For teams leaving ForceManager
On ForceManager, but not really a field-sales team?
What we hear from small teams on ForceManager
A field-sales CRM is the wrong shape when nobody's in the field.
- ForceManager is built around the outside-sales rep — route planning, visit check-ins, activity tracking on mobile. That's a real, well-built product. It's just the wrong shape if your team works from desks and calls, not client visits.
- Half the CRM is field-sales machinery you never touch. The home screen assumes a day of visits; your day is pipeline review, follow-ups, and a few custom records the tool wasn't designed to hold.
- Mobile-first is great for a rep between meetings. For a team that lives on a laptop, it means the desktop experience plays second fiddle to an app you opened twice.
How FlowGrid is different
A general CRM you shape by talking to it — not a tool built for one job.
Canvas, not a fixed field-sales layout
Describe the workspace you want. It takes that shape.
ForceManager hands you a layout built for outside sales. FlowGrid hands you a canvas. You shape it by talking to Nexus — ask for a pipeline view, a follow-up board, a contacts dashboard — and the canvas rearranges around how your team actually works.
No field-sales home screen to work around. No rigid templates. Just a workspace that adjusts to you instead of the other way round.
Custom objects, not just visits and deals
Model the records your work actually runs on.
A general CRM has to hold whatever your team tracks — projects, renewals, partners, assets. FlowGrid gives you custom objects, fields, and relationships from day one. Ask Nexus "add a Renewals object linked to Organizations" and confirm before it ships.
Nexus has 60+ tools bound to your schema, so it works with the objects you create — not a fixed visit-and-deal model. Every action is confirmed before it runs and logged in your audit trail.
Privacy as the default
Field-level encryption with keys only your tenant holds.
AES-256-GCM encryption at the field level. Tenant-scoped keys. Multi-tenant isolation enforced with row-level security at the Postgres layer, so one workspace reading another's records isn't a setting — it's a database-level impossibility.
GDPR-compliant with a DPA your legal contact can pull today, and customer CRM records are stored in the Zurich region of Switzerland. Full security details are public, with the gaps named honestly.
Side-by-side, no strawman
FlowGrid vs ForceManager, in plain language.
| Aspect | ForceManager | FlowGrid |
|---|---|---|
| Who it's built for | Outside-sales teams. Reps who visit clients all day — route planning, visit check-ins, and mobile activity tracking are the core of the product, and it does that job well. | Small teams that want a general-purpose CRM — a flexible workspace for pipeline, contacts, and custom records, not a tool wired for one sales motion. |
| Shaping the CRM | A layout built around the field-sales day. Capable for that workflow; less so when your work doesn't look like a route of client visits. | A canvas you shape by talking to Nexus. Ask for the views you need; the workspace rearranges. No field-sales home screen to design around. |
| AI assistant | Sales-focused AI features aimed at the rep on the road. | Nexus, an AI assistant with 60+ tools bound to your schema — including the custom objects you create. Included in every seat. |
| Custom records | Strong at the field-sales model — visits, activities, deals. | Custom objects, fields, and relationships from day one. Model projects, renewals, partners — whatever your team runs on. |
| Data privacy | A general security posture, as you'd expect from an established CRM vendor. | Field-level AES-256-GCM encryption with tenant-scoped keys, row-level isolation, and a published DPA. CRM records stored in Switzerland. |
| Your data on the way out | Export availability and format depend on your plan and setup. | CSV export of every record and every field, on the trial and after. Tenant-scoped keys mean nobody else can read what you leave behind. |
Verifiable, not assumed
We're early. Here's how you can verify us anyway.
How your data is protected
Field-level AES-256-GCM encryption with tenant-scoped keys. Multi-tenant row-level isolation. Every mutation logged.
Read the security details →Legal & compliance
GDPR-compliant with a Data Processing Addendum. Your legal contact can pull it now — not after a sales call.
Read the DPA →Built in public
Built in public
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FlowGrid is early. Instead of borrowed credibility, here's what you can verify yourself:
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