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Sovereignty: 2 of 4 dimensions proven

0–5 in half steps. 5 means the rubric's top anchor is met on the evidence.

by 42he GmbH · centralstationcrm.com

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The Skeptic

Weighted verdict

Assumes the pricing page is the nicest thing the vendor will ever say. Hunts per-seat maths that explode at renewal, "unlimited" with footnotes, AI features priced by credits, dead changelogs and acquisition rumours. Exists to keep the rest of the bench honest.

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Scored by The Skeptic

Contact & data model

How this is scored

Depth and hygiene of the core records — contacts, companies, deals, custom fields, deduplication.

0 — A flat address book; no relations between people, companies and deals.

3 — The standard three objects exist but customization is cosmetic: few field types, no required fields, duplicates accumulate unchecked.

5 — Custom fields across objects, basic dedupe on create, activity history on the record; complex models still need workarounds.

8 — Rich field types with validation, merge and dedupe tooling, relationships beyond the standard model, permissioned field access.

10 — A genuinely modelable system: custom objects or equivalent, bulk hygiene tooling, field-level history — the data model bends to the business, not the reverse.

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The Skeptic

The only data model the two pages evidence is a contact count and an attachment quota — the tiers literally price 'contacts' as a unit, and nothing mentions companies, deals, custom fields, dedupe or relations. 'The easy CRM for small teams' with packages that 'differ only in users, contacts and data storage' smells like a flat address book with marketing on top. 1 2

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Pipeline & forecasting

How this is scored

Whether the pipeline enforces a process and produces reporting a finance department accepts.

0 — A kanban of deals with amounts; nothing is enforced, nothing rolls up.

3 — Multiple pipelines and stage probabilities exist, but no required fields per stage and only canned reports.

5 — Stage requirements, win/loss capture and standard forecast views; custom reporting is limited or an add-on.

8 — Enforceable process (required fields, stage gates, routing), custom report builder, forecast by team and period with quota tracking.

10 — Forecasting a CFO signs: weighted and commit-based views, historical snapshots, attainment tracking, and reporting composable enough to answer questions the vendor never anticipated.

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The Skeptic

Not one word about pipelines, stages, forecasts, quotas or reports on either the homepage or the plans page — and this sheet is my entire world, so an unevidenced pipeline is a nonexistent one. A CRM that markets itself purely on ease and contact counts is telling you the finance department will not be signing its forecasts. 1 2

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Automation & workflows

How this is scored

Triggers, sequences and routing that remove manual work without a consultant.

0 — No automation beyond email templates.

3 — Simple if-this-then-that on records; no multi-step sequences, no branching.

5 — Multi-step workflows with delays and branching, email sequences, basic lead routing — capped by tier or count.

8 — Full workflow builder across objects with webhooks as steps, round-robin routing, sequence analytics.

10 — Automation as infrastructure: versioned workflows, error handling, per-step logs, and limits generous enough that the feature is not its own upsell.

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The Skeptic

Zero evidence of triggers, sequences, routing or even email templates across both pages; the closest thing to workflow the vendor publishes is 'watch a short video, import data and get started.' Missing evidence is information: by the evidence's own silence, the automation layer either doesn't exist or isn't worth mentioning. 1 2

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Integrations & API

How this is scored

Two-way email/calendar sync, native connections, and an API that treats external systems as first-class.

0 — No API, no sync; data enters by CSV and leaves never.

3 — One-way email logging (BCC), a handful of Zapier triggers, a read-mostly API.

5 — Two-way email and calendar sync for the major providers, a documented REST API with sane limits, a modest native directory.

8 — Deep native integrations for the revenue stack, webhooks, OAuth apps, API parity with the UI for core objects.

10 — An ecosystem: public API covering everything the UI does, event streams, a marketplace, and sync so reliable the CRM can be the system of record without being the only system.

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The Skeptic

The entire integration story is one line — 'API documentation (English)' — with no evidence of two-way email/calendar sync, a native directory, webhooks or OAuth. Documentation existing is not the same as an API that treats external systems as first-class; I'll credit the paper, not the promise. 1 2

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European sovereignty

How this is scored

Where other people's personal data actually lives and under whose law — entity, hosting, subprocessors, DPA.

