 wks

From signed spec to production CRM — with AI lead scoring, integrations, and mobile apps included

8+ years

Building custom business systems. CRM lead scoring AI agent in production on a live B2B pipeline today

100%

IP ownership — your code, your data model, no vendor lock-in, no licensing fees

When does a custom CRM make more sense than Salesforce?

Salesforce was built to be a CRM for every company. The problem is you're not every company. Your sales process has stages, relationships, and data structures that don't fit the standard pipeline model — and every workaround you've built in Salesforce costs you in admin time and missed visibility. Here's the honest framework.

Stay on Salesforce / HubSpot whenGo custom when
Standard B2B pipeline: prospect → proposal → closed
Sales stages that Salesforce's pipeline model can't represent without heavy workarounds
Single product, straightforward pricing
Complex product configurations, quote logic, or pricing dependencies
Team uses 40%+ of the platform's features
Paying for features nobody uses; spreadsheets running alongside the CRM to fill the gaps
No ERP or custom system integration needed
Deep integration with existing ERP, order management, or operations systems
Standard reporting covers your sales KPIs
Sales KPIs specific to your process that Salesforce can't calculate without custom development

Not sure which side you're on? The CRM Design Sprint answers it — maps your sales process, identifies where Salesforce is costing you, and tells you whether a custom build makes sense.

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What's included in a custom CRM build.

Every engagement covers the full CRM — not a minimal build that needs a second round of work to be usable. AI is included as standard, not as an upgrade.

Pipeline and deal management

Built for your actual sales stages — not Salesforce's default funnel. Custom deal fields, stage logic, and validation rules designed around how your team sells.

Contact and account management

Data model designed for your relationship structure. Multi-contact accounts, hierarchy mapping, custom relationship types, and a contact history that makes sense to your team.

AI lead scoring

Probability rankings trained on your historical win and loss data. Updated in real time as pipeline activity changes. Reps see which deals to work — not which ones to guess at.

Pipeline health and forecasting

AI predictions on deal likelihood and close timing. Flags deals going cold before they fall off the forecast. Revenue projections that don't require a spreadsheet to validate.

Activity tracking

Calls, emails, meetings, and custom activity types specific to your sales motion. All synced from Gmail, Outlook, and calendar — no manual logging.

Integrations and admin console

ERP, billing, order management, marketing automation. Sales ops dashboard with territory management, user permissions, and reporting. Everything your Salesforce admin was doing — without the admin.

The AI layer — built in from day one, not added later.

Most CRM vendors charge extra for AI features — and the features they offer are built for the average sales team, not yours. In an AI-powered CRM built by Madgeek, the AI layer is designed around your historical data and your sales process from the start. The model learns from your wins and losses — not a generic dataset.

Lead scoring model

Trained on your historical pipeline data. Ranks active deals by win probability using deal size, seniority, activity patterns, and industry signals.

Deal health monitoring

Flags deals at risk before they go cold — days since last activity, missing next steps, stalled stage progression. Surfaces the warning before the rep misses it.

Next-best-action

Recommends the next move for each deal based on what's worked in similar past deals. Not generic advice — specific to your sales motion.

Pipeline forecasting

Revenue probability by close date. Weighted forecasts built from deal health signals, not rep gut feel. CFOs get a number they can plan around.

Call intelligence integration

Gong, Chorus, or a custom call recording integration — activity signals fed into the scoring model. The AI learns from what's said on calls, not just CRM activity.

In production today

CRM lead scoring AI agent

Manual → Live

Pipeline qualification — running in production for a B2B sales team

Madgeek built and deployed a CRM lead scoring AI agent that qualifies and prioritises deals based on historical deal data, company signals, and ICP criteria. It runs on a live pipeline — not a sandbox. The system surfaces the deals worth working first, before reps have to guess.

Lead scoringCRMB2B salesPipeline intelligence

This is a production deployment — not a demo or a proof-of-concept. The same architecture is the starting point for every custom CRM we build.