0 — US entity, US-default hosting, no public DPA or subprocessor list.

3 — A DPA exists and an EU region is available on request or on top tiers; subprocessor exposure to US CLOUD Act reach is broad and undocumented.

5 — EU hosting selectable at signup, published DPA and subprocessor list; core processing still touches US entities.

8 — EU entity or EU-default hosting with published subprocessors, consent-friendly fields, retention and deletion controls; residual US exposure named and narrow.

10 — European entity, EU-only processing including subprocessors, deletion that provably deletes — sovereignty a DPO can sign off without a caveat file.

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The Skeptic

Genuinely decent: a founder-held, self-financed German GmbH storing customer data and attachments in Germany with a GDPR claim as the headline. But 'GDPR-compliant' is the nicest thing a vendor will ever say — no published DPA, no subprocessor list, no retention or deletion controls on record — so I stop short of an 8. 1 2

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Import, export & exit

How this is scored

Getting in with history intact, and out with everything — the anti-lock-in criterion.

0 — Import is a support ticket; export is contacts-only CSV missing notes, activities and files.

3 — Self-serve CSV import with mapping; export covers main objects but drops activity history, attachments or relations.

5 — Guided migration from major competitors, full-object CSV export, API access sufficient to rebuild the database elsewhere with effort.

8 — Complete export (all objects, history, files) self-serve in open formats, import with dedupe and dry-run, no API metering that prices exit out of reach.

10 — Exit as a feature: documented full-fidelity export, migration tooling both directions, and contractual data-return terms — leaving is a weekend, which is exactly why you can stay.

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The Skeptic

'You can export your data independently at any time' is the right sentence, but nothing says what 'your data' includes — notes, activities, files, relations all unverified — and the import story is 'watch a short video.' Self-serve anytime export earns real credit; unquantified scope on a homepage keeps it mid-table. 1 2

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Pricing transparency

How this is scored

Whether a buyer can compute the real invoice — per seat, per month, at renewal — from public pages alone.

0 — No public prices at all; every tier is a sales conversation.

3 — An entry price exists, but the tiers most buyers need are unpriced, or per-seat maths is obscured by bundles, minimums or mandatory onboarding fees.

5 — Most tiers carry real numbers with billing period and VAT treatment stated, but at least one commonly needed capability hides in an unpriced tier or usage-metered add-on.

8 — Every tier priced publicly including annual/monthly split; limits, seat minimums and overage rules stated; only genuine enterprise contracts are custom.

10 — Complete price computability: every tier, add-on, usage meter and renewal rule public, with a calculator or table that makes the invoice at 3 and 30 seats a two-minute exercise.

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The Skeptic

Four tiers with real euro prices, VAT treatment stated, limits per tier, cancel-anytime, no payment details for the 30-day trial, and — rare honesty — 'all packages offer exactly the same range of functions,' so no feature-gating trap. The gaps that keep it off 8: extra contacts and storage 'can be booked separately' with no published price, no annual/monthly split shown, and the ladder just stops at 40 users/40k contacts with no overage rule. 1 2

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European sovereignty — proven facts

2 of 4 dimensions proven

Built only from facts shown on the vendor's own pages. A dimension we could not prove is left open, not scored as zero.

Ownership Not determined ⚠ unverified — uncited Report an error
Data residency EU only ⚠ unverified 3/3 pts 1 Report an error
Subprocessors Not determined — uncited Report an error

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Sources (7)

The pages every claim on this page was read from — each one checked, dated, and kept verifiable.

  1. 1 Vendor homepage centralstationcrm.com Checked 15 Sep 2026 Details →
  2. 2 Vendor pricing page centralstationcrm.com Checked 30 Sep 2026 Details →
  3. 3 Legal notice centralstationcrm.com Checked 21 Sep 2026 Details →
  4. 4 Privacy policy centralstationcrm.com Checked 30 Sep 2026 Details →
  5. 5 Contact & data model — found from sitemap centralstationcrm.com Checked 1 Oct 2026 Details →
  6. 6 Integrations & API — found from sitemap centralstationcrm.com Checked 1 Oct 2026 Details →
  7. 7 Integrations & API — found from sitemap centralstationcrm.com Checked 1 Oct 2026 Details →