Custom CRM is one of five service lines.

If your needs extend beyond sales into operations, procurement, or full AI automation — see our broader AI software development and AI agents services.

Start with a Design Sprint, not a six-figure commitment.

The Frustrated CTO has been burned by offshore agencies before — agreed a scope, paid a deposit, and got something that didn't reflect how the team actually works. The CRM Design Sprint removes that risk. In 5–7 days, we map your sales process, define the data model, and produce a fixed-price build proposal. You get a complete spec regardless of whether you proceed with us.

Duration5–7 business days
OutputSales process map, CRM data model, fixed-price build proposal
CreditSprint fee credited in full if you proceed with the build
ObligationNone — the spec is yours, whoever builds it
Book the CRM Design Sprint

How an engagement works

01
CRM Design Sprint
5–7 days. Map your current sales process, identify the data model requirements, design the CRM schema, produce a fixed-price build proposal.
02
Fixed-scope build
14–20 weeks. Full CRM with pipeline management, AI lead scoring, integrations, mobile apps, and admin console. Two-week sprints with working software at the end of each.
03
Data migration
Salesforce export, field mapping, deduplication, and migration to your new CRM — scheduled to run without disrupting live pipeline.
04
Production deployment and handover
We deploy, train your team, and hand over full documentation. Sales ops gets the admin console. No black-box systems.
05
Ongoing development retainer
Optional. New modules, integrations, AI model retraining on new pipeline data. Monthly retainer — cancel anytime.

What you stop paying for.

Salesforce licences for features nobody on your team uses
A dedicated Salesforce admin to maintain configuration
Consulting fees every time your sales process changes
Spreadsheets running in parallel because the CRM can't handle the data
Manual data entry between the CRM and your other systems
Salesforce's AI add-ons priced as separate SKUs

What you get instead.

A CRM that maps exactly to your actual sales stages
AI lead scoring trained on your own historical data — not a generic model
Integrations with your ERP, billing, and ops systems from the start
One codebase, owned entirely by you — no licensing
A team that understands your process and can extend the system as it changes
Leadership stays involved in delivery — not handed off to a junior team

Not sure if your use case warrants a custom build? The Design Sprint answers that question before you commit to anything.

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Common questions about custom CRM development.

14–20 weeks from a signed spec to production deployment. That includes the data model design, core pipeline and contact management, the AI layer, integrations with your existing systems, and mobile apps. The Design Sprint at the start (5–7 days) defines scope so the build timeline is fixed, not estimated.
Yes. Salesforce data export, field mapping, deduplication, and migration to your new CRM is scoped as part of the engagement. We've done this for clients with years of deal history. The migration plan is part of the Design Sprint output.
It trains a model on your historical closed and lost deal data — deal size, contact seniority, activity patterns, time-to-close, industry, and any signals specific to your sales process. It then ranks every active deal by win probability. The model updates as new pipeline data comes in. A rep looking at 40 open deals knows immediately which 8 to prioritise.
You own 100%. Full IP assignment is in the contract before any work begins. No licensing, no shared codebase, no vendor lock-in. If you want to switch to an in-house team or another vendor after we've built it, you have everything you need to do that.
Yes. Typical integrations: ERP and order management, Gmail and Outlook, calendar, Slack, marketing automation, accounting software, and call recording platforms. If you're moving from Salesforce, we replicate the integrations your team depends on before you cut over.
The CRM Design Sprint — 5–7 days. It maps your current sales process, identifies the data model requirements, designs the schema, and produces a fixed-price build proposal. If you proceed with the build, the sprint fee is credited in full. If you don't, you have a complete spec you can use however you want.

Have a question not covered here?

Talk to us directly — we'll tell you honestly whether a custom CRM is the right call.

Ready to stop working around your CRM?

Describe your current sales process and what Salesforce or HubSpot can't handle. We'll tell you whether a custom CRM makes sense, and what the Design Sprint would look like for your specific situation.

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